TGI...Thursday?

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TGI...Thursday?

It's been a while since an actual TGI... Thursday post has gone up - but as a reminder...why TGI...Thursday? For those of us working ladies out there, Thursday is the gateway to the end of the week, we've busted butt and taken names, and we're so close to some quality time with the family, a good book, or whatever you do to chill after a working week. So I created TGI...Thursday? to help get us through to that gateway to the weekend!

In an effort to promote some of my favorite Etsy shops (unbeknownst to them) for the next month, I will be choosing my fav images and linking over to their shops - click over and give them a looksie!

This week is a newly found favorite of mine, a shop by the name of: Jolie Made, find her blog here.

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InstaFriday. Cause it's been too long.

 

It's been far too long since I've linked up Floral+Ivory with Jeanett over at LifeRearranged. But I finally managed to throw together my Insta's from the past few weeks, yay me!

 

And PS - Jeanett has something super special on her blog this week, especially close to my heart and my family, so if you have a moment, check it out. Right here! It's so amazing what the power of a simple link can do - you'll see what I mean by checking out Jeanett's post (and searching the post for Agro Towers!!....we're like famous, or something!) 



 

 

Anyway, back to my Insta's. As many of you know, I recently started a new job at NAU (Northern Arizona University) and I LOVE it. Mostly because I can wear my leopard print, with my polka dots and colored demin and no one thinks I'm crazy :)

 



A wee little snap shot of the view from the dirt bike ride that Sam and I went on a few weekends ago. It didn't need any of those stinkin filters or sepia tone, it's pretty all on it's own!

 

 

 

And then our 20 mile walk in the woods, 2 weekends ago. This was our campsite. I believe I posted this picture already, but if you want to read more or see more pictures from my first overnight backpack trip, you can find that here.

 

 

I need to take a little time out to say THANK YOU to our good friends, the Clay and Shawnacy for letting us borrow those wicked awesome chairs and the pad for sleeping, it would have been yucky without those! 

Back at home, I finally took a moment to clear away the crap that was on my mantel. Since it we moved in, it's been a place to store any thing decorative that didn't have a home. So it had turned into a slew of mismatched candles, candle sticks, books, art prints, horseshoes.... and other random things that didn't belong. So I shopped the house for my pretty blue mason jars, some vintagey books, and milk glass to make this a neater, prettier sight for us. And without spending a dime, I'd say it doesn't look half bad!

Again, work outfit. Same pants as the previous work outfit photo (from Target, BTW.) With my amazing bunting necklace and sweet buckle flats. (also from Target.) Just too much cute to not take a pic!

Little brother, Weston finally got himself a MAN truck! We're super excited for him and proud of him for making a wise choice in truck purchase -- no financing here!

You guys. It was 70...seventy! degrees here last weekend. Finally! So back to work on the back yard - priming the fence so we can make it one solid color, rather than 3 or 4 mistmatched colors. Planting our veggies and getting rid of the weeds. We're ready for some BBQ's!

Oops, out of order. This one belongs back up with the picture from riding a few weekends ago. Can't remember the name of this little lake, but it's supposed to be chock full of great fish!

Really big news for Floral+Ivory - we made our 10th sale last week! I know, that's not exactly record breaking sales or profit. But it's pretty exciting. I've been hoping to get numbers up with wedding season being here, but I'm not really sure how to market it to brides.  Any ideas?? or even ideas for products?

The photo below was my first rendition of a mongrammed cake topper. Which turned out wonderfully!

You know what's awesome. When it's your second week at a new job, and you can't get back from lunch on time because your battery dies...sweet. Luckily my awesome hubby was right around the corner and was able to get me up and running again. But what a pain. Thank goodness it wasn't snowing or raininy!

Within the past year, Sam and I have finally found our wine tastebuds. We even joined some wine clubs, cause we're winos like that now...obvs. Anyway we've got some questions from friends recently about why we chose the wineries that we did. So here's a little explaination: first off, we joined Tobin James, James' Gang on a whim while tasting in CA last August. (That might have been a wine induced impulse purchase) But what we like about the James' Gang is that we get 8 bottles, twice a year, of REALLY good wine. Plus a great gift is included in the package - this time it was a fancy shamancy corker. We also like that tasting is free at Tobin James, no matter what.

We decided to join a local Arizona winery and have so far not been as impressed. It's more money, less bottles, and not as tasty. Plus they use synthetic corks, so I can't even craft with them... hmmmpph.  So, if you're looking to join something fun and delicious, we reccommend Tobin James.

Lastly, what's a InstaFriday without a cute Insta of our pooch? This was the morning of our hike, she obivously didn't want to get out of bed....yes she's a bed sleeper, and we like it that way. Don't judge.

 

Happy Friday, friends!

InstaFriday - On time!

Linking up again with Jeannett from Life Rearranged for InstaFriday.

It's a random assortment of iPhone pictures from the past week.... honestly though, about 80% of the pictures that I post are from my iPhone. It take such good photos, that I forget to carry around my big DSLR.... But anyway, here ya go:

Our good friends, Bethany and Chad, who were both in our wedding in August, are getting married in June! We're so thrilled that they asked Sam and I to be in their wedding as well!  This past weekend they threw an engagement party in Bethany's hometown, about 2 hours away from where we live. But since my parents were in town, we weren't able to come celebrate with them. So we wrapped up a special little gift in special engagement paper ;) and sent it over. Chinese Massage anyone?? 

Here's the fam on Campus at NAU. It had been a while since they had seen all the new things on Campus, so we went for a little walking tour. 

Aren't these gorgeous!? I have no idea what kind of flower these are, and I never would have imagined that they would grow at this high altitude, but they are all over Campus! Does anyone know what they are? I want to plant some at my house next year.

After the fam left on Sunday morning, Sam and I hopped in the truck to go to Prescott, AZ where his parents live. Kona must have been exhausted from all the playing she did with her sister, Honey (my parents dog). She slept in my lap (not spoiled at all, I tell ya!) with her nose pressed against the AC vent...she's an odd one. 

Back to work on Monday, Kona didn't want to get out of the car. Still recovering from the weekend, I suppose. She was soakin up the sun.

PS - check out my new purse! Dillards - it was on clearance PLUS an additional 40% off the clearance price! Now that's my kind of shopping!

Sam is heading out to go hunting again this weekend, I'll be joining up with him after work on Friday. But we slaved away in the kitchen Tuesday night preparing food so he doesn't starve out in the woods. We made cookies, hard boiled eggs, breakfast burritos, rigatoni, and peeled, chopped and sliced about 200 carrots. Ok maybe not 200, but enough to turn my hands orange.

I couldn't help but take a picture of this cute little guy! My Grandparents gave me a collection of cartoon character glasses when I got my own apartment, and they've traveled with my to this house now. Refreshing evening beverage: raspberry lemonade with some cranberry juice - that will wake up your taste buds. 

Kona and I have been walking on Wednesday nights with our friend, Lani and Mac...Mac is the dog. Lani and I will both be bridesmaids in Bethany and Chad's wedding in June, and conveniently she lives right around the corner from me. It's been a great way to make a new friendship and wear out the dogs! 

Well, that's it for now! You can follow me on Instagram @Leahheffelfinger! 

And check out the new social media icons on the top right of the page! Thanks to my hubby for getting those up and running for me! 

Also, head on over to Floral + Ivory on Etsy for a 10% off coupon code, beginning today on all products in stock! Code: FALL10

Happy Shopping!

InstaFriday - Kona Style

Welcome to InstaFriday! It's a collection of cell phone pictures from the week!

This morning Kona was all sorts of cuddly, wanting to be right in my lap while I was eating my oatmeal. So we had a little photo session - obviously she was very excited about it.

Last weekend, Sam was hunting, so Kona and I took a date together down to the Route 66 Car Show! 

It was super hot, so we shared a yummy, fresh squeezed lemonade!  

And since Sam was gone, and we had nothing better to do, I created this pretty wreath! Click the picture to see the original idea.

Here's how mine turned out! I really like it! It's now for sale too! So stop by the Etsy store if you're interested!

And if you've been reading Floral + Ivory for the last week, you've seen the whole post dedicated to this picture. I'm pretty proud how it turned out. And I'll be trying to rearrange the mantel this weekend to make it more cohesive rather than a compilation of every single vase and candle stick I own.

A super duper gift from Hubby! It's a 1950's (+/- 3 years) White Rotary sewing machine that can handle sewing through canvas and other tough materials! Yay! It's exciting to try my hand at new things, and this will be definitely be a challenge!

Cold weather is upon us here in Flagstaff!.... I'm not sure how excited I am about this. But I did get to bust out a super cute sweater vest for work yesterday!

And because it's so chilly in my house, I whipped up some yummy warm oatmeal for breakfast this morning to keep the chill away. A little bit of brown sugar, cinnamon, maple syrup, and chopped apples!

I'm linking Floral + Ivory up with Jeanette from Life Rearranged, so hop over to her blog after you check out the rest of our week!

InstaFriday

1. My saving grace. Literally. Get some. 

2. Who's going to get me this couch? It needs to be in my home!

3. Latest kitchen feat: zucchini bread. Love it. 

4. Embroidery hoops, by yours truly. Need to get some more of this gorgeous fabric. 

5. Pretty little candles for my not-so-pretty laundry room.

6. Looking to repaint this mirror. Thinking green, or yellow.

7. Me. Tired.

8. I officially killed a cactus. Didn't know there was such thing as overwatering. 

Linking up with Jeannett at LifeRearranged!

The sale at Floral + Ivory ends tomorrow, so stop by the Etsy shop today for %15 off! The discount code is on the shop home page!

Monday-Tuesdays + Rambling

Today is one of those days affectionately known as a Monday-Tuesday (mostly by my Mom and I), in other words it's a Tuesday that feels like a Monday.

I've always been a fan of Monday-Tuesdays, obviously because that meant that I had a 3 day weekend to enjoy, but now that I'm a workin' woman, it means only a 4 day work week! That's pretty exciting.

It was a glorious Labor Day weekend here, Sam and I spent Friday night at home watching Super 8. I was skeptical about this movie at first, I'm really not a sci-fi fan, neither is Sam, but we both really enjoyed it, and I would recommend it for a good family movie. 

Saturday we drove up to a spot near a little city called Valle, it's on the road to the Grand Canyon. We spent the morning and afternoon with our good friends cutting firewood, getting ready for the quickly approaching fall and winter...ugh. I've already had to break into my sweaters for my early morning commute to work.

It was a hard day's work filling up our trailer with firewood, but we're hoping to keep our heating bill down by using our fireplace a lot this winter.

This has become our favorite thing ever! We've made 3 batches already, and all of them are yummy! We'll probably be using it well into the winter! I whipped up some for dessert on Saturday night, and between 5 of us, we finished the whole thing! Can you tell what it is???

And Sunday we took a drive out in the woods and discovered this beautiful place, and yes, that's a cliff, about 200 feet of vertical drop beneath us, don't worry, we made it without falling off :)

The rest of the weekend was low-key, cleaning the house, rearranging our back room (we still have boxes of stuff with no home left over from moving). I even got a little sewing done :) I found these awesome pink pom poms on clearance at WalMart of all places! So I embellished my plain blue tea towel!

The Floral and Ivory shop did really well this weekend, lots of people came and looked around, I'll be trying to add some new products this weekend, so keep your eyes out, and don't forget that the %15 off runs out on Saturday! Also, about 80% of the products are can be customized to fit you, so if you see something you like, but don't LOVE, contact me and we can design something just for you!

The shop is OPEN!

The title says it all, folks! 

Here's the link to the brand new Etsy Shop! 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/FloralandIvory

Here's a smattering of products that are listed, remember, many items are available to be customized to your liking, so contact me for something special for you, a gift, or an occasion! 

Happy Shopping!

PS. There is a 15% off code on the shop homepage for purchases made before September 8th! 

InstaFriday

1. Kona hard at work.

2. New pillow made by yours truly - for sale on Floral and Ivory @Etsy (Starting tomorrow!)

3. Devil's Bridge with the lovely Miss Ashley.

4. Pretty new shirt.

5. My first BirchBox!

6. The inside of the BirchBox!

Don't forget! Tomorrow is the Grand Opening of Floral and Ivory on Etsy, so come check it out:

www.etsy.com/floralandivory 

I'm linking Floral and Ivory with Life Rearranged today!

Floral and Ivory

 

Here it is! The new blog! 

What do you think!? 

Sam and I are very excited about sharing it with you today, we've been hard at work brain storming names and trying to make the entire thing a cohesive, smooth change.

As I mentioned in my previous post, we decided to open an Etsy Shop under the same name. The shop will be open on September 1!

(And FYI, there is a discount for all purchases made within our first week of being open!)

The instant the store is open I will post the link to the store so you can easily find it from here, there is also a new Facebook page that will be going around, so "Like" it and become our friend when you see it!

I'm still working out some technical kinks, but that's what happens when you decide to try something new in life!

SO, stayed tuned for more information!