Travel Thursday on Friday the rest of the trip

Okay sooo super slacker here. 

I forgot last week and am a little late this week..

In the words of my two year old... oopies..

Okay so where we left off on the Disney trip.

friday, saturday, and sunday we will visit family and enjoy our time travelling the 16 hr. drive.

1. Monday-Magic Kingdom

2. Tuesday-Typhoon Lagoon

3.Wednesday-park hop whatever we missed

4. Thursday- Sea World

Now on to the rest of the trip...

5. Friday- SHOPPING!!!!

This is my planned day to go to the Orlando Ikea!!

We have quite a list started between things I would like and things friends are wanting me to pick up for them.

There are also some great outlets and malls around Orlando and we are going to try to hit up some of those.

6. Saturday- the day we leave

It will be sad to leave but we will take our time getting out of town, and no... we aren't headed home. we are headed to... Atlanta!!!

7. Sunday- FAMILY PICTURES!!!

okay, okay, I am REALLY excited about this day. I have NEVER had lil bit's 2 yr. portrait done and the city I live in well... there is slim pickin's when it comes to a really talented photographer. 

Sure, there are some here but they charge way more than I would care to spend and they don't offer the package I am looking for. 

Well by fate I was playing on facebook and stumbled upon a friend of Casey's from college. She lives in the Atlanta area and is EXACTLY what I am wanting. 

Did I mention her talent is more than that of the $1000 photographer??

Meet Taryn

 she began experimenting with her camera when her sweet baby girl was born and I cannot wait to see her beautiful work!!

I mean... are you kidding?/ this is adoreable!

Super pumped!!

8. Monday- play day!!

On this day I plan on taking lil bit to Buckhead for shopping and running in stores I NEVER get to go to!! i.e. Neimans, Nordstrom.. ahhh REAL shopping!!

9. Tuesday- American Girl Store (north point mall)

well in case you didn't know... Atl has American Girl now!!! eeekkkkk!!!

My inner child is over the moon.

We will take Bitty, Addy, and Samantha with us and the two "older" dolls will get a fresh do at the "hair salon" while bitty, myself, and lil bit eat at the bistro!

10. Wednesday- free day!!

This will be the last day of the trip so we may swim and pack, go visit a friend for lunch, basically unwind before the long drive home. 

how to recreate a painting

I am working on finishing up the art for the screened in porch. 

This whole extreme nausea thing really threw me for a loop while finishing up this room. 

(better late than never huh?)

Well here is a step by step of re-creating a painting you love and have NO IDEA where to  get it. 

first. find the painting, probably online. i found this in google images and took me to a spammer source, wasn't on etsy.. nothing but I LOVED it.

step 1. draw your version of the image then paint the solid background

2. go ahead and lay out the paint colors you will be needing while you paint.

have a glass of water laid out, some paper towels, and all your brushes.

For the blobs of green I actually just used my fourth finger to rub in the paint in certain areas. 

** i see  you asking.. why the fourth, your pointer has too much power/pressure, the middle still a little much, but the fourth is soft pressure, you can add water and move the paint around to create the blurred effect.

Instagram shots.

3. start to fill in your main color with a brush.

I used a brown/black mixture to fill in the outer lining of the crab and again blurred with the finger technique.

4. here is where you begin adding the depth to the main image, always go lighter and a little darker than you think, white is a great blender once its applied.

5. next, I used my Prismacolor, black marker to outline the image after the colors dried.

(you can buy this type of premier art marker at hobby lobby or michaels)

6. continue to add depth to the image, it is crucial at this point if you are still working on the painting to walk away at least for a few minutes and come back to the painting with a fresh perspective; also send pics to other artsy friends and ask for their "critique" for what you should add next. (I called my friend Candace)

with Candace's advice I plowed on with more white to the crab.

7.finally I added some highlighting points with my prismacolor marker.

Here is the original:

Here is my final product:

I am linking up over at Beth's for tips and tricks.

2.5

Where has the time gone??

My sweet baby turned into a little girl this summer. It makes me so happy and so sad all at the same time.

Here are a few of her favorite things to say..

oh.. Wuker (luke)

willy girl, no tee tee in the house. (we say this alot lately)

mommy, is my baby sleeping in there? (regarding the little one on the way)

{lately, she has become i.n.d.e.p.e.n.d.e.n.t.!! if you know what i mean.}

no, momma, go away... I do it.

(shopping at the children's museum)

(swimming with friends)

Recently, we took her to the newest playground in town. we ALL had a blast. It was super cool.

she was VERY excited about her "boo" sno cone.

the idea of this park is all the trees shade the slides and nothing is too hot to use. its super super cool!!!

we will be there tons this fall.

she told me "mommy, i love to "fing" that's "swing" in her book.

silly daddy!

girls doing what they do best.. getting distracted and talking haha.

I am sure I will be back to add to this list of sayings.... 

this is merely for my records as this is my lame excuse of a baby book.

Nook love

You know when you buy a house and realize after you move in there are just tons of nooks and crannies to fill??

Well I finally managed to get mine looking just how I wanted.



Ahh much better, now... Do I lampshade that sconce??

Can't decide..

Inspiration for big girl room

Befores...

You can read about all the DIY artwork, crafts and how the room came to be here, here, here,and here.

After.

I was so inspired by Cassie over at Hi Sugarplum.

I saw this post on her little girls precious room.

So... I loved the window treatment soooo much that... well... I copied her... 

there. I said it... I am a copy-cat!!

Hope she doesn't mind... I was just overly inspired by this room!!
I am linking up over here.

Our weekend in pics

Lilly lost her last puppy tooth.




Lil bit and lil' had a tea party




I found barbie in the bathroom throwing a temper tantrum




I made this shirt for our Disney trip




We received a letter from princess Aurora herself!!




Made chicken fajita baked potatoes




Got our hair done.




Ran off to the beach for the weekend




And somewhere in the weekend she learned to thumbs up




And lilly is really starting to make herself at home here.

I mean... Don't ALL dogs do this??



And Luke... Well he is over the picture taking.

Hope you all had wonderful fourth's!!




I had full intentions of making these but time got away from me!