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if this were a pinterest christmas

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This year is the first in three years that we have decorated for Christmas. Sad, I know. But there’s an explanation  the last couple of years we have made a habit of moving right before or after Christmas and I just haven’t had the motivation to un-pack all the decorations while I’m packing up the rest of our lives – seemed kind of counter productive if you ask me. Yes we did decorate this year but I’ll be honest, its minimal. We do have a beautiful tree but thats about where the decorations start. I had big dreams of lots of handmade, creative Christmas decor but with the arrival of our little guy in a month, a busy little girl, a Christmas full of handmade gifts, the start of a  surprisingly successful Etsy shop and spending time with friends - thats right, after two years of living here we finally made friends!!! - Christmas explosion took a major back seat. So instead I’ve decided to share what things would look like around here if this were the Pinterest Christmas I had thought it might be.

This mantle would be a must - though I guess we would need a mantle first…mantle{via}

Maybe some handmade ornaments
ornaments{1, 2, 3}

There would be lots of sparkleglitter globe{1, 2}

Did I mention sparkle?sparkle{1, 2}

There might be one of each of these aroundaround the house{1, 2}

Friends and family would be receiving these delicious treatstreat gifts{1, 2}

And gifts would be wrapped like thisgift wrap{1, 2}

Aren’t all these ideas so fun? This Christmas I’ve decided to focus on enjoying our growing family so these great ideas will all have to wait for now. Maybe next year I’ll start prepping for Christmas in July!

diy simple metallic art

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I have been SLOWLY decorating our very tiny bathroom over the last few months and hit a bit of a block when it came to what I wanted to see on the walls. We are on major budget mode as we prepare for the new baby and so whatever I came up with I had to do it on the cheap. Finally as I was browsing Pinterest one day I was ‘pin-spired’ by this photo.I love the subtle sparkle the metallic adds and its so simple, it was perfect! I wanted to re-create it within the confines of the budget. It looked easy enough and there seemed to be no real artistic skill involved – my kind of art - so I went to work and here is what I came up with. 1. Supplies
frame of your choice – with or without a mat {I really love the way the mat looks}
white paper to fit frame
metallic envelope seals
metallic paint
paint brush
optional and not pictured: scissors, pen, a nickel

2. paint metallic paint on half of your envelope seals and allow to dry
this gives the variation in sheen that I really liked in the inspiration photo. you could also skip the paint and use a fine glitter to give a little texture.

*secret step – I chose to make my dots a bit smaller because I was working with a small frame. I did this by tracing a circle using a nickel on the back of my sheet of seals and then cutting each out. There is no photo of this step.

3. peel and stick your dots onto your sheet of paper, the more random the better

4. frame it and find the perfect spot for your new, very inexpensive piece of art!

I already had the frame, the dots were $1.99 and the paint was $0.97 so in total I spent less than $3! I must say I’m pretty happy with my re-creation.Don’t forget to enter this week’s giveaway!

ahhh – that’s better

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Two wonderful things in the news today, make that three. News at our house that is, not TV/Newspaper news. 

Thing One – and possibly the most exciting to me – my sister and mom cleaned my house as an early birthday gift! I had no idea what a gift that would be! Ev and I left the house, came back two hours later and it was so sparkly! I could smell the amazing scent of my Mrs. Meyers cleaning products from the garage – my favorite is the lavender scent!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Thing Two – After a trip to the doctor this morning baby girl is officially ear infection free! Hallelujah PTL! After just over a month of owie ears from an infection we have officially transitioned to owie ears due to teething – yes, there are two pearly whites trying to peak their way through those little gums.

And finally – Thing Three – I have been really excited about this project and it is officially done!I constantly have projects and to-do lists swirling around in my head. I’m not usually one for writing things down but I am starting to find that mom-brain mixed with crazy creative-brain is not going as well as I had hoped. I needed a place for all the lists outside of my brain.My “office/craft room” needed a little splash of something as well. So I put together this giant chalkboard. We found this frame at a thrift store in town and used it empty in our last apartment but I thought it was the perfect size for all my lists! I absolutely love the way it turned out and my brain feels like it can breath again!