Woo Pig Y'all

Ahhhhh that lovely time is almost upon us folks! One of my most favorite seasons. And yes, I said "season"! I'm talking about some good ol' SEC football and it's one of my most favorite times of the year to decorate for. Lucky for me, my Alma Mater's lovely mascot fits perfectly into our house decor. So why not go big, huh? Also, I'd like to go ahead and apologize for the length of this post. I debated and debated breaking it into smaller posts. Y'all that know me well know how I debate every single decision I make. So alas, after about 24 hours I figured, what the heck, let's make it a big post! It's also almost all pictures so I kind of think it's like those picture books we all enjoyed when we were little!

Ok, first things first, my beloved mantel! This entire living/dining room makeover started with my "Woo Pig Y'all" burlap football I made with a group of girls from work on one of our "craft nights".

And from there, I just added lots of pigs I gathered from my bookcases as well as a couple of flower arrangements from my home office.

Final touch, a red and white berry garland and the mantel is complete!

Well, one cannot just stop with a mantel. DUH! Every season the entire living room gets a makeover. I added my favorite embroidered pillow to one of the chairs:

I had to change out the curtains as well so I stole the beige ones from the kitchen. Ok, here's the story with that. I thought well since they were down, I should go ahead and wash and dry them. Well, those suckers were super wrinkled so I made my way into my roommate's room to borrow the iron. While I was in there, I stumbled upon this cute red pillow on his bed. He's out of town so I text him that he'll get it back in October when the Autumn decor goes up! I added it to the ottoman as well as a pig pillow. The end table got a picture from the U of A campus and yet another pig to spruce up that seating area.

And well for the curtains, just a simple red and white polka dot ribbon to tie them back!

I also love having something inside of the fireplace which we don't use. It kills my allergies so it's main purpose is for decorating of course! I added this cute red pitcher.

Now, any good southern household needs a team mascot box of Kleenex! Am I right or am I right?

All said and done with the living room now and I can tell you one person that is in HOG HEAVEN....

He has such a pretty pen, don't you think?

Now, onto the dining room! The entire table this year was based around these adorable pig place card holders I got on clearance for like $6!

I found these adorable burlap tags at Hobby Lobby which were of course half price, and decided to use them as the place cards. I just simply added a cute ribbon to them.

I used two chargers this time because I wanted the grapevine ones to tie into all of the burlap.

I can never just have one centerpiece so I made this grouping by stealing some things from the kitchen, home office and living room. Soooo cute!

And lastly, a simple red grosgrain ribbon to the chandelier shades:

And here's the completed dining room! LOVE!!!

WHEW! That was a lot of work but I am just tickled pink how cute everything turned out this year! I still have to decorate the outside and make a wreath for my favorite pro-team so that post is coming soon. Until then, I'm taking a break and watching the rest of this pre-season NFL game while I wish and pray from my Hogs to have a great season! WOO PIG Y'ALL!