Shabby Chic...

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Remember my post about wanting to brighten up my family room filled with expensive finds? I've been on the search for less expensive replicas, and check out what I found...

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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Weekend Top 10...

I'm trying something different as a means of recapping our weekend. Prepare yourself for the top 10 moments from the "Solawatts" weekend...I know you're on the edge of your seat aren't you...not so much...

1. Hijacked my in-law's house..they're in NY...where we grilled steaks, listened to country music out on the patio and watched the kids and dogs run wild.


2. Watched Carter actually play soccer instead of dance around the field.


3. Attended Preston's baseball game where he caught an amazing pop fly...that's my boy!


4. Had the pleasure of being on the receiving end of a mani and a pedi.


5. Helped my mother-in-law decide to paint her kitchen cabinets black at their new house in NY. Can't wait to see how they turn out, Carol!


6. Watched Preston pull his first tooth!


7. Watched Trysten attempt to pull his hillbilly tooth.


8. Went with 3 other couples and their kids to Peter Piper's Pizza where we closed the place down. Good times with good friends.


9. Continued to thank God for my incredible husband.


10. Had the whole family together all weekend...Priceless.

Good times...

New Etsy Items

I finally found some time to get a few things done today...It's been a fun...more on that later...and VERY busy weekend!

Coco...Here's that frame if you still want it...It's in my store. =)

A sweet little frame...

My sister...an elementary school librarian...ordered these for her school library.

HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

Hooked on Friday...

I'm participating in "Hooked on Fridays" going on at Hooked on Homes again, and this week...I am hooked on using tufted ottomans as coffee tables. It was the perfect solution to avoiding sharp corners when I had very little ones toddling around, and let's face it, they're beautiful!

This is mine in my family room...

Red velvet...Remind me of the infamous staircase in Gone With the Wind...

So pretty...Simple and perfect...
These are used for extra seating...
Love the animal print!
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

Welcome to Middle School...

Last night "the teenager" was talking to Ryan and I about his "girlfriend", Mia, and disclosed he had "broken up" with her on the grounds that she doesn't really talk to him much...too funny because I remember having "boyfriends" when I was young and being too shy to speak to them...He went on to say that he was now "going out with"...where, I don't know...her former best friend whom he had been texting for the past 1/2 hour. We schooled him on the unwritten rules of dating an ex's friend to no avail, as he vowed to, in his words, "keep their relationship a secret.". I am cracking up at this point...Fast forward about 2 hours, "the teenager" comes downstairs to tell us that he just found out that while he thought he was texting his new girlfriend, Lexy, it was actually Mia who had Lexy's phone, and now knew the whole story and was going to tell everyone at school. Ryan and I laughed, and I said, "Welcome to middle school."

Later on last night, Ryan quietly called me upstairs to join him where he was listening to Austin...who was supposed to be doing his homework...on the phone with a girl...what girl, I don't know...What I do know is that this school year has been one filled with so many new experiences regarding "the teenager", from repetitive bathing, to sleeping late on the weekends, to dances with girls, to friends with parents I don't know, and now this. It is the strangest feeling watching your own child enter a phase of life you remember so well. After the humor of the situation of last night wore off, I began to realize the broken hearts and disappointments everyone endures during the teenage years inevitably await him...and I can no longer hold his hand and protect him.

Need Some Feedback....

Since I am counting on you guys to give me feedback...what do you think about these 2 new additions?

This...

and this...

What about these new fabrics? I'm still waiting on the ones I ordered last week, but I bought these locally...

Below are are few paper collections I am thinking of using...

THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK!!!!

Happy Birthday, Sassy!!

You should drop by Sassy and the Boys, and tell her happy birthday! She ordered these little tags...actually she ordered 3, but the other pic didn't turn out...Happy birthday, Cassie...They're in the mail!

Random Wednesday...

Three little pieces of randomness....

1. After telling Preston (7) that he couldn't have a Gatorade at breakfast on Monday...

"But Mom, my body needs some electrolytes."

What???

2. When I dropped Carter (4) off at school today, his teacher proceeded to pull a slip of paper out of her pocket and say, "Boy do I have a quote for you..." The paper said:

"I have to stop watching those movies about girls without panties on!"

This is what Carter said during circle time at school yesterday. I had to explain to Ms. Jessica that there was a girl in a bathing suit on TV the other day, and he said, "Ewww, she has her panties on!" Preston responded, "No she doesn't have her panties on...That's her bathing suit!"

3. When I got into my car this morning, there was the sweetest card from my hubby propped up on the steering wheel just to let me know he loves me....Ryan...you are so good to me. I love you!

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!