Mother's Day Gift Idea

Mother's day is just a few weeks away & if you're like me you're scrambling to figure out what to get your Mom... your boyfriend's mom... your "she's not my Mom but acts like my Mom"...
you get the gist.
Well, stop your searching kiddies, I've got your back!
How stinking cute & chic is this bad boy?

Timeless, right?
I can do your silhouette, your kids silhouettes(I can do multiples on one pillow too), a dogs silhouette... ya' know, just about any silhouette! All you need to do is tell the subject to turn to the side(or the front if that's whatcha want) and then snap a pic and send it to me! Bing, bang, boom!
& Ya know? Since I love you guys, I'll give you free shipping.
& Also, if you're buying a pillow & blog/tweet/facebook about it...
you'll get a little somethin' somethin' extra thrown in!
Whhhaaat? I know, I've gone to crazy town & I'm never comin' home y'all!

3 sizes available: 12x16 - $25
16x16 - $30
18x18 - $35
*price includes 1 silhouette there will be a $2 charge for each additional silhouette
due to the time and material taken to create it. *Shipping-$3

If you're interested, shoot me an email!
lacey_inthesky@yahoo.com

All That Jazz

Spring in Louisiana is a lovely time. It brings on two things that all Louisianians look forward to...

Crawfish boils and New Orleans Jazz Festival.

While I have yet to enjoy any crawfish this season, The Mr. and I did thoroughly enjoy Jazz Fest on Saturday. It was a muddy mess from the rain on Friday, but we were lucky enough to not encounter any rain Saturday. I came prepared with rainboots & plastic backed blankets. The Mr. went it hippie style and braved the mud barefoot. After all, if there is any time to show your inner hippie, it's Jazz Fest.

[my man gives good kissy face, no? The cure for kissy face is to smush your kissy face against their kissy face. I'm a pro.
The Mr.'s friends couldn't hang and had to take a snooze :)]

[rockin' the rain boots] [letting our bones be lazy together]

[survey says: I wore the coolest footwear]

Ridiculous lover montage:
1) I look naked and happy 2)He WAS half naked and happy


3) "Show me manly babe" (& Yes, I did make him use an Australian accent while drinking that Fosters beer.)
4) Super Sunny saturated with a flash
[some of us were a little more showey than others... cough-MR.-cough]
We saw many acts, including My Morning Jacket, Better Than Ezra, Cowboy Mouth, Johnny Sketch and The Dirty Notes, Bonerama & Papa Grows Funk. It was an amazing day!
If you ever get the chance to visit New Orleans during Jazz Festival... JUMP ON IT!
& shoot me an email, cause i'm comin' too!

:) & That's how you spend a Saturday, ladies and gents

Sunday was lovely as well. I went and watched The Mr.'s soccer game, visited with my Granddaddy, grabbed dinner, watched Amazing Race(anyone else addicted?) & then snuggled up and spent some more quality time with The Mr.

A weekend of perfection, I tell you!

The week's end

A long, fun weekend was had...
& I'm all sun kissed and stupid in love.
We'll talk about it tomorrow.

How was your weekend?
Tell me all about it lady cakes.
xoxo

It's Friday, I'm in Love

It's FRIDAY Suuucckkkaaas!
Let's do this B is for Brown style, shall we?

I'm in dear sweet love with:

Jazz Fest
Heading out tomorrow with The Mr. and his friends for a day full of music, beer & some of the most amazing people watching ever. Downfalls: possible rain & porta-potties.

Falling in love.
It has been one month since I wished the Mr. a Happy Birthday and this whole thing got rolling.
It still seems crazy how it has all worked out so beautifully... but then again, not so crazy. I feel like I am right where I am supposed to be. hollerifyahearme ;)

Tubing!
This warm weather we've been feeling means that soon enough my friends and I will find ourselves tipsy and floating down a dirty Louisiana waterway for hours and hours.

NOT being married and having kids.
I always thought I would be married and have kids sort of young. I don't know... it's just how I always pictured my life. But man, I'm oh so glad that God had other plans for me.
I'm not knocking being married and having kids at a young age, plenty of my friends have done it and have beautiful lives that they wouldn't trade. But I get to have this time to live life a little more care free & fly by the seat of my pants. It feels nice. If I were married and had kids I would feel the opposite :)

Alright my little sweetie puffs,
I want you to go out and have one AMAZING weekend!
Go on! Get out of here ;)
[but ya know, come back Monday!]

