Happy Halloweek!

It's finally here! A week of Frightening fun! How great is it that this year we get to have an entire weekend of Halloween celebrations?!  Well, if you're as obsessed with Halloween as I am, you'll think it's SPOOKTACULAR! I've been working all month to turn my house into a Deadly dwelling, so I thought I'd share a few pics with you to get you into the Spooky spirit! :0)

Along came a spider idea came from House of Smiths!











 

                                                                             Vinyl Owl came from Wonderfully Wordy!
The EEK and Wreath ideas came from Eighteen25! You may think I'm crazy for dedicating a wall to Halloween, but this wall always drives me crazy! I've never known what to do with it.  So, I got a little inspiration from all of the crafty crafters out there & went for it! The best thing about this wall?  I created it mostly from stuff I already had or could easily create, so I think it only cost me about $20!  I figure I can switch everything out for other holidays.  When it's not a holiday...well...I don't know.  Hopefully I'll think of something! :0)

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN WEEK EVERYONE!!!

(I could not for the life of me get the last 2 to upload vertically!  So I guess you'll just have to tilt your head. Sorry! :0)  )

Wonderfully Wordy Giveaway!

Hey Everyone!  You know how I've posted about Shelley Smith's Wonderfully Wordy vinyl a few times?  Well...she's giving away a prize pack over at Sweet November!  If you want to enter to win the prize pack, just head on over to Sweet November and follow the instructions.  I'd say good luck...but I can't, because I want to be the winner of this awesome prize pack!  In fact, I would be keeping it a secret to myself, except I get better odds if I post about the giveaway. :0)  But seriously, head on over there and check it out! You won't be disappointed! :0)

F is for Fall

 Here we are...mid-October...and it's finally starting to feel like fall!  I've been waiting for it to officially peek it's little head out, and I think it finally has!  Here are some of the most wonderful things about this time of year...

 You can finally bust out the boots!  Everyone has their favorite clothing item, and I think this could be mine.  I do enjoy me a good pair of boots!  These little beauties are the new ones I'm sporting this year-the Bjorn "Yolanda" boot in grey.  I got these at the Nordstrom sale 3 months ago, and I've just been lovingly admiring them as they've sat on a shelf in my closet, longing to meet my feet. :0) As it turns out, the Yolandas and my feet get along perfectly.  They snuggle up together naturally and comfortably-like a match made in heaven!

You can put on your "snugglies" and cozy up by the fire.  This is my favorite pastime in the world...especially when it involves a real fire at the cabin...and kicking Brady's trash at Phase 10!  Apparently Axel loves it too.  You can tell by his ecstatic expressions.

You can change your home decor!  I kind of have a decorating addiction, and it gets worse when there is holiday decorating to be done.  With the combination of Halloween being one of my favorite holidays & fall making me feel crafty & domestic...let's just say I get into trouble. :0)  This is just a taste of what's been done so far.  Let's be honest-I probably won't be done until October 31 when it's time to put everything away!  More pics to come of my "haunted house".  In the meantime, you should check out the crafty blogs I have posted under "Eye Candy" for some lovely, affordable Halloween ideas! (My shelf in particular was completely copied inspired by Shelley over at House of Smith's, and you can buy the awesome subway are vinyl from her store, Wonderfully Wordy!) But I must warn you...your head will start spinning & your body might feel a little tingly with all of the excitement!

Pumpkins!!!  These are one of my favorite things of all time.  They just make me happy!  If I could decorate with pumpkins year 'round, I would.  I wish I had a picture of a real pumpkin, but we haven't gone and gotten ours yet.  However, as the sign states...I never met a pumpkin I didn't like!

You can start conjuring up a Halloween costume!  This part of October can be very stressful...but totally fun and exciting!  I'm pretty excited for our costumes this year!  Again...stay tuned!

 And finally...the days just feel a bit more lazy.  What a better way to represent this than a pic of Lazy Daisy? She is loving being able to take naps in the middle of the patio without the hot sun beating down on her.  No she's not in the process of rolling over...this is literally how she lays when she sleeps.  She's simply lifting her head in a sleepy stupor to inquire why on earth we'd be bothering her with pictures when she's only gotten about 15.7 hours of sleep so far?! 

HAPPY OCTOBER!!!

