12 Days of Easter Advent Calendar

Hey everyone!  Its the first on the month again which means its Wood You Like to Craft time!  This month we are sharing ideas for A Christ Centered Easter.  It should be awesome.  So be sure to check back all week and see all the fun projects.

Today I am there sharing my 12 Days of Easter Advent Calendar.  Head over and check it out!

click HERE

As always I'm linking to these great parties and events:

Jonah's Nursery

(The official almost done reveal)

Well... I've teased long enough.  I'm ready to show you guys Jonah's nursery.  There is still one more thing I plan to do in there, but who knows when I'll actually get around to it.  So without farther ado, here is the almost done nursury.

This is the view right as you walk into the room.  His walls are a "greyish green."  I painted the trees with some good old frog tape and some white paint.  The rocker is from Babies R Us and is super comfortable.  I spend a lot of time in that chair!

 As you rotate around you can see the cute mobile I made and the picture frame growth chart.  It looks so much cuter with all those sweet baby pictures in it!

The beautiful crib is the Ashby Crib from Pottery Barn.  It's a discontinued crib that I got from Downeast Home and paid a fraction of the PB price!  I LOVE Downeast Home!

And the bedding... I made it myself!!!  I'm not much of a seamstress and this is by far my biggest sewing project to date.  While time consuming, it was actually pretty easy. (Although I pretty much just winged it the whole time so I cant really give you a tutorial.  sorry!)  The whole room is based off this adorable print, Wonderland in Blue by Monaluna.

  

 I paired it with a bright blue minky, a tone on tone chevron, and red trim.  Its so bright and happy and I just LOVE it!  (The little owl throw blanket I found at TJ Maxx.)

As you continue around the room this is the view from behind the door.  I have my Baby Stats frame and a little coat hook. (Hello kitty!)

And finally as you circle around again you see the changing table and the alphabet banner I made.  The little dresser is also from pottery barn.

And that's it!  I hope you like it!  We are loving it.  Its such a fun space to hang out and snuggle my sweet little man.

 (Sorry for the less then stellar photos.  I tried to photograph when the room got the most light, but it just made for weird light and shadows. Bummer.  I really need to work on my photography skills)

As always I'm linking to these great parties and events:

Valentines Card Contest- please vote and a giveaway!!!!

Hey everyone!  So remember how I told you guy that I was a Design House Digital decorator?  Well they had a Valentines Card contest, and are giving away 9 Wacom tablets.  9!!!  Anyway, I entered in as many categories that I had time for and two of my design have made the finials.  I would LOVE you forever if you'd go vote for my cards!  You can vote once per day.

Here are my winning layouts

In the "Funny- Digital" category.....

Haha!  I'm super proud of it.  (And its sadly true)  Go HERE to vote.

And in the "Kids- Hybrid" category, the valentines I made for my little Ava to take to preschool.

You can Vote for that one HERE.

And guess what?!?!  Everyone that votes will be entered to win a Wacom Tablet too!!!!!  So go vote!!  (even if you don't vote for me.)

Here are my other cards that didn't make the cut.

In the "Romantic- Digital" category....

And the "Romantic- Hybrid" category....

 

They were all a ton of fun to create!

 

But that's not all!  All these cards were created with fabulous DHD products and I am giving two  of you a $5 credit to their store! If you have ever wanted to try some digital scrapbooking I'd love for you to win.  But its not limited to digital either.  Any of their products can be printed and used in "traditional" scrapbook projects.  And if you want to use their papers with modge podge then just get it printed using a laser printer (I go to office max) and it wont bleed.  :)

Anyway, if you'd like a chance to win the $5 DHD credit just leave me a comment on this post.

Good luck and thanks so much!!

Some Chevron Love

Guess what?!?  Wood You Like To Craft is back!!!

We have all missed you guys so much and are excited to be wood crafting again.  This month we are doing "chevron" projects.  I made a "love" sign for my bedroom... and I love it! hehe

Come on over and get a better look.  And while you are there be sure to check out all the chevron goodness this week.

As always I'm linking to these great parties and events:

Design House Digital

Hey Everyone!  I have some exciting news for you all.  Or at least it is exciting news for me!  As most of you know I have a LOVE for digital scrap booking.  I actually love all things digital.  Plus I love making crafts and printable and other such stuff using cute scrapbook kits.  Well, my cousin is the owner of the fabulous Design House Digital and she has invited me to be "decorator" on her site!  What this means is that I will be making layouts to showcase new products, participating in challenges, and guest posting on their blog from time to time.  So... I though it would be fun to drop in here every once in awhile to show you guys some of my latest layouts or let you know if they anything fun is going on.

So... here are a couple of my latest layouts that I'm particularly pleased with.

 

Its been super fun to have the extra push to get some scrapbooking done!

If any of you are interested in going digital I would recommend taking a look at DHD.  Its a great place to find cute kits and they have ton of tutorials on their blog to get you started.  They also have weekly competions you can enter into to win free products!  And if there are any questions I can answer for you please dont hesitate to ask!

And one last thing, I'm actually over a DHD guest posting today!  Head on over and say hello to get a great new recipe and and even a recipe card!  Just save the image and print!

As always I'm linking to these great parties and events:

Nursery Decor- sneak peek

So I am almost done with Jonah's nursery.  There are two more things I plan to add before I share the whole reveal, but as a little teaser I thought I'd share a couple things I made recently for the room.

First, my neighborhood group got together for a craft night the other day.  One of my neighbors had picked up a 9 opening shadow box frame for us all to do.  I have to admit it took me awhile to decide what to do with it!  But I decided to take it and make a "stats frame" for Jonah.  It turned out super cute!

