mmmmm GOOD!!! :)

ok sooo we put up our christmas tree yesterday...SOOOO much fun by the way ok...ok...you talked me into it, here's a pic :)

ok...so that was more of Princess :) so here's the tree 

ok so ignore the sippy cup on the counter and the slice of Hubs and Li'l Man on the side :)

well to continue...Princess wakes up this morning and says she wants to make christmas cookies...soooo my wheels start turning...and i decide that i want to make some apple cookies...i saw someone make them on the "make me hungry channel" (aka food network) a while back...so i get online and start looking for a recipe...well i found one that i sorta liked...but thought a few tweaks would make it perfect...well Hubs came home for lunch and ate half a pan...so i thought it good enough to share :) so here it is! :)

and this is what you will get!!!!!  :) enjoy!

PS...Daddy i think you will LOVE these!!! These are very cake-like cookies, and i think they would make GREAT woopie pies with some cream cheese flavored whipped cream!!! :) LOVE! ...hmmm maybe i will blog that... :)

thankful

i am so grateful, words cannot express

how i feel this thankfulness...

i feel like i have the best secret in the world, 

i feel like my oyster has a pearl.

i want to whistle, scream, and shout,

i want you to know what thankful is about

i'm thankful for life, for breath, for rain,

i'm thankful for kisses, and love, and pain.

i'm thankful i have two sweet angels with me, 

i'm thankful for a husband who always says WE.

i'm thankful for the blessings i take for granted each day,

i'm thankful HE came to show me the way. 

i love my life and all that comes with it, 

though there are days when i feel like the windshield ;)

happy thanksgiving to everyone that i know

please take a moment to cherish the gold 

NOT the physical kind in your hand,

the gold all around you in your friends and your fam.

 

functionality meets modern elegance dining room

ok so everyone knows that a great dining room starts with a great table...and for tiff and donnie, this table designed by Ana White is PERFECT! She blogged the how-to HERE yeah...a lil elbow grease..but SO worth it!!

we're gonna put six of these BEAUTIFUL white chairs around the table...

LOVE IT! : ) now...we're gonna need some nice pop of color to really make all this black and white shine...so i'm thinking a nice aqua blue like Sherwin William's Holiday Turquoise

and continue the trim color from the living room into the dining room on the crown, baseboard, and chair rail since they open into each other...(in case you forgot its Sherwin William's Black Magic)

let's hang something like this awesome original by Susanna S.

set the table with some nice white china...fiestaware is my FAVORITE!!!

and lets put a red accent plate with those clean white plates! :)

and you guys know i can't let them eat on a hard floor!!! gotta have this bold striped RUG to give donnie that modern touch he likes :)

love it...hate it...tell me what you think!!! :) hope you like tiff and donnie!!!

sexy spa space...for tiff and donnie

ok so for her sexy...spa...space we are starting with tiffany's dream bed...and i do have to say i think i could have some NICE dreams in this bed!!! it's BEAUTIFUL like the one HERE

we don't want that LOVELY bed to BLEND into the walls...so we're gonna give those walls a nice SPA-like blue like maybe...Sherwin Williams's Blue Sky???

but we're keepin' the trim clean with a nice creamy white like Sherwin William's Antique White...

i wanna keep the clean lines that tiffany and donnie love so much so i'm going with this white comforter with some straight pleats sewn in and the best part...its from WALLY WORLD...

loving this lil throw to add some softness to all these lines...like this one from TARGET.com i just wanna cuddle up in it!!!

and whacha think about this awesome rug to tie it all together??!! LOVE IT...

a lamp like THIS or THIS on each side of the bed...i think i would do one of each! you and donnie can fight that one out!!! :)

hang one of THESE funky chunky mirrors...

and flank it with some pics of those beautiful babies!!! :)

also...after looking at the pics of the room...i think we can work in a little reading/sitting area??? so this is what i came up with for the area opposite the bed...

love the CHAISE...can we say story time with mommy!!!!

 

with this awesome sheepskin underneath

what about THIS ADORABLE floor lamp??? cause i mean what is a reading nook without a lamp? :)  

what about these killer ledges for $10?!!!!???!!! why not right! good for displaying pictures or the occasional book! (P.S.  AnaWhite blogged the how to HERE)

i love it!!! but i guess i'm kinda biased...whadda YOU think?

tiff's modern living room

there is so much color in this room that it needs a nice calm neutral as a backdrop like this Sherwin William's Whole Wheat

  

give the trim a nice dark coat of Sherwin William's Black Magic

her dream couch...found HERE...

i likey this pillow...from DecoFamara

 and this one from glamdesign

lovin this awesome rug from target.com 

 a couple of these to die for metal chairs from overstock.com

 

throw a couple of pillows made with THIS fabric in each chair... 

how about some cool geometric paintings like THIS

ok i saw this lamp and it just belongs in this room!!! from target.com

  

Jade's retro cool kitchen and dining room

 ok...so here we go again...here is the inspiration that jade gave me for her retro - funky - cool kitchen LOVE this cute lil rug!!!

i LOVE the color combo in the inspiration...and she already has multicolored Fiestaware dishes in her kitchen...like these

i really like the brown tones in the rug...so i was thinking a nice oatmeal colored cabinet with an espresso glaze to tie them in and go with the "retro" kinda feel...like the finish on these...if you are a beginner, ana white does a great tutorial on glazing the CHEAP way HERE

but i'm thinkin' a more modern hardware like this...from LOWES.com

 

what about a chalkboard backsplash??? like this one??? i'm loving the look...and you could just write your shopping list...recipe...WHATEVER on there!!! cheap AND easy!!! AND...you can make it whatever color you want by using THIS cool tutorial...i'm thinking...chocolate BROWN...or...LIME green???

 ok so the kitchen that we are redecorating was built about 75 years ago...its a little...vintage ;) some of the cabinet doors are just really plain...and some of them look a little newer and more detailed...SOOOO....i decided that we should just take of the...umm...challenged doors and replace them with inexpensive burlap curtains...what do you think?

something that looks kinda like this...(tutorial HERE)

ok i know we talked about navy chairs jade...but i LOVED the look of these turquoise ones!!! (loving the "chandelier" in this pic too!!) you could hang glass baby food jars, with tea lights in them, for a less seasonal look... :)

i think a great rug like THIS brown zebra print would add a contemporary flair to this country chic dining area

 

sooo....whadda ya think????? :)

Jade's romantic boudoir

let's start out with an upholstered headboard like design sponge blogged HERE...

 

but in THIS fabric...(Heather Bailey's Pop Garden Pop Daisy Red)

i love this bedding from POTTERY BARN...

     

or this quilt from walmart.com

i LOVE throw pillows like THIS one from The Home Centric....

 

and THIS one from The Perfect Palace...

and THIS last one from so Sarah sews...

i told you i like the pillows... :)

maybe a lamp or 2 like THIS or THIS...

 

i think the drop cloth curtains would also work FABULOUSLY in this room...you could even sew a band of coordinating fabric along the bottom to "dress" them up a bit :) the drop cloth curtains were blogged HERE by a Soft Place to Land

whatcha think about a nice rug like THIS one from target.com

and there you have it...soft, sweet, sexy, and STUNNING!!! oh and a STEAL b/c you know...we like to do it cheap! :)