Weekend and a Garland

The weekend just flew by, but it was a fun one!  Our apartment complex threw us a party on Saturday night and Sunday night we played games with some of the couples until 2 am!  Needless to say, the intended post I had for today is not happening.  For now, enjoy this great garland tutorial from Me Oh My!

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Click here to see how she made this!

Lonny

So happy the new Lonny magazine is out.   I love the online magazine idea, but I hope real magazines stick around.  There's something about getting something in the mail and then flipping through the glossy pages that I love.  But I'm happy to have a Domino replacement! 

Love everything about this room.  The stripes, the colors, the lighting, the headboards...so perfect.

Love the mirror in the above image.  Seems like something you could replicate pretty easily.

This ceiling is so interesting.  And the wall color?  Wow!

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To see all the rest of Lonny's design goodness, click here.  Enjoy your weekend!

GIVEAWAY: Plate Set

I'm really excited for this giveaway!  I was recently contacted by someone at csnstores.com to hold a giveaway.  You may see lots more of these pop up on other blogs as they are launching a great marketing campaign.  I had never even heard of CSN until this email but I'm glad I know about it now!  CSN has over 200+ online stores with pretty much anything in the world you could ever want.  Cookware, shoes, beds, rugs, etc. etc. etc.  I found myself stuck on their site allmodern.com for quite some time, seeing what they had to offer.

I'm currently lusting after these pillows.

And wondering what I could wallpaper with the Graham and Brown paper...

But on to the giveaway...in honor of my love for pretty plates, I'm giving away a set of 4 salad plates.  But the best part?  The winner gets to pick from 5 different designs.  The plates are 8.5" porcelain plates ($43 value)  and would be great to decorate, entertain or just eat with!  Here are you options:

1. Black Ribbon

2.  Green Season

3. Blue Flora

4. In The Mix

5. Brown Links

To enter the giveaway:

• Leave a comment telling me which plate set you would like to win.  Include your email address if your comment doesn't link back to you.
• For a second chance at winning, become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment telling me.
• For a third chance, blog, Facebook or Tweet about the giveaway and leave a comment with the link.
• US/Canada residents only

You have until Tuesday, April 27th at 11:59pm MST to enter.  The winner will be randomly chosen and announced on Wednesday, April 28th.  The winner will then have 48 hours to claim their prize or another winner will be chosen.

Don't forget to check out everything else CSN has to offer.  I highly recommend allmodern.com as a starting point!


**Disclaimer: I was not compensated in any way for this post and all opinions are my own.**

Along the Way...

If you've ever traveled with a newborn, you must know that it takes you several more hours to arrive at your destination. We stopped about every 2-3 hours to feed and snuggle Rilo. It was nice for us to get out and stretch our legs and take in the scenery.

Along the CA-58 is a little town called Tehachapi (my great-grandma would tell you there is a woman's prison there), that is so beautiful. It is full of green rolling hills, with a house on each hill. It was like something out of a movie. I wish I could've taken a picture of the houses on the hills, but I did get some pretty photos of all the green.










In addition to all of the pretty places we stopped, we also stopped at some not so pretty places. Ones with mattresses along the side of the road (yikes!). And dead animal skulls.











Hand sanitizing was very necessary after this stop...

For When I Have a Waist Again...

Love this tutorial for an elastic band skirt from Freshly Picked! It seems to be a fairly simple project. I actually have a few thrifted skirts that look very similar to this!


Since I don't have a waist right now, and might not for a little while, I will settle upon making the little girl/baby version of the skirt. So darling! And since I have some waiting time on my hands, why not make several for my baby girl this summer!?

{images via Freshly Picked}

Fabric Flowers

I am most definitely using this tutorial to make some fabric flowers. I have plenty of little white onesies that could use some sprucing up! And maybe even a shirt or two of mine. I'm also thinking a garland of these flowers might be a nice spring decoration.

{via Creature Comforts via 100 Layer Cake}

Somebody Stop Me...

...from buying this duvet cover. The nice sunny weather these past 2 days has made me all antsy for spring. I saw this Pottery Barn duvet cover and fell in love. So bright and cheery...plus the light blue and brown coordinate already with our room. I have always wanted to change out our bedding for spring/summer. It's on sale for $79, but I just can't seem to justify it. I'm hoping it gets sold out soon so the temptation subsides!