Showing posts with label Soul Surfer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soul Surfer. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

lessons in decorating from a country girl/surfer girl/cowgirl....

a new year...
time to take a look around the old house and see what others see.
i've always wondered if a stranger could walk in our home and
learn who we were....what we like....stuff like that.
i think they could.
but nothing like when you walk into my 14 year old's bedroom!
now she REALLY knows how to bring her 
personality into a room.
see for yourself...
come on in and meet my 
Country Girl/Surfer Girl/Cowgirl!

first of all, her room is painted mermaid blue/green.
and all mermaids are welcome:)

this is the first thing you see when you walk in...
her MUCH LOVED surfboard,  guitar, cowboy hat and
FAVORITE new sign from the Junk Gypsies...
Cowgirls are Forever.
 
take a closer look at the guitar case and you'll find out she is also a
huge Florida Gator fan, loves to watch Swamp People (me and Taylor like it too:)
and also, like her mama...LOVES the Junk Gypsies!

moving on...
she has a little VINTAGE vanity/writing desk where she does school,
while looking at her art gallery wall and especially at her favorite
country singer, Luke Bryan:)
every good beach lover/surfer girl has this poster, right?:)

next up, her own little pinboard...
with everything from tickets to her sister's ballet performances,
to a painting she bought in Paris.
to a photo card of her grandparents.
in the corner of her room sits a VERY important part of her life...
her tennis gear!

okay, so she doesn't have a huge room.
but she managed to get her dream bed in it...
a cream iron bed with twinkle lights on it...
and the coziest BOHO comforter from Anthropology!

by the bed, a lamp from World Market that she picked out,
as well as her iphone and a little statue of Jesus 
that she bought with her very own
dollar at the dollar tree when she was 4!
so what do we learn there...she is a young lady of FAITH...
and likes a variety of styles...
from vintage to shabby chic to surfer style to boho.
even her bed pillows say something...
that she loves dogs and
that she is still only 14 and not afraid to show that part of her childhood.

just a few more things that tell you a bit about my girl....
she's not afraid to show what she believes.

she LOVES anything Union Jack...

 she loves inspirational quotes...
 and last but not least...
she'll always be my little girl:)
so there you have it...a lesson in decorating from a 14 year old girl.
she shows that it isn't about walking into a furniture store
and buying what they put together...
but putting together your OWN style from the things you love.
and then when someone walks in they look around and like i do, they say
a really COOL person lives here!
 someone who knows what they like and isn't afraid to show it!
if only we all could decorate like that.
but HEY...it is a new year...
so give it a try:)
XOXOXOXOXO
Suzanne...Country Girl/Surfer Girl/Cowgirl's mama:)

Friday, September 2, 2011

Wrapping it up...

gosh...i can't believe it's Friday already.
time to wrap up another week.
ever feel like you lose track of what day it is?

okay, here goes another example of my very random mind...

our little Southern Belle Tutu Shoppe
(that's what we call it these days:)...
is booming!
want to know what we'll be doing the next month or so?
making tutus!!!
 all of a sudden we have orders for:
28 Sugarplum tutus
20 Nutcracker Tutus
13 tutus for a local shop
4 flower girl tutu dresses
1 Dalmatian tutu (Halloween costume)
YIKES----66 TuTus!
it's going to be a house full of TULLE:)
moving on...
a few things i've been meaning to write about.

if you have a teen, help out with a youth group, anywhere you influence teens...
make sure they've seen the movie Soul Surfer!
 we've watched it a few times and also have her devotional.
it's about Bethany Hamilton, the surfer who lost her arm to a shark
a few years back.
 what a beautiful christian young lady with an even MORE
beautiful testimony!

one of the Shabby Chicks favorite new TV shows...
The Picker Sisters.
 Yeehaw...it is SO much fun!
2 best friends from the south, opening a home decor store in Los Angeles,
and to fill the store, they hit the road and"pick up" junk...and I do mean JUNK...
take it to LA and with the help of their carpenter, make cool
and VERY unique items to sell in their store.
They meet the funniest characters along the way...
it's just a cute, fun...clean show.
can't beat that now can you?

now, can you say PINTEREST?
oh yes, i waste WAY too much time there I'm sure...
but if you do something with even ONE of the many cool ideas you find there,
you're doing pretty good.
i'm actually thinking of making a blog meme thingy
called "pinterest party" where you link up a blog post of
few favorite photos for the week from pinterest.
what do you think?
if only I knew how to make a blog button for it...oh well!
okay, it's tough to choose but here are a few of mine for this week...

funny...

 this is me:)

sweet...
 i soooooo want one of my girls to get married in a barn...
and Maui can be their flower girl! :)


about Faith...


 acorn donuts...glazed donut hole, chocolate frosting on one end with choc. sprinkles and a pretzel stick.  So cute and yummy!

  LOVE the bench and the sweet saying...

 to die for chandelier!!!!

well, that's all she wrote!
i'd love to say i'll be back tomorrow but we all know how that goes so just in case...
have a GREAT weekend!

XOXOXOXOXOXO
Suzanne
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