What a day without puppy can do!

I dropped Reacher of with his grandparents today, he was ecstatic about swimming and playing annoying their dog Woody. While in Gaffney I, of course, had to check out what was at the Pottery Barn outlet. Our guest bedroom/ office has been brewing around in my mind, here is a hint of what is to come!

 

On the way home I stopped at Mary-Jo's fabric store in Gastonia....a mecca for fabric, sewing supplies and trim...

and this is what came home with me...

Just wait and see...and sorry, the wait will be a long time, since we leave for Hawaii in 2 days!

Lastly, I stopped by Classic Attic Consignments, one of my favorite stores in Charlotte. This paper cutout done by the Chinese at the 1982 Toronto Science Exhibition. The intricacy is amazing and I love the colors and, of course, the bamboo frame. 

This engraving of the Arch of Titus in Rome is also now ours. It was one of my favorite places in Rome and I loved the large scale of it, its about 2'x3'.

There it is, Nate will probably never let me send the dog away again for fear of what I will come home with!

Blue Ikat Pillows

My latest sewing project. Don't you want some crushed velvet citron Craigslist chairs?

Its tough work:

...catching up on all those blogs that I missed while on vacation, someone has to do it. Between running errands to get stuff for Hawaii, CARES, and making sure Reacher gets his 1,400 hours of exercise a day life has been flying by. While catching up I saw this beautiful kelly green door with black and white striped awning that welcomes people to Sibella Court's shop (via Design*Sponge). Smitten with the grey walls, black windows, pretty much every little thing.

Its been a whirlwind

Disclaimer: This is a long and rambling post, you might only want to read if you would like to meet my family and hear every single detail of the weekend! 

Nate, Reacher and I have spent the last two-ish weeks with family up at Lake Keowee. I will start with two weekends ago when the festivities began.

Meet my brothers: Panama Jack and Travis. Panama Jack (aka Reese) and his wife flew in from Oklahoma and brought us all together for the first time since their wedding on New Years. 

Ahh, there's Lindsay, the blushing bride. Linds took all our pictures, without her we would have no history.

When we arrived at the lake on Thursday the weekend was already in full-swing. Nap anyone?

We went for "midnight cruises" at sunset.

Watched movies and cuddled. I must be soft... Reacher and LaFonda are loving it. 

Woke up to tranquil and smooth waters and this view.

We spent our days on the water, reading or going to Chick-fil-a (no one is addicted, don't worry)

We celebrated Travis' 22nd birthday at Senecas only fine dining establishment: Paesano's (food is delicious, decor...not so much)

Travis got trick candles on this Hot Wheels cake. 

Lounging in all its perfection. Even Reacher has it down, or upside down, maybe.

Lastly some family group shots, they are few and far between! Love you fam!

 This does not even cover 4th of July weekend which we spent hopping between my husbands lakehouse and mine...however, I don't think I have any pictures of it...but it closely mirrored the one above!