Mr. Jude's Room

I have been meaning to post pictures of his room forever, but never got around to taking pictures and there's still a few things I want to do.  But I decided to go for it and show off the awesome bed that Tristan built for his little guy.  Everything in the room is things we already had except for the rug (purchased from CB2 with a gift card), the desk chair (from Ikea), the ceiling light (Ikea) and the brown floor pillow from Land of Nod.  The wood rolling bins we built ad I stained them and I bought the castors for them from Ikea.  I haven't bought bedding yet b/c really it doesn't show from the floor and I rarely make his bed b/c it's too difficult!  His room is pretty small and so we decided to build a loft style bed.  We found the one from Pottery Barn Teen and made it pretty similar.  Like I said, it is a work in progress right now, but one day I'll get around to the rest.

Em's Graduation Party Part 1

The past few months I have been helping a friend plan a graduation party for her daughter and the invitation list included 100 plus people.  I've known Emily since she was Bella's age so it was so strange to be planning her graduation party. Fortunately, the food was handled, but I planned the decor and other stuff.  This family is like family to me and I love them dearly so it was so much fun to be such a big part of it.  Thanks to my super talented sis in law for helping me implement it and for helping me pull it all together.  Emily's parents bid on the Harweldon Mansion at a school auction so they got a huuuuuge deal on the space.  Emily wanted vintage decor so that's what she got.  Handmade decorations, old quilts, wild flowers and kraft paper were a hit with the youngsters. It was so much fun!

Backyard

This summer we toyed with the idea of raising a garden again, but we just didn't have the time.  We do however, have a trouble spot off our patio where we cant get grass to grow, the same spot where we once had a garden, and we didn't want to hire a lawn service, so we had to figure something out.  Our plan...ROCKS!  Saltwater Creek rocks were the solution.  We started yesterday and we hope to reveal the finished product this week!  A friend of ours picked up the fire pit for us in Stillwater, which is huge but we love it.

Goodies.

Oh my goodness did I score some goodies today.  I went in search of some frames at Hobby Lobby for a totally tad photo project I'm working on but instead of finding frames, I discovered that they were having 50% off on spring stuff plus tons of clearance.  Are you ready for this?

Mr. Snail (no idea why I NEEDED him, but I did)...$15 (discount 50%)... I paid $7.50

Metal Basket for Jude's room to store markers, etc...at his desk...$5 (discount 50%)...I paid $2.50 and the "V" tile...$4 and I paid 80 cents.

Rad drawer pulls...$6 each but I paid $1.20 each.  I thought I only needed 8 but I need 10 so I have to get 2 more today before they sell out.

and...drum roll please...the best find at Hobby Lobby was my new owl planter turned utensil holder.  He was $17 and I used a 40% off coupon (I printed online) which made him $10.  Doesn't he look like he walked out of Anthro?

Pinterest.

My new latest obsession is pinterest.  I guarantee you will love it!  Come and follow me!



I also thought I would share my latest project, if you want to call it that ;)  I really dislike toothbrush holders and we have limited storage in our bathrooms (no drawers) so I made this.  A $2 mini planter from Ikea, some filler rocks from Target and wallah...a DIY toothbrush holder :)  Well, I have so much I need to be doing right now like sit-ups, updating my photog site, reading, sleeping or preparing for Snowmaggedon II, but I'm pinning.  You should too.  It's addicting, but oh so much fun!