Five Friday Faves

Heyooo, friends!

I'm going to keep it short and sweet today; after all, it's Friday!

Here are my five favorite pins on Pinterest this week. Enjoy!

(A friendly reminder to please pin from the source, which I've provided under each image)

 source: City Farmhouse

 source: Country Living

 source: Lauren Conrad

 source: Centsational Girl

source: Camille Styles

Enjoy your weekend, friends! I know I will.

Colorful No-Sew Fall Bunting Tutorial

In my post about the Fall decor in our home, you might have noticed this fun bunting (garland, banner, etc.) I added to the front of my buffet:

If you didn't notice it before, now you have!

Today I'm going to share with you how I made it. It's so easy and there is no sewing required which is my favorite kind of project. I have a sewing machine, but I am totally intimidated by it. One of these days I am going to tackle the beast that is my supposedly handy little machine, but today is not that day.

Your supplies:

You'll need:
Twine
Fabric of your choice cut into triangles with a "tab" at the top.
Fabric scissors - these are not my fabric scissors, but I had these out to cut my twine. Also, I hide my fabric scissors when I'm not using them because I will not have them mistaken for the other "common" scissors I have around the house.
Not pictured: hot glue gun

You can make the fabric triangles using a template of your choice traced onto cardstock or cardboard and trace onto the wrong side of your fabric. Take your fabric scissors (you know, the ones that ABSOLUTELY NO ONE EVER is allowed to touch. Except for you, because you're the boss) and cut out as many fabric triangles as you think you'll need.

I got a little overexcited and cut out about 25 of each color: gray chevron, orange satin, red, and yellow polka-dot. Note: if you're going for cute little touches of bunting, this is WAY too much. I have so much leftover I am going to start making it for whoever will just take it away from me already.

Here you can see the "tab" I mentioned above in the supply list. I folded each tab over (wrong sides facing) and pressed it with my iron to keep it in place. You are going to want to feed your twine under this tab.

Here is where the magic happens: take your glue gun and glue your tab down, sandwiching your twine between the fabric. Boom. Instant festivity. Congratulate yourself on being awesome without a sewing machine.

If you cut your tabs big enough, you could also just glue fabric to fabric so that the fabric triangle slides on and off the twine. This is awesome for a few reasons

     a.) You can adjust your fabric on the twine when hanging it
     b.) This makes it interchangeable. Think of the possibilities, friends!
     c.) It makes for easier storage since all you'll have to do is slide off your triangles when you're done
          displaying them and store them flat until you're ready to bust them out again. No tangled twine or
          wrinkled fabric. Hallelujah!

You may want to space out your flags evenly. You can have them closer together or further apart on your twine. I love this project because you can totally customize it to your liking--from the color of your fabric to how far apart you want your fabric spaced apart.

I used my cardboard template to space out my fabric.

Feel free to get completely out of hand and make YARDS of this bunting and hang it throughout your home.

My favorite is to hang the bunting across my windows:

I also hung some on my stair railing and maybe some on my child (kidding!). Love this.

But really, friends and family, if you want some of this, let me know. Girl's got way too much going on with this fabric over here.

Wanna see where I party? Click here for a list of link parties I participate in.

Also linking up with:
Imparting Grace; Jennifer Rizzo, Savvy Southern Style

Fall Decor in Our Home

Who is tired of talking about Fall yet?

Anyone? Anyone?

I'm really not. And, as a warning, I feel compelled to tell you that about 90% of my planned posts for the next four weeks revolve around Fall DIYs. So sorry not sorry? in advance, friends! As much as I love summer, I love all things Fall and everything it brings.

I thought I'd show you how I deck our halls with all things Fall. I love the colors of this particular seasonal decor. All the red, oranges, gold, and brown--there's so much richness and warmth involved. It automatically screams "cozy," and all the awesomely scented candles don't hurt, either.

I'll openly admit that my made-over buffet is really still the star of my living room, what with it's versatility and spacious horizontal surface (holla back more space to vignette it up in here!). Most of the decor is from Christmas Tree Shops, collected over the last few years. The old brown bottle and old mason jar are lucky finds, and the silver pedestal tray is a thrift store goodie. The lace-wrapped jar is a leftover from my wedding craft-o-palooza. The framed "Home Sweet Home" printable is from Going Home to Roost.

Oh! And the bunting was whipped up in an hour one afternoon. It's actually scattered throughout our house right now. I've got a tutorial in the works for that, too...no sewing required ;)

My (blurry? bahhhh) media cabinet also received it's share of Fall goodness, as well. As a matter of fact, so did the whole wall:

I found these shutters at Marshalls for $20 a piece. I snagged these before we even found our house, but I knew I had to have them and we'd find a spot for them. They were originally mail sorters, but I hung some mason jars with silk flowers on them to add a little something special. As it turns out, it makes that television a little prettier.

