Tooth Fairy Pillows

I know I have been a really bad blogger these past few months. Sorry!

I've been getting quite a few requests lately for tooth fairy pillows, and just recently acquired a new design set from Just For U Embroidery at ETSY. I have been making tooth fairy pillow for quite some time, but didn't have a cute little tooth fairy design to go on them, until now.

This is a closeup of my favorite design. {Thanks to my sister for taking the pictures, as I was in a hurry to get it in the mail to my niece before she lost her first tooth!}



And this is the pillow hanging from the bedpost of her bunkbed.



My niece has fair skin and blond hair... here's another pillow for a brunette with olive skin.



These pillows were done a while ago, but just wanted to share them, too.









Aren't they a cute way to customize the tooth losing experience for each child? If you are interested, visit my ETSY shop to purchase your own custom tooth fairy pillow!

Sweet Shower

Last weekend, two of my closest girlfriends from college hosted my baby shower in California. They are both incredibly talented and creative women who love to plan parties and events. The day was absolutely perfect!






Before the shower, my sister had emailed everyone asking them to bring a photo of them with their kids (or a picture of themselves with me, if they weren't a mom) and she is putting together a little scrapbook with these photos and each woman's "advice on motherhood". This picture shows my mom and her friend along with my girlfriends working on their individual scrapbook pages. It is going to be such a wonderful keepsake for me and the baby!


My sister also put this fingerprint/wall hanging tree together. Each guest put their fingerprint on one of the branches as a "leaf" and then she added their name around the fingerprint. (I'm planning to pick up a few more shades of green ink, and do this again at my NY shower in a few weeks!)


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These were seriously the BEST cupcakes!


Again, a HUGE Thank You to Michelle & Christa for honoring me and the baby with such a beautiful shower! It was such an intimate and special day. Living 3000 miles away from my family and childhood & college friends can definitely be tough, but I am so blessed to still have such close relationships with so many wonderful women!

Nursery Beginnings...

After tons of research I decided on this set, named Bella, from JCPenneys. I really fell in love with it.





We had it shipped to the store for free and picked it up this afternoon. Let me tell you, the boxes were HUGE! I drive a mid-sized SUV, and there's no way anything would have fit into my car! Fortunately one of my husband's buddies had been over at the house helping us with a few other projects, and I asked if he could give us a hand, and the use of his mini-van. The store was about 3 miles away from the house, and I figured between our two cars it would be a quick trip! Boy was I wrong!!

The box for the changing table appeared to have some damage but I didn't think that it looked like it was in an area that could have caused harm to the item. Well... again, proved wrong! Once home, the changing table was pretty banged up! One of the drawers was actually shoved further inside than it should have been, and a few screws seemed to have popped out. Not to mention the nicks and scratches on each of the drawers and one corner of the top. I immediately called the store, and the manager is supposed to call me back on Monday. I am hoping that they do the right thing and have it picked up and ship me a new one to my home. I can't imagine having to lug the damaged one back to the store and wait until the new one comes in and going through finding someone to help us get it back to the house, again!

Fingers crossed that JCPenneys customer service steps up and corrects the problem!

The dresser and changing table both came fully assembled, all we had to do was move the drawer pulls from the inside to the outside.

I'm planning on sewing my own bedding, and am waiting for one of my fabrics to come in, but I promise to show my progress as I go.

My husband and I also are doing the crown moulding ourselves in the baby's room. Neither of us have ever done this before, so it should be a fun project! :)
I have been searching and searching for good tutorials to help with this project, I may try to put together a user friendly one. (If we both survive in one piece!) I know I've mentioned it before, but many of the walls in our house, built in 1928, are covered in plaster. Needless to say we are sure to be getting very friendly with painters caulk because of the lovely "english muffin" texture on the walls! I love the character it adds to our home, but painting it proved a challenge. I can only imagine what fun the moulding will be.

Once we have the moulding project is complete, we'll be putting the crib together. It's currently sitting in it's (undamaged) box in the middle of the family room.

I can't wait to see the room all put together! I do feel like it's all happening so fast, but when we (my mom) first placed the order, the set was supposed to be on backorder until the end of February! I guess it's better for it to be here sooner rather than later, while I still have energy and can help.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Love... and marriage through the years {framed}

This picture was taken at my wedding in November of 2006. I had framed wedding photos on display of our parents and grandparents. My two Aunts that traveled from London for my wedding are also captured in this picture, making the memory extra special.

For years, these photos have been collecting dust in my basement. I knew I wanted to display them, but wasn't quite sure how.

I used photoshop to retouch the older prints, and added the names and wedding dates. {Wish I'd had photoshop when I got married, would have been great to have added the names and dates then!}

I bought a large frame at Michaels, and instead of using a paper background or mat, I found a great chocolate brown damask fabric. I covered the cardboard insert and basically wrapped the corners like a present. I used hotglue and my staple gun to keep everything taught.






I then used cream cardstock to mount each photo and then used glue dots to attach the mounted photos to the fabric.




I also got my cricut into the action. I cut out in cream vinyl the words "I Do" and flourishes in a mirror image, and adhered them to the inside of the glass.

And... the finished product hanging on the wall in our family room!




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So proud!

I am so proud of my sister! For my whole life I've always looked up to my big sister in so many ways... even though I think I was taller than her when we were teens. :)

This week she opened her own ETSY shop, Willow Of Wonder.



Her artwork is absolutely amazing and inspiring!

Check it out when you have a chance! You won't be disappointed!



You can also read more about her journey in creating her art on her blog.

Oh Baby!!

I know I've been very MIA lately, but I do have good reason. I have been suffering from serious Progesterone Poisoning!

Today we are 11 weeks pregnant! I have had a VERY rough first trimester so far. I had such high hopes of being {one of those women} who is constantly glowing through pregnancy and loving every minute of it. I've already asked my husband if he's okay with only one child, because I'm not sure I could go through this again! {SIGH}

By the way, the term "morning sickness" is crap - if it was only in the morning, I'd be doing cartwheels! And... saltines... don't really work... Gingerale, I LOVE you!

My husband has broken down my two biggest symptoms thus far as: Nausea and Narcolepsy. There are days I can't seem to stay awake longer than a few hours at a time.

On a lighter note... my parents were in NY back in early October and we decided it would be great to break the news to the whole family in person. (My parents don't get out to NY all that often.)

We had a Sunday Family Pizza Party on October 3rd. A week before, I went to our local pizzeria and asked if they could spell out "Oh Baby" with pepperoni on a pie. It was a request they had never had before... but I think they did a GREAT job! Mike, the owner of Mario's Pizzeria sent me home with a handful of the little white pizza tables (the little thingies that keep the cheese from getting stuck to the pizza box). I had an idea to make little stickers to put on top and then into each pizza.



The little stickers say our due date is June 3rd, 2011... it's already been changed to June 1st, 2011... and from what many of my girlfriends have experienced, I hear it's not unusual for the date to change a few times!

Here's a picture of me with my husband and our "Oh Baby" pizza!




I have barely even turned on my sewing machine more than a handful of times in the past 6 weeks... I'm hoping that I'll turn a corner and start feeling better soon! With the holidays coming up, I have SO many things I'd love to be creating!

*** Today is also my four year wedding anniversary! I am so blessed to be going on the amazing journey with my best friend and soul mate! I know my husband is going to be a wonderful father!

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