If the Shoe Fits... {Guest Post}

Happy Monday! We are currently vacationing at the beach right now .Today you get a special treat - my cousin Chelsea is guest posting for me (she also did once before, here)...about shoes! You can read more from Chelsea here and here. Thanks Chels!

Well, hello again! So nice to be back, I figured I'd do something a little different this time so bare with me.


When Les asked me to do another post I was honored, and panicked. Why? For one, I titled this post "Toilet Talk" with every intention of doing a "Project Post" about my recent bathroom remodel, but then decided it wasn't fun or thrilling and I wanted to be asked back again thus the forth coming random post you are about to embark on....Ready? Let's go!

So here are a few reasons why I could never be a blogger:


1. I lack the ability to start and finish something. No, wait, I take that back. I can start and finish something it just may not happen for awhile. Blogging....it's all about keeping the reader's attention and giving them a reason to come back. Which requires posting regularly--as opposed to once every 8 months.  {See below}

2. For this blog alone I started 5 different posts and couldn't finish a one of them without totally losing my OWN attention.


3. Oh, I also have a mild form of ADD {which, let's face it, who doesn't have some form of it}. Like between writing #2 and #3 reasons I was pinning new style options for summer color combos, looking through Facebook to see how many new fans the shop {oh, the shop? read here for more info} acquired since posting a contest, and paying for my internet bill so I could at least finish this post for my cousin.


Oh, sorry, didn't mean to leave you again...ok, where was I? Oh yeah...


4. Ok, here's something I could totally blog about and start and finish all in the same sitting, here goes nothing!


Shoes.


Let's face it, girls {sometimes guys...yeah, I'm talking about all your tennis shoes, dude!}, we likey the shoes and we likey the variety. I won't even go there {you know, how many shoes you have}, let's just keep that little fact to ourselves. Regardless, we love them! So in honor of women and our love for shoes, I'm going to share with you a little shoe secret.

My favorite shoe line as of late? Lindsay Phillips! The girl is genius! This all started as a High School project now turned mega successful business that women of all ages and styles LOVE to wear! The concept behind these shoes is that you take one pair of shoes and interchange what they call "snaps" on the shoe to create a whole new look and shoe!

Here are some of my favorite combos:

 

I cannot describe to you how fabulous this shoe line is! If you are looking for a Spring/Summer shoe to be your "go-to" shoe that can virtually go with anything, look this line up and thank me later.

Thanks for reading!

Chelsea

Project Post 22: Drip Pan Magnet Board

I saw this post on this blog, which led me to this pin:

The author in the blog post made her drip pan a chalkboard, but since we already have a large chalkboard (here), and the driveway is Levi's chalkboard, I decided just to leave it alone and let it be a magnet board (much less work).
The drip pan is from Wal-mart (automotive department) and is less than $10. There are a lot of things you could do with this! I love it - and so far Levi does too.

I made those "play" letters out of just wooden letters and scrapbook paper (both from Hobby Lobby). Don't look close because they bubbled up a bit from the glue/mod podge. I was going to make "learn" but decided "play" was one less letter - thus easier :)

Levi had fun with the magnet board. I kept hearing "this is fuuun," but unfortunately it wasn't my 16-month-old making complete sentences; it was my husband...as he was doing this:

And this is how we feel about that:



Recent Snapshots {March}

{On days we play REALLY hard, sometimes it's hard to stay awake through dinner}

{Slide}

{Slide}

{Swinging}

{Waking up Dad with a breakfast party on his birthday}

{Happy Birthday Dad!}

{Happy Birthday!}

{Dinner out & a trip to the park to celebrate more daylight after daylight savings}

{yay!}

Project Post 21: Heirloom Bookshelf (after)

This post is sort of an (informal) introduction to a post series I'll be doing from time to time on heirlooms. So while this included in the Project Posts Series, it's also Post #1 in the Heirloom series too:)

I've mentioned before (especially here and here) that I love family heirlooms, and am honored to have the ones that I do. They are very special to me, because family is very important and something to be cherished. In the weeks and months to come, I'll periodically be highlighting certain family heirlooms that are special to me. 

The bookshelf I showed you two weeks ago (that belonged to Tyler's maternal grandparents) is finally finished and in it's permanent resting place (until we outgrow this house). That alone is hard for me to commit to (I change the furniture placement often), but there is only one place that makes complete sense for it to go in our home. I know this because over the last week I have placed it in every possible spot it would fit in our house (no comments from my husband or parents please). You can see the before and during pictures (I painted it) in this post, and here are the after pictures:

Happy Birthday Tyler!

March 6, 2011

March 6, 2012

Oreo Cupcakes

Tomorrow is Tyler's birthday, and he loves anything with Oreos, so I made Oreo cupcakes (found them on Pinterest) for one of our celebrations this past weekend. I cook a LOT more than I bake, and there are certain things I make from scratch because it's the first way I learned how. I make pie crust from scratch, and gravy, but when it comes to baking I will admit, with the exception of cookies, I am typically a straight-from-a-box kind of "chef." So I was a little nervous about these but they were fun to make...and learn. I copied the recipe exactly, so HERE is where you can find it - it's not mine to type out since I didn't change a bunch of things. Here's how they turned out (yes, I do know that my icing is ugly):

February Instagram Photos

I probably should have titled this post something different, because I don't have a 'January Instagram Photos' post, and likely will not have a March one, but as it turns out, I'm lacking creativity today in the title department.

I participated in this Photo-A-Day Challenge:

{Photo and Challenge from here}

There is one every month, and some ambitious people are committing to a whole year of a photo-a-day (wow). Not me:) I had fun doing it in February, but I don't think I will commit to March. I feel like my pictures are really boring, especially because my dad and brother told me so, (sorry to anyone who follows me on Instagram/Twitter) and it's a tall commitment for me. I'm also currently trying to enact a say "no" to new commitments policy to have time to work on the 40 billion commitments I already have lined up ;) So, since I did finish the February commitment, here are my photos from the challenge:

1. My view at lunch 2. Words: distance, time, calories 3. Hands: Levi & Hunter's hands on our front door 4. A Stranger: This little baby-where did he go? 5. 10am: it was a Sunday, so at 10am I was in our SS classroom 6. Dinner: bacon-wrapped chicken, wild rice, green beans 7. Button: pushing buttons in the car 8. Sun: a scripture I read that morning 9. Front Door: Levi waiting for Dad to get home 10. Self-portrait 11. Makes you happy: a pleasant letter from the IRS (rare) 12. Inside your closet: we were out of town & this was my closet where we stayed 13. Blue: blue eyes, blue pacifier 14. Heart: V-day balloons 15. Phone: my phone in the rear view mirror 16. Something new: sitting still in the chair 17. Time: couch time with my sick boy 18. Drink: Saturday morning coffee 19. Something you hate to do: be at the doctor 20. Handwriting: daily list 21. A fave photo of you 22. Where you work 23. Your shoes 24. Inside your bathroom cabinet 25. Green: apple juice box 26. Night: "working" a puzzle before bed 27. Something you ate: dinner 28. Money: diapers$$$ 29. Something you're listening to: Quiet - baby napping, windows open, breeze blowing, birds chirping

Have a great weekend!