Saturday Salutes

As Andrew and I are preparing to close on our new house, I definitely have decorating on the brain.  So it is no surprise that I am giving a salute to decor8, for the post on 8 Ideas to Spruce Up Your Space.  The ideas are totally practical, and make decluttering and redecorating seem more doable and less daunting.

I have a friend who is a WONDERFUL crafter. She can do everything from sewing to knitting to cooking... and anything in between. She also recently started a blog chronicling all of her crafting and homemaking adventures.  She has even provided a few tutorials for those of you who may actually be proficient enough at sewing to follow along with her.  Unfortunately, I am NOT.

Here is a list of reasons everyone should own a pet!  P.S- Did you know that elephants have the longest memories of any animal?

For those of us who just LOVE words, here is an online rhyming dictionary that is super duper fun if you have a few minutes of downtime to kill at work one day!  And if that's not quite enough for you, here is a synonym finder!

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers

Saturday Salutes

Daily Love  features different artists each week, and posts a new love story each day.  They are great for a pick-me-up, or just to remind yourself that there still are real-life love stories!

My Fridge Food is a neat website that lets you pick from checklist all the items that you have in your refrigerator (and/or cupboard), and then generates recipes that you can make from the items you have on hand! 

Not only do these banana split bites look DELICIOUS... but they are also adorable, and seem very easy to make! 

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Click here for 24 housekeeping tips.  As a newlywed, I am always looking for little hints on how I am "supposed" to be doing things around the house.  I still feel like such a novice, so these helpful tips are great!

Andrew had to go to the sleep doctor this week, so with that in mind, I found this interesting:


Via: Psychology Degree

This is just precious.

And, along those same lines, this next story just takes the cake for me this week.

Click here to read the whole story... I just wish Debby would keep Finnegan instead of releasing him back into the wild.  He seems so at home with his new family!

You have to watch this video all the way through the get the full effect.  The two otters are holding hands!  

And, seriously, how AWESOME is God that He creates animals this cute!

Look how tiny he is!  My favorite picture in the strip is the second to last.  He looks so adorable.  I just wanna love him!  I do love animal; maybe more than people.  Maybe I am in the wrong profession.

Saturday Salutes

As you may know from some of my older posts, like this one... and this one...I am a HUGE Audrey Hepburn fan, and this article, from Charlotte at The Great Fitness Experiment, echoes my sentiments exactly. 

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Here is a lesser known fact about myself:  I used to collect Care Bears, and much of the collection still remains today.  So there's the story behind my fondness for this post, from Cupcakes Take the Cake.

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This kitchen with the ladder in it reminds me of... Beauty and the Beast!  In the beginning when she is singing... "I want adventure in the great wide somewhere... la tee da...., etc.", she goes into the bookstore and glides across the wall of bookshelves on a ladder! 

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Maybe this is slightly more realistic.  Maybe ladders do, in fact, belong in bookstores... and not in kitchens.  But that does not make the idea any less appealing!

This outfit would have been perfect for the weather we had this week.  I love the bag, and the huge flower on her blazer... 

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And I love the post on Creamy Life featuring inspirational memo boards!  

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HAPPY WEEKEND!!!!

Saturday Salutes

Here are some of my favorite things that other bloggers posted this week:

Our beautiful weather this week REALLY gave me spring fever.  And although it is not quite springtime outside, Cath Kidston definitely has a knack for bring spring inside!  Sure does help with beating the winter blues... And Ludmila, at Creamy Life, did a GREAT job of highlighting some of her work!








This week, Apartment Therapy obliged us with a tour of Emily's new apartment.  If you have been following her blog (Cupcakes and Cashmere) over the past few months, you already know that she recently moved into a new apartment and has been in the process of getting it all put together.  Well... now we get to see what she's done!

 And Cupcakes Take the Cake introduce us to Sookie, who apparently loves cupcakes!  That's my kind of dog!



Last but not least, if you are in the mood for some weekend shopping, allow me to recommend The Wheatfield by Katie Daisy!  She has a wonderful Etsy shop that is at worth a look! 

Have a happy weekend!