post 14 of 30: invites

well the invites are officially in the mail!  and i could not be more happy with them.  here is a little sneak peek.  can't give the entire design away or i would ruin the surprise!

confession:  i LOVE washi tape!!!

Kelli's Cirque du Bebe

Incredible Ikat.

On Friday I made wonderful little programs for Julie.  She found my Ikat Invitations on my Etsy store and asked me to use that design to create the Programs for her Violin Recital.  She had a lot of information to fit on them considering they are programs rather than invitations so we had to tweak the size and design a bit, but I think they turned out wonderful!  She thought she was more of a pink and navy girl than a pink and green girl, so we made that change as well.........:)

For those of you who have not caught up on all the rage of Ikat, straight from Wikipedia!

Ikat, or Ikkat, is the method of weaving that uses a resist dyeing process similar to tie-dye on either the warp or weft fibres.  The dye is applied prior to the threads are woven to create the final fabric pattern or design. 

Double Ikat is where both warp and the weft are resist-dyed prior to stringing on the loom. Traditionally, and still commonly, a back-strap loom is used, though any variant or modern loom may be used.

Here are other examples of Ikat.

Baby on the Brain

So my husband and I have been talking about a baby A LOT!

I think we are soon to be ready to start the journey:)

AAHHHHHHHH! This is such an exciting stage of our lives!

We have been working really hard on the house to get things ready for our future as husband and wife. We already have the materials to remodel our guest bedroom.

We have this beautiful loop wool carpet that is ivory and butter yellow and we have ivory paint for the trim and butter yellow paint for the walls.

Now that we are talking about a baby, this room will have to be the nursery.

Since we already have the materials, I have been checking out some ideas for

yellow nursery's!

I of course will want to add more color, but the sex of the baby will determine that!

Here are some ideas I have came across for a Girl Nursery!

(I definitely want to add a chandelier and I LOVE the bright pink accents)

(I love the robins egg blue with the yellow, this is what the guest room accent is now)

(A lovely choice of chandelier:) And my favorite girls room photo)

and Boy....................

(The red is such a great accent and SCREAMS boy!)

(The ceiling would be an AWESOME place for us to pull in our accent color!)