There's those sweater vases again. I was glad I made some white ones last time b/c they work well with Christmas. 

 

I use battery operated candles because ideally I'd rather not burn the house down.

I know you can't see her face and that'll drive some of you bananas, but I still thought it was cute!

Christmas Spots

We have been working on a huge-o, major, big mess making, crazy wonderful project in this dear old house!!! However, it is taking forever to get done and stuff put back in place. (We had to move the current stuff into room #1 and #2, then when we got done take said stuff to room #3 and then move #1's stuff into #2. Confused yet?!?) It didn't help that I couldn't move for a week because my back went crazy on me!!! Talk about driving a prego lady nuts!!! Anyhoo, until I get energy or have nothing else to do everything put up, you'll just have to have a sneak peek. 

DIY Christmas Picks

I have been itching to go to Hobby Lobby to get some new Christmas picks to use as filler. I've started to go a couple of times and talked myself out of it because I didn't feel it was necessary to spend the money. I'm very slowly getting my decor up and today when I needed those fillers, I decided I'd just make my own. Granted they're not Hobby Lobby quality...pretty much if you'd blow on them they'd mess up, but they work! 

I had some greenery that I got at HL for 80% off after Christmas one year, some berries, and "bird's nest" (as my sister called it. 

Spread out the branches like so:

Poke around the filler:

 And, voila!

Love Her To Pieces

I had a couple of retakes to do today, so Arilynn thought she needed her picture taken, too. Messy hair, unmatched jacket, snotty nose-but she's still so cute! :) 

Junk Collecter to Eventually Arilynn's Room

The room we're working on now has been our storage unit. Things we didn't know what to do with were piled in there! They are now piled throughout my house while I figure out a solution. Needless to say, it's a disaster here. My husband has no idea what it's like to live in a clean house and quite frankly it's getting on my last nerves. Sigh...we'll get there, I suppose.

Can you say disgusting?

Yanking down the trim that didn't match.

It is still far from perfect!!!!! The walls are not at all solid in this room, but it'll have to do.

I painted it a very pale pink. It will eventually be Arilynn's Shabby Chic big girl room.

Next project for Wes. Not something I'm going to attempt.

Oh, and we're having another baby in case anyone missed that! :) 

Absence Excuse

The reason why not too much blogging has been happening..LIFE!