Happy Friday y’all! I know I know yesterday was a heavy post…but we are keeping it real, remember. Today I have something just a tad bit lighter. 
I have a special post for you all coming from my newlywed friend, Kelly (also long time friend from college (sic’em bears)). You might remember her wedding in August?!
When I asked Kelly to write about her favorite place in her new home I was expecting all sorts of interior designer (because she is one!) DIY projects and all of that good stuff that makes you wish you could have the skill to do it too! But below is what Kelly sent along. Enjoy!
“This post actually started in 2000(ish). Big Poppa’s Mom (Almadean) passed away around the time I was graduating/ going to Baylor. (Sic ’em Bears.) And, as families do, we had to go through all of her things and pick what stayed and what went. I chose a few baubles– costume jewelry, mostly– to keep. A few of those were kept in a special place– to one day be used at my wedding. Namely, a necklace that I (eventually) re-fashioned into a headband, and two necklaces I strung into one.
I woke up on the morning of the wedding and headed to brunch with all my fave ladies (hey-oooo)!! Lo and behold, Aunt Amy (Big Poppa’s twin brother’s wife… catch that?), showed up with a GIANT box and demanded I open it immediately. And to my complete surprise and amazement, I found the rest of her jewelry. Things that I figured had been sent to the thrift store for some other person just like me to find and enjoy. But noooo. IGETITALL. It was probably one of the best presents I have ever gotten in my whole entire life. I found rings, necklaces, bracelets, clip-on earrings (BOOM.), and in just about every color combination possible. I was in heaven.
I returned from the honeymoon to a (merged) home with junk in seemingly every crevice (still feels like that at times). And the one small hope for the second bedroom is that it would one day turn into a relaxing, homey, wonderful place that would (somehow) showcase Almadean’s jewels. (I say jewels loosely. They’re all fake.
DON’TEVENTHINKABOUTSTEALINGTHEM. Amidst all the clutter (seriously, embarrassed to show you a picture of the rest of the room), I find respite on top of my dresser and on the walls (trying not to turn around to piles of clothes and/or dogs and/or dogs on top of the piles of clothes).
This is my new favorite place to be. (Other than in my lover’s arms. OOOOOHYEAHIJUSTDIDTHAT.)”
Thanks for sharing Kelly! Love it! I also love your pretty ways of hanging them and the stacked plates. Tell Jonathan he needs to take you out on a few dates a week to get enough wear out of your pretties!
Have a great day, y’all!
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