High Five for Friday

Guess what?? It's FRIDAY!! YAY :) 

and its time for High Five for Friday!!

1) I got a new planner! I haven't used one since I graduated. I couldn't pass it up since it was TEAL with leopard inside!

2) I got to catch up with some of my besties over the phone!

Denise
(photo by Karla Collegeman Photogpraphy)

Gabby

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Brittany

3) I love my morning cuddle sessions with this guy!

4) I celebrated a year of blogging and a year of working at Courtney Ludeman Interiors!

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5) On our last trip to Target, we saw this! They've got Hokie Spirit! SO ready for college football season :)

Linking up with:

Lauren Elizabeth

Highlights of 2012

2012 was a huge year for me and I am sad to see it go, but I can't wait to see what 2013 brings :) Here is a review of what 2012 meant to me. Enjoy! What are looking forward to most about the new year?

January:

• started my last semester at Virginia Tech
• kicked off the New Year in Carytown
• last day of working at J.Crew

March:

• was given an awesome bridal shower by my sister and best friends

April:

• participated in my last Relay for Life as a student
• did the 3.2 Run in Remembrance

May:

• Became an ALUMNI of Virginia Tech
• did a lot of last minute wedding planning
• had 2 more awesome wedding showers!

June: 

• MARRIED my best friend
• had a fabulous bachelorette party
• went our honeymoon cruise to the Caribbean
• moved to Richmond
• turned 22!

July:

• One of my beautiful friends got married (Chelsey and Sean)
• started this blog :)

August:

• started my new job at Courtney Ludeman Interiors

September:

• visited Blacksburg for the first time since graduation

October:

• Went to my first Highpoint Market

November:

• wedding dress shopping w/ Denise
• first Thanksgiving as a married couple

December:

• weekend getaway to Williamsburg
• met John and Sherry from Young House Love
• the hubby turned 24!
• celebrated being married for 6 months!
• our first married Christmas

Happy New Year!!

Happy Friday!

It's NOVEMBER!!! Once again, I can't believe it! I have been working for Courtney for 3 months!! and I love it! Also,I appreciate you readers soooo much. I was up 600 more views from last month!! YAY! Also, I want to organize my blogs so that it's easier to read/find specific posts. If you have any ideas or suggestions for this let me know! Just comment on what you like/don't like. I LOVE hearing from you and including you in my blog!

Looking forward to:
1) Ty and Gabby are visiting and its her birthday so I am making her an epic dinner!
2) Me and Gabby are getting our nails done tomorrow :) much needed treat
3) Wedding dress shopping w/ Denise is coming up next weekend

This months highs:
1) found 2 great churches! (this was on the month's goals)
2) got wedding prints!! and hung them up (also on the goals)
3) going to Highpoint Market! It was so much fun!

This months lows:
1) The Hokies are doing terribly :( It's really hard to watch)
2) Missing family and friends a lot, haven't gotten to visit much
3) Hurricane Sandy- praying for everyone affected

Goals that I checked off:
Exercise More
Take More Photos 
Find a Church
Getting Wedding Photos Printed

Fall Bucket List:
Take a Nature walk and bring camera (did this twice!! Woot Woot)

Inspiration for daily life:

Teal Leather -as always

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Twinkle Lights- can't wait for Christmas!

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Chocolate

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LEOPARD and lots of it!

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Chevron!

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WEDDINGS! for my beautiful friends!

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Self-explanatory....

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God's paintings!

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I hope you continue to be inspired by my blog! Please tell me if you want to see more posts on something specific :) Otherwise it may just be random like this haha! 

On another note, Tuesday is Election Day. I am not one to rant on with politics but I know the importance of voting so...don't forget to VOTE....and do your research first! Don't rely on commercials to tell you the truth!

Happy Friday ;)

XO Samantha

Symphony Designer House 2012

Courtney and I got the opportunity to go visit the 2012 Symphony Designer house at Pinifer Park a couple of weeks ago. I have never experienced a "designer house" before so I didn't really know what to expect going in. Unfortunately I can't promote for you to go check it out because its closed to the public and I don't have any pictures but you can find out more about it here:http://www2.timesdispatch.com/lifestyles/2012/sep/09/tdflair01-richmond-symphony-designer-house-ready-f-ar-2181252/

I wish I had pictures of the kitchen and bathrooms :( They were stunning and the kitchen design was a very clever use of space and budget. Who knows..maybe I will get to be a part of the next Richmond Designer house?

