A Valentine for the Grandparents

Since Valentine's Day is also my birthday, I never really thought about giving valentines to my parents. But, now that Rhett is here, this holiday is about more than me. So, this year, I decided to make valentines for his grandparents (my parents, Jeremy's parents and my grandmother). I put my cricut to work, and created a little surprise to mail out. I printed out a picture of Rhett and decorated them with glitter.On the inside, I wrote, "I would love you even if you didn't spoil me rotten!". I really hope Rhett's grandparents enjoy their valentine surprises!

A Great Day!

Today was a great day! I hung out at Betsy's house all day decorating cookies, and she prepared a delicious birthday lunch for me! We had cheese and crackers, sausage, pita chips and hummus and my favorite Pomegranate 7-Up! We had cheesecake and chocolate cake for dessert. But, the best part was hanging out with a great friend all day! I felt so special with this little birthday celebration and with my fabulous cookie kit: WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY!
THANKS BETSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doors as Decorations?

I am sure you have all seen Nester's door hanging on the wall over her sofa. It is hung on the wall as if it were a piece of art. I think it is a neat alternative to other forms of wall decor. It got me to thinking about my own unique decorations, and I realized that I also have some doors hanging on walls, as well as some cool doors that are just doors, but I have upgraded them to make them part of my decor. I know that my design skills are no where near the greatness of Nester, but it makes me excited that I hung doors on walls long before I ever knew of her! Maybe, just maybe I do have some sort of knack for this thing called decorating! ha!

This is an ornamental iron piece that came off of an old screen door. I love this piece! It is all rusty and weathered from years of actual use on a door outside!

This is an antique door that someone sawed in half, refinished and added some Parisian influences to it. I got it at an antique shop, The Red Shed, and I love it. It hangs in our pink guest bedroom.This is a door from Pottery Barn. I don't really know if it truly is a door, but that is what it was described as in the catalog! I have two of these hanging in my master bedroom, one on each side of the dresser and mirror.

This is a real door, that leads to my laundry room. I saw a similar one in a model home and just had to have one for my own. I found this one at Home Depot and with a little saving up and some gift cards, it was mine, all mine! Others may have beautiful laundry rooms, but I have a pretty door that leads to a mediocre laundry room! ha!

And lastly, this is just a little embellishment that I added to our pantry door. I would love to have a screen pantry door or something cool like that, but the way our pantry gets, that would just be embarrassing! Although, it might be an incentive to keep it organized all of the time! But, I added these metal hinges to our pantry door for something extra. I was on a home tour one year and saw these all throughout someone's house. I loved the idea, but it could get quite costly to do every door, so I just focused on one door that could stand to be different from the rest. I love the result!

Thank you, Nester, for all of your design inspiration! Everyday, whether you know it or not, you bring beauty to someone's world, and that is an awesome accomplishment!

Valentine's Overalls

My friend Betsy is one of the most creative and crafty people I know. She inspires me to get better and better at my crafts. She also comes from a very creative and crafty family. Her mom is an excellent seamstress, her sister makes adorable things for her daughter, her dad is a great woodworker, and her brother is pretty talented at his radio producing stuff. Her husband is even artistic and succeeds at everything he does and he is not even from the same gene pool! So, you can see how being around this family motivates one to be the best crafter they can be (and still not be as great as them!)

So, I "stole" this idea from Betsy's sister, and I'm pretty sure that I stole it from Betsy too. But, I really love the girly clothing that is out there for babies. Since I cannot make my little man very cute clothing, I decide to put all of my efforts towards making things for my niece, Dylan. So, here are some pictures of some overalls that I made Dylan last night. These would be precious for any holiday or birthday!


I am also including pictures of my niece in an outfit that I made her for Christmas, along with a matching bow! I just love making this stuff for her and I thank Betsy and her creative family for inspiring me all the time!

A tooth and some crawling

Rhett officially got his first tooth on Monday. I have been suspecting it was coming for about a week now. On Monday when he woke up, I put my finger in his mouth to check things out, and there it was: a bright, shiny first tooth! I was so excited, you would have thought he walked or said mama or something! He won't let me see it very often, so photo ops are rare.

Since then, he has really stepped it up in the crawling department. There is still lots of rolling and flopping to get where he wants to go, but he is getting there none the less! Here is a little video of it:


I know that these are all trivial things that all babies eventually do, but I am so, so proud of my little man! He is such a joy to be around and I thank God everyday that He chose me to be Rhett's mommy!

Mission: Organization Part Two

I am slowly but surely clearing our cabinets and closets of unneeded stuff and trying to re-organize our life! This week's task: the master bathroom. I tackled Jeremy's cabinet yesterday and will get to mine, eventually! ha! I really don't like doing this stuff, but it really went fast and looks so much better, don't you think?

(I didn't think to take a before shot because this was not supposed to be done just for my blog :)

Reorganizing this stuff makes it so easy to compile grocery lists. I can just open the cabinet and see what I need, rather than rummaging through the cabinet for an hour. Hopefully it will stay this way for a while. The pantry is still in pretty good shape!

Oh, and Rhett entertained himself with an empty electric razor box while I cleaned!

My lil' frat boy!

Today as we were heading out for Super Bowl festivities, I decided to style Rhett's hair in a mohawk and "pop" his collar. I came out from his room to show Jeremy and he said, "hey my little frat boy!" Sorry the pic is so blurry.