Recycled Old Frames

I have been on a mission to get rid of things we don't use. If you have seen our basement you would know why. How can two people have so much stuff?? We had a whole tote of picture frames sitting in our basement since we moved into this house (nearly 2 years ago). It is not like we don't have pictures out and about in our house, we just had so many and they were all fairly eclectic colors and sizes, so we just didn't have a place for them. We decided to take all of them and spray paint them black. We ordered black and white print of some of our favorite pictures and hung them together in a grouping on our stairway. It cost us next to nothing and we were happy to put all of our old frames to use. It is such a joy to see the picture every morning and night as we pass by. There are a lot of pictures up there that a lot of you may recognize....

Tag Blanket

I have had a hiatus from crafting for the past few months. Just to many other things occupying my time. I finally found some time this weekend to finish a baby gift for baby Eden. Sam and Nick are due this week and anxiously awaiting her arrival. We can't wait to hear the news. Hope you guys get the gift in the mail before you read this so we didn't ruin the surprise! I wanted to make her tag blanket. There were tutorials online, but I have the hardest time following instructions for crafts so i decided to do it my own way. It worked out really well and it was actually pretty easy. I will post a tutorial sometime soon if anyone wants it. I appliqued her name on the flannel side and used a fun print on the other. Can't wait to meet you baby Eden!

Nursery Decor

We have less than 4 weeks to go and we finally got baby M's nursery put together. Organization is life for me - so it was stressing me out that we had nothing done. It is still far from being done, but we made a lot of progress this weekend. Here are some pictures so you can all check it out. Hope you like it as much as we do.


Rachel made this cute baby bunting for my shower and we hung it above the crib. She posted about it here. She took a picture of her sewing it and I am anxiously awaiting to see it! That is one picture I have to have for baby M's baby book.
Nicole made the cute art for the walls. She posted about how she did it here....

Light at the End of the Tunnel

It is difficult for us to name a weekend that we have not been working on some house project while we have been in Omaha. There is always a project that is ongoing. As most of you know the biggest project we have taken on is the remodel of our upstairs. We gutted the bathroom, built a walk in closet, refinished the hardwood floors and the list goes on and on. We are in the final stages of completing the upstairs and reached a major milestone this weekend. We moved all of our clothes and bathroom stuff to its new home upstairs. Although we are not completely finished (we still have to finish staining the shower tile grout) we are officially using the upstairs (with the exception of the shower). Jon has done an amazing job - I am so impressed - he worked so hard building walls, tiling the shower, installing cabinets and closet organization. You name it - he did it!

Before you look at the new pictures you have got to look at the history of the upstairs....we have posted many times since we bought the house with the upstairs all in different stages. Here are a few....upstairs 1, usptairs 2, upstairs 3, upstairs 4.

And finally....Here are some pictures of where we are at now....