Hold onto it, Book Lovers

It's settled...
we're all keeping each book for 2 months.
That means you won't be sending out the book you're reading now until June 10th!
I know it's a bit longer than some of you were looking to hang on to each book,
but I'd prefer it be a little long than a little short.
(that's what she said)

Happy is her Home

He says he likes the way I look when I'm looking at him.
He is oh so easy to look at, but really... I'm looking in his eyes and at his smile.
& admiring the way they both sparkle when they are fixed on me.
I wonder how I got so lucky
& ask God to maybe, just maybe, let me stay here in Happy for a while.
Because Happy feels like home to me.

Raindrops on Roses

A few of my favorite things as we speak:

Playing with blocks with my sweet baby cakes. I build them up...

She knocks them down. We make quite a team :)

I mentioned this a while back, but I'm still in love with it. It smells soooo good.

I love these so much, it isn't right. If woman and chip could mate... well, you get the picture.
[I just wish they came in something other than scoops.]

Victoria's Secret Cheekiest Lace thongs. They are so comfortable, I've become that girl who actually sleeps in thongs. I know, I scoffed at myself when I said it too.

That'll be all for today :)

Oy, Monday. I have so much to do.
Hope your to-do list is shorter than mine!
xo

All Smiles

Girls night was great!
Now for some beach time with The Mr.!

My life is pretty :)

smack, smack, smack

It's ladies night.
We're kicking it low key with dinner, bowling & beer!
I'm going to talk so much shiz.
Watch out girls, I'm going to knock down those pins soooooo much.
Like... I'll be knocking them down so often that you'll wonder if they were ever really set up.
Ha! FACE.
Not good smack talk? Eh... whatever. I'm not much of a bowler.
I will however try my best to pull off those bowling shoes ;)

Have an amazing weekend.
I love you so.
xo

Mista Mista

HE:


likes to take pictures.

texts me "Good morning, pretty lady"(Or "Good morning Tiny Dancer" inside joke :)) every day.

plays soccer (goalie).

makes me throw my head back in laughter every single day.

plays guitar.

loves to cook.

treats me the same in public and with his friends as when we're alone.

♥♥♥
There's much more to The Mr. than that, but baby steps, ya know?
& Yes, Amber darling... we are in fact all official and such now.


[Did I mention his initials are MR? It kind of just worked out that way :)]

Alright, y'all! You're all caught up! Sorry I let you get so behind to start with!
Let's all carry on as we were, shall we?
I like living in a world where my posts aren't quite as thought out every day!
I KNOW you guys are missing my random posts, ha!
Well, you better get pumped because I feel one coming your way soon :)

Have a great day!
I heart you

If you build it, he will come

[in my case it wasn't a baseball field, but my heart]

It was unexpected.
It started with a simple birthday message on facebook.
[I may have called him Mr. a little flirtily, but HI, he's cute- he deserved it.]
"Mr." was enough to get him to fb stalk me and write me back.
(not that I was trying for that, but hey! I'll take it!)
After a few exchanges and having my own stalker moment,
he asked me a question I didn't see coming.
"Would it be out of line if I asked for your number?"
I responded with a sassy comment about him carving my number into bathroom stalls & then
I gave it to him.
This was a Saturday.
I now know that at that point we were both checking facebook nervously for responses & he was writing and re-writing each message to me before sending it.
On Monday we met for coffee.
By Wednesday we were texting by day & meeting for drinks by night.
This is the night he looked at me with his big blue eyes and said,
"I wish we had done this 10 years ago."
It's funny to think we've known one another this whole time,
(we've even been living down the street from one another)
and have been living totally separate lives.
We've spent all but 2 evenings together since that first coffee date.
2 weeks have flown by, but also felt like a lifetime.
Being with him feels very natural, but I still have a nervous twinge and the butterflies.
That's something I've never experienced before...
feeling comfortable but also full of butterflies.
He is an amazing guy & I feel lucky to know him.
Is it love? Is it forever?
I don't know, y'all! I don't count my chickens before they hatch.
Only time will tell.
Right now, all i know is that the number of times a day he makes me smile blows my mind.

You will know him as "The Mr." & I will know him as the smile on my face.
Maybe tomorrow I will give you some details about him?

1st photo via

Book Love Club Members, READ ME :)

Hey Y'all!
It is much easier to reach you all through blog posts than emails, so I hope you're reading today!
I need feedback!

I realized a few days ago that one month may be too short of an amount of time to keep each book.
When I shipped my book off to my buddy, it came to me...
It's going to take 3-4 days to get there & then it is going to take 3-4 days for her to send it off to her buddy. Shipping alone is taking a week out of our month to read the book... & then what about the effort it takes to get to the post office? That alone is hard on most of us.

