Mothers Day Mall

 

Laura from Our Reflection is hosting a Mothers Day Mall on her Blog!

And my Shop LoneStar Lovlies is one of them!

I’ve been busy the past few days getting more things made and in the shop! So go check it out and use code MOTHERSDAY2012 for 20% off!

KISS - Meig from Crafty Girl Squared

 I'm TRILLED to have one of my very best blogging buddies here to share with you how she keeps her life simple!............................................ 

Hello everyone! I'm Meig. I blog at Global Odyssey about my life full of crafts, pets, love, faith, and travels. I also am half of Crafty Girl Squared where we share crafts, sewing, crochet, and a strong friendship. Please go check out our shop where everything is 45% off!! :)

Jennifer has asked me to talk about how I keep things simple. Well, anyone who knows me knows that there is very little that is simple about my life. What is a seemingly short story about a trip to the grocery store often turns into a comedy routine about trying to find the vinegar and getting run over by an old lady. Nevertheless, I strive for simplicity. I try to cook simple meals and I try to live my day in a simple routine. Often, I'm terribly swayed from my attempt, but sometimes I succeed.

Today though, I want to share with you about what brings me peace, joy, and centers me. Two years ago I took in a stray dog 'for the weekend.' That weekend has lasted two years and I couldn't be happier about that. He has taught me so much that I would have missed in my buzz-filled life were he not around.

Before Raj, my life was constant go, go, go. I never took a breath until I got overwhelmed by all the things I said 'yes' to and stepped away from it all and hid out in my house. That's not healthy for anyone. No way. But then along came Raj. Unlike my cats, he needed to be walked every day. He needed to be let out every 8 hours. He needed someone to sit at home while he ate because he was afraid to eat if he was alone. He needed me. What I didn't realize is how much I needed him.

On walks with him, I have rediscovered my love of nature. I have stopped to smell the flowers. I have taken time to enjoy the simple things in life. I have learned to take breaks and say 'no' a lot more often. I let him remind me that life is beautiful and all I have to do is open my heart to see that.

I have begun reading a lot more about dogs and how they think. They're a lot more simple than we humans are. They don't really have an emotional attachment to things, that's not to say they're not emotional, but they see things logically (i.e. if I pee on the floor I get scolded, ergo I will not pee on the floor). This has caused me to think about things in my own life and how I can simplify them and eliminate the negative energy and focus more on the positive energy.

I am blessed, truly blessed, in so many ways. I have a loving family and a great network of friends that I could not be here today without. I am taking a cue from my sweet, loving, and kind pup and trying my hand at living simply. Enjoying the moment. Taking it all in. Embracing my blessings and finding joy in the every day.

I hope this day and every day, you all find a way to find simplicity in your life and a way to live more simply.

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Thanks for sharing Meig!

Pin-ed it, Made it #15

Welcome back to the New and Improved Pin-ed it, Made it Party! We’re so glad you’ve joined us for some good old fashioned linky fun :)

Your hosts are Brandi & Meig from Crafty Girl Squared, Melanna from Rhapsody of Cacophony
& Me, Jennifer from Finding My Way in Texas :)

Now on to the Features!

Top Viewed This Week!

Easy Citrus Punch from A Crafty Cook! This looks so yummy and refreshing! Perfect for sumer :)

Our Top Picks!
From Rhapsody of Cacophony:


I love these washer jewelry sets from Crafty Imaginings! Stamped jewelry has totally been on my list of things to do soon. :) I may have to go to the hardware store soon. Hehe!

From Crafty Girl Squared:

We're Loving these tissue holders from Thrifty Crafty Girl!

From Finding My Way in Texas:


These just got put on my to do list! Super cute box shelves from NorthShore Days

Just a Reminder:

• We’re no longer doing separate feature posts! The features will be posted right here before the link up every Friday. Each host will be picking their fav link and I will also be posting the Top Viewed link.
• There will now be TWO categories! Pined it, Made it & Everything Else! That means that this party is now open to ALL projects! :)
• You may have noticed we have a new button :) The Fabulous Jac from babEblessings kindly made it up for us! There will be a matching banner coming soon :) She is starting a design business and has great rates!

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Please Remember to...

Please follow ALL 3 hosts.

Post our new and fabulous button on you blog so others can join the fun.

For all projects linked to the “Pined it, Made it” category, please ensure you link ONLY projects you were Pinspired to create and that the original post that inspired your project is properly sourced. We want to play nice :)

For the “Everything Else” category, please do not post giveaways, items you’re selling or other link parties.

Pin-ed it, Made it!:


Everything Else!:

A Little Thrifting with My Love

 

Yesterday was a pretty typical Wednesday around here. Mule was off so we puttered around the house, I went through the 5 stages of technical difficulty with Linky Tools (btw Brent, the creator is AWESOME! He was quick to answer emails, offer suggestions and helped keep me from throwing my laptop out the window!), we got some cleaning done, finally bought a couch!, went out for lunch and hit up a couple thrift stores!

I do love me some thrift store-ing :)

Around here it can be pretty hit and miss… #smalltownproblem… but not yesterday! I hit the mother load at just one store! If only I’d also won the lottery yesterday. Cause even though most of it was reasonably priced, if I’d gotten everything I loved, I’d be feeding my husband Ramen Noodles for the next 3 weeks :s

If you follow me on Instagram (@jenniferintexas), you would have seen some of the awesomeness, but its only right that I share the love with my readers too!

 

I’m so in love with this hutch! I would paint it either grey or mint green and fill it with white ceramics! Course I have absolutely no where to put it right now… but a girl can dream. Right?

Spindles are cool! I have no idea what to do with them, but they’re cool!

