H54F #6

This has been the longest week of my life for one reason or another.  Plus my spring break is a week away.  Just taunting me.  I can't wait to for spring break.  Oh well.  I'm linking up for another High Five for Friday with Lauren.

Here are my top 5:

one.

A while back Meg over at Sweetly Complicated posted a recipe for Greek Salsa Chicken. [you can check it out here]  I share a common love for Greek food with Meg and I had to make it.  It was beyond delicious.  I had it with some gluten free pasta with a white sauce I made.  Yum.

two.

I moved desks at work.  I'm loving my new little area. I have the perfect view of the office and I am close to our fireplace heater which is good because it is always cold in the office!

three.

This little guy came home with me from the mall the other day.  I couldn't leave without it.  It is the perfect size for school.  I'm in love. 

four.

Another delicious gluten free meal I made.  Lemon Herb Shrimp & Broccoli Alfredo.  It is to die for.  I found the recipe online and modified it a bit to be gluten free for me.  I used one of those Philadelphia cream cheese cooking cremes.  They are SO good.  

five.

I got a little mail surprise from Jessica over at Lovely Little Things.  She is seriously the sweetest girl ever.  Plus the nail polish.  I love it!  I already took off the nail polish I had on and repainted them. I seriously love my blog friends so much.  xox

I'm linking up with Lauren over at From My Grey Desk.

Check her out!

xox,

Birthday

I don't know about you but I just love birthdays.  And not just mine, everyones!  I think birthdays should always be celebrated.  Well today is my wonderful boyfriend's birthday.  The ripe old age of 24.  He's getting a new pair of baseball shoes (since he's a baseball coach) and I'm going to take him out to our favorite sushi place when he has a night off work!  I also made him this little craft, the ABCs of our love.  I saw something similar to it online and loved it.  Plus my boyfriend loves cheesy things.

1.  First I made a word document with all of the letters of the alphabet.
2.  I used a size 200 font to make the letters extra big.
3.  I then went through and made each letter a different color and font.  Mix and match!

4.  Then I went through and added something I loved or a characteristic of us for each letter.  Not gonna lie, some of those letters were hard!
5.  Then I made the cover for it.

6.  I then uploaded the document to FedEx Printing.  You can format it to print however you want.  I chose to use card stock and have it hole punched at the top with two holes.
(If you have your own printer, you could do all of this from home.  I don't and this was SUPER easy and only cost $20 to print it all)
7.  I picked up my prints and was thrilled! Then I used two rings and threaded them through the holes, making it like a flip book.
8.  I then took 3 wooden hearts of various sizes and painted them pink.

9.  Once dry, I hot glued them to the cover.
10.  Voila!

What do you think?  This is super easy to make and perfect for birthdays, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, or whenever! Hope you are all having a great Monday!

xox,

Long hair, Don't care

Happy Saturday! I hope you are enjoying the weekend!

Okay so my hair isn't really all that long.  But to me, it is!  And its long enough to curl and not look like Shirley Temple!  And that is super exciting for me!

What do you guys think??

Casey and I went to his parents house tonight for his little brothers birthday and I curled my hair and wore one of my new Everlane V-necks.  These shirts are seriously the most comfortable shirts I have ever worn.  And I practically live in V-necks.  You're probably thinking a V-neck is a V-neck.  But it's not!  These are so soft and fit just right. I'm in love.  Check them out here. 

Shirt: Everlane

Jeans: Gap

Shoes: TOMs Flats

Jewelry: Elisabeth Ashlie

Anyway, just wanted to share a little outfit.  Happy Weekend!

xox,

H54F #5

It is Friday!  Thank the good Lord.  This week has been one that has tested me that's for sure.  School is so exhausting and discouraging.  Blah.  But that's okay because I am linking up with Lauren over at From My Grey Desk for High Five For Friday.  Here are a few highlights:

one.

I'm linking up for the March Photo A Day Challenge on Instagram!

I was really bummed I missed the February one so this should be fun.

You can follow me on Instagram over on the side bar!

two.

