A few weeks back, I shared a sneak peek of one of the special gifts I made for Beckett to give him when our new baby arrived - a custom designed board book featuring hand drawn animal silhouettes. Today I'm back to show you the entire Big Brother Kit that we gave to him at the hospital after Cooper was born. The idea for the Big Brother Kit started with my desire to make Beckett a special Big Brother shirt using iron-on transfer paper. I bought a plain black t-shirt from ... View the Post
It’s a Boy!
Introducing our new son, Cooper! He was born one week ago today on Friday, May 31st and was 7 lbs, 1 oz, and 20 inches long. Photo by Technicolor Vision Photo by Pitter Patter Pix Photo by Technicolor Vision My C-Section went MUCH more smoothly than last time - it's amazing the difference it makes having had no pre-eclampsia and effective anesthesia! When Beckett was born I didn't get to see him until after I was in the ... View the Post
The Big Day is Almost Here!
The big day is almost here! We'll be meeting our new little one on Friday (assuming he or she doesn't make an appearance before then). Yes, as in three days from now! Photos by Technicolor Vision I don't know if everyone has the same experience, but it sure seems like this pregnancy has flown by compared to my first. I assume it's because I've been busy chasing after a toddler rather than spending all my time focused just on the pregnancy, but I still can't believe that we'll ... View the Post
{organizing with style} Cabinet Pulls Turned Scarf Hangers
I realize that most of my recent posts have been very baby-centered, and with baby number 2 arriving VERY SOON, there will be lots more baby related posts to come. But I thought I'd give you all a break with something a bit more "adult." My collection of scarves has grown quite a bit since I first organized our master bedroom closet a few years back. At that time, I added some small drawers from the Container Store to one of the closet shelves, and neatly folded all of my scarves into ... View the Post
{gifts with style} Custom Animal Board Book
As I sit here writing this post, I still can't quite wrap my mind around the fact that in three weeks or less we will be a family of four! Nonetheless, preparations for baby's arrival are in full swing! In addition to folding onesies, buying newborn diapers and sterilizing bottles - one of our main focuses has been doing all we can to prepare Beckett for the new baby that will soon change his world. Since he'll only be 17 months old when the baby arrives, I know that his ... View the Post
{decorating with style} Zebra Cornice Boards – Part 1
Our nursery has been ALMOST complete since Beckett was born nearly 17 months ago. But the one project we never got around to finishing were the window coverings for the room. Now that Baby Number 2 is set to arrive in a matter of weeks, I decided it was time was finally get this project done! We love how modern the architecture of our home is, but one element that poses a big challenge is the abundance of long, thin horizontal windows throughout the house. On the main floor of our house ... View the Post
{gifts with style} Teacher Appreciation Coloring Card
It's Teacher Appreciation Week! This is a first for us, as my son is now attending a preschool program a few days a week. I scoured Pinterest and found so many cute ideas for teacher appreciation gifts, but then I learned that each teacher had already put together a list of "suggestions" of the gift cards they would like to receive. Now, I'm not sure how I feel about a gift registry of sorts for teacher appreciation week, but I decided to go along with it and bought each ... View the Post
{Denver style} Home Snooping for a Good Cause
You know how you drive around on the weekends in your favorite neighborhoods admiring all of the beautiful homes and wishing you could just take a peek inside to see how they are decorated? Wait - don't tell me I am the one who does that?! Surely I must not be, because several of the public schools in the neighborhoods surrounding ours have found a way to capitalize on our desire to see how others live by hosting home tours as fundraisers. It's like HGTV, ... View the Post
{entertaining with style} A Rain Shower Themed Baby Shower
When I found out last year that my dear friend, Corrie, was expecting a baby, I knew I wanted to throw a fabulous baby shower for her. Corrie is a Denver native, but has been living in Seattle for a few years now. And since baby's gender was going to be a surprise, I thought it would be fun to host a gender neutral celebration themed around the baby's Northwestern birth place. So with a teal and yellow color scheme, and lots of clouds, raindrops and umbrellas, I put together a rain shower ... View the Post
{featured} Check Me Out at IHeart Organizing
If you've been reading my blog for the past couple of months, you've likely heard me mention Jen at IHeart Organizing and how much I am inspired by her and her blog. So you can imagine how stoked I am that today Jen is featuring my nursery as her Reader Space feature! Please take a minute to pop over to her blog and check it out - and while you are there, stick around for a while. If you like organizing and good design (and seriously, who doesn't?) then you'll be ... View the Post
{organizing with style} Closet Rod Divider Tutorial
Thanks to everyone who checked out our organized nursery closet earlier this week. Now I'm back with a quick tutorial on how I made custom clothing dividers to organize the different sizes of clothes. I purchased the plastic closet rod dividers {affiliate link} at the Container Store for only $.99 each. They are also available on Amazon {affiliate link} in larger quantities for slightly less, depending on how many you need. To make the labels, I used ... View the Post
How to Organize a Nursery Closet
Babies may be little, but their stuff sure can take up a lot of space! That's why I knew that the small closet in our nursery was going to need some upgrading in order to be functional both now, and in the future. The closet is narrower than a typical reach in closet, and it originally had sliding doors which only allowed half of the closet to be accessed at one time. Each sliding closet door was only 17.5 inches wide, making it very difficult to access the ... View the Post