Join me- "BuZz" & Gratitude {Day 1}

11.1.11- 

  Good Day everyone!  Today I'm KiCKiNg off 2 exciting things & I'm hoping that you will want to play along. 

The first thing is: 

The "BuZz" about The Hive 

& WiN giveaway!!  

You may know that I'm hosting The Hive {Holiday style} in a week {it's a SweeT little Boutique} that I do a few times a year where I not only sell H&H creations but I invite a few talented & creative friends to come sell their goods too. 

{I'll be back later to introduce them to you} 

I want to give you a chance to WiN a $25.00 gift certificate to spend at The {Holiday} Hive Who doesn't like some free $$$, right?!? It's super easy to enter this GiVEAWAY  & there are lots of ways to enter just do one 

{or better yet- all of the following} 

for more chances to WiN:

1- become a {NeW} follower to my blog 

{**be sure to leave a comment telling me so} 

2- email your friends, Facebook about it, share The Hive button on your blogs & tell me so 

3- RSVP to The Hive on FaceBook-

{just click on the word Facebook to be linked to the page} 

4- leave a comment & share your blog with me so I can check it out {I like having new places to go} 

5- BONUS {this post only since they kind of go together} Leave me a comment telling me what you are grateful for TODAY!

It's that simple.  You have until next Tuesday night at Midnight to enter. I'll draw out the LuCKY winner on Wends. November 9th so be sure to check back. 

Good Luck! 

The next exciting thing is :

I'm starting my 30 days of developing an

Attitude of Gratitude 

Each day I'm going to share 3 things that I'm grateful for. I would love for you to follow along & share any thoughts or things you are grateful for with me during the next 30 days.  Gratitude is something that I feel very passionate about & something that has shaped my life in many different ways.  I enjoy having a feeling of gratitude in my life because I KNOW it affects me everyday.

 I heard a lesson years ago where the teacher said we need to learn to develop an Attitude of Gratitude in our daily lives & that has always stuck with me.  I've had several Gratitude journals where I've recorded {for a period of time} 3-5 things daily that I was grateful for- sometimes it was little everyday things like.. Laughter, Oreo cookies, a phone call from a friend, sounds

{these are just a few examples from a past journal of mine} 

I enjoy getting the chance to look back on those journals to 

read, reflect & remember those things. 

Source: friendship-quotes.info via Melissa on Pinterest

So get out a piece of paper, a fresh new notebook or your blog or FB page & write down at least 1 thing that you are grateful for each day & see if it doesn't change your outlook or life in the next 30 days or even just that one day- 

I'm pretty sure it will! 

So here I go, let the journey begin. 

Day {1} 

-A new Day {I love turning over the calendar to a new month & fresh start} 

- Our Home {since it is snowing outside I'm grateful for shelter from the cold} 

-Last Night {walking around my neighborhood with my family, seeing friends, neighbors & enjoying the wonderful Fall weather.Thank you Mother Nature for holding off the rain & snow for a couple of hours} 

-My RoCK STaR, Mad Hatter & MuMMy thank you too!-

I hope to hear from you all sometime during the next 30 days. I would love to be inspired by you & your comments & see what you are grateful for each & everyday. 

Enjoy the process of developing your Attitude!

{M} 

BoO!!

10.31.11-

  

Happy Halloween everyone!

Hope you have a wonderful day full of tricks & treats coming your way. I'm off to celebrate in my girls' 4th grade class at their class party. 

-My sad attempt at a costume yesterday-  funny glasses & a hat. PLUS it is my best impression of the pictures Miss Mace always takes of herself- 

I'll be back tomorrow to announce the details 

for the "BuZZ" about The Hive & WiN GiVEAWAY!! 

& start my 30 days of developing an Attitude of Gratitude

{Hopefully you'll join me too- more details to come} 

Have a SPoOkY rest of the day! 

{M}

p.s. this is how our Halloween weekend began- young hooligans! We woke up to this Sunday morning. Oh, to be young again & stay out past 10:30p.m.

My to do list- Check!

10.28.11- 

  

Hi everyone-

  Do you ever feel like you are just going from one thing to the next?  I have felt that a bit the last little while so I wanted to share some of the FuN things I've been able to CHeCK off the list.

{it's always a good feeling to accomplish even the littlest thing}

Last week I got to CHeCK off something with my family that I have been wanting to do for quite awhile- hike 

Adams Canyon.  It is a gorgeous {longer & harder than I thought} 3.5 mile hike up to a water fall.  Have any of you out there hiked it?  It was the perfect time of year to do the hike, nice weather, blue skies & of coarse all the trees in brilliant fall colors.  

-Ty & I at the water fall, yeah, we made it!!- 

-Our group for the day the Quig's + 2 good friends!- 

-Ty& I with the canyon behind us- 

The next thing to check off the list was the morning spent down at SPaRK {even just for a bit} My friend Nicole & I went to check it out {we were Sparkettes last year} & just from being in the building for little while you could feel the creative energy. Everything was so fabulous {from what we could see} & we found lots of great treasures to buy from the Market.  

{I'm definitely saving up my pennies to go next year} 

One of the highlights for me was running into Rhonna & Margie in the market & getting a hug from them.

{so wish I would have gotten out my phone for a quick pictures-shoot!} 

Anyway those ladies are just the most creative, sparkly, bubbly people I know. 

