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Sunday, March 1, 2015

My favorite registry items...

Registry Favorites

Registry Favorites by carolinabelle84 on Polyvore
Hello all!  I wanted to share some of my favorite registry items so far.  Of course baby girl hasn't been able to use any of it so far but I'm ecstatic over the things we listed.  Most everything we registered for came highly recommended either by reviews or by friends.  All I heard from other moms was Aden + Anais anything so I definitely kept that in mind for burpies, bibs, and swaddle blankets.  Since we will have a young infant in the summer, muslin is perfect to keep her covered but cool.  

I'm loving our Britax B-Ready travel system and I can't wait to see it in action.  

Her crib is my love, those beautiful spindles are the absolute best.  

We will likely try a variety of pacifiers and bottles but for now we have the Tommee Tippee and Soothies to start. 

At my first shower I received my Skip Hop diaper bag, I didn't get gray though, mine is the limited edition French Stripe and now that I have it packed I can appreciate the fact that it uses vertical space instead of filling up like a duffle.  

We have several Halo sleepsacks, this style came highly recommended by one of my best friends.  

My husband likes the auto rock and play from Fisher Price, we will likely have it permanently set up in our living room.  

Oh and those Zutano infant shoes....cute!  I love all the color choices, I stuck with one multi colored pair since she will grow out of them quickly but I will probably buy them in a bigger size as well.  Zuntano's have snaps so they wear similar to a sock and I hope they stay on her tiny feet.













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Friday, August 2, 2013

Updated Dining Room Chairs

I was going to post this last night but R and I had too much fun watching the Red Sox game at a local sports bar.  He now has Fridays off and I have some PTO to take so I decided to today off and spend some time with him.  I'm going to try to follow a blog "schedule" with a theme for each day of the week. Thursday is my "home" related day so I wanted to share a small project that R and I completed that made such a big difference in how much I enjoy our dining room.  We reupholstered our dining room chairs.   I couldn't find a before picture of a chair (without someone sitting in it) but think plain tan tweed.  It was a basic "go with anything" look but I really wanted some color.  We are still in a rental house and our walls are mostly white, except in the dining room where there is odd, red dragon fly print wallpaper underneath the chair rail.

Here is the Waverly fabric I chose:
It's a faded coral color, red enough that it looks okay with the wallpaper in the room but much softer.

R and I used this tutorial.  I consider this a two man job, one of us held the fabric in place and the other controlled the staple gun.  We reattached black canvas fabric to the bottom of the seat so you can't see the coral edges.  And here is the finished product:


I finished the project with two complete coats of scotch guard fabric protectant.  I purchased too much fabric so I'm going to use the rest to make some cafe curtains for my kitchen - I love this pattern and I think the color could brighten up that room as well.
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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Holiday Home Fragrance

I love bath and body works on Black Friday.  I got 3 candles for the price of 1 ... it was difficult to pick from all of their available scents but these are the ones R and I both agreed on.

Tis the Season will probably be our main candle for the month of December.  Merry Cookie can really go all winter...it smells like vanilla frosting!  Cranberry Pear Bellini can really go all winter too, it has the least "holiday-esque" label - it smells clean and slightly fruity.  They had a great selection and I really can't ask any more for the price I paid.
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Monday, June 6, 2011

Seashell Wreath

Saturday I spent two hours making this summer wreath for my front door. I had a giant pickle jar full of shells that I've collected through the years and I wanted to find a use for them. This is a easy project that turns out quite nice I think if you are looking to get rid of a pickle jar full of shells in your home!
You'll need:
A styrofoam hoop found in the wreath section
Ribbon, muslin, or any other type of fabric to wrap around the hoop (I used approx 28 ft)
Hot glue gun
Shells - I bought a few pretty ones and a couple of starfish
Wrap the ribbon or fabric around the styrofoam wreath and either hot glue the ends together or use a straight pin. Use hot glue to start attaching the shells to the wreath. I found it was a lot easier to glue a large shell on first and then fill in with small shells afterwards. Mix up sizes, shapes, and colors for interest and make sure you can't see any ribbon after the shells are on. Once the wreath is covered on the front, inside rim and outside rim - glue on your pretty shells so they are in the front. After the whole project had dried I looped a yellow ribbon over the wreath and made a bow so I could hang it.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

New Apartment Post

I've been living here for a few months but it takes so long to post photos I've procrastinated on sharing these. I really like this apartment; the community is very quiet, the maintenance is fast and efficient and the details are great - I have chair rails, crown molding, ceiling fans, nice light fixtures and a very nice kitchen with great appliances and storage.

My Kitchen. I really would like to paint, I hate the white walls.

My tiny entry way. I bought this little table to house my incoming mail, stamps, pens, etc to stay organized.
Living Room and a small glimpse of the bar area. Lilly desperately tried to get my attention and refused to step out of the photo. I've been looking an actual coffee table. I love this ottoman and, in past apartments, it has been a great source of storage but now I'm really wanting a nice heavy cherry wood coffee table to match my end table.
Living room, the only thing new are the leather bar stools seen on the left. When my grandma passed away she left me that cute antique sewing box in the corner.
Bedroom
Makeup and hair product storage
My huge walk in closet!
Bathroom, this didn't change much from my last apartment
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Monday, December 20, 2010

New Flatware!

So last year my grandma passed away the day after Thanksgiving. She had already bought my Christmas present so mom went ahead and gave it to me as my Christmas Eve gift. I think my grandma was big on tying up loose ends. I'm the only unmarried grandchild and when the others had their weddings my grandma spent a certain amount of money on each for something for their home. Well some months earlier she wanted to go ahead and give me the money for my gift....just in case she didn't make it. I shook the whole thing off, it wasn't even something I wanted to think about. As usual she got her way.
Here is my "new" Pfaltzgraff stainless steel flatware set. The design is "pearl", she couldn't have picked out a more beautiful pattern and it's perfect for everyday, casual use. I've had it a year and it stayed in a box because I toyed with the idea of only opening when I was married and in my own home. But a few weeks ago when I was packing to move I decided I deserved to having a matching set - MY set, picked out by MY grandma as MY Christmas present. She didn't give it to a "we", she gave it to "me" and as I've used it this past week it makes me think of her.
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