Upcycled Window

While I'm doing 1,001 posts this morning, I thought I might as well show you what we did with an old window we've hauled around for 3+ years.  I saw the idea in a floral shop display in our little town.  Bingo!  What was once just an old window, hanging on the wall, is now a functional piece of art!  And the best part, it was all FREE.  I had these mini iron brackets we'd hauled around, in our many moves, along with a few pieces of old fencing and voilà!  Keith built me this totally cute shelf.  Like it?  Oh, and this is where the milk glass vases, I mentioned here, now reside.

Inherited Flowers

Maybe I've said it before, but one positive aspect to living in different places is we have inherited the previous homeowners flowers they planted.  This has given us the opportunity to have had many beautiful surprises over the years.  Our newest home is no exception! 

Just look at these beauties.  Yes, I know these pics are horrid - taken at night.  But I just picked them and couldn't resist showing them off. 

I'll retake some photos in the morning tomorrow when the light is much better. So come back soon!

These happen to be just outside Brooklyn's window - lucky girl!  The lavender tinted edges even match the paint color she inherited in her room.

♥♥ One Happy Girl ♥♥

Look what the UPS man just brought mere moments ago. . . . .

Aunt Marge in AZ is officially the coolest great-auntie a little girl could have! Brooklyn is literally hugging her new quilt, jumping up and down around the house, squealing "I love it! I love it! I love it!".
Mommy is of the same frame of mind. Isn't it adorable??? I ♥ the fabrics Aunt Marge used. I'd be hard-pressed to even pick a favorite. The polka dot border, the pink heart embroidery, ALL of it ~swoon~. This woman has awesome talent! Every time I visit my cousins' homes, they have another beautiful quilt she's done for them or one of the kids.
She couldn't have made a more perfect quilt for Miss Brooklyn. Pink and brown are the colors in her bedroom, she loves pink, the ♥'s are perfect for a girl born on Valentine's Day, and I could go on and on!

Thank you, Aunt Marge!!!

PS Aunt Marge's birthday was yesterday so I'm feeling a little guilty she sent someone a gift on her birthday.

Night and Day

It's amazing how opposite two children with the same parents can be!!! Here is Brooklyn's bedroom when I walked by this morning after taking them to school. Scary, huh?!? I had a moment where I thought "Maybe if she had a bigger room with more storage..." Then I pinched myself, woke up, and realized that wouldn't change a thing with her. She used to have a room three or four times the size and it was the same way. Luckily it really only takes a few minutes to clean this one up.

Then there's Jaeden. He's our OCD child. Gotta love having a boy this neat and tidy! Everything in its place.Remember this? It seems like a figment of my imagination now. *sigh* One can only hope......

Jordan is smack in the middle of these two. Clothes on floor, bed unmade, but everything else is basically in its place.

Guess we can't have our cake and eat it too.