pinterest playroom

With the pending arrival of our second baby I'm feeling the need to give our little girl a sweet play space.  First things first, the room needs a fresh coat of paint! So far the first step is my stumbling block since I have leftover paint that I'll be using but, somehow, not one single paint brush or roller cover.  Here are some of the projects I'll be working on:

 Reading Nook via pinterest

 Book Shelves via pinterest

Mobile via pinterest

Sensory Boards via pinterest

Cross Stitch Wall Art Pattern via scribd

Sounds like a lot to get done in the maybe four to five weeks before the baby arrives.  I better go get those brushes and roller covers! Fear not, I have started some of these projects.

christmas already

I recently took a trip to the Little Falls Antique Center with my mother and sister.  I found this doll cradle and immediately thought my little girl needs this for her baby, doll of course, not her soon to be little brother. So here's my plan, before Christmas of course:  make a doll quilt out of the sweetest fabric I bought from agardenofroses on etsy, cross stitch a little pillow of my own design and of course find a new, all her own babydoll.  Plenty of time right!  We'll see if little brother cooperates.  

 What a lovely site for some adorable swag.  Clip art, tags, facebook banners, blog banners, party decorations and much more.  And to top it off I just joined my first ever Linky Party! I'm a little surprised I was able to do it.  I highly suggested checking this place out.

vegetable garden - part 1

So here it is! The beginnings of my vegetable garden. I had big plans for this space but given that it is very nearly May I had to simplify a little so I can get my plants in the ground on time.

We started about a week ago with just lawn area. Luckily we are landscapers so we had just about everything we needed right at our fingertips, except time. We started by skimming the grass off, with a skid steer of course. The garden is 20' x 20' so by hand it would have taken too long, and too back breaking for this girl at 5 months pregnant.

As of Sunday morning we had just a bare patch of soil that was in desperate need of tilling. So with grandma in charge of the little one, we set out to get this patch ready for planting. 

We tilled the entire area and removed the loose soil from the pathways into the bed areas, all by hand now so as not to compact our lovely soil. We put a layer of crusher run down for the pathways to be topped with pea gravel and then compacted to make a sturdy path. Eventually I hope to put down some blue stone but for now this will do. We managed to get stakes in the ground for the temporary chicken wire fence as well.
All that's left now is to finish the pathway, put up a gate and fencing and then start growing! I hope to show you the finished product any day now. I'll also try to show the garden as it progresses throughout the growing season and some tips and tricks I learn along the way (maybe even some printable planning sheets). Happy gardening!