Nursery Room Progress

Where oh where has the time gone?!?! Today marks the start of my 3rd Trimester! We CAN NOT wait to meet this lil boy or girl in just 12 (hopefully short) weeks. 

Jon and I have just been all around super busy this past month and a half, but have been able to start on the nursery and I am just loving how it is all coming together. 

Initially, my plan was to do some wall decals rather than paint, but Jon really wanted to paint the room, so I let him(for once) do as he pleased. We decided on a Modern Gray, it was a very subtle gray and it turned out great. It does just give the whole room a fresh and clean look. I had also originally planned to get curtains because the room does get a lot of sunlight all through the day, but we ended up finding some pull down blinds from Ikea that worked really well and in the perfect shade of Gray so we just went with those instead of the curtain route.

I wasn't sure what type of artwork I was going to have since I needed to keep it all neutral, but as I was clearing out the room to make way for baby I found these old line drawing animal postcards and thought this would be a perfect project. So, I ended up pulling out the old watercolors and painted the 4 prints. I have 3 hung up, the rhino, panda and turtles....still to sure if I am going with the lizard. 

I also ended up making my own XO print, which I love! We found some wire baskets from At Home that work perfect as cubbies for our organizer shelf thing we already had and also storage for diapers, lotions, wipes and such over the changing table. 

We ordered a Glider that should be coming in sometime in June, so once we have that our nursery will be pretty much complete. There are still some things I need to do, like make the Tissue Paper Tassel Garland for over the crib and getting some baskets for the changing table....just some overall decorating to make it all pretty! :) 

I just love it! I can't wait to bring the lil one home and also to put some boyish or girly touches to the room. Ekkkkk 12 WEEK COUNTDOWN! 

xoxo, 
Jess

A Lil' Sugar

I can't believe it is March!!! February just flew by, it really was such a wonderful month!  

Quick recap on what all happened...
- My BEST FRIEND got engaged...which I got to help pick out the ring, which was so special to me and am so excited for her!!!
- Jon surprised me with a Valentines Day Weekend getaway...amazing! 
- My cousin's from Chicago, IL came for a visit...had so much fun! 
- My littlest brother, Harrison, came in for a surprise visit to celebrate me and my other little brother's b-day...was so surprised and happy! 
- I turned 29...ekkk in my last year of my 20's! 
- Baby bump finally made a debut as I reached 20 weeks...so in love!  
- I am half way through my pregnancy...we can not wait to meet this lil babe! 

Since February was so sweet and full of love I thought we should start March out the same way with some Sugar Cookies! I found this recipe here and these cookies really were so yummy, yum!

Happy March, hope it is off to a sweet start! 

xoxo, Jess

Valentine's Day Garland

Happy February! My favorite month, not only because I made my debut into this world on a sweet February 22nd day, but also because it is the month of love! I love decorating for any holiday, but Valentine's is one of my faves! I mean it is  just so cute and fun and who doesn't love hearts, red & pink, and sparkly things! 

To start off the month I decided to make some festive garland. I had most of the materials and the 2 things I didn't I got from the dollar store, so it was a super easy and cheap lil project.

Materials:
Cord String
Large Needle 
Pom Poms (just used 1 bag from the dollar store)
Loose Hearts Table Decor (got these from the dollar store, pretty much just thin foam core sparkly hearts)


After I had all my materials I just strung them all together using the large needle. Wah lah, easy peazy and a super cute result! 

Hope you all had a fun Super Bowl Sunday & Happy Love Month!

 xoxo, Jess

Nursery Inspiration

I think one of the things I am most excited about, other than meeting our little babe, is decorating the nursery! Currently we are renting a 2 bedroom home, our second bedroom is currently used as a guest/office/craft room. It has a futon, desk, lounge chair and storage cubby in it that will all have to go to make room for the babe. Since we are renting and most likely be buying a home shortly after the babe comes we will not be painting or doing anything major to the nursery, I will save going all out till we get into a long time home. 

It is a family tradition on my side to not find out the sex of the baby. Since we are sticking with tradition I am going to try to keep the nursery gender neutral, but will have to sneak in a little sparkle somewhere. Below is my inspiration for what I plan on the nursery colors and decor style being. 

1. I am going to make a paper tissue tassel mobile for over the crib

2. Love this dresser, will be on the look out for something similar at GW to redo

3. Gotta have a lil sparkle pillow

4. Love, love this Aztec Baby Bedding

5. The style of crib is my fav

6. Love the colors in this wall print

7. This lil tray would be perfect to keep baby stuff on

8. Ahhh I love this chandelier, may have to wait till new home for this one!

9. These wall decals are perfect solution to not painting

10. We are still deciding between a glider or rocker, but this rocker may be the winner 

Even though we will probably not really begin putting the nursery together for a couple months, since we still have to clear it all out, it is fun to have an idea of what it will look like and start some DIY projects! 

Look forward to sharing the process with you all! 

xo, Jess

Back In Action

Happy New Year! 

Ekkk, I can't believe I haven't done a post since Dec 1. Life has just gotten in the way, literally a little tiny life that is growing in my belly! That's right Jon and I are expecting!!!! And we couldn't be more excited or thrilled for this BABY, due July 15! 

The first trimester though has kicked my butt, pretty much being nauseous all day, everyday topped with total exhaustion so basically I have had an on-going hangover for the past month or so! Thankfully, I am already feeling much better and more alive as I ease into my second tri. 

I am just so excited to begin this journey of becoming a mom and share all these new experiences along the way with you all. Get ready for lots of fun posts on nursery DIY's and getting ready for this baby! Can't wait! 

xo, Jess

Thanksgiving Fun

Happy Monday All! It is always hard to get back into the swing of things after a long holiday weekend. We had just a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had my whole family together, which doesn't happen often, since my older brother, his wife and the cutest lil boy live in Wisconsin and my youngest brother is at Grad School in West Virginia. It was such a special Thanksgiving for us all to be together especially with a new baby in the family. 

The 4 days were full of food, laughs, fun and family. I couldn't of asked for a better time! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Now bring it on Christmas! 

xoxo, Jess

Easy DIY Wreath Makeover

Finally, the temps have changed and we have officially started Fall here in Phoenix, and it is heaven! I just love the cool, crisp days and snuggly nights. I really love this time of year especially with the holidays coming up it is really just my favorite of times. 

With the temperature change also comes my decor change, since it is no longer Halloween it was time to give the Skull Wreath a Fall Makeover! 

It was a pretty easy project. I took all the Halloween goodies off the wreath and spray painted it Ivory. I actually have a lot of decor odd's and ends hanging around so I just went trough my craft closet and pulled some stuff out that I have used to decorate in previous years. 

After I gathered the goods, I brought out the big guns AKA my hot glue gun and got my makeover on! I actually ended up leaving off a few of the gathered goods and went with all gold and found some old ornaments that worked perfect in place of the pine cones.

I was at first worried about the contrast between the yellow door and an all gold wreath, being since there really was none, but I actually ended up loving it. I think it is nice and subtle, but elegant at the same time. 

 Any fun Fall decorations you have done this season?

xo, Jess