The weekend and such...

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Did you call your mommas???

Ours was pretty darn fab.

My oh-so-lovely and sweet sister in law came to visit, accompanied by her equally sweet boyfriend. 

We spent the afternoon Saturday strolling around downtown.

and taking pictures

Oh Charlotte...someday you too will have bangs that decide to grow past 1/4 of an inch.

my SIL bren and her gentleman admirer, daniel

go get your married-ness on already.

daniel was miraculously able to get pics of my girls both looking at the camera.

This never happens.

I hardly gave him a chance to experience downtown charleston because I kept commanding him to take more pictures. more. more! I was like a strung-out picture junkie.

why didn't I take my stupid sunglasses off for any of these??

daniel!?  I need more pictures!

Sunday was wonderful too.

Wes got me the necklaces I had been eying from etsy. I got one with a "c" for Charlotte  & one with a "j" for Juliette. They are perfect and oh so tiny and dainty. Kristen's shop is full of simple, delicate pieces...I will definitely be putting more of her things on future wish-lists.

Because of mother's day, Wes only had two church services to do instead of the usual three, so we were able to spend the whole afternoon and evening together and enjoy lots of wonderful fuzzy, family togetherness time.

 By that I mean I got to take a 3 hour nap and who the heck cares what the rest of those people living in my house were doing.

All in all it really was a great couple of days, and I'm so thankful for both moms in my life. One has put up with my ridiculous nonsense for 28 long years, and the other raised a man who has become the most wonderful husband and father. 

Cheers to a good week ahead, friendlies!

oh, just a little something to ponder...

I just died from the funny. has bad words. don't be mad. i warned you.

*nataliedee.com

I just laughed so hard I snorted all my precious diet coke out of my nose, 

and then when I ran into the bathroom to clean myself up, 

I was still laughing and knocked a whole pyramid of toilet paper rolls into the toilet. 

Totally. Worth it. 

Etsy Love...Mother's Day Edition

Sometimes your husband just might need a subtle hint, dropped into casual conversation.

Other times he might need a direct link emailed to him with detailed instructions.

I'm going to go with the latter ;)

Here are some Etsy lovelies I just can't get out of my head...

 

itsy bitsy initial  necklaces...I'd like one with a "c" and one with a "j"...my girls' initials

{from moshposhdesigns}

Summer Time Canvas Tote

{sineminugur}

A pair of these...for my favorite chubby baby feet

{JolieBerry}

...and a bright, twirly skirt for her sister

{kissingkumquats}

And this set of three prints to cheer up my hallway

{theinksociety}

What would you love to get (or give!)  for Mothers Day??

Guest Room Gorgeousness...

 One of the reasons that we bought our house was that even with a growing family, we would still have the space for a guest room. I always wanted to have a home where family and friends could come and always feel welcome.

These are all guest rooms from one of my favorite mags: Canadian House & Home

by designer Sarah Richardson

{she is my faaavorite}

Designer: Kathryn M. Ireland

Designer: Lynda Reeves

{love a diagonal bed}

Designer: Jill Kantelberg

Designer: Holly Dyment

Designer: unsure...but have you ever seen a more romantic bed??

Designer: again, unsure...love the headboard and color palette 

Designer: Melody Duron

{dreamy...your guests wont want to leave}

from the July 2009 issue

Oh, Canadians....

You and your amazing magazines.

And your bacon.

Both delicious. 

Custom Monogrammed Email freebie!! So fun!! And did I mention..Free!

You guys. You guyssss. (my voice got all high and squeaky on that last one)

You have to go check out MeebleMail.  I just found out about this fun freebie from Shelli.

It lets you design custom monogrammed emails that look like personalized stationary, with designers like Trina Turk and Lela Rose lending their pattern inspiration. There are hundreds of designs to choose from, tons of fonts, and it works with your normal email provider.

I think the best part is you don't have to use your stationary template all the time.You just click a button when you want to use it.  (So if you use your regular email for work purposes, you can send normal old emails out and not have your boss or clients wonder why your email suddenly has a pink octopus and says Hugs and Kisses at the bottom. Or if your boss wouldn't even bat an eye at that, maybe you have some boundary issues. But that's another post all together)

It's a beta-site, which means it's in the testing phase before they do a full-scale launch, 
so IT IS FREE :)
*hint: when go to "pay", put "gift card" in as the payment method and make sure it says "freebie" as the promo code. 


Go do it!! And someone pleeease email me : )   I want to see what you chose!!

oh khloe...oh no...

I love me some Kardashians...

But Khloe...

oooh Khloe....

Girlfriend went out in west hollywood this past weekend wearing...this.

That's all I really have to say.