Thankful Thursday

We're almost there everyone.  It's almost the weekend!

This week has gone so fast!  There has been so much meeting at work and craziness and learning and my poor brain is melting, in a good way.  It's melting so that it can reform into a new super brain that knows everything it's supposed to!

So what am I thankful for this week?

I am thankful for being busy, it's a nice change of pace from the slow work days of weeks past.

I am thankful for new friends.

I am thankful for a new budgeting system.

I am thankful that it always works out, even when it feels like there is no way it will.

I am thankful that I have a hobby that I love that I can share with others.

Have a great Thursday!

Love,

Keely

Thankfully Thrifted Thursday

Good morning my loves and welcome to the new home of Hairbows and Butter!

So far I'm loving the switch to blogger, you can now follow me via Google Friend Connect! How fun!

I also set up ads with Passionfruit, so we can swap if you're up for it! I'll be doing a sponsor feature as well as a giveaway within the next month!

Now on to what we should be talking about today! Don't you love this dress! I picked it up at Savers. It had an elastic band around the bottom which doesn't flatter my shape, so I had my mom pull it out, I love it now, it's perfect. However the belt is incredibly important, it wouldn't have much shape at all without it (belt from Goodwill).

The thing about thrifting is that it's not a guarantee. You have to be persistent, check out several stores over multiple weeks until you find the winner! Someways you just get lucky, other days are just horrible. Keep thrifting lovelies!

Now for what I'm thankful for :)

I am thankful for family that trusts me.

I am thankful for the opportunity to make a difference.

I am thankful for the wonderful, supportive blogging community.

I am thankful for nights off.

I am thankful for sharing struggles with friends, and learning that were not alone, we all have battles.

Have a lovely Thursday!

Love,
Keely

Thankfully Thrifted Thursday-Martini Glasses

My roommate and I have started a tradition, Martini Monday!

On our first night we didn't actually have martini glasses and it really just wasn't all that charming.

So what do two single girls do who have no martini glasses? They go thrifting!

We decided we didn't want matching ones, there isn't really anything in our apartment that matches and we like it that way.

These are the glasses that we found.

Hers



It's the Eiffel Tower! It's just tacky enough and we love it!

Mine



It has just a touch of blue, which I love!

So there you have it, we found ourselves some extra classy martini glasses! Love!

Now for what I'm thankful for this week :)

I am thankful for simple, calm moments.

I am thankful for friends who have a heart to serve.

I am thankful for a wonderful house that I love to come home to.

I am thankful for a chance to express my creativity.

I am thankful for the ridiculousness of life (like my roommate and I doing the same scared dance when we realized the bat still lives on our deck).

Love,

Keely

Thankfully Thrifted Thursday-Bar Cart

So for the past couple of weeks I've been talking about what I'm thankful for each week.  This week I would like to extend this post, so there will be two features!

First I'll show you one of my favorite, recently thrifted pieces and then I'll give a brief list of things that I am thankful for this week.

Sound fun?  That's what I thought!  Can I just say that I'm always thankful for thrift stores?  They are for sure my favorite!  I hardly ever go to "real" stores anymore :)  It's so great!

I found this bar cart (which I am SO unhealthily in love with) at an ARC here in Denver.  It wasn't a planned visit to the store, my friend and I had some time to kill at when my eyes caught this amazing piece I knew I had to buy it!  And then I saw the price tag of only $25 and it was practically in my car!

It fits so perfectly on this wall in my apartment that's right by the door, so it occasionally doubles as a key drop which is perfect!

It has a functional burner (we're not sure what exactly we're going to use it for, Hot Toddies? Gluewein? we'll figure it out I'm sure).  I think it's totally awesomely random!

The bottom is perfect for for alcohols, glasses, etc.  The top is great for various other accessories.  We have some tins that have matches, cards, tea, etc in them.

Overall this is one of the best thrift finds ever!  If you find one while you're out and about you should most definitely pick it up!  You will not regret it!.

So now you're wondering what I'm thankful for, yeah (that is of course besides my bar cart :)).  Here's this week's list.

I am thankful for the ability to be at camp taking care of amazing kids.

I am thankful for a community that supports me in my efforts to "change the world" (and of course I support them as well).

I am thankful for the summer, for the fun times that have come out of it.

I am thankful for the roof over my head.

I am thankful for the joy in my life.



Don't forget to link up what you're thankful for on A Complete Waste of Makeup!

Love,

Keely

Thankful Thursday!

Good morning lovelies!

I hope you are all having lovely week so far.  It's about that time again for us to be thankful.

I know this is only the second time I've done this post, but it's so great for me to have to sit down and think about all of the blessings in my life, it's a nice reset moment in the week!

Here's this weeks list.

I am thankful to have the ability to share my baking with my friends and family.

I am thankful to have a home that I love.

I am thankful that I have been blessed with such a wonderful community.

I am thankful for the moments, even the small ones, that remind me how lovely life is.

I am thankful that my friends and family are safe and that the fires in Colorado appear to be more under control.

So there we have it, my brief list.

I hope that you compile your own list and that you think about all the blessings in your life!

Love,

Keely

P.S. don't forget to check out A Complete Waste of Makeup for a link up!

Thankful Thursdays

I came across a blog called A Complete Waste of Makeup (great name right!) today and she has a link up party called It's Ok to be Thankful Thursdays.



I was instantly in love with this idea because to be honest today I was struggling through this day.  I was really tired and maybe border-line grumpy, I needed a pick me up and this idea was perfect!

This may become a regular feature here, wouldn't that be great!

Here's my list:

I am thankful that I have a job, and a job that I love 90 percent of the time.

I am thankful that I have the world's most wonderful roommate who is such a sweetheart and so encouraging.

I am thankful that I have people in my life who love and support me and want to see my "succeed."

I am thankful that my family loves me and is letting me grow up and figure this whole thing out.

I am thankful that I have this small corner of the internet to share my thoughts and recipes, and that people are actually reading it!

There you have it.  That felt good!

What are you thankful for?  Join the link up!

Love,

Keely