Calligraphy Class

Happy Rainy Sunday! 

So one of my latest obsessions has been calligraphy. My Instagram has been filled with any hand lettering accounts I can possibly find. (That, and about 12 English bulldog accounts...it's an issue, I know!)

My friend Taryn and I decided to take Lauren Essl's beginning calligraphy class at Chirps & Cheers in Edmond. It was a blast! I highly recommend taking one of her classes, and I will for sure be taking one of her advanced classes! Lauren was so nice and I had fun picking her brain for 3 hours while I learned my lower case abc's. 

I took her alphabet and made my own practice sheets. 

Here was my first writing project. Not the most sentimental birthday card, but it's the prettiest! 

Chirps and Cheers has a pretty dang cute mascot as well! 

Check out Lauren's online classes as well!

Friday Faves Week 12

Happy Friday! 

Thanks for letting me cheat last week. Our garage sale went great! 

This week my Friday Faves are going to be my favorite Pins of the week. I've seen a few other bloggers do this, so I thought I'd give it a try for this week! 

1. DIY Gemstone Bobby Pins by Tell Love & Chocolate

I don't know about you guys, but I've got a ton of broken jewelry just sitting there...waiting for the day that I get around to fixing them. (Yeah, right.) 

2. Floral Maxi by Jessica Simpson

 

Could there be a more perfect summer maxi? I think not!

3. Frozen Strawberry Watermelon Lemonade by A Farmgirl's Dabbles

I'm a sucker for any and all things watermelon. It is far and beyond my favorite fruit!! Next chance I get, I will be making these! Also, I NEED that strawberry huller! 

4. Polka Dot Inside-and-Out Birthday Cake by Handmade Charlotte

Let me state that I will never make this cake. Cake decorating is not my craft of choice (or talent). But I can look, admire and complement the artist! That is one dang cute cake!!! 

5. West Elm Knock Off Gold Leaf Pillow by The Gathered Home.

Gold leafing might be one of my favorite craft mediums. I find it pretty relaxing. I've got few requirements in life: gold, shiney and soft. Gold leaf isn't really soft...but nothing's perfect! 

Hope these pins inspire your weekend and add a little pretty to your life! 

Waffle Champion

So in a quest to try as many new restaurants as possible, my nearest and dearest are truly suffering the consequences!

A few weeks ago I dragged my sis Molly out for brunch. Do you guys pay for your hair cuts and colors in brunches? You don't? Well, it's awesome...and I highly suggest you get/find/buy/steal a sibling who is in the cosmetic field. 

I had been wanting to try Waffle Champion for a while. It was good; I like waffles, and I enjoy fun foods like this. I wouldn't call it "the best" of anything....but it is a fun specialty place! 

I had my first taste of chicken and waffles. I'm really into mixing salty and sweets....especially when those sweets are honey and the salty is fried chicken. 

Molly got a waffle with chorizo and egg, and was awesome! 

And of course we had to split some waffle fries. 

Fun place and fun food. I guess it was worth it for my highlights! 

Thanks for always making my hair awesome, Mo! Love my seester!

 

Austin Weekend

A few weeks ago we went to Austin for our friend Delaney's graduation.

Hil, Jake & I made the trek down and if you know us AT ALL, you know what our first stop was once we entered the Lone Star State. 

Rosa's...HOLLA! It never gets old. 

On Saturday we went shopping on South Congress. Hil took one look at Hey Cupcake! and we knew we had no choice but to go. We tried a strawberry, lemon and carrot cake and the flavors were a-mah-zing. Score wise, flavor gets a 10, moistness gets a 6. It was pretty dense, so I'm sure that wasn't helping much in that department either. I'm going to say 2nd or 3rd best cupcake I've ever had.

Saturday night we celebrated Dee's graduation from that other school at J. Blacks. The Graves have been a second family to us for over 15 years! We LOVE The Graves! 

Sunday morning before we parted ways, we all went to Walton's Fancy and Staple. It's one of Sandra Bullock's Austin restaurants. 

Guys, seriously one of my most favorite restaurants! The food was amazing. 

It had a bakery and a small floral boutique attached as well. Sandy, you had me succulents, girl. 

For her graduation gift, I gave Dee a print from my fave artist Evelyn Henson. 

 She just did an OKC one too....I will be buying it soon!

Such a fun weekend in Austin. Even though it's home of that other school, it's a pretty fun city. 

Friday Faves Week 11

Um, Hi. I'm writing this in a total haze because I'm SO TIRED!! Being out of town 2 weekends in a row, and then having a garage sale. Idiot! :)

To prove how crazy it has been, I haven't even watched the first episode of my favorite show ever: So You Think You Can Dance yet! So, I'm going to kind of cheat this week, but since I make the rules around here... I'm gonna allow it!

I'm going to share with you my favorite posts about Garage Sale Tips, from other sources.

First up is Mandi with Vintage Revivals. She is one of my all time faves when it comes to blogging. She is a DIY mastermind.

  

HERE she shares some great tips for sellers. My Fave tip of hers is Standing out from all the other sales going on at that time. I couldn't help myself to label some of our signs "Hoard Sale" :)

The other place that I went for tips was Better Homes and Garden. HERE they give you 15 tips to creating an awesome sale. 

 

 My fave tip from them is "Think Like a Store Designer".

Hope ya'll have a great weekend, and if you're around, stop by our sale!