Getting serious about starting the nursery... I'm seriously going to start... seriously

Well, I am officially 33 weeks along and haven't even started the nursery which means I am also officially fReAkiNg out!

This one has been tricky since (like most of you) we don't have endless rooms and so our nursery will double as a guest room so I have to plan around a crib AND a queen size bed.

I don't want the room to scream NURSERY so I'm trying to come up with a flexible color pallet and design.

I think I know what I am going to do and since time is short I'm just going with it.

This is my "jumping off point"...

Yep, that is ALL I have so far.

A bedspread and some frames I painted and covered with burlap to match...

It's not much but it's a start.

Now it's time to get my hands dirty and start painting.

I'm not going to lie... I'm tired just thinking about it!!!

Which is why you shouldn't wait until you are 8 months pregnant (and anemic)to create a nursery!

On a happier note we FINALLY hung the girls chandelier last night!

Isn't she pretty...

Got to go...

Lots to do...

after my nap.

Doughnut Cake

Let me start off by saying

I AM NOT A PARTY PLANNER.
I see your amazing parties...
The fancy tables with banners and cupcake towers and candy dishes.

The fondant cakes and personalized goody bags.

You amaze me.

I am lucky if I hang up some streamers (although I do have a cute banner... oh, and a chair cover... maybe I'm not so hopeless after all).

My Meg celebrated her birthday a few weeks ago and it happened to be on the day we were headed home from our trip to Utah.

We had 10 hrs of driving ahead of us (fun birthday huh!) so we decided to do a birthday breakfast with our family in Utah before we began our long journey.

I was thinking about doing a "pancake cake" when a family member suggested a "doughnut cake". SOOO easy and look how cute it turned out...

I had to share it with all of you party challenged peeps (like myself).

It was a BIG hit!

Boys room quote

The family reunions and vacations are over at our house. :(

Time to get back to work on the nursery. :)

I saw this quote on pinterest (yes, I'm obsessed) and I knew I had to have it in my boys room.

I was lucky enough to find the wood plaque already made at a local craft store (Craft Warehouse) and I just used my old foam stamps for the letters.

Can't wait to hang it up!!

A visit from Melissa and some yarn wreaths

We are back from our family reunion at Lake Powell (FUN) and I kidnapped my sister and her 2 cuties and and brought them back to Washington with me for some much needed craft time!
We always have a long list of crafts to make and this time we both had yarn wreaths with felt flowers on our lists so we were off to Hobby Lobby to pick up the supplies and just 2 nights of netflix movies and chocolate later we had these pretties all done...

This is Melissa's wreath. Won't it be so cute on her black front door?!!

This one is mine. Perfect for this fall. I love fall.

Next on the list:

A burlap wreath for Melissa and a picture display wall for my guest bedroom.

Crafting is ALWAYS funner with a friend...

and chocolate...and a Jane Austin movie...
:)

A Terrific Tea Towel Apron Tutorial

Our summer is moving full steam ahead and slowly we are checking off our
"things to do this summer" list.
One thing we have been working on lately (which I LOVE!) is recipes for my girls.
I bought them each their own recipe box with strict instructions that they couldn't put any recipes in the box that they hadn't eaten and didn't LOVE.
They are basically starting their own 30 meal plan with all their favorites.
I love that they can keep adding recipes over the years and when they head off to college they already have recipes they know they can make and enjoy.
Hopefully there will be some happy memories of home that go with those recipes. :)

Since we are baking and trying new recipes we thought it would be fun for the girls to make their own aprons.
There are a million adorable apron patterns out there but we wanted an apron simple enough for the girls to totally make themselves and this is what we came up with...


THE TEA TOWEL APRON!
I know... it's VERY exciting...

It is made from tea towels (duh) and it was seriously so easy to make!!

All you need is:
-1 tea towel (2 if you want to add pockets to it)
Mine were 24X14inches and I got them at Tuesday Morning in a pack of 3 matching towels so I can make 2 aprons with pockets out of the pack.
- 6-8ft of Ribbon (I used 7/8in grosgrain)
-matching thread

I used an apron my MIL made for the girls a few years ago as a pattern for the top but you could just hold it up to the person and sketch with a fabric pen where to cut it.

Fold the raw edge over, pin it, and sew it.

For the straps that tie around back we cut 2- 26inch pieces of ribbon and sewed one on each side of the apron.

For the strap around the neck we used an 18inch piece of ribbon and sewed it at a bit of an angle to the top of the apron.

We added another stripe of ribbon to the top of the apron just for cuteness.

My girls wanted 3 pockets so we cut a 5inch piece of the coordinating tea towel and since they were both the exact same size we just marked where they wanted the pockets and sewed the fabric right across the front then I measured and stitched up the front to make 3 pockets.

And that's it!

The Terrific Tea Towel Apron! :)

Girl's Bedroom Reveal

YEP, we got her dun...

Here is the before... kinda, I'd already painted the first coat for the B&B.

And the After...
(Except for the chandelier that is... who knows when we'll get that pretty thing hung.)

TA-DA!
(I LOVE the huge windows in this room but it does make taking pictures a bit of a challenge... too dark or washed out!!)
I went with the pink and green scheme partially because of these "Sunbonnet Sue" quilts that my mom made for my girls many moons ago.
They are still in great shape and the girls love them.
Thanks mom!

These curtains make me HAPPY!
Polka dots and stripes... my two favorite things!

Meg's side:

Hallie's side:

My girls love to read in bed at night so I picked up these wall lamps from Lowes.

LOVE THEM!!!

The board and batten makes a perfect little shelf to place some pictures of the girls together and an "S" for "Sisters" of course. :)

The wall color is Glidden Spanish Olive but I had the paint lady lighten it about 50%.
It is the perfect shade of green... in my humble opinion. :)


On the left side of the room the window is smaller and lower but I wanted the curtains to hang from the same height so I added these stars to fill the empty space and give some balance.

I'm in love with my Silhouette because I can make pretty butterflies with a push of a button!

I'm so happy with how it all turned out!
Now on to the boys room!! :)