Restoration!

I am really wanting to re-decorate my whole house...If only I had unlimited money huh? I'm thinking about starting the revision with this couch from Restoration Hardware! I think that will be a really great place to start from!

Book Review: Forgotten Garden ****

I've decided to start reviewing the books I read for all you in blog world. I tend to be an obsessive reader so you will probably hear a lot of reviews from me. So as of last night I finished reading The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. I will give this book 4 out of 5 stars. I really loved it! Basically it is a family mystery spread across several generations of women. I could honestly read a full book on each of the women in this story....that is how interesting the characters were. This book has mystery, whimsy, tragedy, and love. After reading this book I plan to go pick up Kate Morton's debut book as well. This book is a beautiful look at what makes us all whole...family. Hope you all read it!!

What do you think?

I'm going home next weekend to help little sister M get ready for Prom! It's senior year and she is pretty excited. I have been commissioned to build a boutonniere for the date. I wanted to do something a little bit out of the box and more masculine. Here are some options I am considering let me know which one you like best.

Yard Work Time

The big plan at our house this spring/summer is the yard. Our front yard needs some flower beds and a dead tree removed, and the back yard needs a stick of dynamite. When we got the house 1 1/2 years ago the back yard was pretty ugly and now it is even uglier. We are going to be spending a lot a time figuring out what to do with it. So if anyone has some good landscape secrets please let me know.

Windows

I remember really liking Christmas widows as a kid. Particularly the ones at the ZCMI Center in Salt Lake that were made of candy. However now a days I really like Anthropologie's windows. They give me the same sense of awe. I just wish I had excess money to spend on all the cute items inside the store...but they are by far my favorite widows for window shopping.

Pink Flamingo

Flamingo.... or as we liked to call it on Vegas visits the Flaming-Ohhh. Anyway moving on....I saw some ladies this weekend wearing their Easter hats on the way to church and I got to thinking that I should have more hats. While browsing for a classy Eliza Doolittle Derby hat I came across this beauty of a hat. It combines the spirit of the Kentucky Derby with the all the class of lawn art! Look out I might be wearing a garden knome hat soon or a plastic grass and daisy welcome mat.

huh???

Sometimes when I have free time I like to brows Etsy and just see what people are making and selling. When I pulled up the page today this is what I saw.... Things that make you go HUH?