Friday Flair

Friday Flair Link Party // Happy Friday friends!! I'm coming to you live from sunny Colorado!! My husband had some business to do here this next week and since the kiddos are out of school I thought, why not tag along. Most of our family is here so it was a no brainer. Plus, I just adore Colorado! The state is beautiful and the shopping is divine! We arrived late last night and I can't wait to hit Old Glory, Patina, Snappy Quilts, Ikea and the list goes on and on!! If you know of some great Colorado finds let me know, I'm always looking for new cool stuff. 

Now, on to our inspiration for this week. It actually comes to us from last week's Friday Flair. My Mom is a quilter (I am not) but I have a great love for quilts and an appreciation for those who have the skills to create these works of art. This photo from last week's link party just jumped out at me and I can't help but share. It comes from a beautiful site called Persia Lou…

img source // herringbone quilts from persia lou

Aren't they just stunning?! The fabric selections, the design, hours that went into these two quilts, my goodness they are stunning. Way to go Alexis!! You should go check out her site. She has amazing style AND a full tutorial on how to make these lovely quilts. 

I want you guys to know that I REALLY appreciate you guys linking up to WhipperBerry's Friday Flair every week. You are so talented and work so hard on all of your projects and recipes and the fact that you take the time to come and party with me means the world. I have a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT to make with all of you my Friday Flair Friends… but it will have to wait until Monday, but it's a good one!!  For now…

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Friday Flair Link Party // It's Friday, Friday, Friday!! Not only is it Friday, but it's the first day of summer for my kiddos!! We slept in and have grand plans of taking it EASY today. Tomorrow is Emily's birthday, so we are heading up to Omaha to check out the Henry Doorly Zoo up there. We've heard from many sources that it's a pretty fantastic Zoo so we're pretty excited!! 

Have you seen all the fun on WhipperBerry this week? I have a couple giveaways going on at the moment, make sure you check them all out and enter to win!!

• Silhouette Portrait Giveaway
• Jessica Sprague Oh Shoot 2 Class Giveaway

Here's our inspiration photo for this week… It comes to us from Delia Creates and I just love the project and the way she photographed it for her post…

img source // all occasion chalkboard banner from delia creates

How fun is that? I'm going to have to make one of those for our house too!! Delia has all kinds of kid inspired projects that will be perfect for summer activities for your kiddos. Head on over and say hello from WhipperBerry!!

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Friday Flair Link Party // Well, it's FRIDAY friends!! Time for a little R&R this weekend. We are about to head into the last week of school and I have all kinds of things on my to do list before the kiddos are home all day. I am totally looking forward to the summer, but a little nervous at the same time. When we were in Vegas we had our normal summer routines and being in a new place I'm not sure how the routine is going to shake out. Do you ever worry about that kind of stuff? I'm weird about that kind of stuff.  I need to be mentally prepared and then I'm just fine.  The unknown, unnerves me. 

Anyway, I'm loving Spring here in Lincoln. I go outside every morning to water all of my plants and I fall more and more in love with this place. The whole idea of it NOT being 100 degrees at 6:00 am is just so lovely!! My neighbor has several lilac bushes and it brings such an amazing aroma into my yard. I LOVE the smell of fresh cut grass too! I haven't really had either one of those scents in my life for quite some time. I'm loving it. 

This weeks inspriation comes from a sweet friend of mine. I had the chance to meet her at Haven last june and she is just a DOLL. Seriously, one of the cutest ladies I've even met. She created a fabulous guest post several months ago for WhipperBerry on how to make a sail cloth shower curtain. To DIY for! (get it, to die for!!)  LOL!!  Her name is Kari and she is from Thistlewood Farm and she made the most amazing Bicycle Wheel Wall Clock that I think is one of the most creative projects out there in blog land right now. She is one super talented lady!!

img source // bicycle wheel clock from thistlewood farm

I am just loving what you can do with old bicycle wheels. Yesterday, I posted a sneak peek at what I'm working on with my old bicycle wheel. I can't wait to see how the final project pans out. Head on over to Thistewood Farm and say hello to Kari from me. She has all kinds of fabulous inspiration for you!!

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Friday Flair Link Party // Soooooo, this week started off a little odd. Hales a.k.a. Lil'Whip was in a minor car accident… She's fine… but dealing with whip lash, which I'm learning is no fun. We've been busy going from doctor appointment, to doctor appointment. Poor girl. In the mean time I've been working on some fun painting projects to share and I've continued working on my backyard makeover. I can't wait to have that finished up… it's going to be so fun. If you follow me on Instagram, you've seen all the goodies that I've been working on, little snippets here and there. 

Today's inspiration photo comes to us from the Spoonflower Blog one of their staff members Caitlin who blogs at Salty Oat transformed a tired old nightstant into something fun and whimsical…

img source // night stand makeover from spoonflower

Isn't it fun?! I love the contrast of the aqua and black with the fun rain drops… it's just stunning. I'm getting ready to paint a few pieces and this has definatley helped me to start thinking outside the box.

I have a lot going on the blog this week. You don't want to miss the Better Life Bags Mother's Day giveaway and you can also enter to win a $100 Visa Giftcard from Edy's / Dreyer's Outshine Bars as well. Make sure, if you haven't already, head over and enter those fun giveaways!

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