Simple Elegance

I had a completely different post planned for today, but I came across these lovely blooms and a photoshoot was born :)

{my next project...getting curtains up, hence the bare curtain rod!!}

Wishing that you could smell the flowers from here!! 

Lilacs have been my favorite flower since I was a little girl.

Who else gets giddy over some blooms??

Sharing over at:

~*Jessica

Beautiful Flowers

I am not sure what these flowers are, but they are on a bush right out our front door. They are so pretty. 

We think this is the first time the bush has bloomed since we've lived in this house {2 1/2 years}.

I remember having the same flowering bush in my childhood home {a lonnnnnngggg time ago!}

Just like myself as a kid, my little ones are having fun picking the flowers... how can I get upset when they come in with a couple flowers and give them to me saying, "Mom, look I picked some pretty flowers for you!?"

All have been picked by the girls over the last couple of days!!

{Please excuse the excess of shots...I'm learning my camera!}

Some more in the bathroom {those bud vases are the best!! only 4.00 and some change at Target!!}

The source-

So much for not having 'anything' to share this week, as mentioned in the last post!!

Wanting to share with Kim and Friends at Savvy Southern Style-

Hugs, 

Jessica

Playing While At Work

Hmmmm so what do you do while your at work? 

Me? 

I play around with my camera {which may or may not include falling off chairs with camera in hand...haha!}

*This isn't to promote my job, I just wanted to share something this week, since I don't have anything from my house!!*

{I love this}

{The back wall in the dining room}

{There is so many horns hanging around, do you think they'd notice if I brought a pair home!?}

{The best part, the food!}

{One of these little tasty treats equals 209 calories-before butter-...how did you know it's my favorite thing on the menu?}

{this may seem a little goofy, but I love this!! I have been playing with my settings...this is from one of the chandeliers in the dining room}

You may wonder what my boss thought about all this playing around??

Well, they approved!

{phew*sighs of relief}

My Easter Tabletop

I {finally} took the time to deck out my dining room table!
I am linking this post to:

I started with an idea in my head, and tried attempted to tie it in with my other decor. I have been decorating with strong/darker colors my whole life {{um..I'm only 27!}}. So anyways, I did a little searching through my cupboards and china cabinets and this is the things I came up with. {Also ended up rearranging and decorating the dining room hutch and entire living room}.

I take all my own photos. I know absolutely pretty much next to zero about photography. All I know is some most people probably have a much nicer camera then mine. So I'm apologizing ahead of time for what these looked like. I was pretty excited about how it came out, I hope you can see or get some glimpse of what I see in real life on the computer screen!!

If you are reading this and know something about cameras, maybe you can help me out by letting me know what a decent camera is. I don't have a clue. What I'm using is a Canon something that cost me around 160 buckaroos 3 years ago.



OKAY!!! Back to what this is all about!!

Okay this fabric kinda kicked off the whole thing {not to mention my dining room table and chairs are black}. Along with white tulips. With it being easter and all, I pretty much edited my idea in my brain as I went.

Table Runner was made up of a strip of the lightest burlap I had on hand.

I also had the anthropologie white and black mugs along with the alphabet glass balls and a few other black and whites:

See how I used that B & W toile?? I 'stacked' a strip on top of my ivory/white cloth napkins.

{{Sorry about the white glare...I think I committed a big photography sin with improper lighting.}}

{{you can find this awesome He Has Risen download from Dear Lillie here}}

The newly rearranged china cabinet in the dining room...yes that piece on the second shelf is authentic milk glass!! I LOVE it!

This next photo is a close up of the top of the piano in the living room.

I attempted to do paper mache eggs {in one of the apothecary glass jars} with tissue paper from Walmart...they have some awesome black and white/ivory tissue in the gift wrap aisle for only 1.00!!

I also could resist sneaking these photos in:

Taken today...she was trying to help me rearrange furniture...

I know I posted a similar picture, but I found this one on my camera..the previous was taken with my phone. I love the snuggling pose!

Thank you for letting me post Tricia @ A Rosy Note!!

If you haven't checked her blog out, you should! She has great talent with photography!

I need to take the time to see the tips she posts about taking photos!

I hope you all have a blessed Easter!!