It started out blank like this... (except not painted)

I then got super lucky and found these wood tiles from Micheal's that fit into each square perfectly.  I love it when things work out like that!

Then I went and found some cute scrapbook paper and printed some sepia newborn pictures of Jonah.  I modge podged the scrapbook paper and pictures on some of the tiles and used vinyl to make a stencil and painted the "stats" on the others.  (Tip:  if you have your pictures printed using a laser printer then you can modge podge without them bleeding. I had mine printed at office max.)

Then you can arrange your tiles.  I ended up using clear silicon to glue each tile in place.

Hang and enjoy!

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I also made Jonah his letters.  I found the wood letters at a local craft store and modge podged more cute paper to them.  (There has been lots of modge podge lately...)

They look so cute on his shelves!

And speaking of cute things on his shelves... aren't these woodland creatures the cutest?!  We found them at Pier1 Imports awhile back.  Love them!

Anyway, that's it for now.  The whole nursery reveal will be coming soon!

As always I'm linking to these great parties and events:

Valentines Wreath

Hello Everyone!  I'm back!

One of my new years resolution was to get back on track with this little ole blog here.  I'm already a little late starting but I'm ready.

If you are a newer follower, welcome.  For those who have followed awhile you know that I have a thing for wreaths.  I really enjoy making wreaths.  They are usually quick projects and lots of fun. And I get to put them on my door for everyone to see.  :)

So I had this brilliant idea for a Valentines Wreath.  My hubby gently suggested I just go down to the storage room and use one of the many down there, but whats the fun in that?!  So here is this years Love Day wreath.

Isn't it fun?!  My mom said it looked a little like something out of Victoria's Secret, (and it totally does) but I love it!  I think that it has a very "valentines" look to it without the traditional colors.

And it was very simple to make!

All you do is wrap a black feather boa around a foam wreath form.  Then find some "love note" scrap paper and modge podge it to a heart.  I also added a few jewels and some glitter to the heart.

Add a big old bow and hang the heart from the wreath with a little ribbon.

Then hang and enjoy!

I got all my supplies for this beauty at Micheal's.

 

So tell me, do you put up wreaths for every holiday?

Meet Jonah!

Jonah Milton

November 13th 2012

7lbs 7oz, 21 inches long

We are in LOVE!

Jonah has been an absolute delight.  He is the sweetest, mellow little baby and has his older siblings (and Mom and Dad) wrapped around his finger. 

And yes, he is already a month old and its taken me this long to introduce him to the world.  What can I say, I've spent the last month soaking in the snuggles... 

and sleeping.  :)

 

 And while I'm showing off my family, you have to see these amazing pictures of big brother Ezra...

And big sister Ava.

Yes, I have beautiful children.  :)

I'm a little proud.

Thanks so much to Harlow Moon Photography!  I knew I wanted to do professional newborn pictures and couldn't be more pleased.  Ashleigh came to my house and spent over 3 hours capturing these beautiful images.  It was amazing to watch!  Newborn photography is truly an art!  So if any of you are in the Salt Lake City area and looking for a newborn, child, or family photographer, I would highly recommend her!

 AND

Thank you for your patience while I sadly neglected this blog over the past several months.  Turns out pregnancy and blogging didn't mesh well for me.  But I have SO much to share with you guys!  Like Jonahs nursery, our big boy's new room, my basement remodel, our backyard, my sisters house that we've remodeled...and the list goes on.  So even though its been silent here I have still been busy working away.  I hope to start getting caught up after the first of the year and get back into a regular blogging schedule.  I really have missed it!

But in the meantime, I'll be kissing on these cheeks!

Wood Connection Winner

Thanks to everyone for entering The Wood Connection giveaway and for your kind comments on the alphabet banner.  Time for the prize!  The winner of the $25 gift certificate to The Wood Connection is....

Lucky #5!

Who happens to be....

Alisha!!!!

Congrats!   Email me with your contact information and I'll get that gift certificate headed your way.

Thanks!

Alphabet Banner- Guest posting for The Wood Connection and a GIVEAWAY!

Hey everyone!  I'm over at The Wood Connection today sharing the alphabet banner I made for the baby's room!

Last time I guest posted I was 22 weeks pregnant and on an organization kick,  now I am 33 weeks and its crunch time getting the baby's room done.  I headed over to The Wood Connection knowing I wanted to make something cute for the nursery.  I was immediately drawn to their cute pennants for banners.  The only problem is that this baby doesn't have a name yet.  (We are having a really hard time in the name department this go around!)  So what else can you have a banner say?  The alphabet!  I collected 26 of their pennants and headed home to get to work.

Wanna see how it turned out?

So much fun!

And now, thanks to The Wood Connection, I have the first corner of the nursery officially done!

For more details head on over to The Wood Connection and check it out!

But that's not all!!!

 GIVEAWAY  TIME

This giveaway is now closed.

The Wood Connection has so kindly offered to give one of YOU a $25 gift certificate to their store! They are located in Salt Lake City, Utah so whoever wins will have to be able to get to their store to use it. They have some of the cutest wood craft kits and everything is all ready to go, making it super fun and easy to spit out some cute creations!

 To Enter Leave me a comment on this post! 

 (that's it, super easy right?!)

 Extra Entries

 (leave a comment here for each one you do)

 -Visit The Wood Connection Blog, look around, and let me know one of their crafts that you would love to make.

 -Be a public follower of Sassy Sanctuary

 -"Like" Sassy Sanctuary on Facebook. 

 Good Luck!!!