The calm before the storm...

Wow, what a crazy (and absolutely wonderful) past few weeks! It seems like we've been going non-stop! Finally we have a calm weekend actually in Columbia for the first time - although, things pick right back up on Monday with Eric starting his MHA program! He's already saying he's not going to have a life after that...hopefully it won't be that bad!

We went "home" to Fayetteville last weekend for Anna-Marie and Michael's wedding which was just GORGEOUS! They've been together for over 5 years now, and I've been waiting for this day for quite some time. :) Anna did an amazing job with planning and everything looked awesome - even complete with doves in a birdcage! Here are some photos:







Eric had orientation sessions this past week and got to meet some of his professors and classmates. Maybe I can get him on here later to blog a little bit about that... Maybe? :) I've decided my new project once he goes back to school next week is revitalizing my art business - new logo, updated site, an Etsy site, you name it! We'll see how that goes, but in the mean time, let me know if you need some art!

We're currently in the final stages of sending out thank you cards and tracking down gift givers to no-name gifts - talk about exhausting! Goal: ALL thank you cards mailed out by Monday! Hopefully that's possible! {And if you gave a no-name gift of blue salad plates, let us know! :)}

TGIF!!

Honeymoon Pictures

Here's a short slideshow of our trip! More updates after this weekend, as well as an update on Anna-Marie and Michael's wedding this Saturday!

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Eric's Surprises!

So, since Eric's on the road now and won't be looking at this until after he sees the apartment, I'd thought I'd update on the little surprises I've been working on him the past week!

He's said multiple times, "I claim the back bedroom!!" for his schoolwork. I've taken over a little bit of it with art ;), but I wanted to add a little something in there that would make it more "manly"...
So, knowing that he loves the hogs, I painted a razorback canvas!



Perfect for above the futon!



And then I went ahead and got his desk...he still thinks we need to go get it today at Target :)



Hopefully I left enough wall space for him to put up everything he's bringing today!

I then wanted a little something else for the bathroom walls. Knowing that Eric knows some French and likes things about France, I got a cool aerial photo poster of Paris and framed it... (unfortunately I accidentally broke the glass, but so far it's worked out okay!)



And, the best for last! We've talked about getting a painting of Memphis for our living room, and I wanted a cool painting of Fayetteville, too, but I wasn't having much luck finding any and I knew if I did it would be reallllly expensive. So, I went about the idea an alternative way. My sister helped me out last weekend by going around Fayetteville and taking pictures of some of Eric and I's favorite town and campus spots. I went through my computer and got all the photos I've taken while in Memphis over the years. Thankfully, Joann Fabrics was having a 1/2 off sale on frames, so I basically bought them out! I thought this is a cool way to have "little pieces of home" away from home! :)
Here's the finished product!





I tried to make the layout more "modern" since Eric isn't a very traditional kind of guy. The frame in the bottom right corner stands out a bit with the matting, so I made it a little more meaningful by putting the UA Greek Theater photo in there since that's where we first met!

In other news, the first week of work went well! A little slow, but I've gotten the hang of most things. Everyone is really nice and great to work with, so I'm really happy about that! I'm slowly working on decorating my office, too!





That's all for now! :)