Erin, Author at The Sunny Side Up Blog

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12.21.15

Christmas in the Entry

Happy Christmas week everyone! So excited to have my kids out of school. We wrapped up the play one of my daughters was in over the weekend – A Christmas Carol – such a fun production and my parents are in town (yea!). I am excited to wind down after a busy few weeks and get this party started. The party that includes pj’s all day, Christmas movies, rides to look at lights with Christmas music playing, hot chocolate and LOTS of wrapping! I still have areas of my home that I decorated and took pictures of, and I just haven’t had time to post them. Sharing a few of my entry today.

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xoxo, Erin

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Favorite Things

12.17.15

Favorite Things Party 2015!

Hello friends! The week before kids get out of school in December is always a busy one, isn’t it!? So much to get done and it’s also when a lot of holiday parties take place. I hope you are all enjoying the madness! :) I hosted a party at my house last night for all of the 12-18 year old girls from our church and it was so much fun! But that’s a party story for another day. It’s time to talk about our annual Favorite Things party! YEA!! (I need some drums here.. or music.. something to express my excitement for this party!) If you’ve been reading my blog for a while you know this has been a fun party I’ve been going to for years. My friend Ann is the hostess and this party is a tradition we all look forward to! I can’t believe how quickly a year goes by. I feel like I was just typing up the post from last year’s party! If you are new to my blog that post explains how this party works! It’s also full of other great gift ideas. Pretty sure I own one of everything on that list by now!

{Outfit sources: blouse/ (one of my favorites!)/jeans/similar boots /necklace/earrings/ Ann’s dress}

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xoxo, Erin

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Favorite Things

12.11.15

Gift ideas and a great sale!

Happy Friday friends! Whew! Made it through the week! This was a busy one. My kids are off to school and I’m sitting her on my laptop in a quiet (but very messy!) house. I have a free morning which hasn’t happened in a while and I’m thrilled to just be home with some time to clean, do laundry and catch up! It’s raining here and is cold and cloudy out. Love it! I have Christmas music playing and the fireplace on and even though my to-do list is seriously scaring me (wouldn’t be December without a scary to-do list!) I’m determined to soak in the madness and just enjoy it all before it’s over.

A few things I wanted to share:

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xoxo, Erin

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12.10.15

Magnolia Lane Christmas Tour

Hello friends! I’m Erin from Sunny Side Up and I’m so excited to be joining in this fun Holiday Open House hosted by sweet Amy and Christi (couldn’t love those two more!). I am a San Diego mom to three who loves home design and decor and is just a tad obsessed with organization! I also love dutch oven potatoes but that’s a story for a different blog tour. ;) My husband and I finished building our house and moved in just before Christmas two years ago. This year was especially fun to decorate because we actually have furniture in the main rooms! Exciting stuff. I’ve shared a lot more pictures, details and sources in various blog posts on each room (this is just a peek) so click below each room for more info!

Come in! So happy to have you over.

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xoxo, Erin

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12.09.15

Christmas in the kitchen (Warm and Cozy Christmas Home Tour)

Happy Wednesday friends! Sharing a bit of Christmas in my kitchen today as part of the Warm & Cozy Christmas Home Tour hosted by my darling friend Jen at Migonis Home blog and Wayfair! I love adding holiday touches to the kitchen – the place where everyone hangs out the most! I try not to over do it because our kitchen is trashed and then cleaned up again no short of 367 times a day and I like to keep the surfaces clean. You know. For all of that trashing and cleaning. ;) Just a few things in cupboards and around the perimeter of the kitchen make the space warm and cherry during this happy time of year.

