Sunday, November 20, 2011
Inspiration, Perspiration, Desperation
Monday, October 31, 2011
Happy Halloween
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Spooky on the Cheap
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Happy Fall Y'all
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Joining the Bandwagon
So what exactly have I been up to these past few months? Well lots of things- make sure to check out and follow my Pinterest Board {HERE}. It’s a new obsession, and after downloading my iPhone App, it’s been something to occupy me while feeding my littlest munchkin. Who eats around the clock. Every. Single. Day.
Did I mention she doesn’t take a bottle? So yes, you can find me on Pinterest and I’ve actually been kept quite busy with the DIY ideas from there. I’ll be sharing many of my projects shortly. {and YES, I really do mean that I’ll actually post them...not just tease you with this and wait another 6 months to actually post something!}
Monday, May 9, 2011
Baby DK
Wow, I’ve really neglected my blogging since Baby Duh-kah’s birth {HERE}, and while it may have been quiet over here for some time, let me assure you it’s been quite loud and hoppin’ over at our house! Toddling M has been such a joyful big brother welcoming Baby Duh-kah, whom he’s now calling “Kay Kate”. I think I may just resolve to refer to her as Baby DK for now.
Meet our smallest little-
Dakota Kate
born May 9, 2011 at 8lbs, 1oz
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Fabric.com
They're not paying/compensating me for saying any of this either, but I ordered all our wedding fabrics from them {Design Board HERE} and while 1 of the fabrics had to be back ordered, they promptly sent it to me before the original estimated ship date . They had great customer service and actually both called me directly and followed up through e-mail on the order.
{and it coordinates perfectly with the pink in her Serena & Lily bedding}
I've been in Nesting Mode lately; last week was my Sewing Binge. Check out some of last week's creations on the Baby Blog {HERE}. I'm starting to get the hang of this!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Bargain Shopping
Thankfully there are simple resources available to help facilitate saving and being a good steward of your money in general. I thought our family was doing pretty well-I decided to shop mostly at Walmart and we are careful to limit our discretionary spending; HOWEVER, the past 6 weeks or so I've really delved more into couponing, searching for deals, and planning our meals and other shopping around current bargains.
- Check out Southern Savers {HERE}, this blog does an excellent job explaining couponing, stacking coupons, and combining offers in general to get the very best deals.
- Also Coupons.com and Redplum.com have manufacturers coupons.
- And if you're planning on shopping at a certain store/restaurant, don't forget to visit their site to see what specials/offers are available.
- If ordering Online, make sure to Google coupons, promotional codes. My favorite source is Retail Me Not {HERE}
- We haven't eliminated our Walmart trips; however I try and check for manufacturer coupons for items on our list first. I have a pink coupon book I keep in the car and that way it's always in close enough proximity for my shopping days.
Publix
Trip #1 spent $37.91, saved $27.70
Trip #2 spent $33.79, saved $27.31
Trip #3 spent $26.68, saved $22.95
Trip #4 spent $23.34, saved $41.71
Trip #5 spent $36.11, saved $48.14
Trip #6 spent $25.16, saved $37.46
TOTAL SPENT = $182.99, TOTAL SAVED = $205.27
And check out a JCPenney trip for Baby Du-kah clothes- spent $12.98, saved $98.09!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Oh Baby Girl- Felt Flower Tutorial
- All you need is felt, elastic, glue gun/glue stick, scissors, pinking shears
- I cut an 11" strip using pinking shears {about 3/4" wide}
- Then I used my regular scissors to create a fringe along this strip using the "points" from the pinking shears as my guide for the width
- Begin at one end and roll using a thin strip of hot glue to help adhere your roll
- This makes an easy peasy Mum!
- Now take your elastic and measure {I used this handy guide HERE to determine length}, you could hot glue or for mine I sewed it together for that extra measure
- Cut another felt circle for your flower backing and if you're adding "leaves" then cut and assemble now
- Turn your flower upside-down, glue your "leaf", then add your elastic headband, finish the headband off now with your last piece of the felt circle.
- Et Voila!- A cute and easy felt flower headband!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Making the House a Home
2nd view of the Living Room... {Spy the Ikea finds: frames, throw, lamp}
Bedroom {Ikea find: rug & wall sconces not yet installed}
I have to remind myself there are layers to decorating a house. Ours isn't where I'd like it to be and I have to keep things neutral to keep it marketable {because this is temporary} but it's much warmer and more like home.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Toddling M's 2nd Birthday Party
Thanks so much to Haley for her gorgeous photos above =) I spread party tasks over 2 month's time so the preparations, homemade decor and crafts, and details were fun to make and even more enjoyable come celebration time!
Party Tutorials:
- Mouse Ears {HERE} (I used black headbands that didn't need to be recovered & black foam for the ears)
- Felt Hands & Mickey Pinata {HERE}
Edit: Here's a photo of the party favors each guest brought home. I found little black tote bags at Hobby Lobby and filled them with Mickey stickers, favor sacks with Mickey-shaped Oreo faces inside, bubbles with personalized "Thank You" tags, kaleidescope, Mickey headband, and of course the personalized sugar cookie for Cookie Queen of Alabama.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
What's Been Cooking
Friday, February 11, 2011
Toddling M Turns TWO!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Ikea Hunt
MOST WANTED
- table lamp
- medium-sized mirror
- picture light
- bedside wall sconces
- oversized frames
- rug for our Master Bedroom
- art easel {toddling M}
- 4 chairs {toddling M}
My Loves
from “Ordinary Insanity” by Emma Pierce
Within the next few days my "Love Celebrating" will be overflowing. I suppose it's fitting as Valentine's Day is quickly approaching:
Friday my firstborn turns 2 years old!
Saturday my husband is treating me on an Ikea shopping spree! We'll make a day of it too, so I'm hoping the weather will cooperate for our trip. This is only the 2nd time for me to go to an Ikea...I can hardly wait. The first time I was with Dear Friend and just not in the mood to go shopping. But this time I'm pumped!
Sunday is my sister BeeBee's birthday! I can hardly believe my "little" sister will be 26. Sheesh I'm OLD!
Monday is Valentine's Day and a time to celebrate Love. Even though my husband says it's an overcommercialized "holiday" that he's disliked since he was Toddling M's age, last night I seriously suggested starting the tradition to make it sentimental and not purchase anything---something like a nice love note would do. Ha! Apparently my darling husband must have something else in mind because he nixed that idea and said we could do "a little something." Uh-ohhh...sounds like I need to put on my Creativity Cap and come up with something more than a card! Any ideas?