vacation time & a winner

Good morning!  We are finally off on our Florida vacation.  Not sure if you remember, but we were supposed to go to Disney World over Spring Break, but both our kids got sick with the flu :(  So, we had to reschedule and the time has finally come to make a second attempt at it!

Despite how upset we all were to have to canceled in the Spring, it has all worked out in the end.  We ended up adding beach time to our trip, which we were not going to do at Spring Break. 

I can't wait to spend the week enjoying the last part of our summer!  I'll be back to next week with the details, but until then you can follow our trip on instagram.  I'll be back with another quick diy I did in Preston's room that I wanted to share with you this week.

 

And the winner of the Happy Everything Cookbook is Entry # 121 Karen A - Congratulations!

Have a great day!

 

 

5 on friday {july top 5}

{the good life blog}

 

Hey there Friday!  So happy to see you again!  Today I'm taking part in the 5 on Friday series again and taking a look back at the top five happenings around our home in July.

 

1.  I was so surprised to see how many little diy projects I did this month.  There were three.  Of course, they were pretty quick and easy, but none the less there were three and this is a personal monthly record for me.

 {diy inspiration board}

 

 {diy gold vases}

 

{diy gold seashells}

 

2.  Next up was adding some brightness to our kitchen.  Now that we have nice white cabinets (you can read about dark cabinets and paint process here), I added some bright accents.  No big major purchases or changes, but just some cheerful yellow and orange touches.  A yellow rug, yellow chevron bowl and some fresh orange flowers did the trick!

 

 

3.  Made this delicious cheddar cornbread.  It was so good and I only ate half of it while it was still warm :)  You can get the recipe here.

 

4.  Enjoying my summer with these two kiddos.  I'm so happy they love to scooter and ride bikes.  Because it's summer and they have a later bedtime and to avoid the heat, we head out late in the evening around 7:30 and spend some time outdoors. 

 

5.  We spent a few days in Port Aransas with my family.  Lyla loved building sand castles and Preston loves the water.  Grant and the guys played horseshoes and I sat back and watched everyone!  We actually packed up and ended up staying about 6 or 7 hours at beach each day.  So happy they both enjoy it as much as we do!

And that wraps up July for us!  Hope your weekend is great!

P.S.  Just getting on board with instagram and really having fun with it -- you can find my page here.

 

diy gold seashells

Someone please take the gold spray paint from me before everything is gold :)   You might remember when I changed up our front entry table to create a summer vignette.  I added the driftwood we found at the beach, the rattan lantern and palm leaves.  I love that it is a simple reminder of my favorite place.  Recently, I added this big, white bowl of shells.  After swooning over some gorgeous pictures of gold seashells recently, my wheels began turning and I decided that my seashells needed a little something. 

 

Quickest, Easiest, Cheapest DIY ever!!  No taping, no measuring, just spray and go!

 

So happy with the new look!

 

You might also like...diy gold vases.

 

 

 Hope you have a terrific day!

 

P.S.  Don't forget to enter the Happy Everything Cookbook giveaway.  Go here to enter.

 

 {sharing here:  remodelaholic}