vivianne's homemade quilt.

I make my children, nieces and nephews (pics to come) a quilt with their name on it (see previous entry links to view: Alivia's quilt   Emilia's quilt   Jackson's Quilt)  As many of you know our family is expecting another baby girl this October and I have finished Vivianne's quilt this past week. Above are the photos of the finished quilt and I am feeling very anxious to snuggle this new bundle of love soon.

girl's room furniture makeover.

Before: 

Emilia and Daddy starting this redo project on Vivianne's dresser

 After: 

the girl's night stand looks so much sweeter in mint and the original hardware worked with the new color

After: Emilia Jane's Dresser 

After: Vivianne's dresser/changing table and new homemade mobile

The girl's room is transforming into a nice space for two sweethearts and the furniture makeover was a vital part of this transformation.  I am happy with the result of the mint furniture.  Now the fun part of organizing all of their clothes and closet can begin.  An added perk to the whole project is the leftover mint paint will cover up the paneling in mommy's dressing room!                                         

a few of my beautiful hollyhocks.

I have a small collection of HollyHocks started this year.  I love these traditional farm flowers and hope they really take off at my home. 

entryway curtains.

We have all neutral, high quality curtains on traverse rods in our downstairs (came that way upon purchasing the home).  I do not mind the look of them at all and they are a better quality than I could afford, but our entryway curtains are kind of by themselves and worked especially hard so when I fell in love with these beauties at Goodwill, I didn't hesitate.  They look light and beautiful by our front door.  I love sliding them open and looking into my flower garden each morning. They also dress up my primitive chair and brighten the whole area. 

vanity seat and classic dressing table.

I am currently redesigning my dressing room-such a treat.  I am lucky enough to have this beautiful space to display my love of fashion and feel like a lady.  My husband rescued this gorgeous antique vanity and we cleaned it up.  I love it "as is" and have only added new knobs, accessories and a new vanity seat to this rescued beauty.  I bought this old brass chair at a garage sale for $5.  My husband painted it mint for me and made a base for the new upholstered seat.  I bought this beautiful chevron fabric and we remade the seat exactly as I wanted for under $10.  I cannot wait to finish this room's makeover and upload pictures :)

a smokin' deal on quilting wheels leads to a day of crafting.

 I scored this basket full of quilting wheels at an antique store for $2.50-the remaining supplies needed to make the projects below were found in my home. 

 I made this mobile, for our daughter Vivianne, from an embroidery hoop, leftover sheer fabric from our wedding and many many quilting wheels.  I think it will make our newest addition smile and coo.

 I recently found this child's apron at an estate sale for $2 and was able to personalize it for my girls by adding a few quilting wheels. 

 All of these plain headbands were leftover from my daughter, Emilia's "baby" headband collection and I was able to make them sweeter for both her and her baby sister by adding a few quilting wheels for personality.

She was more than happy to model for mom.