Five on Friday

The first full week back to work after a holiday is the worst--I'm glad it's over!

Once again I'm linking up with Christina, Darci, April, and Natasha for 5 on Friday and you should too!

I'm doing something a little different for this week's Five on Friday link up...in honor of Christmas and decorating for the holidays, I'm sharing my five favorite holiday printables from my Pinterest Christmas board!

I love printables! Such an easy way to add cute decor to your home.  I'm using two different printables in our holiday decor this year (which I'll be showing you all soon).  Do you use printables?

Have a great weekend!

5 on Friday

Another weekend is almost here!  I'm linking up with some great girls for 5 on Friday and you should too.

ONE.  I started decorating our house for fall, and hope to finish this weekend.  I plan to do a full post of our fall decor, but I thought I'd share this super cute printable that I plan on putting in our living room. (If you go to the website of the pin, there are other colors too.)

TWO.  I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I'm pretty much addicted to deal sites like GroopDealz and Jane.  They have different daily boutique deals that are so hard to pass up!  Deals for you, your little one, your pet, and your home.  I've purchased items from both sites and have had zero problems, so go check out all of their cute stuff at discounted prices!  You can thank me later.

THREE.  I've been listening to the new Justin Timberlake album The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 on itunes this week and I'm loving it!  You can listen to it for free right now!  It comes out on Monday, and you better believe I'll be at Target to get my copy.  Speaking of Justin, Have you seen the clips that he and Jimmy Fallon have done recently?  They did an Evolution of End Zone Dancing skit that was great, but the most recent one is #hashtag and it is hillarious!  If you haven't seen it yet, you need to watch the video below.  If you have seen it, you know you want to watch it again.



FOUR.  Since I've been running more, I've been thinking about getting new headphones.  I'd love to have some wireless headphones when I'm running.  The cord just drives me nuts.  Anyone have any suggestions on good headphones for running?

FIVE.  I'm taking a break from wedding posts for a bit, and I'm co-hosting The Blogger's Digest linkup on Wednesdays for the next few weeks.  It's a great way to find new blogs and get your blog out there for others to see.  Make sure you come link up with us next Wednesday!

That's it for today....a very random 5 on Friday.  Our plans for the weekend include my little cousin's soccer game, helping friends move, and football.  What are you up to this weekend?

Saw It, Pinned It, Did It: Easter Printable

Do you need some fast and easy Easter decor before Easter is here on Sunday?  Printables are such a fun and easy way to add some holiday decor your home.  I love printables and I put new ones up all the time in my house for different holidays and seasons.  Easter is no exception!  I saw this cute printable on Pinterest and knew I wanted it in my living room:

Source: curdsnwheycrafts.blogspot.com viaEricka on Pinterest

So I just went to the site of the pin, downloaded it, and printed it on cardstock in a 5x7 size (to fit my frame).  I love the bright colors for Spring!

I also added some fun glitter eggs in Kevin's fantasy football trophy (he insists it has to be displayed in the living room...).  The glitter eggs are from Dollar Tree.  They match my Easter Egg Tree I have on my TV stand.

That completes my Easter decorations at my house.  I hope to add more next year, but I'm loving what I've done this year (Easter Egg Wreath and Easter Egg Tree).  I hope everyone has a great Easter weekend!  We will be visiting our families all weekend for Easter :)

I'm linking up with Katie and Stephanie for Saw It, Pinned It, Did It.

Saw It, Pinned It, Did It: St. Patrick's Day Printable

By now, you may have realized that I have a slight obsession with printables.  If you haven't noticed my obsession, see here, here, and here.  Today is no different.  I'm linking up with Steph and Katie to show off my St. Patrick's Day printable.

Original Pin:

Source: thetomkatstudio.com via Ericka on Pinterest

The pin brings you to a site that has both of the printables shown in two different sizes.  I choose the "Kiss Me" printable because it was a 5x7 and would fit perfectly in my frame.

So, all you do is print it (I always print mine on cardstock), cut it out, and insert in your frame.  Super easy and super cheap holiday decorations!  Here's what mine looks like on display in my living room:

Be sure to check all of the other great SPD ideas from other amazing bloggers!

