What I Wore Wednesday and Jcrew Factory Purchases!

Hope everyone is having a great week so far. Here are some of my outfits from the past week. 

This outfit below was inspired by a Pink Peonies Pinterest find. I realize I had similar pieces in my closet. 

Pinterest inspiration. 

I also took advantage of 5% ebates cash back and 40% off jcrew factory and got these 2 skirts. I love them! I already have a pink no2 skirt (much lighter) but I love the super hot pink color. 

Oh Jcrew Factory. How you suck me in. 

Paint Makes the Difference.

I shared my master bedroom makeover which I am loving. I got asked a lot about the bird that's on the shelf. Well. The bird was white. As here. 

The bird is from target-their Thereshold line. Which I love. LOVE. 

Then. Bird got a makeover. 

I give you....coral bird. 

Yay paint!

I also had this horse decoration I got as a gift. It sat on my kitchen table for a while as I had no where to put it but the shelf in the room seemed perfect. 

I like it a lot. But to me the wood was too harsh. 

So. Yay paint!

The sellers left behind a ton of stuff. Cement, tile, paint, tools, 2 huge shelf units, shovels, mulch. It was kind of odd. No complaints :) one of the paint colors they left was Valspar 'Desert Khaki' in a sample size. It was the perfect color to paint the wood base to tie it into our bedding. 

I like how it softened it up. 

Both detail pieces can be seen here as shown already. 

Super easy changes make a difference. 

Again. Yay paint!

Bedroom Makeover

I am very excited our master bedroom is (pretty much) finished. By that I mean I have another wedding picture coming I plan to frame and hang on the other side of the closet. I will get white frames and ditch the black. 

We painted the walls Valspar Icy Mint. The coral is Valspar Coral Banks. We painted all the baseboards, trim, doors and door frames white (they were ivory like the rest of the room)

Before:

After:

Letters are from Michaels painted. 

Shelf, candle and bird are target. The bird was white. The horse statue was a gift. 

I plan on putting the 2nd wedding photo I have coming on the other side and putting them both in white frames. 

I am very happy with my makeover. I love having a house to paint and not have white walls :)

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Two Timing Pasta bake

I found this recipe on Pearls, Handcuffs and Happy Hour (pearls-handcuffs-happyhour.blogspot.com). It was one of those recipes that just seemed so simple why bother. Wow I'm glad I did! It was so good, easy, it freezes well and it's easily adaptable (add chicken or ground need). Since we are in the middle of a kitchen Reno we are trying to keep meals simple. Also with Matt being away on business "easy" is music to my ears :)

You need:

1 box pasta

1 15 oz jar Alfredo sauce

1 24 oz jar tomato sauce (mine was 23.5. Close enough ;)!)

2 cups mozzarella shredded (I only had 1 cup and it was fine)

1 cup Parmesan cheese (the recipe called for shredded, I used grated it was fine). 

Preheat oven to 350. Cook pasta al dente. Mix the Alfredo and red sauce in a bowl. 

After pasta is cooked, mix the sauce and pasta. Fold in mozzarella. 

Pour into baking dish. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with Parmesan. Out back into oven and bake for another 5 minutes (I just turned off the oven for this part. 

Obviously the Parmesan didn't melt as well as if it was shredded but that's ok :)

Yum! I froze half for later. 

Hope everyone has a great day!

Friday Randoms

I feel like I started to talk about our big kitchen Reno and then stopped talking about it. I'm sorry. It has been pushed due to several issues but now the new target date is September 2. 

For now, here is a photo of the granite slab we choose. I love it. It is exactly what I wanted. 

I am very excited as today is 2 months until I go to Ireland. I am excited and nervous at the same time. 

It's been a long week and I'm glad to Friday. I plan on finishing our master bedroom this weekend and plan on posting!

Hope everyone has a great day. 

What I Wore Wednesday

Hope everyone is having a great week! I'm still excited over the Bermuda cruise and can't stop pinning Bermuda pics ;)

Outfits from this past week and weekend. 

Hope everyone has a great remainder of te week. 

Bermuda here we come!

I am excited! We got a call from my Inlaws on Sunday night and they told us they are taking the family on a cruise to Bermuda in summer 2014! Matt has family in Bermuda and my Inlaws go a lot so I am excited to meet some more of Matt's family and see a new place!

This will be my 4th cruise, Matt's 3rd and our 3rd together. Our honeymoon was a cruise to the southern Caribbean. I love cruises!

Pink sand beaches here I come! I can't wait. 

For now I will just pin a ton of Bermuda photos :)

Weekend Purchases

I did some shopping for myself this weekend. 

I went to Target (for some random necessities) and found this pretty gold necklace. I had been looking for one like this for a while now. 

I also bought some Sephora for OPI nail polishes. They are all on clearance as they are no longer going to carry this line. This makes me so sad as they are my favorite nail polishes. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Hallway Project!

I am so excited that our hallway project is done! This hallway connects the guest bedrooms and bathroom and also a linen closet. 

I picked out Valspar's "Lilac Gray". It fits with the "cool" tones of our house. 

Before:

After:

All the trim got painted a fresh coat of white as well. 

For better reference, here is what the color looks like (taken from Pinterest)

Now the wall hangings go back up ;)

It was a busy weekend! Hope everyone had a great weekend! I am so excited to share our master bedroom makeover soon. 

:)

Big Thank You!

Thank you to my friends at Smartpak for my Henry bracelet! Now I have both animals on my wrist :) Smartpak,you guys rock! Www.smartpakequine.com

Don't forget to check out Smartpak for all of your horse or dog needs! They have cute apparel too even for non riders. 

What a great way to start my weekend! TGIF. 

Recent Pins

Happy Thursday! Here are some of my recent pins. 

I am so happy to reveal our new master bedroom and new hallway makeovers soon!

Hope everyone has a great day :)