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Friday, October 16, 2015

'TOTE'ally love this

I LOVE BAGS!! There I said it! Just call me a bag lady. Some ladies love shoes (ok I love those too), but my "thing" (besides home decor) is handbags, tote bags, luggage bags (in my case most of my handbags are huge like tote bags). I love a designer bag and thanks to my days working for Neimans corporate I scored a few insane deals at our sample sales. These days...the bigger the better. I want a cute "mom bag". Lets be honest....I carry TONS of stuff in there! Anyway I was super excited when I saw this adorable tote at one of my favorite stores...Ballard Designs!

It had all the fixins of a winner...large size, burlap and sparkle!! I mean....perfection right?!

And did I mention...ONLY $35!!!

Now, I had to decide which one...the gold or silver?

I posted this picture on Instagram last week and yall love it too!

I finally decided on the gold one and how do you make a burlap, sparkle bag even better??.....MONOGRAM IT!

It was only $6.50 to add a monogram! Totally worth it.

I went with brown and I am telling you...this will be my new bag (for awhile).

Here she is:

I didn't even realize when I ordered it that it had a zip top and a zip pocket inside. Even better!

Look how much room! I have plenty of room for my stuff, diapers, bottles, snacks (oh my).

Anyway I love sharing my favorite finds with you and I give this one a rave review! Cute, functional and an amazing price. I may just have to get a bunch of these for Christmas gifts...they are perfect right? I mean who doesn't love a monogrammed tote?!

Linking up with Andrea, Erika & Narci today for Friday Favorites

Party Decorating-Avery's vintage, eclectic 4th birthday

Last weekend was a whirlwind. It was all about Avery. She turned 4 and had 4 celebrations. This sounds over the top...but here is why.

Friday: her school did a little celebration for her. Nothing big, just donuts and singing

Saturday: Family birthday. We don't combine family & friend birthday celebrations yet because our family drives in and wants to spend time with her, not just watch her play with her friends

Sunday: friend birthday (more about that on another post)

Monday: her actual birthday!

This will be the last year of all of this because funny thing...when I had her 4 years ago I was not thinking about school schedules and had no idea her birthday actually falls the first week of school. This year it would have been the first day of school, but she is not in Kindergarten yet.

Needless to say, I am tired and Avery has had too much sugar :)

One thing to know about me...I love a good party! The invitations, the food, the decor, the people...the whole thing. The minute we decide on a party my mind gets working!

Since her friend birthday was going to be all things FROZEN I wanted this one to be different. My theme was Vintage, Eclectic....if that even is a thing?!

I always do a spread on the kitchen island and then set up desert in our butlers pantry. I think this helps with flow with lots of people over.

I had this frame lying around so I just used some craft paper, and made my own art.

If you look closely you can see a happy girl in the reflection!

I made this banner for her first birthday and just change out the age each year! I love projects like this that you can use over and over!

I didn't want to have to buy anything for this party so I just pulled from stuff I had around the house. Hence the theme...eclectic ;)

I got the burlap banner from the Target $ section. I have a love affair with that section!

I just love this chicken feed piece. I like using quirky things to decorate with.

The clipboard sign is something I use a lot. It is a wreath stand and I hang a clipboard from it with either a picture, a quote, etc. I just made this quick sign in powerpoint. Cheap, easy, cute and adds height to the spread.

I got this metal 4 at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago on clearance for only $3!!!

This Avery street sign remains one of my favorite things. You can read all about it HERE I still cannot believe I have it!

These pumpernickel cheese melts are soooo yummy! There are super easy to make and always a crowd favorite. The recipe is HERE

I am known for my spinach artichoke and crab delight dips. They are delish!!! Recipes HERE

It was a great day and wishes for another amazing year!

Valentine's Day card printables

Valentine's Day is around the corner so time to get those Valentine's ready! Avery went to a party last week so we got ours done a little early.

POPCORN VALENTINE

We went to our local candy store and bought some of Avery's favorite popcorn...confetti (gross haha) and then mixed it with regular popcorn. Then put it in snack size baggies and stapled the Valentine part to the top. Super simple. Here is a FREE printout of the popcorn one.

BUTTERCUP VALENTINE
This one was also super simple! Just get some Reeses Buttercups put them in snack size bags and staple this topper to it.

Hope yall have a wonderful Valentine's Day!!

My House of Hargrove-Avery's Big Girl Room Complete!!!

If you have been following along with me this summer I had 4 rooms to complete in my home.
Playroom, New Guest Room, Braden's Nursery and Avery's Big Girl Room.
I have been BUSY!
Well, I have shared the other 3 with you and now it is time for the final reveal!
Welcome to Avery's new room!