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Hey everyone!!


Just taking a short blogging break as we prepare for our little one's arrival=)


... will be back later this week so don't go anywhere!!

Nursery...Part 2!

Ok...so I have lots of good things to share about this week...


like the great trip I just took with my hubby over the weekend...


and the awesome shower that my dear friends and momma threw for me yesterday...


and the 8,390,134 (total exaggeration...hehe) pictures that I took in the last few days that need to be sorted and edited...


But first things first...I have some nursery projects that I have been wanting to post...so here we go...

I wrote about hanging board and batten in the nursery in this post here...

which we followed followed up with a very tedious, strenuous and exhausting week of painting... which made the whole room really start to feel nursery-ish=)

here is a sneek peek... the blues in the picture are not really true to real life... in reality the wall color is a little brighter and more airy...

Then it was time to fill the room with some furniture (which you can already see some of in the pics above;)

My mom and hubby dragged my cobwebby dresser (from when I was little) out of her basement, and into the nursery, where I gave it a good scrub and a few fresh coats of paint to match my walls...

I have always loved this dresser and am sooo excited for how pretty and fresh it is now=)

Mike and I bought a changing table off of craigslist, which was so cute, but had a few small stains on the shelves and needed a little love...

Instead of painting it, I decided to spruce it up a bit with cute drawer liners that can easily be removed as the baby outgrows the print...and a few baskets for storage of course!

What do you think?

I am loving the look of it now!! So much brighter and more cheery!

I have a few more projects to share before I show the whole room completed... so be sure to come back for the next week to see more=)

Hope everyone is having a great night!

Nesting...

My first and only "aha" moment of the day was figuring out how to make a header that included five columns instead of four... so I added a picture just to even things out a bit=) 
... much better I think!


And as you can see... the picture I added is one of my latest project...


a bird nest necklace.


I had this picture on my pinterest for a few weeks now... and last night I decided to make one for myself!

Source

I am so happy with the result... so cute and easy!

And as much as I like it by itself...I like it even more paired with this silver pendant that has been sitting chain-less in my drawer for a few months now...

What do you think?!


I was going to just wing it (no pun intended;) when it came to figuring out how to make this little beauty, but then I found the original tutorial from Laura over at 
livelaughandphotograph... 
which was a big help=) Not to mention she is the real genius behind this delicacy... so thank you Laura!


Hope everyone is having a great night, I'm off to make some dinner!

Java & Jewelry Party...

Over the weekend I hosted a jewelry party for a friend of mine who just became a jeweler for Premier Designs...a great company that has super cute, affordable jewelry for all different styles and ages...


Instead of the traditional "Tupperware party" feel, I wanted to mix it up a little and make it a fun, cozy Saturday morning get together... complete with coffee, tea, and yummy fall-inspired food and decor...


I snapped a few shots of the day, and had some fun tinkering with my new camera and picnik...


I handmade my invitations, with the help of some scrapbooking supplies and this great little die cut machine...

I wanted the menu to be simple and harvest-y, so I did a combination of  homemade goodies and fresh fruit...

(If you are curious about any of the recipes used... let me know...I found some great ones online!!)


All in all, it was a perfect Saturday... and it was so sweet to have a house full of friends and family on such a beautiful, crisp fall morning=)


Isn't this one of the very best times of year?!

P.S. Go to my link party page to see where I'm linking up this week!

Itching for change...

I was in the mood to mix it up a bit, so I made a new header this morning...

What do ya'll think? 

Have any suggestions on...

the pictures?

the layout?

the new wording?

photo time...

Today I had lunch with my dear Aunt Meg...


Which concluded with a little photo shoot in her backyard...


with my new camera, and her great eye for photography...


it was a perfect combo=)


Just thought I would share a few favorites!

Thank you so much Aunt Meg... for the yummy lunch and the impromptu photo shoot!

Nursery...Part 1!

It's about 11:30 here and my little one has begun his.or.her nightly aerobics, which combined with the 2 hour nap I took this afternoon pretty much guarantees another hour or two or sleeplessness on my part...

Which is not necessarily a bad thing considering I have been the worst blogger since third trimester hit at the beginning of August...and I have some major catching up to do...

So, in honor of this late night soiree hosted by the little one inside me...I'm going to write the first post in a new mini series I am beginning, chronicling the progression of the nursery that I have been so diligently working on=)

Here we go!

Although I would love to just skip ahead to all the fun stuff, like the crib set, and the onesies, and the little hats and booties...

We must begin at the beginning...

One beautiful Saturday afternoon a month or so ago, Mike helped me (aka. I helped him) hang board and batten on the walls or what would become the nursery...

Although there are some great tutorials out there...we didn't really follow anything specific...just learned as we went...

(if I were to have completed this project myself, here is the resource I would have used...Sarah over at Thrifty Decor Chick has some amazing step by step instructions for all kinds of molding projects=)  

Here was the progression:

I decided I wanted it to look a little on the rustic side, with a nice wide ledge at the top, so I could interchange pictures and knick-knacks at my leisure without leaving holes in the walls:)

I am soooo happy with the result!! My hubby never ceases to amaze me with his seemingly effortless carpentry skills, and he created exactly what I had in mind=) 

So there you have it...part one of the nursery progress!!

Maybe now I will get some sleep!!