A Lake Travis Sunset

Austin is really like my second home, I love every minute I spend here. Here's what I am looking at now

San Antonio: Air Force Base

So in the last post I told you guys we stayed at an Air Force Base while in San Antonio. I was really impressed by how pretty it was so I'm doing an entire picture post to show you!   This is where we stayed, it was seriously prettier inside the base than anywhere else in San Antonio.



 They probably had about 20 old planes/helicopters/jets set up around the base with little info plaques, pretty cool.
 Crazy kid.
 This was my fourth of july outfit. I would post pictures but it wasn't very eventfull. We spent most of it driving.  I had a little fun with photoshop on this one. A request from Brandon. The rest of the San Antonio pictures will be in the next post! We're hittin' the road again tomorrow to go to Austin until Saturday. So in case I don't get a chance, have a good weekend everyone!  

San Antonio: Day 1

I'm not really a fan of San Antonio but was trying my best to have a good time! We spent about 3 and a half hours in the car, oh joy! But we got to stay on an Air Force Base which was an experience in itself! It was pretty darn cool, I was amazed at all the stuff they have even though we couldn't access more than half of it. The base is like it's own little city! Anyways, the first night we went out to eat at a cute local mexican restaurant. The decor was so random but I loved it!

 

 Too cute (:  

 

 

 

 

 

 The reason we traveled to San Antonio is because Brandon's sister who lives in Arizona came to Texas! Her husband's parent's live in San Antonio so they stopped there first and we just couldn't wait for them to come to Houston. So we all packed in the car and drove down to spend as much time with them as possible before they have to go back. Apparently it was 115 degrees in Arizona this day and they were pretty happy to be avoiding that!  





 



On the road

To San Antonio!

Daily Outfit Post: Polka Dot Dress

This is one of my favorite dresses, it was originally supposed to go in the store but I just couldn't let it go!

Oufit Details:

Polka Dot Dress- Thrifted

Cameo Necklace- Forever 21

White Socks- Target

Brown Boots- Urban Outfitters (gift from Brandon)

 

In other news, I've done a mini store makeover! I created a fresh new logo that I'm very, very proud of, and here it is:

 The bunting on the antlers is seasonal, I plan on changing that for different seasons/holidays. Fun, huh?! It's finally friday! Woohoo! Tomorrow we are taking a road trip to San Antonio to see some family, I'll be sure to take tons of pictures. Have a great weekend everyone!

End Table Makeover

 I bought this cute end table a couple years ago at a thrift store for probably like $10. I had never seen anything like it and automatically fell in love! It was actually the first piece of furniture we hauled to our apartment when we first moved in. Lucky for us, I have some hoarders for parents ;) and were able to furnish it almost completely from hand-me-downs! And that is awesome, don't get me wrong but everything  happened to be different shades of really dark stained wood! The couches, the tv stand, the coffee table, the desk, the end table, the bookshelf, the lamp, I mean everything. We live in a first floor apartment with only a couple windows and no overhead lighting in the living room, so it is dark enough already without all the dark furniture! There was only so much I could take, I had to come up with a solution. Soo, I've been going a little paint crazy the past couple of days trying lighten up our space/furniture. This is the first (but certainly not the last!) piece that I painted and even though it's stuck in a corner, it definitely makes a difference (in my mind atleast)!  So here's what it looked like before...   And here is what I used to paint it:   Kilz Latex Primer (water-base because I bought water-based paint).   And these awesome Paint Pod's from Ace Hardware. These things are really awesome, they come in rainbows of color, are only $4.99, and can paint up to 16 feet! The color I used for this is Mint Juliep, it even sounds pretty! To apply the paint, I just used one of those cheap foam brushes.   So first, I taped off all the metal. I didn't have painters tape but duct tape worked just fine!   Then, with the help of a trusty assistant, I shook up my primer until fully blended and opened that baby up!  I put on my first coat of primer and let it dry for about 30 minutes.... or maybe 20? Hehe.   If needed, apply a second or third coat as well. I did three but it just depends on how dark the piece is.  

And then I added two coats of my acrylic paint! I removed the tape and then let it dry overnight just to be safe.

  Easy as pie! I plan on antiquing it sometime in the near future but I just don't have any sandpaper right now. I'll get to it... eventually? It's almost the weekend folks! Hang in there! 

Plate Art

So before I found my amazing retro plates, I had this idea that I was going to thrift a bunch of mix match ones and draw on them. Then I found the plates but I still wanted to draw on some and I had this idea of a "plate wall" for a while so I combined the two! It's not quite done yet but I thought I'd give you a little preview and some of my sources of inspiration.

Hanging Cameo Plate 

 Plate Wall 

Love Plate

I know I'm kind of doing this backwards but here's a little how-to on how you hang plates.

Materials You'll Need:

Plate

Plate Hanger

Picture Hanging Thing (nail and the hook)

So you've got your materials, this is super easy. You get the plate hanger,

And you hook one side of the plate hanger to the top of the plate. Then gently pull the other side to the bottom of the plate. Make sure they are evenly place.

Nail your picture hanging thing into the wall where you want your plate to go.

Hang your plate!

Or two

I'll do another post on decorating plates soon, promise. And my soon to be, "Wall of Plates". It's going to be awesome!