Awesome Weekend Recap!

Weekend was AWESOME! Spent Saturday with the Bestie shopping and crafting.

 

Bestie getting ready to craft at our monthly Stampin' Up class.

 

 

Had so much fun making awesome fall cards and treat bag!

 

Early morning trip to the Farmer's Market for some yummy fresh foods

and handmade goodies!

 

I'm totally in love with my new earrings.

 

Even managed to fit a little work in.

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It's My Insta-Life Linky Party #4

So things have been crazy busy around here and I have been working on blogging, work, sewing and a million other things. I', sad to admit that I missed 2 weeks of link ups, but this is going change. April is under way and I already have some really fun pictures! If you missed March's Wrap up check it out {HERE}. The post includes a bunch of inspiration boards if you are wanting to change it up or if you are just starting out. 


In case you missed it here is Fatmumslim's April list, this is the one I am following. Make sure you note that the hash tag has changed this month.  

 #1 Your Reflection

#2 Colour: Grerat colorful postcard from the ATX

#3 Mail: Who doesn't like mail...except for bills:(

 #4 Someone that makes you happy: Hubs of course {lunch date}

#5 Tiny: Goldfish crackers:) 

#6 Lunch: Homeslice Pizza and an Izzy 

{perfect lunch date with hubs} 

Least favorite pic of the week! Traffic as I tried to get out of Austin on Good Friday. Took me 2 HOURS to drive 59 miles!!

Here are the ground rules:

I ask that you only link up posts that are related to your week in pictures. You don't have to use Instagram, but I promise you will fall in love with it if you try. 
{just this week its available to android users!}

Please link back to my blog somehow and include one of the awesome buttons from the party in your post {that is the amazing Austin skyline of the button}. Now hurry go tell all of your friends.

Last thing, please take the time to visit at least two of the other links in the party and share the love.

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Manic Monday: Weekend Fun & A Winner

It's just another Manic Monday... I wish was Sunday....because that means I would be at work! So that's not how the song actually goes, but sometimes I like to put my personal touch on things.


Sunday was a fun day, but so was Saturday. Market Days, craft shows, hanging out with friends, church and the thoughts of a festival.


I really had plans to work on redoing the shipping station in my sewing room....but I needed a shelf that is currently buried in the garage and I really didn't want to bug Hubs while he was studying to dig it out. So maybe next week I'll get around to it. in the mean time it will remain a heap of boxes, rolls of tape and tissue paper. Please don't cringe when you look at this picture. I promise I will make it better, eventually.

So instead of working, I played, but that didn't go as smooth either. My car started making a squealing noise earlier in the week and Hubs diagnosis was I needed a new belt, not just any belt but a important belt that gonns cost us like $500 to replace! So I couldn't drive the 20 minutes to Round Rock for the 1st Market Days. My bestie and I have been planning to attend for weeks! You know how I know she really is my bestie...she came and got me. Yes, she drove the 20 minutes from her house to mine to pick me up and then we drove all the way back.


Market Days was a hit, lots of different vendors and tons of shoppers. We sampled peanut brittle and chowed down on kettlecorn and sweet tea. Purchased some handmade soap and took in all the surrounds of a beautiful spring day in Central Texas and chatted it up with lots of friends.

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We hit up a local craft show and bestie's son's school. Chatted it up with tons of fun vendors, sampled some yummy bundt cake{I had the 7-Up and it was tasty!}. We ran a few errands, hung out at her house, and had a late lunch. I was exhausted by the time she took me home, but we had too much fun. Hubs came home for work, we had a delicious dinner and watched a old episode of SNL. Doesn't get much better than that.

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Flash to Sunday... Grand ideas of church and the Zilker Kite Festival. Church was amazing as always, a great sermon about fasting and the importance of it. Definitley something I'm looking forward to discussing further with out Missional Community.

By the time we got out of church, Kite festival was in full swing and I had a headache. I was ready to eat and then head home for a nap. So a passed on walking through the park. So these pics are from last years event where we had a great time.

It was a wonderful weekend. I spent the rest of Sunday napping{2 hours}, hitting the gym and crafting! Can't wait to share the tutorial I worked on today with you.

