Sher's Mom's Room Makeover

I'm posting this a little late but promised I'd share it.

We found out in November that Sher's mom would finally be 

able to come to the US..all the paperwork was done..

but her room wasn't! LOL..

It was our "junk room" so miraculously with the help of my super talented sister Delilah 

and her crazy storage organization skills I was able

to get the room emptied out,

THANKS DELI!! Could not have don't that without you!!

So after that adventure we were left with the shell of the room we

called the "enchilada room" because of the (ugly)orange color it was painted.

Sher was so anxious to get started that he ripped out the chair rail and 

carpet before I could get pics!

(we had like 2.5 weeks to get it all done-including making the flooring!)

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We then wired for a chandelier, gave the room a fresh coat of paint and decided to do the trim 

treatment we used in Sophie's room.

I don't have any pictures of the flooring install because I was entertaining Sophie during all of that!

Here are some photos of her finished room with walnut floors

and some curtains I sewed up. I added some artwork I painted a couple years ago,

some side tables and lamps.

...and voila -done in time! 

~ well almost, hehe...

...her mattresses arrived the day after she came in and

 I finished the curtains a few days after that..hehe

It was really important to us to have a nice room for her to come to,

so she could feel at home, comfortable and welcome.

I'm so thankful we finished on time!!

(Thanks God!)

We will be building her a bed eventually, it's on "the list," lol.

Next we will be working on a coffee table and dining table, then flooring for the 

living room and hall areas....slowly the beautiful wood floors are spreading

throughout the house.

Now that Christmas has passed though I'm constantly dreaming of the patio and backyard

 and everything I'd like to do there...*sigh* it's on the list. :0)

Now just because I am so in love with this little one, here are a few pics of

Sophie ( my little baldy), she will already be 4 months old in 9 days! ..Time flies..

I hope everyone is having a beautiful new year!

God bless you all, and thanks for dropping by!

3.5 months old

So sorry to be MIA!

But here are some quick photos of our little elf :0)

I will post soon, we have family coming in for Christmas and Sher's 

mom is now here with us (she came in from Moscow last month).

It's been busy, projects everywhere, we had to redo Sher's mom's room 

in 2 weeks! That includes flooring and all! -pics to come soon.

Well, hope everyone has a very Merry and Blessed Christmas!

This is a dress that used to belong to me!

:0)

~HapPy HaLLowEeN~

Hope everyone has a terrific Halloween!

Hot Air Balloon Lanterns

I thought having some hanging hot air balloons in Sophie's room would be fun.

Something cute for her to stare at :0)

I found these cute balloons but they were a little pricey and small.

I started to think up how I could make some myself and came

up with the idea to use paper or nylon chinese lanterns.

Then I thought, it'd be cool if they actually lit up too and doubled as night lights!

I ordered a few light kits and some lanterns in different shapes,

I already had some small round lanterns in my closet.

.The green one came colored already, and I remembered to take a pic

 right after I had painted on the blue stripes, hehe.

All I did was paint them up with acrylic paints.

Painting on the nylon lanterns was a lot easier than the paper lanterns btw.

I then used dimensional paint to add some fun details, 

and a thin sharpie to draw on the "netting".

Finding baskets was hard, lol -I finally found some at Hobby Lobby in San

Antonio while we were on vacation! They were a blonde colored wood so 

I just painted them a darker shade.

After the lanterns were nice and dry I just poked some 

string through them and tied the baskets on. Hanging them from Sophie's 

chandelier made this process a lot easier!

Here it is all tied up :0)

I hot glued on some "sand bags" made

up of scrap fabric and a little poly fil and some little flags. 

Those were made quickly and simply with

paper and markers...that's all there was too it! 

This was a really fun project. They still don't have the light 

kits attached but I hung them up anyway just to enjoy their

cuteness :0). Sophie seems to like them too!

Here they are in their new home..

Now here's some cute pics of Sophie to enjoy :0)

:0)

One Month Old!!

We can't believe it's been a month already!

Sophie is really a Joy, she doesn't cry much and is

pretty patient with us except when she is hungry, lol!

Here are some pictures to enjoy :0)