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xoxo, Erin

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12.08.15

Christmas in the formal living room

Hello hello friends! So happy you are here! If you are stopping by from Sarah’s beautiful home at Thrifty Decor Chick welcome! I’m joining sweet Chris from Just a Girl for her Christmas one room tour. What a brilliant idea. One room! I can so get behind that. :)

Of course I’m sharing a very special room with you all today. Why is it special? Because it’s actually decorated! One year ago this room was completely empty and my goal was to get it furnished by the end of the year. Ta-da! It is! Mostly. Well.. almost. Enough to be special at least. :)

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xoxo, Erin

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12.07.15

A Holiday with Heart

I’m so excited to be a part of Jennifer’s “A Holiday with Heart” blog hop today! If you are visiting from Bliss at Home hello and welcome! When I heard the idea behind this blog hop – to share holiday traditions, stories or decor that is special and has meaning – I had a hard time deciding what to share. There are so many things throughout our home this time of year that hold a special meaning for me. I recently shared pictures of our family room decked for the holidays. This is the room our family spends the most time in and everywhere I look are items that for one reason or another are near and dear to my heart.

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xoxo, Erin

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Fashion

12.04.15

Fashion Friday – Sole Society

Happy Friday everyone! I have a new love in my life. It’s right up there with white molding, dutch oven potatoes and cherry ice chapstick. :) It’s the website for Sole Society and I am finding so many cute things there lately! I discovered it months ago when I bought my striped Leighton bag that I shared in my Favorite Things for 2015 post. When I ordered that bag it didn’t show up for a while. Some kind of mix up with the shipping. I called their customer service and they were so kind and helpful and had a new bag to me the next day. I love good customer service! And you all know how I feel about that bag (apparently everyone else loved it too because it sold out, but you can find a similar navy striped bag here). Anyway! I’ve been wearing a few other fun things from their store and am loving it all! Really cute stuff, nice quality and great prices.

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xoxo, Erin

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12.03.15

Christmas Home Tour Part 1

Hello friends! I’m so excited to be a part of the Cherished Christmas Home Tours hosted by Cherished Bliss and CountryLiving.com! For those of you visiting from The Wicker House or any of my other friends in the tour hello and welcome! My husband and I spent two years designing and building our house and moved in right before Christmas two years ago. (You can see more pictures of our home in my house tour.) We are so happy to be settling in and making our new house feel like home.

I’m going to share our porch and family room with you today and the rest of the house throughout next week! My friends/regular readers know I take way too many pictures to squeeze this all into one tour. ;) Continue reading “Christmas Home Tour Part 1”

xoxo, Erin

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12.01.15

Focusing on the reason for the season

Happy December friends! It’s official. The busiest month of the year is here! We all know that December can quickly get out of hand. Don’t get me wrong. I absolutely love the decorations and the parties and the gift giving and the music and movies and lights and everything else that comes along with celebrating Christmas. But I also want to make sure that I’m teaching my kids (and focusing on myself!) what is most special about this time of year and why we celebrate Christmas. This is a simple activity I’m doing with my kids this year to help us with that and I thought I’d share it if any of you would like to do it with your kids too. I didn’t come up with this but it’s something we’ve done in the past and I’m excited to do it again now that my kids are a little older. Continue reading “Focusing on the reason for the season”

xoxo, Erin

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11.30.15

Cyber Monday Deals (when retail therapy is needed..)

I’m sitting here on my laptop by the cozy lights of our Christmas tree with red eyes and a stack of tissues. My oldest daughter (11 years old) is heading to 6th grade camp tomorrow. She will be gone through Friday and aside from leaving her with my parents for quick couple getaways, this is the longest she has ever been away from home and away from me. She is SO excited. And I am SO sad! I put on a brave front for her. We packed her bags today and I told her how she is going to have a blast and to remember to wear sunscreen when it’s hot and a coat when it’s cold and to make sure she eats (even if it’s food she doesn’t like) and to brush her teeth in the morning and at night and to keep track of her stuff and about 15 other things to remember. I told her how much I love her and how we will be lost without her (we really will – she is our peacemaker!) and how proud I am of her. Then I kissed her good night and came downstairs and started to cry. I quietly sobbed and sniffed on the couch while my husband watched his recorded episode of Survivor until he finally turned to me and said “are you going to be ok?” Continue reading “Cyber Monday Deals (when retail therapy is needed..)”