Fun the sun.

Sorry I've been MIA, blogfriends...work has been cah-raaaaazy busy lately.

But tonight we're headed on vacation!!!

YAY!

The original plan was to go to Mexico to celebrate my 30th (ugh, SO OLD!), but my ob caught wind of that during my first pre-natal appt and put the kibosh on it. So we're headed to sunny FL!

They are painting the nursery while we're gone, and we should have some significant progress on the master bath when we get back, so stay tuned for pics.

Purl two...now one!

Today is one of those days where I wish I could magically teleport myself to NYC for the day.

Why?

Because the new Purl Soho is OPEN!!

Last summer, while visiting Allen in New York (he was there for for training for 6 weeks--after returning from Switzerland for the first 6 weeks of training, the lucky duck) I literally spent 3 hours in the two little Purl Soho stores. Now, they've condensed into one big, beautiful one and I can't wait to see it for myself.

A few pics from their blog, http://www.purlbee.com/:

If you, like me, live far, far away from all of this fabulousness, I highly recommend checking out their website. You'll be SO happy you did.

The beginning of a nursery.

My parents were in town last weekend and we got a kick start on the nursery...moved one twin bed and some ikea storage out, and moved 9 paint samples and one installed chandelier in.

I'll post pics soon...as soon as I locate the thingy that plugs into my computer and transfers pics from my camera.

I'm a real tech girl, can't you tell?

But here's a sneak peak at the fabrics I'm using for the sides of the bumper and the single center pleat skirt, minus the white twill, which is underwhelming as an image on the computer.
This fabric will be on the top and bottom of the bumper pads (they are about 3 inch thick) and the ties, as well as a three inch strip at the bottom of the skirt

This is actually more aqua in person

The piping on the bumper and the skirt is in this: 

The crib sheets are this: 

I bought a 5X9 striped Dash and Albert rug for the floor:

And the white Jenny Lind crib arrived yesterday!!!

The twin bed that's currently in the room will stay outfitted w/ the white comforter cover that's currently on it, but I did buy the twin sheet set and a sham in the trellis pattern above...and I might add DIY grosgrain trim to the top of the duvet cover in a contrasting color.

With all the white furniture and the white bedding, we decided to paint the nursery aqua...9 paint swatches later, I think we finally settled on the Martha Stewart for Home Depot paint in Lagoon. It's a gorgeous color, but too dark at 100 so we tried it at 50%...and then at 25%....and now it's perfect. Still enough color to be cheerful and to contrast w/ the white, but calm enough that it will make the room conducive to sleep. :)

Can. Not. Wait.

But if she cheats on Big w/Aidan (who is smokin', BTW), I'm going to be very, very upset.

Just can't help myself.

Sorry, but she's just too cute.

Wait until the end...you don't want to miss the hop. Classic.

Slowly but surely...

I'm selling my craft room. 

Well, not the room obviously. But many of the things in the room. We just don't have room for all of it in the house! 

I'm a complete ebay novice, but last night, I listed the drapes as well as the euro shams and boudoir pllows from the twin beds...(sob). 

I thought about keeping them for the next baby on the chance it might be a girl, but then Allen pointed out that I wasn't planning on using it for a girl nursery ever (always the voice of reason, that one) and so we decided I'd take the ebay plunge. 

I have 4 Pine Cone Hill Gianna Euro Shams in Peony, 4 Pine Cone Hill Gianna drapery panels in Peony, and 2 Pine Cone Hill boudoir pillows in the same pattern/color. The boudoir pillows come with the pillow forms, but the Euros do not. 

They've barely been used and are all in perfect condition...the panels haven't been shortened at all. 

Here's the link to  my ebay store if you are interested: 

 http://shop.ebay.com/hes414/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25

Diamonds are a girls best friend...

Lately, baubles of any kind seem to be my best friend. I have become OBSESSED with jewelry, which I chalk up to one of two things:

1. I am becoming extra girly as the time grows nearer in which I'll be outnumbered as the girl in our house (besides Tilly, who does love her accessories..remember the bows I showed you that she lurrrves when it's grooming time?);

2.  The more pregnant I become, the more I attempt to draw peoples eyes away from the belly and the fact that I've worn the same shirt 2X in one week.

Last week, on a hunt for some cute maternity work pants (which, by the way, do not exist), I wandered into J. Crew and found all of this goodness:

(Side note: Yes, I know they don't carry maternity clothes. But I needed to just remind myself what pants and skirts with a defined waistband looked like.)

Dear Jewelry Fairy: I'll take all of them, please.