Making stuff.....

I stay at home --full time.  I have more time to make "junk" than ever before.  So I do!

Below: Valentine's presents for MDO teachers.  Paper flower bouquets.

JonesDesignCompany.com for tutorial

Below: Bathroom decor for Daniel and Jae's shared bathroom.

Below: I needed something to hold my bobby pins.  I wear them everyday and I am always finding them all over the house. With an crawling 8 month old and a curious 2 year old--I needed to be more responsible with them once I removed them--but I never could find anything I liked--so I made it. Using and old frame,  fabric paper and remnant fabric, magnetic strips, and some glue.

Jae Beth's 2nd Birthday

Happy 2nd Birthday Jae Beth.  Jae doesn't have a normal birthday.  She was born on Christmas day 2009.  Every year we try to find a day where her little friends are able to attend--however 5 of us had babies around the same time--so finding a date to celebrate has become a bit of a  challenge.  We may end up doing the half-birthday starting this summer.  Either way we will always love that Jae Beth was born on a special day!  During Jae Beth's sweet little 2 years on this earth she has moved 3 times, welcomed a little brother ( 17 months apart), and I quit job to be a stay at home mama. She has had to deal with a lot of change--and she has come through all of it with a funny, spunky, sensitive, and very sweet disposition. I love her so much! We share a few passions: family (she spends a LOT of time with my family), make up (which I no longer have time to put on ), sports, and she loves being outdoors.  She is like her daddy when it comes to details, reading books, and crowds.  However shortly after being overwhelmed by a crowd she becomes everyone's best friend!  We had such a good time making all the decorations/eating all the cake and cupcakes/ and getting to see friends and family. We loved every minute of this birthday party!

Supplies:
*Copied and made for about $3.00  the http://www.etsy.com/listing/80813887/scalloped-glitter-garland-gold
*Bought my chevron bags and milk bottles from shopsweetlulu.com (love this site!!!)
*Already had the stamp of silhouette
*Already had the poms
*Made the chalkboard place mats (already had chalkboard paint and then bought place mats at the $1 store--painted--wrap chalk with jute)
*Cake/cupcakes from A Piece of Cake
*Already had paper straws (i have A LOT of papers straws--a bit addicted)
*Made the flags/pom toothpicks with the left over paper from the glitter garland
*Made all the paper hats and paper flowers from jonesdesigncompany.com tutorial
*Water Bottle labels  http://www.etsy.com/transaction/67441105
*Already had Grey Bakers twine
*Printed all the free printables for the moms to take home and frame

A year since my last post......pathetic.

I will be blogging more now (a goal for 2012). Plus I am a stay at home mommy as of October 1st 2001 because of conviction from the Lord and basically THESE two!!

My favorite blog for the past few months is......

http://www.hollymathisinteriors.com/


I have LOVED this blog for several months now because
a) we were considering buying a home and I LOVE a chance to redesign and decorate (plans have since changed) ;) and
b) we live in an apartment in uptown--meaning I have to use my space wisely and still have it feel like a home.

I have stayed away from friends blogs/facebook for the past few months because I was just too overwelmed with life. HOWEVER at night while Dan was watching football--I was surfing the net looking for new furniture designs and paint ideas. Then I found Holly!! I thought I would share it since my MIL asked me about some designing blogs and she really thought it was cute. So here she is---I love that paints half of her sons furniture with "chalk board paint" --this is my plan for Daniel's nursery too! I also love a little bit of orgainized clutter--though my husband is a neat freak. She is able to achieve this look in an orderly manner. I also like that she explains a lot of her creations--to the point where I might actually be able to accomplish them as well. Everything she does is very achievable and pretty cost effective. Bringing home a baby boy in a few months I wanted to have some new ideas as to how to do his nursery and how to redesign some of my space here. Plus she and I have the same throw pillows all over the house--so I liked her taste in farmhouse/eclectic design from the beginning. Enjoy!!