LLW- Tala peeps

Happy Wednesday everyone! I started Lock Lock Wednesday to get myself motivated to style my hair everyday. It is so easy, for even hair stylists to get in a rut with their hair. I am hoping to inspire you along the way with simple and fun techniques to help you look fabulous! Join me along the way. It will be fun! All you have to do is take snapshots of your hair during the week and link up with me below! 

I was lazy this week...... lots of air drying....lots of high buns. Sorry, it's summer. I must take advantage. But, I had fun at Tala. I colored Katie's hair after a 8 + month break :) We foiled in two colors:  a mahogany brown and a espresso brown. I love how it added depth and dimension. I used the Moroccan Oil Hydrate shampoo, conditioner, oil and Awapuhi shine spray. It looks amazing and healthy!

For my friend, Amanda, I did a overhaul. We highlighted her hair with bleach! I did a double foil, and painted her regrowth with a hi lift blonde to break her base. I used a cool tone red on her bottom/nape to give it depth and funk it up a bit. We also got crazy and gave her fringe for fall. I love how it turned out! 

Join me and show off your locks! 

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Every Friday, I link up with Jeanette and Lauren to share with you some of my weekly highlights! It has been a chaotic/lovely/blessed week. We have been celebrating my birthday/ our anniversary this week! 

Every Thursday, our city of Rochester, puts on a Thursdays on First celebration. It is a favorite of ours to hit up the local vendors for art and food. This past week, Chastity Brown performed an amazing show that we got to watch. The girls loved it. We ate local popcorn and took in the evening. 

This past weekend, i headed over to Red Wing for a quick jaunt to see my family. It was River City Days in my hometown. We dug out my sisters and my old bikes for our kiddos, had a bonfire, boated (for an hour......my baby was not having it), went to a parade and enjoyed the weekend! 

Aunt Chelsea and baby Kiyah. She was over the life jacket. 

  

Grandma Beege and Zion

Kiyah discovered the crayola markers this week.....need I say more.......

OBSESSED.....is an understatement of my lovely and perfect mantel right now! I got the bunting from my BFF for my birthday. She is selling it over at her shoppe! The sunflowers, orange frame with Katie Daisy art, and mercury glass were  birthday gifts.

I find that 90% of my pictures of my daughters are in the morning. So PRESH.

 My Hus and I celebrated my 32nd birthday on Monday by going out of town on a HOT DATE. It was perfection. He had babysitters lined up, dinner planned and I loved every minute of Andy time. Needed. Appreciated. Loved. It was a fun night for us. I think this was my 12th birthday that I have celebrated with him. Time goes too fast. It was our 8th wedding anniversary on 8/7 too. We are waiting to celebrate in a month of so. We must spread out our dates :) But I am thankful and blessed by this man. 

Zinnias ++++ my fav

I want to plant a ba-jillion of these next summer. Seriously, I can't get over how much they make me happy. That and coffee......and Jesus......and my family.......and freshly painted nails.....and a clean car.....and a fully stocked fridge......and clean babies after baths.......and the sun shining on my skin.......and..........thats enough for today........

Happy FRIDAY! I am off to celebrate my sister's bachelorette weekend! Loves.

LLW -- Special Occasion Hair

Happy Wednesday everyone! I started Lock Lock Wednesday to get myself motivated to style my hair everyday. It is so easy, for even hair stylists to get in a rut with their hair. I am hoping to inspire you along the way with simple and fun techniques to help you look fabulous! Join me along the way. It will be fun! All you have to do is take snapshots of your hair during the week and link up with me below! 

This week, I thought it would be fun to share with you some special occasion/fancy hair! I got to style hair for my cousin's wedding this past weekend! I did 8 women's hair. It was a blast to have them all over and go to town with hairspray and bobby pins. I always try to create different styles for each person. 

Above:  I took the hair and curled it with a 1" curling iron. I back combed the crown area and did a messy bun with pins. I sectioned out the front of the hair and braided it on each side, then stretched the braid across the top of the bun and pinned away. I love how it turned out!

Above is the bride, Krista. I actually used extensions in her hair to add thickness and length. We curled her hair and back combed a lot. I did a braid along her nape and pinned it all into a messy pony/bun. I love how it turned out. vintage. stunning. gorgeous. and romantic.

For this style, I took hair and curled for prep. I then did 3 buns looping them into a double bun. So essentially, it looks like 6 buns. Isn't it cute? I like the simplicity of this look.

For Atley's hair, I did lots of braids. It is fun and youthful. I swept it up to the right for a feminine look. I love how it looked on her.

This photo is blurry but it is the only one I got. I used extensions here and curled a lot! I love how this style turned out. it is on the mother of the bride. Classic and timeless.

Do you have any favorite ways to style hair lately? 

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Happy LLW!

Dollhouse update!

We are getting so excited for our dollhouse to be done! Andy has spent many hours on it for our girls. I first shared with you about it here! He ended up going with 4 rooms + a loft! It is all ready for me to paint and personalize the space now.........my favorite part.

This morning, I let the girls play with it. Zion and Zakiyah are going to have a blast with it. I am so excited, just thinking of the hours spent using their imagination with their dollhouse. 

It is going to be Kiyah's first birthday gift (8/20) from us. We thought it would be really meaningful and fun for her. I am going to hide the dollhouse until it is presented to her on her birthday once I start the painting! 

I love the siding. I love how Andy used a organ from our church. It has so much character and charm to it.

I have been slowly collecting pieces for it to furnish it. I am really excited to create some pieces for it!

Do you have a dollhouse? Are you working on any projects for your kiddos right now? I am so excited to share with you the finished project......If you have any ideas for me on design, please share! 

Happy Tuesday!

LLW

Happy Wednesday everyone! I started Lock Lock Wednesday to get myself motivated to style my hair everyday. It is so easy, for even hair stylists to get in a rut with their hair. I am hoping to inspire you along the way with simple and fun techniques to help you look fabulous! Join me along the way. It will be fun! All you have to do is take snapshots of your hair during the week and link up with me below! 

Rockin' dirty hair with some Sea Salt Spray and Hairspray and my headband is from Target.

I took my hair and braided some stranded and pinned it in 3 sections. Easy and Fun for summer. My earrings are Stella&Dot. 

Join me and show off your hair throughout the week on Instagram #locklovewed and #locklovewednesday, or join me below by linking up! 

::::::: Christy ::::::::::

Zion's Chevron Quilt

I realized that I never shared with you the finished quilt that my mom made for Zion. I shared with you the pattern and fabric here! My mom made a full size quilt. I had google imaged chevron quilts and she created her own pattern. The fabric from FabricShoppe! I layed the quilt on our queen bed for pix. Zion uses a toddler bed for now, so we fold it in half! 

Isn't it the most beautiful quilt. My mom is soooooo talented! Zion's room is filled with Strawberry Shortcake and purple! I love all of the details! My mom made the pillow case for with Strawberry Shortcake. I made the two pillows with Jody fabric too! 

The scraps on the bed are from Zion's birthday party.

Do you have a favorite quilt pattern right now? I am loving the hexi's!