making our house a home | christmas 2014

 

Is Christmas really here?? ALREADY?? As excited as I am, I'm not ready for Christmas to be over! I love all of the time spent with family, good food, good laughs, and beautiful decor! Christmas may be over after this week, but I promise you that my house is staying decorated like this throughout January!

Tonight we are having Christmas with my dad's family, tomorrow with my in-laws, and then Christmas morning with my mom's family. My heart will be so full in the next few days! As we open presents with our families, we need to remember that we have already been given the greatest gift of all- our savoir, Jesus Christ! We can't forget that HE is the REASON for SEASON! Merry Christmas All!! 

our wedding, part V: the details

Vintage clutch (my something blue) thrifted for $10 at an antique shop
My mom & some family member's made the personalized hangers for my bridesmaids and I.
Heels from David's Bridal unity candles lace bows on the end of the reserved seating at the ceremony made by my mom This whole groom's table ordeal was a total surprise for us! I picked out the cake, but the rest was Larry's parents' idea! And yes, that's a rhino at our wedding reception! Haha!
All of the jars were thrifted and personalized by mom, sista, and I.
I thrifted this old vintage box, then mom and sista helped me make it cute! All of the centerpiece decor was thrifted and then DIY'd by myself and family & friends. I made this wooden W from my old jewelry Cold drinks were served in a pirogue!  I had nightmares about my flowers, but they turned out being one of my favorite details!
The three doors were put together by my Pawpaw Mike.
Ring box made by me

part I: getting ready part II: the bridal party part III: the prayer part IV: the prayer

making our house a home | thrifty home decor

I'm always showing off all of my thrifted clothes, but I don't only dress myself with thrifted items, a lot of my home is dressed in thrifted decor!  Here are some of the goodies I've found since we've moved into our house:

  My parent's found these bar-stools for us brand new at an auction & scored all 3 for only $80! My mom said they retail for about $150 each   Canvas Picture: Goodwill $3.99 I plan on putting it in our guest bathroom once I find a shower curtain & rug to match   Kirkland's brand new with tags picture in frame: Goodwill $12.00 This picture still had the Kirkland's tag on it that said $59.99!  Then the Goodwill had it marked for $24, but everything in the Goodwill was 50% the day I went in because they were having a moving sale... so it's like I got it for a total of 20% of the original price wow!   Wine Rack: Goodwill $3.99   Vintage Tin: Garage Sale $1   Pitcher: Bargain World Thrift Store $3 | Other Decoration: $5.99 (not sure what you call this but I absolutely love it and I based my colors in my kitchen and dining room off of this!)   Mail Holder: Goodwill $4.99   Brand new with tags ($20): Goodwill $5.99   Candle holders: St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store $1.75 each | Candles: Goodwill $1 each Smaller vintavge tin: Garage Sale $1 Our house is slowly but surely coming along and hopefully in a few months I'll be able to show y'all a fully decorated room! Whoop whoop!