Gettin' Crafty... Kind of.

Yep. Pinterest.

This can barely be called a craft since there's very little to it... Just a couple of $1 metal containers, a white paint pen, twine, and wall hooks (thank you, Target for being only $1.50 a piece!)

I know the picture's not the best quality but these are hanging above my stove on little hooks and they read "Cooking", "Baking", "Serving" and have freed up quite a bit of the little counter space I have!

Easiest. DIY. Ever.

Christmas & Family News

Our house is slowly accumulating Christmas cheer, and thanks to Pinterest (tired of hearing about that yet?) I get to try some new things!

Black Friday gave us our lovely Christmas tree and pinterest gave me everything else :)

Yep, another DIY wreath

Easy Peazy

Fun pinterest window decorations

And super fun stockings that my husband brought home for us and the dog :)

In other not related news? I have a niece! My brother-in-law and his wife have adopted a sweet baby girl! I can't tell you how excited I am to be an aunt. My hubby's brother and sister-in-law have prayed and prayed for the last 2 years or so for the Lord to open the door for them to adopt and after a road full of ups and downs, He has said, "YES"! I've gotta say as smitten as her fantastic parents are with her, she's already got an uncle wrapped around her little bitty finger :)

Meet my new niece Leah Anne Medina!

A LOT more pictures to come of her first day coming home with her mom and dad! And can you blame me? She's just about the sweetest thing ever! :)

DIYs

Over the last two months, Daniel and I have been settling into our little rental home nicely. As newlyweds, we're not exactly rollin' in the dough BUT thanks to pinterest and a lack of school for the first time in the last 17 years I've taken to decorating on a budget. And when I say on a budget, I'm talking like dollar store and around the house odds and ends.

Mason jar vases with DIY felt flowers was my first endeavor.

Soon followed by my pictures frame sharpie/dry erase calendar.

Then my twine wrapped monogram.

And lastly my fall burlap wreath with more felt flowers (I have an excess of burlap right now...)

My next project is going to be dozy... simple rehopolstery tricks will hopefully turn my ugly goodwill/garage sale armchairs into extra, comfy seating for our living room. I think working part time and a lack of school has made me overestimate my craftiness, or maybe just fully embrace it.

I've gotta say, I'm diggin' this DIY crafty stuff.

Pinterest

Yes, I've jumped on that band wagon. In a most ridiculous manner.
I'm a little obsessed, but just in time since I'm not in school and have a house to decorate.
It's turned me into a crafting fool... Just see for yourself. Here are my first two endeavors:

My scrapbook paper, magnetic, refrigerator weekly menu and grocery list!

 cloths pin picture frame (don't judge my blurry phone picture)

And just you wait... I've got three more little projects in the works and TONS of mason jar things that need doing.
Consider yourself warned, as pinterest takes over most of my computer time what it results in will take over this blog... at least for a while. :)

I love mason jars.

And have accumulated many for decorating purposes. I love them. It is likely that I'll go overboard with them, but I don't think I care. This site has given me many ideas.

The hanging ones are probably my favorite. 

 But the kitchen ones are good too.

 Bathroom mason jars look so tidy though.

But I think these babies take the cake. They are fabulous.

A Few Wedding Things

That's right, a wedding post. Shocking I know, but what can I say? I love sharing all these details and such!

I got a dress! I couldn't believe that the first place we went had exactly what I was looking for and for 50% off! What a steal... and huge encouragement to have things coming together so smoothly. On top of that, my sweet bridesmaids and I picked out their dresses so now we have the color scheme set too!

It seems to me (and according to my little wedding planning book/organizer) that I'm going a little out of order on the wedding planning checklist. After we set the date the next thing we lined up was the cake! I guess our priorities are a little too obvious. A very generous friend of my family offered to make our wedding cake as a gift, which I'm very excited about. She sent me on my way to think of what I want it to look like with 8, yes 8, cake catalogues and books. Hilarious.

We have our honeymoon booked (thanks to my future in-laws, we are going to Jamaica!), are pretty much all registered for gifts and booked the DJ yesterday. Hopefully, the tomorrow will be booking the reception venue and finishing up this pesky school work that doesn't seem to understand I'm busy planning a wedding and would like it to finish up on it's own :)

Once school is out, I'm sure I'll be posting all the little DIY projects I've got planned to cut some costs!