Costa Rica Photo Diary 1

Hiiiiii,

My husband and I took a very quick weekend trip to Costa Rica to celebrate my husband's 34th Birthday.  We stayed at the JW Marriott Resort and Spa in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.  Beautiful resort, by the way.  We  had a wonderful quick getaway!  Here are some shots I took while exploring the exquisite beach at our hotel.  Its amazing to me to see how many different looking beaches there are in this world.  God really is an artist!  I love to walk down a beach with the sand below my feet and observe the life around me.  Sounds cheesy and trite, I know... "I love romantic walks on the beach," but it's one of my favorite things in the world to do.  And NEVER EVER walk a beach without a camera in hand, I tell ya!  ;)  Enjoy!

More to come of Costa Rica! And I will be posting some on iseepattern, as well.

XOXO,

Whitney

GEAUX Tigers!!!

Yes, the season is over, but I wanted to share some of my LSU school spirit!  I have been meaning to post these pics for a while now.  The Tigers had a great season and all LSU fans around the globe are already counting down the days until next year begins!  What can we say, we bleed PURPLE and GOLD.  :)  GEAUX Tigers!

XOXO,

Whitney

Northpark Mall During Christmas

Hi!!!
I am sick at home with what I think is the dreaded flu (dr appt at 130), so I decided its a good time to get a blog post in.  Altho, I am not going to lie, I would soooooo rather be at work feeling good than stuck at home feeling crappy!  uh!  Get your flu shots people!  :)  Anywhoooo... While doing some of my Christmas shopping at my favorite Mall ever, NORTHPARK Mall in Dallas, TX (pretty sure I've mentioned this Mall before), I took some iPhone pictures of the plants in the huge pots that Northpark always has displayed.  They put the coolest plants in these pots.  Its one of the many things I love about this Mall.  Since I am sort of behind the times with my 3G iPhone, the pictures aren't the best, but they work for now.  My husband gave me a gift card to Apple for Christmas this year to go get the fancy new iPhone 4Gs!  I cant wait to finally have a flash on my camera among other things.  I will probably be getting that this weekend, if I'm feeling better.  Anyway, Enjoy my Northpark pics!  And I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas!

XOXO,

Whitney

Red, Green, Chevron, and POM POMS!

Santa's coming down the chimney tonight!  So, as soon as I finish this post I am heading to bed!  :)

But first, I wanted to share my red and green chevron printed presents.  I probably took on more than I should have this year, but it all got done and I can't wait to bring my lovely hand painted gifts to our family Christmas tomorrow.  Pinterest has really been a great tool for inspiration.  I really enjoyed painting these gifts and making the pom poms to go on top.  I already have ideas for what I am going to do next year.  Fun Fun!  Merry Christmas everyone.  I hope you left santa some cookies!

Joy to the Yarn

Happy Holidays Everyone!!!
I don't know about you, but I am obsessed with all things YARN this holiday season.  I am seeing all kinds of Crafty Christmas decorations made with yarn.  It all started for me at the GAP.  We had a "yarn bombing" party to decorate our store for the holidays.  I thought the visuals this year were so different and just plain hip.  I love the colors, the saying "Joy It Up," and of course, I love all the yarn.  POM POMs galore!  :)  Here are a couple pictures from our Yarn Bombing party at the GAP.

This last picture is my present for my other work's Christmas Party.  I was totally inspired by all the yarn holiday trends I have been seeing and decided to make some yarn balls of my own for my presents this year.  My friend came over and we had a pom pom party.  I still have to wrap all of my other gifts.  Hopefully I will be able to take pics of them to share with yall.  I went with newspaper for my company party, but I have changed my mind since then for the rest of my gifts this year.  I am still using yarn, of course, but switching the newpaper out for the classic brown packing paper.  That newspaper is just so messy!  I dont want my friends and family to have black fingers except for the ones santa is giving coal to.  haha.  

By the way, there is an As Seen on TV "Perfect Meatloaf" maker in the box!  :)

XOXO,

Whitney

Dope Nails

Hey everyone!
Long time no post, I know.  4 Letters...  L-I-F-E!!!! ahhhhh :)  But, I just had to stay up late tonight and post this! I think I may just have a new favorite fingernail polish color.  Well, its more of a pattern rather than a color!  Whatever you want to call it, my nails are DOPE, as my gap coworker said tonight.  And I agree with her!  I must admit, I feel quite cool with my DOPE nails!!!  hehe.  I saw this idea on Pinterest and had to try it out myself.   Click here to find my Pinterest page.   I have a board dedicated to nails that I like.  (BTW I absolutely love Pinterest...  If you havent joined, its a great place to find inspiration for whatever you are interested in)  Anyway, check out my tips and tell me what you think!

So what do you think?  DOPE huh?   haha  Okay gonna quit saying DOPE now!  :)  Anyway, I just looooove my nails right now.  If you like them too and are in the Dallas area, go to Serenity Nails on Lovers between Inwood and the Tollway and ask for Monica.  She is the artist behind this awesome nail art.  She did a bangin job.  I looooove them!

PS- Scarf is from the GAP.  You can never ever go wrong with a black and white pattern.  :)

Signing off for now!  One day I'll post about all my trips I told yall about.  One day... one day.... :)

XOXO,

Whitney