I am happy to announce that my hair is long enough to go into a top knot.

With only a few clips but it goes up! And looks great!

three.

I bought my ticket to the midnight premiere of the Hunger Games!

I've never been so to a midnight premiere and I'm so excited to go to this one!

 four.

I finished part of Casey's birthday present this week.  I'd show it but he's known to browse my blog from time to time and I don't want to ruin it. But check back on Monday to see it!

five.

I ordered this SUPER cute new wallet from Kailo Chic's Etsy store.  She has tons of cute stuff and you should definitely check her out.  It should be here next week!  I'm so excited.

Link up with Lauren, come on! It's fun :)

xox,

Product Spotlight

So I have a new favorite chapstick.  I didn't think it could happen.  I'm not much of a lipgloss girl, to me it dries out my lips.  But I've been wanting a little bit of color on my lips lately.  So I found this chapstick through Lauren over at From My Grey Desk.  It's Mark's Totally Balmed tinted lip balm.  They have several different shades, and I bought it in "Totally Sweet"  It's the perfect pink touch on your lips and keeps them so soft!  And it's only $2.99 and there are limited supplies so go check it out!!

Next is another nail color that I like a lot.  It's a great pale pink.  My only complaint is that it took several coats to get it to be this color.  Once again I used Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure in "Shell We Dance?"  You can check it out here.  I love this nail polish because like I said before it has a top coat built right in!  I also added a heart on my ring finger because well I felt like it!

What do you guys think? What's your favorite nail polish color? Let me know!!

xox,

Perfectly Pintresting Wednesday

So Pintrest has been full of fabulous spring outfits.  And I for one need every one of the pins that I pin of cute outfits to appear in my closet.  It would make getting dressed in the morning so much easier!  So here we go:

How great would this dress be as a reception dress at a wedding? Perfect.

[pinned here]

Pretty much all of my favorite colors in one outfit.

[pinned here]

I adore anything coral or striped.

[pinned here]

This outfit needs to get my closet, ASAP.

[pinned here]

Coral Sperrys? I'm in heaven.

[pinned here]

Hot pink pants and stripes.  I'm in love.

[pinned here]

How gorgeous is this lace shirt?

[pinned here]

I love slouchy shirts like this one.  If only I had a beach to wear this outfit to...

[pinned here]

A fabulous pair of shoes.

[pinned here]

A lace blazer? I've officially died and gone to heaven.

[pinned here]

Well there you have it.  All my to die for outfits for spring.  Feel free to buy me any of the above items.  I wear a size small :). Hah, just kidding...but seriously.  I'm hoping to get a few of similar pieces for my spring/summer wardrobe.  And that lace blazer is definitely one of them.  

Who wants to link up with Michelle over at The Vintage Apple?  You know you want too :)

xox,

A Week Without Words

I can't believe another week has already past.  Is it just me or is February flying by!?

one. 

We had gorgeous weather here most of the week.  It got cold for a few days but good news is its going to warm up again! Hooray! I could get used to this spring weather.

two.

One of my co-worker's legitimate job titles. "Awesomator" Hilarious

three.

My daily reading Bible is the perfect start to my mornings.  

four.

Studying has taken over my life.  Midterms are coming up. Ugh.

five.

My roommate's dog, Moofin, jumped in the dryer when I left it open by accident.  Crazy little dog.

six.

My friends got the cutest dachshund Pomeranian mix puppy.  Seriously, I die.

seven.

The awesome new nail polish color and the fact that my nails look great after I took my acrylic nails off.  Woohoo! 

eight.

Mexican eggs and baked bacon for breakfast.  Delish.

nine. 

SUSHI.  My life.  Seriously, sushi is my favorite thing to eat. ever.

ten & eleven.

Moofin and I took a ride in the car this week.  Windows down, music up.  She loves to ride in the car and we had to enjoy the gorgeous weather we've been having!

twelve.

Simply beautiful night sky.

God's beauty is inspiring :)

Well time to hit the books.  Like I said studying has taken over my life. 

Happy Sunday!

xox,