Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Backyard love........

I'm sick.....and in the process of re-doing my front and backyard (which is probably why I got sick.......I tired myself out!) so I've been searching online for some inspiration..............


Love this! Want my yard to be surrounded by green someday.......




This would be a fun thing to do when its cooler.....in the fall/winter....



This deck is so nice! 




I'm planting this stuff alllll over my yard! ALL OVER!

Can't wait to get better and start planting! :-)

All images are taken from Apartment Therapy!
<3/Shannon

Thursday, June 23, 2011

The busyness of summer.....

I don't know where all my free time goes.......

  1.  Watching my Boyf and his band play shows all around town (photo taken from Advocate's  Facebook)
  2. Taking photos with a disposable Camera and celebrating 2 years with my Dannooo
  3. Spending free moments at Honeymoon , getting tan and collecting shells
  4. Taking care of Mocha while my parents road-tripped up to VA, and keeping him from going into "Crazy Lab Separation Anxiety" 
  5. Creating yummy things with Flat bread.  FLATBREAD PIZZA is a new obsession

I'm trying to document my summer in pictures and share them here....for those of you who stalk me (yes, you!).

Life is busy, but beautiful, and Summer is my favorite season.  Yes, the weather is unbelievably hot and humid, but  there's something about being able to get off work at 5 and still enjoy the beach till 8:30 that is so magical.  And looking sunkissed in all of my photos is a huge plus!


Monday, April 18, 2011

Inspiration captured through my blackberry......



 Anthropologie!
Loving their use of repurposed cork and the light made out of recycled cardboard.  The light is definitely on my list for "Things to diy".



Curb Alerts!
I'm a tad obsessed with finding free things the side of the road.  I managed to snag a bunch of old canning jars, embroidery hoops, and a large frame and lamp base from the leftovers of an estate sale.  I've already re-purposed the frame for a project I'm working on, I'm excited for the end result!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

The Beginning.....

So this blog has been a sort of 'secret' endeavor I've taken on in the past month.  I've been piecing it together, little by little.  It's nice that I'm finally feeling satisfied with the results.  I have a tumblr that I love, but the problem with its design is  it's more favorable towards pictures than typed content.  So I decided back in December that I wanted a blog that was more customizable.  I would keep my Tumblr as an 'inspiration' blog, and this blog for written posts.

What do I hope to accomplish with this blog?

The focus, or mission of this blog is to inspire and inform potential readers about certain topics.  These will include traveling (places I've been and want to go), thrifting finds, baking adventures, and makeovers of ugly things.  I'm sure I will have a few other posts about life, maybe things I'm reading.  The great thing about a blog is that it can hold you accountable for things that you know you need to do (but might be too lazy to do).  It can also inspire people and motivate them to do things or go places.

I'm still developing things I can write about on a weekly basis.  I'm getting started on writing country/city experiences and travel tips.

So this will be a on-going work in progress, I'm closing on my house on Friday (Lord willing!) and then fixing it up (cleaning, painting, putting in new floors) and slowly moving my stuff in.  I'm making mental notes to take as many pictures of the things I change (which is mostly everything! hah) and an overall House Before/After also! So I'm excited to have a place to share those changes with people.

 ~Shannon