How to Add Character Pieces to your Home

Anybody think I fell off the map? I sure did. Last week I had a mini vacation visiting my family and friends in Utah! No blogging, just eating lots of food, chatting, watching movies, going to Soda Run and trying a Dr. Evil (it's only the greatest thing to hit my mouth... Coconut and Dr. Pepper. YUM!).

After getting back to the big city of Las Vegas I was bombarded by the husband spoiling me with a date night to seafood and comedian John Caparulo on Friday night and Nascar Trucks on Saturday! It was a blast. You may have already seen my updates on instagram. If you're not a follower, you should be http://instagram.com/jay_zeeee. You can check out my awesome redneckedness (it's a real word, don't worry about it).

Anyways, last night my husband took me out to a dry lake bed just outside of Vegas with the intention of taking pictures of somethings for my blog. He's the sweetest.

So without further ado, I would like to introduce you to my beautiful typewriter...

Isn't she a beaut?? We found this diamond at a garage sale in Cliff's hometown. As soon as a I saw it I fell in love. For me, this typewriter is a representation of who I am. It's unique, antique, tells a story, and is super cute. 

My suggestions for you when adding character pieces to your home are the following:

1. Add pieces to your home that make you happy. It doesn't matter if it was on the latest magazine cover. You are the one who lives in your home so make sure it makes you happy.

2. Don't pass up a bargain. At first my husband didn't think we needed another item to fill our tiny one bedroom apartment, but I stood my ground knowing finding a typewriter in this fun color again may be difficult. 

3. You don't need to find everything overnight. Decorating a home should take time. Don't run out and buy everything you see. Find the small pieces that make an impact on your home. 

4. Thrift shopping can be a good thing. Thank you Macklemore for making Thrift Shopping famous. I am a total hipster since I thrift shopped before it was cool ;)

You can find a diamond in the rough. You just need vision sometimes to alter a picture frame or sculpture to how you want it.

5. Start small. If you aren't sure what you like, use website such as pinterest or magazines to gain inspiration to what catches your eye and pleases your inner designer. Trust me, you will know after you pin 30 yellow tables that you really like yellow tables. 

Do you have any tips for adding unique character pieces to your home? I would love to hear it!

Pillow Cover Winner

Our pillow cover drawing is over! If you missed entering this awesome giveaway stay tuned for more exciting chances to win things. 

So who is ready to see who won???

Drum roll.....

PAIGE RASMUSSEN!

Yay! I will message her with the details!

Also have you seen any fun fall crafts lately? I am ready to do a fall craft! Stay tuned for some fun fall ideas!

DIY Wedding Centerpiece

Since my last wedding inspired post was so popular, I decided to make it a regular post on the blog. Today I am sharing pictures of my centerpieces I had at my wedding reception.

TA DA! Look how pretty they turned out!

A lot of help from my family and friends went into making these possible. I had 3 elements in my centerpieces. The first was a large mason jar filled with lemons and babies breath. We simply bought a large order of babies breath and went crazy with it. We also bought a ton of lemons to make these beautiful and natural centerpieces at my outdoor reception.

The second item on the agenda was ANOTHER smaller mason jar modge podged with lace my mom found on a super sale in our local fabric store.

The third were these awesome candle holders my dad made! He was such a trooper throughout the whole wedding process. I printed off pinterest pictures and basically told him to make it! He went up in the mountains, found some fallen tree branches, and made these sweet candles holders. 

All together the centerpieces were very affordable and the perfect style for my country vintage shabby chic wedding!

If you like this style and want more wedding ideas check out my pretty DIY background here!

Also if you haven't entered to win these adorable pillows make sure to enter here!

Now go win yourself some pillows! Ta Ta!

GUESS WHAT TIME IT IS...

It's giveaway time! That's right. My favorite time of the day.

How would you like to win these two lovely pillow covers to make any room in your house bright and fun?!

All you need to do is follow me on some social media to enter for the prize! Easy enough right?! Hurry before time runs out!

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50% Off Printables

Right now in my Etsy shop I am selling my printables for 50% off the listed price with coupon code: FALLTIME. Don't miss out on this awesome sale!

Just go check out my shop here. Shop til you drop. Then enter the code and purchase.

Simple :)

Follow Me with Bloglovin'

Hello lovelies. I'm sure you are all wondering what all of my changes are to the blog. I just can't quit remodeling. You may not love all the changes, but one thing you will love are my new buttons I recently added!

It's super easy to follow me now just by clicking on any of these buttons on the top right corner of my blog. So I'm sure most of you know what twitter, facebook, pinterest and hopefully what an email address is ;) but what in the world is BLOGLOVIN'?? 

Well my friends, it's only the easiest way to follow your favorite blogs. Since google did away with "Reader" it is hard to transition and stay in touch with all of the old blogs you used to follow. Let me tell you that Bloglovin is really easy to use, and helps you find the greatest blogs on all the topics you love. 

On my web browser, it even tells me how many new posts are available to read from my fav bloggers! Such a great way to stay up to date on my blog reading. 

Oh and did I mention they have an app for that. Download the newest version for your iphone or ipad here. 

So what I am asking you to do now is click any of the buttons with a plus sign, make a bloglovin' account and keep reading!

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