Next thing checked off the list was Gourmet Club last night. The theme was Black & White 

{kind of Halloween-y but not} 

It was a great night filled with fabulous friends, fun conversations & yummy food.  I opened up my emails today to see this & wanted to share it with you all.  

{I guess Black & WHite is the in thing!} 

For those of you always asking me about the charming white metal cake stands I have & always use to display stuff on - well.... this is where I got them from. 

farmhousewares.com  

  

Just a few things I've been able to CHeCK off my list lately.  Now onto the next 100 things to do! ;) 

{These are at the top of the list} 

-finally buying Photoshop {& learning how to use it!}

-Shopping day in Park City

-Date night with Ty {here} 

-watching the BYU game {go Cougars!} 

-Pink Zumba-thon tomorrow with my girls 

-Audrey's last soccer game of the season

{M}

*don't forget The {Holiday} Hive is coming. 

Nov. 10 & 11th  

Check back next week to learn how to WiN $$ to spend at The Hive. 

What I'm up to today-

10.27.11- 

  Just getting ready to host Gourmet Club 

{along with my friend Nicole} at my home in a couple of hours. 

The table is set & now all we have to do is cook the yummy food. 

Can't wait to share all the pictures from the night & the delicious recipes with you {here} 

In the meantime enjoy this video. 

It's my husband's 994 lb. pumpkin being carved by our very talented friend, Zach.  The pumpkin has been on display up at our kids Elementary School where the mascot is an Eagle. 

All the kids have LoVED having it up at the school.  

{it will be at our home Halloween night all lit up for the night}

Mighty Clever Giant Pumpkin Carve from Mighty Clever on Vimeo.

Enjoy & HaPPy {early} HaLLoWeeN! 

{M}

You're invited.....

10.25.11- 

  

YiPPee- look what is right around the corner

{besides the chilly weather, daylight savings {yuck!} & snow} 

Is it really that time of year to start dreaming of Christmas & all the sweets, treats & joys that come along with gift giving?  I can't believe it.  

-Be sure to check back the next couple of weeks for Sneak Peeks of what & who is going to be at The Holiday Hive as well as some GiVEAWAYS!- 

{which are always FuN!} 
-I'm thinking I'll have to do something really, ReaLLY fabulous for The Hive falling on 
11-11-11, that doesn't happen everyday right?!? I'll come up with something ;) - 

Until then enjoy Halloween coming up 

{I still have a mummy costume to create} 

& I'll be back with more info. about The Holiday Hive later.  Just wanted to give you all a heads up so you can plan to come. 

{M}

Pumpkins on parade- a peek inside 4011

10.24.11- 

           EnTeR-  if you dare......

{& feel free to "piN" if you see anything you like}  

  I just wanted to show you around my home on Lilac Lane & how I incorporate pumpkins in my Fall & Halloween decor.  

You saw a little of a sneak peek on the Studio 5 segment last week but here is a bit more.  

I {heart} pumpkins! Can you tell?? 

-The set up on our front porch this year.  I simply adore the blue pumpkins we grew in our garden & of coarse a super easy & very cute "knee high pumpkin" is a great combo- 

-The whole front porch look.  I am really liking all the white in my decor this year. The vintage white scale, old white screen door {which used to hang on my wall in our old home} were given to me by friends- aren't friends who know you well the BeST!  The old chicken feeder, that's filled to the brim with little white gourds I got at an antique sell years ago & keep finding fabulous ways to use it for so many different things.  One of those finds you are so glad you got when you did. You love & appreciate it more & more as the years go by- 

-Greetings in the main entry.  I have fallen absolutely in LOVE with the vintage black typewriter that my husband got years ago.  You might remember first seeing it used {Here} I'm just having so much fun with it.  Also I love the way the glass holder is filled with well used letter stamps that I have had lying around {but didn't have the heart to just throw away} they have been well loved & used so for many H&H products over the years. 

-A little peek at what's on top of the mantle.  I love mixing textures together to create groupings to display.  The brown twine wrapped around the pumpkin, next to the old trophy with a glittered pumpkin placed on top & the old wooden baluster - turned candle holder off to the side & then of coarse Books.
{I don't know what I would do without piles of books lying around to place & stack up here & there}

-More of the "famous" knee high" pumpkins placed on the end table in the great room-
Remember- super simple to make 
1- get a pie pumpkin
2- get a great textured black knee high
3- stretch out the knee high & stuff the pumpkin in
4- roll down the knee high around the base of the pumpkin {add some brown wire around it if you want to got the extra mile} & ta-dah! 

-My Kitchen island display this year. Love all the variety on display this year- the mixings of woods, metals & glass with all sorts of colors & levels.  Love it! - 

-An aerial view of a stenciled pumpkin- 

-A look from the great room into the kitchen.  I really like "warty" pumpkins & this one came out of the McQUigley pumpkin patch this year.  Love it paired with all the cream colored candles {in various holders} next to the great metal box that has been well used by me too this year {Here & Here} I also placed some of the old black & white family photos I inherited around the tin. I looks cute!-  

-A sweet little white jack be little pumpkin with a tag & an spring wrapped around the stem to welcome in the season- 

-I used an old pop over pan to display 6 little gourds & pumpkins to set on my mustard coffee table/bench. I like tying to think of ways to use things I already have {in this case- the pop over pan} in a unique & different way that
is a little bit of a surprise- 

Hope you all have a wonderful week ahead. Thanks for stopping by. Only 1 week until Halloween- OoOOh!! 

{2 1/2 more weeks until the Holiday Hive-Yippee!} 

{M}