Year end recap - 2014

 

 Wren and Willow's Birthday//We had a woodland themed Goldilock's and Little Red Riding Hood  birthday party complete with mushroom cupcakes! Now we are brainstorming 2015 ideas and i think i am seeing ponies!

Birthday

New House//We bought a house in the fall and could not be happier. Of course this means lots of projects to do but I couldn't be happier!

Family Room//This is a room that I went from barely spending in time in, to spending almost all of my time in. I cannot believe how far this room has come. I can't wait to do and share more projects in this space!

Before & After / Planked Fireplace Wall

Rumage Wedding//I had the privilege and honor of not only creating custom invitations for this wedding, but planning the entire thing and oh what fun I had!

Wedding

Triangle Wall and Mint Vanity//This is one of my favorite areas in the house. The triangle wall is on our staircase wall which spans our Kitchen and Dining Room. Under that same staircase is our Powder Bath which houses this beautiful mint vanity with Chartreuse pulls. I never created a blog post on this area - sorry.

Library & Living Room//This is one of my very favorite spaces in the house for many reasons, but especially for the black and white striped wall. I cannot wait to have that couch reupholstered!

Striped Wall / Holiday Decor / Gallery Wall 1 / Gallery Wall 2/ Office Space

Merry Christmas!

Gallery Wall reveal

last week i posted how i create a gallery wall with plans to do one in our library. now i am happy to say that it is done!

it definitely looks a little different than what i planned. see below what i drew in photoshop on how i wanted the wall.

i couldn't find the gold "S" that i have in the above collage and i found a different painting that i wanted to recreate on the canvas in the middle. i also painted over a painting i had with the gold arrow so that changed up my layout a little bit.

i created this wall for approximately $2.50. it is definitely one of my most favorite projects that i have created on the cheap. i already had all of these frames on hand so i painted them all black, white, or gold so they coordinated. The only thing I paid for was the canvas which was in a $5.99 two-pack from Hobby Lobby.

so here is how we have come along on this room.

before:

 now:

Gallery Walls

I love me some gallery walls. If you follow me on pinterest you have probably noticed! Here are just a few that have recently caught my eye.

so i am working on the library some more, and i am doing a gallery wall. i like to start on paper or using photoshop to get an idea of the layout and what i want the art to look like.

here is what i came up with.

gallery walls are supposed to be fun and no fuss - IMO, so do not be afraid to change it up once you start getting this on the wall.

my next step is to lay things out on the floor nearby or right in front of where the pictures will hang. then i try to find the photo closest to the center and hang it first. with this arrangement i hung the "summer lovin" print first and then moved outward until i was done. right now i have some blank canvases and empty frames, but i cant wait to share the finished look!