A few pretty pics. from some of my favorite Designers on Instagram. Check them out for more beautiful inspiration. Have a great week, happy 🐫 day!
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Yomitan Pottery Village
If you’re looking for a fun day of exploring Okinawa you should definitely give this place,Yomitan Pottery Village, a few hours of your time. Cole had a day off last week, so I thought I’d share a few pictures from this fun find. You may want to wait until the weather cools off a bit, there’s said to be around 45 artists working in the village, so plan to do some walking.
The Pottery Village was simple to find with google maps.
Yomitan Pottery Village
2653 Zakimi, Yomitan-son, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa-ken 904-0301
https://goo.gl/maps/KgqyjXCWMRG2
Hope you enjoyed the pictures from our day out and about, and add this place to you list of things to do before leaving the island, you won’t be disappointed.
Have a great weekend and thank-you for stopping by my blog!
Jessica
Happy Tailgating
Now that football season is well on its way, I’m always looking for a new recipe to take to fall/tailgate parties. Convenience is priority, if you can prepare the dish ahead of time it’s a definite winner. The recipes I chose are many of the standard tailgate dishes but with a twist to spice things up. The ingredients are listed, just click the pictures for the recipe instructions. I have also found a few fun gift ideas for your favorite fan, the shopping season is almost upon us, yikes!
via www.southernliving.com
via www.southernliving.com
Grilled Salsa
2 ears fresh corn, husks removed
1/2 jalapeño pepper, seeded (optional)
1 small sweet onion, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
6 medium tomatoes, halved (about 2 lb.)
Vegetable cooking spray
1 small garlic clove, quartered
1/4 cup loosely packed fresh cilantro leaves
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Fried pork rinds
via www.myrecipes.com
Smoky Blue Deviled Eggs
12 large eggs
1/4 cup mayonnaise
3/4 cup freshly grated smoked or sharp Cheddar cheese
1/4 cup finely chopped jarred roasted red bell pepper
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
Pinch of ground red pepper
via www.bhg.com
Smoky Pineapple Guacamole
Ingredients
Nonstick cooking spray
2 ripe avocados, halved, seeded, and peeled
2 slices fresh or canned pineapple
2 tablespoons sour cream
1 tablespoon snipped fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 teaspoon finely chopped canned chipotle pepper in adobo sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt
Tortilla chips or assorted vegetable dippers
www.myrecipes.com
Hot Spiced Boiled Peanuts
2 pounds raw peanuts in the shell
1/3 cup salt
3/4 cup hot sauce
1 (3-inch) piece fresh ginger, sliced
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
2 teaspoons coriander seeds
2 bay leaves
via www.chef-in-training.com
Buffalo Chicken Sliders
1 package Hawaiian rolls
10 slices Gouda cheese
Filling
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
⅓ cup Franks Buffalo sauce
1½ cups shredded rotisserie chicken
Blue Cheese Spread
½ cup mayo
½ cup crumbled blue cheese
¼ cup diced celery
¼ cup sour cream
Topping
½ cup butter, melted
1 cup blue cheese crumbled
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
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1 cup Molasses
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 tsp. Chile Powder
1 tsp. Ground Ginger
1 pinch of Cayenne..to taste
1/2 cup water
via www.lillybee.com
At Lilly Bee you can customize your ballet flats with your monogram, sorority, or team initials. They also have rains boots available in your school colors, check them out.
www.thomasdeanco.com
These crisp, tailored dress shirts come with logos in your team colors and are a perfect tailgate outfit for both genders.
www.cabelas.com
This is a must for your favorite tailgater, it’s available in all your favorite college or alma mater colors. Found at Cabela for $379.99.
via Etsy @ RedBarnProducts
A great game for all ages, whether in the back yard, tailgating, or at the beach with friends. This company I found on Etsy and they have all your college teams.
via www.theoldtry.com
I couldn’t help but add this print, a perfect little gift for your favorite Alabama fan. Check out this site for other affordable prints that represent your favorite state or team.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and happy tailgating. Thank-you again for following my blog, your support means so much! Also, if you have subscribed to my blog and are not receiving email notification, please subscribed again, I’m still trying to iron out the glitches.
Jessica
Easy projects with big impact for your daughter’s room
Hi all, I’ve been away for a few weeks with family in Alabama. Looks like we will be on the road for a while, final destination Okinawa, Japan in late October. Looking forward to posting our travels.
Hope you are having a wonderful summer with family and friends.
Today’s post is about cute DIY ideas for your daughter’s room that will make a big statement. The pictures below are one day projects you can do with your daughter without breaking the bank. Hope they inspire you to get crafty with your daughter. All the pictures below have clickable links, most with step-by-step instructions. 
via www.hankandhunt.com This idea would be cute in front of your daughters windows, above her headboard, or outlining her bed. You could use your daughters favorite colors and change-up the sizes and shapes.
via www.alltheluckintheworld.nl/blog/ Create this work of art with your daughter using her favorite mementoes to hang over her bed. 
via www.pinterest.com What a cute idea for a night-light, use your child’s name to personalize her space. 
via www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?productId=4322062 The lights pictured above can be found at Lowe’s in various lengths. 
via www.mycakies.com/2014/02/a-heart-light/ This is the same concept as above with twinkle lights and simple wire formed to the desired shape. 
via www.pinterest.com/pin/76420524899658229/ These are made of tissue paper and would look great in a group of five or six hanging in a group at various heights. 
via www.honestlywtf.com
via www.pinterest.com/pin/283234264034583607/
via www.brightnest.com My daughter would love this over her headboard. Simply a combination of the tulle fabric or tissue paper flowers and ribbons tied to a curtain rod.
via www.pillowthought.com This is an easy was to add color and interest to a room, nursery, or special occasion party.
via www.somewhere-in-the-middle.com Cute idea, using the inner ring of a sewing loom and ribbon.
Hope you all enjoyed the post, have a wonderful weekend! Don’t forget to subscribe to my blog and share with your friends!
Jessica
Affordable Sketches and Paintings of your Home
What better way to document your many homes throughout the years than with a beautiful piece of art. If you are military like us, we’re about to move for the tenth time in our eleven year marriage, enough for a gallery. This would also make a great anniversary gift for parents or grown children. Possibly the birth place of grandparents that have passed. Newlyweds would adore a sketch of their first home as a couple or even a picture of their wedding venue, the options are endless.
Originally, I saw a watercolor painting on Pinterest and decided to check out a few more on Etsy and was surprised at how affordable they are. Depending on how intricate, the prices started around forty dollars. Now is a great time to think about getting some Christmas shopping done. Check out a few of my favorite, all with clickable links.
via Etsy at JPressDesigns
via Etsy.com, at JoJackLee shop
via Etsy.com, at BusyBeePrints
via Etsy at the mysweetroseillustrat
via Etsy, by JoJackLee, this lovely sketch is a wedding venue
painting by Gingers Beavers, via Facebook. This is my sister’s lovely work, check out her page on Facebook.
via Pinterest by Good Life of Design Blog. This is on my list of to do, these are the cutest.
Hope you enjoyed this blog post! Don’t forget to subscribe and share with your friends! Have a great day!
Jessica
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