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my weekend + a mini DIY

this weekend was... well i worked. a lot. i worked at work and i worked to prepare for a yard sale and i worked around the apartment. so to say i'm a bit tired on this monday (as proof, i'm not getting this post up til 4.30 PM!), is an understatement. this morning was comprised of a furniture install that took my last bit of energy, and while i'd love to go home and nap after work, you'll find me in the grocery store. i'll potentially be zombie-walking so don't be nervy if you see me there.

sunday afternoon i took a little time to try out a DIY i've been wanting to do... the famous, personalized coffee mug. i thought i'd share my success with you favorites.

just decorate your mug -that'd be your coffee mug, not your face BYTHEWAY- and stick it in the oven to bake for 30 minutes at 350F. if you use a porcelaine pen, it will be dishwasher & microwave save. if you use the sharpie, keep it away from those two. also keep it away from super scratchy sponges/brushes or your "Always be youself. Unless you can be a unicorn. Then be a unicorn" mug will become a "Alw be yours Unless yo a unic then b uni" mug. not that i'd know or anything...

the possibilities on these are endless. my "things i love" mug is covered with a listing of things that make me smile which ensures a great start to the day.

and now a pretty picture. just because i can.

have you tried to make a personalized mug? how would you fancy up yours?

21 dates of summer: picnic + train

i'm several posts behind so today, i'm posting two dates in one. we only have a few dates left to complete the "challenge" and summer officially ends next weekend. i think we are gonna make it :)

here are dates ten & eleven!

he likes my attempt at cookin. especially when we can sit outside and enjoy the warmth of summer underneath a large shade tree.

while in Kentucky we went on a train ride to see an old coal mining area. it was gorgeous down there!

finally a halfway decent picture of yours truly! as the artist, i spent the trip inspired by colors and textures surrounding me. KJB, ever the learning teacher, absorbed the history of the area.

patterns & letters

sarah watson knows whats up. patterned fabrics for Art Gallery Fabrics called Luxe in Bloom and the kind of hand-lettering i lust after... to say i adore her work is an understatement.

find sarah's work here

pretty printy

a print for my heart and a print for my sanity...

here & here

AUTUMN favorites

one of the things i'm loving for fall is the use of leather, especially in skirts. this round up has an option for every price range. pair with a pair of black pump or black boots, a blouse + blazer, or sweater for a simple, fashionable look.

39 / 94 / 95 / 345 / 895

decor 2 {wedding details}

unless you've been living under a rock, you know that photobooths at wedding are a MUST-HAVE. photographers and venues are adding them to their services so no one is left out. it's a great way for the bride and groom to document who was there and it gives guests something fun to do if they aren't the dancing queen that i am... oh sorry, did i say that?

my super-awesome-can't-be-topped photographer {meredith} offered us a photobooth package at a great price, but unfortunately it would have put me over my budget. we decided it was still something we wanted to do so, like many of our wedding projects, we went the DIY route. i had a pretty decent camera anyway and i didn't need it to be fancy. my sister's bff has been hanging around our family since they were little tykes so I asked her to be my photobooth "operator".

for props i contemplating purchasing sets like these from etsy. but when i came across this post on Oh Happy Day! i knew it would be perfect.

next was the background, which i completely adored. it was super easy to make and i actually made it months in advance, wrapped it in trashbags, and stored it under my bed. {pat on the back for being on the ball}

now you may think i'm nut-so for the coffee cup lids but one of our themes was food and this was one way i incorporated it. i just painted the lids and covered the center in glitter and hot-glued them to a piece of yarn. the book pages were cut with the 2" punch then strung together to make the garland. to direct people to center themselves on the background, i used some cut logs to define the area.

i'm so pleased with the way our photos for the photobooth came out. i ended up putting all the photos in a shutterfly album. this DIY version saved us gobs and we still have a cool way to see everyone that came to our celebration.

{top photos via our photobooth, all others from meredith rogers}