it's friday, baby!

so for this next post, you're going to have to use your imagination a little bit. tripper and i have big ideas for the nursery walls, but i wanted to fake them in photoshop before we did any purchasing. your feedback is greatly appreciated!!

here are our ideas:



1. a wall of photos. (above)
what do you think about this grid? we're planning to take black and white photos of all the twins' stuffed animal friends (not just the duck) and i'll have green mats cut to fit each frame.

2. airplane. (still above)
we like the idea of something hanging from the ceiling above the rocker. what do you think of this airplane? would it look better with two of something instead?



3. shelves.
we want to center the monkey painting and put up four shelves—two on each side—to display some of the cute things we've gotten and some family pictures. the shelves will extend out past the dresser, but i think that'll be ok.

thoughts?

hey bud

just look at this gorgeous set of five hand-blown bud vases. so very pretty! i was surprised to find these at plum party of all places. this is the time of year i usually look for fun jockeys and jillys® party stuff. even though we aren't having our party this year (for a couple of reasons ;) ), habit made me look. glad i did!

it's friday, baby!

sorry i wasn't able to post very much last week. we had a ton going on here and work has been crazy busy!! here's a nursery post that will hopefully make it up to you!!



our sleepytime rocker from nurseryworks came!! and tripper put it together. and it is beautiful!! i love the punch of spring green. it looks so fresh with the white and the chocolate.

also, we ordered a little white bench from the land of nod and that came, too! tripper put that together in the same night and voila!—it's starting to look like a nursery in there! i also ordered some fun storage bins to go in the cubbies. hopefully they'll make it here in time for next week's update!

happy hopscotch!

i've been saving this post especially for april 15—and as luck would have it, the super cute shop that sells it, shades of violet, is having a special 30% off tax-day sale!!! yay!

so, why does hopscotch make me think of tax day you ask? well, tax day also happens to be tripper's birthday (happy birthday, tripper!!). and tripper's parents actually met long ago at a hopscotch tournament. (they were like 10 years old!!) so, thank you hopscotch for introducing tripper's parents. you started a whole string of events that ultimately brought me every happiness in the world :)

ps—enter TAXDAY at checkout all day to receive your discount at shades of violet.

it's friday, baby!

time again for baby stuff! last sunday, my mum and dad came over so my dad could help tripper build the cribs. take a look!



and of course, ed just had to get in on the action ...



success! two happy builders at the end of a hard day.



voila! isn't the bedding just lovely?



and finally, my mum and me. we got in the way more than we helped, but it was fun!



thanks so much tripper and dad! the cribs look beautiful!! two cribs in one room = doubly cute!! now if we could just get the rest of the room in order!! until next week ...

green chair press

i discovered green chair press over on etsy while doing my daily dooce browse. the letterpress prints are just brilliant and i love looking at all of them. oh to own an old letterpress printer!!

work, sweet work

just wanted to post a picture of my new home office space. it's much smaller than before, but it's sweet and cute and functional, so weeeeeeee for me! we got the desk—called the jay desk—at west elm and it fits on the wall perfectly. it has a hide-a-way desk that rolls out from underneath so it nearly doubles in size when i'm using it. we also had to get a new desk chair (in chocolate leather) without arms so it could tuck under. it's very similar to my old one, so that makes me a happy little worker bee. also, i had to downsize my computer set up. no more cinema display for me! before you go feeling too sorry for me about that, don't!! i got to get a brand new iMac and it is lovely!!

the space isn't quite finished yet, but it's coming along. i'll be sure to post pics again when it's all done!!

it's friday, baby!

i ordered this amazingly cute "dick and jane" baby blanket from superfly lullabies (super swank blankets for your super swank babe) and it came earlier this week. you have no idea how hard it was to wait until friday to post about it!! i love it!!

the printed side totally reminds me of when i was a kid—yes, i actually did read about sally, dick and jane (and spot!) when i was in grade school. the flip side is the softest minky you've ever felt. not only is this blanket just darling, the craftsmanship is superb (and creator julie is the nicest person ever)!! i can't wait to toss it over the rocker (if it ever gets here) and snuggle up with the twinks.

see holly smile.

love candy

i'm adoring these super cute made by love "love candy" poster prints! they come in all kinds of candy colors—bright blue, cotton-candy pink, light grape, deep lemony yellow. they look lickable, don't they? or at least scented, right?!? available on etsy.

white hot

i'm totally into white on white these days—it's so clean and inviting—plus i may as well enjoy it while i can, right? soon there will be splotches of mashed peas and carrots all around me. anyway, i was just alerted to this gorgeous site out of australia that completely feeds my new obsession. it's called whiteport and most everything in it—from fine linens to kitchen essentials to little unnecessaries—is a lovely shade of white! everything is so classic and elegant. you must check it out!!