Decorating-Vintage Revivals Style

Hey all,

I know that I usually blog about Jared and myself but today I hafta give a shout-out to Mandi atVintage Revivals.  She is pretty much an amazing DIY-er and has freaking amazing ideas.  (Even if her style isn't really your thing, you still can't admit she is just an amazing person.  Just check out her real life story.

Anyways right now she is helping us newbies find our decorative style and personalities through a series of challenges.  (All of us participants are part of the FFA (Fearlessly Finding Awesome club)-see my button to the right).  So right now we are on challenge 2 in finding our style (so its not too late to join up on the fun) which is to take an amazing quiz by store Homegoods.  I mean, she said it was freakishly accurate and so I tried it out and it is.  I hafta say its quite nice to have everything finally summed up nicely.  Here is mine and jump on over to her post and see what your style is defined as!

Jennifer, You Are A COUNTRY CLASSIC

You have a naturally refined sensibility with an appreciation for tradition and history. You value beauty, craftsmanship, and family heirlooms, but you like to open things up with pretty, easy-going pieces like painted wood or distressed furniture, lovely florals and other patterns, and bunches of fresh flowers that give your home a breezy, relaxed feeling. You love unique finds, have a thrifty, creative side, and can make these things work together.

You value order. You feel happiest if your home is well organized. You understand that when your house is in order, your mind feels clearer. Rather than a lot of meaningless objects or overly-designed items, you are happier with a few well-placed things. Your home is your respite from a busy life. Try to avoid letting things into your home that you don't really love.

First time for everything

I know, I know. I have some catching up to do on here.  Besides have a wonderful time with family and friends this past Holiday season, not much has been going on (holidays take up a lot of your extra time) haha.


However, this past November and early December, Jared did two tings he never had before: grow a beard (No-Shave-November) and went hunting with my father and myself.  They were both quite their own adventures in and of themselves so I wanted to document them as well as I could.  For the beard-growing process, I ended up taking a picture about every 3-4 days for the entire month and here is how it went:

(before hunting)

(after hunting-seems like is brings out the ruggedness in a man)

The shaving process-had to take a picture of the mustache!

All clean again!

Jared enjoyed the experience but doubt he will grow another soon.  He didn't like the itchiness (or the fact that my hair was constantly stuck to it) and he hated the prickly feeling that he got when the hairs hit is lips.

Hunting was another interesting experience.  Jared calls it 'a nature walk in the woods with a gun'.  Though I wouldn't necessarily call this year's experience a 'nature walk' and you can see why:

I don't know if you can see that thermometer but it says 25 degrees...

Basically it snowed at least a foot and a half, so practically all the wild life (aka elk) were gone, bedded down where we couldn't find them.  We were both disappointed for a failed hunting trip (number 4 for me) but we had a lot of fun with my dad and it was nice to see the snow again after 2 years.
Maybe this year we will try again!