A Mini Craft Session...

I have been working on this Fall-esque tree (inspiration from Cluck Cluck Sew ) to go in a frame in my bedroom...which still looks the same as the day we moved into this place.   

Seriously, my room is sad. Just a mish-mash of all the stuff and furniture that didn't work anywhere else in the house. It's time to do something about it.

Anyway, I was working on mine and my Mini-Me was right beside me chattering my ear off and decided she wanted to make one too. So instead of my usual, "wait Aubrey, maybe we'll do it later" annnnnd then forget and never do it, I actually stopped what I was making and made one with her.

Stopping what I'm doing mid-project is NOT a gift of mine. I get something in my head and barrel forward, poor Aubrey.

Anyway, this is what we came up with from my scraps and I love it!

I did another thing that I normally never do, let her choose all the stuff and place it....and I didn't even move anything around (as you can tell by the same fabrics being beside each other!), it was like I wasn't even me! But it turned out so amazing and she was SO proud of it and herself :)

I was going to frame it, but decided to leave it as is and just make it a little wall hanging in her room.

I'm lovin' me those frayed edges too! I mean, how cute are they?! 

Annnnd here's my shameful fabric purchase I made the other day. In my defence, it's Anna Maria Horner....Anna Maria Horner for goodness sakes! Look at that lovely Innocent Crush fabric (which, oddly enough, I've been crushing on for quite some time--hahaha), sooooooo beautiful....AND 25% off! Now, if I can just get the gumption to cut into it...

Linking up here....

More Room Decor, Some Research and What Happens When I Call Myself a Hairdresser.....

Can't....stop....crafting.....

I've been lusting over all the Martha Sewart-esque pom poms out there in blogland and needed some of that fabulousness in my home....namely Aubrey's room. And let me tell you, when I saw this polka dot tissue paper in Walmart?!? Are you kidding me?! And at $1 a pack, I was in!

It's a little bit wonky, but it's the first one I've made and it's hanging nice and high, so we'll just pretend that it's perfect, 'kay?? Good.

Look at all that polka dotty goodness!

So like I've said previously, I've been on a spray painting spree and I've discovered a few things along the way. Let me enlighten you and you may then glean from my findings--I know, I know, you're welcome.

There are three main brands of spray paint out there(well, there may be more, but I haven't found them so you're getting my findings on the three). Valspar(Lowes $3.60ish), Rust-oleum(Home Depot $2.90ish and somewhere else, can't remember) and Krylon(Walmart $3.60ish, Hobby Lobby $4.99--are you kidding me?!?).

Well, let me tell you these three are NOT created equal people. I assumed that because of the higher costs of the Krylon and Valspar, they'd have a better quality. Yes, that is where my mind goes, I assume higher cost = better. WRONG! The one that has worked the best for me is....

Seriously, the coverage this thing has per can is second to none and I've found that the overall colors offered are better(personal taste). Valspar had fabulous colors too, but at the highest cost per can and probably the worst(in my humble opinion) coverage, not to mention the stench this gave off?!? I'm out. Rust-oleum it is.

I figured that I could save you all some time and most importantly $$$ by sharing this. Again, you're welcome.

Now on to the pictures of shame.....Aubrey's hair was driving me crazy! My daughter hates having clips, elastics, etc in her hair so it's usually all over the map, mainly her eyes. It doesn't seem to bother her that much, but like I said, it was driving me crazy. So, since I have no car pretty much every day of the week, I took matters into my own hands....unfortunately....

Yup. Classy. She's now a mix between Dora, William Shakespeare and an Amish boy.

The pictures are fuzzy because this kids DOES NOT sit still, ever! And she was not happy I was taking pictures of her, I think she knew she had/has a dud of a haircut. Oh well, nothing I can do about it yet, we still have no car during the day. At least it looks half decent when in a clip...assuming she lets me put one in.

But look at that beautiful face! Please don't hold her mom's mistakes against her....

