InstaLately Link Up 17

So the way people read blogs has changed, I am on Bloglovin and you can follow me here!

My breakfast this weekend: mango, strawberries, and kiwi. I love fruit so much and can't wait for all the summer fruits to come into season! 

This is my favorite salad right now; mixed greens, cut strawberries, and Ken's Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette dressing. It's delicious! 

My Mother came by and dropped off these gorgeous flowers, they've all bloomed and I've really enjoyed them all week long. 

When she came over, she brought along my Grandmother and my Mother-in-Law joined us as well and we made bows for my shower this weekend. What she has planned for them, I don't know, but I can't wait to see! 

I'm in the homestretch! I reached my 3rd trimester and can't wait to meet our little bunny. 

The view of my feet are getting smaller and smaller each day. 

I saw this shirt on Pinterest and couldn't stop laughing. Oh how I'm easily amused! 

On my drive to work, I saw a car that had "I speak reindeer" plastered all over, then when I passed him I saw this large man, with a full white beard, dressed in a red jacket. I couldn't believe it! What a fun surprise! I should have passed him my wish list! 

My two favorite lip products: NYX Sugar Pie (the perfect gloss! It was also a part of my Beauty Wishlist) and Maybelline Baby Lips Peach Kiss. Both are great alone or layered together. 

Some pretties I picked up this weekend, some statement earrings for my baby showers and I finally found Essie's Go Ginza! I featured this color in my Beauty Wishlist post and have searched for this for a few weeks and I love the color! It's the perfect balance between pink and lilac. 

I'm heading back to blonde and started with some highlights. The color is lighter in person than in the shot, I'll try and get some better pics. I'm really happy with the outcome and can't wait to get to full blown blonde!

Be sure link up and share your IG pics!

InstaLately Link Up 11

Kiki La'Rue Jeggings (here), Black Tank, F21 Blazer, Clover necklace from GroopDealz (my new favorite site), Flats from Kohls 

F21 Sheer Blouse, Clover necklace from GroopDealz, Monogrammed necklace from MonoArtian on Etsy. I finally got this necklace for Christmas!! I've been wanting it since before I was married! Thanks again sister in law, I LOVE it!

I love these polka dot pajamas my sister got me for Christmas. I know everyone has them, but they're so cute and comfy and I've always wanted a pair of "old man" pjs. 

From Kiki La'Rue I ordered an off white piko top (here) and a Lenore scarf in Dark Teal (here). I'm so excited to wear them this week! Both are the softest fabric, I know they'll get a lot of use! 

My fruit cravings have not curved whatsoever. All I want is Pinkberry and smoothies now. 

After a long day of work, hubs picked me up the perfect treat! 

Becka is so funny. I hate the Kardashians (yes, they're pretty and dress well (most of the time), but that's all the niceties I have to say) and she loves them so she's sure that after I watch the first season I'll love them too. This little gem came in the mail and I couldn't stop laughing!! Thanks Becka, it's a great coaster. I kid, I kid!

Just about everyone I know is expecting a baby, apparently we all drank the same cool aid this past summer. It's so exciting and I'm glad to have so many friends and family members to share the experience with. I picked up some goodies to make for a few of my girlfriends and I'm so excited about them.

This week I can feel the baby so much more. I love every time I feel her.

Valentines Day Crafts

Ok, so I used to love Valentines day, then I hated it. Now, I just like celebrating it. It's a day of love. Love is beautiful and there's a ton of different ways to love and I firmly believe that it should be celebrated. I actually send out Valentines cards every year to family and friends. It's kind of corny, but I want them to know they're important to me. I think the quote below sums up a lot:

So, I challenge you ALL to celebrate this year's Valentines whether you're in love, heartbroken, alone, sad, happy, or excited. Celebrate what matters and let the ones you love know it! Tell you friends, neighbors, co-workers, family, and significant other that you care!

All pics are from my Pinterest boards, Holiday or Crafts, check them out for more ideas!

Add extra kisses to "make out"

Super cute idea for families

I love, love, love this idea, but making the scratch-off paint could be a hassle....

We did this all the time to the fraternity houses back in my sorority days, but how fun would it be to surprise your roommates or boyfriend/husband with this?

Great surprise at breakfast

It reminds me of grade school, and I love any crafts that involves googly eyes

I'm at least going to attempt this...

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways

Here's what I've done past:

Check it out, there's also some more ideas, in this post

Those hearts took for-evah to cut by hand, see them in this post
Check out last year's post ideas here.

Go out and love a little! What crafts and goodies are you planning this year?

Pretty Wedding Ornament

I've searched everywhere for a cute wedding ornament, I did find this one from Hallmark and picked it up, but I wanted something more. Then I remembered I pinned this a while ago and made some for all our newlywed friends. They were super easy and a great gift that will always have a special spot on the tree.

All you need is clear glass ornaments, their wedding invitation, a pencil, and ribbon or charms.

The L ornament is from this wedding's invite 

The R ornament is from this wedding's invite

Just cut the invitation in strips of varying length, but make sure you can read the details (their names, dates, places, etc) and wrap it around the pencil to curl it. I'll be making mine this week, our extra wedding stuff is in storage (with the Christmas gifts!) so I'll be picking them up today or tomorrow.

I'm so excited to have something so special for our tree and it made me even happier to share it with our friends! They were a big hit, so now I'm trying to gather invitations from our friends who were married a few years ago so I can make some for them too.

We're Ready for Santa!

Throughout the season, I've been going back and forth on what/if we should decorate for the holidays. We live with our parents while we save for our own home and plan on buying some decorations at half off after Christmas for next year, but it's still our first year married so I wanted to do something.

I've wanted to make burlap stockings for Matt and I for-evah, but felt silly doing it when we didn't live together so now that we're married, I made them over the weekend. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and then I saw this on Pinterest and since it was just about exactly how I pictured it, I knew it would look fantastic.

First, I outlined, cut, and pinned my fabric together (I used a white linen as lining).

Tacked on some fluffy fabric, and gliterred wooden letters. For now, our letters are our initials, but one day I'll take Matt's "M" for Mommy and I'll have to make a "D" for Daddy. The glitter has little stars in it that I couldn't see from the bottle, but it was a happy surprise. It makes the letters more festive I think. I posted this picture on Twitter, so you may have seen it.

Then, ta-da!!

I love how they look and I'm really happy with how they turned out. From start to finish it took me about 2.5-3 hours. I'm pretty amateur when it comes to sewing so someone more practiced at it would probably be able to whip these up faster. The trickiest part of the whole thing was the white fluffy top. I had to un-sew and re-sew it a couple of times before it was right. I'll definitely be able to make them for our future kids much easier.

What do you have for your stockings?

Christmas Decor

There's so, so, so many ideas, crafts, and ways to decorate for the holidays. I nearly drove myself mad by creating 300 different posts with themed ideas, but then calmed down and picked just my favorites, as well as simple/easy to do ideas. All pics are from my Pinterest Holiday board, there's more there and it's constantly being updated.

A twist on the ornament wreath (btw, I LOVE wreaths. My H is going to have to build me a shed to store them all in our future home)

Again, easy thing to switch out on hurricanes and candles (remember this Fall post?)

I love these mantles, both are simple, but with a completely different feel to them.

This key ornament idea, is so sweet. The scrabble pieces would be easy to make and is a kid-friendly craft.

I love the idea of using ornaments as a chandelier, so simple and looks gorgeous! Don't forget to decorate your fridge either.

How are you decorating this year? Do you use a theme?

What crafts are you making?

If you want to know anything about me, ask me here!