Blooming Blogger: Suzy from Saved by Suzy

It’s Friday, the weekend is here!  Woot Woot!  (Does anyone say that anymore?)  We are heading out of town this weekend to hang with our besties.  The guys are hitting up a twins game and the girls are shopping and getting some pedicures!  Let’s hope we don’t end up with foot fungus like our last pedicure experience 5 years ago!  What will the 7 kids be doing you ask?  Good question.  Hopefully playing together nicely.

You may have noticed that the Blooming Blogger series is now being posted on Fridays.  Mondays are now reserved for a new series called Marriage Mondays where the hubby and I will be posting on all things marital.     But today is all about The Blooming Blogger and I’d love for you to meet Suzy from !  We met just a few short months ago when our friend introduced us to each other.  Cassie thought we had a lot in common and we sure do!  Sometimes I think Suzy and I could be on the show Seperated at Birth.  (Is that a real show?  I don’t watch tv but for some reason I think that’s a real show).  We both have goldendoodles, have painted our houses with Gray Owl, used embroidery hoops and fabric in our daughter’s rooms and have many more things in common.  Read on to learn more about my twin and one of my favorite bloggers.


How did you come up with your blog name? 
My husband is the wordsmith in our house and he actually came up with it.  I used to have a custom emboridery business called “SewSuzy,” which my husband came up with.  So, I knew I wanted to use my name and the “saved” part was inspired by me “saving” old furniture from the dump or a thrift store.  I save furniture by giving it a makeover and a new life. 

What is your favorite food?

Hmmmm, this is a tough one!  I don’t think I’ve met a food I don’t like!  I have a huge sweet tooth and love baked goods and candy, but my favorite would have to be ice cream.

If you could vacation anywhere, where would you go and why?I used to loved to travel, but as I’ve gotten older and now have three children and two dogs,  I’ve become much more of a homebody.  Being so busy in my daily life right now, I don’t have a huge desire to visit a new city and sightsee.  I would much rather sit on a beach and relax.  We went to Kauai for our honeymoon and I would love to go back.

 

How did you meet your husband?
After I graduated from college, I moved to Aspen with a bunch of friends.  I worked as a waitress at a restaurant in the Hotel Jerome.  My husband was the restaurant manager.  He was always so nice and had a smile on his face, that I immediately had a crush on him.  When I found out that he lived in an old farmhouse with seven dogs (not all his!), I invited myself over to bring the dogs on a hike.  I am a HUGE dog lover.  The rest is history and we were married at the Hotel Jerome a year and a half later.  That was thirteen years ago!


Best book you have read lately?

Reading is one of my all-time favorite activities.  When I’m not busy catching up on all of my favorite blogs, I’m reading a book.  Historical fiction is my favorite.  The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon is great!

Show us your favorite room or project you’ve completed.
I love my daughter .
What is your favorite board on your Pinterest page?
Right now I have two favorite boards on my Pinterest page.  My “” is filled with great ideas that I’ve found on other blogs that I want to try myself…someday!  I also like my “” board.  I’m in the process of changing things up in the living room so I’ve pinned lots of great inspiration pics to this board recently.  Oh, how can I forget my “” board?!?!?  There are so many delicious recipes on Pinterest.  I don’t love cooking and I’m not a very good cook.  But, I love to find new recipes to try…as long as they are easy, quick and don’t take tons of ingredients!
What was the first piece of furniture you ever painted?
I had been reading design and furniture refinishing blogs for a while before I jumped in and painted my own piece.  I found a dresser at a yardsale that I passed by as I drove my daughters to school.  It was marked $40 and I didn’t even haggle on price.  This was about 1.5 years ago.  Since then, I’ve become a huge thrifter and garage sale addict.  The dresser is in my daughter’s room.
Thank you so much Ange for having me as today’s Blooming Blogger!
Thank you Suzy for stopping by and introducing yourself to us!  I just love Mary’s room, if only Little A had liked pink and orange.  sigh.  Head over to and check out her she’s doing for the Color My World Challenge.   I’ll be back on Monday hopefully without foot fungus, ready to kick off the marriage series!

Comments

  1. says

    ice cream was my favorite when i did this, too. and i met my husband 13 years ago! :) and mary’s room is a favorite of mine, too! LOVE it.

  3. says

    Thanks to Cassie for introducing us!!! I was going to write that we must have been “Separated at Birth” in my post, but I knew I wouldn’t have to because you would, Ange. Are we starting to share a brain too? I hope you have a wonderful weekend up in the big cities. Stay away foot fungus! Thanks for having me at your awesome blog today!

  4. says

    Great post! LOVE Suzy and all her great projects. Yay for Outlander! Awesome series (but be prepared to spend 2 years of your life reading through all 7800 pages of the series (not kidding).

    Good luck with the foot fungus and if you’re ever looking for another guest blogger, I’d love to do it!

  5. says

    Very nice post :) Suzy is a great gal, she won my very first giveaway! We have been in contact since then…….have a great weekend.

  6. says

    Love the post, ladies! Suzy, I do love that sweet pink and orange with (with jaguar influences, haha) for your little lady!

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