I change the flowers out with the season, but these are silk hydrangeas and peonies. Next year I'm hoping to have a thriving garden (besides the Astros, Calendula, and Morning Glory I have going now) so I can throw some fresh flowers into those babies.

This little table was given to us by Denny's aunt and uncle and sits in our foyer area. I'm so glad it found its way to me. I initially had the itch to paint it, but it's so sweet I'm going to leave it just so. My birdcage found its way here with another silk hydrangea, as well as two antique-looking lanterns I found in my shopping travels. The tin can was also a result of wedding craft-o-palooza, and I hand-rolled the burlap and lace roses and attached them to some craft store stems for a simple little bouquet.

And last but not least, my newly redone Powder Room (or W.C., as it's affectionately called now) got a few hints of Fall with some tinted tiny apple vase filler and some dollar-store gourds perched on my thrift store candle sticks.

That's it so far! As for the outdoors, I've made my Ruffled Burlap Wreath for the front door, planted some mums, and added a cute little wooden pumpkin on a stake near our front door, but that's really about it. Both our front and back yards are works in progress, but that's another post for another day.

What do you have going in your home? Do you decorate every room in the house? I think my kitchen is missing out on the action.

Linking up with:
The Inspired Room

Our Fall Bucket List

I don't know about you guys, but I feel like Fall is just so busy. Like I mentioned in my previous post, even though I don't have school-age children life definitely seems to speed up and get a little more hectic once September starts. Can you believe we've already at the halfway point of the month? Mind-blowing, it is.

Sometimes I can't help but feel like I let the hectic-ness of this time of the year get to me. I get so wrapped up in the whole "go-to-work-and-then-I-have-to-coach-at-6:00-so-that-leaves-tomorrow-to-do-xyz" mentality. I am always thinking about what needs to get done next, when I will have the time to do whatever it is I need to do next, that I don't think about now. Seems kind of unfair to the "now," don't you think?

So, I've decided to relish in the season and plan times for us to do a few Fall-specific activities. Give my family some time to reconnect and spend some time with each other.

Our Fall Bucket List:

Visit a pumpkin patch.
Paint and carve pumpkins.
Go apple picking.
Go to the Oktoberfest festival in historic Smithville.
Go to a high school football game.
Drive around and look at the changing trees.
Watch the high school marching band perform in their annual competition.
Go to the boardwalk when it's not so crowded, but before the businesses officially close for the season.
Rake the leaves and (maybe!) let Peyton jump in the pile.
Get family photos taken at a local park once the foliage is super pretty.
Press some leaves for decor and crafting.
Have a bonfire in our backyard with hot chocolate and s'mores.
Date night with Denny.
Bake something every weekend.
Start crocheting again.
Watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" with Peyton.
Watch some oldie-but-goodie scary movies with my hubby (Friday the 13th, anyone?)
Remember to be grateful for each moment, even when the hustle and bustle seems overwhelming.

Let's all promise to make Fall a season of gratitude and take a few moments each day to be present with our families, okay?

What's on your bucket list for the Fall? I'd love to hear about it!

Five Friday Faves

It's Friday!

It's also happens to be Friday the 13th, but I'm not the superstitious type so that's neither here nor there.

I hope everyone has had a great week and that your weekend is looking mighty fine. I know this week dragged for me, so I'm really looking forward to unwinding for a blissful 48 hours before jumping back into another hectic work week. I don't even have a child in school but I feel like the Fall easing its way in just makes me feel busier. Maybe because I find myself trying to take the fullest advantage of these increasingly shorter days? I mean, tonight it was dark by 7:15ish. Where is my precious daylight going?!

Lucky for me I spent what little downtime I did have on that fabulous black hole of inspiration, Pinterest. (PS: Follow me here!). I'm looking forward to sharing some of my favorite pins with you this week.

And here we go!

(A friendly reminder to pin from the original sources, which I've included below each photo)

 source: Thistlewood Farms

 source: Four Generations One Roof

 source: Home Bunch

 source: The 36th Avenue

source: DIY Confessions

There are my five fave pins for the week! I love the creative community of bloggers out there. I am so inspired in different ways by each and every one of you. Thanks to all for sharing such wonderful ideas out there in the vast expanse of internet-land. I'm so happy to be a part of such a great community.

Welp, onto the weekend. Cheers!

PS: Again, you can find me on Pinterest right here :)