How I Decorated My Dining Room For Halloween!

Happy Tuesday y'all!

Since it is officially October, I thought I would show y'all how I decorated my dining room for Halloween!

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year because the decorations are so fun :)

First I'll show you what I have on my tabletop!

Napkins: Target

Napkin rings: I used purple sparkly pipe cleaners and clip on spiders both from Michaels

Decorative picks (in napkins): Michaels

Plates: Target

Placemats: Pier 1 Imports

Table runner: Kirklands

Goblet glasses: Walmart (4 for $5!!)

Glitter balls in glasses: I used vase filler from Micahels

Candelabra: Kirklands

Purple candles: Michaels

Lighted feather wreath: Kirklands

I also decorated my china cabinet!

Mason jars from a DIY Modge Podge project.

Ghost and black cats from Hobby Lobby.

Autumn Leaves candle from Yankee Candle.

For the garland I bought 2 feather boas and tied them together.  Then I bought a lighted garland and laid it on top of the feather boas (both from Hobby Lobby).

I think the feathers in the garland, wreath, and decorative picks go together perfectly!

And finally, a wreath for the door!

This wreath is for sale in my Etsy shop!

And there you have my halloween decorations!

I hope everyone has a terrific Tuesday!

Happy Fourth Of July!

Happy Fourth of July y'all!

Today I'm linking up with this kind of love for What I'm Loving Wednesday and The Vintage Apple for Oh How Pinteresting Wednesday!

 

I'm loving that today is the Fourth of July!

Chris and I are down in Charleston visiting my family.

We are going to go to our traditional neighborhood cook out and pool party and then go watch the fireworks in town :)

Here are the things I love about the Fourth of July!

My country

Decorations

Apparel 

Food

Fireworks

What are you doing today for the Fourth of July?

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

All images via Pinterest.

To My Dad

Dad,

I cannot begin to ever express how much I appreciate all the things you have done and continue to do for me.  You worked hard my whole life in order to provide for my needs as well as to give me everything I wanted.  Thank you for the example you set for me bringing me up in a Christian home.  Not everyone is so lucky.  You taught me what it means to work hard and to do my best in everything I do.  I know that a lot of my successes in life are due to the work ethic you instilled in me and the example you set.  The older I get, the more I recognize how much like you I really am.  I am proud that you are my dad, and I hope I can continue to make you proud of me.

I love you very much!

Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day y'all!

I hope everyone has a great day filled with family, friends, and fun!

And remember those service members who gave the ultimate sacrifice, and the families that are grieving their loss today.

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To My Mom

You raised me.

You watched me grow.

You taught me right from wrong.

I made mistakes, but you loved me anyway.

In my life,

I have met so many people who's moms gave up on them.

But you never gave up on me

even though I didn't always make it easy.

You did without so that I could have.

You inspired me.

You believed in me.

You stood by me.

You loved me.

You are more than just my mom.
You are my best friend.

All that I am is because of the example you set for me.

And I hope that the person I become is more and more like you every day.

I love you!!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Easter Weekend Recap

Happy Monday y'all!

I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend!

I know I did :)

{Thursday}

On Thursday night Chris and I dyed Easter eggs!

We had so much fun.

I love having the eggs around this time of year because I love to make egg salad.

I will admit that I normally soak a few that are cracked in the blue or green dye for a long time so that I can have egg salad that has colors in it ;)

I don't know why I like doing that, but I do!

Chris always has to take one egg and make sure it goes through all 12 of the dye colors.

He calls it the speckled egg!!

{Friday}

On Friday Chris and I drove down to Charleston.

My home church puts on a play every year at Easter called the Passion Play.
This year was the 25th annual Passion Play and the last year they will be doing the play.
I really wanted to see it for the last year so Friday night Chris, my sister, and I went to see it.

(That soldier to the right there is my dad!)

We had a really good time!
The performance is always really good.

{Saturday}


On Saturday my sister and I woke up and dyed more Easter eggs.

Then my dad sent my mom, my sister, and I out shopping for Easter dresses!
Since Chris lost his job I didn't really expect to get a dress this year so I was really excited!
I ended up getting the very first dress I tried on at Dress Barn.
Have you ever shopped there?
They have a huge selection for a really great price.
My dress was a third of the price I would have paid for it somewhere else.

This is the dress I ended up getting:

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We ate at Moe's for lunch, and Saturday night we had pizza for dinner and watched The Ten Commandments on television.
The Ten Commandments is an Easter tradition for my family!

{Sunday}


On Sunday we went to Easter service, and then came home to a big lunch prepared by my mom.
My neighbors who I consider my grandparents came, and my aunt and uncle were also there.
It was a great day with family!

We took lots of pictures with everyone dressed up.
Allie was in her Easter dress and Pinto Bean, D'Artagnan, and Thomas were all in their bow ties :)

It just so happened that D'Artagnan's bow tie matched Chris, and Pinto Bean's bow tie matched me!

The cupcakes and cake my mom made!

I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend as well and that everyone's week is off to a great start!