Winding Down Summer

Is summer pretty much over already?  Really?!  I swear it just started, and all of a sudden it's September, the air is getting cooler, the mayhem of football rivalry is starting, and I'm fighting off the urge to wear boots and scarves!  But I guess its okay, because fall is by far my favorite time of year!  You know how they say spring is the time when everyone gets rejuvenated and feels more alive?  Not so for me.  Even though I live for warm weather, there is just something about fall that gets me going.  I don't know if it's the fact that I can stomp on crunchy leaves as I walk around outside, make homemade soup and bread sticks, or decorate my house with pumpkins and warm colors, but something about autumn just makes me oh so happy!  Last weekend, I really started feeling it when we spent the night at the Thorn cabin and it poured rain all night!  We had to snuggle up by the fire and play Phase10 to keep our blood pumping, and when we woke up to the crisp, mountain air we decided we needed to have ourselves a hearty breakfast at Silver Fork Lodge.  Now if that whole scenario doesn't scream fall-time, I don't know what does!  (Kind of a fun side note-as we were eating breakfast, we realized we'd gotten engaged exactly 1 year ago that day!  We were celebrating without even knowing it!  :0)  I can't believe it's already been that long, and that our 1 year anniversary is rapidly approaching!)  Here are a couple of pics from breakfast.  Kind of boring, but let's be honest-we look at blogs for the pics, and if on the off chance you are even taking the time to read my ramblings-you're probably not exactly sitting on the edge of your seat! :0)

  












Please don't judge me for my hideousness-I had just spent the night roughing it in the great outdoors! :0)  Anyway, I guess that's my little kick-off to Fall 2010.  My fall wreath is up, my jackets are out, and I'm ready for the fun festivities that this time of year brings!  Happy Fall Everyone!  It's upon us whether we like it or not! :0)

The Joys of Life...

Apparently I need one of these...

 Or better yet...with a catch basket...

Because as I was doing the laundry the other day, this is what I pulled out of the dryer...

REALLY?!?!  A Popsicle stick, Creamie wrappers, multiple candy wrappers, a paper clip, 2 screws, 5 nails, and a Sharpie?! It's no wonder half of my shirts have holes in them!  My poor laundry is taking a beating!  You'd think you wouldn't have to worry as much about this stuff until you have little kids, but no-my husband is apparently 25 going on 5.  I love you Brade, but can't you just throw your Popsicle sticks and other array of items in the trash?!  It can't be comfortable walking around all day with this kind of stuff in your pockets!  Perhaps I'll need to get him a man bag-like that Friends episode. :0)  Anyway, I just thought this was too hilarious not to share!

But speaking of laundry...I have something I'd like to throw out to all of my fellow chicas!  What is the exact purpose of a dryer?  I mean, even though I wash all of my clothes in cold water, even when I put them in the dryer on the lowest heat setting, EVEN when I do all of that without even drying the clothes all the way, my husband still complains that his clothes get shrunk!  So unless I take the clothes straight from the washing machine, drape them all over my house like an eye-sore, and wait for days for them to dry he thinks I don't know how to do laundry.  And it's not like we have a crappy washer & dryer!  They're practically new, GE front loaders.  Am I missing something?  Am I crazy, or is he?  Weren't dryers created to make laundry and life easier and more efficient?  Shouldn't I be able to just throw my clothes in the dryer, take them out a half hour later, and have wonderful, warm, fluffy clothes to wear?!  It's really confusing & frustrating to me.  If I could at least have something like THIS it might be helpful...

   

These babies are from Ballard Designs and oh so lovely, but they're almost $200 a piece!  Yikes!  But my laundry room is too long & skinny to get one of those drying racks from Wal-mart or even Bed, Bath, and Beyond that stand on the floor.  Ultimately, however, I'd just like to be able to use my nice little dryer and not have to worry about it.  So anyone that can make sense of this predicament for me, I'd sure appreciate it!

To leave you on a more happy note...here are a couple of other cute laundry room ideas that I'd like to implement in my own laundry room.  These, along with the signs at the top, can all be found at the House of Smith's blog or on her Vinyl lettering site, Wonderfully Wordy.  She's so creative, and doesn't her laundry room make doing laundry look like such a fun, happy thing?  If only...

Happy Friday everyone...and Happy Laundry Doing! :0)