Springtime is coming slowly but surely. The robins are out and the rhubarb has sprouted in our backyard. We are all having fun spending the extended daylight hours of our evenings outside in our rainboots and every once in a while it is warm enough to take the kids out for an afternoon stroll...
We live in small town America and my boys love to be outside. Here are few pictures of them being manly!
I do not treasure items much in my life-I try to focus on people but if I did chose one object to treasure it would be wedding/engagement ring. My husband and I have been dating for almost a decade (highschool sweethearts) and married about 3 1/2 years. As we talked about marriage over the years I always told him I wanted him to pick out my ring and I wanted it to look "antique and unique." When he asked me to marry him February 2007 I thought he did an amazing job and I am in awwwe of how well he captured the spirit of me in this ring. This is the only item I could lose that I feel truly is irreplaceable.
Dressing my daughter is often times the highlight of my day. I so look forward to getting her all dolled up and she enjoys it too. Her favorite accessories are jewelry and shoes. She is still hesitant to keep on hats and hairbows. But she does really love a good scarf. She is in love with make-up brushes and playing in my make-up box. It is so funny to me that my one year old has accessory preferences, but also very apparent! This outfit was for a cool spring day last week...I love to mix and match pieces to be sure that no other little girl in the world has chosen that same outfit for the day. I do like "sets" sold for kids, but rarely keep them together-I don't want my kids to look "cookie cutter" and feel like this instills creativity and courage to be different early on:)
These are my 2 favorite home magazines displayed in my kitchen with my cookbooks and a few favorite dishes. Putting these types of inspirations into my decor keeps me thinking creatively.
Today I tried out the bright blonde hair color kit from Loreal called sublime mousse. I have been anxious to try this new foaming product and I must say this was the easiest hair color application I have ever done. It was so much quicker and easier than both the salon and other at home hair color. The secrets in the FOAM! So quick and easy and the blonde color I achieved was pretty good...not salon or celeb quality but pretty good for 30 minutes and 2 babies below my feet on a snowy Friday at home.
My beautiful sister-in-law is pregnant and I asked if I could take photos of her pregnancy..these two are my favorite.
My kitchen is simple, blue and white. I love it and I am convinced I will forever desire a white kitchen.
This is the rest of my dining room. I love the soothing colors of blues, greens, creams, greys and anchoring chocolate browns. I always love a soothing, shabby chic room with sophisticated comfort.
My in-laws bought new dressers for their bedroom. I took my M-I-L's dresser and whitewashed it, added new hardware and distressed it until I got a beautiful new entertainment center for $14! I used the mirror from this dresser to make my master bedroom dresser set.