Saw It, Pinned It, Did It: Valentine's Printable

I am in love with printables.  They are a super easy way to add quick, cute decorations for any holiday or occasion.  I don't have any Valentine's decorations for my house (although I've seen some super cute things from this link up that I might have to make), but I wanted something valentine-ish to put up in my living room.  So of course, I headed to pinterest to find a cute Valentine's printable and I found this great pin:

Source: theviewfromfiveten.com via Ericka on Pinterest

There are so many cute ones on this site, but I choose this one:

I printed it out on cardstock as a 5x7 to fit my frame.  I cut it out, put it in my frame, and ta-da!  Easy Valentine's Day decor!


Photo collage on my living room wall.



That is Kevin's Fantasy Football Trophy next to it...he INSISTED that the trophy go in the living room.

Head on over to the Saw It. Pinned It. Did It. link up that Katie and Steph are hosting to see other great pinterest projects from other bloggers!



Saw It. Pinned It. Did It.

Today I am doing my first link up!  I am linking up with Katie and Steph for Saw It. Pinned It. Did it.


I have two super easy holiday decorations for you.  The first is just finding a cute printable, printing it, and framing it!  I saw this super cute printable on Pinterest one day and knew I wanted it in my living room for Christmas.

Original Pin:

found here

All I did was download the picture, print it out in the size I needed, put it in a frame, and displayed it on a shelf in my living room:

Total cost of this project was $0.  I already had the frame, just had to print the photo.

The second project is also super easy.  I had seen all kinds of lanterns on Pinterest and knew I wanted one.  So the last time I was at IKEA, I picked up a black lantern for around $8.  I was just going to put a candle in it and call it good, and then I saw these super cute lanterns decorated for Christmas:

found here

found here

When I was getting my ornaments out to decorate my Christmas tree, I remembered seeing these pins, and decided to put some of my ornaments in my lantern.  I love how it turned out!  Super easy and super cute!  I want to get more ornaments after Christmas so I can fill up my lantern next year.  I'd also like to get something fun to tie on the top of it, but I'm happy with it for now!  Here's how mine looks:

Total cost of this project was about $8.  I already had the ornaments, and you could always pick some up the day after Christmas for a good deal!

Be sure to visit Katie and Steph to see more great Saw It. Pinned It. Did It. projects!

Photo Wall

I finally put something up on the walls in our house!  I had a mirror, some frames, and a couple of shelves that I wanted to hang together to create a little photo wall.  Since all of the frames and shelves were black, I decided to hang them in the living room, since they matched everything in there.

I first laid everything out on the floor to figure out how I wanted it.  Then I tried using this technique to make hanging them easy.  However, for me it didn't work very well.  I taped my sheets of wax paper together on the floor and just marked where the nails should go.  Then when I went to hang it on the wall, they wouldn't stay together and I got frustrated and just threw the wax paper away and decided to do it the old fashioned way (yes, I'm stubborn).  After reading the post about how to hang it with wax paper, I would do it differently next time.  I wouldn't tape the wax paper together on the floor, and I would outline the entire frame/shelf and where the nails go.  Then I could hang each sheet of wax paper up separately and I think it would work better.

So after some pencil marks on the wall, many incorrect nail holes (nothing ended up level when I did it), and getting my fiance to help, we finally got everything hung up!  The bottom shelf is higher than I really wanted it, but I also didn't want it too low so people hit it every time they sat on the couch.  So it's staying how it is.

I'm really happy with how it turned out.  I just need to find some pictures to put in the rest of the frames.  I have one of our engagement pics in a frame and a cute fall printable I found here.  I just printed mine on plain white copy paper.  It might have looked a little better printed on photo paper or something, but I'm happy with it (sorry the photo quality is so bad).  Right now our living room colors are black, tan, and green.  I have some green frames I want to incorporate somehow, but I'm not sure how to do that yet.

I want to paint the living room someday, but it's not a priority right now, so I decided it was time to start decorating!  I think that's why I have nothing up on any other walls, because I want to paint them first.  I'm hoping to paint the bedroom and the trim in the breezeway this weekend, so I'll post pics if I get them done!