These are a few of my favorite things...

Isn't it funny how certain pieces in your home decor stand out more than others. They are the things you love to look at...the things that make you smile. In essence they become your favorite pieces. Here are a few of my favorites...


This lamp I have had for a while, but it didn't always look like this. It was once a really boring brown/black color. It is amazing what spray paint and a new lamp shade can do. I love the pop of yellow with the black and white. It makes me happy.

Oh yes, the green door...one of my very favorites. I got this at a vintage shop near my home. It cost $75 dollars and was worth every penny. The green color is amazing...I am in love.

This is a recent buy...It is a marriage of scrolly metal and really worn wood. I love the rust and the chippy paint. The lines of this piece are beautiful.

These are my two most favorites...every time I see these beautiful faces around my home, my heart skips a beat. I could not imagine my home with out theses two little sweeties...they cost me a fortune, though...

My baby's nest....

When my family and I moved into our new home in March, the only room I had a clear vision for was my brand new baby daughter's room. I knew I wanted something that wasn't too girly or too babyish. I wanted something very calming and fun so I went with trees and birds. I found a fabulous quilt at Pottery Barn that had trees and birds in really fun shades of green, turquoise, orange, and some pink. I loved it instantly, but I also knew it was way to expensive. So I called my mother, seamstress extraordinaire, to see if she could try and make something similar. I emailed her a pic and the deal was done. This is what she came up with...

I love, love, love the way it turned out. I love that it has tons of pattern and bright colors. Just looking at it makes me smile. This was my real inspiration for the rest of the baby's room. I decided to paint the walls blue...the actual color is Behr's Ionic Sky. It is the exact shade of blue I was looking for, calming without being overpowering. On one wall I painted a white tree...this took much longer to paint than the whole entire room, but I absolutely adore it....

I have no tricks on how to make the tree, but I do have one suggestion, keep it simple. Getting crazy with the branches could cause you to end up with a tree that looks like an octopus...which is bad, real bad. Trust me, I have seen it and it's not pretty. I used blue painters tape to make the outline for my tree...I had to tape and re tape to get the tree the shape I wanted. It seriously took forever. Later I hung birdhouses in the tree which came from my baby shower. Also added to the room was original artwork created by my amazing mom...love that lady.

I am thrilled with the way this room turned out. Everything is very calm and simple. It is the perfect nest for my little bird...

Home Sweet Home...

My husband and I recently bought our very first home. Hooray! Goodbye tiny apartment, hello wide open space and lots of blank walls. Walls that I can paint and put as many holes in as I want and well, maybe some fun wallpaper...maybe.




We moved into our new home at the end of March and slowly I have been trying to fill those empty walls and make this shell of a house feel like our home. Things are coming together and I know that over time this house will become what we want it to be, a place of warmth and love, a place that people feel comfortable and welcome....I can do that, right? Time to get crafty....I have lots of little projects planned and am hoping to post some of those to share...so stay tuned...

In the mood...

Lately I have been in the mood...the mood to bake, that is. This week I made cookie brownie bars which I have to admit came from the box, but I still baked them so that counts, right? They were gooey and yummy and delicious.

I also baked a blackberry cobbler...this was from scratch. I got a Kitchen Aid mixer for Mother's Day and decided to put that thing to use. I found a recipe on bettycrocker.com and went to work. It was really easy to make...the hard part was waiting 45 minutes for it to bake. It turned out great.


I have decided I really like baking...it is a great way to de-stress. Has anyone else been in the baking mood? Please share what yummy things have been coming out of your oven lately...I am looking for some fun new recipes.

The Green Door

My husband and I have different styles in decorating. I am a kind of eclectic country/vintage kind of girl and he is a more modern/industrial kind of guy(or so he thinks).Sometimes our decor styles overlap and loveliness happens and sometimes a desk made from a too small folding table happens. The folding table was fine in our small apartment, but now we live in a house. It is time to step things up...so when my husband suggested getting an old door and making a desk out of it, I thought...great! Actually to be honest, I loved the idea...I love old doors...heck, I love most things with a vintage feel. Why didn't I come up with this idea???

The search was on...I was looking for the perfect old door and guess what???? I found it...

and the best part(besides the great price) is that the door is green...my very favorite color. I love this door. It makes me want to buy other old doors and fill my house with them. In fact, at some point I may just do that. I am sad to say that this door did not become a desk due to some kind of Plexiglass debacle and my husband shopping without me. I am okay with it, though, because now I get to use it as some really fun decor in my kitchen...
Don't you just love when things work out...or when they don't...

To Blog or Not to Blog...

Well, it has been a while since my last post....I have to admit that I didn't really find blogging fun. I found it more of a chore than anything. I think the reason for that is, I was trying too hard to be someone I am not. What I posted wasn't really all that interesting to me...well some post were interesting and some were not. I admit that I was being lame and so I left my blog(insert tears) with a vow(vow might be too strong of a word) to never blog again.

I still spent loads of time(too much to admit) in blog land. I love blog land. I love the ideas I get...I love the stories I read...I love knowing there are other people out there who share my opinion about curtain length(for you hunny). Blog land is fun and I have decided I want to be more than a blog interloper....so here I am willing and wanting to give it another try(Yikes).

To blog it is....I promise to do better this time...I will try anyway. Plese leave me some comments and let me know what you think about blogging? What has been your experience as a blogger? Any helpful hints are appreciated....

Baby Shower

So I have this awesome friend who is also a domestic diva. In fact, some of you may know her from her blog Domestic Indecision. Anyway, she is super talented and a super good friend. I LURVE (just for you nelly-poo)her a lot. Well she and some of my other amazing friends had a baby shower for me this weekend. The theme was birds, which I love...everything was really cute and so I thought I would share a few pics with you. Enjoy!




















These are some of the table decorations...
so fun!!!














Isn't everything soooo cute? They all did a really great job and I had so much fun. I am really blessed to have such great friends!!!