Would you guys prefer to keep each book 2 months instead?
This would give us all a little cush time incase things come up in our lives that prohibit us from devouring our books like we might want.

Please leave me some feedback on this!
Majority rules.

photo via

Thank You

You all are seriously sweet. I haven't been dealing with this stuff super recently,
so yes, I am absolutely fine my sweets! But to be honest, I've been fine the entire time. The second I made the decisions I did, I was fine. I was completely comfortable in them. It was more of a relief than anything. You know me... I follow my heart.
So I'll just keep on following it... because I trust that.
Thank you all for your support & love. I fancy myself extremely lucky to have each and every one of you in my world :)


So, we covered my "new and exotic" relationship... WG.
We covered my "old and familiar & brings up lots of questions" relationship ... The Ex.

Now, let's talk about my "bring you somewhere unexpected, far from where you started, bring you back" relationship...

:)

"Breaking Up" With An Ex, Pt 2

They Always Come Back

WG called a month after we ended things.
It was weird.
After talking to him for 2 nights in a row,
(These being drunken nights for him. Did I mention that was a huge problem for me?)
I knew for sure that letting go when I did was the right decision.
He had worked himself into a really icky situation & hadn't bothered to open up to me about it.
I think he was under the impression that that was the only problem with us.
There were other things that weren't going to work for us either, in my eyes.
I felt like our personalities were a little too different.
Our likes and dislikes. Our styles. The ways in which we show love.
He was very conservative. I fly by the seat of my pants.
He wore slacks and oxfords everyday. Me? You never know what you're going to get.
He liked to be right all the time. I liked to laugh because that's just ridiculous.
He could cook up a lovely meal to show he cared, (BUT he could also drunkenly call me and threaten to break up with me for no reason at all.) Affection was scarce that last month and a half. I don't take well to threats.
Me? Notes are left, texts are sent, cookies are baked, clothes are ironed, houses are cleaned, hugs are given & if I haven't kissed you at least 10 times that day, well... then the day must not be over.
He was never very kissy. Where's the fun in that?
See? Different.
Don't get me wrong, the beginning was lovely...
but most beginnings are.
I realize that for me, WG was a stepping stone.
He helped me to move on from the ex.
I will always be grateful for the time that we shared,
because a lot of it was fun...
and because of that time spent, I realize more than ever what I want.
It's all about growing and learning.

The 3rd night that WG called, we talked for a while.
He finally filled me in on everything he had been holding back.
It was nice to hear, but it didn't change anything.
He said he wasn't ready to let me go...
but my grasp on him had been weak for a while, and it was time for him to release the idea of us into the air.
I told him I was sorry, but that "us" was not an option anymore.
My heart was not broken,
but he'd changed my life, for sure.
Maybe it wasn't love with WG, but the excitement of something new for the first time in 6 years.
I was in love with the possibilities.

Sometimes the truth sucks to hear, but at the end of the day,
the truth is all we've ever wanted.

& That's how I "broke up" with an ex... again... again.

"Breaking Up" With An Ex, Pt. 1

They Always "Made A Mistake"

The ex(the 6 year-er) decided he'd made a huge mistake at some point a few months ago. He called and pleaded with me. He offered me all of the things I'd always wished he had before... but I was seeing WG at that point, and I promised myself I'd see through any relationship in my own time, not because The Ex interfered. Eventually, my own time came with WG and we ended things. When The Ex learned of this news, he took it as his cue to pull out all the stops. I met him for lunch and said we could try being friends. I told him I needed time to work through my previous relationship in my head and figure out what I wanted from there. All he could see were glimmers of hope, and that was enough for him to run wild with. I think he was sure that if I was willing to be his friend again, he could "win" me back. We hung out a couple of times & each time I went home feeling unsure and weird. I loved him as a friend. I have to give it to him, he's a great friend. But the realization came creeping in that he and I can't be just friends. His thoughts on our new found friendship were true... that was his chance to win me back. The few times we hung out, I met him feeling nothing but a hunger pang in my stomach or sometimes nausea from how badly things had gone in our past. At some point I realized that for years I was scared of a future without him, and now I was scared of a future with him. I told him how I felt. I told him I loved him, but I simply was not 'in love' with him. It didn't matter that he was trying to offer me as much as he possibly could. It didn't matter that he was finally in the place that I'd wished and hoped he'd be for so many years. Because suddenly, I'm a different girl. Life will do that to you, you know? Change you & make you grow.
He pleaded. He told me how much he loved me. He was upset. He was unreasonable. He told me I hurt him. He told me he hated me for not giving him the chance. He told me he never wanted to talk to me again.
I told him I understood. I told him I wish I could make this easier for him. I told him I hated seeing him hurt like that. And I meant it, because I'd been right there before. & He happened to be the one who had made me feel that way.
He made me spend a week in bed, drop 10 lbs, question God & ignore calls from people who care about me. I was a zombie for a while. I did what I was told & while doing so, wished more than anything that I could just crawl back into bed or crawl back into my past.
I was thinking there may have been potential to spend time with him and find butterflies,
but all I found were the ghost of a good thing and the ghost of a bad thing.
& I've never really been interested in chasing ghosts.
At one time, I loved him more than anything...
but now it's just a memory.
& As much as I thought I may never be...
I'm okay with that.

