FRIDAY FAVORITES FEBRUARY LOVE

Hi Friday! I am glad this week is over. Ice storms, be gone for the season too please. Looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Let’s get to the favs!

1. Favorite Clothing Pieces Lately

Spanx... Wearing Air

There’s comfort and then there’s elevated comfort! Oh, my word, I have been living in my Spanx Air Essentials. Took them on my trip south this week to see my dad and the comfort level is off the charts. Literally like wearing air.

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1/2 Zip Top HERE // Tapered Leg Pant HERE

1/2 Zip Top HERE // Tapered Leg Pant HERE

1/2 Zip Top HERE // Booty Boost Leggings HERE

Red Pants..Sweet Tee

I love these red pants. Flowy and fun and come in more colors than just red. I have them in pink too. And affordable. The long sleeve top is an elevated tee with the rouching at the cuffs and slight puffy shoulders. Both pieces are great finds from Amazon.

2. Grandma...Would've been her 100th!

Although #1 in my heart, I save for #2, because yesterday, the 2^nd, my grandma would’ve “Duked it out with Punxsutawney Phil” as she used to say because her birthday was on groundhogs’ day. She would’ve been 100 and we would’ve celebrated big. We lost my sweet grandma in 2016 but always delight in her connection with the groundhog. 

If you have never read the sweet post about my grandma entitled "She's a Doll, do so HERE. Below is the stuffed Groundhog my mom got her one year for her birthday. She loved that thing and he now resides with my mama. 

3. Home Decor Refresh

I am always looking for cute home decor pieces this time of year. I like a few new pieces for a refresh. These pieces are fantastic and affordable. My vase and stems came this week and I love them.

Stems HERE // Vase HERE // Mirror HERE // Table HERE

4. Affordable Valentine's Gifts

We don’t really do much for Valentines but a few lil things here and there is nice. These sweet affordable finds from Walmart are the perfect little gesture of love!

Heart Dutch Oven // Earrings // Cake Stand // Bubble Bath // Heart Waffle Maker // Starbucks Mug Set // Dipping Pot // Satin Pillow Case // Hershey's Heart 

5. Misc. Fun

POST OF THE WEEK 

Monday ~ Gluten Free & Dairy Free snacks that are good!

STELLA MAE

This sweet girl always makes everything better! I missed her this week! She loves her pink Monkey. Found her one day just like this! 

Get one HERE!

MEMES

Have a Fabulous weekend Friends!!

Linking up with  Friday Favorites  // Metamorphosis Monday

xoxo

FRIDAY FAVORITES...OCTOBER SO SWEET

Guess what? We had a beautiful weekend last weekend and this week, so we decided to keep the pool open a little bit longer. It’s heated so we called our giant hot tub, lol but that weather is taking a turn. that’s OK as we’ve got a fabulous wedding tomorrow with lots of dancing, great food, and friends so I’m excited! BUT pray the swelling from the bee sting I got on my face on Wednesday gets better by tomorrow. Ugh!

Let’s get to favorites!

 

1. Overnight at Jill's

Oh, how fun! I got to see Jill from Doused in Pink two weeks in a row! This was the first time I had been to her beautiful home that she and her husband have so sweetly remodeled and got to meet her precious pup Lana! The reason for my visit: a Cabi event which I will tell you more about soon! We were having such a good time I didn’t get near enough pictures but look at her sweet Lana with me in the morning before I left. Look at the treats auntie Jill sent home to Stella and see those big meatballs and rice. Jill‘s husband went with us to dinner at a great restaurant called Firkin on Friday night and of course they were having Oktoberfest and he got the German balls! 

We each had a bite, so good!

2. Friday Fall Features

Recipes: Sweets and Soup

 MOM's Always favorite Caramel Corn. She made some for Kellyann and I when Kellyann was here!

GET HER RECIPE HERE!

I am making this chunky, Hearty smoked sausage chili on Sunday.

Recipe HERE.

Decor

The rusts and Navy’s are stealing my Fall heart his year!

See how I make the pumpkin arrangement HERE.

3. Favorite Fall Outfit

I think this might be one of my favorite outfits at least so far of Fall! The double-breasted Blazer from Gibson Look in the color saddle it’s just so rich and pretty and look beautiful with the satin shirt and wider leg cropped jeans.

CODE: ANDREA 10

4. Color Block Cutie

Aren’t the colors so pretty in this Color Block Sweater? This gorgeous well-made sweater is from Chicwish and just such a no-brainer to throw on with jeans and boots!

Jeans HERE // Boots HERE

5. Misc. Fun

POSTS OF THE WEEK

Monday ~ Amazon...It's Fall Y'All

Wednesday ~ How to Wear Knit Dresses in the Fall

MEMES

Happy Weekend Babes!

