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• I’m currently in love with…
  on Jul 6, 2012 in Currently Lovin'
  Sources: Straws | Southern Comfort | Raystown | Moccasins | Twitter | Gatorade | Credit Karma | Bacon Dip No. 1 – CreditKarma.Com; As some of you might know, Travis & I are saving to purchase a house and...
• It feels like a Monday.
  on Jul 5, 2012 in Holidays My Life
  Having a day off of work in the middle of the week really throws you off. I kept thinking yesterday that it was Saturday, and I needed to take more pictures for the Weekend Wrap-Up, and then I’d have to tell myself that it was only Wednesday. A...
• Cold → Cozy
  on Jul 3, 2012 in Second Apartment
  If you’ve been a reader of Mailbox Journey since just about the beginning, you might remember what our living room looked like when we first moved into our apartment in November. We had minimal furniture and it just looked cold. It definitely s...
• Weekend Wrap-Up #17
  on Jul 2, 2012 in Weekend Wrap-Up
  This post is WAY late today, but before I get into it I just wanted to say Thank You to everyone who left comments on my last blog post & to everyone that sent me the sweetest emails, including my role model‘s sweet instagram comment. :) A...
• Unedited Version Of Myself
  on Jun 29, 2012 in My Life
  Warning: A lot of rambling and the hardest post I’ve ever had to hit the publish button on. I’ve proof read this post about 348394 times in the last hour and as I get ready to push that button my heart is already beating irregular and my...
• A Little Paint Goes A Long Way
  on Jun 28, 2012 in Projects
  Last weekend I got my paint on and got two really simple projects done. The first project I did was take an old ampersand symbol I had laying around from our old apartment. It was black in our apartment, but it somehow ended up having white paint on...
• Style Elements: Indoor Edition
  on Jun 27, 2012 in Goals & Dreams Inspiration
  Yesterday I covered all of the style’s I love and would want/need in my backyard and around my house. Today I’m moving things indoors and going over all of the elements I’ve always dreamed of having. Here is what made the list: Wind...
• Style Elements: Outdoors Edition
  on Jun 26, 2012 in Goals & Dreams Inspiration
  I’ve daydreamed about what my house would look like since I was probably 6. Seriously. I use to look thru all of my Nanny & PawPaw’s home and gardening magazines when I was really young, and rip out pages of things I like and take th...
• Weekend Wrap-Up #16
  on Jun 25, 2012 in Weekend Wrap-Up
  Oh man… what a weekend! It was a very focused, get things done kind of weekend. I had some projects I wanted to get done, and Travis had some car stuff he wanted to get done so instead of going camping in Kutztown, Pennsylvania over the weekend...
• {Sponsored Post} Green Curves and Plaid Shorts
  on Jun 20, 2012 in Sponsors
  It’s the first day of Summer! Woo! I’m currently at a work conference so I’m extremely busy, but I’m just dropping in to talk a little bit about Old Navy’s swimwear line. I am no fashion blogger and never could be, but t...
• Never-Ending List Maker
  on Jun 19, 2012 in Goals & Dreams
  Travis and I are hoping that we will only be apartment renters for another year yet, so we don’t want to go too crazy in making this apartment feel more like home, but we do have a pretty lengthy list on things we’d hope to accomplish in...
• Weekend Wrap-Up #15
  on Jun 18, 2012 in Weekend Wrap-Up
  I don’t really have many pictures from this weekend since I completely forgot to charge my camera, but I do have some pictures that I pulled off of Instagram to show you from our Saturday. Which we spent at my Aunt & Uncle’s house fo...
• First & Second Apartment Floor Plans
  on May 11, 2012 in My Life
  Hey everyone! :) I just wanted to pop in quick to let you know that I added floor plans to the apartment tours pages. I added our first apartment’s layout. (seen here) Which really brought back memories. We definitely miss this place, but we do...
• It’s Camping Season!
  on May 10, 2012 in Projects
  Camping season started a few weeks ago for me (Easter weekend) but I decided to celebrate it a bit this year and make a wreath. So, I went to Michael’s last week and picked up all of the supplies I’d need: Lots of felt and tons of colors...
• Stained Stars
  on May 9, 2012 in Projects
  About three weekends ago I worked on a really easy and quick project but I just now got around to hanging them up, so it’s finally time to share it, I guess. Around the end of April I saw some wooden stars at Michael’s for $2.99 a piece,...
• Twelve Bucks at Shupp’s Grove
  on May 8, 2012 in Latest Additions
  Two weekends ago we hit up Shupp’s Grove Antique Market in Adamstown, Pennsylvania. It’s a big outdoor antique market, also known as “The Picker’s Market”. I love going there and looking through all of the old stuff, and...
• Weekend Wrap-Up #9
  on May 7, 2012 in Antique Adventures Weekend Wrap-Up
  Within a half hour of being home from work on Friday night, Travis and I got bored and decided to head up to his Mom’s camp, which is about an hour in a half away from us. At first, the weather was great on the drive up, but then the clouds sta...
• I’m currently in love with…
  on May 4, 2012 in Currently Lovin'
  Coral Canvas Tote Bag from The Shops at Target. This bag will be available in stores on May 6th and online at Target.com and I can’t wait. It’s a gorgeous bag for only $19.99 Picnik alternative: PicMonkey. I’ve been using this websi...
• Blueberry Lemonade w/ Vodka
  on May 3, 2012 in Food & Drink
  I’m attempting to make a different kind of alcohol trip for every camping trip I go on this year with my Dad’s side of the family (12 trips total). For the first camping trip I made some Blueberry Lemonade with Pinnacle Vodka. (Recipe sli...
• Bunting for the Chalkboard
  on May 2, 2012 in Projects
  Remember how I said I wanted to make some bunting for my chalkboard in the kitchen? Well, last Thursday after work I made some. My first ever set of bunting, and now I think I’m addicted to bunting. Except more to made for holidays, birthday...