Scrappy Updates and blog candy coming soon

I know, I know, I'm a blogging slackard! But in my defense, we're very busy putting the final details into our new house. We had a paint color fiasco that took 2 weeks to recover from. We painted the wall in our great room the same color as in my sis-in-law's beauty shop. It's gorgeous in her shop, but way too dark in our house. So we struggled to find just the right color, and I think I finally got it right. We had at least 2 dozen paint chips and half a dozen or so sample quarts we tried out on the wall. We finally settled on Nomadic Desert by Sherwin Williams. We used the gold color called Chestertown Buff by Benjamin Moore in Connor's bedroom. We're doing a wilderness/camping theme in his room and I think the color is perfect there. I bought the wilderness bedding at Target, so next time you're in a Target, stop in the bedding department to see it and tell me what you think.

I'm doing our bedroom in two colors: Kilium Beige on the walls and Rain on the coffered ceiling band as well as both colors in our master bath. I chose these colors to match the Martha Stewart bedding I got at Macy's. I think browns and blues together are so restful for a master bed and bath. I picked Lime Granita for the hall bathroom b/c it's a little bitty bathroom with no window, so I knew it needed a bright color in there. I adore this color. The inspiration also came from towels I got at Target. I can't wait for y'all to see it! I owe everyone some pictures which are coming soon!! I promise!

On a scrappy note, my girlfriend Melissa and her hubby, Phil just adopted a baby boy from somewhere in or near Russia. A group of friends are putting together a Nursery Rhyme book to give to her for Mother's day. I chose "Humpty Dumpty". I know he doesn't have arms, but all the arms I tried sticking on him looked stupid, so here you have an armless egg. LOL! I used the Cricut for the title, leaves, grass and the crown. I used the Nestabilities oval for the body and pants, as well as the scalloped frame. I freehanded the tree and cut it out. I hope she likes it.





A sweet friend, Erin Lincoln at Creating Keepsakes had her baby boy, Henry (Hank for a nickname). Here is the card I made her. There was a book drive on the CKMB for baby Hank. I sent this card along with some of Connor's favorite titles.





I've been on a Bella kick, thanks to Amy Rysavy.

I made this one for sweet Katie's birthday. I wish you could see the sparklies that I put on the wings and wand. It's cuter in real life.

Now to the good part. I need to get rid of some stuff, so I'm posting some blog candy this weekend (*hopefully*), so stay tuned!!