Farewell, 2014

Here is our 2014 wrap up, in pictures.

Mack modeled in the hallway on my new favorite runner. 

Wayne promised Mack he'd pick him up and hold him forever.

Ton's of puppy kisses on the 4th of July!

Someone decided they didn't like the runner, it tasted better than it looked..

Made a trip to our favorite spot, Anna Maria Island, FL

Saw Billy Joel in concert in August.

 

Best concert ever!

Took a girls getaway to Atlantic City, NJ

Celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary! Wouldn't have been complete without our alien Mack.

 

Mack turned 1!

Met and became obsessed with our puppy cousin, Bentley.

Went on a few hikes.

Our sweet niece Emma Grace made her debut in September.

Annual pumpkin picking!

All you can carry pumpkins.

Feeling festive on Halloween.

Wayne & Garth, Halloween 2014

Still holding his puppy.

Snowy Thanksgiving!

Sisters on Thanksgiving.

We decorated for Christmas.

Finished furnishing the dining room.

Girls at Christmastime.

Made some Christmas popcorn! (and ate way more than pictured here)

Made some festive reinbeers.

My sweet Godchild and I on Christmas Eve!

Mack waiting for Santa Paws to swing through.

Spent our 8th Christmas together!

Excuse all the iPhone photos! Next year I'm going to do better at using my new camera! I bought a wireless point and shoot on Black Friday. Looking forward to learning that camera, using it more, and blogging more. 

Wishing you all a happy and safe New Years Eve!

See you in 2015, friends.

Dragonfly Road Etsy Shop

So as you might know, I'm a photographer outside of my 9-5. I had always had a passion for photography, and just over a year ago, was able to start my dream!  I've had the pleasure of photographing many sweet newborns. And immediately the prop obsession has begun. Wraps, blankets, baskets, hats, and of course, headbands! 

I decided to start to try my hand at making some myself! So I opened an Etsy shop to sell my goodies. Head on over to Dragonfly Road on Etsy to see some of my headbands so far. dragonflyroad.etsy.com

I also have a love for garlands and banners, so I will hopefully be adding some of these in the new year. Stay tuned! :) 

Here's a few examples of some headbands I've made so far!

Take Care! xo

Halloween 2014

I’m sure everyone is with me on this one, but how the heck is it November already? Cannot believe that the holidays are now upon us and it’s almost 2015! I can’t believe it, yet I’m more excited than ever. Let’s start with a Halloween recap, shall we?

 Two weekends ago we had our annual pumpkin carving party. We head up to the local farm and go pumpkin picking. They have a Unicef festival, complete with all you can carry pumpkins for $35.00. Of course the boys were up to the challenge. 

 

Here’s Wayne, who was given 3^rd most impressive of the day!

A man and his competitive spirit.

There's 7 pumpkins in there - somewhere!!

Then it was onto the carving! I got two pumpkins, but only ended up carving my little one, a paw print for Mr. Mack! Wayne randomly chose to carve Phineas, or Ferb is it?

 

 Mr. Mack looking so festive in his candy corn bandana!

 He said he wanted to dress up, so we agreed.

Halloween was great! I loved having it on a Friday so we could actually celebrate on the day. Wayne and I dressed as, Wayne and Garth from Wayne’s World! We have used face paint quite a few times in the past, and I definitely put the kibosh on that this year. I didn’t want to have to worry about touching my face, my hair sticking to it, etc, so facepaint was off limits. We agreed on Wayne and Garth and it was a great compromise. 

We actually had most of the costume already. There is no shortage of flannels in our house, so that was all set, and I had some old ripped jeans from college when they were in style. A white t-shirt and a black t-shirt, and we just needed the accessories! I made the hat since we didn’t want to buy one for $25.00 and never wear it again. I got a plain black hat from the craft store, cut out a stencil of the logo, filled it in with chalk, and painted over it with white fabric paint! It actually was pretty easy and I think it came out perfect for a mere $3.00! We did have to get wigs to pull off the hair. I had a hard time finding one for Wayne, we went with a long dark straight wig and just cut it to the shoulders. It was a little… crooked and looked more like a bob haircut, but what can ya do! My wig I originally got was a blonde wig with bangs from Amazon. We were planning on doing the same, cutting it short and then teasing it. Well, the wig was a white haired Lady Gaga wig and not blonde at all, so.. that didn’t work. We tried it on Mack for a laugh, (photo above). My hair isn’t quite brown, and isn’t quite blonde, but light enough, so we agreed that just teasing it would be best. Add in a borrowed pair of fake glasses, and may I present to you Wayne and Garth!

What did everyone dress up as? Hope you all had a great time! Looking forward to next year with Halloween being a Saturday! Oh that will be fun!

And now, here we are with the skeletons and some pumpkins packed away, thinking about Thanksgiving décor. I have quite a few small orange pumpkins left. I’ve been thinking about painting them white and going with a white/gold/neutral theme for Thanksgiving. Time to get brainstorming!

 

xo

Some Fall Favorites & Some of Our Weekend

I've had my eye on a new Halloween Banner, this one is super cute!

 

 Halloween Banner | Here

Mercury Pumpkins | Here

Apple Cider Donut Recipe | Here
I will be trying this recipe soon! I've been craving apple cider donuts! I found this just in time.

 

Color Block Striped Tee | Here

Cowl Neck Sweatshirt | Here

This looks ridiculously cozy.

Monday is here and gone, and the countdown to Friday has begin again. Why is it that the weekdays really drag, and then the weekend flies by? I have a love/hate relationship with Sundays. I love the relaxing catch up feel of it, but Sunday night is the worst! We had my parents and grandparents over for dinner, and then spent the rest of the evening on the couch. Wayne and I are now officially obsessed with the TV series Suits. You can watch it for free if you have Amazon Prime! We've finished season 1, and are starting season 2 tomorrow night. If you're on the lookout for a new series to watch, you should definitely check it out!

I gave myself a mani/pedi this weekend. It was nice to have a little time for beauty! I'm in love with Essie's Mod Comp. It's such a fun and bright vibrant pink.

 

Skeleton garland and some pumpkins!

A pretty fall bouquet

Some pretty fall foliage peeking through on our walk through the farm this past weekend.