the baby's room :)

a gallon of paint.

3 white frames.

a dowel rod.

some things we had.

some things we made with what we had.

a very talented husband who loves me a lot.

the new baby's room :)

 love love love love love.

chalk wall

i've been politely reminded that i need to put official chalk wall pics up.

dave sanding the wall... and taping after that.

cohen priming the wall (with leftover primer from his room.)

more priming...

and lilly too!

the priming is done!

(actually kind of a fun color by itself...)

next... the chalk board paint.

dave did 2 layers.

we've been enjoying the wall.

valentine's day cards.

welcoming friends.

practing spelling words.

tracing.

doodling.

just having fun.

here is one of my favorites :)

a group effort.

(i think i like santa on the rainbow the best ;)

the kid room

a loooong while ago i showed you this table.

and a sneak peak of it being painted.

well.... here it is!!

(it's been done awhile, i just forgot to show and tell.)

loving the mix-matched chairs.  makes me smile.

and since then... dave put up one of my Christmas presents :)

 it is SO fun to display the kids' work in an artsy way!  i love it :)

and wait. there is more ;)

to be continued...

happy tree

my parents cleaned out their attic and saved me a few things.

the aluminum tree :)
i took it to college with me.
im not exactly sure where it all came from.
they may have been some of my grandpa's finds.
he was a professional garage saler ;)
and a dumpster diver.
and pretty awesome at that.

vintage ornaments!

heeeeeee!!

(that's a happy squeal.)

and a cute little village :)

the littles and i set it all up this week.
by the window.
in the corner of the 'play wing' of the house.
not sure if that is the best place...
but. so far so good.
(knock on wood)

look how pretty...

i feel so lucky to have these.

our elf, galleon, returned this week.

he likes the tree too :)

crafters

the time finally came for me to buy some photo storage.

i went from 100% full to 4 point something % full.

nice.  that should last a while :)

in dave and i's future careers we may become personal crafters.

laurie's personal crafters :)

dave recovered chairs for her.

they just moved into a new house and wanted a new look.

before...

 after!

 isn't the fabric gorgeous!!

the boys.

wanting in on the chair photo shoot :)

 laurie asked me to make a banner for a baby shower she was co-hosting...

 here it is on display at the shower, so fun!!

(and if you look close... you will see some LBE items on the clothesline ;)

and... cookies for a bday party!

(these will get a post of their own soon :)

oh if i could craft all day long and pay the mortgage.

thank you laurie.
for making me feel extra special.

before and after chair

before

 after

painting.

the painting bug has hit our house.

dave and the kids surprised mommy with a newly painted bedroom :)

and see this beauty?

(the table... though lilly is cute too)

free at a garage sale.

check out her gorgeous legs.

and now with some hand-me-down chairs from a friend.

hoping to turn our 'dining room' into a school-ish room.

(to make homework more fun ;)

and here... a sneak peak of our painting makeover ;)

free things and leftover paint are wonderful.

christmas decor 09

so here it is!
the 2009 christmas decor post :)
im excited to share!

here is our main tree.
with all those hallmark ornaments i collected while working there in college ;)

a closer up of the mantle.

with stockings handmade by my grandma.

the print and framing are everyday decor.

but worth sharing for sure :)

they are done by a great friend of dave's.

of course, we are a tad in love with the whole gnome idea right now :) we found a Santa gnome for $2.00.

and those awesome trees?

the dollar tree.

love it.meet our 'elf on the shelf'.

his name is Galleon.

he's a sneaky little elf, and he may just be getting his own blog post before Christmas is here. this is our new advent calendar.

90% off at Target last year, and look how cute!

this may get it's own blog posting as well.

this is what ive been wanting to share the most!!

wall art.

guess what they are??

boxes!

i got the idea here :)

oh my.

i am so in love with simple. cute. cheap. decorating!!

(and i won those huge snowman a few years back.)

the return of our gnome.

i think this will always be displayed somewhere in our home.

just makes me smile :)

daddy's decorated tree :)

it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...