Weekend Round-Up

I am so excited it's finally the weekend. This week was exhausting! It was our homecoming week AND our county fair was in town! Both together=crazy students!

This weekend I plan on catching up on grading papers, watching football, drinking lots of coffee, read a little, and snuggling with Sammy. Sounds like a great weekend to me!
I'm am loving this weather! Fall is finally here, and I'm welcoming it with open arms! Here are some other things that I'm loving right now!

1.  Check out this perfect printable I found on Pinterest, and it's FREE too!
2. Get your closet ready for fall here and here
3. This vegetable soup recipe looks delicious
5. I'm definitely ordering some of these throw pillows
6. Affordable fall décor found here
7. An inspiring story that makes me want to stick to my budget found here
8. One of my favorite dancers from Dancing With the Stars is engaged
9. I am to cold natured to have gotten married in the winter, but these weddings are gorgeous
10. In honor of it being October 3rd this weekend, here are some "Mean Girls" quotes

By the way, Sammy weighs 44 pounds now! If you follow me on Instagram you have seen several pictures of Sammy (sorry, not sorry.) Just in case you don't follow me, here are a few!

  
  
Have a great weekend!

Weekend Round-Up

Is it just me or do the weekends feel like they're getting shorter and shorter? I feel like I just walked out the school doors on Friday, and I'm already having to get ready to go back at it tomorrow.
I enjoyed a pretty lazy weekend. I didn't do anything exciting. Our weekend started off not so great when our internet went out! Luckily my husband knew how to fix the router to make it work again, but we were without internet from Friday to Saturday afternoon.

Friday night I finally completed one project I've been wanting to do since we moved into our house! I finally put together our gallery wall, and I am so in love with it!



I am in love with how it turned out! It makes me so happy when I look at it, which is a lot since it's in our living room.






Most of the frames I used came from Walmart. The subway print canvas came from T.J.Maxx several years ago. I bought it knowing I wanted it hanging in my house someday, and now it is! The cross with the quote on it was a gift from my husband last Christmas. He did good right? The green wood board with the quote on it was a wedding gift, and it came from a local store we registered at for our wedding.

I'm so glad I was finally able to hang everything on the wall! At our renter house we weren't allowed to hang things on the wall, so I wasn't able to do this. I had to be patient and I'm so thrilled with how it turned out!

Where Is Summer Going?

I feel like the last day of school was just last week. Does anybody else feel that way? I guess time is flying by because I have been so busy lately. I go back to school in less than a month! How crazy is that?!? My classroom isn't anywhere near ready for a new year yet! I also just found out I will be coaching our Junior Varsity volleyball team this year! I am very excited about that!! I was SUPER nervous when I first found out, but it's starting to turn into excitement now! I played volleyball all through school, which was seventh to twelfth grade! It was my favorite part of school! I played every position there is at some point throughout the years. It'll be interesting to be on the coaching side of it instead of the players side.
 
House update: 

Our new house is starting to come together pretty nicely now! It's nice seeing it without boxes everywhere. We still have a few boxes to unpack, but we're waiting on some we furniture before we actually unpack those. Sammy, our puppy, just keeps growing and growing! I swear he looks taller every day! I'm kinda obsessed with taking pictures of him, so if you follow me on Instagram you've seen a lot of pictures of Sammy. I try to hold back and not post so many, but he's just so darn cute!!

  
     

   

  

  

Weekend Round-Up

This past weekend sure was busy! That's why the Weekend Round-Up is happening on a Thursday! We have FINALLY moved into our new house! I am already loving it so much! We have finished making trips back to our renter house, so I am completely done with that house! Thank goodness!! We moved Thursday, and went to pick up Sammy (our goldendoodle) Friday. He is so timid. I have never been around a puppy as timid as he is. He has come out of his shell with me and my husband, but gets so scared when we have visitors. We are slowly introducing him to different things, people, and places while also trying not to overwhelm him. He is the cutest thing though! He honestly looks like a stuffed animal. His personality is so funny, too. We enjoy watching him because you never know what he's going to do next!

