Tuesday Topics: 10 Favorite Pins

Oh, so tough to narrow this down to 10. Many of you know, I am addicted to Pinterest. I have more than 10 boards filled with hundreds of ideas. So how could I pick just 10? Well, I really can't. So here's my last 10 re-pins in 10 seconds from when I went on Pinterest today.

I think I have the "hurry-up-and-get-here-spring" bug!

1. Grow pinned from Lindsay | 2. Flowers on bicycle pinned from Lindsay |

3. Flowers on swing pinned from Bella | 4. Words pinned from Shelley | 

5. Relax pinned from Chobani |

6. Late spring outfit pinned from Gap | 7. Pasta pinned from Joanna | 

8. Clover quiche pinned from Boden | 9. Spring outfit pinned from Lisa | 

10. Flowers in vases with scrapbook pinned from Dani | 

I'm definitely dreaming of spring coming to Philadelphia soon!

Hope you'll follow me on Pinterest for more ideas and fun pins! What's your pinterest username? I'd love to know so I can follow you and see your ideas too!

Happy Tuesday!

xoxo

Pinned: Valentines

I have Valentines on the mind.

I want to do something fun to send to friends and family

since we didn't really get to send out Christmas cards.

Plus, being back home-I can finally decorate!

I'm literally itching to head to a craft store as I'm typing this.

Oh love.

1. From Martha Stewart pinned via Angela

2. From Dandee Designs see Danyelle's boards here

3. From A Pumpkin and a Princess see Crystal's boards here

4. From Made with Love pinned via Laura

5. From NerdyDirty pinned via Etsy

Pinned: Relfection

I've been thinking a lot about my goals for 2012.

(I know, I'm a little late.)

Anyway, it made since to start a board on Pinterest as to what inspires me.

I hope it inspires you too. 

Here's to making genuine goals for 2012!

I should have that post up tomorrow.

Loves!

1. From Apartment Therapy pinned via Today's Letters.

2. From Balzer Designs pinned via Ashley Jackson.

3. From Healthy is the New Skinny

4. From Healthy Tipping Point pinned via Chantel Henderson

5. Unknown pinned via Ashley Applegate

Around here

This little girl has fun when she thinks I'm not looking.

I tried to make some Pinterest magic. 

This cinnamon roll cake was good but needed a bit more sugar.

Miss Madi Sue out in the hall during church. 

She and her sisters wore the cutest matching purple dresses.

The weekend was wonderful, just not long enough.

Other things:

+our neighborhood Christmas party (more to come)

+crazy Christmas shopping on Saturday with quite the crowd

+we had friends (that we call family) over for our favorite, Cincinnati Chili

+sweet Jenelyn had her baby boy (hooray!)

+a fun girl's night with an amazing gift exchange

+my friend Colleen has an amazing shop, this is my favorite

Hope it was a lovely weekend!

Happy Monday! 

linking up with:

Pinned: Scrabble

I was searching for a picture to send my younger brother Jonny

in honor of his birthday yesterday.

Then I happened to oame across everything Scrabble on pinterest. 

Lately, I have been a Words with Friends addict and have loved seeing 

all the words friends and I have come up with.

Yes, I've fallen in love with a classic game and after seeing some of these pictures,

you'll fall in love too.

Happy Monday!

image Not on the High Street from Jay's pin
image Bake at 350 from Mallory's pin

image Pink Cake Box from Summer's pin

image Martha Stewart from Jennifer's pin

image zenfrogyeah from Diane's pin
image My Sweet Savannah from Marie's pin

image Farewell Stranger from Tonya's pin

"Kind words can be easy to speak, but their echos are endless."
~Mother Teresa

It's beginning to look a lot . . .

Did I call it or what?

I kept telling everyone that it would snow after Halloween.

Here it is the day after Halloween and the snow has come.

And while I'm a huge fan of Thanksgiving,

I'm really ready for Christmas to come.

Last night on the phone my grandmother reminded

that there's only five more weeks of classes!

Five more weeks! Wahoo!

I'm so happy that the time has passed by quickly.

I also think I'm getting ready for Christmas

early this year because of my long time wish

to make a tree for the Festival of Trees.

It's finally happening this year.

And thanks, to pinterest there's a lot of great ideas out there.

My favorites so far:

Marshmallow snowflakes

A year-round giving treepod

Reindeer pop

Wooden angels

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Repinned

In the days of internet sharing, I'm so happy to have pinterest around. 

I have been pinning like a mad woman with so many wonderful ideas.

Luckily, with pinterest you can go back to them whenever you want.

I think my favorite way of using pinterest is repinning from my friends.

We don't all read the same blogs or sites and they have great taste.

Great minds think alike right? 

That's why today's post is called repinned.

1. I love this look and it's definitely boot season.

Today's Letters from HauteLook 

2. I really need a haircut and I'm thinking bangs along with all my curly-ness.

Amy Burt from Google

3. Love, love, love. I'm definitely going to make this.

Dawn Jones from Click it Up a Notch

4. My sister-in-law wants to take pictures of her baby girl.

 I love how lights can make anything feel fancy. 

Jennifer Soules from Caroline Tran

5. I'm working on this one.

Dani Jensen from Healthy is always better

If you need an invite, please send me an e-mail.

I'd love to follow you back!

She walked in when everyone else walked out.

-She . . .

Guest Post, Oh My Moomin

I'm thrilled to be having one of my blogging buddies, Anne from Oh My Moomin

share her thoughts on JOY with us!

When I volunteered to do a guest post for Lisa, the subject of her blog got me thinking...where do I find joy? Granted, there are certain occasions where joy is expected. The holiday season, the birth of a child, the wedding of a loved one...you know, the usual joy-filled occasions. But shouldn't we be looking for joy in the everyday? In the things that generally go unnoticed? In the things we often overlook? 

Here are a few things that bring me joy. I hope it brings you joy. And feel free to share where you find your daily dose of joy in the comments!

Joy is...

Source: blondeblueblog.com via Anne on Pinterest

Source: citified.blogspot.com via Anne on Pinterest

Source: browndresswithwhitedots.tumblr.com via Anne on Pinterest

Source: alovelybeing.com via Anne on Pinterest

Source: mrharristweed.tumblr.com via Anne on Pinterest

Source: tinywhitedaisies.tumblr.com via Anne on Pinterest

Thank you Anne! I hope you find JOY everyday! 
Don't forget to share your thoughts in the comments so we can all be inspired.
Happy Sunday! 

Pinterest

I love Pinterest.

You may ask what is Pinterest?

It's a site that let's you basically have a bulletin board online.

Which is pretty sweet!

As a person who loves to design, to craft, write, photograph-sometimes I search the web for inspiration.

Or I see inspiration on a site but don't have time to print out the tutorial or grab a pen to write the page down.

Have no fear, Pinterest is here!

When you see a picture you like online, you simply pin it

and pick which board you want to put it under.

No more unorganized lists of things to revisit.

Check.

 To be a part of Pinterest, you have to be invited.

If you'd like an invitation, send me an e-mail, I'd love to have another friend to follow!

You can follow my boards here and I'd love to follow you too!

Happy Pinning!

P.S. I only did a post on Pinterest because I like it and thought you might like it too.