Lovely Lilacs & some big news!

 Everytime I step outside, I can smell lilacs, apple blossoms and other flowering spring trees.  I needed some of my own so that the inside of my house could smell so sweet!

 I decided that we should go on a Sunday drive and see if there were flowers somewhere out there for me to cut and bring home.  I had big dreams of finding an undiscovered field of wildflowers that I could call my own.  No such luck!

 My cousin has a huge lilac bush in her front yard and told me I could come cut some whenever I wanted to.  Since our drive out in the country was unsuccessful, we settled on the easy way of getting fresh cut flowers.

 I got enough for 2 large bouquets.  One of them is in my French carafe and one is in my vintage aqua Ball Jar.  They smell as pretty as they look!

 Do you see that large tree stump they are sitting on?  Cody's friend cut down a big tree and he brought this home to make a table out of it.  At first I thought it was silly but now I have big ideas for it.  I can't wait to show you what I have in mind soon!

 I have some big news to share with all of you.  I got a new job!  I will still be at the same college, just in a different department, the department I have been longing to work in for as long as I have worked there.

 I will now be the Events Assistant in the Special Events and Conference Services department.  I can't tell you how perfect this job will be for me.  Any event that the college hosts, I will have a large part in.  Mainly, I will be in charge of all themes, decorations, centerpieces, etc.  I get to plan events on a daily basis and make the events beautiful.  I can't wait to start in my new role!

Hope you all found something beautiful that made you smile this weekend!

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Monogram Spring Wreath

 I have been busy all day preparing for Easter brunch tomorrow.  But I also found some time to craft and hit some yard sales.  Here is the project I completed today.  

 I found the chip board P at Michael's after Christmas and paid 25 cents for it.  I knew I wanted to turn it into something springy.  I picked up some Reindeer Moss at the Dollar Tree (though I would recommend using a more solid moss for this project).  I hot glued moss all over until it was covered then made a little nest out of a different type of moss.

 The eggs are wooden Easter eggs that I painted my favorite aqua blue color and added a few speckles.  The corner of the P was the perfect place for the sweet little nest.  The aqua ribbon is left over from my wedding.  After Easter is over, this monogram spring wreath will hang on my front door!

 We also hit some yard sales today.  I found these switch plate covers and got all of them for $3.  I don't have any light switches that these will fit, but I hope to someday soon.  They need to be washed but the details of them are what I got them for!

 Do you know of other ways people might use these instead of switch plate covers?  I am trying to think what else I can do with them but nothing comes to mind right now!

 These zinc jar lids were $1 for all of them!  The box is in bad shape but it is fun to read the text on it.  Not sure if my lids will be used as lids or as something else.  Have any ideas for these as well?

 I can never pass up a set of sweet vintage embroidered pillow cases and these were no exception.  I love the daisies and red hearts.  Can't beat the price--2 for 25 cents!

 And one more look at my monogram spring wreath.  These colors make me so happy!

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter!  I get to spend it with Cody's family and my parent's will be joining us for brunch as well.  It will be wonderful!

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Spring is here...and so are the yard sales!

 The weather has been marvelous lately and my daffodils surely feel the same way!  I couldn't resist cutting some and putting them in an aqua ball jar. Yellow and aqua are so gorgeous together, wouldn't you agree?!

 When the daffodils finally show their pretty heads, Spring is officially here!  And so are the yard sales.  I found a few lovely things this weekend and just had to share.

 I found two of these white wire baskets for $1 each.  I snatched them both up but had no idea what I would do with them.  I finally figured it out-they hold 3 pint sized Ball jars perfectly!

 I took my canisters off the counter because I honestly don't use them and put these in their place.  Right now they contain chocolate, white chocolate and butterscotch chips.  It is a perfect fit!

 And it matches with my oval cake stand.  It's like they were meant to be displayed together.  Not sure what I will do with the other one, but I am sure something will come to mind sooner or later.

 I also found some more vintage melamine plates.  I already have two like this with pink roses and couldn't pass these up.  At 25 cents each, I don't think you could have either!

 These plates are salad sized plates which are new to me.  Guess I will have to start collecting those too!  I have been hitting the vintage melamine jackpot lately and I love it.  Clearly these plates last a long time!

Have you hit any yard sales and found some great finds lately?

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Vintage Melamine Easter Tablescape

Just about every Sunday, my in-laws take a 30 minute drive over to where we live.  They don't just come to visit us, they really come all this way so they can stop by the Idaho Youth Ranch in the next town over.  My MIL claims that it is the best one in this area.  Last weekend while the boys were doing something to the pool table in the garage, us girls made a trip to the Youth Ranch.  I didn't think I would find anything, fortunately I was wrong!

 The first aisle I went down I saw a sea of pink and aqua that immediately caught my eye.  As soon as I saw what they were, I snatched some up.  I didn't know that I wanted to find vintage Melamine, but I am sure glad I did!  There were probably 12 pink cups, 12 aqua cups and 20 or so of the plates.  They were marked 35 cents each.  You read that right 35 CENTS!  I picked out 2 of the best pink cups and plates and 2 of the best aqua cups and plates but I now wish I would have grabbed them all!

 The aqua ones have no markings but the pink ones say Sun Valley Melmac.  I think I may have inadvertently started a new obsession.  I went on Ebay just to see what I have here and I think there are so many cute sets that I now want.  I don't need them, I just want them!

 The colors are my favorites and perfect for this time of year.  I had a fun little photo shoot with them and then decided to put together an Easter tablescape using them.  I love, love, love these pretty pastel colors on my table!

 I have been waiting for Easter to use my pastel plaid tablecloth.  It is the perfect base for an Easter table.

 The centerpiece of my table is usually always my cloche.  For Easter, I filled it up with colorful plastic eggs and put a little pink garland around the base.  I then set out my pink and green plates and placed a pink and white polka dot napkin in the center.

 Each setting has a sweet little terra cotta bunny smack dab in the middle.  I thought about painting them different pastel colors, but I kind of like them just how they are.

 Each place setting also has a vintage melamine cup and saucer for some tea or coffee.  The tall glasses will be perfect for an Easter Brunch mimosa!

 That sweet little teapot was also a thrift store find from years ago.  It goes perfect on this Easter table.

 This table isn't super fancy or elaborate, but the colors are perfect for Easter and treating my loved ones to a beautiful and delicious Easter brunch!

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