  
     
Our house is perfect so far! We rented a UHAUL to help us on moving day. I'm so glad we did too because we had a lot more stuff to move than I realized. We rented the 26' truck, which I thought would be to big, but we filled it up! It was around 95 degrees the day we moved! Talk about miserable! It was just me, my husband, and my mom that helped with the move. Since we moved on a Thursday everybody else that would usually help us had to work.

  
     
I think the unpacking process is fun, crazy right? I think it's fun to get a new start with all of your things! It gives them a whole new look! Pictures will be coming soon! 

I'm Still Here

It's been a month since my last blog post. Don't worry, I didn't go anywhere. The end of school was very stressful with last minute organizing things I needed to complete. On top of that, I have been packing up my entire house to move! We have finally bought our first home! I can check that off our 101 in 1001 list! Pictures will be coming soon once it doesn't look like a tornado hit it anymore. Here's what our boxed up renter house looked like.

 

Absolutely terrible, I know.

We also got the cutest puppy you have ever seen! Meet Sammy!

Cute, right?

He is a goldendoodle! I have always wanted a goldendoodle, so I am beyond ecstatic to finally have him!

I will be posting pictures of Sammy on Instagram (@brittney_sharp6) regularly, so be sure to follow if you don't already!

Wedding Survival Kit

I can not believe that this weekend will be my one year anniversary! I feel like I just got married! Time really is flying by. Since my anniversary is coming up I have been thinking back to that day and reliving a lot of memories. Not all memories are great, like the pouring rain at our outside wedding, but it's what made our day special (don't worry it stopped raining just in time). I have a coworker who is getting married this summer and our school family got together to give her a shower. I thought about what the perfect gift would be and I couldn't think of anything. Finally it came to me, a survival kit! I really wanted one on my wedding day, but with everything else I had going on I never had time to put one together. This would be a great gift for anybody getting married! They have enough Crock-Pots, so why not get them something to help prevent the big day from being so stressful?

Supplies:

• basket of your choice
• filler for the bottom of the basket
• tissue paper
• basket contents (tissue, hairspray, lint roller, etc.)
• card

I would recommend buying true basket filler to go in the bottom of your basket. I used tissue paper for mine because I thought I already had filler so I didn't buy anymore, but I was wrong. The tissue paper will work fine as the filler, but it is more likely to go flat. Don't stress if all you have is tissue paper! The first thing I did was put my filler (tissue paper) in the bottom of my basket. The amount depends on the height of your items. I used more filler for the front of my basket and less for the back since I put my tall items in the back. After I had my filler all situated, I put raffia on top to cover up my tissue paper. If you use normal basket filler this step won't be necessary, but I needed it to hide the tissue paper. Look at that hot mess!

The next step is the fun part in my opinion: filling the basket! I try to put my taller items in the back and shorter items in the front that way everything can be seen. I did try to cover up the feminine products that I included in the basket since I took it to school to give to her. Here is a list of everything I included:

• tissue
• wet wipes
• make-up remover wipes
• Tide To-Go Pen
• lint roller
• mini sewing kit
• bobby pins
• travel toothbrush kit (includes toothpaste and toothbrush holder)
• lotion
• mints
• pain reliever
• hand sanitizer
• deodorant
• nail polish remover pads
• clear nail polish
• Q-Tips
• mini manicure kit (includes tweezers, nail clippers, and nail file)
• mouth wash
• mini hairspray bottle
• bug spray (she is having an outdoor wedding)
• mini first aid kit
• feminine products (I mean you really never know)
• Oil Absorbing Sheets (my lifesaver..I keep them in my purse)

I didn't realize I had bought so much until I was checking out at the register. Oh well, it really is worth it because everything is a must have!

Once you have everything place in the basket just like you want it you add tissue paper. I take the tissue paper and "fluff" it up. I stick my "fluff" in the back of my basket behind my tall items. I think I used three or four pieces of tissue paper for mine.

Once you have the tissue paper placed how you want it, you're done! I think it's a pretty simple gift that's fun to make. Plus, it means more because it takes more thought to put together than a gift card. Here is my finished result:

Let me know if you make a basket! I'd love to see them!

