Show us Your Life.. Bathrooms

I found a blog that I am totally addicted to.... Kelly's Corner! This week she is hosting a link party that features bathrooms! So to be a part of the fun, here are my bathrooms!

This is what I like to call our "potty closet". You can read more about it here!

And here is our Guest bathroom... It is all black and white, just like our guest bedroom!

The big "A" is from Anthropologie... it was one of our first wedding shower gifts from my friend Courtney! The rug, shower curtain and towels all came from the one and only Target! I am sad to admit that I do not have a single picture of our master bathroom, its not ready to be shown yet!

Thanksgiving Prep.

I am not hosting Thanksgiving at my house this year, my mom does that stuff still! But I am going to help her decorate the table and create a fabulous tablescape. I have gold charger plates and some random candle holders and things.... I am on the mad search for some great ideas! So far I am liking these ideas....

One desert we won't be able to resist is the chocolate fondue with homemade pound cake! As a wedding gift, Taylor and I were given a fondue set and this is a great time to use it!

For a quick, cheap and easy centerpiece I plan on filling vases with acorns or pecans along with a candle. This will cover a lot of the space easily. Naturally, I will reuse the same idea for Christmas! I can't wait to decorate for Christmas.... WAIT! Let's get through Thanksgiving first!

Photos: www.marthastewart.com and www.divinepartyconcepts.com

Halloween has come and gone...

However, I have a couple of more Halloween things to share! This weekend my hubby and I did not get to see the cute lil trick or treaters on Sunday night because we were at the WORLD SERIES!!!! (GO RANGERS!) I was a bit bummed out, because as a new homeowner I was looking forward to my very first night of trick or treating! I guess there is always next year & now that I have seen everyone's amazing Halloween decor and DIY ideas-- I will be able to step it up some more! Our first event this weekend was a Halloween party with my co-workers. We were asked to bring a scary appetizer and an adult beverage. I brought along these adorable "mummies" and some "vampire blood"!

The "mummies" were pretzel rods dipped and drizzled with white chocolate! They were delicious and so cute! The "vampire blood" was just some cheap red wine at Target! Here are some pictures of the adorable mummies!

Remember I said we were at the World Series on Sunday.... and I felt guilty not passing out candy! So, I left a huge bowl full on the driveway that was totally wiped out when we got home! Ace, our baby maltese, was home and he is a bit of a nervous freak and if he could hear or see anyone outside he would probably have a heart attack! We decided to cover the entryway with spider webs-- to detour everyone away from the door!

So while we were here.....

Our house was looking like this...

Cutest Pumpkin pup ever!

Now, Let's get ready for Thanksgiving y'all!

A little treat for the trickers...

Since we are living in our first home, we will get trick or treaters for the first time this weekend! I wanted to decorate a little bit for them.... So here is what I did today!

I bought these supplies at Michael's...

A plain black wreath, chipboard pumpkins, 2 Halloween ornaments

and some ribbon to hang the wreath!

Total cost: $12

So I could make this!

Fall Decor

Fall has FINALLY arrived at our house....

We spent some time today at our local Farmer's Market & loaded up the car

with a HUGE yellow mum, 3 pumpkins and 1 perfect hay bale!

So, we started with the yard.... and got a lot accomplished.

Step 1. Remove the Sweet Potato Vines that have so beautifully

taken over our flower beds- CHECK

Before:

After:

Step 2. Add a touch of Fall to the yard- CHECK

Step 3. Plant gorgeous monkey grass in the beds to stick around

until the spring returns- Coming tomorrow, I hope :)

Check back soon for the monkey grass pictures! Happy Fall & have fun decorating!

Today, I stumbled upon pictures of our house from the weekend we moved in... and boy have lots of things happened since then! I found some amazing before & afters that I wanted to share!

Before:

After we made window treatments, painted and cought a cord cover...

Hopefully I can share more before and afters this week! ENJOY!

New Living Room Charis

So, I was flipping through the pages of a People Magazine today and imagine my surprise when I read that I have the "knock off" chair in Tori Spelling's living room! She is so cute & now I know I must have OK taste... If she can have something close to mine, then I am doing alright! Right?!?

In her living room, she has these beautiful golden chairs.... very much like these chairs that are in my living room. :)