Weekend in Houston

We had a wonderful time celebrating Kory and Amanda's wedding shower (and Amanda's bday) with them in Houston this weekend! Here are some pics from the weekend...

DISCLAIMER: Houston is humid. The End.

The girls celebrating Amanda's 24th bday!

The boys happy to be back together!

Amanda and I at the wedding shower.

LOVE!

There is only one time in life that kitchen items are this exciting! And it is such a fun time!

Me with my love! 

Loving the bride koozie! 

We also had a chance to get brunch and do some antique shopping on Saturday morning. I did not find any antiques, but I did find a really cute shirt at Buffalo Exchange (a resale shop)...can't wait for some warm weather to return so I can wear it!

We can't wait for all of the fun wedding festivities to continue until the wedding on May 28th! 

Also, don't forget Spring Fling is still going on. Check out some great giveaways here....

Ashley Creation

Girl Boy Girl Inspired

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

And the winner is...

Thank you to everyone who left a comment for the Spring Fling giveaway. The winner of the Bloom Necklace in Ivory is DESIWELCH. I used random.org and her 74th entry won!

Please email me at TheSimpleSussie@gmail.com to get information for shipping. The winner has until Monday at midnight to claim their prize or another entry will be chosen.

Also, since there was such a great turnout, I am offering 10% until Monday at midnight. Enter the code SPRING 10 and recieve 10% your Simple Sussie purchase!

**Thank you Desiree for getting in contact with me!!

Weekend Wrap Up for Spring Fling

First of all, thank you for all of the wonderful support and sweet comments for The Simple Sussie giveaway that started yesterday. If you have not had a chance to enter, click here! The giveaway will close Saturday at midnight. I will announce the winner on Sunday afternoon. 

As for this weekend, James and I are headed to Houston for our wonderful friends (Kory and Amanda's) wedding shower! We can't wait to see our friends and celebrate this soon to be marriage! I wanted to go ahead and give you the giveaways for Friday and Saturday. Check out the giveaways below and go support these wonderful ladies. 

A cleaning apron from Nat Mac

A wonderful rosette headband from Luxe Boulevard

A handmade purse from Sweet Bee Buzzings

A vintage assortment basket from Lucky 7 

I am so sorry I do not have pictures. For some odd reason it is not letting me load them today. Check out their blogs and they will have pics of everything they are giving away! 

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Spring Fling Giveaway: The Simple Sussie

Today is the day for The Simple Sussie giveaway for Spring Fling!

As many of you know I am participating in the Spring Fling Giveaway with Wildflowers and Whimsy. I have been introduced to some wonderfully talented bloggers, artists, and fellow crafters! It has been so fun to see the way each of these women shows their own style of creativity. The way Spring Fling works is each of us has a day (shared with another fun shop/blog) to feature a giveaway of our own. 

I am SO excited to do a giveaway on The Simple Sussie for my Bloom Necklace in Ivory. 

The giveaway opens today and closes on Saturday at midnight. The winner will be announced on Sunday.

Here is a pic of the lovely necklace....

Here is how you enter:

Please leave a separate comment for each entry. 

Required to enter (worth 1 entry each)

1. Become a follower of The Simple Sussie

2. Go to The Simple Sussie Shop and tell me about your favorite item in the shop.

Optional extra entries:

1. Become a follower of Wildflowers and Whimsy (the host of the Spring Fling giveaways)(1 entry)

2. Follow To Sew with Love (another wonderful blog in today's giveaway)(1entry)

3. Follow Sweet Nothings (another precious blog in today's giveaway)(1 entry)

4. Blog about this giveaway on your own blog! (worth 2 entries)

Also, check out some other wonderful giveaways for Spring Fling...

Sweet Nothings is giving away a precious yellow rose pin...

To Sew with Love is giving away a diaper case with plush owl...

A cute headband at Momma's Kinda Crafty...

Or some bright spring flowers at My Mommy Can...

Hope you win any of these wonderful giveaways! Happy Thursday! 

-Lauren 

a simple favorite: avocado grilled cheese

James and I have an absolute favorite go to (super cheap, yummy and easy) recipe that we probably make entirely too much. It seems to be our go to after church lunch. Since we have always just gone to the grocery store (and always have avocados) we love to make these yummy sandwiches. 

I thought I would share the idea and would love to hear about any simple favorite you have!

Avocado Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

1 large avocado

3 thin slices of creamy havarti cheese

Your choice of bread

Mash the avocado with a little salsa and put on bread. Then add your havarti cheese. Put on the George Forman (or panini maker if you are fancy) and press. 

*We also love to add turkey or chicken if we make these for dinner. 

Serve with chips and your favorite salsa! 

Like I said it is a super cheap, easy, and yummy lunch! And since I could probably add avocado to everything, I love it! 

Also, don't forget that Spring Fling is going on over at Wildflowers and Whimsy. Today you can enter to win a wonderful necklace from Ask Anna or cute little apron from While He Was Napping. Go check out their blogs, follow, and enter their lovely giveaway. 

-Lauren 

Spring Fling Giveaway

Hey Everyone!

So I am participating in a wonderful giveaway party called Spring Fling over at Wildflowers and Whimsy! You should go check out the giveaways for today. 

First, they are showing a shop called Time Well Spent. She features fun and unique tutu's and bows. Great for little girls and gifts!

Next, they are featuring A Very Dandoislion Life. This shop is so fun and has some great items with a touch of vintage. The winner gets a list of wonderful items from her shop. I am loving the rosette headband with the vintage embellishment! So fun, and a great addition to a simple piece! 

I will be doing a giveaway for the ivory rosette necklace on Thursday, March 24th right here on The Simple Sussie! Follow this blog and head over to Wildflowers and Whimsy so you can enter in all of the fun giveaways!

Also, there are 2 giveaways from yesterday that I completely forgot to post about!

Check out Increasingly Domestic for some great ideas and a fun and functional giveaway!

Last, check out A Crafty Southern Chick for some really fun some great upcycled jewelry items! 

I know, tons of giveaways, but so fun! Hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday and getting back into the swing after Spring Break! 

travel roll up case

I made this travel roll up case last weekend and can't wait to use it! I love how it can be very custom to what you like to carry. I am working on making one for my little sister to carry all of her make-up brushes in. Here is the final product for the one I made for myself...

Here is an up close of the pockets...

 The whole roll-up with attached ribbons on the side. 

Note: Please excuse the unedited photo. When I edit this photo it turns it to the side for some odd reason. I will have to figure that one out later. The colors from above are MUCH more accurate. But, here it is all rolled up! 

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. Hard to believe Spring Break is almost over. It has been so nice to work on crafty projects and get some things done! 

Also, I am linking up with these other blogs (that also have wonderful craft ideas!)

theshabbynest.blogspot.com

tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com

bubblynaturecreations.com

Happy Saturday!

-Lauren