Nash.vegas

A couple weeks ago one of my mom's dear friends from Florida wanted to meet us for a fun weekend in Nashville!!

First place we met up was Loveless Cafe!!

Everything was sooo good, and the baby even ate well.

{why is it under 2 yr. olds never consistently eat well?}

We did some sight seeing before turning in, so we could gear up for a fun filled day!!

The next morning we met up to go to a fun craft's festival in a park near where my mom's friend's daughter lives.. (too confusing?)

AC calling to see if the girls were on their way to get us.

After she confirmed they were around the corner, we were all set!

Is she not the cutest thing you have EVER seen??

Sweet baby Dillion went with us and she was a show stopper.. everyone wanted to take a minute to love on her!

We left the crafts fair and headed to something I rarely get to do.... 

GO CRAZY IN A FABRIC STORE!!!

Look at all this fabric?? 

wonder what I am going to be making with what i bought?? make sure to check out my other blog...

Preppie Peonie!!

isn't their inventory amazing??

only complaint I have with this store is their prices were anywhere from 2.50 to 3.00 higher than other stores. However, most of the fabrics they offered I had only seen online and I can rationalize the upcharge due to not having to ship and being able to actually touch the fabric!!

Here is my friend attempting to pose with baby girl.

Once we left there we went to Las Paletas Gourmet Popsicles. 

It was a really neat tiny shop where you basically walk in and decide,{quickly} what you want and they grab it out of the freezer and you pay. They had everything from rose petal popsicles to cucumber. I mean everything... we played it safe and ordered watermelon, chocolate mint, and rocky road. 

As you can see someone stole my ice cream bar!!

Every bite was amazing!! and well worth the $2.50 a piece.

Mom and her sweet friend!! 

After watching the bama game and the florida game it was time for bed. 

baby loved her snuggle time with grammy.

They look so much alike its scary!!

We ended our fun weekend with brunch at Noshville. 

It was great!!!

Life

Omg where has my month of September gone? And now October??

Good thing I have had my phone in hand to document our lives..

Thought I would share a few photos of what we have been up to.

Here are some pics of my classroom before school started.

I will update as the seasons change. Right now we have leaves hanging everywhere.

Ac discovered the car grocery carts and insists we ride in them.

She discovered daddy's ears while shopping..

And how to beat on daddys head like it's a drum.

And how crazy fun it is to ride with the windows down.

She got to play with our friend Candace's new puppy,Elle.

And I think her fave is playdoh. Not too great to eat but hours of enjoyment!!

And of course computer games to learn the Alphabet!





And the best thing we have learned is if you make a mess you must clean up!!





Thanks for sticking with me through all these pics... Almost 3 months worth!!

Be back later with lots more!

What to do for two??

In a few short weeks my little baby will be two... I can hardly believe it...

I have been really busy with the Preppie Peonie orders but wanted to show you guys my inspiration for AC's birthday invitation.

Can't wait to show you how they turn out...

With my day off tomorrow I hope to catch up on some blogging, painting the screenporch,

finish out baby's halloween costume, ya know that kinda stuff.

Oh and if you have a free moment... say a prayer for my husband. 

At 8 am he goes to sit for the first portion of the CPA exam.

I am praying he is able to have clarity, and focus, and take each question one at a time.

Hope each of you have a great start to your week!!

.PreppiePeonie.

Okay..... time for me to reveal what I have been up to lately.....

You all know I have a degree in Fashion Design....

You all know in June I became pre-school teacher/ SAHM....

But, did you know I also began sewing for people... other than just the Greek letter shirts?

well.... after a very busy summer behind a 1990 Bernina, Preppie Peonie has become a full time business venture....

In July I used B's Blog Boutique to help us in our re-branding process.

Here is our new look.

And in August I purchased a gently used INCREDIBLE embroidery machine!!

{can't wait to share those projects with yall}

I have been really busy this week gearing up for our first fall trunk show at the Phi Mu house.

Tomorrow is the big day and I can't wait to share how it goes...

If you visit the Page at the top of the screen you can see some of our previous work!!

We also make earrings, and closer to christmas plan on selling some paintings and wooden signs!!

Hope to host some giveaways in the near future.

On Preppie Peonie's page we have some tutorials we will be sharing, introducing you to some incredible designers, and showing you some great ways of how to "style" your home on little to no budget!!

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Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. 

Is it October yet??

http://thisblessednest.blogspot.com/2010/09/fall-festival-week-4.html

First thing first... grab my wreath I purchased last year at a craft show in Birmingham and devise a way to hang it on my new front door.

ok... check..

now to make my ferns look more substantial I purchased two pots from Lowes and placed the ferns on top... and of course I picked up some pumpkins.

My pumpkin on the right was purchased at Bella Vita.

Now... indoors...

Last year I was given a $15.00 budget and free reign to design whatever. 

First thing i did was go to Joann's and buy the cinnamon witches broom and ran over to mom's to raid her ribbon stash. 

All that was done was the hot glue gun was heated up and i looped the ribbon and glued it on...

Easy peasy lemon squeezy....

The circles are just pipe cleaners woven together and intertwined into garland.

I printed label's off of Love Manor's Flickr stream and just Modpodged them onto the jars I bought at Joann's.

Think I like Joann's cause... I DO!!

Oh... and don't forget to decopage the edges!! gives it the authentic look.

Here are the label's used for my Poison jar and the Werewolf's Fur. CLICK HERE.

Then I took some green food coloring, filled the jar with water and stuck some eye ball bubble containers into the jar.

There was a little bit of soap left over from cleaning the jar out last year and the bubbles added just the right amount of spooky effect to make this look like a real poison. haha.

On to the next bit.. I wanted to complete a vignette for our dining room. 

This is what we had to start with....

So I gathered a little of this and a little of that and here is what I came up with for the sterling/silverware cart.

Now.. has anyone ever see the vintage halloween boxes stores have??

They are precious but upwards of $85.00 for a paper mache box and glitter... I think not. 

Used this little guy as my inspiration... bought some 89 c. craft paint and went to town.

this guy was $4.50 at our local Schunck's grocery.

Then I found these 3 boxes out in the guest house.

I used craft paint and painted all components flat black.

Clearly my dots and free handing skills were not so hot so I ran to Michael's for reinforcements. i.e. paint pens and some silver glitter..... Then I found this AHmazing ribbon.....

I completed one box at a time and some looks more modern... That is until I found these incredible images and the vision started to emerge...

                                 

Then I downloaded the Circus font from dafont.com

Click here for link.

Went into word and spelled out Happy Halloween

used some resume paper I have lying around, cut out and modge podged it on.

In the end a little glitter, and lots of dots later, here is the completed look.... soooo in love with this guy.

And all three layers stacked together....

The table was missing something so, again i headed to google and searched spooky silhouettes...

After what seemed 37 pages of results I found a link to a pdf containing these wonderful silhouettes...

Well the child was by far my favorite so I used an old picture frame and printed her out and added her to my entry table.

Hope each of you are enjoying decorating for fall as much as I have... 

Check back and see what else I do to complete my halloween decor around the home. 

I am linking up to the fall festival at This Blessed Nest

http://thisblessednest.blogspot.com/2010/09/fall-festival-week-4.html