And it's a....

We had our ultrasound appointment this morning and received very exciting news! WE"RE HAVING ANOTHER GIRL!  My husband and I could not be more excited!  Kaydence has also been telling me for weeks now that I have her baby sister in my tummy. :) I am so excited to get back to crafting, sewing and I also have a dresser re-do coming up as well.  Thank you all for hanging in there with me while I was MIA most of the time.  Hopefully very soon I will be posting some DIY baby clothes and some fun stuff for the room.

I wanted to also give you all a heads up that I will be having a giveaway later this week with an ADORABLE tote bag from one of my wonderful sponsors, Ruby Jean!  Make sure to click on her button on my sidebar! TO DIE FOR! :)

I will be seeing you all very soon!! Hope you all have a wonderful rest of the day!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all of you and your lovely families! Now that I am finally starting to feel better this month has just flown by! I promise in the new year I will be back and blogging as regularly as I can :) Until then though I truly wish you all the most blessed Christmas and New Year!

Christmas Time is Here

I hope you all are having a wonderful December so far!  I want to share with you all my home during Christmas time.  I think my decor is my favorite during the holidays :) 

We don't really have a mantle.  We have this weird wall that separates our family room from our living room.  It doesn't go all the way to the ceiling and has little stair steps at the end. An very annoying "shelf" to decorate.  This year, my husband thought of adding these three trees to the top of it to add some depth.  I love when he gets good creative ideas!

Added some oversized ornaments and greenery to my lampshades.

 These last three pictures are all on top of our piano.

 Shots throughout the house

And lastly, our tree.  LOVE

I made some fun little waterless snow globes that were inspired by Anthropologie and will be doing a post on those this week!  I hope you all are well!

Love,

Happy December 1st! And a Giveaway!

It's December 1st and that makes me happy.  One of the reasons being, I will be 12 weeks in a few days...so hoping and praying that the nausea will go away and I will finally get some energy back!  I miss crafting, I really really do! I also miss sharing all of my fun projects with all of you.  This also means that the weather is finally and hopefully going to cool down and stay cool here.  Where I live it has been known to be 85 degrees on Christmas!  Not hoping for that this year. And lastly, but most definitely not least, celebrating my Saviors birth.  I love our Christmas Eve service at church. It is always such a great reminder to me of WHY we celebrate. What is your favorite part about December?

With the arrival of December, I have decided to do a little giveaway.  Nothing fancy, just something to add a little festivity to your homes :)  If you have ever visited my shop, you will know that I love working with burlap! Well I made this banner that is perfect for winter and Christmas! One you of you ladies will have it to hang on your mantle this holiday season.  

The giveaway will only be open until Wednesday, December 7, so that I can have it out to you a little bit before Christmas.  There are 3 ways to enter:

1- follow my blog and leave a comment saying that you did.

2. - Share this giveaway on your blog, fb or twitter and leave a comment saying that you did.

3. leave a comment telling me what your plans for Christmas are. :)

That's it.  Good luck and Happy December!

***THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED***

Love,

DIY Ornaments- Inspiration

I'm starting to get a little bit of my energy back and am really wanting to make sure I craft as much as possible for Christmas!  I LOVE ornaments.  I love how you can use them for so much more than just hanging on a tree.  You can attach them to a gift, hang them from the ceiling with fishing line, stack them in vases...the ideas are endless.  I am wanting to create a lot of ornaments this year for sure!  On Pinterest, I have found a lot of cute ornament ideas that seem very easy to duplicate.  Here are just a few of my favorites.

all images can be found on my Pinterest Christmas board

All of these can be done with scrap pieces of fabric or paper.  Easy and inexpensive...my two favorite words while crafting!  I made a few ornaments last night, but am hoping to get quite a few more done soon!


What is one of your favorite Christmas crafts?  I want to do them all this year! :)

Love,

Healthy Strong Heartbeat

Today was my 8 week ultrasound, and as I noted in my last post I was a nervous wreck! I am happy to say that there is one baby with what the Dr. said has a "very strong, healthy heartbeat!" Those words were music to my ears!

Meet our little peanut.  This baby is loved more than it could know already.  Thank you for your prayers and if you wouldn't mind continuing those prayers.  You all mean so much to me and am so grateful for you!  I really promise I will get back to crafting as soon as I can.  I have two duvets to finish up by Monday, then I am finished with those until further notice!  So until then my lovely readers, have a beautiful day.

Love,

My Fears

This post is very different from any post I think I've ever written as I want to be very transparent and open with you all about my fears at the moment.  First, I wanted to apologize for not blogging more! I am just so nauseous that it is hard to do much right now let alone anything crafty! I am really hoping to get some Christmas crafting done very soon and as soon as I do it will be up for all to see! :) Continued prayers for us and this pregnancy would be greatly appreciated. I have a dr. appointment on Monday to hear our little ones heatbeat and see them for the first time. I'm excited beyond words, yet nervous and scared at the same time.  I'm not sure if I have shared this with you all but I lost my first pregnancy at 8 weeks.  That was an extremely difficult time in our lives and with Monday being my 8 week mark it is hard not to worry.  I worried like this when I was pregnant with my daughter too and she was born a beautiful healthy gift from God.  I know that whatever happens that God is in control and He will be praised in ALL situations.  Thank you all of my lovely readers for your sweet messages and comments.  You all feel like a whole extra part of my family!  I will post on Monday when I get home. 

Love,