Whoah.

We're heading to Puerto Rico tomorrow for my cousin's wedding.  I'm going to be her maid  matron of honor & we have SO MUCH to do between now and 6 AM tomorrow morning.  (Doesn't "matron" just sound so serious??  I think it needs to be said in a very deep voice.)  I cannot WAIT to get on that plane but going on vacation honestly isn't the same when you run your own business.  I've felt sick about leaving for the past couple of weeks because there's just so much to get done. 

On the wedding note, I referred my cousin to a seller on Etsy to make us custom bridesmaid dresses (For the 3 bridesmaids) and $450 later, they have not arrived.  Yeah. And we leave tomorrow.  SO...  we've all been racing around finding backups and I'm using something I had recently bought because there's no time.  It's this dress in a different color:

{Free People}

In this color:

{not taupe...  pale blue/ pinks}

Although when I was just on the free people website grabbing these pics, I came across this and kind of love it:

Anyway, the wedding's on the beach and my cousin is one of the most beautiful people I've ever met and she truly looks like a goddess in her dress.  (And her fiance is awesome.) I'll share pics when we get home.

So...  It's been craziness getting ready to leave.  We've presented a bunch of designs to clients:

{a recent design board} 

We're finishing up an installation for a client who's on vacation today:

{Here's what it looked like as of last night...  We're accessorizing & receiving the rest of the furniture today although we just found out the our SOFA is not arriving in time.  I feel TERRIBLE and if the factory wasn't closed for vacation this week I'd seriously be driving down to North Carolina myself to get it.}

The kids have been enjoying the packing supplies for the install:

We had a photo shoot at the house this week including my office which was all prettied up and now looks like this:

{yummy.}

Justin just wandered down to the office and he looks like this:

{Love the morning sleepy eyes & behead}

And we haven't packed.  BUT...  my husband did just drop off a plate of pancakes to me in the office so I am OFF!  I'll attempt posts but may just be out!!




ps- Remember my plants form the Fall?  Most of them are still alive & now they'll live thanks to our house sitter!!  (i think the dog will be okay to ;) ;)
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Fruit Pops

I first saw these on Pinterest.  I  saw them and knew the kids would love them.

The directions were to take fruit (any) and add it to a popsicle mold and pour in Capri Sun.  I am in the grocery this week and this popsicle is on the cover of MS Food.  No wonder it was all over Pinterest.  Anyway, it is healthy and a great summer snack.  I didn't even have to write down how to make it!  Easy summer!
I will link to:
Foodie Friday at Designs by Gollum
Friday Food at Mom Trends

 

Shell Garland

I have seen shell garlands in several places and I decided I wanted to create my own.

 I just started with a cotton rope and strung it up across the mantel. 

I used a jute rope and started tying the shells, starfish, and sand dollars in a pattern.

Each item had a feature about it that naturally you could tie the string to.  I didn't drill any holes to do this.
 

I plan to get a multi-season of uses out of this because I am going to try it in a coastal Christmas garland this winter.  

Thanks for stopping by! 

Sherry

I will join these lovely blogs, go over and check them out.

White Wednesday at Faded Charm

Wow Us Wednesday  at Savvy Southern Style

Better Homes & Gardens Mag: 50 Ideas Under $50

Thanks so much to Better Homes & Gardens Magazine for including me in the "dream team" of designers, stylists & bloggers rounded up for their "50 Super Stylish Ideas Under $50" article in this month's issue.  (Some of my favorite people were included in the experts, including my friend Liz Levin)  

In the issue there are so many great ideas for style on a budget.  On the cover (above) I love the stenciled pillows the team at Better Homes & Gardens (Including stylist Jessica Thomas who did our BHG Christmas story a while back ) did using one of my ideas.   Royaldesignstudio.com is where I found the stencil for my living room wall & they really do have a beautiful selection of stencils.

A little while back I used a variation of  another one of my BHG ideas in my house.  I found a cheapie picture frame tray at Target...

(The only kind of DIY projects I truly anjoy are the ones that take under 10 minutes ;)

 ...I took out the pictures of other people's cute kids and folded up a vintage piece of fabric I had lying around & put it inside...

...And now it's a tray on my living room coffee table:

I can switch it out whenever I feel like it & it's a great place to get to enjoy all vintage fabrics & wallpapers I've picked up. 

To read all of the ideas, check out the July issue on news stands now.  To read some of the ideas that wouldn't fit into the magazine article, check out this online slideshow/ article at BHG.com.  I am completely head-over-heels- in-love with the vignette they created using homemade botanicals: 

Have a great day & enjoy!!

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Vintage Ferns

I had a vision of capturing a whited out look of something like I had been seeing on the blogs.  This picture of a maidenhair fern was my first attempt.  

This is what it looked like before I edited it.  

For Texture Tuesday, Kim asked us to use the number three for a challenge.   So, my three is that I have created two more fern pictures.  I was hoping to make a grouping for the wall.  I printed them out to 8x10's and they look really neat with the texture.   The texture used was pourvous by Kim Klassen.

I think these would be just right printed out on canvas for a grouping on the wall, but I can't afford to do that, so I will try an alternative and post about that soon.

Thanks for viewing my post.  

I will link to Texture Tuesday at Kim Klassen Cafe.

Click on the link to view some beautiful photography.

Happy 4th of July!

Hope you're enjoying yours!!!

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Bees & Butterflies

I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend!  I have some beautiful pictures of my SIL's garden that she took that I thought I would share with you.

This mosaic has one of my SIL's pictures and some of mine. 

Made a mosaic so I can join:

Mosaic Monday at Little Red House, go and view all the lovely photo mosaics. 

Have a very Happy 4th of July!

Sherry