Celebrate The Boy!

Two awesome bloggers have proclaimed February as the month of the boy. Often boys get shafted in the craft world in favor of girly crafts, but no mas! The month of the boy is perfect for me, as I have two of them. I may not get all the boy crafts I want to do done this month, but at least I'll have some great ideas!

Boy Crafts by MADE:

Boy Crafts by Made by Rae

Making...

Hi all,

I've made some things in the new year, throw pillows for a friend's birthday (hopefully she'll send me some pics when she gets them) and a big nap pillow for my eldest to take to pre-school. My newest project may just be this pillow with ties that I found a tutorial for on Make It and Love It. I may also make some regular pillow cases, too.

Christmas Crafting

I can't believe it's been almost six months since I've last posted here, which also means it's been about that long since I've crafted. The main reason for that is I've been busy making a human! You can see my little Buddha Baby over at my other blog, The Baby Head Diaries, but I've been missing this blog and my creative endeavors. I really wish I could have made more for the Holiday season, but I have had my hands full finishing up this fall semester (3.5 GPA!!!), birthing a baby, working, raising a toddler, and being a wife.

Well, the holidays aren't over yet and I do have some plans to make some things. I will be making some throw pillows for my grandmother & grandmother-in-law, and a friend. I also plan on making some fabric coasters for myself and this friend, too. Because of the newborn in the house I'm going to have to schedule my sewing around naps and/or at night after everyone is asleep. Hopefully, next year I will be able to make all the things I wanted to make this year!

What I want to make next year:

advent calendar

Smile and Wave

Christmas Stockings

Day to Day


Felt Tree Skirt

Isabella & Max Rooms

Ornament Wreath

sweet jessie

New Perch...

You can now find me at The Baby Head Diaries! I will still be posting my creative endeavors, attempts at organizing my home, and inspiring spaces, along with reflections on motherhood, marriage, and life!

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

The Baby Head Diaries

Make me over...

What I Want to Look Like!
Even Halle's casual look is sexy and cute!

I don't talk about fashion much here, but I've been a fashion buff for a while. My style has changed over the years, I was more risque at ages 19-22 for example and now I like quirky classics. For the past two years I have announced that I was going to only buy things that I thought I looked fabulous in, not okay, not covered, not dressed, but FABULOUS! This usually works for about a month or two and then I go back to buying clothes on a whim or because I need something different to wear no matter what it looks like. So I have LOTS of clothes, but I end up wearing about half of them. So about once a year I decide to purge and make my vow of only FABULOUS clothing. Well, right now I am pregnant so I will be buying things that are tossable for sure and I DO NOT like spending a lot of money on maternity clothes, but I am VOWING that when I start buying for the fall/winter of 2009 I will only buy things that not only look fabulous, but are QUALITY! So this means cashmere sweaters (in quirky colors and patterns please), designer jeans (gotta love Seven's), and basically really getting my money's worth. So instead of five $20 sweaters from H&M I will get myself one for $100. I want to look like the cool sophisticated mommy, not the one that can't get it together!

Nurseries I love... Sloan's Nursery

This nursery is a friend of mine's for her daughter Sloan who should be here any day now!

Here is her inspiration board she created before she started:
And below is the actual finished nursery. The frames hold pictures of Sloan's mommy and daddy as babies in black and white. Both pictures are nude pictures in similar poses flanking the quote from the inspiration board. The changing table has art work created espscially for the nursery and nearby is a rocker by Ikea. I think Sloan will be perfectly happy in this room and so will her parents.

Spearamint Baby Contest for Sonny Boutique!

I would love to win this contest, my first purchase would definitely be the crayon rocks, in fact I might buy two sets, one for myself and one for the big boy! And I love this animal print as well. What would you purchase with a $50 gift certificate?