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Lots of Love, Natalie

With Love From Mississippi

This past weekend my amazing and fabulous cousin Morgan finally found the perfect apartment for her in Dallas, Texas. I could not be more thrilled for her and cannot wait to get over there to see it in person once it is all decorated. I decided since that may be a little while I should send her a surprise gift box from Mississippi filled with love and confetti of course! This surprise move in box consisted of a Thimblepress Confetti Push Pop, Thimblepress Cue the Confetti Card, Small Aspen Bay Volcano scented Candle, and last but not least a Spotted Matchbox with Pink Matches from Waiting on Martha! I am so glad that she loved everything inside of it! Now that she has opened it I can finally share it with you! See you tomorrow!

 

Lots of Love, Natalie

 

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Lots of Love, Natalie

 

Starkville: Greensboro Street/Main Street

For the past four years I have lived in the charming little college town known as Starkville, Mississippi home of Mississippi State University. To be honest when I first moved here I was wondering how I would be able to last four years in such a small town but I am proud to say that it has really grown on me. As Friday draws closer I find myself getting a little emotional as I think about graduating and leaving this wonderful town that has become my home. The feeling is bittersweet because I have thoroughly enjoyed spending my undergraduate in this charming little town but I am excited to see where the next chapter in my life takes me as I apply for Medical Schools in various states. Therefore, I have decided to dedicate this week's posts to Starkville, Mississippi and all the different areas and sites it has to offer! I hope you enjoy!

- Various lovely houses of the Historic Greensboro Street located right down from my house -

- Starkville's Historic Main Street -

- Aspen Bay which I have mentioned too many times to count but it truly is my favorite store in Starkville -

 

 

Lots of Love,  Natalie

 

Aspen Bay Re-purposed DIY part 2

 Yesterday I showed you the little Succulent garden I made out of one of my old cleaned out Aspen Bay candle vases. Nothing went to waste in this two part DIY because it was all recycled into something new. I have had a lot of used Aspen Bay candles that I had been keeping to eventually clean out and reuse the jars. Well Saturday Jay suggested why not melt down all the old wax and create one new candle in a different container. What can I say he had a brilliant idea and I couldn't wait to get started. I found the concrete planter I used for this project at Target and immediately started melting down all my candles in the oven. I set my oven as low as it would go and once they were melted I poured them into the planter until I had a full new candle. This was an easy and quick DIY leaving me over the moon with the results!

 

Lots of Love, Natalie

 

Succulent Gardening

Recently I have fallen in love with Succulents. They are the perfect indoor plant because they retain water and only need indirect light. Which also makes them perfect when you have a few up coming vacations planned! Maybe you have noticed that I have started buying more and more plants for my home which lead me to believe I need some leafy greens for inside. Therefore cue the Succulents! One of my favorite things about these plant is the bounty of different colors and variations they come in. I have seen these plants planted many different ways but I wanted to mix in up a little bit and be able to see every bit of these beauties. I figured an old cleaned out Aspen Bay candle would make the perfect home for them. Also, if you are wondering what I did with the remaining wax check back tomorrow for the second part of this Aspen Bay Re-purposed DIY. See you then!

 

 

Lots of Love,  Natalie

 

Week/Weekend Favorites

- This past week was off to a good start with the Easter basket or I should say Easter cooler my mother gave me for Easter! -

- Enjoying a mid week pizza date with Jay at Old Venice -

- Thursday started off amazing because it was the Aspen Bay tent sale. Of course I went a little overboard as jay would say but I think it was perfectly fine! -

- The weekend began Thursday night when I hosted a Double Birthday Party Fiesta at my house. Don't worry there will be more about this later this week! -

 

Honorable Mentions:

- Cooking out Friday night with friends -

- Getting to go layout Saturday and finally get a little sun -

- This weekend ended with Jay and I going to see "The Other Woman" on Sunday -

Lots of Love,  Natalie

DPM Fragrance

Ladies and gentlemen, it is that time of year again! You have heard me talk about the lovely and eclectic store, located here in Starkville, know as Aspen Bay. Well, twice a year they hold a tent sale here in Starkville, MS at the warehouse where they are hand poured. This is basically like Christmas for anyone who loves their candles. I fell in love and became addicted to them after moving here for college, so I always make it a point to stock up because I am rarely not burning one. Plus, they make great gifts. Just wait because the best part of all is that you can usually get 3 for the price of one. I mean who doesn't love a great deal especially on some heavenly smelling candles?

If you don't think you are familiar with these candles then you have probably never noticed them in these retailers Anthropologie, Francesca's, and Nordstrom. The next time you walk in there I bet you will notice the wonderful aroma of Volcano. Volcano is one of their most popular scents and I truly hope that they never discontinue it. It may be an oldie but its a goodie for sure! Now you know what I will be doing tomorrow!

 

Lots of Love, Natalie

Weekly Favorites

- This week was filled with beautiful blooms thanks to the warmer weather! -

- Finally having a little more free time this week to catch up on my blogging and Pinterest. -

- Doing a little shopping at Aspen Bay. This is my favorite store in Starkville! Even if I don't buy anything I love to visit to see all the creative ways they decorate the store. -

- Getting around to working on my gallery wall that I hope to have up after this weekend! -

- Hopefully the weather will be nice and the rain will hold off so I can attend the Micro-fest in the Cotton District. -

 

Lots of Love, Natalie