Want to come to the next 365 SWAP?

Do you want to come to the next 365 Swap?  If you haven't ever been to this event you have been missing out.  You can check out photo's and detail from our last Swap HERE or HERE.   You can now purchase yourself a ticket on the CULTIVATE blog.  Check your calendar, September 22nd 6-8. Get your ticket soon; we have a limited number.

Wait, don't go.....

Why dose time have to fly when your having fun?  Summer is always over way to fast for me.  I was looking at our calendar today and my jaw about hit the floor when I realized the kids only have four more weeks of summer vacation.  So we went to the pool today and we are going to the zoo tomorrow.  I am going to be cramming in as much fun as I can.  Not that we haven't had a fun summer already, it has been simply wonderful.  I found some pics of what summer is to me on one of my new favorite places. Check it out here.

I love the sand!  Well, at the beach.... not in my houses after the kids play in the sand box.

What is summer with out some water balloons?

We spend lot's of time on our bikes and on our porch swing. I should have put a photo of it.  It is one of my favorite summer spots.

We can't go to Lagoon without ridding the swings.

I don't even know how many popsicles my kids have eaten this summer.  Maybe hundreds? I think our summer will be a success if we can say, we ate hundreds of popsicles, put on a killer firework show, swam our gut's out and just had a grand time together.   Happy summer to you all. 

Pillow for Miss Macey

I just want to say Happy Birthday to my cute friend Macey. She is full of talent, style and spunk.  I always love having her around.   I made her this pillow for her birthday today.  I made a blue and white pillow for july and now I just want to make more cute pillows for my house.  

Scott and Ashlee's Wedding

I got to decorate this wedding reception with my Cultivate friends today.  I love how we can each contribute to a project and have the result be so fabulous.  This was a chalk board wall.  We strung twin across it to pin Polaroid photos of the guests on.

How cute is this swing made just for the happy couple.  It was hung in a super awesome tree.

The bride choose to serve nut's, dried fruits and cakes.

Each of us got to decorate one of the tables for people to eat at.  This was my table.  We used lots of wood, birds, pears and pops of pink.  One of my favorite things was all of the mis-matched chairs.

It turned out super cute.  I love the cultivate girls to death, they are all so amazingly talented and fun to work with.  I am now off the soak my feet and hit the hay!

Festive Pillows

I have been wanting to make some festive July pillows for some time now.  Yesterday I decided it was time to whip some out.  I made these two for inside our house.  I saw the idea for the blue and white one on pinterest.  My super creative sister-in-law Erin, gave me the idea for the other blossoms.

I found this nautical outdoor fabric at Joann's.  I usually don't love the fabric there but this made my heart sing.  It is kind of hard to see in this photo, but the lighter fabric has maps and boats on it. All the outdoor fabric at Joann's is 1/2 off this week.  This is one of my favorite spots in the morning.  Out on our front porch in the swing.  I take my breakfast out there a lot, to enjoy the warm sun.

And the winner is....

Becky Stratford

Thanks to everyone who entered. Have a happy 4th of July! 

July *GIVEAWAY*

We love the 4th of July at our house.  We always have a big party.  I look forward to getting out my July decor, fresh fruits, the smell of B.B.Q's and of course fireworks!  Because July is one of my favorite months I thought I would do a giveaway. This festive red jar is filled with yummy york peppermint bites.
  So here's the deal...
*Leave me a comment (and your e-mail, so I can contact you if you are the winner)
*Become a follower if you are not one already
*Blog, face book or tweet about this giveaway to be entered twice
*Do this by Monday night at midnight (sorry this is a quick giveaway.  I want to get this little jar in the mail to the winner in time for the 4th of July.)