Bloom Where You Are Planted - year in review

WHEW! When did 2014 disappear? I mean for real I feel like we just moved here and started life in the boonies, but it's now been over a year and a half!!

2014 has been a year full of lessons.
Lessons on life, love, and laughter (cheese ball, sorry). In all seriousness looking back on the year I've realized that Reed and I (mostly me) have learned a lot about growing up and living life. I believe we truly have finally started to bloom where we were planted :)

To give you an idea of how much we have grown here is a quick review of some of my big lessons I've shared with y'all here in blog land!



 Learned to control my social media tendencies and challenged myself to be a Supportive Wife On and Off Line




 Realized that my pride was hurting me and talked about how that realization changed my life.



Started the Envelope Budget! It may not sound exciting but it has been a HUGE help, and exciting experience :) 


Went to New York City!!!

Had an amazing summer with so much fun I didn't post about it :) oops! 


Took part in my first ever craft festival and it was a hit!

Rebranded myself to help shake out some big ideas. 



The biggest and most exciting part of my year. 
It's a seasonal shop and I plan on doing an update on it again in the new year. Who woulda thought that at 24 I would be business owner, complete with taxes :) 

If you look back at my "blog year" I didn't do much. But if you look back at my LIFE so much has happened! I'm excited for 2015 and all that we can learn and achieve with another years time! I hope each of you learned lots and enjoyed your 2014 year but I hope even more that you will learn to bloom where you have been planted in 2015! 

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Custom Wine Buffet


Guess what peeps!!??! 
This is my first ever commissioned piece of furniture! I L-O-V-E furniture but until recently I usually just redo things. Ya know, paint, refinishing, small things. But luckily with the way my etsy shop has grown I've been able to save up to do some of my bigger projects. But this one is even more exciting than saving and doing something for myself, this piece was COMMISSIONED. Meaning somone actually believed in me to get me to do something totally just for them. sayyyyy waaaa :) 


So here is a great big post of basically just detail shots of my first ever commissioned piece of work :)


This is a 70in wine buffet that can hold up to 10 wine bottles and 16 wine glasses. 
Perfect for a party!! 
Made with pine and steel we left it all very raw for a primitive and rustic look. 
The glass top keeps everything really open and light. And what a fun way to choose what you want to sip that night :) 




Basically, Reed and I are in love. We can't get over how awesome this was to build and if we had space in our house we may not have been willing to give it up! We also wouldn't be able to fill it up with wine so we decided it needed a good home that could give it all it was capable of.  


And of course Tepe had to model :) She is too funny, I tried my hardest to get her out of the way and she literally sat there for most of the shots. Eventually she chased after a falling pine cone and let me get to work!

Also, I'm getting ready to head out of the country for the Holidays. So no more posts from me for a while, not even parties :( I hope you guys take this break too and enjoy your family while being unplugged. Merry Christmas and can't wait to catch up in a few weeks!! 

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