our Christmas decorations!

Merry Christmas everybody!! I really think it is the happiest time of the year. There are bright twinkling lights, sparkles, sequins, confetti, sprinkles, smiles, beautifully wrapped presents, & most of all, Jesus!

Our tree is my favorite tree we've had so far! I love how the Christmas tree is modern, but still colorful & not way out there. I decided to only use Christmas ball ornaments & white lights. I'm very happy with the way it turned out. I also decided to go with simple wrapped presents with satin ribbon. Everybody keeps asking me if the presents underneath the Christmas tree are real! haha I guess that's a good thing? :D Yes, they are real!

I really think our tree represents my husband and I. We are both a young couple, fun, {and a little me more than him, likes things colorful & a bit on the nontraditional side!}


{Click to enlarge pictures}


I will try to remember to get better pictures of the back wall for you later. I strung snowflake ornaments with fishing line. I love the way the snowflakes look against our dark gray walls & the map.


This is our buffet table in our living room. I love the way you can see the Christmas tree in ALL of the mirrors! Spectacular!! I bought the two Christmas trees at a thrift store for $4 each! They still had the Hallmark tags on them. I love the galvanized tubs they are in! I also spray painted the big vase turquoise. It use to be brown with swirls. Someone was getting rid of it & I scooped it up! It's one of my favorite pieces. Can you see the little bear in the top of the vase? You would definitely have to click on it to make it bigger! My mom bought me that the first year I got married, I love that ornament!



I love the snowball garland gives it a whimsical fun touch. I bought it at Micheal's.

& another Christmas tree picture.

I hope you all enjoyed! I will try to take more pictures of our decor today! Thanks for visiting our colorful Christmas! =)

Merry Christmas!!!

Caramel Apple Salad

Did I mention that Fall makes me want to cook . . . EVERYTHING?! lol Fall is so delicious!!

I made this Caramel Apple Salad the other week for our youth group:




It was gone within minutes, I'm so happy they liked it!

Ingredients:
1 Cool whip tub
6 Snickers chopped bite size {put one aside for the topping}
4 apples diced bite size {put one aside for topping}
1\2 cup honey roasted peanuts
Caramel syrup

~Mix cool whip, 5 chopped snickers, 3 diced apples together in a bowl
~Drizzle caramel syrup on top

Topping
~Place the chopped snickers bar on the outside, cut up the apple and place it next to the snickers, then put 1/2 cup of honey roasted peanuts in the middle.
~Drizzle it with more caramel!

ENJOY!!
=)

Caramel Apple Cupcakes!!

Yes, Carmel Apple Cupcakes... can fall get anymore delicious?! These were so much fun to make!! My house smelled AMAZING!! I don't think I've ever baked anything that smelled as good as these cupcakes did!

A pretty lil picture of all of the ingredients:

Apple Caramel Duncan Hines Cake Mix, 35 caramels, 1/4 cup Evaporated Milk, toppings, popsicle sticks, pumpkin cupcake wrappers =)

I used Duncan Hines "Apple Caramel" cake mix for the cupcakes. DELICIOUS. It has real apples in the cake mix as long as a caramel pouch you mix in the batter. Yum!

For the caramel topping, I used 1/4 cup of a Carnation's Evaporated Milk & 35 caramels. I cooked it on low & continually stirred it until it was all smooth & creamy.

For the toppings, I used what I already had on hand: honey roasted peanuts, candy corn autumn mix, & of course . . . SPRINKLES!

After they were all dressed up, you stick the Popsicle stick in the middle & wooolah!

Cute little things!!

They were DIVINE!

Happy Fall!!

Tybee Island and Savannah Resturants!

Earlier this year in March, my hubby & I visited Tybee Island & Savannah Georgia. And yes, we did fall madly in love with the area! I would seriously pack up & move there now if I could! A beach cottage on Tybee and/or a cute little townhouse/condo in Savannah, yes please!

It was definitely a place where you could just . . . breathe & take in all of the beauty. A huge difference then the crazy fast paced life in Hampton Roads/Virginia Beach where we live.

First, I thought I would give you all the run down on the food. Oh the FOOD! They seriously have the best seafood & restaurants I've ever been too!

Up first, is a cute little place called the Crab Shack in Tybee.

Beautiful views!

I wish I had taken better pictures of the inside, it was so cute! I loved all of the lighting. I'm sure it's even more adorable at night time.

I had a shrimp salad sandwich & she-crab soup. She-crab soup!! Oh my goodness, it was amazing. I almost didn't order it because I normally don't like things like that. I'm so thankful I did, it was DELICIOUS!! Notice the hole in the middle of the table near the hot sauce... after you are frinished eating, you just throw your paper plates down the shoot. Too cool! For some reason I didn't get a picture of Calvin's food, you can see it in the background a little bit. I guess he had already dug in!

The next place was the Shrimp Factory in Savannah. They give you these amazingly delicious blueberry muffins with honey butter with pecans to dip it in. Yummmmmm!!

I got a crab cake patty, rice, with two hush puppies. Very very good! I think Calvin ordered the same. =)

A+ for the Shrimp Factory from us! =)


The last place was the Old Pink House in Savannah. So beautiful, quaint, & historic!!

I ordered a shrimp roll with a summer salad.

Calvin ordered a fish sandwich with a summer salad =)




I would definitely recommend all 3 of these snazzy restaurants!!

kitchen rugs

I'm looking at a couple of rugs on Urban Outfitters for the kitchen. Here are the top contestants! =)



















Which one is your favorite?

ikea to the rescue!

I love this pink chair! It's $279, not bad at all. Now, if only there was a way to add nail-head trim . . . =)

pink!

I have been wanting to get two chairs for the living room for a little while now, just looking around occasionally, but not finding anything I really liked. I started looking in my living room board on Pinterest to see if I saw any trends/repeats of what I really like in a room for chairs. I spotted it immediately.

PINK!

I know, who would have thought that? lol