What I wore {Sunday Style}

Today's What I wore Wednesday is actually What I wore Sunday. I wanted to share this little ditty because well I got more compliments on Sunday at church from all the adorable relief society sisters than I could count and because I love this outfit. It is so simply yet so girlie. I love to feel girlie and cute. I love to get dressed up and I love to wear pink especially when there are ruffles involved. The best part this whole outfit from head to toe costs about $40 yup that's right, exciting huh. I am here to say you do not have to spend a fortune to look and feel fashionable. Look for the deals, shop smart and know where to go.

Shirt // Target

Skirt // Utah Swiss Days Booth

Heels // Steve Madden

Necklace // American Eagle 

Sundays for me are very special. They are relaxing yes, but they are a day I get to go to church to learn and feel the spirit, to get inspiration and receive the strength I need for the coming week. Sundays to me are about family and reflecting on what is truly important in this life.

I love to dress up for church. I think it is great that we get to feel our very best when we are in such a beautiful place. I love seeing my sweet boys folding their arms in their little tiny vests and ties. I love when I make us all match like a sappy sappy cheesy family. I love every minute of it. Now church is not easy by any means with two rambunctious little boys but it is the little moments that I have to focus on. Watching my sweet Maddux find his seat in his sunbeam class while folding his arms, hearing Holden belt out and love every minute of singing time, that makes me feel like I am doing something right. That I am teaching them and showing them what is important.

Speaking of kids at church, last week was Holden's first day of nursery. At first I was like oh my happy day, and then I got a little emotional. Yes I am THAT mom. I was sad that he wouldn't ever be sitting on my lap in relief society as the ladies oo and aww over him anymore, I realized that he is growing and he is growing very fast and well it makes me sad. I know that is part of life but it is really hard as a parent when it just goes by so fast .It makes me think of how important the time is that I do have them with me. How important it is to soak it all in, to play with them, to give them the love and attention they need, to hold them, to comfort them, and to teach them.

Sundays are my sanity. 

Family is my sanity and the two together is what holds me together.

This next Sunday relax, meditate, worship if that's apart of you

and hold your family oh so tight. 

Use that day to give you the strength to get through the next week with 

grace and fill it with great memories.

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Bring on the PINK Valentine Decor {Tutorials and Ideas}

I love to decorate for Valentines Day. It used to be a holiday I would skip when it came to decor, but I will take any excuse to add some pink into this home filled with boys every once and a while. Really though I am loving all the pink, girliness and femininity of the decor this month. And well, the boys can just deal with it one month out of the year right?! So I just thought I would share how I decorated my home this month with some links to some tutorials or shops.

Sometimes you just need pretty and simple. For my kitchen table it is pretty small so I don't like a lot of clutter. I simply used a white table runner and placed a vase in the middle. I have these little snow balls left over from Christmas that I believe I got at Tai Pan and the hearts are cut off from heart picks from the dollar store. Then I simply added a little red ribbon. So simply but so pretty,

For my faux mantel I used my favorite backdrop that I made a couple years ago, you can find the tutorial HERE. I love it because I can use it for holidays but also year round since my kitchen is red. I got the globe from a Cricut event, the pink vase is just a spray painted soda bottle, the little glass containers are from the dollar store and the target dollar spot and I just filled them with valentine candy.  The candle sticks are from Ikea and I made the Rosette balls from THIS tutorial from House of Smiths. Then I spelled out Valentine with Scrabble letters and finished it off with a super simple garland. The garland is just twine with pine cones and dollar store snowflakes strung on.

My sofa table is always a fun place to decorate and I like to use larger decor items to fill up the space and give it some depth. The Love wood letters are from the Wood connection and you can find my tutorial of how I made them HERE. The little I heart U vases are from the dollar spot at Target and I filled them with dollar store heart picks. Then the rest are printables I found HERE, HERE and HERE. I used frames I already had and spray painted the pink and white ones.

I have a really fun small and tall red table next to my sofa table I simply added my adorable and Favorite owl from Michaels and a milk glass vase from the DI with some babies breath inside. And it is always fun to decorate the Chalkboard for whatever holiday or event is coming up.

This adorable Be Mine bunting was made by my mom over at Organize and Decorate Everything and she gave it to me. I love it and always find the perfect place for it no matter where we are living at the time.

I put this pillow out every year. I love the pink on my couch mostly, and the beaded letters are so much fun. I have had this pillow since I was in High school. My mom gave it to me one year for valentines day and it has seen many dorms and homes since.

You can find my straw wreath tutorial HERE. I use this for many occasions and holidays, I love how versatile these wreaths can be. The tutorial for the chalkboard banner is found HERE.

Love sign from Michaels, and white vases from ikea filled with some twigs from michaels.

I love this little pop of Valentine Love and color in the little guest bathroom in out main living area. The tutorial for the Feather wreath is HERE. For the frame, I simply wrote out All you need is...is all you need on my computer, printed it out, and then stuck on the glitter love with some sticky dots on the glass of the frame. I got the LOVE from the target dollar spot.

My antique windows are my very favorite I LOVE them. I simply added some washi tape bunting to dress them up from this month. Tutorial HERE.

Upstairs in the hall way I have these fun little shelves that are great to get a little bit of the holiday spirit up there too. I got the Heart print HERE and just put it in a spray painted pink frame I got from the dollar store. Added and Ikea frame, an antique wood molding piece, and a little glass birdie from Michaels. On the left I have a picture of me and the hubby, another love bird, and a bird cage with some heart picks inside. On the right side I put a picture up of my other two little valentines, a spray painted pink soda bottle and a fun chicken wire frame for texture.

Phew! Did you catch all that! Fun right?! Just pick a few ideas that you love

and bring them into your home and your style. 

I hope you were able to be inspired by some of my ideas 

PIN PIN PIN away for future years to come and holiday craft nights 

Happy Weekend, Happy LOVE Month, Happy Monday

and smile lets get this week off to the right start shall we?!

Oh and please come back for some more great posts this week.

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