put a ring on it

ok so i don't know about you, but i have always had a thing for rings! especially turquoise rings, i have love for turquoise incase you haven't caught onto that haha. but i have had rings from lots of cool places. first off of course the forever 21 rings, every girl has to own one. i swear! i had this really pretty one that my friend gave me from Israel, i loved it! now it's kinda destroyed...the joys of being a decorator. wahhhh! i had few others like my CTR one, cause you just gotta!!! but now that i have been married for almost two years i only wear my wedding band and engagement ring. i guess i kinda forgot about them! sad day. But Invaluable came to me and then inspired me that hey...RINGS ARE COOL AGAIN. duh, i have known this all along! then it got me thinking. we always just wear the rings with whatever, but what if we started making the ring the focus and dressed around it! i vote yes! so here i was able to come up with some outfits that i would actually wear! now that i am a mommy i don't get to get all dolled up all the time. there was a time that i did! i PROMISE! i wasn't always a hot mess ;).
do check out there website!!! there are so many gorgeous rings on there, and other jewelry too! the prices are so reasonable for what you are looking at. and if you know me you know that i am in for a good deal. seriously, i am do cheep haha. so here is to "ring"ing in the new year with a new way to approach getting dressed up again. put a ring on it!
btw i thought my puns were hilarious, because i thought i was pretty clever ;).
 

Creating a House a Home: A Starter Story

Jeff and i were motivated by Urban Compass to share our first home with you! and of course i was excited to talk about our first place, duhhh. Urban Compass is awesome! they really make it easy to help you find the RIGHT place to live and call it YOUR HOME! who doesn't want that?! i mean you can live anywhere but it's so nice to have a place that you call home and not just some house.

Well if you have visited our blog before you have seen our first place together already! we loved that little place of ours and what we were able to do with it. but we have recently moved back to Boise and are in our new place! jeff and i have been able to do little projects here and there but this place has a lot more work! we are just finishing up our daughters nursery and i am in love with how it is turning out! you'll have to make sure you come back to follow along :).
since i don't have new pictures to show of our current place i shared some from our starter place!

ok. yes i know i screwed up on this quote because i missed a letter....but hey i am human! aren't we all haha? one way to make a house a home. fill it with things that you LOVE!!!

before...blehh. and look at that mess of cords! to make a house a home definitely learn to ORGANIZE. it goes by a long wayyyyyyy! and keep it clean! so that's just what we did! 

 



before

our place was really dark at night with only one light. so i went and bought a lamp...again something that i fell in love with haha. it made such a difference! first it brought in more light, added some volume and bulk, but not too much bulk, and some height to this corner of the house with end table.

 

 

remember that when you get into your new place, BE EXCITED! you just got into either your own place that you just bought with your grown up pants, or your renting a cute little place that you're ready to make it your own. fill it with things that you love, but keep in mind to not have too much clutter & keep it clean. stay organize with your junk. buy some folders or little paper/magazine holders and place it with a purpose! by just throwing it wherever you're creating a mess...which we don't want! but if it has a purpose you will actually use. who woulda thunk?! use things you buy? i know crazy talk haha. and lastly!!!!! surround yourself with loved ones! a home is something to be shared with and what better way then to share it with friends and family. ok now get to cleaning and getting to decorating so you can throw that awesome welcoming home party!

 also here is a sneak peak of Olivia's Nursery. ;)

don't forget to come back to see the rest!!!