Happy Halloween BlogFriends!

Hope everyone had a wonderful day full of costumes & candy. ♥

A Wreath.

Everyone at my work has been on a wreath kick. All of the girls have been making the yarn wreaths. I like the look of the yarn wreath, but wrapping all of that yarn over & over & over did not appeal to me. However making a wreath to match the quilt that I have been working on for my mom's Christmas present did. I simply wrapped leftover strips of the fabric and pinned them in place with straight pins. I added some burlap for texture & made three fabric flowers that I pinned into a cluster. I am going to enjoy it for myself until Christmas time. ♥

Sunday Shopping

Alabama Print//Shop

I found this print for my home state. I love window shopping in 1canoe2's shop. I want everything! Check it out here.

Miss Emma

I hung out with my Bestie & her family one weekend. I snapped these shots of her niece Emma while we were hanging out on the porch enjoying the autumn weather. Oh sweet Emma. Pink is definitely her color & she loves when you tell her she is pretty. I love little Emma. I may or may not have walked around all of Target holding her while everyone else shopped.♥ I'm kinda obsessed.

In this last shot, little Emmers looks so much like her papa. It is kinda crazy.

Dear Red Toms

Dear Red Toms,

I am not quite sure where you have run off to. I am so very sorry I stepped you in that nasty water/mud. I was disgusted as much as you were. Please come back home. I know in reality, some big dog probably stole you out of my driveway, but just in case that is not so, come home. Like for real.

Xo Miss Money

Down to the Tracks.

There is just something about these out of focus shots that I love. The color combo is pretty dreamy and the movement is catching. They pull me in. Great color combo for Autumn & in the south, you can pull of sleeveless most days anyways. ♥













These shots crack me up. Getting my model pose on. ha. I still love them though. Enjoy!

Down to the Tracks.

Hello Blogfriends! I hope everyone is having a lovely Tuesday. It's expected to storm today & I'm pretty excited for it. ♥ I love autumn & misery grey days. To me, they are dreamy.


Xo MissMoney

My Main Man

This past Sunday I took my main man Bradley out to the park. We had a good time hanging in the perfect fall weather. Way back when, when it was only Pup & I, we used to go, go, go. He went everywhere with me. He is the light of my life. Come November, he will turn 8 years old. He is the very best gift a girl could have ever been given. I am forever thankful for my little gentleman!

The Good with The Bad.

My father's mother, Memaw passed away at the end of September. Her brother, Uncle Buddy turned 84 the day she died. The family knew it was coming. Memaw had been diagnosed with Lewy Body dementia last year and there had already been a few times when the doctors said she was not going to make it. The truth is, if her body would have kept living, she would have went stark raving crazy. It is sad for sure. I was not close to her. I never had been, but she was still my father's mother. My dad drives a motorcycle, so I drove him to Mississippi for her funeral/memorial service. (She was cremated. Is it still called a funeral?)

Aside from the death part of the trip, it was kinda amazing. When I talked to my mom after the trip, she said my dad had told her I was fun and that she had done a good job, to which she replied that I was my own little person. This makes me laugh.

To the amazing part. My father's brothers and sister have not all been together in one place since 1968. On the funeral day, they all came together in the church. Some of his siblings had never met their half sisters (by their father and their step mom). One of the half sisters broke the ice and showed up at the funeral. Sally said she can't go to VJ's (my aunt by marriage) mom funeral and not go to her own brother's mom's funeral. I am so proud of her, my aunt Sally. Sally is in her early forties and had never met one of her brothers and sister. It was crazy. It went smooth. No one acted up, or acted ugly. Obviously, since so much time has passed you are safe to assume there was drama among the family. All of the siblings, but one half sister were all together in the same church. Another amazing fact, Memaw and her husband, Charleton were married 43 years.

Crazy. Amazing.

On the way home, we stopped to see Aunt Myrt. Aunt Myrt is 92. When we showed up, she said we were an answer to her prayers. She had bowls of pears, onions, peppers, out. She had a grinder set up and was knee deep in trying to make pear relish. She had started making it with the expectation that her cleaning lady (sorry I do not know your name, Mrs. Cleaning Lady) could stay and help her finish up the pear relish. Mrs. Cleaning Lady had another job and Aunt Myrt was trying to struggle through making pear relish on her own. She was feeling it in her shoulder that she had had surgery on. We apparently showed up at the perfect time. I got to help Aunt Myrt make pear relish. I have never had the opportunity to do such a thing. Aunt Myrt and my dad laughed when I asked what you do with pear relish. You eat it with beans, turnips, peas is the answer. I still can't believe I made pear relish with Aunt Myrt. I had a little hands on experience with canning too. It was right up my alley. Somehow we made a 4-5 hour trip into an almost 10 hour trip, but that is kinda how I roll on most trips. You have to stop and see the good stuff.

