Master Bedroom Reveal (For Now)

Well, there are still quite a few things I plan on doing in here- mostly adding the bedside lamps to the wall and then decorating those tables and tying it all together.  But, for now I thought I would share what I have done.

Crazy About Kitchens

What is it about kitchens that I can't get enough of?  Really, when I see a pretty kitchen (even when the style is different than mine) It just makes me giddy!

Dream House: Living Area

I love big, open floor plans.  I would love to have the kitchen open to the living area with only a bar separating the two.  I don't even care if I have a dining room or a front room.  Just a big open living area from the entry.

My style combines Rustic Revival, Nantucket Style, and Cottage Chic so materials used would be wood, woven rope, canvas and linen, rustic metals, vintage leather, and of course lots of wicker.

 via Design Style Amy D Morris

I am a huge fan of white fabrics; especially couches and chairs.

But I also love leather (my new favorite is camel-colored like the above ottoman)

via Metropolitan Home-Darryl Carter

via Architectural Digest- Sheryl Crow's Home

Architectural Digest

Camilla at Home

Love the colors in this room; not so much the modern pieces:

via Coco & Kelley

Elle Decor

via lil blue deer

Also, I love big clocks...wouldn't mind having a few in my future dream home :)

...And I would like a little office nook in the main living area.  Here are a couple examples:

via decorpad

High Gloss Feb. Issue

You have probably seen images from this month's issue of High Gloss Magazine.  But I just had to share some of my favorite pages...

HeirBloom Review and Giveaway

This is Ahndea, owner and creator of Heirbloom Etsy shop.  She was super nice and so great to work with for this giveaway.  I am so glad I got to "meet" and work with her.  She is also a stylist for photo shoots - I SO want to work with her on a shoot someday soon.

She uses vintage jewelry to make beautiful flower brooches, headbands, etc.  She also does custom orders to use jewelry and gems that are meaningful to you; therefore even more special and unique! 

These pieces would make a great Valentines Gift or maybe even a little gift to yourself.

Andhea has offered a choice of one of the below to one of you:

Love this color:

 My fave:

 Would go with anything:

 To enter, go check out HeirBloom on Etsy and tell me which one you like best from her Spring Collection heirbloom.etsy.com.

For extra entries:

-Subscribe to Ahndea's blog at ahndeamay.blogspot.com

- Tweet about the giveaway with the HeirBloom Link.

Good luck and thanks so much Ahndea!!!

The New "Weblog"

I am SO excited to share with you my new photography website/blog!  I will just call it my photo weblog for fun :)  I got the idea from Jessica Claire (a successful photographer in Southern California) who uses her blog as her website also.

One of my friends from church that designs websites/blogs (who is also a talented writer - go check out her blog) came up with the perfect blog for me.  I absolutely LOVE it.  Thank you so much Tiana.  I am excited to be doing some photo shoots in the near future with her and her husband (they are a very cute couple.)

Go see it!  I am so excited about it!

I am sharing this at some of these

Giveaway Galore

One of the cool things about blogging a lot is being able to enter lots of giveaways. 

I have been pretty lucky the last few months...  I won 2 pretty headbands in the same week 2 weeks ago.  The funny thing is I won them on different days, and they both arrived in the mail at the same time!  What are the chances?

This first one is from Aly & Ash

And this second one is from Hello Marzipan

Yeah, I totally photo-shopped myself...my skin wasn't looking too hot in this picture :)


Last week I won this gorgeous butterfly necklace and I can't wait to get it in the mail!!!:

I am going to wear it with EVERYTHING.

I just HAD to post about it because the creator of this necklace has an etsy shop called Earrings Nation full of beautiful pieces.  Here are just a few examples:

This owl is much bigger and longer than the rest of these necklaces, but very cool.

This "My Love Diary" necklace is much smaller than the rest of these.

Aren't they all SO pretty?  Her prices are VERY reasonable too.  Go check it out if you would like.  These would make great gifts, especially for Mother's Day.

For a chance to win a beautiful necklace on her blog, go here.

For a chance to win a beautiful grab bag from the Gilded Bee (where I got my butterflies) go here.

For some pretty stationary go here

For a beautiful clock or set of glasses go here.

For a beautiful quilt go here

For some tupperware go here

For a baby bjiorn go here
  

Also, right now my friend Jill over at The Bird and the Berry is having her first giveaway for Citristrip Stripping Gel so head over to her blog and enter before April 17th!

Also, for a chance to win a beautiful clutch go here!

Ahh I just love giveaways, don't you?


P.S. If any of you are interested in doing a giveaway here on my blog I would love to!  Send me an email or leave a comment!