My chalkboard is up!

Yay! It fits perfectly at the end of the hall where I get to see it a dozen times a day. In fact I find myself looking down there just to see all it's lovliness. Now I just need to work on my penmanship. I thought when I was making this, "Wow, this is HUGE, I'll be able to fit a ton of words on it." Apparently not. I'll need to adjust my writing style. But I'm super excited to try the new chalk pen my sweet friend gave me for my birthday last night. Does she know me, or what?



Love all the detail on this frame. It's quite heavy too. And you can't get better than free...thanks Mom! Here she is in her former life. I was able to save the painting itself and bring it to Goodwill.



I found this fun cross-stitch on eBay and snatched it up for just $18. I had another place in mind, but until a new table lamp (hopefully for my birthday *wink*wink*) gets decided first, it will sit right here for now.

Ballet and Tap

The girls are taking tap and ballet all year and will have a recital this spring. I'm SO excited for them! They love it so far and it's fun to see how much they've learned so quickly already.

Happy Fall!

It's a gorgeous 88* here today and fall is in full swing. We have a week of rain coming soon so we are enjoying this weather as best we can right now. Tonight I get to scout out one of my favorite spots, looking for the perfect family photo backgrounds. It's the perfect night for a walk and preparation for taking photos for one of my favorite families this Friday. I'm praying that the scattered thunderstorms they moved up a day, stay away.

Sam actually asked me to take his picture. It was so nice to have a willing subject.

And I just finished up a teensy-tiny blouse in size 12/18. It was quite fun to make this along side of a size 7 at the same time.

Happy fall y'all!

Finding Solutions {Owl Growth Chart}

In our house I find I do a lot of decorating just to cover up the silly design flaws of who ever built this house. Our house is so tiny that there is absolutely no need for an intercom system. But the builders jumped on the 80's bandwagon anyway. To change out the system to white would cost about $800. And since we aren't willing to tackle a larger hole, sheetrock patch job ourselves, the only answer right now is to cover them up. Of course we'll have to do something proper with them if we ever move. Imagine seeing a house you like only to find big holes in the wall when the previous family moves out. Yikes! Either way, they are an eye-sore. You've already seen how I covered the one in our bedroom and the electrical panel in Sam's room. And pretty soon I'll get to show you the command panel in the kitchen. It's a doozy of a hole. I still have yet to come up with a solution for the one by Sam's lightswitch. I fear there is no solution right now, but I'll never stop thinking about it.

So today I waved my magic wand in the girls room, and this is how it turned out. ;)

Remember these wall stickers from Target ,that were in the girls' old room? They were a bit much in there, but now they are perfect in their new room.

Now you see it!



Now you don't!



TaDa! A little woodland themed, totem pole inspired, growth chart.









Wall stickers, a pine 1 x 12 x 4', white paint and a green paint pen and perfect painting weather makes me a happy girl.

While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads.

New for Christmas...

In Red

Or Pink

Find them {here}