Here are a few things that I have been loving lately!

1. Michael Miller’s Out to Sea Nautical Map designed by Sarah Jane.  I have been wanting this fabric for a long long time and I finally treated myself to some.  I am excited for the project I have waiting for it.  I Love maps.   2.  I think this babies breath wreath is adorable.  something about it is just simple and fresh.  It makes me even more eager for spring (real, actual spring.  Not the kind that snows every 4 days.) The only thing with this is that I worry that it wouldn’t look “fresh” for very long. 3.  Painted wooden doormat.  I love the rainbow planks. It just makes me happy.

4.  My husband just got us one of these perfect tear paper towel holders that mounts to the wall.  It is amazing.  Totally worth it.  Not only does it keep the roll off my already tiny amount of counterspace, but the perfect tear works like a charm.  You can use one hand, which is usually all that I have anyway, and it only tears off one sheet of paper towel.  No more wasting paper towel or having a pile of it sitting next to the holder.   

This week I have been looking at cute outfits and dreaming of owning them and looking like a skinny model in them . I found these cute shoes online:

Oh and I am totally crushing on these shoes too.

I am so excited for my first FFF post! So many fun things to think about…

I love to cook so I thought I would start with a couple of fun recipes I am loving right now.

First is my new favorite smoothie.

The Green Machine Smoothie from whatsgabycooking.com:

This recipe makes 2 full servings and a little snack / kids smoothie.

Ingredients:
2 bananas
1 cup frozen mango
1 orange, peeled and segmented
1/2 cup guava juice (add more if smoothie is too thick)
1 large handful raw spinach
1 apple, cored and chopped
1/4 cup non fat greek yogurt
handful of ice

Add everything to your blender and blend until smooth. Enjoy immediately.

I am also enjoying this salad from ourbestbites.com:

Citrus-Pomegranate Quinoa Salad
I will just include the link as the recipe is a bit long (but delicious)

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2012/01/citrus-pomegranate-quinoa-salad/

For me, I am loving this really fun pair of yellow jeans from the Gap. They are a bit outside my comfort zone but it is good to try new things!

For my girls I love this cute little dress idea. I can’t sew but if I could I would love to make one for each of them. I actually have one of these in my size and I LOVE it!

http://www.iammommahearmeroar.net/2010/11/upcycled-t-shirt-dress.html

For Jake’s easter outfit I found the cutes tie (also at the Gap):

For books I am reading Daring Greatly by Brene Brown (she recently gave a great TED talk you can find on youtube).

Have  a great Friday!!!

I can’t believe another week has come and gone.  They just go faster and faster, don’t they? Here are a few things that are looking awesome from my little corner of the world:

We’re planning to rearrange some of the children’s rooms soon.  I’d love to put these dressers in the bedroom our youngest girls will sleep in.

I’m completely in love with the studio tour that the Pilgrim blog did of Britt Bass.  See all the pictures here.  I’d love to have a piece of her artwork.  Beautiful!

(tiny picture, sorry)  I really like this ceramic whale.   I’d like to put him in my coral bathroom.

I like these canisters.  They would be so versatile and fun to use in a kitchen, laundry room, craft room, etc.

I think this swing looks like so much fun.  I’m so happy it’s starting to warm up as the season changes.

I’m off to prep a birthday party.  Have a great weekend!