WHAT? WW isn't coming this Wednesday??!!!

No, it's not. I feel this is very over due. A little house update/after pics, woooo hoooo!

Remember these?!

Our apartment is coming along quite nicely :) I've learned a lot about how to organize space and what works where. I have definitely made some mistakes and at times our apartment feels smaller than it is but I still love it. When decorating I knew I wanted to go neutral and we did just that. We have a lot of gray and white and we know how much I love white.

Tray is West Elm 

coffee table Ikea for 30 doll hairs, such a deal!

Our Kitchen…We could have put a bigger "island" or even a table there but we like the open space

island if from Ikea also 30$

and because we put our table here in a little nook :)

W.E. we got it on sale for 120$

Our temp "chairs" are from Crate and Barrel for about 17$ each and I actually really like them we move them around the house a lot!

Lamp is from home goods for 50$, a steal as well! 

Side table Ikea 10$ 

:)

I can't get a good picture of our whole living space because of the windows and how the light comes in…I should try at night

WE rug 20$

Couch Ikea

 Pillows are coming soon :) I absolutely love them and will update when they're here!

Rug WE too :)

Hub's mom's friends (mouthful) got us those fabulous waterford chalices. We are waiting for a perfect night to have a couple margs in them, so fancy and fun and medieval!

Other: plates, bowls, place mats, napkins, napkin holder, tea light holder…all WE

I love decorating :) It is so fun but I'm always seeing things that I need. Yes, need (I wish!). Hubs told me the other day that it's so hard to say no to me and that now he knows what my dad went through ;) 

But on the real, I am very budget conscious (especially because we're working hard for our monies) and even though having to say no to things breaks my heart, I know someday I'll have the perfect house with everything I will ever want or need. 

In the meantime I can dream...

Lets Get Sappy

I just had dinner with two girls whom I met through hubs friends. 

It really makes me miss my friends from home and school like La, Meg, Em, Jo and Blair. I think about them all the time and how much they have influenced me and what good great friends they really are. They have all pushed me and kept me in check, helped me find my keys even if it is the fourth time they've gone missing that day (right BJ?!) and been AH-MAZING role models in my life. These are friends I will have for life and the memories made with them are irreplaceable. I was going through pictures before I left Chicago and Laura, you are literally in all of my pictures growing up! It is so funny to look back and see who we have become, I am definitely proud of both of us :) 

Making new friends is always hard. Maybe even harder when you're newly married in a city where he already has friends.  I met Kait and Mindy through hubs friends and had dinner with them. It has been so great to have girls who are so inviting and friendly and I realized how lucky I was to make new friends like this. 

Here's to beach days with new friends :)

...and old when you come visit!

:)

DIY project

This is a very short, simple post but it's a great, easy way to dress up some plants!

Get some plants!

Then get some material, I got mine from hobby lobby…do you remember seeing it from somewhere??

Oh yaaaaaa, my jewlery picture frame holder…SAME STUFF :)
Maybe this will be next weeks DIY!

First your going to want to cut a square or two that goes a little over the top of the container, you can double up on these to give them more volume...

Next, if your plants have leaky bottoms make sure you wrap them in plastic wrap so when you water them it doesn't leak out.   

Then start wrapping whatever material you chose around them.

Make sure you choose a slightly heavier material it will give an overall better look and be easier to work with :)

I would have used my glue gun but hubs misplaced it when cleaning and I STILL can't find it. I have a whole pack of glue sticks though...

make sure when you glue you're covering it up with another piece so you can't see it

so, yes I used crazy glue, like super glue. 

If you want you can do another layer of material too.

and this is how they should look :)

place them on a table or a shelf and little pieces of cuteness :)

I love Bravo TV…my mom and pop think it rots the brain but it doesn't ;)

Go try it and let me know how it goes!

Just another manic Mondayyyy

Not really. But I have a fun week of posts ahead and I won't be skipping a day! Today is something I love: Flea Markets/Farmers Markets

Hubs and I stopped at a HUGE flea market yesterday. And when I say HUGE I mean it…we didn't even see the whole thing!

some had just junk...

but to any kid,

this is like a candy store!!

he touched almost every dirty box of toys…

 And thennnnnn…

there was pretty jewlery. Can I remind you we are very close to Mexico so many things are Mexican inspired. The booth next to this was selling pesos for a dollar…

Looking back I wish we had gotten this, so pretty in pink.

This "artist" reminded me of Italy. He made these from spray paint and the first time I ever saw art like this was in Italia :)

Lake house dayzzz…I learned to slalom on a Kidder just like the purple one

If you like blown glass please skip the next couple pictures :)

Now this booth comes with a story. Hubs and his oldest brother have a weird thing for blown glass. They think its really cool while I think its VERY tacky. He took a trip to FL keys with two of his brothers and came back with 4 little glass figurines. He told me I could pick 1. Um, no thank you but what a thoughtful gift, you good gift giver, you!!

Don't you worry, they did not make it out to SD with us ;)

Barbie <3 Diego

No words.

I mean who makes all these?! 

My grandma used to have these at her house and I loved them! They have smaller and smaller and smaller dolls inside them. I wanted to get one and send it to her.

DIY IDEAS:

I loved these vintage suitcases. I just recently saw in a Mag how they painted them white (or whatever color) redid the inside if they were old and used them as storage from under the bed! If you can get them at a good price it's worth it.

I also thought if they were pretty flat, you could again paint them or not paint them depending on your color scheme and the color of the suitcases and glue them together stacked and staggered maybe use a piece of glass on top and use it as a side table :) 

I saw a couple booths with these stones. They would look very cute on a bookcase or shelf. They need to be polished a little because they were dull but for 5$…a steal.

I loved these old cameras…I wish I knew more about them so I could buy one and use it! If they don't work they could be used as a good book stop too :)

P.S. doesn't that old video camera look like the one they used in Wild America, the movie with JTT. I can remember watching that movie all.the.time.

Now I don't know if I would ever buy a rug from here. I wouldn't want it to have bugs because that would just be bad and I think that cow rug might be 100% real which makes me sad. Nonetheless, it's a super popular trend right now at West Elm and on Jonathan Adler's site. They are a bit expensive at these two sites but here I'm sure you could get it for dirt cheap. I didn't ask because I didn't want him to think I was interested…they like to sell hard when there's a possible purchase you know what I mean? 

He's hubs, oh so happy to be leaving!

My favorite booth was a lady selling cactus and herbs.

I bought a Chive plant because I make a DE-lish reciepe with them…they one you were supposed to see last Friday, you'll see it on here Thursday. 

And I bought 4 little cactus plants. Two of which were potted in these very cute hanging bubbles from W.E. and the other two you'll see tomorrow (DIY project) ;) 

I know these aren't the best pictures and I only took a couple but I kept getting so side tracked by things I liked and booths I wanted to see! Next weekend when I go back I will make sure you get to see all the wonderful things I saw!

Happy start to the week!!