{ in total awe }

When I saw this transformation, my eyes about bugged out of my head.  No joke.

This kitchen should totally be in a magazine.

Erin from Rare & Beautiful Treasures took this tiny rental kitchen from this:

to this:

 for less than $100!

And you'll never guess how she did it!  You seriously need to head over to her blog to check it out.

I was honestly amazed at her ingenuity.  I don't think I EVER would have thought of it.

Isn't that such a wonderful thing about blogging?  Finding so many new and awesome ideas from all the millions of people out there who are SO much more creative and talented than I am!  I LOVE it!

My favorite part about her new kitchen? 

This:

I adore how she strung up pictures with clothespins! 

Such a fun, easy way to make a bold statement.

Remember this little awkward area in my kitchen?:

(I'm talking about the small weird space between my cabinets and counter next to the fridge.  Sorry, wish I were home to take a better picture!)

Wouldn't a line of clothespin pictures look fabulous there? 

I cannot wait to put some candid ones up! 

Thank you Erin for inspiring me with your gorgeous re-fab!

{ in shock }

I got an award.

I know, I am stunned too!  I have had this blog only about 2 weeks and am feeling a little majorly  overwhelmed by the amount of talent out there, so I am just tickled pink that Ashley thought of little ole me.

Ashley, from No Apologies! {Hi Ashley!  Waves frantically!} (don't you just LOVE that blog name? It's awesome!) passed this award onto me, and I am sooo thankful!

Thanks, Ashley, you are a total sweetheart.  I mean it.

The guidelines for this award are:

thank the person/people who gave it to you

share 7 things about yourself.

pass the award on to 15 bloggers, whom you have recently discovered, and think are fantastic

7 things about moi:

{1} I am 25 years old, married for almost 4 years to my high school sweetheart.  We have 1 girl and 1 boy on the way.

{2} I am OBSESSED with home decor.  Love it. Crave it.  Spend WAY too much time looking up ideas for our home.

{3} My husband is a door-to-door salesman -- this is why we move every summer.  We LOVE his job, but it makes it harder to get all our projects done being gone during the best part of the year.

{4} I still LOVE the show FRIENDS.  My husband and I usually watch an episode every night before we go to bed.

{5} I think I was born to travel -- I have lived in 3 different countries and 5 different states.  All but one of those moves have been since I graduated high school.

{6} I am terrible with directions. If I don't have my trusty GPS, I will get lost.  Guaranteed.

{7} I am a total perfectionist, and I'm pretty sure I have OCD.  I like things clean, organized, and looking good.

Bloggers I Just Found Out About and Love:

(not necessarily in any order-they all rock)

My Repurposed Life

The Creative Crate

Us and Them

Primitive and Proper

I Like the Way...

I know, I know, I was supposed to do 15.  And believe me, I totally read wa-ay more blogs than that and could have listed off a bunch, but I decided to just do 5, so that hopefully others will go to their sites and check them out without being overwhelmed by a huge list.  These 5 blogs are awesome, and they should definitely be recognized!