Saying Goodbye...

...it's almost time to say goodbye to our little house.  Ive lived here for 8+ years now, so there are so many memories in this place.  As much as I will miss it though, I am so excited to be able to spread our stuff out a bit more, it is pretty cramped in here with my over-growing business!  And really, what makes me love this house, is our stuff in it.  It already feels so ugly to me with everything in boxes and off the walls, so Im ready!


It is time to move on.  In more ways than one.  Looking forward to our future in a BIG way!

Thanks for coming along this journey with us.  All of your comments about the new place have been so so sweet!

PEACE,
Laura

Home Sweet Home

Today was a great day.  Im soooo tired and achy, but so worth it!  This morning I had to take James to work at 3:30 in the morning.  By the time I got home it was 4:30, and I knew so much had to be done.  So I decided to stay away and pack some more.  By 7:00 I had another car load packed and ready to go.  I decided to pack some food and provisions for the day and head on over to our new house all by myself.  I was still a bit nervous b/c the night before I got almost a bit of cold feet, a little too late, ha!  But today I realized it was completely just nerves of making this big leap.

Today made me realize it was exactly where I am suppose to be.  I had the best morning to myself, just casually unpacking boxes, filling up my closet, putting things in cabinets, cutting lining for drawers, etc...  I brought my record player and welcomed the house with some Willie Nelson.  I really think it enjoyed that.  I opened all the blinds and let all the light in.  I picked my first patch of wildflowers from the back yard.  I made a pallet on the floor and rested when I got tired.  I sat in the window sill and ate an apple and just purely enjoyed the moment.  And of course, before I started the real unpacking, I had to decorate the mantle.  It will probably change alot, but for now, it makes me happy!  Ever since I could clean my own bedroom, when my mom would ask me to clean, I would rearrange the art on my walls before I did any lick of cleaning, its just how I roll.  And I took a few self portraits, just snaps, to see how the lighting is, love it!

My cousin got me this Nest sign for xmas last year, and Ive kind of been saving it for a 'new' place, I never put it up in our rent house.  I love it.  My dad made this amazing picture frame for me for my wedding.  Simply gorgeous.


James already took his first nap in the house!  He usually naps when he gets home b/c he gets up so stinkin early every day.  Oh and we brought his old tv over so we could get our dish network setup.

I packed away alot of our kitchen stuff already.  Ive enjoyed having this time to get a few things put up so its not everything all at once.  After saturday it will be crazy!

Moon hung out on the windowsill :)  Which I think Bella is going to love this wide window ledge, at least Im hoping so!

Just two trucks loads here.  There is so much more to bring home!

We also met our neighbors on the way out today, super nice!!!
Now I must go kick up my feet, they are killing me.  And tomorrow will be a super busy long day.  Cant wait to share the progress throughout transforming this house into our home!

PEACE,
Laura



Sponsor Love...

It's time to get to know my lovely sponsors a bit better.  Wonderful, amazing girls this month, I dont know how I got so lucky with this being my first month of sponsors!!!  Thank you to everyone who has supported Violet Bella this month through sponsoring.








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Go show these guys some major love, they are all so worth it!  Let me know what some of your favorite things from their shops or blogs are.

PEACE,
Laura

Feeling a bit girly...

 This may be the last outfit post for a while since ill most likely be in cut-offs, tshirts, and flips for the next few weeks, well see... The other day we went to town to run some errands and see my grandparents, and I felt quite girly.  I wore a $70 dress that I scored on ebay for $6!  Along with my Ruche belt (which I still cant get enough of) and a vintage butterfly sleeve wrap crop top, along with my green cons of course.
 It felt good to go along with the spring season!

THANK YOU so much for all of the lovely house comments!  We are so excited, and I dont think it has really all set in for either of us.  Maybe when we actually spend the first night there it will.  Tomorrow I will be cutting lining for all of the drawers/shelves in the kitchen so we can start putting away all of our kitchen stuff!  And maybe putting clothes in the closet!!!  Its kind of hard to unpack too much without all of the furniture in place.  But it will be in there before you know it!  And I know a few of you are going along in this process along side us, and its so exciting to share our experiences back and forth!!!

 And oh my, I got some adorable photos of Violet (my doggy above).  I will share later.

Oh, and during this little shoot, I was about to take a full outfit shot... got lazy, used a stack of empty boxes instead of a tripod, and my camera tumbled over hard onto the concrete!!!  yikes!  so far its okay.  durable baby!  so... fiy... dont do this!!!  use your tripod kids :)

PEACE,
Laura