Weekend Round-Up

Well, I had a wonderful weekend! Since it was Mother's Day weekend, my family that lives out of town came to visit my grandma, or as we all call her Mawmaw. The weekend started pretty early on Saturday by going to the nail salon with my mom, aunt, and Mawmaw. We got there before they even opened because we wanted to be the first ones in there being that it was Mother's Day weekend. We also had plans to meet up with the rest of our family for lunch, so we needed to be out by a certain time. Our nail salon stopped taking appointments on holidays because it would cause arguments, so that was another reason to get there early. As soon as the salon opened their doors we went in and before we could even pick out our nail polish color three other people walked in the door, so I would say being early paid off! 

All four of us got a pedicure, and my aunt and Mawmaw got manicures. I try not to splurge on the nail salon to often, but after this weekend I think it is worth it to go more often! I feel so relaxed when I left. After we left the nail salon we all went and ate lunch at Ruby Tuesday. In my opinion, the best thing about Ruby Tuesday is their salad bar! I can make a meal out of it alone! We all then went to my grandparent's house for coffee and desert. It was all we could do to not all take a nap! We were so stuffed from eating so much at the restaurant and now we were eating dessert! 

On Sunday we went to visit my pawpaw who lives out of town. He lives by himself, so we all try to visit him as often as we can. We went after church this morning and we all just sat around and talked for a couple hours. It may not sound super exciting, but to me it means a lot. I love seeing my pawpaw and hearing what stories he has to tell on that specific day! My Sunday ended with supper at a local steakhouse with my parents. After supper my husband and I came home and enjoyed a quiet evening of relaxing. Since he sings in a gospel quartet he is usually very busy on Sundays so having him home on a Sunday evening with nothing to do was nice!

How was your weekend?

Pinterest Top 5

If you are new to my blog let me go ahead and warn you, I am obsessed with Pinterest! I love everything about it! I spend way to much time on it, if that is even possible! I will occasionally narrow down the pins I'm obsessed with to only 5! It's difficult, trust me! Here's me top 5 for today:

1. Book Retriever

This is an app available in on iTunes. This app is intended to use in the classroom to keep up with books in the classroom library. It can also be used to check in and check out the books! I think that's fabulous because it will be a way to really keep up with who is borrowing which books. I'm going to make this my summer project so I will be able to implement it next year! Has anybody else used this app or a similar one? What are your thoughts?

Book Retriever 

2. Baby Scarf Bibs

I never knew baby scarves were a real thing. I love scarves, so of course I would love them for a baby too! Not that I am planning on growing my family anytime soon, but this is something I am definitely going to keep in mine whenever that day does come. Isn't this just the cutest thing?!?

Baby Scarf Bib and Bow Headband

3. Italian Deli Crazy Bread

I always love a good recipe, and I believe this is another one I can add to my collection! I have not made this crazy bread yet, but it sure does look delicious! After reading through the ingredients I have no doubt I will be trying this very soon!

Italian Deli Crazy Bread

 4. Classroom Memes

Who doesn't love a good meme? I personally find them to be just down right hilarious at times. I came across this meme for teachers the other day on Pinterest, and I literally laughed out loud! In my classroom lately my students always forget to bring their pencils. They act shocked when I mention writing something down because obviously they were not planning on writing in class at all judging by their lack of pencils. I'm sure other teacher can relate!

Teacher Memes

5. Flower Pots

My husband and I are moving in about a month and I couldn't be more excited! I am really looking forward to planting flowers in a flower bed in front of our new house. We don't have a flower bed at our renter house now, so we can't just plant as we please here. I also plan on buying some flower pots to set on our front porch. This pot of flowers is just stunning! I hope I can make our flower pots look at good as this one!

Beautiful Flowers

That wraps up our Pinterest Top 5 for today! I hope you enjoyed! :) Be sure to follow me on Pinterest to see what else I'm pinning!

Name Change

Welcome to my new blog! My blog was previously known as Brittney Rae Designs, but I felt a change in the name was necessary. When I started Brittney Rae Designs I intended to blog about my paintings and other things I made to better promote my business. As time went on, I was blogging less and less about my creations and more about my life and other things that interest me. A change was very much needed in my opinion!

This blog will be about whatever my heart desires! It will include books I'm reading, good deals I find while shopping, teacher related topics, DIY crafting, working out (or lack of), recipes, and so much more!

I hope we can all keep up!

Sunday Inspiration

I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday!