Saturday Suggestions: Inspirations for Your Weekend

 

                Today is a big, fun, full day, and I’m looking forward to it! we have several plans and even though I’ll probably be a sweaty, smelly mess by the time the day ends, I’m looking forward to a good day. And hopefully some of these fun finds will help you have a few good moments in your day, too!

Ever wish you could live more simply? This piece offers ideas for how you can do just that. Slow down, read, and maybe you can find a thing or two to put into practice!

I adored Andrea’s post about all the things she has thrifted for her kitchen. I am getting better about finding things I actually want and need for our kitchen – all secondhand. I went through some seasons where everything had to be brand new, latest, and greatest, so this is a sort of freedom and relief for me! I love seeing how others make it work in their homes. (BONUS: If you just like reading thrifting hauls, this one has some intriguing finds in strawberry and nautical themes!)

This house in Arizona is just as cute as it can be. It popped up on the “For the Love of Old Houses” Facebook page this week. I love that page for finding cute homes, but I’ve had to start looking at the pictures on Zillow instead of the Facebook page, because people are SO MEAN about the houses! This one is pink, which might not be everyone’s personal choice for an exterior color (though the car in the last picture is also pink, so it must be the owner’s favorite!) but the house is ADORABLE. The arched doorways and cottage feel…even the heart shaped dough bowl on the island…so cute. I really enjoyed my virtual tour! (BONUS: If you have a little under five million to spare, maybe this house would be your jam? It’s adorable too…and the arched doors are just perfection.

This hasn’t been my best garden year, though I am sure it could have been worse. Our really cold May followed by our breathtakingly scorching July and construction workers setting up ladders in the garden didn’t exactly provide a trifecta of goodness for me. I’m not discouraged. I know not every year can be the best. I’m working through some mental plans for next year that I hope will make things better, though I know the weather is out of my control. But THIS garden up in Prince Edward Island…whoa. I am impressed each year by her skills and the sheer size of her garden (which is meant to provide for a very large family for a whole winter). It’s so pretty.

I’ve been following a Facebook page called “The Best Cookie Community,” because cookie pictures make me happy. I saw a post a few days ago from a woman who had made a cookie table for her daughter’s wedding. She said, “I’m not a baker, and the groom’s family is not from the southwestern part of Pennsylvania, so they had no idea what a cookie table is about…I had 29 different flavors of cookies, with a grand total of 4,722 cookies.” WHAT!? If I knew about cookie tables, I’d forgotten, so I read about this longstanding tradition here. Impressive indeed, and I can absolutely get on board with this idea. (BONUS: If you scroll to the end of that post, there are links to just over two dozen other posts that can teach you all you need to know about the Cookie Table!)

A few days ago, I wrote a post about my own college dorm rooms (of yore, obviously) and how wildly different they are from today’s super cute rooms. That entire post was inspired by Brendt, who wrote about sending her daughters off to college and decorating their rooms. She posted about dorm rooms again this week and had adorable inspiration! I’m sharing it here, in part, in case you are sending someone off to school this year or soon, but let’s be honest: I would live in this room myself! So if YOU need some room inspiration, here you go!