Weekending

This weekend was spent mostly outside soaking up the last bits of summer.  And dang these last bits of summer in Missouri are hot and swampy! Saturday was spent watching a very dear friend get married in his backyard.  That night we stayed away from the heat and watched Silence of the Lambs.  I had never seen any of those movies before so of course we are watching them all.  Evan has taken to calling me Casereese now, so there's that.

On Sunday we drove to the country to visit both of our families.  My parent's live on a small farm complete with a pond and and a little orchard.  It is a true getaway.  If you ever get out that way stop by and I am sure my mom will give you a tour in her pink golf cart.  She has a lead foot though.  Just a disclaimer.

Evan's parents only live 10 minutes away from mine.  It's so crazy to think we grew up so close to each other and never bumped into one another.  Evan's dad made sopapillas and now that's all I can think about...So good.

It was one of those weekends that you don't want to end.  And where you wish you had unlimited sopapillas to get through Monday!

Labor Day

Today has been lazy in the best way.  Waking up late, scooter rides with no destination, and gas station slurpies.  If we are being honest here though I am ready to kick summer out the door.  It's time for fall, according to everyone on Pinterest.  Guys, I agree.  I agreeeee. 

Also, something has been in the works for a while.  I've got a little blog makeover coming which is why I haven't been posting as much lately.  Things will be shifting and changing over here, so bear with me!

I hope everyone had an easygoing weekend with no labor.  If you did work, go treat yourself to a slurpee because you deserve it!

A 2 day Getaway

A couple of weeks ago, late at night,  Evan and I found ourselves looking at our schedules counting down the days and saying screw this!  Why wait?!  The next day I had a flight booked to San Francisco where he had two days off in a row.  

The first thing we did was promptly buy me a jacket.  I packed completely wrong!  It was freezing, but I'm a cold weather gal so I was happy about it.

That night we took a cab to the Golden Gate Park and watched The Red Hot Chili Peppers.  I've always wanted to see them play and Evan's friend was playing the festival so he got us in.  Randomly awesome!  

I kept telling Evan that all I wanted to do was see the Golden Gate Bridge.  We had to go.  I needed to see this amazing bridge.  Which was hilarious because we didn't see it at all.  We walked on it, but the fog was so thick that you could only see a couple of feet in front of you.  We couldn't stop laughing.  It will always be one of my favorite memories. 

We walked around Fisherman's Wharf and had the most amazing clam chowder.  It would be a dream to live that close to the ocean and have fresh seafood everyday! I wonder if people think about Springfield and Cashew Chicken that way?  I'm guessing no.

The trip was short and sweet with a huge heap of laughter.  This guy makes me laugh so incredibly hard.  We hadn't seen each other in almost two months so the past few days meant a lot to us.  San Francisco, you are a ball.  Thanks for the sweet memories.

DIY String Wrap Planter

This is kind of my favorite thing I've made in a while. Cheap and so easy! Just how I like my diy and my men.  Well by men I mean Evan.

 Again with the plants.  I'm sorry guys, they just are my jam right now.

I bought these planters a couple of years ago from the Target $1 section.  They were originally yellow, but didn't work with anything I had so I thought I'd just spray paint them for a quick facelift.  

They looked ok, but were just kind of boring.  So I started experimenting with different things to jazz up the planters.  Which is how the string planter happened.

All you need are 2 different kinds of spray paint, a planter, medium sized string, and tape.

First spray your planter one base color.  I chose gold because I wanted a metallic finish that showed up really well.  

Next, wrap the string around the planter.  Try to make the design interesting.  Cross over certain areas, make other areas thicker and thinner, things like that.  Tape the top of your string down in the opening so it will be easy to take off. 

Now, spray paint the planter again and let it dry for an hour.  After dry unwrap your planter and give yourself a high five.  Because you are awesome.

I was actually really surprised how cool this little project turned out.  Maybe because I thought that it wouldn't really work so I wasn't invested in it?  No pressure for success.

This guy is sitting on my guest room night stand right now.  I can't believe it was once green!  

 The planter will probably move around the house though because I want to see it all the time.  Do you guys do that?  I feel like I just put all of my favorite things in my living room so they can be seen daily.

I can't wait to try out other mediums for planters.  It's fun to just experiment and see what happens.  I guess that is the beauty of diy!

Around Here

Thankful it is Friday.  Evan and I plan to jam all of summer into the next two days.  He leaves on Tuesday for tour with the Jonas Brothers and won't be back until the middle of August.  Bleh.  There is a lot of scooter rides, snow cones, and front porch sitting in our future.  Happy weekend friends!

Ya! Housewarming gift

Recently one of my dear friends, Emily, moved into a new apartment with her boyfriend.  She has been so excited about getting into the space and making it a home. So of course a housewarming gift was in order.  

This summer I have been filling my house to the brim with plants.  And what is better than a little plant as a housewarming gift?  

I've been obsessed with these little gold dishes from Target and bought them up every time I saw them because they make the perfect pots.  Sorry if you kept trying to buy them and they were out of stock, it was me.  Guilty.  Seriously so pretty and $5 bones.  The bad news is that I think Target already stopped carrying them.  Why do you do that Target?! 

I picked out a little plant to add to a dish and then topped it off with the tag.  To make the tag I took a striped straw, cut it in half and then glued a vintage layaway tag on either side.  I topped it off with YA! which really describes my excitement for her! 

Such a fun and easy housewarming gift!  

Golden Girl

Do you guys want to take a moment?

I know. Is it wrong to love a brass faucet with wild and reckless abandon? Because when I took this baby out of the box I fell head over heels.  At first I was apprehensive.  We checked all the places locally and had to turn to the internet.  Then after deciding between the hundreds of brass faucets I chose this one.  

I got cold feet.  I doubted it.  Would I get tired of it?  Would it look gaudy? Would it be too shiny? Too 90s?  But then I threw caution to the wind and ordered that bad boy.  We didn't spend all that money on my college education for me to just go the safe route.

Plus there is a return policy. 

I won't be returning this beauty.  I mean look at those knobs!  It is the perfect combo of vintage and modern.  I am glad that I went the brass route.  It brings in a lot of warmth, and often times bathrooms are kinda cold and sterile feeling.

We order the countertop on Friday and then it's a waiting game until it is done.  I'll probably just be staring at this faucet until they arrive.  I can't wait!