ATL!

Last weekend two of my best friends and I traveled to Atlanta to throw one of our dear friends a baby shower. This is the same friend that i took maternity pictures for just a few months ago. Bobbi wanted her baby shower at a tea room and we all thought that would be a great idea since we all LOVE a good excuse to get dolled up! Bobbi chose Dr. Bombay's Underwater Tea Room in Atlanta, GA and let me tell you, it was one of the best experiences we have all had together. And we have had many!

The place was in the cutest little neighborhood with the Flying Biscuit practically next door. In case you dont know what the Flying Biscuit is (because i didnt either until my girls took me) it is a fab restaurant that has many locations all over Atlanta. The tea room was small, but perfect for what we wanted. I organized a party of 10 to receive high tea with danishes and sandwiches, and then we also had a dozen strawberry cupcakes ordered from the bakery. The food was to die for. Here are a few pictures from our time there, and i can tell you that we will definietely be going back.

And since we're on the topic of Atlanta, let me tell you this........ i had to stop by Ikea on the way home. I have some AMAAZZZIINNNGG posts coming soon of my master bathroom and craftroom/guestroom makeover. Both rooms are coming along SO well :)

Happy dance!!

I said before that i had been working on the guestroom/craftroom and that i was re-doing my desk. This desk to be exact. I had plans of lightening it up a bit and painting it a pretty pastel yellow with little glass knobs for the hardware. Well my pretty ideas of a more feminine desk vanished when i started sanding all that awful green off and let me tell you this, i NEVER want to see that color green again. At least not in a paint can. It took me FOREVER to get that paint off! I took an hour almost EVERY evening for a month to work on it, since it was cooler in the evenings and when i started school i was also off in the evenings.

BEFORE:

Well yesterday after priming it upside down, i flipped the bad boy over and suddenly had a great idea! I had bought a can of beautiful wood stain to sand and stain the chair that went with the desk (already changed my mind on that one), and instead thought it would be SO pretty to stain the top of the desk and paint the rest.

So that is what i did. I was SO excited once it was done that i rushed to get it in the house, damp and all. I know that was a HUGE risk, especially moving it upstairs on my own. What can i say, i'm super woman. But here it is! These cell phone pics don't do it justice. I need a new memory card for my good camera so tomorrow after i get one i will take some new pics. And i will be working on the curtains i have for the room too! I am SO excited to get them up and then i will only need a few more things that i might be picking up at Ikea this weekend to complete the room!

I don't know why the yellow looks so much brighter in the first pic. It is a VERRRYY light yellow. It was actually called Creme Yellow by Vaspar.

Can't wait to get my sewing machine back up there and start on many awaiting projects!

I'm still alive......barely.

Well last week was my first week back to school. Literally back to school. I have to complete a 10 day "August Experience" in order to graduate next year. This is so i can experience "pre-planning" and setting up a classroom in the room where i am going to do my student teaching. I am working with a GREAT special education teacher that i really admire and think i will learn a lot from student teaching with her. So last week was filled with 8 hour days and then i would come home to my 2 adorable kiddos in enough time to cuddle and then dive straight into dinner, bathtime, and then betime. Last week was busy to say the least. And this upcoming week will be a repeat except that friday i will be heading to Atlanta with my girlfriends to throw one of our good friends a baby shower!

Since so much has been going on i haven't had time to work on all the projects i would love to, or to blog, or to even run. Bah humbug! No wonder i've been so cranky! So yesterday my neighbor and i decided to have a yard sale and clean out both our houses and post up out front and see what we could get for random stuff we no longer use. I only made $40 but spent a lot more lol. My neighbor was selling some great stuff, and stuff that we actually need! I scored this BEAUTIFUL solid wood buffet that she doesn't have room for, but looks like it was MADE for my dining room. We also got a Kirby and since her son is a few years older than mine, i got Noah's fall and winter wardrobe taken care of. I was SO excited!

*And how amazing does my old window look on the buffet??? I was working on it and planning on painting it blue and hanging it in our downstairs bathroom, but i set it on here to get a visual and George LOVED it. We are planning on leaving it there and adding a big long shelf higher up across the top of the wall.

Pumped from my goodies yesterday i took today to start organizing a bit since i got rid of some crap and have some space in our home. I cleaned out and swept the garage. *Side note, i have taken about an hour every night this past week to sand my desk and i JUST finished today. So priming and painting is on the agenda and i'm hoping i will have some pics of our guestroom/craftroom this weekend.* I moved a bookshelf from Ikea that we had in the garage into our closet which gave us so much more space and helped me organize our closet a little better. Here are a few pics from my closet work earlier this afternoon.

I know it doesn't look like much, but the shelf adds space for belts, bags, and shoes that otherwise get thrown every where else. There is also space for folded sweaters or winter things that George and I might not use during the spring and summer. 

I'm excited to get my desk done this week, FINALLY, and start working on more sewing projects as the fall holidays approach :)