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Mila Jane’s Birth Story – Part 1

Can I just say that before I had my son, I did not “get” birth stories. I didn’t understand what the big deal was – did the baby get here safely or not? End of story. And by the way, pregnancy and labor and childbirth and, good lord, especially breastfeeding, were all kind of gross […]

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Decorating with Driftwood {Guest Post}: The Space Between

Hi friends! If you haven’t been by in a little bit, I’ve spent the last week cuddling a fuzzy newborn head, not sleeping, and being blown-away-knocked-off-my-feet-thankful to God for ginormous blessings wrapped in teensy 6.5-pound packages. I kind of like her. I wanted to introduce you to one of my newest bloggy friends, Karah from […]

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Silliest Little Adjustable Crib Skirt Tutorial on the Web

Welcome to a stupidly easy tutorial for how to make a crib skirt. When I’m finished telling you how to make your own inexpensive crib skirt, feel free to slap me in the face for its simplicity, but then kiss me because it actually does kind of solve a global problem with mass-marketed crib skirts. […]

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Guest Posts and {April Sponsors}

Happy Friday! Today I’m over at Blooming Hydrangea as a Blooming Blogger answering some top secret questions. (Maybe not so top secret.) Come say hi to Ange at Blooming Hydrangea! 🙂 Then stop by my fancy, fantastic sponsors for some shopping goodness! Belvedere Designs at Wallquotes.com offers the most beautiful vinyl wall quotes! They’re about […]

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Happy birthday, Mila Jane!

She’s heeee-ere! World, meet my little Mila Jane! (Pronounced MEE-la.) She was born last night in a super-speedy birth that barely had us to the hospital in time! (I’ll post her birth story soon.) We are loving her smushy little face and all her newborn-ness! She looks SO much like her brother did as a […]

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THE NURSERY REVEAL (!!)

Capital letters for this one, because it’s finally (mostly) done! The only thing remaining is a fantastic little chandelier which continues to elude me, but enough about that, right? Let’s see the pics! Here’s the room when we bought the house: And here it is when we redid it for my son: And here’s the […]

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The Hunt for the Elusive Craigslist Dresser

If you follow my blog on facebook, you know that I’ve been on the hunt. I’ve been hiding in the shadows, watching… Image by Brian Lary via Quietly, sneakily stalking my prey. source The prey: the elusive craigslist dresser, in excellent condition with beautiful lines, within my budget, for the nursery. But this particular breed […]

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Fabric Decisions and Calling Off DFACS

You can call the Department of Child and Family Services back and tell them they don’t need to come to my house after all, because my unborn baby girl may actually have an (almost) finished nursery when she arrives, and may not need therapy after all. At least not for that. From Someecards.com I have […]

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How to Install Crown Molding Like the Pros

You guys know how some molding chunkiness can make me go weak in the knees, right? Nothing pretties up a room quite like crown molding. We installed it in almost every room when we bought the house – like here in our dining room: And, of course, in our recent DIY built-in bookshelves project: – […]

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Surprised!!

YOU. GUYS. I haven’t been able to stop beaming all day. You know I love blogging, right? Hands-down the BEST part about blogging is the relationships you create with people across the country and the world who share similar interests. Today I was SHOCKED to find out that 12 of my favorite ladies from blogland […]

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Secrets we’ll keep from the baby girl

This is just the internet, right? A perfectly safe place to post confessions and trust that they’ll stay right here, between you and me? And we’ll agree to never, ever tell my little unborn baby girl. Like how we didn’t clear out her nursery until about four weeks before her due date… And how we […]

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Odds & Ends

1. I am not a headless belly. I just realized that all the pregnancy pics I’ve posted here cut me off at my neck. Suddenly I got insecure and nervous that you all think I am a walking belly with no head. That’s just awkward. Fortunately we got some family photos taken recently which can […]

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Adventures of a Sewing Genius

I’ve talked to you guys before about how desperately I want to be able to sew. I want to love sewing. I want to whip up a pair of drapes or an intricate pillow in a little fifteen-minute tornado of thread, bobbins and knowledge. But I am the William Hung of sewing. “I have no […]

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Relocating Begins

We’re making space for a baby again. Two years ago we set up this nursery for our baby boy. And made space in our lives for the tiny bundle of poop and joy. But now the nursery sits empty, a blank canvas ready to be made over for a baby girl. My little boy’s furniture […]

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Best Online Shopping Tips: Part 3 – Everywhere else

This is part 3 in a series. Don’t miss Part 1: Craigslist shopping secrets and Part 2: Tricks to saving money on ebay. Well well well. We made it to part 3 of this little series on online shopping tips, which I like to think officially qualifies me as a grown-up blogger who knows what’s […]

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