Welcome to Paradise! A look into our vacation 2011

South Carolina: Where the tea is sweet, and the people are sweeter!

About a month ago, Josh and I went to South Carolina for his best friends wedding. We decided to add stay a week and make a vacation out of it! It was so beautiful there! It's country feel and charm was definitely swoon-worthy! We stayed at a beach house for the first 4 nights. We were literally right on the sand and about 50 yards from the ocean! We had so much fun just walking up and down the beach, enjoying the view, and collecting treasures. Our last 3 nights, we stays with our former youth minister and his family. We love them! They took us to do some really fun things! On our last day there, we were able to visit Charleston before heading to the airport and do some shopping and sigh seeing of the historical city!

Overall we had a blast celebrating Tyler and Makenzie's wedding! We got to hang out with old friends, and make new ones. Thanks Ty and Mak for letting us be a part of your special day!

Here are some snapshots from the week! :0)


Where we stayed the first 4 nights! This house was huge and gorgeous!



I love the beach!





No that's a big one!



My treasures!



A beautiful picture of humility!



Having fun at the photo booth!




Love him!



We love jumping shots!





Former youth ministers, now friends! :)



The adorable couple!



Hangin out with old friends!




and getting to know new ones!



Picking strawberries at the strawberry patch







The BEAUTIFUL Swan Lake!





Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer so far!

Blessings,

~Lindsey

Spring Decor! Moss Initial and Cloche Dish Upcycle.

Hello bloggers, I hope all is well and that everyone is having a wonderful weekend! Mine has been pretty relaxing so far. It's nice to have a whole saturday to just relax and work on projects around the house. It's finally starting to look and feel like Spring around here. The free Saturday and warm weather inspired me to do a couple of DIY projects this afternoon. :)









Total cost for this project.

1.00 for the bag of moss from The Dollar Tree (of which I only used a fraction of it) this stuff will last me awhile.
1.99 for the letter from Hobbly Lobby

=2.99 total to make this mossy letter, I think it turned out great!

This next project was inspired by these little guys. The next two pictures are of my wreath on our front door. A momma bird made her nest there and there are four tiny eggs in it! I just discovered it yesterday. I don't normally use the front door because I always drive into the garage and go inside that way. But I was picking up some trash in our yard and near the front door and noticed a bird fly away from where my wreath is. I went up to the door and peeked inside and it was there! What a pleasant surprise! I told my hubby that when we do use the front door, that we need to be really careful when opening and closing it. I can't wait til we have some babies in there! :)

Anyways, I got the idea of elevating my cloche dish from my friend Nicole at Suddenly I See. You can check her project out right here! Thanks for the idea Nicole!




Finished Product


The Process










Happy Spring Everyone!

Blessings,

~Lindsey

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Latest Projects

So it has been over a MONTH since I've last made a post. I wish I had more time to do this but school has definitely picked up the pace and between that work and church there is hardly enough time to do much else. I did however squeeze some time in a couple of weeks ago to scout out new treasures. We were having friends over for dinner a couple of weeks ago on a friday and I had the day off to finish cleaning and running last minute errands. I decided to check out a couple estate sales and my favorite thrift store. I definitely scored some great stuff, for really cheap too! I LOVE estate sales!


The first picture is a little blurry but I got everything pictured here for only 19.75! So proud of my findings. I have been searching and searching for mason jars and found so many on this outing! Including the big Ball jar which I took home for only .20 cents! Also, I've been looking for burlap as well and I got these 4 burlap sacks for 50 cents each! Annnnd I've wanted a watering can for quite some time! So I got to check all those things off my wish list...super exciting! The side table was a bonus find, it was only 4.50. I love it when I find sturdy and CHEAP pieces of furniture. Can't wait to refinish it! :)







Some of the things I did with my new goodies! This is my new spring centerpiece. :) I just love me some fresh daisies! I wish I could say that I brought these in from my garden, but no, the local grocery store works just the same. :)







And lastly, my most recent DIY project. This is an old window circa 1930's that I acquired from some really generous lady. I was given this one along with many others. This being the only large one I got, I wanted to do something cool with it.

This is the window before-


And here it is after! There's nothing that a little chalkboard paint, Mod Podge, and old sheet music can't do! ;)







I love spring! Can you find mr. birdie in this picture? This is our tree in the front yard..it only bloomed for a couple weeks :( But it sure was pretty!



"I look out the window
The birds are composing
Not a note is out of tune
Or out of place"
-Jon Foreman

I hope everyone is having a lovely spring so far! It's been cold this week here in Oklahoma. Hopefully the sun will come out soon and it will warm up again!

Blessings,

~Lindsey

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