I was thinking about what my favorite space was so that I could talk about it and to tell you the truth, I liked something about each space. I know that each designer put a lot of time and effort into their space.  It would take forever for me to mention what I liked about each space so I will show you the only pictures of the 2012 house that I could find. And did I mention that the property is GORGEOUS! I would hang out on that wrap around porch all day long!

Bridget Beari Designs did the hallway and stairwell

Dining Room by Ruth and Ollie

I loved the sophisticated feel of this space. Whether it was the lush velvet yellow drapes, the gold chairs with leopard seat cushions or the white hide-hair rug or the bright coral/red ceiling, I was drooling. :)

Here is the link to a video if you want to learn more about the house and some of the design concepts:

http://wtvr.com/2012/09/04/virginia-this-morning-richmond-symphony-designer-house/

Since I don't have many pictures from this, I will share a few past designer house photos as well!!

2008- Houzz

Cabell Design Studio

2010-Traditional Home

Jennifer Stoner

Have you ever been to a designer house? If so, what was your experience? What space in the house would you want to design?

XO Samantha

Highpoint Market 2012

I had been looking forward to this trip since I was hired and Erin was telling me her and Courtney usually go in the fall and spring. I had the date set on my calendar and it approached very quickly. Courtney and I left at about 6:30 am Monday morning and I thought I would sleep on the way down since I am NOT a morning person but I was very awake and ready to start.

We got about 30 minutes away and it started POURING rain! :( I was not happy because there is a lot of walking involved at market. Luckily the rain cleared off after we got in the first building and the rest of the day was beautiful. We spent a long while in the C.R.Laine showroom which happened to be one of my favorites. Here are some of the highlights from it :) I hope you make it all of the way through my pictures! I was very inspired. To sum things up market is supposed to be hard work and searching for products for our clients, but I just saw the whole experience as 2 straight days of SHOPPING! Haha, maybe I am the only one but I can't wait until Spring 2013 Highpoint Market!!!
WARNING: LOTS of pretty things ahead!

I <3 this wall color and blue leather sofa!

Fav chair of theirs :)

Shimmery fabric! Another favorite chair!

Nice traditional look!

Pretty color combination!

Love this kinda beachy look! 

LAMPS! Green tables!!

The spool chair :) and the wingback chair with nailheads!

Love these rich colors together...what a yummy green velvet sectional!

Love it!

Teal leather chair...ned I say more?

Another showroom I really enjoyed was Cyan Designs and they were very reasonably priced. We found some great new showrooms and products. I loved the lighting showrooms: Arteriors, Currey and Co and Visual Comfort were my favorites! I could definitely see repeated trends within the overall market. I can't wait to specify some of these products for clients! Overall it was a very stress free successful market! Now I will share some more favorites. Of course I got pics of anything teal and chevron that I could find. I want/need some clients that I can design these pretty things for!!!

Blue Glass Bottle Chandelier!!

Love the delicate shapes..there were definitely a lot of gold leaf tables!

Cute chair shape and love the white table!

Lovely light fixture

Lovely accessories display

Pretty handmade dishes in TEAL

Fav color combo!

WOO sorry for the blur...

Ooooh Ahhhhh

BEAUTIFUL custom handbags that I couldn't afford!

Seriously I have to have this one day!

Love these rustic touches!

Rope tables! Would be great for my future beach house? Anyone?

So cute and little!

 Loving the Greige and Orange!!!

I really wanted to bring one of these babies home! They were a fantastic price too :(

Blue Chevron rug get in my bedroom! Thank you

They are like art for the floor!

Always love grey and yellow

Classic!

Pretty, modern patterns

Teal patchwork rug ottoman! How unique :)

Love that these pieces match the rug above! So funny

GORGEOUS handmade rug! Me and Courtney were wanting to get one for the office :P

So what was my favorite thing about market? Um, all of the free coke and candy!!!! Duh :D Just kidding...but not really!

We also got to have dinner with some of Courtney's friends, Debbie and Lauren! They were so funny and sweet and dinner was delicious!! It's funny that they are from Richmond but we have to go to NC to see them :) And CONGRATS if you made it all the way to the end of this post!

Happy almost Friday~

XO Samantha