Headbands galore!

I recently had the pleasure of making some fun headbands for my dear niece, Bella, for her 2nd birthday. Her mom requested them, as her sweet little girl doesn't have a whole lot of hair yet and keeps getting confused as a boy by people who neglect to notice her girly outfits, let alone her pretty face!

{The tiny tulle one in the middle is for Bella's baby sister who will make her debut sometime in January!}

 



Now, as only women know, we never have enough spots for our stuff. It is impossible for me to feel completely organized! From make up and hair accessories to medical records for each member of my family...*sigh*...I try to be organized, but my efforts seem lost in the accumulation of all these tiny little items in my life. As a Momma to a daughter, I know all too well how easily Shire's hair accessories get strewn about and eventually lost. Rather than throwing these headbands in a bag with tissue paper, I thought I'd help a girl out and give her a place to keep her fun new headbands.

I painted this medium sized cookie tin and added a tulle flower to the top with craft glue. Now Bella has a cute place to keep her headbands, even if she doesn't want to keep them on her head ;)

 



 

This project was so much fun that I can't wait to go find more cookie tins at the thrift store! I can think of several items around my home that need their own little spot, and why shouldn't their spots be pretty?! I'm learning, slowly but surely, how fun and beautiful organization can be.:) Do you have any clever organization tricks for any particular item in your home? I'd love to hear!

 

~Chelsea

One step forward, two steps back

Hi there! Please forgive me if I've been a bit MIA recently. I've been doing a whole lot of this

 

And not as much of this

 

Though, that's just a little sneak peak of a project I am trying reallly hard to have finished for a sweet client by Friday!

 

It appears we have a nap strike on our hands around here. It took my daughter about 40 minutes of hard, loud crying to settle down and fall asleep this afternoon...and in that time she woke her little brother up, (miraculously her twin brother slept through it all. Boy likes his sleep!). Mason then spent about the same amount of time doing the same thing, and I finally just threw my wet brushes in the sink and nixed my afternoon plan of painting. At first I was completely frustrated. I am already 2 days off of when I had predicted this piece to be finished for it's owner, (embarrassing!), but as soon as my little meatball, Mason, was snuggled up against me, still hiccuping small sobs from his 45 min of crying for his life, all was right in the world and I knew I was exactly where I should be. Some days are just like that. I try to plan out what I am going to do and when...but God has something completely different in mind. And what choice do I have but to roll along and go with it?! Is it the worst thing in the world to be interrupted from your work to lay with your sweaty, sleepy, snuggly baby? Most definitely not.:)

 

So, we are in a little rough patch right now, as I like to call them. The furniture is piling up in the garage. I am slowly chipping away at pieces brush stroke by brush stroke, instead of feverishly moving from one to another like the Tasmanian Devil. But, my first and most favorite job is being their Mom. And if I don't get done what I had planned to on a given day, that's A-Okay.:)

 

And fortunately I have the kindest, sweetest, most patient clients ever. Just saying.

 

Hoping for some awesome before and after pictures of the piece above for you on Friday!

 

~Chelsea

 

An ode to the Summer of 2012

While it's not technically fall yet according to the calendar, we don't like kidding ourselves, either. Let's face it. Summer ends the day after Labor Day. Ouch! While it sinks my heart to my stomach, I thought I would do a reflective post of some of my favorite moments from the summer. This post is completely inspired by my Mom who paid homage to this summer with her 2 favorite pictures from the past few months.

So, here goes :) I will warn you; this is a photo novel of a post!

My favorite memories from the Summer of 2012

 

It was a romantic summer filled with beautiful weddings:

 

It was a relaxing summer, complete with a whole weekend away alone with my Matt:

 

It was a creative summer:

 

A challenging summer:

 

 

It was a patriotic summer:

 

It was a playful summer:

 

...Spent with some of our favorite people:

 

It was a good summer. Very grateful for such fun memories from the summer of 2012.:)

 

If you could sum up your summer in three words what would they be? Mine would be breezy, (because it was lighthearted and relaxed), hopeful, (because our kids are all at toddler age now and we haven't died), and heartwarming, (because we got to spend it with the people we love most in the world). Just post a comment with your 3 words. I would love to hear how you'd describe your summer!

 

~Chelsea