Linking up with  Friday Favorites  // Metamorphosis Monday

xoxo

EASTER FRONT PORCH

Who am I? Can you believe I’ve never done an Easter front porch before? I’ve decorated the inside which ironically, I did not do this year, but never anything on the porch. The primary reason for that is because I like to decorate for St. Patrick’s Day and often Easter is so soon after that it’s just not worth it to do all the decorations for a week or two but this year we had a whole month so I said why the heck not. AND can you believe Easter is THIS coming weekend?!

 

My vision came to reality so sweetly with the big Spring flowers I found at Hobby Lobby. 

And I love the long tulip swag wreath from TJ Maxx! But Kohl’s has one almost identical and so pretty. 

And I had had my eye on those BIG CARROTS the minute the Easter stuff sprouted. Let’s face it, it was like January, lol! The Purple Pillow Covers are so luxe and come in several colors. SUPER CUTE with the pom poms too.

Easter Basket with Gingham liner HERE & 

Glitter Eggs HERE

I was able to get the mesh in the colors I want it at the dollar store for a dollar a roll and it was perfect. And the mats, both from Amazon, are Darling!!

BUNNY MAT HERE // CHECKERED MAT HERE

I showed you these pretty bows for the lanterns from Amazon and I just love that they were already done up in the perfect color scheme. I man what an easy decoration to throw plastic eggs in a lantern!

 

So I couldn’t find any fell eggs or any eggs to do the topiaries the way I wanted, I found these fake grass segments at Hobby lobby (Similar HERE) that fit into my planters perfectly. Then on Amazon once again, I found these cool cardboard Easter Decorations that I could put together on wire to stick down in the grass.

 

I couldn't believe how perfectly that faux grass piece 

fit in the planters!

I’ll actually be back tomorrow with a very special blog post! 

XoXo

LINKING-UP with Metamorphosis Monday// Love your Creativity // Hello Monday  // Inspire Me Tuesday

 

BUNK ROOM BLUES

Here we are, over three years later, and I still have not showed you every room in our house and nothing yet on the basement level. Now that the boys are pretty much gone, I’ve added a little bit more pop to the bunk room and we love it!

LOVE all the Bunk Shelving.

We were so lucky that our builder found an Amish craftsman to build this bunk set as the wall went at an angle. There’s plenty of bookshelf room so you know if future grandkids will have lots of reading material. I can’t say this room is completely done as we’re going to redo the wall with the TV and hutch but it sure is getting there.

 

Therefore, I thought it was definitely time to show you what I’ve done so far

 I found the bedding sets before these were even built and I have linked a couple below.

Very cute story about the yellow pillows on the bed. The other side says you are my sunshine, but I’d like the pop of yellow how it looks on the plain side. These were found at the dollar spot at Target for $5. However, our Target only had two and no local stores had anymore. Enter my bestie Laura down in the Monroe, Louisiana from The Horton Family. Bless her heart, her Target never has anything but sure enough, they had two of these pillows and she shipped them to me. If looking for just yellow, Nearly identical ones HERE.

The cloud and star pillows with a little poms are from Amazon and I just love them!

 

One of our sons had the lil rocking chair in his room when he was little, it was hunter green with gold stars then in a cabin themed room, so I just painted it navy blue with white stars. Here is an Adorable Child's Rocker.

Isn’t this Pom Pillow so cute! It is BACK IN STOCK Target but is it just precious with the colorful poms.

 The BUNK letters were black from Hobby Lobby, but I spray painted them navy.

 I called this post Bunk Room “Blues,” not only because I have a lot of blue Hughes but because I need your help with the window! This room is in the basement and there’s a little insert window that I need help deciding what to do as far as a window treatment goes. We have black out blinds for it, but I want something cute. I was thinking about a wood awning but what are your thoughts?

TWIN NAVY & WHITE STRIPE COMFORTER SETS HERE & A DUVET HERE // STAR POM POM PILLOWS HERE // FUZZY ROUND POM PILLOW HERE // CLOUD POM POM PILLOWS HERE // WOOD BEADS HERE // BLANKET BASKETS HERE // BEADED MIRROR HERE & HERE & HERE // UNFINISHED LETTERS HERE // WOOD CLOUD HERE // CHUNKY THROW BLANKET HERE // WOOD SURFBOARD HERE // NAVY BLUE OTTOMANS HERE // CHILD'S ROCKER HERE // YELLOW SQUARE PILLOWS HERE

What do you think? 

Happy Fresh Week Ahead Babes!!

 LINKING-UP with Metamorphosis Monday// // Love your Creativity // Hello Monday // Inspire Me Tuesday 

XOXO