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Friday, February 17, 2012

To the Weekend!

Today my darling love gets home from Big Sky, Montana. He's spent the last 3 days snowboarding and hucking himself off booters... so I'm glad to have him back where I don't have to constantly be worrying if he and the rest of the guys are being more dangerous than normal. And plus I just miss him... so I'm definitely a happy girl that he's finally on his way home.

Happy Weekend!

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Slow Cooker Cranberry Roast Beef

4 ingredients is all you need- And then just throw them in a crock pot and Bam! You have dinner! I actually liked it even more the next day too. Eat alone or use as a filling for pulled beef sandwiches or tacos. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

2-3 pounds beef or pork roast or stew chunks
1 tablespoon dried onion flakes, or 1 medium yellow onion, diced (I used both)
2 tablespoons soy sauce (La Choy and Tamari wheat-free are gluten free)
1 (16-ounce) whole berry cranberry sauce (mine wasn't whole berry and it tasted just fine)

Use a 4-quart slow cooker. Plop in the meat (mine was partially frozen), and add the onion and soy sauce. Pour in the entire can of cranberry sauce over the top. Do not add water. Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours, or on high for 5-6 (mine was fine between 4.5 and 5). If you are cooking on high, you may need to "help" the meat break apart by taking it out an hour or so before serving by cutting it into chunks, then returning to the sauce.

Recipe from Stephanie O'Dea

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Office Love

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day lovelies! I'm on my way to a massage- courtesy of my amazing husband. I hope you have one fantastic day as well!

xoxo

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Monday, February 13, 2012

DIY: Brown Paper Flowers for Your Home

Happy Monday! Today I have one crazy awesome and easy diy project to share: Brown Paper Flowers. I used mine to decorate the large empty wall next to our bed, but you can use them anywhere.

I was watching an episode of the Nate Berkus show (love him and totally up for being his best friend when he asks... which I'm assuming will be very soon). and Destiny from A Place for Us was on with this fantastic project. It's super easy. And the fact that I could make all the flowers while watching a show on tv just made it all the more better.

I love how it livened up our empty wall!

Materials needed:

Brown paper lunch bags (I used 29, but use as little or as many as you need)
Scissors
Glue Stick
Adhesive for attaching to wall (I used scrapbook glue dots)

Instructions:

Cut a petal out of the brown paper bag. Cut from the end with the opening (You'll use the bottom portion of the bag later). I also started cutting from more than one paper bag at a time to speed up the process.

You will end up with petals like ones on the left, as well as folded pieces like the ones on the right.

Get your glue stick and begin gluing the petal ends together. Make a cross shape with the first four leaves. Then repeat with four more covering the diagonals. Finally, repeat with creased petals.

And pretty soon you'll have a bunch of these pretty things...

I was able to cover the top corner of our wall with the flowers.

I wanted them to come a little further down though so I repeated the above steps with the bottom portion of the brown paper bags (the folded part). And got this!

I love it! Our room looks so much happier now... and since I already had all the materials on hand- this little upgrade was totally free.

Friday, February 10, 2012

To the Weekend!

It's official. My husband are I are officially mountain driving, Jacksonites... we bought a Subaru Outback this week. I actually can't believe we've lasted almost 2 years driving our 2 wheel, rear wheel drive truck this long on our crazy icy roads. But no more! Now I can drive freely and with reckless abandon! Or at least wherever I want... I feel it's a weekend for exploring. Happy Weekend everyone! See you back here next week!

Source: nowandthan.tumblr.com via Halli on Pinterest

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Taking off the Layers...

Oh my goodness warm weather is a comin! It's 25 degrees today! Hooray!

It has been soooooo cold lately. Negative 11, Negative 9, Negative 7. I mean really- when the temp is below zero... and there's a wind chill that says, "Feels like negative 20" I am not amused.

So since I'd boarded myself inside the past week... my pictures have all been from the inside looking out. I'm like a sad cat... or something.

But now that it's above zero. I'm ready to get outside... and take pictures of things that aren't balls of yarn...

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Real Wedding: Rachael and Jay Part 2

If you thought the photos from Rachael & Jay's wedding post yesterday were gorgeous- brace yourselves for today's.

The couple, venue, details, and these two little girls below are just going to steal your heart away...

Love it!! Every bride and groom should have a photo like this at the end of their wedding.

Thanks for sharing your special day with us Rachael! I wish you and Jay all the best!!

Rachael is wearing the Audrey hair flower fascinator

All images by Sarah DeShaw Photography

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Real Wedding: Rachael and Jay

Get ready because I have one gorgeous Real Wedding for you today!

Rachael and Jay were married on November 5th in St. Simon's Island, Georgia. And each of these photos are beautifully shot by the incredibly talented Sarah DeShaw Photography. It doesn't hurt when the wedding party is stunning too.

The beautiful bride...