Have a wonderful week BlogFriends!

Sunday Shopping

Dress//Lune Vintage//Lune Blog

Umm wow! I la la love this dress! Vintage & dresses are not naturally my style, but if I had some extra cash laying around, THIS where I would spend it.

Happy Sunday Shopping!

The MEOW.

Meet Abner. He is my Kitty. I found him one night while I was watering my watermelon patch last summer. True story! He was teeny tiny and acting all scaredy cat. I tried for a good while to get him that night and never could get him. The next day I came home from work and it was about to storm. I called for him and he was hanging out in the lot next to my house. I tried and tried to lure him. I ended up calling my mom & she told me to get some food. A piece of chicken or something. I went in the fridge and used the left over Cracker Barrel that my cousin had left in there to lure the little fellow. From then on out, he has been my little meow. He is still a skinny little cat and will meow until I hold him. I think my dogs taught him to beg. Up until about springtime, he would nurse on my dogs. I am pretty sure he does not realize he is not a dog. He goes walking around the neighborhood when I walk the dogs. He darts around, skipping and jumping in and out of the tall grass. I ♥ him. Happy Sunday!

Random Fun.

I have been using the BeFunky app on my Iphone for awhile now and I have really enjoyed it. Tonight I went to the their website and played around for the first time. It was fun. I do not have Photoshop, so I have been using Picnik for a while now. BeFunky is set up similar to Picnik and is rather user friendly. You can pay to upgrade, but I did not. The thing I enjoyed most was having access to effects that were a little different. Go have some random fun! Enjoy!

** I was not paid/sponsored/compensated or asked to speak about BeFunky or Picnik.

They are both products that I have used and enjoyed at my own free will.

Christmas in the Making

I have always dreamed of giving my mother a quilt I made. Well this year I am making it a reality. I am pretty far in & close to finishing the quilt top. There is no turning back now. I am excited that I am actually going to do it! I am all in. Having an entire week off from my full time job has given me the time to hunker down a tackle a big portion of the top. I am so excited to actually finish a quilt.



I took one of Kal's bulletproof positive attitude classes earlier this year. Something that has kept me going, & was a big part of me taking the first step was thinking "What if it's awesome!?" This was something Kal said in one of her videos and it has helped me to just jump in. To forget the doubts. To keep going. To forget all of the other what ifs.



I love the big window that pours in light on my work ♥ Have a great weekend!

Hello Friday

Good Morning BlogFriends!

I made a few tiny changes around these parts. Notice new header, new footer, new tabs, & new colors!

I enjoy the change. How about you? I needed a little switch-er-roo to spice things up.

Keep an eye out on MyPrettyPicture. I have been burning the midnight oil on a few things to share around here.


Xo, MissMoney

Down to the Tracks.

This particular day was misty and dreamy. The kind of weather that grows moss and ferns. I threw on my raincoat and road my bike down the hill to the tracks. I snapped a few photos and then had to run to get off the tracks for the train. I made it off the tracks in time, but was on the opposite site of the tracks to my bike. This felt like the longest train I had ever sat through. I have never had to wait for a train not being in the safety of my car before. That sucker was loud. And fast. When trains drive through town, they slow down. Not out here. It was barreling down its path. It meant business. Finally it passed and I grabbed my bike and headed home in the pouring rain. What a adventure. I never park my bike on that side of the tracks anymore. Lesson learned.

So Nice to Finally See You

Dear October,
Please send magic my way.
Septemeber can keep the bad juju.
Day One was spent with my other family.

May the daughters who lost their papa have peace in their hearts.
I snapped some photos of bestie's niece, Emma.
It's hard to get Emma time with the family around.
I ended the night around a fire in PJammer pants & cowboy boots.
Bestie supplied hot chocolate with marshmallows

& then ran me home when I happened to lock my keys in the car.
I am thankful for my bestie & my other family.
May all of the random people I know who were hurting the last week of September find their way through the tough times. May peace, comfort & love see them through.
October don't let me down. September was a B!

Xo Miss Money.



PS. Just to make it super official, if I were to pass away, please make sure my ashes are spread in the Pacific Northwest. I would love to live among rain and moss. Thanks.