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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Living Room {Tour}

I showed you our new dining room here, and our girls' room here.

Today, I'm showing you our new downstairs Living Room. We really love this space!

Love these fun seagrass chairs! They are actually pretty comfy.

The couches are THE BEST.

Do not let the white color worry you. These slip covered sofas are fully washable, and they are holding up awesome so far! I have successfully washed out dark melted chocolate, blue ink pen, spilled juice, and grease. BEST investment I've ever made!

Close up of the different pillows:

I'm also loving this ottoman in the middle of the living room. It's nice and soft on all sides; perfect for my three little ones running around!

Are the feet cute?!

To give you an idea of how awesome the drapes turned out, here is a shot of them from the 2nd floor. They are 19 feet long, and I made them.

Whew-that was a project!

(excuse the crummy picture...it's not easy to take a picture of windows!)

The hardware I used at the top of our window treatments are galvanized pipes, from the plumbing section at Lowe's. Cheap and easy.

The best seat in the room.....when my kiddos let me have a moment to play!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out our new living room!

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Friday, May 10, 2013

Bird Nest {Party} Favors

I blogged here about the baby shower I recently put together.

Today, I'm going to show you how to make super cute & super easy party favors!

First, a few supplies. I got most of my supplies at Hobby Lobby.

Supplies

Jordan Almonds

Small Clear Bags (in cake decorating section)

Mini Bird's Nest (in floral section)

Ribbon

Tape

Labels
(I used printable Avery labels from Wal-Mart)

Directions

First, fill your clear bag with some almonds. I did about 8-10 per bag.

Fold over the top, and make it tight.

Add a little piece of tape.

Put the bag of almonds in your bird nest, kind of towards one side. Don't center it-you want the almonds peeking out.

Lay your ribbon under your nest....

Bring up the ribbon on both sides, and cross in the front. Like this:

Put the label right on top of the ribbon/bag of almonds.

DONE! And so cute!

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

{Dining Room} Tour

I shared with you here, our girl's room in the new house!

Today I would love to share with you our Dining Room. It is SO NICE to not eat every meal in the kitchen any more! I love that we have a separate dining room for dinner time and holidays.

I know some families wouldn't use a "formal" dining room, but we do!

So here it is!

We got at extra long table, with leaves than can be taken out. The six chairs in the middle are fully wipe-able And boy, am I glad about that!

I'm in LOVE with these "queen" chairs, as Miss J calls them. The high backs are so fun!

Pillows for each of the "queen" chairs. Love this print.

I couldn't believe my good luck when I found this buffet! It's perfect for the aqua accents I did it the room.

The weathered, rustic feel is great for this space. The little drawers are handy for storing all my entertaining supplies too!

On top of the buffet, I found these aqua lamps, and my favorite white candlesticks. They belonged to my great-grandma. She is the one who taught me to sew-I miss her an awful lot.