Facebook for AmberLAnderson!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to share with all of you that our Facebook page has officially opened for our Etsy shop AmberLAnderson. If you haven't, and you wanna, head over and give us a "like"! We will be keeping everyone updated if new products come out, giveaways, or any other deals we are giving out! If you do "like" us, shoot me a message, and I will send you a 15% off coupon code to use in our Etsy shop! Click below to take you to our new page.

Hardwood Project Part. 2

I wanted to give an update on the hardwood project I talked about a few months ago. Here's a recap: After living in this house since February of 2011, I have despised my carpets. They were cheap, light gray and stained. Every single time I vacuumed them, so much fuzz came up that my vacuum would jam, and they were impossible to clean. So after saving up some money, Sam and I decided we were going to put laminate down. It wasn't exactly what we wanted but Titus was starting to crawl and we had to do something. In measuring our square footage Sam decided to take a peek underneath the carpet, and what did we find? Beautiful oak hardwood. Ok, so come to find out it wasn't so beautiful...but the sheer fact that it was under there was.

So with the little money we had saved up we decided to refinish them. This was a back and forth struggle of whether we were going to attempt to do it ourselves, or just pay to have it done. In the end, we decided it was best to pay, and that way we would know it was done right. So that's what we did. Our re-finishers were fast, quick and fairly priced. (Around $2.50/sq ft. sanded, stained and finished)

Its AMAZING what a little hardwood can do in a house. 

Prayers answered.

 Next up, the yellow room is turning Tiffany blue :) And I'm working on some crazy cool curtains. I'll update when they are done!

Small talk.

Can anyone relate?

It's been more often than not lately that I find myself struggling to remember how normal adults converse in a social outing. Whats appropraite to talk about, whats not. Any of us find ourselves filling social time with talk of the babies?

Your not alone.

But thank you God, for my new social status, wouldn't trade these babies for world.

Homemade Pickles, y'all!

As you know from an earlier post my family came to visit at the beginning of the month. And you know what that meant? Food. And lots of it. I got a great recipe from my sweet southern sister, that is sure to please all you pickle lovers out there! (You know how I love your cooking, Sylv, and I'm allowed to call you "southern" because I'm a bona fide "northerner" now!)

Ingredients:

Cucumbers

Vinegar

Sea Salt

Pepper

Peel your cucumber and chop them up into 1/2" slices

 let them soak in vinegar, salt and pepper for about 20 minutes
or longer depending on how tart you like them.



Drain and chill.

Yum yum. Perfect hot summer day snack.

DIY Workout Tank

Even though my Zumba classes ended last week, 

I've been looking for things to lounge work out in.

Unfortunately, the spandex UnderAmour shirts aren't my best look,
so I decided to go another direction.

The DIY workout tee. 

*It works best with the softer material shirts, 

but plain tees work ok too. (Like the one I have pictured)

What you need:

 Step 1: Cut out neck, sleeves and bottom hem.

 Step 2: Cut the back of the shirt into a razorback.

 Step 3: Make sure you cut the neckline as low as you want it.

Step 4: Cut out a deep V in the back of the shirt.

 Step 5: Tie the back of of shirt, where you make the V, 

with the bottom hem that was left over.

 Step 6: Wrap up the back with the fabric, as high as you would like to go.

All done, party rock in your new lounge work out shirt. ;)