Subway Art

Remember my Family of Four post?  Well, I decided to use this same frame for Holiday Subway art as well.  It's in a highly visible area so its perfect!    I will just keep them all in the same frame and switch them to the front so I don't even have to dig around to find each print!  Here is what I picked out for Fall, and it's FREE!  I suppose you could pay extra to have it printed professionally, but a sheet of card stock and my home printer did the trick for me.  This particular print will last you from September-December!

You can go here to download it as well as see 11 other free printables!

Happy Fall Y'all!

Cowboy Woody Birthday: The Invitation

Here is the invitation I created for my son's 2nd birthday!  Decor pics coming soon!

My First Painting

While I was pregnant with my daughter Allie I felt very creative!  I think she will be creative/artistic so it was flowing between us.  Anyways, I got this big idea to paint something special for her nursery.  

I copied the fabric from her bedding and put her beautiful name in the middle.

  

I bought a broken frame for 90% off at Hobby Lobby and repaired and painted it to match.  

I would definitely recommend doing this.  The frame is gorgeous, and all it needed was a little putty, sanding, and a few coats of apple green paint!

  

For my first painting I think it came out pretty good!

Baby Landon

A few months back we got some very scary news about the son of one of my hubby's friends/co-worker.  He and his wife welcomed their first son into the world, only to have him whisked away by ambulance and then care flighted to another hospital.  Baby Landon had swallowed a large amount of meconium during labor and was not given a promising prognosis....BUT....our God is bigger and completely healed this precious baby boy!  It gives me chills!  

A few weeks before I delivered our sweet girl, I had the honor of meeting him and taking his newborn pictures.  He was the MOST expressive newborn (only 5 weeks) I have ever met!  He was so much fun to take pictures of and is such a darling little guy!  Meet Baby Landon, completely healed and healthy!  Thank you Lord for this miracle baby!  

DIY Wall Art

Have you seen all of the new darling word art birth announcements?  Well, I was looking at some a few months back while I was planning the nurseries and came upon some really cute ones!  The more I saw the more I wondered hard would it be to create one myself?  Answer = NOT HARD AT ALL!!!

Here is the one I created for my son Drew's room (Date/Last Name have been changed for Privacy!):

I got all of my fonts from HERE.

Now I am going to work on one for our daughter's room!

Dress Up Shower

This shower was given to me this Summer by two of my sweetest friends!  The theme was Dressing Up Allie, and I wanted to share it even though I wasn't the one who threw it.  It's just too cute of a theme not to share with the world!  This shower was for my second baby.  Since I was having a girl this time around, and had already had the "Big Kahuna" showers with our son where we got all the baby gear, my friends and I decided that a small shower where I would receive girl clothes would be perfect (and it was!). 

Here is what the invite said:

Nicole is expecting a sweet baby girl

Soon we will welcome Miss Allison Pearl

Diapers, wipes, and toys, are all just fine

But Allie needs gifts that will fill a clothesline

Dresses, onesies, and even hairbows

Let's dress her up from her head to her toes

We also think Allie needs a dress up trunk,

please look through your closet for an item

to fill it up.  An old had, purse, or even a dress,

let's get her started on her make-believe quest

The decorations were dress up clothes that were hung and laid out every where.  Since the shower was in the evening they served fruit, lemonade, and desserts.  You can see more details in the pictures below!

Nursery Chair Redo

When the hubs and I were first married we acquired this beautiful antique chair from his childhood neighbors.  I loved the detailed wood carving on the back, but since the fabric was such a "lovely" shade of pink we have always covered it with a quilt!  Well I decided when we put it in Allie's room that it was time to reupholster it!  Hubs about fainted when he saw what I had done.  He thought I had devalued the chair, but I quickly reassured him that the pink fabric was indeed not the antiquated part of the chair (although it did seem that way from its condition!).

Here it is BEFORE

AFTER

I used a natural cream color fabric with a cream ruffle.  I did the seats, and hubs did the ruffle because I got to huge to move!  My new decor rule is that if it doesn't work in at least two rooms don't buy, make or change it!  I think I read that in Better Homes and Gardens?  I can use this chair in just about any room in our home if I just change the pillows.  Best part it only cost approximately $25 for the chair redo!!  That includes the fabric from Walmart, and ruffle and tacks from JoAnns.