Macie's Baptism and Nursery Pictures

Hard to believe but our little granddaughter, Macie is now 2 months old.

Today was Macie's baptism  and wouldn't you know it, I didn't check the camera batteries

before we left and the light was flashing...but we still got some great pictures..

Even though we were close to the front of the church, they were facing away from us so

I had to take my pictures from the big screen...Crystal, Macie and Stuart are on the left side

with the Macie's godparents, Jon and Libbie..

Macie's little baptism dress was so cute...lots of layers of tulle and lace..



The proud parents and Macie..

Don't you think little girls, especially babies are ADORABLE when they have headbands on..
and this flower is so pretty!

Of course I offered to hold Macie the entire time we were there....

The baptism cake was made by Libbie(godparent) and she made such a

yummy cake and use fondant for the frosting...

Now let me show you Macie's room/nursery...

After Macie was born, it was time to girl-la-fy the room and the first order

of business was to paint the room pink....

and added Macie's name(Pottery Barn) and I think the butterflies are from Target...

I took this picture even though Macie's baptism dress is laying there..

I wanted to show off the pictures from  Galeris Anais on this wall with some more butterflies..

And I love to check out other people's closets, don't you?

Thought I'd share Macie's closet..don't you love all the pink?

For now the toy shelf is in the closet...looks pretty cute in there..

This is the wall opposite of the crib...

three more pictures from Galerie Anais

and the baby onsie that I made before Macie was born...

I might need to make a girlie one now...

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Decorating Dilemna Going On

I started putting the St Patrick's Day decorations away on St Patrick's Day and pulled out my Easter stuff...

Things are looking pretty and springy but I was stumped as to how to accessorize the top of the hutch in our dining room. I normally have it one way and it stays that way for a very long time but I decided to give it an update...

Here's what it looked like, some good stuff but yet kind of blah...

So I called on Brenda from Cozy Little House and ask her for help...

If you've never checked out her place, you're in for a treat - her home is so wonderful and sure to make you smile....she has a wonderful place...

Whenever I try to decorate the top of the hutch, I have to work around these light fixtures and cords...

(kind of dusty too!)

I use books to lift things up...and work around the electrical stuff...

well let me just show you...

I used quite a few books this time around...

I pulled out the vintage suitcase that I bought last year at a thrift store...still debating on whether I should paint it or not..

Probably get cracking on my banner this weekend...

I wanted to keep the bunny since I'm going for a spring/Easter vignette..

And the frame stays, love the Subway Art from

 Landee See, Landee Do....

Brenda suggested something green so I added a plant that needs to be up high so the cats don't chew on it...

and put the lantern on a candlestick that I got from Goodwill...

and my decorating dilemna is now solved!

Thank you Brenda!

Don't you just love my window hanging to the side...

just got it this weekend at Pier One!!

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All Ready for Valentine's Day!

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Let me show you our home.....

I found this shelf at Goodwill and promptly spray painted it.

And while I was so happy about finding the shelf, my DH found a pair of shutters!

Good thing that I keep a good supply of spray paint on hand at all times.

You just never know when you'll need it!

And of course here's more Goodwill finds, you can click here for more pictures....

And there's an abundance of subway art this year, very inexpensive decorating - especially when it's in a Dollar Store picture frame.

I made a mini album from some empty toilet paper rolls.

(I must admit that I've become sort of compulsive now about saving those toilet paper rolls.)

I took a dollar heart chipboard album from Michaels and turned it into a fun, sweet album.

Decorating for Valentine's Day can be very inexpensive and a lot of fun.

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Living Room Wall Remix

It's been awhile since I've done any spray painting but it's also been awhile since I've found anything at Goodwill to redo with spray paint.

Last Sunday, I found an oak shelf that looked like it would hold teacups and saucers. So I spent Sunday afternoon changing it up to fit my style. DH found a pair of shutters, he's got a great eye for what I like!

And I'm very pleased with the results, let me show you my latest redo to our home...

Here's what the living room wall looked like before...it looked empty now that we moved the

TV to the corner.

I spray painted the shelf and one of the shutters, a soft cream color...

This frame is also a goodwill find that I bought a few months ago and spray painted it.

Valentine subway art, courtesty of Eighteen25.

I pulled out a couple of my Willow Tree figures and added some red bead necklaces.

The glass holder is a glass vase attached to a candle holder.

The valentine accesories are from Hobby Lobby.

I just love this frilly pillow, also Hobby Lobby...

The bottom shelf holds one of my white ironstone platters, a Goodwill find.
And the picture is another freebie that I found on a blog that I can't remember.

And no decorating project is complete unless a little silver is added.

I would like to add something on the side of the shelf.

Possibly some white plates?

But for now, I love how it turned out...

I'll share more of my Valentine decorating this week,

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My Favorite Room Re-Do

Layla at The Lettered Cottage is having a party...

and I'd like to share our master bedroom that we redid this past summer....

Our oak bedroom set that we've had for 10+ years that was looking a little dated.

And the standard TV in the bedroom....it was so big that nothing else could be on the dresser.

We sprayed on a cream laquer and glaze for a distressed look.

But firrst there was a lot of prep work - the taping took the longest but once that was done - things happened very fast.

Our end result! And we did this all over Memorial Day weekend!

The room is so bright and clean looking!

And no more TV, we miss it every once in awhile but I love having another surface to decorate!

The headboard was our starting point, I got the shutters from Craigslist and I already had the shelf.

We ended up painting our kitchen with the same laquer and glaze...but the bedroom is my favorite redo!

This weekend, we are in a winter storm watch so we'll be working on our living room and putting away the Christmas tree and decorationgs. I even spray painted a few things in preparation for the living room.

We hope the weather cooperates as we need to help move Michael. He recently accepted a job with a major accounting firm and is moving back to the area. (We're so happy to have him closer!)

Wishing everyone a great 2011!

Mixing New with New to Look Vintage for Christmas

I get a LOT of magazines, and I love to read them and be inspired.

One of my favorites is Romantic Country..

There was an article of a beautiful four bedroom Victorian home in Redlands, California that I loved!

And I loved the simplicity of this arrangement and put together my interpretation of this with things that I already had.

The wire tree came from Pier One, I bought it for a specific place but found out it was too big.

But it fits in perfect in the entry way.

The pictures were printed out from The Graphics Fairy.

If you haven't checked out all of the free graphics, you really need to.

I love to decorate with mercury glass.

This Santa has been around for quite a few years, courtesy of QVC.

The mercury glass ornament is from Pottery Barn  that I got last weekend when we were in Chicago.

  

There are so many great Christmas decorations this year that look like they've been around a long time.

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