Day of Party Planning

My entire day has been centered around party planning.  You would think I'm an event planner (in my dreams).  I have spent most of my day so far addressing invites for my Grandma's 85th birthday party.  She's one popular lady!  So far I've done 100 invites!

This evening I will be working on decor and favors for a baby shower on Saturday.  I made these, with the help from my sister, in the office the other day

Tonights duties include tying ribbon around 12 vases and 48 mason jars, and making 144 pretzel sticks dipped in chocolate then dipped in sprinkles! 

The goal for our pretzel sticks, is to resemble these

Wish us luck!!  Tonight will definitely be a busy one!  I will post pictures tomorrow!

Venting Sesh

As of late, I have really gotten into online shopping.  It's just so convenient.  I can do it while working (don't tell my boss), or while at home cuddled up on the couch.  Clearly a downside is that you don't get your purchases right away, but most of the time I'm not in any hurry for them.  

Although I love online shopping, I can definitely say that I will not be ordering online from J Crew ever again.  The past few times I have ordered from them they have cancelled part of my order.  Last week I ordered some white jeans (on a fabulous sale), and a classic black skinny belt.  Today I get an e-mail from J Crew saying...

I mean really?!  So I went online to check my credit card statement, and the entire purchase is off my credit card.  So now I'm thinking I will be getting another e-mail stating that my white jeans are no longer available as well.  Last time I shop from J Crew's website!  So disappointed...

Not to continue online shopping bashing, because I seriously do love it, but I ordered a pair of shoes off of Hautelook on June 24th and they STILL haven't shipped.  Come on people, that's almost an entire month!! 

Has anyone else had trouble with online shopping lately?!

Today is my Friday :)

So life has been super busy lately with PJP moving in, planning wedding showers, baby showers, birthday parties ect...  So I am super excited that today is my Friday and I get to enjoy a long weekend!

PJP's birthday is Saturday so we are heading to my parents bay house tonight.  This will be my view until Sunday!

Hopefully I will get back into the swing of things next week! 

Have a great weekend!

Illegal?!

Yes, it is illegal to not have hand railings on stairs in the State of Virginia, and yes, I disobeyed the law for all 3 and a half years I've owned my house.  I actually bought the house without front porch railings.  I have no idea how that got through inspection, but it did, and my insurance company charged me a higher premium for not having them.  Lovely...

So I finally decided to bite the bullet and pay to get them done!!

(Please excuse the dead fern - Life has been crazy, and therefore all my plants have died)

PJP and I are planning on painting the railings and the porch this weekend.  We shall see if the weather holds out.  I'll post final pictures soon!

A Few Things Today...

I came across this picture-

{on this blog}

And I think I'm going to ask PJP if he would like to install some shelves under our Jack & Jill sinks so we can store our towels and such there instead of the idea I had in the post below...  This would definitely be much cheaper!  I vote Yes!

I purchased this book from Amazon

Because it's cute!

Begged PJP to buy this bed, which I found on Craigslist, for our upstairs guest room...

Still waiting on a reply...

That's all for now...

Hope you've had a wonderful day!

Progress

This has been a very busy week for me!  Suzanne and I have been working a lot on our new company - official name: Organizational Consulting, LLC!  We have gotten a lot finalized on that, and she came by on Monday night to help me with organizing my closet.  I don't have a before photo because, to be quite honest, it was pretty embarrassing.  So you can somewhat have a before photo in your head here's a slight description...  My closet is quite large.  I had tons of clothes taking up both sides, shoes all over the floor, sheets and towels on the floor because I had no where else to put them (which Duke frequently made into a bed in the closet), and purses and other accessories just scattered around on the floor as well.  Here's the update!

(sorry about the picture quality - from my iphone)

My side - color coordinated of course- with shoes neatly stacked above on the shelf, and the remainder of my shoes (only tennis shoes, boots, and flip flips) are now neatly placed on the floor below my clothes.  PJP's side is now completely ready for him! 

I donated 4 bags of clothing to Goodwill, and I have 3 bags full to try to sell!  Definite progress made.  Rightfully so, it took us 3 hours!

One of my next projects (I have too many) will be to find a small dresser-like piece for my upstairs hallway to store the sheets and towels since I don't have a linen closet.  I'm thinking something like this:

I'll keep y'all updated on my find!

For The Love Of Ikat

I am absolutely in love with all things Ikat.

There are just so many fabulous prints and color combos.

I am starting to think that when I re-do my master bedroom (hopefully in a year or so) I really want to do Ikat bedding.

Here are some that I like:

From Gramercy Linens

From Williams Sonoma Home

I even love this idea!

To frame Ikat fabic and use it as art work! 

Love, love, love! Happy Weekend!!