Aubrey's Room: The Never Ending Craft Session....

So I'm really getting my craft on for Aubrey's room. I'm trying to use stuff I already have around my sewing room so we can save on $$ :) Yay me, right?!

Some hoop art was next on deck. I'm going with a color scheme of, well, color in her room. Like I said before, I don't want to be tied down by a "scheme", I'm rebellious like that.

The two brighter patterned hoops I just left as is, but I flexed my glue gunning muscles on the purple one. Didn't want it to be bland, nope can't have that.

Nothing some buttons and lace can't fix!

I'm loving how they turned out! Best part was Aubrey come up while I was making them and when I told her they were for her room she said, "Wow Mama! I LOVE them....what are they?!?". Ah 3 year olds, no artistic vision.

Thought I'd throw in this next shot.....

Random I know, but I have this mask that my brother got me when he travelled to Venice and to say Zach hates it, is an understatement! For some reason it FREAKS him out and of course I wear it and sneak up on him and prop it in random places for him to find at some random time. I'm a good wife and that's what good wives do; piss off their husbands. Anyway, after one particular time of me hiding it somewhere on his desk, he got me back! Oh man, it made me smile for the rest of the day. I'm convinced that this is why our marriage is going to make it ;)

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Beds, Wall Collages and Potty Trains.....

Zach and I went to our first ever Augusta garage sale(yay!!) on Saturday and the first time's the charm, let me tell you! We picked up this queen pine sleigh bed for a smokin' deal. And when I say smokin' I mean SMOKIN'! Seriously, we got the mattress, box spring and bed--WITH delivery! We were so excited because we eventually wanted to get Aubrey a bigger bed(she was still in the toddler from of her Ikea crib, it was one of those convertible ones) and if we were going to get her a bed, we were going to get a queen sized one so we could have maximum guest housing possibilities!

But we were not going to pay full price for one because, well, we can't afford it! This was actually good timing because Aubrey's been falling out of her bed a lot lately. She moves A LOT when she sleeps and I think there was just no where for her to go in her teeny tiny bed.

Now normally I'm the kinda person who's all about their kids paying their dues and sleeping in a twin bed and sharing a room. No joke. I think that kids have way too much "personal" space these days and with TV's in their rooms, computers, cell phones, etc they never have to come out and interact with their families. They just go to their rooms and hide away. Not my idea of a good time, for anyone. Ok, I'll get off my soap box now. But this was a smart purchase for our family, even if it kinda goes against what I believe....that sounds warped. Moving on...

I found this wonderful quilt/sham set at Marshalls for a great deal and after I bought a mattress cover(a bed bug one, because a used mattress kinda freaks me out....even though the people we bought it from were super clean and the house looked in tip-top form too!) the bed was ready to go! I LOVE this bedding, I feel like it'll last her for years to come, not too kidish.

Isn't the bed beautiful?!?

I've been on a spray painting bender lately and have been working on the decor for Aubrey's room. I'm glad that I don't have a "theme" to follow with the bedding, pretty much anything will go. I love color WAY too much to be stuck with a particular color scheme :)

I'm working on the different placement of the frames for the collage for her wall. And the storage aspect in her room is needing a total overhaul, but one thing at a time!

In other news, Aubrey's potty training now and to be honest, it sucks. I'm not a fan of this and I want to hurt anybody who tells me that they potty trained in a day/week. It is NOT clicking for my girl, not sure why. Don't get me wrong, there are good days when she only has one accident(of the poop variety) but most days there are more accidents than not. Frustrating to say the least. I've tried everything, but the thing that's working best is the star chart. She's been doing better since starting this and we call it her "Potty Train" chart since that's what she calls her potty :) "Mama, I have to go pee on the Potty Train!" Too cute! These pictures looked fine in iPhoto, but are fuzzy here for some reason! Posted them anyway because she was so happy posing by her first stars on the chart!