Wood connections

I love this place.. really I do. You should check out my bank account - it will tell you that I do. Lately is has been my guilty pleasure. I feel completely guilty about it but I enjoy it. Guilty. Pleasure.

Wednesday Wonder

I was in the store tonight and this happened. I just thought "Oh that would be a great Wednesday wonder". Too bad I already used it. Maybe I smell really good - either way it still irritates the crap outta me! so it deserves another recognition. Here is to Wednesday wonders!!!!

fall decor

I have been meaning to post this all week but I have been too sick to really care... I know lame. but here is it. I have upgraded many things this year since I now have the whole house to decorate. I haven't decorated anything outside so those will come later. I love fall. I love Halloween so I try to get it out labor day weekend. This year I was on strike. I was hoping that if I waited I would get a little more taste of summer. Not the case... My allergies fought back hard by giving me an early dose. Anyways - her is my fall decorations.

My Kitchen:

My sister in law made this for me

My skeletons that I got at Robert's a couple of years ago. I love this little guy!

The 'fall' I got at tai pan a couple of years ago, The acorn I got just this year at tai pan

my cute pumpkin - Robert's

The boo I got from tai pan a couple of years ago

My mama spider (along with the baby) I got at Robert's

I have had this a couple of years too, I think i got think from Robert's

Here is my table. the spider material I got at tai pan just this year.

This is my normal centerpiece of my table. I just switched out what was in it. the leaves I have just had around, and the acorns I got this year from tai pan.

This is between my kitchen and living room:

this is my hanging witch. I got this from tai pan last year but I did see them again this year.

Glitter happy Halloween came from tai pan this year

 Here is my living room. I would have taken a picture of the entire room and the set up but I was in the process of cleaning so I didn't want to show my messy room :)

One end table has these three pumpkins. I made these and I think they turned out fairly cute!

this is my other end table. I made these owls.

This is our our TV stand. the leaves I got from Robert's just this year and the boo I got from my friend Brit. they are really cute!

 Here is the purple room. I decided to decorate this up since I will be having more people in my house/room since that is where I do hair. I think it turned our fairly cute!

I bought this last year or the year before but I am not for sure where. I forgot that I had it and this year when I went to tai pan I saw another cute door hanging and bought it. I cant just put up on and not the other sooooo I put it in the purple room and I think it fits well.

Here is my huge bookshelf in my room. Organize chaos! I couldn't even get the entire shelf into the picture. anyways, I took down my 'normal' things and filled it in with fall things.

my gobble I made this year. It is sitting on top of the shelf along with fall foliage. I got the foliage from Robert's this year.

my cute acorn! I got this from gardner villiage last year at witches night out.

My witches hat. I made this

This pumpkin is so my cutter in person. It is solid wood but not too heavy. I got this from tai pan this year - they had them in several colors - and it was by far the most expensive thing I have bought when it comes to my decor, but it was so worth the money!

My poison bottle. After I got everything done up I still had 4 gaps to fill. this was one of them but next year this little buddy will go into the kitchen. haha! (oh and I got it from Robert's this year)

my cute mummy - I made this

my witch - I made her too

My witches shoes. I made these too!

Throughout my house I have a few of these cute spiders. I saw them and couldn't resist (one is on the boo in my living room and the other is on my happy Halloween in between the living room and kitchen). I got these at Robert's this year.

Well there they all are - hopefully some of you will be able to see in person. I love how my house has just come together this year. Next will be Christmas - but I am already starting to get on top of it! :)

3 is better than 1

I really needed to finish my August recap. I still have so much to blog about so you get a 3 in one (well I guess 2 technically happened in Sept but we will pretend they happened in August, that way I am not behind in September too!) On August 30th, I received a call at approximately 2:00 in the afternoon. A busy time at work for me. This is a call I had been expecting for just over 8 months. A new addition was added to our family! This is grand-baby #17 for my parents. Her name is Sydney Tayler. She is adorable and I completely disagree when people say she looks like her other siblings. She looks NOTHING like them. She had that new baby smell that I love! (No it does not make me baby hungry). I went to see her the day she came home to her 'new home'. My sister was kind enough to not only go with me but help me prepare dinner for them. It was fun to hold a new baby again. Too bad they grow too fast.

World's greatest aunt!!!!

I have to make them cry at least once!

Labor day weekend was a nice weekend to relax. I had made plans with 2 of my sisters and their children to go swimming. I was so excited!  Only barely a day before we got a phone call that my cute niece E broke her arm. :( My sister said that it was ok and we could still go, her husband readily agreed to take E to a movie so we could still go. I wasn't having it though. We all agreed that we were going to go together so we came up with a back up plan that all of us would enjoy. We took some time to head up to hogle zoo. Boy was it hot! At the end of the day, we had so much fun and the kids were worn out! It was a great way to spend time together as a family without the family drama. I am glad I got to spend some much needed time with my sisters.

E,B and K

Chad and B

My Favorite animal. I love Rhinos!

B loved the monkeys. She would say MUN-KEEEEEEYS

This bird is almost identical to the one my mom has. My mom has a blue font and this is a yellow back (my brother has a yellow back and a red nape)

Baby zuri was cute! she was so fun to watch. She's a curious little bugger.

That was my ice cream. It didnt take long for a new owner to find it. I enjoyed sharing :)

Last but not least - every year I spend labor day weekend putting up fall decorations in my house. I must've been in denial and on strike against fall. I love fall but I was hoping by waiting, I would get just a little bit more of summer in there. My allergies have told me otherwise. Last month I spent some time searching for more decorations for our house. this year I will not only have just the kitchen but I also have the living room and the purple room to decorate. I love decorating. So I headed out to wood connections and got lots of cute things! I have just 2 finished but I am hoping that I will be able to finish the others in the next week or so. I also went to tai pan and bought some more adorable decorations. Those you will have to wait to see when I make my yearly blog post on my home decor (coming soon!)