& That's how I "broke up" with an ex... again.

Let's take a few steps back...

Many of you are wondering what happened after that call from WG.
What made me make the decision to walk away for good?
Well, I've been writing these posts in my head for a while now, and I decided it was time to finally share them. I've just been putting them off because it seemed like it would exhaust me to type it all out... or really, it would exhaust me just having to think about it all.
But you know what? It didn't. Not at all.
& I think that's a good thing. I think that's saying something.
I've spent the last few months tearing through feelings I had in the past,
not only for WG, but for someone else who re-entered the picture.
The key words in that statement are, "Feeling I had in the past".

Come back Monday & take a seat next to me...
I'll braid your hair and explain it all.

& THEN?
Then we can talk about the reason my heart is feeling happier than ever.
I took very good care of it when WG and I stopped dating...
& I'm oh so glad I did, because now it feels whole.
I don't need anyone to put it back together for me.
They can just feel free to make it grow.
& By "they", I mean "he"...
But you'll have to wait to hear about him ;)

Let's just hash through the rest of this first so it will all make sense.
See you Monday, lovies!
xo

photo via

Words That Leave My Lips

Friend: Lacey, where have you been, woman? I haven't talked to you in a week.

"I've just been extraordinarily busy...

smushing my face against his."

:)

photo via

Nuggets, Egg Blowing & The Incredible Hulk

Easter was just lovely...

My day was spent:
Helping hunt for eggs

[he was in it to win it]

[she had no interest]

[& she took her sweet time]

Dying eggs with my favorite nuggets
Some of us are over achievers and want to make an egg so lovely it's kept forever,
so we take the time to hollow it out...

[this is my, "Did you really think I'd let you see me blowing this egg?" face]
& Some of us dye our hand green and call it a day!

Swinging with the girls

[& then claiming that bad boy as my own mid-afternoon for a nap!]

& Then once most of the family had cleared out, I claimed that swing once again to snuggle up to and laugh endlessly with the fella that I'm going a little ga-ga over.

It was a day full of perfect little moments!
You can't really ask for more than that.

xo


Thanks for your comments on my chair re-do! You're all so sweet!
I really couldn't be happier with it!
For those of you who think you can't do that project, you're a bunch of sillies! I know you can totally do this! Yes, I'm talking to you!
& the pillow some of you are crushing on? Well, I made it , of course ;)
You can get your own oh-so-very-soon, in the form of a "Holy cow, 300 people want to read about me? Giveaway"! Get pumped, gals and guys!

Have A Seat

Hey Y'all!

First, can I just say that I've been missing you?
Because I have :)

& Second... are you ready for a little chair re-do action?
You are?
GREAT, cause that's what I've got for ya!
Are we on the same page, or what?

I scooped this old gal up from GW [Goodwill, y'all] for $2.99!
I liked that she had a little bit of curve, but wasn't TOO dainty.

I started by taking her seat cushion off, because uhm...EW.

It was discolored and funky and I was afraid of what was waiting for me under there!
4 screws later and that bad boy was on the ground.

As you can see, I had good reason to be frightened of what was lurking under that lovely brown embossed faux leather. Ick.
To save you from having to look at that nastiness anymore, whatdaya say we go ahead and recover that funk?

There you go! Crisp, clean white! You can't go wrong.
Ready to paint? Me too. I sanded it down just a tad first!

My favorite part to paint on chairs is the underside, because it gives the best views :)
Not a cloud in the sky! The weather has been amazing here.
I waited a day to make sure she was good and dry, and then I reapplied her clean new cushion!

Wowsa! See? She just needed a little makeup and a new outfit!

Chair: $2.99 at GW
Fabric: $1.00 in remnant bin at fabric store
Paint: Free! Glidden- Robin's Egg
Sometime last year I found a link on a decor blog abt taking a survey on Glidden's website and in return they would send you free paint! DEAL!
TOTAL: $3.99 + 3 hours



Not
too
Shabby
♥