Olympic Cupcakes

There is probably a reason I’m not a “food blogger”.  I love to eat and bake…but I ain’t the best at it ya’ll!  I just sounded like Paula Dean there….

 Here I was trying to get the the Olympic spirit…so I made these simple cupcakes with M&M’s:

Then…..they started slip sliding away…..
 “Wah-wah”
As long as they TASTE good right?
I do not like canned icing so I tried a new recipe.  It tastes great, but was a little runny.
I’d give this tryout a 7/10 🙂

Opening Ceremony

Oh my gosh the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics was awesome!
The MUSIC was my favorite…I felt the music.
It was very well directed.  Can you imagine putting that entire process together with that many people?  Amazing.  Now I want to go back to London 🙂
Especially loved the whistle song.
I may buy the album.  GO team USA! 
Blogging in my absense this weekend is Connor….

He likes the swimming, so we’ll see what he says 😉

How I Display Photos

Today on Kelly’s Korner “Show Us Your Life” series:
SHOW US HOW YOU DISPLAY PICTURES
I love pictures, in fact I am a little obsessed with taking pictures.  If you ask me, the best investment you can make is a good camera!  You’ll look back years from now and cherish all the photos and memories of life.
This is the wall of photos in our living room.
This was an easy project.  We purchased a pre-made photo wall template (including frames) from Michael’s craft store with a coupon.  We had all the photos printed in black and white.  I think it may be time to update a few though 😉
 I posted about this art from Paris HERE

I just love these watercolors.  They all represent a place we visited while in Paris.


Connor’s room:

 Info on the airplane pictures from Etsy is HERE

This is probably my FAVORITE piece of art in our house.  It’s an artist we saw on our honeymoon years ago.  He’s in Eureka Springs Arkansas.  Terence and I saw his art and love it, but didn’t purchase anything.  Then later that year for Christmas his parents surprised us with this smoke drawing and it was so sweet!

The artist blows smoke through a tiny pipe onto paper and creates these amazing landscapes.  It’s just smoke and paper!  Amazing! 

I tried to see if he was still doing artwork, and unfortunately because of health related issues he’s no longer doing his smoke art. 

Pictures in the kitchen:
My favorite place to buy frames is TJ Maxx, Hobby Lobby, or Marshall’s
Pinterest art on the kitchen counter 🙂
I love this bridge painting above our fireplace.
It was purchased at Aaron Brothers.

Another favorite piece is this abstract boat painting….it’s in our master bedroom!  I got it for Terence after he got back from Iraq because I remembered how much he loved it!

My NEXT project is getting this portrait of Connor framed.
We had this drawn while in Paris earlier this year and I just adore it!
It’s sitting in the closet right now just waiting to be hung…..
Hope ya’ll have a great weekend!



Blog Star Link Up!

Have you been on the hunt for new blogs to read? Maybe you are looking to get some new visitors to your blog?

Then save the date for Tuesday, August 7th, where your blog can be a star! It can be anything from an about me post, to a list of your favorite posts, just whatever you think gives visitors an idea of what your blog is about. The things that your post MUST include are a title of “Blog Star: Hi I’m (insert name)“ and this button:


Mrs. Monologues


Because we believe the power of blog love we have some bloggers teaming up together to make this a giant link-up and have set the goal of having 500 bloggers link-up!

Let’s meet our Blog Star Street Team for August:

Host:
Mrs. Monologues  Blog | Twitter | Facebook 
Co-Hosts:
1. Lyzz {Defying Gravity} Blog | Twitter
2. Krystal {Krystal’s Kitch} Blog | Twitter | Facebook
3. Sarah {Life’s Short…Poupard} Blog | Twitter
4. Becky {The Java Mama} Blog | Twitter | Facebook
5. Celia {unSimply Celia} Blog | Twitter 
6. Meghan {Shine on Blog} Blog | Twitter

So, grab the button and come link-up on any of our blogs on August 7th, and plan some time to visit some new blogs! Let’s make this a day that we all will remember!


Mrs. Monologues




New Rims & Other Stuff….

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You all know I’ve been looking at getting a new pair of glasses lately.  I’ve been tying on lots of “statement” glasses….as that seems to be the style right now.  Well, I finally found the perfect pair at Firmoo.com and they fit my style and face perfectly!
Here is the style I chose:
Firmoo is the world’s most popular online eyeglasses store.  Vision and Fashion the Frugal Way is the ultimate goal of Firmoo, so it has always committed itself to providing customers with high-quality and fashionable eyewear at the most affordable prices. 
Firmoo launched a program offering free eyewear to first-time buyers in order to make more people try Firmoo’s quality products & excellent service. Plus, it’s easy to get your free eyewear, and the delivery is pretty fast! Want to have a try? Just go to HERE to get your FREE pair of glasses!

And what would a blog post be without some updated pictures of my boo boo!  He’s growing up so fast and I have to say I love this age.  He is SO much fun right now and he’s starting to speak full sentences, use the potty, he’s so grown up!  I also signed him up for gymnastics classes starting tomorrow so we shall see how that goes 🙂

Love this boy…he has my heart!

If you live in the DFW area a bunch of us bloggers are getting together for dinner Friday night and I would love to meet ya’ll!  Check out more info HERE!