Hello Everyone!

I have been definetly MIA lately and I am so sorry! We have two weeks before my due date and I am trying to get everything in order and ready for our baby girl! We are very excited (and a little nervous) about the big day!

We received the area rug for our baby girl Ava's room yesterday and it took me a while to decide on what type of rug we wanted to get. Our home has tile and hardwood floors, so we have many area rugs and they are all pretty neutral in color. We have a leather strip area rug in the living room, a seagrass rug in the kitchen and the rest are a beige with some subtle design. I just couldn't decided on an area rug for Ava's room, I didn't know if I wanted color to go with her pink, blue/gray & white theme room or something neutral that would go with the rest of the house and something we could reuse in a different room down the road. I decided on a round rug because I love the whimsical shape for a nursery and I nervously decided on a jute rug, I say nervously because I didn't know if this would be too rough on little feet, but I figured that when we lay her on the floor to play, we will put down a quilt anyway. So I began my search online and found a 6' round jute rug on Overstock.com at a great price and it had many great reviews. Although the reviews were from people using this rug in kitchens and dining rooms, no nurseries-which didn't surprise me, I was a little nervous, but after it arrived yesterday I found it was MUCH softer than I thought it would be! So here is Ava's finished room! (I still need to make a frame for the canvas above the bookcase)

Sorry, I had to include a picture of the two sock monkeys! I hope you have a great day!

-Jessica

Hello Everyone!

I can't believe Christmas is only a week from tomorrow! Time has been flying by and I thought I would share some updates of our baby girl's nursery. Yes, we are having a baby girl and before we found out I already had painted the nursery a gray/blue color because I knew I wanted that color even if we had a boy or girl. Here are some updates and keep in remind I still need to touch up some painting, replace that rug, finish my chair slipcover and get our baby girl a mattress!

I will post updated pictures when I get more projects finished!

Thanks for stopping by!
Jessica

Hello everyone!

I haven't been doing too many things around our house lately because I still get some morning sickness now and then, but it is getting better! We will hopefully find out if I will be decorating our nursery for a girl or boy in the next few weeks! :) Until then I have been interested in making some jewelry for myself since it doesn't require me climbing ladders or caulking/painting a lot!

I am sure most of you have seen this DIY Kate Spade necklace on Pinterest and other website but I had pinned it a while ago and finally got around to making one that was sort of similar. I won't bore you with a tutorial but I will give you the link to the one I used!

http://www.henryhappened.com/diy-kate-spade-bead-necklace.html

Here is the ogirinal necklace:

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I love hot pink but I knew I wanted a red for the Fall and I used smaller beads that what was used in the tutorial. I got the wood beads from the kids craft section at Walmart. I picked out the medium shade wood beads and got the other supplies at Hobby Lobby. Here is how my necklace turned out:

 

Like I mentioned before, it's not an exact match but I am happy with how it turned out! I have saved a lot ideas for some neat necklaces in the future and I can't wait! 

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!!

 Jessica