Thank you to everyone who entered the "5 Things I'm Really Liking Right Now" giveaway....

And the winner is.....Maryanne Campbell

Maryanne, you have 48 hours to contact me to claim your prize or another winner will be drawn. Check out the contact form on the blog for convenience.

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Insta-Saturday

 #19 Somthing I hate to do: Laundry

 20. Handwriting

 21. A Fav Photo: My nephew as a newborn

 22. Where I Work

23. My Shoes 

24. Inside Your Bathroom Cabinet 

25. Green

Next week is split between the February and March, but have no worries the NEW MArch list is out! Thank you FatMumSlim! So if you don't already have it pin it and get to it.

Linking up with:

 

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Silent Sunday

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Friday Letters

Dear Web Designers, Bloggers, Business Owners,
If music starts as soon as your page loads, I will leave, and more than likely not come back. I'm usually multitasking and this is a huge distraction for me. Sorry, some of your song choices are really nice:)

Dear Self,
Why do you continue to feel so unorganized?

Dear Hubs,
I really enjoyed our Valentines Dinner the other night, I'm sorry you are sick.

Dear Texas Lotto,
$310 Million....why not me, I bought 3 tickets?

Dear Blog Readers,
500-1000 hits a day! You rock! and Thank you:)

Dear IRS,
It could have been worse.

Dear Peanut M&Ms,
I really do enjoy you, but am proud of myself for taking you to work and then forgetting I had you until this evening.

Dear Scale and Elliptical,
Thank you! 4.6 lbs, that's awesome.

Dear Hubs,
I know...again. Thanks for saying my booty is getting smaller. You made my day. Good bye junk in the trunk!

Dear Erin Condren,
Now that I ordered and paid my money, I need my planner now! I don't know if I can wait 6 days for you to customize it for me.

Dear Diddles & Dumplings Blog,
I super excited about my Bakerella Cake Pop book I won! Thanks for a fun giveaway.

Dear Sewing Machines,
I'm kinda excited that you are going in to be serviced. That's 2 weeks without any sewing which means lots of time to work out, read, blog and all kinds of other fun stuff.

Dear Shutter Lady,
I can't tell you how wonderful my new shutters look! You have redeemed yourself.
p.s. It was touch and go for a while there.

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Manic Monday: Pantry Redo

This weekend was full of productivity. I can't believe that I am getting to write that! I have to admit that Mother Nature played a big role in this. See, I'm not a cold person. I don't like being cold, and when its cold outside you will find me inside. So Sundays high of 50 kept me home most of the day and good things happened. Sundays 28 when I woke up, almost kept me in bed {hubs lured me out with hot tea}.

Here is my list from last week...

#1 Organize/clean out my closet and dresser {this is huge}


#2 Organize/clean out the cabinets in my bathroom


#3 Make a few rearranging/organizing adjustments to my sewing room


#4 Do something with our pantry: organize, label, something {trip to the container store!} It looks amazing and I can't believe I didn't take before pictures!! Hubs commented on it right away:)


#5 Mark all of the visible spots with the peeling paint {this made hubs so happy}


#6 Check that all of the electrical outlets in the house work {this made hubs so happy too}


#7 Pot my new plant {this one is all fun} Hubs helped me do this when I got home from work Thursday night.


#8 Sew the 6 orders I got this past week

I also managed to clean all of the floors in the entire house and do 4 loads of laundry. Guess I just needed a nice cold weekend to keep in going.

Pantry Redo up next...

First thing I did was head to Pinterest and look for ideas, of course. Here are a few of my favorites...

I made a nice list of everything I was going to need for my weekend full of organizing. Trips to Hobby Lobby, Walmart and The container Store were in order.

I spent $100 at The Container Store, $10 at Hobby Lobby {yay, 40% off coupon} and about $30 at Wal-art. So a grand total of $140 for weekend redos. Not to bad.

I hate admit it, but I was so excited about the redo on the pantry that I forgot to take a before pic:( You can imagine how bad it was though.

Hubs really liked it and commented on it first thing! I went slowly to make sure he was good with all the new containers since he is the cook of the house. He asked if he could have a few more for cereal and coffee! YAY!

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Silent Sunday

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