Fall Ya'll!

Yay! It’s Fall Y’all! I’m totally loving this weather… still warm- not crazy Atlanta humid warm, but good 70s warm. Nights are breezy and so fab we can keep all the doors and windows open. Think this may be my new favorite season. Sorry Summer. You may have lost me at 102 this year. With that said, it’s been so long I figured a few posts are due. Who is this moms crafty person? Does she really blog one a month? LOL.

Baby Girl 3 is now 7 weeks old and maternity leave is coming to an end way too soon.  Oddly enough I had a huge big fat list of  “I wanna do this” while on maternity leave and not all that has been done.  I have accomplished this:

            ·        Had a baby (Okay not really a 'to do' per say, but pretty cool)

·        Burn maternity clothes

·        Clean out all three closets

·        Donate 4.5 million bags of clothes to others

·        Clean out old toys and donate

·        Make a fall centerpiece on our dining room table (lofty goals, eh?) and decorate for fall

·        Organize and declutter all bathrooms and cabinets

·        Spend way too much money on things I “Need” at Target

·        Take a nap or two a week (this is awesome, p.s.)

·        Spend an enormous amount of time with my boys and new daughter (by far the best!!)

    One project I've wanted to try is to transform a few beside table lamps into this PB Mercury Glass Lamp look, but on the cheap and cheap since these babies run $259:

     A little bummed because I thought I could just use any type of surface and get the Mercury Glass effect but after trying this on a few items around my house today, it only gets the look from glass.

    Guess I should read more closely. I used a glass hurricane and used a squirt bottle to water it prior to spraying. I misted the hurricane between coats and probably did 5 coats. I've got some more practicing to do, fo' sho. Maybe I'll just pour water on the glass instead of spraying with a bottle. I'll try some other glass items tomorrow and do a Part Two for this project.

     SO… I need to find an inexpensive glass lamp that I can turn into that Mercury Glass beauty PB sells for a whopping $259. Also, I need 2 burlap shades… any ideas to find a couple at a reasonable price? Could I buy burlap and use my handy lil’ glue gun?     

     Anyway this crazy mama will post YES I WILL ACTUALLY POST THIS MONTH and share some projects I’ve done while on break. Hope you're all well and thanks for checking in!

    Katie

Nursery Board

The nursery saga continues!

I’m working on a nursery board to figure out how to make my youngest boy’s nursery into a girl wonderland in the next 2 months. Poor fella is getting booted out and he'll be shacking up with his 3 year old big brother. (Any advice on putting 2 toddlers together in a room?!)

I’m new to this whole board concept but I like to spread out my spending (don’t show this to my hubby) and see the whole idea on paper first! I am totally in heart with this zig zag rug from Urban Outfitters. It's been out of stock for months and months and is BACK ON THE MARKET, BABY! I ordered 2 and am hoping I can put them together as one big rug. We'll see how that pans out!

Would love your feedback on colors, accessories, if I need to start from scratch, etc! I have a white dresser and considering painting it a light pink or dark pink. The basics: Light grey walls with white and pink bedding and grey zig zag rug.

Katie

Rachel at Accessorize and Organize

Oh Rachel, how I love her. She is a fantastic DIY'er, maker of all things, mother of 2 kids (one in particular that I hijacked a name from), incredible wife, insane runner, minivan driving woman who knows how to run a family and make everyone jealous on the outside looking in! She basically ROCKS! I peruse her site everyday and if you haven't checked it out before, go now and look at Rachel and Marlene’s blog, Accessorize and Organize. They are fantastic and you'll be inspired to think you can build beautiful diamond jewelry or make a farmhouse table all within clicks.

She's started a baby board on Pinterest for our little girl that's about a month away from making her grand apperance and I'm so thankful for all the awesome ideas.  Thanks Rachel! What would I do without you and your 7 am texts?

xoxoxo

Katie

Designing a GIRL Nursery!

Yes pretty pumped to be designing a girl nursery after having 2 boys. I'm looking for great design ideas so feel free to push any my way! I'm stuck on a punch pink and grey color palette and this rug could be what I design the room around.
Where can I find this rug?!

Isn't it oh so fab?!
Where can I get one?!

Worst Blogger EVER. That's me!

Who’s the worst blogger in the land? I AM!!!

Okay so here’s my pity party:  I’ve got a 2.5 year old, a 1 year old and am about to have baby #3 in the next 6-8 weeks. My job has changed at work so I’m spinning out of control most days then I’ve got my other jobs when home, so running a household, working and being prego have kept this mama in the blog free zone. Needless to say, my life has had little time for blogging. I’m missing it greatly and have done so many projects in the past few months but by 11 PM when the house is clean again, toys put away, kitchen back to normal and laundry ½ way done, I’m ready for bed! Slacker. Shame on me!

I’ll be putting some new posts in and my apologies to our great readers for having zero good stuff to see in the past few months.

Much love and hugs! See you soon!

Katie