Sunday, December 11, 2011

Nursery Diaries: A Baby Shower

Last weekend a dear friend of mine and her mom threw a baby shower for our sweet little boy.
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It was so fun to have a few girlfriends gather and help me celebrate his upcoming arrival!
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All of the decor was Precious!! 
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Little bit had a BLAST getting to see all the wittle stuff for baby brother
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6 weeks and counting!!!
We hope to finish a neat piece of art for the nursery today so I can show you the next step!
Stay Tuned!!

Friday, December 9, 2011

O Christmas Tree #1

This year the plan was to take it easy, not over do it. 
I thought I would hang my den tree and be done. Well, the christmas spirit got the better of me and so far I have put up about 4 trees. (not all in my home)

Here is tree #1
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This is the entry tree at my parents house. 
Mom and I both LOVE LOVE LOVE pink and green. So of course this is the first thing you see when walking in the door of her house!
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Notice, it is still kid friendly!!
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And for the topper we selected 4 different types of "spriggy's (as i call them) to create a nice grand top!
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Such a fun and inviting tree welcoming you into their home!!
Be back later to link this tree and several others up for the upcoming linky parties!!

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Christmas Pinspiration

This year... I am feeling a pastel vintage christmas if you will.






problem is... I am running out of places to hang more wreaths. haha

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Princess Party Flop

Okay, so to be completely honest I have been so upset about lil bit getting the stomach bug on her birthday and having to cancel the party that I didn't take any pictures that day.

We waited for another day when she was feeling much better and we opened a few of the presents for the friends I told "don't come, she is doing some serious puking."

Anyway here are a few pics of the "documented "makeup" party"
And again, nothing like I had planned, but who cares.. she was so happy to be "celebrating" and that is ALL that matters!!






Tuesday, December 6, 2011

It is worth dreaming right?

Have you ever seen a room and thought....
Man, I wish I could snap my fingers and have all of this magically sitting in my room??
That's what I thought when I saw this picture over at Toby Fairley's blog....
Oh to dream right??

Monday, December 5, 2011

It's beginning to look alot like.. Christmas




Baby girl's ornaments are on the tree.



I finished decorating our sunday school classes tree this last week!



I finally caved and bought some chip letters! Trying to figure out where to use them!



I found a new bauble for our den side table!



And I got creative and made some new hand towels!!!



Aren't they fun??

I apologize for my absence this past week!!

Have lots of fun things to share this week!!

Happy Monday!

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Our Christmas Decor:Flashback

Here is the front of our house the first year we lived here.
December 2009
man our new landscaping looks SOOO MUCH BETTER!!
And the tree that year.
And the tree moved to a new location December 2010.
but there is no picture of the outside's decor.
So expect to see some same shots of a tree this year and a few new things.... 
I am not putting up my secondary tree this year because well, my body is tired... and I want to enjoy the minimal decor this year ;)

Friday, November 25, 2011

Christmas Cards

feels good to be crossing things off my list early this year!!
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Got my cards in the mail today!!

Have you ordered yours yet?


Photo Card
View the entire collection of cards.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

A Framed chalkboard

Here we are with another "left from April" post. haha...
Do yall remember the horrible storms that ripped through the south back in April??
They were awful, quite a few homes in my neighborhood are just now being rebuilt from this storm. 
As drab as this situation was a little bit of good did come from it.
You see one of my neighbors lost their shed and they apparently had it jam packed with antique goodies.
ie. this guy below.... I went digging trash day, in the rain to rescue this gem!!
 
 He sat in my garage until late May and I finally went to work.
All he needed was a fresh coat of paint and a chalkboard insert. 
Luckily I had a scrap piece of plywood just the right size laying around and many months prior I had purchased the chalkboard spray paint.

So.. you got it!! a FREE project and just what I needed to add to my little "office nook" we have created in the kitchen!
Want to see him now??
paint,
chalkboard
silicone.
one hour, DONE !!
 He has a few minor imperfections that I need to work on. Like a finial for the other side maybe? haha
Since this is a vintage frame with no backint the piece of painted plywood is suspended between heavy beads of silicone caulk. Worked like a charm!!
Now you get to see the dirty truth of what this room really looks like. haha
The desk my sewing machine is sitting on was my great grandmother's.
Momma says Granny Pennington would be proud her table is still being put to good use.
Notice its last "face lift" was ohhh 1991? yah...
It's on my maternity leave to do list. 
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And this list grows as the minutes pass...
Happy day before gobble gobble day!!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Nursery Diaries: Wall color and Painting the Dresser

 Remember the styleboard I shared with you all about a week ago??
Well it's high time we start working on this room so let me show you where we started. 
Originally, pre knowing the sex of the baby we were doing Aqua, then I thought a creamed white would be nice, but when we found out we were having a boy at 14 weeks I decided we MUST have blue walls, at least for a short while.

So Outlands Dainty Blue by Valspar it was!!
(a very greyish blue)
Then we knew we needed to start working on refinishing the chest of drawers we already owned. 
Right about this time I discovered a Pin on Pinterest about using a graywash!!


Took me literally an hour, let it dry for 3 days then went back with a clear top coat to seal it. 
And I couldn't be happier!!

And for the crib... we got it put together and I immediately made the skirt out of the Kravet Dotkat fabric!!
Just wanted to give you a quick sneak peek.
Promise to show more once the bedding is finished...
Good project for Thanksgiving weekend??

I hope I can finish it!

Here are a few other pins I am hoping can inspire me to complete the room for the big reveal!!

Completing a seating area.

Finish my strand of "sardine" fish

Complete his mobile

Add a few cutesie touches...

And most importantly wash all of his precious new tiny clothes...