Brothers: Best Buddies

Nathanael and Teddy really are best buddies. They don't always get along perfectly, but they will always have a special friendship. So, I thought these "wall words" would be so cute for their room. :-)

I recently found a cute car and truck themed quilt for a great price on eBay for Teddy's bunk, and it came with an adorable matching window valance. I love eBay sometimes. ;-)Other times, when selling, it can be annoying. Ha

I think the window treatment adds a really cute and cheerful touch to their room. :-)

Linking up at Thrifty Decor Chick's "Show Us Your House". :-)
http://www.thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2012/05/show-us-your-kids-rooms.html

Vintage Plates

I love vintage dishes, and was running out of space to store or display them. So, Ben hung these "new" plates I bought from a local vintage boutique recently. We used wire plate hangers with springs on the back.

Teddy discovered them the next morning, and he was all excited. Haha It was cute. He looks at them from the table and points at them every time he eats now. ;-) Maybe the idea of plates hanging up there amuses him. Ha

Happy Valentine's Day!

Cardboard Playhouse :-)

On one of our thrifting adventures today, we found a brand new, still in the box, cardboard playhouse kit from JcPenney. :-) It was only $12, which I thought was a good deal. The boys began to have a blast with it from the minute I started putting it together. ha

I think it will take them quite a while to get all the coloring done. Which is good. ;-) I had to keep myself from supervising the coloring too much, and hindering their imperfect creativity. Ha

I think they will get many hours of imaginative play time out of this!

"Bye, bye! Come back soon!" ;-)

Pink Pigs In The Kitchen ;-)

For Christmas, my brother, knowing my love for all things pink, sent me a food scraper in the shape of a pig. :-)
As I was wandering down the kitchen aisle at TJMaxx today (have I mentioned that I love that store?) I came upon more pink pig gadgets! Hehe I needed kitchen tongs very badly, so I bought a pair of those, and a cute sink strainer which will prevent silverware from encountering the blades of the garbage disposal. ;-) Too cute, don't you think? Teddy thought so, too. He was my shopping companion. He kept saying "Cute, Mama!" about everything we looked at. Haha

And although it wasn't piggie themed, I bought this pink wire whisk, too. My old wire whisk has a broken wire, so it was time to replace it.

~ Jessica~

Words On Our Wall :-)

I haven't been doing too many projects around the house of late, as I have been sewing American Girl doll clothes to sell. And having a lot of fun with that, I might add. ;-)

On a recent visit to Hobby Lobby, I bought a stick on phrase for the family/play/sewing room, since they were half off. I think it looks pretty cute, but I would have liked it a little better if the letters were bigger. This is fine for now, though. Teddy is teasing Priscilla with her toy in the above picture. ;-)

"Rejoice in the Lord always!" A very inspiring reminder to read on the way downstairs everyday. :-)

Jessica

My new historic doll clothing blog! :-)

I just started a new blog, selling adorable, period style doll dresses! I sewed a lot of doll clothes for the American Girl dolls when I was about 10-14, and I decided to start doing that again. Only now I have some really cute patterns from the Regency/ Jane Austen Era, as well as the Edwardian and "Romantic" era that I am really excited about, being the Jane Austen and period drama fan that I am. ;-)
I just finished this gorgeous rosebud dress Jane Austen style dress. I love the detailing on the back of the dress, which you can see better in the closeup pictures on my new blog. ;-)

I would love for you to visit me at http://thewell-dresseddoll.blogspot.com ! :-)