Always and Forever pt. 1:

      My boyfriend and I's anniversary is next week, so recently I went to visit him! We love food, like, a lot, we love trying new places. When I saw the Steak and Catfish Barn on food networks: Man vs. Food, I knew we HAD to try the catfish. I am so glad we did. Amazing catfish, with a hint of spice, all white, and flaky and just melt in your mouth good! I'm sure he agrees!

      After we filled up on catfish we continued our day shopping, (poor guy! he's such a good sport!) and exploring Bass Pro. Then when we started to get hungry again, made our way to Cattleman's steak house. We go every chance and excuse we get, if you're ever in OKC, go. Make sure you order the mushrooms, and save room for plenty of food. They brew their own beer, make their own croutons and salad dressing and the steak is to die for. Seriously, best steak I have EVER had. (sorry Dad.)

       The next day we went on a bike ride, the weather was great, and it's always one of my favorite things to do.

    Most of you know I have friends that are pilots, my boyfriend is a pilot. Turns out one of my friends had an apartment right next to our apartment complex, so while Cody was at work, we caught up, he entertained me, and then Cody got together with him and I watched them play Mario. Casey is one of my closest friends, so I am glad they get along.

      My hair has been boring me a bit lately, so I played with it. I really liked the outcome.

  

 We picked out some patio furniture, and I know it looks like he is doing all the work, but he didn't. Ask him! I totally helped!

  

   He dropped me off at the air port, and it was pretty sad, but we always try to stay positive! I can not wait to see him again!

A day in the life:

        Lately I have been coming up with small projects to make me smile, I wanted things I could look at every day. I had some brown lampshades, so I painted them and covered them in lace! just a little something that took no time at all, and makes me smile every time I see them!

     Next up we have my succulents, they hang out on my dresser, so I see them every day when I get ready, it was super easy to put together, and pretty low maintenance too! 

      I didn't want to over crowd my planter, so I threw this guy in one of my (many, many, many) tea cups! I find this especially sweet, because of the personal mementos placed around it!

      I am not entirely sure if I have talked very much about my dog before, but I figured I would take some extra time in this post. My boy turned four this week, and on June sixth I will have had him for four years! (fun fact: I found him the day right before my birthday!)
   He is my favorite, I am so lucky to share my time with him, and he is cray fluffy and adorable to boot!

I hope every one is having a beautiful week!

 

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Wish list of the week: Peach edition!

St. Croix Geometric Necklace from Francesca's

 

Hakuna Matata Iphone Case by Lala on Society6.com

Fabric Bunting by Modernality2 on Etsy.com

Statement Necklace by ShopNestled on Etsy.com

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Mani Monday: OPI Can't Find My Czechbook and Polka.com

Delayed Mani Monday post!

     This one is simple, OPI "Can't find my Czechbook" is a beautiful teal/aqua mix. It applies great, and I absolutely love the color. I mattiefied it with Essie's "Matte about you" (another great addition to any collection but left the tips glossy, including the accent glitter nail.

     The real star of this mani is Polka.com on the accent nail, though. This glitter has light blue (similar to chezchbook), purple and pink hex glitters, with little purple microglitters. Two coats is what I have on my accent nail, the coverage with glitter is amazing and take no work!

D.I.Y. Sunday: His and Hers Pillow Cases

This week makes a great gift for couples, long distance or not. This project was inspired by this tutorial on A Beautiful Mess. I did a few things differently, to better suit my crafting style.

I started with grey pillowcases (four) blue chevron for the heart and yellow for the letters. (you will also need: Needle and thread or sewing machine, and sticker letters in the size you want)

I measured to see how tall the heart would need to be, cut the fabric in the appropriate sized square, folded it in half and cut out a heart. At this point I cut the heart and half:

and stuck my letters on where I wanted them:

Now from here I followed the tutorial on ABM except I sewed by hand, not with a sewing machine. I would recommend using a sewing machine, I how ever prefer the hand sewn route.
In case you don't want to pop over to ABM, here is what you do:

1. Sew the yellow fabric on the back around the letters. 
2. Cut the letters out on the chevron, leaving the yellow poking through. 
3. Sew the heart on the pillow case. 
4. Repeat for HERS. 

Now, my boyfriend and I are long distance, so I sent him the HIS and a blank grey pillow case, and I kept the HERS and a blank one, so now we have:

Hope you guys enjoy making pillow cases for your home!
-Jamie