This Lil' Birdie Cooks: Shrimp & Grits

It's not very often that I cook dinner and am wowed by my own food.  It's normally a general feeling of "meh" and being underwhelmed that I followed the recipe to the tiniest pinch of spice and it didn't work out like I wanted.  But Friday night was a whole different story.

I found this recipe in Southern Living for grilled shrimp & cheesy corn grits and let's be honest, give me cheese, grits, corn & shrimp and I'm a happy happy girl.

But that seemed like a LOT of work for some silly ol' corn and shrimp, so I improvised.

And this is how it turned out...

YUM!  I actually boiled my corn & then made the grits the same way listed in the recipe.  But thanks to Pinterest, I found this shrimp recipe and ooooh it was good!

So go on.  Try it.  I promise you'll like it!

This Lil' Birdie Got Married!

It's true!  I got married!  It's almost been one month since I officially became Mrs. Newman (actually, according to the US government, as of June 4, 2012, I became Mrs. Newman since it took FOREVER to actually change my name... but that's neither here nor there!).

I wanted to share a few of my favorite pictures with you (without going overboard, I promise)...

 

 

 

 

A big thank you to the American Village for offering us such a wonderful venue and being so sweet to tote us around on golf carts when it was raining.  And to Barb's Cakes for the best strawberry bride's cake and cutest groom's cake ever! 

This Lil' Birdie's Favorite Things Part 2

Apologies for the one post last week.  Planning on making up for it this week with a few recipes and crafty tutorials!

For now though, I thought I'd share another one of my favorite things!

Have any of you ever checked out the Audrey Hepburn Complex Tumblr blog?

I am officially obsessed.  Most of my favorite pictures in my "inspiration" file are from this lil' blog...See...

 

Gorgeous!  Makes me miss my long hair and makes me want to wear all ruffles everyday!

Oh, hello, lovelies.   Wouldn't you like to come live in my closet?

Stunning...

Really, if you haven't already, you must click on over to see the Audrey Hepburn Complex tumblr.  You'll definitely find it eclectic and inspirational and simply lovely...

This Lil' Birdie's Favorite Things Part 1

I'm an extremely opinionated person {if you hadn't figured that out by now}.  So I've decided to share some of my favorite things with you!

Let's start with Red Ticking Stripes...

Available on Etsy.com

Oh, why must you be so adorable?!

Available on Etsy.com

J'adore!

Available on Etsy.com

Burlap AND a red ticking stripe?! Be still my heart!!!

My next project is going to have to have some sort of red ticking stripe in it... I just can't resist anymore!

P.s. Can you tell that I'm a*little* obsessed with Etsy as well? 'Cause I am...