Home.

As promised, I wanted to upload some photos of my home decor. I believe that most home decor is collected over the years, and as you can tell in some of my photos below, that I haven't collected quite as much as my step-mom, but I love my home.

These are my Mason Jars that I keep all of my baking / cooking goods in.
 (remind me to add Splenda to my grocery list)

I love my old luggage. I got them for $1 a piece, and the dog on top is my son, Bentley. :)

The quilt was a gift from my step-mom...I love it. The old wagon wheels as the headboard was my awesome husbands idea. I love how they turned out, and we got them for FREE!

My husband made our coffee table, I showed him a picture of a wood pallet coffee table, and he made my dreams come true. The old fan was a thrift store find for $10, the jar and paper flowers $10 as well, the owls were a Christmas gift from my Step-Mom, and the old books are just an extra decoration piece.

Our cross wall. We are renting a town home right now, and we love it, this vent on the wall however...not so much.

This is my husbands great grandmas AM FM radio. It has been in his family for a long time, and I love displaying it. Can you believe it still works? The & sign was a gift from my sister, and off to the left is a wood pallet coat wrack my amazing, crafty, handy, handsome, husband made. ;)

I love this wall, our H, the window, the cross, and the Keep Calm & Love Texas sign are my favorite items in our home.

 

This is the H on the wall behind my couch. This is another, I showed JW the picture, he made it, projects.

Speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil owls.

The lamp was a gift from our fabulous friends for Christmas, and the book is a scrap book of our summer vacation 2012.

This is the other wall in our spare bedroom. Once again, our wood pallets have made their way upstairs. The wagon, chair, and bear are all JWs tows from when he was a little guy.

This is also in our spare bedroom. This little fella we found at Good Will for $5...I had to take him home, plus he is perfect for my baby photo props.

Attention To Detail : Home

I love having people over, in fact some of my favorite girls come over every Monday night. The Bachelor is what brings us all together, but we also just love hanging out and having a great time. Many nights of the week you can find other people at my husband and my house. We love to entertain, and one of the most frequent questions we get asked is, "Where did your decor inspiration come from?" Most of the time I answer with, "Well I'm from Arkansas, so I just love the country / shabby chic feel."

I thought that was the truth, and it is to a certain point, but as I was standing in my Step-Mom and Dad's home this weekend; I realized that my style was most definitely influenced by my step-mom, Bev. Her home is A-DORABLE. There is not a corner that is not full of some of the cutest things, her attention to detail is impeccable.  I have posted some photos of her main living area below. I hope you enjoy them. I will post some photos of my home tomorrow, so don't forget to "follow me" / subscribe to my blog, so you can see all of my latest posts.

This wall is my favorite. It is full of cute little signs that say anything from, We call the Hogs, or Life greatest gift is being a Mimi.

Love these old books and old thread bobbins, and of course the Scentsy!

I love this little class jar with the chicken on top. The red apple bring together all the splashes of red throughout her home.

If you haven't caught onto the theme, she loves chickens, and these two are perfect for her home!

The old kitchen utensil wall! Lots of old kitchen utensils have been meticulously placed on this wall, and the outcome is eye catching very unique.

This is my great grandma's (grandma Buckley) table and, what you can see of it hutch. My step mom did the BEST job with cleaning it, and adding these amazing chairs from Pier One! I just LOVE those chairs!

Adorable right?

"You Are Myself" - Blogger Find

I found this exact post on THIS blog. It is simply amazing.

Dr. Michael Haykin has written a beautiful little book entitled The Christian Lover: The Sweetness of Love and Marriage in the Letters of Believers. The book concludes with a profound letter from  Helmuth von Moltke to his wife, Freya von Moltke, written from a Nazi prison where he was awaiting execution for his efforts to oppose the brutality of the Third Reich:

January 11, 1945
“And now my dear, I come to you, I have not included you in my list because you, my dear, stand in a totally different position from all others. You are not one of God’s agents to make me what I am, rather you are myself. You are my thirteenth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians. Without this chapter no human being is truly human. Without you I would have accepted love…But without you, my dear, I would not have ‘had’ love. I should not think of saying that I love you; that would be quite false. Rather you are the one part of me, which would be lacking if I was alone…It is only in our union—you and I—that we form a complete human being…And that is why, my dear, I am quite certain that you will never lose me on this earth—no, not for a moment. And this fact it was given us to symbolize finally through our common participation in the Holy Communion, that celebration which was my last.”

Helmuth von Moltke was hanged in prison on January 23, 1945.

Dr. Haykin writes:
“This letter to Freya, one of sixteen hundred that Moltke wrote to her during the course of their love and marriage, presents a strong picture of the oneness of Christian marriage and how, in the words of the Song of Solomon, ‘many waters cannot quench love’ for it is stronger than death (Song 8:7, ESV).”

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Snow Day Baking

If you know me personally, you know I get stir crazy if I am stuck in the house for too long, so today to keep myself busy, I decided to find a recipe and bake. I went to good ole' faithful Pinterest, and found a recipe for Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread. Here is the recipe I found, and some photos of my snow day baking. 

This recipe makes one loaf.  Here’s what you need

1 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature

3/4 cup sugar

2 large bananas, mashed, very ripe

2 eggs

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour a standard loaf pan (I use a Pyrex).

In a medium bowl stir together the flour, baking soda and salt.  Set aside. 

 In a large bowl beat together the butter and sugar until blended.

  Beat in the banana, then beat in the eggs until completely mixed.  

(I smashed up the bananas with a fork to make them easier to mix)

Add the flour mixture into the egg mixture in three additions, being careful to not overmix.  Stir in the walnuts with a spatula just until blended.

Spread the mixture into the loaf pan and bake for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.  

Cool in the pan for about 15 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.

TADA!!  YUMMY!!

Last but not least - Clean Up

(I'm typically a clean cook, this time I'm not sure what happened...)

This recipe is adapted from a Williams Sonoma cookbook.

More Snow You Say?

It's another snow day here in Kansas City, so I am once again, cleaning my house, drinking my coffee, doing my devotional from my over sized chair, and of course blogging.

This morning when I took Bentley out, I grabbed a tape measure to see just how much we had accumulated. Some of this accumulation is from last weeks snow, but at least 5 inches of it is from last night/today's snow. Did I mention it is still snowing?

Bye Y'all! Stay warm, enjoy your snow day, if you are getting one! Blessings!

Snow In Kansas City

Last week was the first time since 2011 that we had a lot of snow here in KC. Were I live we had about 12 inches. I loved it because our office was closed, and I got to stay home, relax, and clean. My husband didn't like it too much because his company works out in it. After the weather warmed up, and some of the snow melted,  I took one of my friends out and did a little snow photo shoot at the dairy farm.

And last but not least, my sweet friend Ashlee took one of me! :)

Hope you enjoyed your snow day Kansas City. Looks like we have another one coming tonight/tomorrow! Be safe!

Bye Y'all