4.26.12

thoughts on thursday

4.25.12

wordless wednesday

4.20.12

crafty friday, silvie's rainy day art station

could this be the longest gloomiest winter ever?! finding things for silvie to do indoors while it rains, snows, and hails (sometimes all at the same time) has been a tiny bit challenging and exhausting. thankfully (on bended knees) when i came across this happy raincloud mobile, it sparked my creativity to design a special place for silvie to color, paint, create and eat play-doh! 

location was tricky, mainly because we wanted her station to be central in the house for proper supervision. ya know, like for monitoring her play-doh intake. 

the project literally came together in hours -- just a trip to my favorite antique boutique for the lead-free vintage table (which we cut the legs down to achieve a custom fit) and canisters to hold all her art supplies (which are amazing because silvie needs our help opening the lids, brilliant!), a trip to target for the placemat and metal clips we attached to our mirror with 3m tape for art displaying. oh, the chair! this sweet little chair once belonged to brenner right around silvie's age -- handed down with love. 

and the best part? silvie loves, loves, loves her new rainy day art station. yes! true happy success.

4.19.12

thoughts on thursday

4.18.12

wordless wednesday

4.12.12

thoughts on thursday

4.11.12

silvie's first easter egg hunt 

and here's a short video showing the perma-expression of confusion, frustration and disappointment that she wore all day. maybe next year there will be a few pretty smiles. ha! 

Silvie's 1st Easter Egg Hunt from Mel on Vimeo.

4.11.12

wordless wednesday

4.6.12

crafty friday, fingerprint easter cards 

** fingerprints provided by brenner william & silvie grace! 

4.5.12

thoughts on thursday

4.4.12

wordless wednesday

4.3.12

daily digs : outdoor play! 

while the weather forecast calls for more snow this week, my heart calls for spring and summer weather! to escape my cabin fever i've been planning, researching & pinning ideas on pinterest to help give the unsightly area on the side of our house a purpose to shine and show off this summer. 

our goal : to create a fun, natural & imaginative play area for our outdoorsy girl.

here's a "before" picture. yuckie huh!

hopefully by the end of spring i'll have an "after" picture to show you with some of these ideas incorporated with ours.  

4.2.12

brenner's eleventh pre-birthday party 

seven crazy-excited monkeys ready for sun mountain fun center

let's bowl or make goofy faces

 

pizza cupcakes = labor of love

giiiiifts, yo 

bumper cars were the grand finale bomb!!