Nov 30, 2011

Oh, How Pinteresting!


Today, I'm culling from my Home and Design board and focusing on my dream kitchen!

I simply adore this butchers block counter and it would look perfect with white cabinets!

So cute to let your dogs stay in the kitchen but not get in the way!

I love the color scheme and the lanterns are perfection!

I must have a stove like this!

I love all of the colorful cookbooks!

Such a gorgeous kitchen - I love the island in the middle!

I think the white cabinets and brown countertops is a perfect look! The backsplash is stunning!

Do you Pinterest? I would love to follow you!

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P.S. A belated Happy 25th Wedding Anniversary to my Mum and Daddy! Love you both!

xoxo,

Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}

Nov 29, 2011

DIY Holiday Link Up!



Today, I'm linking up with Hopsy for a DIY Holiday Gift! While I don't have a specific thing to make per say, I did visit Hobby Lobby for the first time last weekend! Y'all. To say that I was obsessed with HL is an understatement - my Mama had to about drag me out of the store! This weekend almost everything Christmas themed was 50% off and I got so much adorable stuff, as well as looked for things to plan out some more Pinterest crafts!

How cute is this little board?

I got it thinking I would style after this and it would be perfect to hang on my bedroom door!


I also picked this up at a bargain store on Friday to repaint and restore - it was too cute not to pass up!

I think that between these two projects and making some ornaments for friends I'll be very busy crafting in the next few weeks!

xoxo,

Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}

Nov 28, 2011

Miranda Lambert

For some reason YouTube won't let me embed videos here, so sorry they're all links.


This past weekend, while Ensley and I were partaking in our own Black Friday festivities, she insisted that I listen to Miranda Lambert's new album, Four The Record.

I'll admit, I was skeptical.  I loved Heart Like Mine and Only Prettier, but I had never really listened to anything else by her.  Well, I owe Ensley a lot.

I'm obsessed y'all. My two favorites? All Kinds Of Kinds & Mama's Broken Heart

And don't even get me started on Pistol Annies. If you haven't heard Boys From The South, your ears will thank you 3 minutes and 39 seconds from now.  My new favorite however is Hell On Heels.


Have y'all ever listened to Miranda Lambert or Pistol Annies?

Have a wonderful Monday!

xoxo,

Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}

Nov 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!



Happy Thanksgiving y'all! Today I'm thankful for my family and friends who I am blessed to be spending the day with! Have a wonderful day friends and see y'all on Cyber Monday!

xoxo,

Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}

Nov 22, 2011

Oh, How Pinteresting!


Today I'm culling pins from my Home For The Holidays board! Happy Wednesday!






Today I'm free at ten and then it's off to West Virginia!

xoxo,

Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}

Thanksgiving Attire

With Thanksgiving on Thursday, I've already begun to select my outfits for the weekend!

Here are a few of my suggestions!

Just add some pearls or fun costume jewelry and you're all set!

xoxo,

Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

J Crew zipper dress
$198 - jcrew.com

J Crew pocket dress
$188 - jcrew.com

Tory Burch cuffed boots
$375 - mytheresa.com

J Crew military shirt
$98 - jcrew.com

Splendid turtleneck top
$52 - net-a-porter.com

J Crew silk skirt
$200 - net-a-porter.com

J Crew pleated skirt
$85 - jcrew.com

Tory Burch leopard print flat
£210 - net-a-porter.com

Tory burch shoes
$195 - bloomingdales.com

Nov 20, 2011

What I'm Thankful For

Today, I'm thankful for all of the opportunities I have been given.

I go to one of the best secondary schools in the country,
I will travel to Paris in March for two weeks to live as Parisian,
I have climbed the Great Wall of China, 
I was chosen to be a Counselor In Training for four weeks last summer,
I've been Captain of a team,
I have traveled to China,
I have given a speech to over 300 people, and I'll get the opportunity to do it again next year,
and today, I'm very happy to announce a new opportunity I have been given.

Friday night, I received an email congratulating me on my acceptance to the Winter Mission Training Workshop for Operation Smile.

I still can't believe it, and I am thankful that my prayers have truly been answered on this one.  I have been waiting since last year when I sent in my first application.  I have been denied twice and as they say, third time's the charm. It was hard to put my faith in God and to know that I would go when the time was right, and it was hard to wait and to fail, but I am thankful for the lessons this has taught me.

