Picture Perfect Tuesday

Here's a little secret... I didn't take this picture. Gasp! I know right, shocking. But I do really love the feel of it. I want to be here, wandering down the road, no responsibilities, maybe no other person. Just wandering, taking in the colors, the smells, the crispness in the air, the moisture. Just wandering...

Verse of the Week:

Spirits aren't exactly crushed, more like exhausted. Praying He hears my calls and rescues me from what I think are my "troubles." Because honestly, I have a warm roof over my head, a wonderful husband, fantastic parents,  food in our cabinets, and more than enough to make it by... what do I really know about troubles?

Looking forward to this shortish week at school and then a much needed relaxing weekend with my favorite man. ( Yes, I'm already looking forward to next weekend... don't judge.)

Picture Perfect Tuesday

This is what I love about fall. Everything is just so colorful and clean. I need more of that, lot's more of that.

While my Tuesday wasn't exactly "Picture perfect," I'm super glad it's over. And I hope yours was much better! On to Wednesday!

The new line-up

When I first started this blog i wasn't sure exactly what direction I wanted it to go, and to be honest I'm still not. One thing I have noticed over the year I've been blogging is that I am way more interested in the pictures in posts than I am the actual content. Now don't get me wrong, there are a certain few blogs that I follow that I like to read, but for the most part I just scroll through the pictures. With that being said, I'm going to start modeling my blog off of what I like or find interesting in other blogs.  (Genius right?!)

When I started blogging I had way more time to sit and think up posts or to actually write things that were happening in my life. Since I'm left with less free time in my day and the need to blog more regularly for my creative outlet I've decided to revamp my content and try to do a few regular weekly posts that will be short and sweet, and hopefully still encouraging and inspirational!

Here's the line-up so far!
>Sunday-Verse of the week where I get to find just the right verse to help me stay strong for the week ahead

>Tuesday- Picture perfect Tuesday where I get to exercise/challenge my creativity via photography

>Friday- Friday lovin' where I get to celebrate my favorite day of the week and all the things I'm loving or find inspirational

>MISC- "Coffee dates" where I get to pour out my heart
                "Snapshot" posts where I get to overwhelm you with photos

So, as you can see, nothing too fancy or special. Just some things to keep me blogging, creating, and on track. ( I'm a list person so if it's not on a list... it just doesn't get done!)

Happy Sunday!

Falling for Fall

It's officially my favorite season of all time.

 

Fall!!

 

( Now, if someone would tell the weather that and we can all get on the same page)

 

I love fall and we are embracing this season with open arms here at the Stone house. Lot's of chainsawing and limb-lopping going on to get ready for our first bon fire at our new home. We have quite the wood pile stacking up!

 

Our house is also starting to get quite festive! Steven let's me buy one fall/halloweenish thing per outing. I think it's a good compromise, because otherwise we would have owls up to our eyeballs!

 

We have recently rearranged some things in our living room and added this long shelf to our decor. ( But you wouldn't know if it was new or not, since I've never given you a sneak peak into our humble abode) But anyways, this shelf, I've decided, is going to act kind of as our "mantle" area.

 

 We don't have a fire place and I needed somewhere to decorate for the holidays without our whole house looking like hobby lobby or north pole city.So this little shelf is where I will try to keep most of our holiday/seasonal decorating. I'm pretty excited about it and I have some great ideas for Christmas! This will be a place to hang stockings, show holiday art, and display our Christmas cards!

 

Since we have our annual Halloween party every year I've started setting just a few little things out, but after our party I'll switch to Thanksgiving things.  

 

I'm also completely excited about our front porch. It's not a massive porch or anything you'd see in Country Living or Martha Stewart, but I think it fits us just right. It makes coming home even better because I get so happy when I see our owl and pumpkins greeting me.

 

 

I also actually had some crafting time this week while Steven was having drinks with some guys he used to work with. After pinteresting a little bit and vegging out on the couch I decided it was time to tackle our door wreath. We had recently bought a couple plain ones from Target  that I was going to use for Autumn and Christmas. Since it's officially October I thought it was time.

 

I don't have all of my art supplies here from my parents yet ( because out office/art room needs serious help.) So I just had to make do with what I could scrounge up, when you need to craft, you just need to craft! But I am really loving what came of my scrounging!

 

That little green guy will only stay for Halloween, I'm hoping to buy him a friend soon.