What I've been loving, Fall Edition

Temperatures are starting to mellow, cooler days sneak in here and there, and here we are in the middle of September. I know its officially Fall because all things pumpkin have been taking over my Pinterest boards. Here are the top 14 Ive been loving this fall!

Thrift-store finds! We got this letter "A" as a gift from my friend, Holly! I bet you can't guess what it stands for! :)

Favorite fall scent, Bath & Body works "Leaves"...

...mixed with a little "Apple Cider" Scentsy!

Lazy Labor Day shopping from the comfort of my own bed

Warm Fall sunlight shining through the blinds

Decorating with Pine Cones!

Fried Green Tomatos!

Fall baking!

Finishing our "old ladder" project! (Just in time to be in the way of the Christmas tree in a few months...great..)

Practicing my VERY lack-luster chalkboard typography skills on this once silver vintage platter

Practice makes perfect!

FINALLY finishing our dining room mini-gallery wall

Dining room complete! 

Enjoying lazy weekends with our Herky-dog

What have you been loving???

Our weekend

...turned out being a lazy and productive one. Lazy, in that we didnt "do" much of anything. We occupied the kitchen table for a lengthy stretch, Kevin doing his homework, Chelle making a wedding photo album, Herky...well..doing what he does best.

THEN, this came:

Thank you's and wedding photos for around the house! If you've never checked out mpix.com, do it! They are a professional printing company for many area photography businesses, and are incredibly cheap! We loved the quality of their products.

It seemed like these were the tipping point in our weekend. After these arrived, Thank you's were in the mail within 24 hours:

Having our wedding pictures in, Chelle also got inspired to finish up decorating the basement!

Are you seeing a trend here??

Fun with our Herk

Have we mentioned lately how much of a character our dog is?

Fall Days with our furry friend

As fall colors start to fade, having fun with our pup outside is not an activity to be taken for granted. Check out some pictures from earlier in the month!

Photo of the weekend

Its back!!!!

Photo of the weekend! How often do you get to see something like this: Fiance fast asleep, while the dog watches TV, human-style. Priceless!

*Belated* Weekend Update

Our favorite photos of the weekend come in the form of food and fur!

Food:

Sunday morning, Chelle made french toast.The top piece of french toast had a surprise: an egg over easy! Just cut the circle out of your bread before putting it in the skillet, and crack the egg in the hollowed out middle. VOILA!

Fur:

Herky spent the weekend being lazy. In fact, he was so relaxed while watching a movie with us on Saturday night, he sort've just disappeared into Chelle's arms! 

He also found his way to the rug on the bathroom floor:

And his way onto Kevin's chest!

Weekend update

This weekend’s update comes as a bittersweet one. It was with heavy hearts that we decided to rehome Bear. We had been having increasing territorial issues with the dogs and think that Bear was just too old at the time we introduced him into our home. It was a poor decision on our part and we’ll just have to chalk this up as a learning experience. Thankfully, we found Bear an AMAZING new owner who will be able to provide him with just as much love and affection as we had.

On a positive note, this weekend did give us a chance to, once again, get a lot accomplished. Chelle finished painting the washer and dryer pedestal and all that’s left is to paint and attach the letters and wall decal.

Chelle was also able to complete two rooms of the house in their entirety (ish). One of those is our bedroom, minus the headboard Chelle is making out of an old farmhouse door. We'll wait to upload pictures of the entire room until the headboard is up, but here is a peek at the latest wall addition Chelle completed.

The photo of the Birch trees is an original piece of artwork from Kevin’s sister, Amy. She is an extremely talented artist, finishing up her Arts degree at the U of I, soon to be attending grad school. Chelle had her eye on this piece for quite some time, and when Amy gave it to us for Christmas 2010,  (before we even found or moved into the house, mind you), Chelle could not WAIT to get this up. We are so pleased that now that it has found its home. You may recognize the shadow box which was a DIY from this post, and the shelf was a craigslist find that was spray painted black. Its unpainted twin is in our master bath, which you’ll see in a future post. The black and white vase with mustard yellow stems at the left of the picture was Chelle’s only splurge in this picture, which is from Homemakers. The white ornate mirror is a clearance find from Hobby Lobby. It came as a pair; the other one hangs on the other side of the armoire mirror.

We cant wait to get the headboard finished and show you the entire room, complete!

Our Canine Friends

Took some candids of the pooches this weekend to update picture frames as we hang them; check them out here!

Not like it's not blatently obvious, but we couldnt get Bear away from his hippo toy long enough to get any pictures...another day. :)

Herky & Bear

Happy Weekend from the pups!!!

This has been a FULL weekend! Friday night was our night of relaxation; however, bright and early Saturday morning, Chelle got busy with some crafting. Her parents came up for the day and Chelle's dad was greeted by some very excited "Grand-pups"

We ate lunch at our neighborhood Mongolian Grille (YUM), and did some "house" shopping with the 'rents. Chelle got a 5 piece patio bar (and even found some outdoor pillows to liven the colors up!), and Kev got his outdoor storage shed. They dont get delivered for a couple of weekends, but none-the-less, we are excited to be crossing these items off our list!! :)