Puppy Love!

Donna over at Funky Junk Interiors is honoring her beloved cat of 18 years. We had a scary episode with one of our pets yesterday which just reminds us how very much they mean to our family. Meet our furry 4 legged friends. They are always here to greet and love on us no matter what! They make our lives richer!

Dogs are not our whole lives but they make our lives whole! Roger Caras

Summer flip flops!

I have to share my new favorite flip flops and how I made mine stylish!

These are the best flip flops I have ever owned. The bottoms of them are made out of yoga mats. I actually purchased these at Target for 12.99 (why are flip flops so expensive now?) I originally found these in brown while vacationing in Florida last year and paid twice that price at some surf shop. When I found them at Target this year I quickly grabbed a couple pairs. One to keep plain and one to beautify.

They are AMAZING, and I have already worn them for a couple of months and they are really holding up. It feels like I am walking around on clouds!  I know I am making a big deal about this ladies, but comfort for my feet is serious stuff!

I picked up a colorful piece of fabric from the Hob Lob and I started out with a plan. I was going to wrap the flip flop in a piece of torn fabric and then add a flower but that didn't really turn out like I wanted. So I played and played (and made several different flowers) and finally decided on an idea that was totally different than my initial plan. Good thing I have an open mind! :)

Aren't they cute??? I just love them. I made the flower out of that fabric from above and raided my ribbon stash and found this ribbon I totally forgot I had! (Does that mean I have too much?)

Isn't this the cutest ribbon? It comes like this and it's got a bit of stretchiness to it. They have it in several colors. I love that it repeats the lining of my flip flop. Ok, people get ready for the next photo! I'm just keeping it real!

Ignore that I need a pedicure! I had a sick dog I needed to stay home with today. So what do you think, fashion and style? Love it!!! So do you have a favorite pair of flip flops that you can transform to cuteness? Oh and I didn't do a tutorial but if you need to know how to make these flowers go check it out!

Have a seat!

We had the perfect weather this weekend so I headed out to work on the yard to plant, clean and remove weeds. I have this chair in my yard, nothing special, just a comfy lounging chair.

I picked this up at Big Lots last year and I really like that it has an ottoman but I needed to find a new spot for it in my yard and really needed to give it some personality. I was at JoAnn's and noticed they had several can of spray paint on sale for .97, yep you heard me right. I picked up a can of Fern made by Krylon. Perfect shade of green.

Isn't this inviting? I now have my own little "knook" in our back yard. A place to read and relax and have a nice cold beverage. Simple pillow cover, took me about 10 minutes.

The star of this little corner is this great fabric I found at JoAnn's. It is made by Waverly. They have a new line called Modern Essentials, I think it is outdoor fabric. I love the color combination. (I'm thinking this would look great in my bathroom makeover!) Aren't these colors just perfect???
 

Have you seen these cups at Walmart, my new favorite thing! Check out my little table, a cedar log, luv!!!!

Here is the whole corner. I love having my potting bench where I can access it easily and now I don't have to clean it off to use it.

This is what my husband worked on while I worked on my corner, a nice path to get me to it. I just love this little space, it is shaded by trees and the birds hang out here. I plan to spend some morning watching them play in the bird bath and sing to each other.... ahhhhh how I love summer daze!