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Addison’s Colorful Girls Room Decor

People say you are never finished decorating a space and now I firmly believe that. I have come to realize that you merely get to a point where you are satisfied with the necessities and will often switch things around as the seasons change or as the mood moves you.

I wanted the space to be a colorful big girls room that she can continue to grow into.

I’ve finally reached that place of semi peace with Addison’s room. She has all of the basics: a bed, curtains, wall hangings, bedding and storage. I’m still looking to add a decorative storage bench to the bottom of her bed for toy storage and have plans in the next few months to make a gallery wall of all of her artwork on the wall across from her bed. Her closet needs to be redesigned as well, but I can put those things on the back burner for now and move my efforts onto getting my son’s room together.

Here are some updated shots of the changes I’ve made to her room.

Girls Room decor

Found this cute hanging sign at Hobby Lobby. With my 40% coupon I was able to snag it for a little over $3

Girls Room Decor

I made that hanging wreath with nearly 1800 gold thumbtacks. Tutorial coming later in the week. Everything else came from Hobby Lobby.

Girls Room Decor

Girls Room Decor

This footstool was my Mother’s. I try to incorporate her pieces as often as possible into our home. A great way to remember her.

Girls Room Decor

Girls Room Decor

Implementing effective storage hasn’t been going to well. I’m looking forward to finding something that will keep her toys hidden for the most part. For now these little baskets work….5% of the time.

Girls Room Decor

Girls Room Decor

 Want to take a jog back to where we came from with the brown walls and black trim start here, then here, then here and here!

Any questions about where I purchased anything leave your question in the comments and I promise to get to them!

Done any decorating around your house lately?

Photography

{#OurProject52} Silhouette

I had every good, great and epic intention to grab a sihouette photo of my kids this week and then life. I have one still in school and other obligations and yeah. So as usual I went scrolling through all of the million pictures stored in my phone sure that I would come across one suitable for this weeks challenge and found a few I suppose could roll as “silhouette”

they said dinner could wait, and are now upset because an extension cord is missing and the reindeer can't go out until tomorrow. To be a kid again at Christmas

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Tip:When I think of silhouette I think of a dark outline against a light background but for this post’s purpose I’m looking at a silhouette as an outline showing the shape of something. Easily turn something to its side or shoot it against a very light background to get a more traditional sense of a silhouette.

Be sure to go and see what take Lashawn has on “silhouette” this week. Looking forward to stopping by! Thank you for continuing to stop by and link up!

Project 52


Skincare

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RoC® Skincare is sponsoring an essay contest called Women with MORE. It celebrates the achievements of driven and talented women. There are four categories that women are being nominated for which are: Ambition, Beauty, Style, and Passion. I am nominating  my best friend Erika for the Women with More Passion category; she is an amazing woman and her passion continually inspires me.


Erika,  is the mother of five beautiful children, and top of juggling the hectic trials of motherhood she also runs her own interior design business, curates her own interior design blog at Blulabel Bungalow and might I add she is the reason that I blog today.  Although raising five children and being a businesswoman is a colossal feat, it doesn’t end there; she is also a fantastic wife and a very dedicated friend.

We’ve been friends since middle school and was briefly separated during our college years and we’ve been inseparable ever since. When my mother died she was 8 months pregnant with her third child but that didn’t stop her from being right there, I remember just wanting her to sit down but she wouldn’t. When I found out the sex of Addison she was the first personal I called in tears, she knew the desires of my heart. I value our friendship so that there are few words that can describe what and who she is to not only me but my family. She’ll scold, pray and laugh with and at you all at the same time! Even though we are much busier these days running our families and don’t see each other and talk as often as we would like, when we do it’s as if not a minute of time has passed.

I chose to nominate her because she is the epitome of the modern day woman and though she doesn’t do this for the praise she definitely deserves some! She is a wonderful role model for young girls and women who strive to have success in their home lives as well as in the workforce. She is proof that you don’t have to settle in life. If you work hard enough you can achieve all of your dreams, and you can do it with class and style.

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It is very hydrating and leaves the skin feeling very fresh. It sinks right into the skin and it leaves a flawless finish which is great for putting makeup on top of. Results from this product can be seen after using it for just one month and they continue to show as you use it.
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Living

Kindergarten Here We Come

My daughter had her last day of school on Friday. While I had been coming to grips with the fact that school was ending that didn’t stop me from finding myself all in my feels Friday afternoon as we said goodbye to the school that was the first place that ever cared for my child after she stayed home with me for nearly 3 years.

Addison First Day of School

Talk about a boo hoo fest. I mainly kept it together until I got in the car. I suppose the tears were really symbolic of the fact that my last child is moving into a stage that seems to move faster than any other and I’m not ready. I’ve really been so emotional lately about a lot of things and her moving on to Kindergarten is not helping…but she must go. I know.

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The week before last I enrolled her and she took her assessment. Friday of that same week we attended the Kindergarten round up where the children got a chance to go into an actual classroom while the parents met with the school staff for an overview and we even got to take a bus ride.

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She’s super excited about heading to “hell”ementary school (as she calls it.) I suppose her being excited makes me feel a little better. Now it’s time to enjoy the Summer because it will seem like only 2 weeks passed before her Kindergarten teacher is pushing me out of the classroom door, waving me off saying “She’ll be fine Mom”

Ugh.

Anybody else having Pre Kindergarten woes? Anybody?