Weekend Clicks

I have a couple links to share on this Friday afternoon:

1. The first is my mom’s blog: www.juniebeehill.wordpress.com. I have been encouraging her to start one for a while and she has! I have really enjoyed what she has posted so far! Give her a warm welcome to the blogosphere!

2. The second is a new business venture of some Louisville friends- The Dixie Design Collective. The collective is made up of Jaclyn Journey, Whitney Neal, & Natalie Officer. They have just launched their site today! They have an eye for beauty and make a wonderful team.

3. Since I am getting a little braver in the world of sewing, I have been looking for some skirts to try. This is next on my list. Don’t you love it?!? Have you ever made any easy skirt that you would suggest? Please share!

4. One of my favorite blogs, Oh Hello Friend, is having Reader Appreciation this week. She is giving away some really great prizes. Enter to win before it is over!

5. I have been running to my mailbox every day this week…. I can’t wait to tell you why!!!! Here is a hint: Once Wed Magazine.

Happy Weekend!

Yard & Garden Weekend

Thanks to the gorgeous weather and a free weekend, Ryan & I were able to do some yard work. I didn’t realize how bad it really was until I looked at the before and after pictures. We headed to Home Depot and filled the Jeep to the brim…. notice the fern in my lap and wood between us:

Here is the before:

We decided the concrete stuff had to go and that whatever was around the trees wasn’t very attractive.

Then we took out all the plants in the flower bed just to put them back again in a more organized fashion. We also trashed some of them that were looking dead.

And 7 bags of mulch later, the yard was looking good. I also picked out some flowers and a couple ferns to line the stairs. I love the little hint of color it adds.

Sunday, we transplanted our indoor garden to the raised bed. We also added another box to make it a little taller so we could add some more layers of soil.

Its strange to me that all of this was in our kitchen. I have grown really attached to these plants and got really sad when some of them didn’t make it through the transplant process… Ryan thought I was crying.

So far, so good with these little guys!! We also planted some basil and cilantro. YUMMMMMM. I will probably be eating salsa every day this summer.

After we finished all of our yard work, we had to stay outside and enjoy the perfect weather. So we played cards and drank smoothies on our porch. This is livin:

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Last week I decided it was time that I took some risks with my sewing machine. I have only been doing little projects and haven’t felt that I have learned very much. I went to Hancock’s and dug around in the $5 per yard section. If I failed, it was only $5.

I used this tutorial that I found a while ago. Beside my measurements being way off the first round, it turned out pretty nice!

And obviously Ryan loves that I can get a new skirt for so cheap. He said I can make as many as I want!

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Homemade Ravioli

Monday night, Lauren and Molly came up to BG to cook dinner and hang out. We decided to make pasta since that is more of an event than anything else. I wanted to make something that you can’t buy at the grocery or most restaurants. The outcome was a ravioli with sun dried tomato, garlic, and goat cheese filling. Although some parts were messier than expected, it turned out beautifully.

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ENDZONECAMERA.COM

I am really proud of my parents and the business they have been growing. This is a new promotional video for EndzoneCamera.com that shows off how great of a product they are putting together.

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