I have learned a lot about failure, patience and faith in the past two years and those lessons have made me a stronger and better person, and that, I couldn't be more thankful for.


“My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win.” - Ronald Reagan


"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." - Teddy Roosevelt


Thanks Ronnie & Teddy. I agree.

xoxo,

Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}

Nov 18, 2011

Friday, Friday Gotta Get Down On Friday

That's all I have today y'all. This week has been rough to say the least. I'm going to pray for no quiz in U.S. History, turn in my abstract for Alternate History, turn in my poem for English, let out a whoop if I make it to at 2:35 today, click my heels on the way out of school, and work on my namaste a bit at yoga and let go of this week. Because next week I have two and a half days of school and it's THANKSGIVING!

Enjoy some Luke Bryan eye-candy in honor of it being Friday. I'm obsessed with this song more than I care to admit.


Also, a Happy Happy Birthday to my Daddy! You're the best!

Have a wonderful Friday y'all!

xoxo,

Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}

Title: Rebecca Black, Friday. I'm not even going to act like I'm sorry about this one.

Nov 17, 2011

Hey, It's Ok


Today I'm linking up for the first time with Amber for It's Ok Thursdays!

It's Ok..

..to be overly excited about Ladies Night Out at your local Nursery because you can't wait to see their Christmas Decorations

..to be going to said Ladies Night Out with your Mother and her friends

..to be completely fine with that

..to not understand anything about your Alternate History project that's due in two weeks

..to be super excited about Thanksgiving just because you're guaranteed to not to see anyone except family for six days

..to be rocking out to Christmas music and music you listened to during the summer at the same time

..to spend more time on your U.S. History notes than your hair #junioryearprobz

..to slide into your 8:15 class at 8:14 and 55 seconds

..to utilize scarves and headbands as much as possible, just because

..to want it to be cold because all of your summer clothes are packed away and you're too lazy to get them out

..to take advantage of the seventy-five degree weather and to obnoxiously sing "Fishin In The Dark" as you zip home from school

xoxo,

Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}

Nov 16, 2011

Oh, How Pinteresting & A Winner!


 I went to Michael's last week, quite a dangerous feat for me, and wandered around looking at their acrylic paints and such because I really want to make a few of these next items my weekend projects!

For some reason the embedding won't work but all of these pictures are in my "Getting Crafty" board on Pinterest!

I have always admired these in various boutiques and I can't wait to see how mine turns out!

I am always counting down the days to something and this would be the perfect reminder!

I love this! I would totes do it in Texas state colors!

There are variations of these two quotes and I can't wait to test these!


This is just too adorable not to try and you can just change the city!

This would be super cute for a guest bedroom!

I also LOVE Katie's DIY Nautical Flags and I am definitely going to be trying that as well!

Also, last night I used Random.org to choose my winner!


Congrats to SSC from Eating the City of Oaks for winning my Just Madras giveaway! Many thanks to all who entered!

xoxo,

Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}

Nov 15, 2011

Swell Caroline

Have y'all heard of Swell Caroline? I'm basically obsessed with their jewelry! 

Swell Caroline is here to help you accessorize your life.  We delight in all things preppy, colorful, well styled and just plain fabulous. 

I mean, how much more perfect can this company get?

This is a preppy twist on the typical Monogram necklace and I am obsessed with the tortoise one!

How adorable and understated are these earrings?

I think the Lobsters are just darling!

This would be gorgeous for the Holidays!

Have you ever shopped with Swell Caroline?

xoxo,

Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}

Nov 14, 2011

Homecoming

A few weeks ago, my school had it's Homecoming weekend!

Although we may have lost to a really good team, who were really unapologetic about it, the game was still super fun and it was a beautiful afternoon! The dance might have not been the best night of my life, but a bunch of my friends and I got together before and we had a fantastic time if I do say so myself.


But, the best part of the whole weekend is that I got to spend it with my french exchange student!


She was here for two weeks and we had so much fun together! I get to go to Paris for two weeks in March and I absolutely can't wait!

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend and most importantly, a good excuse to dress up!

xoxo,

Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}