My Studio/guest room

My new lens arrived! Of course after a year with no camera I can't find my SD card so here are a few updated shots of my Office/guest room.

Thanks to thrifting I was able to completely furnish this room for $200.

With a little paint I was able to make the room feel cohesive. There is so much more storage and organization than I hav ever had, it is so nice!

By adding little details like plants, candles, my grandma's mushroom jars etc. the place feels personal and cozy.

The couch is a pullout bed, making this a great room for Visitors(hint hint)

The rug turned out great, and is totally worth the incredibly cheap price tag $39.99 plus paint which I already had. It is rough, but I don't mind, plus I haven't sanded it which would probably soften it a bit.

overall it's a happy space and easy for my creative juices to flow freely :)

Camera= more posts

If you look at my posts for the last 4 years you will see that in 2011 I had over 170 posts, and the other 3 less than half that amount. There are many contributing factors to this of course but the biggest of them all is having a camera! I am not exactly good with words, and I am a very visual person, so telling a story with pictures gets me to tell more stories. Just after Christmas 2011 my camera broke. I have been using, my iPad or iPhone ever since :/ not the same at all. I have been making a real effort this week to try and transfer photos to my computer so that I will blog better instead of just posting to instagram because I want our life to be documented better than that and I want to be able to refer back to my blog and remember what we were doing at specific times.

Hope is on the way. I ordered a new lens for my old camera, cheapest solution and it should arrive any day now. I am sure it will take me a while to get use to using it again after so much time has passed but I will do it.

so I guess this my goal for 2013, more blog posts, better pictures, and continuing to document our oh so amazing  blessed life :)

working on the never ending project, quick fix

I found this amazing pattern for a Crocheted floral blanket on pinterest the other day. I saw it and I knew I needed it. I have been crushing on this

blanket from Anthropologie, and found my opportunity to bring it's essence into our bedroom. I am now in the process of crocheting a floral headboard out of hundreds of crocheted flowers. I must be insane.

I love it even more with every flower I add, slowly but surely it will be made. hAha, Moms, and my niece little miss C have all volunteered to make some flowers to add to my project! 

In the mean time a small accomplish able project was in order.

Behold boring Lamp shade

 Pinterest Inspiration

What a shock, it's from Anthro!

 $1 worth of felt and it is remade. :)

And thanks to Moms for directing me to this link Block Posters, I printed myself some art to fit this frame I bought a month ago($10 at goodwill!)

Jones and I love it! There will never be any doubt in anyone's mind this is our home, and there is no place like it.

I am enjoying feeling much better after being sick all week with a terrible Sinus cold, still 8 months preggers though and have to remind myself of that. After accomplishing these little crafts and vacuuming I am completely exhausted. Time to make lunch, try to nap and then resume my place on the couch as the crazy yarn lady, watching the biggest loser and eating ice cream.

We had a fun surprise yesterday when it snowed about an inch and so for some reason both school and work were cancelled. Sweet. It was a much needed day of recovery for us. Plus it felt like Saturday and now in only 2 days it will be Saturday again. Tender Mercies :)

My Little Princess

 Last year while broke and visiting a friend in WY I found a tattered and worn Cinderella dress at a thrift store. With a price tag of under $2 I grabbed it for Tobercakes knowing she would love it, but never realizing exactly what I had done. She wore that dress almost every moment she could. Then luckily at Christmas my Mom got her a Sleeping Beauty dress...it was falling apart by then end of the month from being worn EVERYDAY!

 She wears her princess dress dancing

 Cleaning

 playing

and sleeping. I have drawers full of cute little girl clothes and they never get used.
Between this and the fact that she use to hate letting me do her hair (she is finally warming up to the idea) I was beginning to think I got jipped with this whole only having one daughter thing. :)

I love you Tobercakes, and I know what hopefully you will understand someday, which is you ARE a princess. You are a daughter of your Heavenly Father and he and I love you very very much.

a little bit longer

only a little more than a month til Everest is due. It is exciting and I am still putting together odds and ends to be ready. I found out that I am anemic, which probably explains why I have been so fatigued lately. Hopefully extra iron intake and I will be feeling better in no time. Being so tired has made me more of a shopper than I should be when it comes to gathering clothing items and such for baby. I have loads of fabric and tutorials to follow, but going to target seems so much easier...not on the pocket book. Today finally I worked up the energy after seeing a pin Lil mo hAha pinned, to make these shoes

Tutorial found here

Using scraps I made the tiniest version I could to hopefully fit a newborn but seriously I want more in every size!!

The bottoms are blue corduroy too, and I just love them :)

To finish off my quick sewing spontaneity I grabbed a sweater that has been hanging in my closet for 3 yrs and I have probably worn 3 times. I knew I wanted to make little leggings with them so I did, which took all of 5 min.

when I find more energy perhaps more of this will happen, but as it is I barely feel like making meals, and on that note, it's dinner time.

Spread a little love

Happy Valentines Day

February

This week has been a slow one. We were sick over the weekend and although I am feeling better it is lingering still. We celebrated my birthday at home. Jones cooked dinner, did the dishes and made the most amazing Tiramisu cheesecake (which I continued to eat every meal after until it was gone)
I am trying to get some motivation to do more than lay around, but my attempts are in vain :)
I watched the entire series of Downton Abbey in less than a week, that's how bad it's been. Major prego couch potato.
Jones' bought a little ancient british car, we call Oliver. It is super cool and super rusty. He is busy this weekend with the Blacksmithing class I got him for Christmas but next weekend we are making the trip to a shop that specializes in working on the type of car he bought. I am really excited, it is fun to see him rewarded for his hard work. He has carried us through some hard times and is often the last one to buy the things he needs, let alone wants.
Life feels good, we are preparing for little Everest, and adjusting to the change of pace that the last trimester/ baby brings.

So glad it is Friday, it is rainy and I am ready for another lazy weekend, now I just need to find something new to watch :)
Suggestions welcome.