Marley's Room Reveal

I can finally say that I am done decorating Marley's room! And it only took me till she was 13 months old to finish. 

In my defense, when I was pregnant and for the first 3 months of Marley's life we were living with my in-laws. I didn't feel like I could really decorate the way I wanted because it wasn't my home. Now we live in an apartment where they could care less how many holes are in the walls, which is AWESOME. 

These were the Pinterest finds that inspired me:

And here's what I came up with:

 I was all set to make a coat rack myself, but then I found this gem at Homegoods for $15! It was supposed to be for jewelery and came with chicken wire across the chevron pattern for earrings and such. I was able to pop that out so all you see is the cute design. 

I found this M in the cheap section at Michael's (Near the registers) and painted it pink. Then I stapled the ribbon to the back and that's it! Now I have a place within reach 
to put all Marley's clips. 

I made a few more embroidery hoops to hang, and had to re-do the wall after hanging the coat rack. This is probably my favorite part. I just love how it turned out! Here are some closer looks at the fabric:

(Love this one!)

 I saved the banner from Marlene's birthday and hung it over the window in her room. You can find some really cute free banners on Pinterest, I really love this one.

These are printables modpodged onto canvas, super easy! They are
hanging at the end of Marley's crib so she can look at them in the morning. 
The temple one is hard to read but it says "I'm going there someday."

Here are some other things that I've posted already:

Marley's room Inspiration

This post is mostly a way for me to organize my thoughts and put all the pictures of what I want to do in one place. Here are some of the things I want to try for Marlene's room...

These cute little birdies! The color scheme I want is light pinks, grey, and white.

via

Love this idea for a coat rack, or place to lay out her church clothes the night before. 

via 

Right now I am OBSESSED with embroidery hoop art. I wanted to do this before Marlene was born, but could never find the hoops anywhere. Right now I have 4, but want to get a few more. Excited to try these cute designs in my color scheme:

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This bow holder. Marlene's hair is ALMOST long enough for clips! 

I have an "H" left over from an old project that I'll probably use. 

 via

This is everything I've found so far and its going to keep me busy for awhile, which I love! I spend most of my days at home, so I love doing crafts to pass the time. 

Stay tuned for the results...

Wednesday Wows

Happy hump day! Since I've started working again, its been harder for me to keep track of the awesome things I've seen on the web. Here are some of my favorite pins and blog posts from this past week.

Via The Thinking Closet

 

via Setting For Four

 

via House By Hoff

 

via It All Started With Paint

 

via The Handmade Home

 

Can't wait to get going on these crafts!

 

 

 

 

 

Nursery DIY's Under $10

Now that Marley has a room of her own, I've had lots of fun decorating the walls! Because we don't have a lot of extra money these days, and to keep the husband happy, I make sure to keep my crafts cheap.

 

Here are some DIY's you can do for under $10.

Tutorial Here

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Chevron Tutorial via A Simple Kind of Life
Flower Tutorial Here

Tutorial: Match desired printable with correct sized canvas or block of wood. These here are with canvas, because they were easier to come by. I would recommend using wood though to reduce air bubbles.


Money Saving Tips:
-Before heading to the craft store, print a coupon!
(Or pull up a digital one with your smart phone.)
Stores like Michael's and Hobby Lobby ALWAYS have great deals.

-Hit up the DI or Goodwill first, you never know what they'll have!
(And its a fun way to get inspired!)

-Lastly, The Dollar Store is your friend! You'd be surprised whats there... 


Linked Up To:
Little Inspiration
Classy Clutter
I heart Naptime
and
Lolly Jane

Wednesday Wows!

Lately I've started checking out some weekly link parties around the blogging world. I LOVE all the ideas people share and decided that I want to share my favorites.

 

Here it goes...

 

The Diary of Dave's Wife shared this DIY:

I think this would be so fun for our living room...or actually any room!

 

 

The Happy Scraps posted this cute summer craft:

This just instantly makes me happy! I love sunshine, and this would be so fun to have hanging somewhere in my home.

 

 

 

Raising Up Rubies shared this great (and cute!) way to get organized:

We have some unused drawers in our kitchen that these would go great in!

 

She Turned Her Dreams into Plans posted this nursery DIY:

I love me a craft that isn't expensive, and that I can do in a day!

