Flower Wreath

At the end of the summer JoAnn's was having a huge sale on their silk spring flowers. I bought about 4 bunches for $6 total that were originally $4.99 a piece. I didn't quite know what to do with them until I got the great idea to make them into a flower wreath as a gift for my friend who's about to have a baby girl. I even bought a cute daisy hook to hang it on.

(This shows the daisy better)

(This is the truest color of the flowers)

The flowers were dark pink and light pink with a little creamy yellow color in the middle. I love the cute ribbon that matches the colors my friend is using to decorate her baby's room. I also got a super cute "Live, Laugh, Love" decoration that matched all of her colors too but I forgot to take a picture of it. Making the wreath was pretty easy. It was just a little time consuming because it took me two tries to even out all of the flowers just right.

I also found the most adorable little shoes! What can I say? I LOVE shoes! I had to get a pair for my friend's little one and a pair that I could keep in the hopes that one day I have a little girl to wear them. :)

Aren't they adorable! You can't really tell in these pictures but they have opal colored sparkly stuff woven all through the shoes.

I think this was my favorite baby shower gift I've ever given as a whole. I know decorations for the baby's room isn't a conventional gift but she loved them and I really liked making the wreath!

The places we've lived

With Jaren in the Army (even if it's only the Reserve), we have moved around a lot. We've lived in Colorado, Utah, Missouri, Washington, Wisconsin and Georgia. We've experienced freezing weather, lots of snow, endless rain, extreme humidity and sweltering heat. Now we're about to experience a new climate. Yep, we're moving again. This will be our 3rd move in 2 years. This is all very last minute and I'm quite sad to be leaving the Augusta, GA area. We LOVE it here. Even with the heat and humidity. Jaren has been offered a temporary position (up to 3 years) as a Captain on active duty in Texarkana, TX.

Where is that? It's on the border of Texas and Arkansas of course. The city itself is divided by the state line so there is a Texarkana, TX and Texarkana, AR. We haven't gotten a chance to visit or look for housing. I think we'll just end up driving out there when we move and hope to find a place real quick. We haven't officially gotten orders yet but Jaren will probably have to be there on October 3rd. Not much time! We will be renting our house here in Grovetown so we've been trying to complete most of our house projects in preparation for renters. So much to do and so little time to do it. It doesn't help that Jaren is required to work overtime every day until the end of September (end of the fiscal year). This is the contracting office's busiest time.

So here's hoping I don't go crazy trying to prepare for a move in 2 weeks. Good luck to me!