a find I want

We're back from a fabulous weekend in Birmingham. I loved spending time with my two besties and getting to see another sweet friend marry the man of her dreams. She held out and found the perfect match for her. I'm starting a few posts about the weekend and her gorgeous wedding! They will be coming this week, I promise. 

While I was catching up on my blog reading this morning, I saw this sign and have been gushing over it. I would love it for Christmas, but I'd really love it with a different quote to hang year round. 

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Does anyone know of an Etsy shop or somewhere else where I could have a custom sign made like this one? I'm dying to have someone make one for me and for less than $100, please and thank you. 

Linking up with Shami and LeeAnn

weekend things

Monday has come way too fast this week. The weekend flew by with our move and running a few errands. We moved into our new place on Friday, and I'm in love with it already.

We loved having movers; however, they took twice as long as they quoted us. And believe me, we don't have that much stuff or furniture. Oh well. At least my in-laws came through town and helped us so much with unpacking and putting away items.

1. Aida wasn't thrilled about sitting in the passengers seat. She hates car rides and will only tolerate it if she's on the passenger side down on the floor board. What dog doesn't like to ride in cars? 

2. We love being so close to restaurants and tried a new one for lunch on Saturday with our friends, Allison and Jarod. Both Allison and I tried the Hawaiian Mules: pineapple, vodka, and ginger beer. It was delicious and so refreshing, and I highly recommend it. 

3. Chaos. We've been reorganizing and finding new spots for items. The Master bath is challenging because it has open shelves so everything has to be neat. Eek. But I think I can make it work. 

4. Zoes and wine. We had a relaxing Saturday evening after unpacking, organizing, and running errands. 

The only to-do's left on my list now are the curtains. We had huge windows in our last apartment and massive ones in this one. 

Oh and I'm still working on the guest bedroom re-do. I have plans and will hopefully find items soon because we're going to have friends and family coming to see us soon, and we want to be ready. 

What did you enjoy this weekend? 

Linking up with Shami and LeeAnn

On Moving

We're moving...again! 

It seems to have become a tradition for me to move every summer. I thought that was just a college thing. This will be my 8th move in 8 years, and the Chef's and my 4th apartment together. Thankfully, this year it's an in-town move.

Here are some tips for packing up your life every summer.

1. Clean out your closet before you start packing. In past summers, I've waited until I was packing the boxes to clean out, but it creates such chaos. Purge your closet early and get those bags off to goodwill or a clothing swap.

2. Start packing early. Relieve the stress of the day-before by starting a week ahead of time. Yes, it stinks to live with boxes, but it's so much less stress. For this week of work, the Chef pre-made lunches and dinners on Sunday and then left out one bowl, paper plates, and one skillet to cook eggs.

3. Over estimate the amount of boxes you'll need. We've underestimated in the past and have had to make multiple, last minute trips to U-Haul for packing supplies.

4. Lastly, if it's an affordable option, get movers! Tomorrow will be our first time with Two Men and A Truck Movers, and we're so excited to have them move all the heavy boxes and furniture. This move should be the smoothest yet. And hopefully, our next move will be a more permanent one: to a house.

Guest Bedroom Re-Design

I'm thinking about and planning doing a guest bedroom make-over. Last summer, we moved from a one bedroom apartment to two and since then we have worked on finishing the master bedroom before starting the guest.

We've picked out quality pieces of furniture for both; however, our guest bedroom is a little bare and needs some love.

So far with our apartments picks, I've been pretty conservative and classic with the choices for furniture and decor. But for the guest room, I want something that is bright, bold, and a little different than what I normally choose.

I love the color combo of navy and coral shown in this photo.

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And recently, I've been dying for a little spot to make my own for blogging and projects. I love the white desk and the frames above it with the organization of the bookshelf.

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While I'm not sure that white is going to be the exact match for our current bedroom furniture, I'm willing to try it since the desk won't be in the guest bedroom for ever. Just until we buy a house, then it'll find it's own space.

Thoughts or suggestions that I can add to my bedroom project board for this make over?

Linking up with Molly and Carly