My sister-in-law Ana had her second baby this past week. Now she is the amazingly happy and well adjusted mom of 2 boys...only 13 months apart. I would be a nervous wreck, but she has bounced back wonderfully. Congrats to the proud parents, Phillip & Ana. Here is to a new family of 4 and a long break until the next one. (wink-wink)Above...
Now that Thanksgiving is over I feel I can really delve into the endless realms of Christmas decorating. There are so many wonderful ways to decorate and rarely is there a wrong way to do this.My mother's mother was 1st generation Croatian and spoke Croatian and Italian fluently. Her idea of Christmas came from what she knew in Croatia. My Father's Father was...
ok ok, I know Wal-mart isn't the classiest place in the world to buy your clothing...but common. Really, Wal-mart...are you really selling these sweaters in your stores? What year is it, 1986?Yes, the 4 sweaters you see above are currently being sold at Wal-mart. At first I thought it was a joke, heck, maybe it is. But word to the wise, if you...
Before: (above pic) Since we moved in I have wanted to paint our front door. The white door was fine and so was the screen front door, but let's face it, the screen drastically stifled my ability to change the look of the front of the house through paint color and hid my festive seasonal wreaths. Oh, and we never used it. Phase...
It snowed for the first time tonight. At 10am this morning Madeline started throwing up and hasn't stopped. Max started his bought with puking tonight at around 6pm. Steve is feeling sick, but so far Henry and I are a-ok. fingers crossed.It has been a long day to say the least. I am washing my 5th blanket and 3rd pillow...so when I walked...
I started my silhouette's of the kids tonight, I am hoping to get Christmas done by the beginning of December. I took profile pics of the kids and had each photo enlarged at Costco to 8x10 prints ($4.30). I bought a craft razor knife ($2.75) and scissors and cut out the children's profile. I also bought black fabric paint($2) and a stencil sponge...
Ok, enough TMI, gotta do it every 6 months or so. ;) Back to more important things like crafting.. ;)I made this banner for my sis and old friend, Wendy from DC about a month ago. Wendy's shower was held in DC, my sis flew out to attend and brought this flag banner with her. Rozzie (as I call her) ;) took pictures...
No, it's not Oprah. It is LIZ LEMON. I've have been watching seasons 1-3 on Netflix of 30 Rock and decided that if I had one wish it would be to spend a day with Tina Fey.I told Steve last night that I feel just like her in many ways.EXAMPLE 1: I often say or write something that I think is pretty clever,...
As Christmas draws near I am brain storming Christmas gifts for the grands. I have decided to combine my last post of "painting pillows" with diy children silhouettes. Family silhouette, via Perfect BoundSilhouette grouping, via Manolo HomeLe Papier Studio ornaments on etsy, via Megan HobsonFreshly Picked, His Her pillows on EtsyBlue Clara, custom silhouettes on etsyApartment Therapy, diy silhouette shamsMartha Stewart Living, family...
V. and Co. spray painted pillow slipcoversJ. Evan Kelley Lobster PillowBlue Chickadee hand painted Koi fish pillowsThis Thrifty House spray painted pillowsA Day in the Life of RamonaThe Fabric Bar, hand painted fabricTessera hand painted pillowsThe Lennox.com Zebra accent pillowUnder the Table and Dreaming. Initial and striped pillow. ...
I love wrapping gifts at Christmas time. I can be pretty OCD about it. My wrapping paper has to coordinate with my tree and match other wrapped gifts. If I get gifts from people that have random colored wrapping paper on it (even if it is cute) but doesn't match, the gifts go to the back of the tree.I am fully aware that...
