Our Home: Master

Alright - I FINALLY got around to taking pictures of the master. Well I should say I finally got around to digging through some of the boxes in the craft room to find the comforter. I FOUND IT! hooray!! it is a bit wrinkled but whatever -- I'm sure it will work itself out! So without further Adieu...

Master Bathroom

 

 

  

Master Bedroom 

 

 

  

Now, I know that the pillow shams don't match - those are the extra pillows from the spare room. I use them to cuddle up - I like to feel surrounded by blankets and pillows or cuddled up to The Husband when I sleep =)
The last room is the craft room. Unfortunately that room is going to take a bit of work before I share it. I'm REALLY hoping that mid-February that project will be finished.  =)

DIY: New Collar for Ruger

Happy Monday!! I hope y'all had a wonderful weekend! I know this girl did =) I was busy all weekend! I went shopping for my sister's birthday present, celebrated a friend's birthday, crafted some things,....went to work. That was a bummer but I had to get some stuff finished.

One of the things I crafted this weekend was a new collar for our dog! =) I'm so happy with the way it turned out and it was so much more inexpensive than buying one. OH and I could pick any color I wanted. I thought about adding some ribbon to give it a pattern, but I didn't know if Ruger could pull off a pattern ;)

He looks so handsome in his new collar =)

I'm so happy with the way it turned out =) and it was super easy! I'm hoping to find someone at work or a friend that wants a custom collar for their pooch so I can make another with a quick tutorial =) I don't like posting tutorials without a couple pictures of the step by step actions!

Did you get into anything crafty this weekend?

{Recipe} Spiced Pumpkin Cupcakes

Alright y'all - so my girl at work made these UH-MAZING cupcakes and brought them in to share. They were so delicious that I am pretty sure I ate most of them. She didn't have frosting for them, so I ate them with my coffee. DELISH!  I bothered her for the entire day asked her for the recipe and she got it from her mother. 

Spiced Pumpkin Cupcakes

 

{Ingredients}

1 pkg yellow cake mix

1 pkg vanilla instant pudding mix

1 cup canned pumpkin

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup water

3 eggs

1.5 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground cloves

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

{Directions}

Preheat oven to 350*.

Beat all ingredients with electric mixer on low speed, just until moistened.  Beat on medium speed 2 minutes.  Spoon batter into 24 paper-lined muffin cups, filling each cup 2/3 full. 

**Note** I did not have ground cloves, so I went without....the recipe is STILL PHENOMENAL!!

Bake for 20 minutes.

To frost, I used store bought cream cheese frosting - DIVINE! Oh my goodness, so yummy! I may have to make more!! I'm craving them now!!

PLEASE let me know what you think should you try the recipe!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

DIY: Front Door Wreath

Happy Thursday! YAY it is almost the weekend already! I'm so happy to be almost through the week...it has been crazy at work and I'm about over it lol!

This weekend, one of the things I did was make a wreath for the front door. J's grandmother made us a really pretty wreath as a housewarming but for me, it SCREAMS Autumn. I left it up for Christmas but I think this year it will make an appearance starting August =)

You may recognize the wreath as the one that has been swirling around Pinterest....

Yes this was the inspiration. Looking at it now, I'm shocked at how remarkably similar they are - I don't remember pinning it, just thinking it was super cute and would look good on our red front door...

 

The wreath didn't take long, I even got input from The Husband....it is a LOT bigger than I thought it would be BUT I love it! AND so does he, which is even better =) The part that took the longest was painting the numbers...but that was only because I had to wait for the paint to dry so I can do another coat. Otheriwse, bowdabra and a little hot glue, bada-bing - bada-boom! WREATH! =)

Do you have any kind of decorative something on your door?

Domesitc and Loving It!

Hello!! Sheesh! I can't believe it has been a WEEK already since my last pop in! Work has been pretty hectic and then The Husby and I have been super busy at the house SOOOOO that means SOMETHING has to give and unfortunately that would be the lil' ol' bloggy here =(
This past weekend was VERY full -- I posted on FB about how God made me a girl for a reason because had I been a boy, I would have been a wimp! haha! I did some manual labor with the Hubster this weekend - ripped out some plants, dug a hole, planted a tree...you know the usual ;) I was SO exhausted! Oh and I realized how NOT strong I am! Nonetheless, supposedly, I was helpful =)



We...mostly The Hubs...pulled out some bushes from the front and trimmed back the palms....I realize that I missed the big palm tree with my phone picture but I am just loving how much cleaner the front of the house looks!

{Before}

 

{After}

The grass is dying a bit but hey, it is winter! Oh that and we haven't watered on account of one of the sprinklers being busted.  We'll fix that eventually =) We are just hoping the grass comes back in the Spring and we won't have to resod! There are plans in the works for decorative curbing at the front of the house but that will probably wait until the Spring. We did this in one afternoon (Saturday). It was nice to have a little gratification. Now if only I could find more motivation to finish up projects INSIDE the house!

We finally hung curtains on the slider in the bedroom last night....truth be told - I LOVED having it open. So I'm thinking some nights we will probably leave them open but then again, it really depends on how The Husband feels about it. I love love LOVE natural lighting so on the weekends, all the windows and blinds are open! I know what you are thinking, I STILL need to share pictures of the master bed and bath with you...those are forthcoming. Honestly, I haven't shown you that room because I still have to find the comforter I made here.  It is still in a box in the craft room...which also hasn't been shown because it isn't completed....UGH! wow that paragraph made me want to go home immediately and get to work =) Oh well!!

Happy Wednesday!

Our Home - Living Room

Good morning! BRRRRR it is COLD in Florida right now! I know all you snow birds are rolling your eyes at this chilly Florida girl but really it was 30* this morning!! EEK!

So I am FINALLY almost finished showing you around the house...The craft room will be in a while because we haven't finished putting up the shelves in the closet and I still have to buy a new table top. I'm hoping we can get it finished soon! OK so here is the

LIVING ROOM

 

      

I still can't believe how different the house looks now! I know I was part of the whole redesign/re-vamp but wow - it was NOT great when we started lol. oh AND the carpet was dingy and it smelled. GROSS! Because we have a pup, we knew carpet was not an option. I love our flooring! The last room to share (besides the craft room) is the master bed and bath! I am hoping to share those tomorrow =)

Have you done a room makeover recently or in the past?
What pushed you to make a change?

Share Your Ring

The husband and I have been married for almost 2 years! WHERE has the time GONE?!

I have decided to link up with CMae over at Happiness Is... She just got engaged to her Mr. Wonderful and I am just so thrilled for her!

What girl DOESN'T LOVE showing off her ring?! I know I love to =)

 

 

My husband hand picked everything about the ring, including the setting and the diamonds. It is so perfect! The only thing I would have been worried about is the sizing since my fingers are SO small -- like size 4.25 small!!! He magically got the size right - I think he stole a ring I had that fit that finger lol...I still don't know how he got the sizing right. =) I just LOVE what he decided I should have - we never went ring shopping so it was a complete surprise =) You can read our engagement story here.

A lot of girls ask what I do with my ring when I am not wearing it. I NEVER take my rings off except to put on lotions. When I do that, the rings sit right in front of me. I don't take them off to shower or sleep - not ever! Ok ok - I DO take them off when I take them to get cleaned or polished. =) When that happens they are safely in the hands of our jeweler. I figure the more often I take the rings off, the more likely I am to lose them =)

Go check out CMae's blog and her engagement story =)