Who Doesn't Love a Little Tiffany's?

I am finally back at it. Jose and I have been so busy lately that it leaves little time for DIY or craftiness. However, we did manage to squeeze in two projects recently (i.e. they've been done for about two weeks and I am just now writing about them). So without further ado here's what we have been up to.

In the spirit of change I finally got around to changing our front door color. Don't get me wrong I love red doors (the color of ours before). It's actually what attracted me to our house. But as the title of this post implies what girl doesn't love a little Tiffany blue. So in the spirit of change and wanting to be the only house on the street with a Tiffany blue door, I dove right in and painted the door. Now as you can imagine it wasn't an easy task covering up all that red, but a few coats of primer later and we had a white door.

 Then it was on to the business of getting that lovely Tiffany blue color. The actual name of the color is Valspar's Bayside. Much to Jose's sorrow I spent an obscene amount of time in the paint isle at Lowe's gathering all possible combinations of Tiffany blue. To him however it looked as if I was gathering the exact same color over and over again but I knew each had a subtle difference to them. And in the spirit of not being too wordy (who am I kidding, I am always wordy), here is the finished product:

I do not know about you guys but I am IN LOVE! I am also super excited for all the different color combinations of wreaths I can do for the holidays as well as just because.

Have you guys taken on any painting projects lately? If so what and were you nervous before hand? I always get nervous before slapping on that first swipe of paint. I would love to hear what you think about our new face lift for outside...

Week One 31 Days to clean

So if you guys have checked out Sarah Mae's blog then you know that this cleaning challenge is not just about cleaning. Its a spiritual journey as well. This week was a tough one to stay on track for me. I work night shift and cleaning (even small amounts) is the last thing on my mind after work. However I persevered and got my bedroom in order, as this was the challenge of the week. Here's a quick recap of each day's challenges: (Check out Sarah Mae's blog for the full challenges)
Day One: Distractions
       Today was all about recognizing what we let distract us from spending time with God, family, and getting daily tasks done. Then we cleaned out our closets.
Day Two: Sitting before doing
       This continued the distractions theme, and we looked into taking time for quiet time daily and spending time the word. Today's cleaning task was to clean out our dressers
Day Three: When life becomes worship
         Today was about priorities. Knowing where our priorities lie and knowing that they should be linear underneath our relationship with God. Today was also a catch up day in cleaning or starting to clean out from under our beds.
Day Four: Lazy Bones
         Today's Mary challenge was to look up as many references to the word lazy in the bible and what the consequences were. Also to look up the benefits of a diligent life. Today's Martha challenge was to continue plugging away in our bedrooms. Cleaning out from under the bed or just catching up in general.
Day Five: How to become a Slave
        Today's Mary Challenge was to recognize what God may be leading us away from in our lives, be it a siutation or a thing. Today's Martha Challenge was to finish up our bedrooms in whatever manner necessary.

So as I mentioned earlier I did well at the beginning of the week and then fell behind a little towards the end of the week. I did get all caught up though. I am truly enjoying being a part of this motivational and looking forward to recapping you guys on this weeks lessons learned and rooms cleaned.

Have any of you undertaken any cleaning projects lately? What about new bible studies? I would love to hear about them.
       

31 Days to Clean Has Begun

So I plan to do a wrap up with pictures and everything at the end of the week but I just felt that I really needed to share how today's challenge has spoken to me. Today is Distractions part 2 "Sitting before Doing". This is seriously a struggle for me. I am not good at just sitting and having quiet time before starting my day and once my day begins I am always thinking to the next thing I have to do.

Today's Mary Challenge was to read and meditate on Psalm 119. Which if you have ever read it is quite the long Psalm but is so packed with praise to God. The Psalmist amazes me with how prayerful and praising he is throughout everything. My meditation verse for the day is Psalm 119:176

"I have strayed like a lost sheep, 

seek your servant, 

for I have not forgotten your commands" NIV

I think we can all say at some point in our walks with Christ that we have felt like this. I think I never truly forget how good God is or his commands but I continually stray from him. 

Today's Martha Challenge is to clean out our dressers so we will see how that goes. Anyway its not to late to get into the challenge. Just head here and you can catch up. Come back on Friday to see what my first week of 31 days to clean has been like. Have a fantastic Tuesday everyone!

Sending Jose's Roaring 20's out in Style

My mom and I in our 1920's gear

Some of the girls, I could not have pulled this off with out them!

My father in law, Jose, and mother in law

Our wonderful photographer and my bestie!

Jose and his mom

My wonderful sisters in law, and beautiful niece 

The Guys, these guys have been friends since high school and now they are all 30!

my silly coworkers, so happy they came out for this!

The Awesome and wonderful photographer and her fiance!

So if you can't guess from the title, Jose turned 30 on May 17th. I have been planning his party for quite a while now (since January) and am so excited that if finally came and went. The theme was a roaring 20's style party complete with prohibition drinks and a small casino. The best part was this was a surprise party. And surprised he was!!!

I have been so excited for this party to happen. Do you know how hard it is not to tell your best friend that you are throwing them a party? Also I tell Jose everything crafty that I do, so for this I could not tell him about the things I made or had sewn for the event. I think the pictures speak for themselves on this one and hope everyone had a great time!

Thanks to everyone who helped make this party possible. I could not have done it without you! And also for a shameless plug, if you guys are in South Carolina and looking for a wonderful and professional photographer you should check out Joni Hammond Photography.

That is all and I hope everyone has an excellent end to their week!

So two posts in one day is not the norm around here. (Maybe one day it will be) Anyway Sarah Mae of www.sarahmae.com is doing a 31 days to clean challenge over on her blog and I am joining in. Our house desperately needs this and my hope is after these challenges I can photograph our house to show you guys. Right now there are rooms that I just keep closed off so I don't have to see them, so I certainly do not want you guys to see them. Here's to hoping this helps and if you are in need of a challenge to get you moving why don't you join in!