Bride and Groom Mugs

One of my best friends recently got married to the love of her life. I was very involved in planning her shower and bachelorette party and wanted to share some of those details with you guys. Today, I am going to show you a quick and easy gift that I made. You can do the same thing or come up with your own plan for a gift! Originally I saw a mug on Pinterest that said “He loves strong coffee” and “she loves green tea” I loved the idea and wanted to personalize it as my friends loves hot chocolate, unfortunately her man is not a coffee or tea drinker but a hot chocolate drinker as well so it just didn’t work. So I did a MR. and MRS. set and a BRIDE and GROOM set. They absolutely loved them! I had seen this idea done many times, but I followed these directions. Here is how to make them:
1. Pick up some plain white mugs and make sure they are clean
2. Create your design and draw it on using a sharpie marker
3. Put the mugs on a cookie sheet and put in the oven on 350 degrees for 30 minutes. This will set the design, however I have read that you should hand wash these as sometimes it will come off in the dishwasher.



Now it’s your turn to get DIY’ing!

Dogs and Design

I love dogs and I love design. Why not combine the two? There are some amazing spaces with adorable pets in them. I began my search a long time ago to gather these photos.It proved more challenging than I expected. I thought I would be able to find great design shots with adorable pups in them. It’s not as easy as you would think. I am here today to share with you some fabulous spaces with dogs in them.


The Sweet Season

A Cup of Mai

Design Sponge

Country Living

Desire to Inspire


Completely Coastal

The Design Files


Design Sponge

If you have never looked on pinterest at cute dogs, you must do so now! There are some of the funniest and cutest pictures. I’m warning you though, you will be sucked in. Here are some of the cute pin’s I have found!

Organization Tip of the Day

To fellow organizers (or wannabe organizers) out there, you know when you find a good box, basket, or container you just have to buy it and it doesn’t matter what you put in it. You will find a use for it. Well that happened to me the other day when I was at the Dollar Tree. I spotted a blue somewhat transparent pencil/crayon/marker box. Although I do have a wide array of pencils, colored pencils and special rendering markers from school (and scrapbooking) I did not need this box for those. I knew I had to have it and that it would serve a great purpose for something. I began thinking of what I could put in the container and decided to share some ideas with you guys.

• small tools or parts
• pictures
• picture hooks and mounting supplies
• face wipes (for the gym) or baby wipes (for the car) they are really handy when your hands are dirty or you spill something!
• scrapbook supplies such as punches, stamps, ribbon or washi tape, cut outs, decorative flowers or other 3d decorations, scissors, adhesives, glitter, cricut cartridges, etc
• packets in the kitchen such as seasoning, mixes, and drink packets
• card games
• receipts
• coupons
• small toiletries (travel or sample size)
• makeup/makeup brushes
• nail polish/supplies
• perfume samples
• stockpile of extras (toothbrush, razers, soap, etc)

I’m pretty sure you now see how great this dollar find truly is. Plus, if you still can’t find a use for it after my many ideas, it was only a dollar. Do you have any other uses you can think of?

Margarita Mondays

I have added a twist to the basic margarita by adding orange juice, it is really tasty! I am sure I am not the first to do this but I thought I would share my “recipe” with you. To be honest I just put a little of this and that in the mix, but I would estimate it to be around these proportions. Play around with the amount of orange juice as it can really change the flavor.

2 oz tequila
4 oz premade margarita mix (we like the Kirkland brand from Costco, evidently there is a mix with tequila in it if your state allows liquor to be sold at supermarkets, Oregon does not unfortunately)
3 oz orange juice
a few ice cubes

Throw all the ingredients in a magic bullet or blender, then blend until you like the consistency. Then enjoy!



My other current favorite is a creamsicle or blended creamsicle!
2 oz whipped flavored vodka
6-8 oz orange juice
Simply stir together or add a few ice cubes and blend for a frozen treat!

Enjoy these yummy drinks out in the sun!

Paint Chip Art

I have seen so many projects lately reusing paint chip samples! I have yet to make one myself but think it might be about time to do so. Surprisingly I don’t have any paint chips hanging around at the moment.

Ombre artwork by The Lovely Cupboard

Cityscape artwork via LiveLoveDIY

I’m a sucker for hearts! Aren’t these cute?!

Heart Garland from Heart Garland

Paint chip heart canvases from Honey We’re Home

Shades of Love artwork by Posh Pink Giraffe


Ombre herringbone from ellementary home


Dragonfly bookmark and card by hwoodred

Paint sample calendar by Crafty Chic


Have you done any paint chip art? Post a link below, I would love to see it!

Run it!

I am trying to get back into a workout routine but boy is it hard. I have a gym membership and am extremely lucky to have a very nice trail pretty close to my house. Today I had the best run and walk! On the walk back I snapped some photos of this beautiful trail!


                                               
                 
                
                 

Modern box car planter

 

I have been following Joe Mason since I met him at a work event a few years back. He was part of a really cool lighting company called Namuh and is now apart of Revolution Design House. He just released the coolest planter! I love the modern look of this box car planter. I love the wood, the sharp angles, the pops of color ( I especially love the robin egg blue) and that you can put succulents in it! Perfect for Earth Day! What do you think of it?

Image Via Houzzz.com

 

Above images via their facebook

This piece is so new it’s not even on their website yet, but you can order through Houzzz!

Spring has sprung

 

Spring has sprung and I couldn’t be happier! Portland is known for it’s dreary weather, so when the sun comes out peoples moods immediately change. It is sunny and warm today, I’m talking 68 degrees! Tomorrow is suppose to be 72, I am just ecstatic! I thought I would share a few spring time flowers today in celebration of the spring and Easter this Sunday. I took these photos last year at a local farmers market and in the surrounding neighborhood.

 

All photos by Kristen Jeanne Peterson.

Colorful and fun pillows

I just discovered the most adorable pillow line! I couldn't even get past the home page without falling in love with all the cute and vibrant prints! A good pillow, can be hard to find! The pillows and fabric by the yard are available through Caitlin Wilson Textiles. They are offering 15% off until March 26th by entering the code SPRING15. By the way, I was not paid to endorse this products, I just really love them!



Which pillow is your favorite? I could never pick but I would love to hear your opinions.

The end of google reader

 

I was so saddened to hear that google reader will be going away on July 1st. Once I was introduced to the reader concept I was in love. A place to have all my blogs I love to read in one place is amazing and a total life changer. I haven’t had a chance to research other reader websites, but never had to as a high school classmate recommended feedly on a facebook post. Feedly quickly integrates your google reader into their interface in one click. I was amazed at how quick and easy it was. I was expecting to have to import or individually add all the websites to feedly. It is going to take a bit to get use to the interface, but I immediately enjoyed the photo appearing next to an excerpt of the post. 500,000 new users in the last two days can’t be wrong. Feedly automatically syncs your actions on both platforms to make sure you aren’t missing anything during the transition. They also have a great app people have been downloading like crazy!

Do any of you use feedly? If not, what do you use?