 

 





 

Getting My Craft On

I was so excited to start working on craft projects again once we moved. I promised Jason when we moved in with his parents that I wouldn't go too crazy with crafting because I knew we'd eventually be moving again, and space was very limited downstairs.

 

Since we moved in I've done a few projects that were pretty fun.

 

This first one I'm pretty proud of because I came up with it all on my own! I very rarely come up with my own crafts. I normally love following tutorials I find and
tweaking them a little bit.

 

I came up with this idea for a place to put Marlene's head bands because she has so many of them, its hard to keep track of what goes with what.

This way, they are all laid out in front of me when I'm getting her dressed and it makes picking one out a lot easier. I'll post a tutorial later!

 

The second craft I did was this wreath, inspired by Domestifluff's tutorial.

I think it turned out pretty well if I do say so myself. It took me forever because I kept having to go back to the store for more felt! It takes A LOT...

 

The third project I started was this wrapped canvas key hook:

 A tutorial for this will also come later...its SUPER easy!

I've been keeping myself busy while Jason works and it helps that Marlene likes to play by herself a lot more these days. Next on my list is to make a wreath for the front door,
this is my inspiration:

 

We're Moving!

After living in Cedar Hills with the In-Laws for the last 9 months we are moving out on our own! We found an apartment in South Salt Lake and are moving this weekend.

 

I'm so excited to have a place of our own, but want to know something funny? I'm most excited about being able to do crafts and decorate a new space. Ever since I was little and started scrapbooking, I have LOVED doing "crafty things."

 

Ever since we started looking for apartments I've been on pinterest and wearing out the "home decor" and "diy & crafts" categories. Also, on top of all that, today we bought some loveseats for the apartment that are really cute, but don't match our old decor. (We decorated in our wedding colors: electric-skyblue & lime-green)

 

They're a lovely pattern that has a pretty dark purple and now I'm so excited to decorate our new place in a new color scheme: dark purple, grey, and white! Here are some crafts/decorating ideas I'm dying to try once we get settled:

 Swatch Portraits via The Purl Bee

Felt Ruffle Wreath via Domestifluff

My decorating inspiration! Love everything about this room...

the rug, the table, the chairs! via The Lovely Side

Wrapped canvas with hooks...white & grey chevron perhaps?

Wrap a piece of cardboard in fabric and put at back of bookcase instead of

painting or wallpaper. via In My Own Style

Fabric on canvas with wooden letters via Spell it With Style 

Spray paint ceiling rosettes from Home Depot via Better Homes and Gardens

 

Just to name a few....

I'm seriously itching to start crafting again! Friends in the area,

let me know if you want to have a craft day sometime.

 

Stay tuned for pics of the new apartment after we get settled in next week.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

DI finds...

A few weeks ago I went to DI and found some sweet picture frames. I had seen a few blog posts about painting over frames and I wanted to try it. 

I found this, and thought it had potential:

So I got to work...

First I had to paint over the cork-board because it wasn't removable

Then I got painting:

Replaced the floral picture with this cute paper:

The finished product:

After thinking hard about what I could use this for, I had a brilliant idea! I decided that I wanted to use this board for Jason and I to put love notes on.

I was inspired by those frames on Pinterest that say "I love you because______"

Hence the stickers:

This will be fun, especially on days when we don't see each other very much because of work and school.

Its a boy!

Its official, my sister is having a boy! Now I get to really go crazy planning one awesome baby shower. I'm super excited to plan things with my oldest sister, Nellie.

Even before we knew it was a boy, I was REALLY excited about the possibility of doing a baseball-themed shower. And now its going to happen.

I am so excited to plan a party with PINTEREST! I know I'm not the only person who is bitter there was no Pinterest when I was planning my wedding.

Here are some of the things I want to do:

Painted burlap

 (except spelling Jackson of course!)

 Those lanterns...the baseball cards!

 LOVE the old fashioned decor and little apple pies!

 For the front door...

They have a doorway just like this! 

Love this!

The invitations:

Having them look like real tickets is just the CUTEST idea ever.

The Cake:

Jackson's name would fit perfectly!

Can you tell I'm excited?!

(You can find the original photos & links on my Party 

Food and Craft boards.)