This door spoke to me! Then I checked the tag…. and ran away before if could talk me into taking it home. Not everything I found today was reasonably priced :(

Gunny Sacks are the shiz-nit! and at less than $5 each I’m going back tomorrow and buying them all!

I am also going back to get this beauty! A little cleaning and this trunk just might be the new love of my life! (just kidding Babe, I’ll always love you best)

If I had kids/space/clue what to do with it, I would have been ALL over this double desk. the patina on the wood is To. Die. For!

I want… no… I NEED this pink enamel serving cart. I just don’t think I can convince Mule of my need. He’d say “its pink!” and that would be the end of that discussion. Too bad :(

 

I love all these things and there are even more that I took pics of and didn’t post to instagram yet! I’m thinking I need to open a reclaimed/vintage/handmade store that has a kick butt coffee bar! I have the perfect friend in mind to help me with it too! I’m still trying to convincer her that Texas is where its at! ;)

If you’re even close to Bowie, Texas than you need to come check out our thrift/vintage stores! And if you do, let me know cause I wanna go with you! Then maybe we can have coffee and gossip like old friends? :)

 

PS. I’m also hanging out at my new bloggy BFF, Randee’s blog! Go check it out! I’m tootin my own horn hehe :)

 

Guess what?!?!?

I’m a new guest contributor over at My World Made By Hand!

I’m super excited! Every month I will be posting a new unique craft :) And I start today! So head on over, say hi to Jessica and find out what I made with this stuff!

Life and other things…

 

 

Shop to Adopt is RAPIDLY approaching and I am getting really excited! I’ve been sewing and crocheting and gluing like mad!

Which is why my desk looks like this!

YIKES!!! Time to do a little organizing!

When I haven’t been sewing, crocheting or gluing, I’ve been editing!

I got to photograph Randa & John’s wedding on Saturday and the gorgeous Black Creek Lake!

Then I decided I needed a manicure… and discovered after the fact that we were out of nail polish remover! So it was a less than perfect manicure for a little bit. Oh well… I LOVE the color :)

Pretty little fussy cut birdies! I’ve been appliqueing them to EVERYTHING! They look really good on coffee cozies :)

Mule and I are working on cutting back carbs and sugars… which is an issue for me cause I’m pretty much addicted to carbs and sugar. But I think I’ll live if I can eat taco salads like this all the time! And no, I did not eat the entire shell… just a few bites. Even thought I wanted to eat it all!

 

PS. There is nothing worse in the entire world than being an hour from home and having the underwire in your bra snap :( You’ve served me well purple lace bra! Time for you to go to a better place now . I do suppose that gives me a very good excuse to do some shopping! Think Mule will buy it?

 

A little bit of Faith

 

On Good Friday I had the chance to photograph a very sweet little girl named Faith :) Here’s some of my favorite shots from that day :)

 

I think Faith is a little model in the making :)

KISS - Jac from babEblessings

 One of my best friends and fellow blogger Jac is here to share one of her favorite ways to keep life simple. And she made that FABULOUS button!

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Jennifer asked me to pop by today and share one thing about how I simplify my life. Let me say, anything I can do to simplify my life makes me happy. With a busy husband and a busy one year old, and launching a new design business (details coming soon!!) it’s important to keep our lifeorganized.

One small thing we do at that keeps things a little less hectic around here is our weekly planner.

We meal plan a month at a time, so this reminds us what’s on the menu for the week and what needs to be taken out of the freezer. We also write down all of our obligations for the week; swimming lessons, evenings out,work things, running dates with my sister.

Brian doesn’t have to ask me what to take out of the freezer, or what we’re having for dinner if I haven’t been able to start it yet. He also knows where Gray and I are if we’re out when he gets home.

I got this little weekly planner at Dollerama, and I love it.

Hope you find a little something to keep life simple.

Blessings,

Jac


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Thanks for sharing Jac! I may have to try that tip out and see if It makes my own life simpler! I'd be completely ok with not having my husband ask me whats for dinner every night. LOL

Happy Sunday!

He asked…

 

I said “YES!”

I know you can’t see his eyes in this pic, but I look Hot! And its one of my fav pics of the 2 of us. Mule is camera shy and I don’t have that many to choose from :s

The Man of My Dreams asked me to be his wife a year ago today!

Now we’re celebrating 80 days of marriage and I honestly couldn’t be happier!

Pined it Made it Relaunch!

The day has finally come and I am absolutely thrilled to announce the changes that we’ve made to the
Pined it, Made it Party :)

First off let me introduce the Hosts!

There’s Brandi & Meig from Crafty Girl Squared, Melanna from Rhapsody of Cacophony
& Me, Jennifer from Finding My Way in Texas :)

Now onto the changes!

• We now have a 3rd Host! Melanna is a total sweetheart and I am thrilled that she’s joining us :)

• We’re no longer doing separate feature posts! The features will be posted right here before the link up every Friday. Each host will be picking their fav link and I will also be posting the Top Viewed link.

• There will now be TWO categories! Pined it, Made it & Everything Else! That means that this party is now open to ALL projects! :)

• You may have noticed we have a new button :) The Fabulous Jac from babEblessings kindly made it up for us! There will be a matching banner coming soon :) She is starting a design business and has great rates!
  
  
  

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The New and Improved Rules:

Please follow ALL 3 hosts.

Post our new and fabulous button on you blog so others can join the fun.

For all projects linked to the “Pined it, Made it” category, please ensure you link ONLY projects you were Pinspired to create and that the original post that inspired your project is properly sourced. We want to play nice :)

For the “Everything Else” category, please do not post giveaways, items you’re selling or other link parties.

Time to Party!!

Pined it, Made it:

 

Everything Else: