Yesterday started with this little lady bug getting all dolled up for Valentine’s Day!

She has started referring to herself as “Lady Bug” instead of Violet. So this dress was quite fitting!

Then I got a call from my sister saying that she was in LABOR! Nathan and I drove down to Tulsa to be there for the birth. The labor took a while, so we pulled an all nighter in the waiting room!

We were soooo tired (but obviously not as tired as my sweet sister!). Please note the giant bags under my eyes and Nathan’s frizzed out hair.

But this little face is worth it! So proud of my sister, Angie, and her husband, Chad. They will be the most amazing parents! They balance each other perfectly, and I was so honored to be there for the birth.

Now Nathan and I have moved our Valentine’s plans to Wednesday night. They will involve eating, and more eating, followed by cheesecake (which is currently in the oven!

I hope that you had an amazing Valentine’s Day, too!

Stacie

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Quick Update:

If any of you have tried to e-mail me via the “contact” button on my blog in the past month or two, there is a good chance that I never received your e-mail! I am not blowing you off! Promise!!!

In my brilliance, I mistyped my own e-mail address into the HTML code.

It has since been fixed, so E-mail away!

SO SORRY!

I will have a more holiday appropriate blog post later today!

Stacie

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Howdy! Ha this been a long week for anyone else? I feel like I started the week with so many ideas projects, but somehow along the way I slowed down. Yesterday, however, I did manage to get out of the house and mosey on over to TJ Max.

 I found these AMAZING metal black lacquered pencil holders and thought that they would make excellent lighting fixtures for the bathroom.

 I removed the white lighting circle tubey thing (I don’t know the proper term) from the lighting fixture and used it as a guide for how large of a hole to drill into the base of the metal pencil holders.

 Next, I drilled a series of small holes around the guideline.

 I used needle nosed pliers to finish punching out the circle.

Then I stuck the white lighting circle through the new hole and screwed it back into the pendant lighting fixture.

Finally, I screwed the bulb back in and VOILA!

Originally I wanted the fixtures to be a bit larger in scale, but I could not find anything the right size around town or online. I totally dig these fun new lights, and cannot wait to find the perfect mirror and accessories for the rest of the bathroom.

Thanks for reading, friends!

Stacie

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Ever had one of those days, or rather, series of days, housebound under 2 feet of snow?

And you are alone with a 2 year old? And all she does is make messes? And boss the dogs around? And sing “Swiper No Swipey! Awe Man!” (which is a Dora the Explorer reference) over and over again?

When you make homemade pancakes and accidentally triple the amount of baking soda?

When you feel like you should make the most of paid time off of work, because it has always been your dream to work from home, but instead all you do is get sidetracked?

It has been once of those weeks. And I’ve got the magnetic alphabet all over my kitchen floor to prove it!

But the snow is melting. And Violet is at Day Care for another hour.

And I just had some coffee.

Have a nice day!

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Don’t you just love this print? It is a gorgeous etching and watercolor by the talented Amber Perrodin.

She is a fellow Northwest Arkansas Artist, and she has an etsy shop filled with sentimental, textured, and strikingly lovely artwork.

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Ahoy mateys! We’ve been watching episode 25 of Dora the Explorer (it talks about Pirate Costumes) with Violet today. Seriously. The kid cannot get enough of episode 25. I am excited for talk like a pirate day, because Violet is going to nail it!

Moving on, we got the trim up on top of our bead board! It looks awesome!

We also installed new pendant lights. I am still searching for some fixtures to give the bathroom some personality. Pardon my terrible photos. I have had serious issues with noise in this dark poorly lit bathroom.

That is pretty much it for this week’s edition of the Bathroom Facelift! Until our toilet thaws out, we are unsure whether or not we will need to purchase a new one.

Any of you photograhy phenoms have noise reduction tips when taking photos in a poorly lit room?

Stacie

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Good Sunday to you! Apparently there is a little football game happening today, but instead of chilling out with finger foods in front of the TV for a few hours (not that there is anything wrong with that) I thought that I would blog about the latest issue of La Petite Magazine!

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Howdy! I hope that you are having the most fabulous weekend ever!

I just finished cleaning our carpets (oh the woes of dogs + carpeted floors), and since I cannot walk around most of my house for a few hours, I thought that I would share a few of the new products now available at Shop Gingiber!

Gingiber Love Note Card Set

Ditto on the Love Folded Cards

New Gingiber Postcard Set

I wanted to say a huge THANKS to everyone who has stopped by my new online storefront the past few days! It is a lot of hard work to put a new store together, but you all have made it worth it!

Also, don’t forget that you can still save 20% off of any Shop Gingiber purchase when you use discount code “GrandOpening” at checkout!

Have a great rest of the day, and stay warm!

Stacie

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Snow days rock. Especially when you actually have all of the  supplies necessary to complete a decorating project start to finish  without leaving the house!

I’ve had an ongoing project to paint all of my mismatched dining chairs the same shade of green (the green that I used on my fireplace).  Yesterday I tackled this $10 beauty from a garage sale.

This chair required a quick bit of sanding, 3 coats of paint, and a easy recover of the seat.

Get a look at all of the old layers of fabric! Yowser!

The fabric I used is actually a piece of the bag that my old Anthropologie bedspread was packaged in. I had been saving the big bag for just such a project.

A few staples from my trusty staple gun, a few screws, and viola! Instant pretty chair makeover!

I’m kind of in love with this little makeover!

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