Lamp Love { Target }

I popped into Target Sunday evening and it was perfect, thanks to the Superbowl I had almost every aisle to myself. I spent crazy amount of time checking out all the new decor stuff Target has. I should also add, since my husband was watching the the game, I felt 'un-rushed.' Hasani is at his Target limit if we've been in the store for 45mins and I only have two items the cart. I need to time to think and dwell on stuff! He really should know this about, by now :)  


Did you notice Target's Dwell stuff is on clearance { napkins, table cloths ect. } I hope this means they're just coming at with new stuff, and not ending their relationship with Target. 


My living room is in some serious need of lamps, I have one sad lonesome lamps, it either needs two friends or its getting placed elsewhere in my house not yet sure. So I popped into the the lamp aisle and found three on contenders. You know I love yellow, so I really think this lamp might me a go, its brighter in the picture { taking with my camera phone } than in real life. I like the base and the height. 


A

I've also been in love with glass lamps. I love that glass lamps don't add extra visual color to a room. I'm not a 100% sold on the oblong shape, buts its a maybe. 

B

Then I looked up and so two more lamps. The yellow one is the bees knees, although might feel short and squat in my living room? I love the glass lamp the base looks like the perfect size! 


C & D

Here's a quick reminder of how our living room currently looks. It's going to go though a serious change once we start building our bookcases in, more on about that here { so can't wait } As you can see we have pops of yellow throughout our living room { pillows, tray, candlesticks, artwork } 

I'm still trying to decide which lamp(s) to get for our living room! I need help! I think the yellow will look so good, but I also like the idea of glass lamps? 

Ok, what lamp do you think will look better A, B, C or D ? Or should I keep on looking, I should also add I often check out thrift stores, but people only seem to donate one lamp, almost never pairs. If I do happen to find a pair, its not cute and not vintage and no amount of spray paint can make it looks good, lol :)

Crush

Simply put, I have a crush on this Juicy Kindle Cover....you may have seen me 'pin it'

Everyone, have a good weekend! I have lots to do on my project list, so let's hope I get some of them done, so my house we'll be a little more organized and further along its way to becoming more 'us' :)

Do you have any new crushes lately?

Stamped

For the longest time, I've wanted pretty custom address stamps. Even though, we pay most of our bills online. I'm thinking how much we need the address stamp for: Invitations, Mailing Family Pictures, Cards etc. With Avery's first birthday fast approaching, its time for me to order a custom stamp :) 


Here's a few I've been lusting over for quite sometime. The ones I adore have a feeling of modern and classic lines. 

via Etsy Seller Simple & Pretty

via Esty Seller SavetheDate

via Esty Seller SavetheDate

via Esty Seller ForYoo

via Esty Seller ForYoo

I love the pretty wood stamps, but think the more practical route will be going with a self inking stamp. I'm excited to order our address stamp soon, makes me feel like a grown up! lol You know like when you buy your 'real' first sofa, yeah the same feeling. Now I just need to pick the right one :) I'm also going to check out this stamp website 'Rubber Stamps'I found thanks to Pinterest - that lets you create your own stamp, maybe I can get creative and design our address stamp. We shall see.


Do you love custom address stamps? Do you have one? 


ps: I'm also thinking about making a Chic Little House stamp, just because :)

Be Mine: Sweets & Crafts Projects

I was chatting with my girlfriend Summer about doing some Valentine's projects this since its both our our little baby boys 1st Valentine Day we wanted to make the month/day extra special. Plus I wanted to start a new tradition of making sweets & crafts with my boys. All I had to do was mention the word sweets to Tabari and he was in { such an 11 year old! } 

Back to our conversation, we decided to team up and each work easy to do Valentines sweets & craft projects to share with you all. I didn't want to go on a shopping spree for Valentines stuff, so I hunted though dollar bins, used coupons and looked for sales. I gathered lots of ideas on Pinterest { how how I love thee } you can follow me on Pinterest here. Here's my V-Day loot I'm working with. I found colorful sheets of paper at Micheal's on sale for twenty five cents each + I had a coupon. I also found the metal stencil letters at Micheal's in the dollar section and knew they where a must. 

This time in Targets dollar section, I bought cookie cutters. I really like the X & O's and large heart ones the best. I also bought some sprinkles, such a great deal :) I also bought two sheets of felt, and decorating gel { pink, red and black} I also bought a heart punch for 6 bucks thanks to a Micheal's 40% off coupon { heart punch not pictured } 

Now that you've seen my V-Day sweets & craft loot, here's what I plan on making. For my sweets project, I really want to make pretty cookies to gives as gifts to friends and of course eat some at home :) I've been pinning & Google-ing pretty valentines cookies like crazy. I've never decorated a cookie before, other than slapping on some thick frosting and sprinkles. So this is for sure out my comfort zone. I promise to share the good and bad and the ugly in my cookie making efforts. I'd love to make pretty cookie, like the ones below.

{ via here }

{ via here }

I plan on making pretty heart garland with the paper I bought. I'm not sure what style my garland will look like, but I adore the paper and think the mixture of solid and printed will be so pretty. I love how the garland below is a mix of smaller and larger hearts

{ via here }

{ via here }

I plan on using the felt to create two things. First a pretty heart paperweight. Lastly, I planing on adding some love to Avery's clothes. I'm really inspired by this image from Martha Stewart, cute hearts sewn on a knit hat. I can't reveal my exact plans, just yet. But I'm super excited to share!

Nest Wednesday February 8, I'll share my Valentine sweets and craft projects. If your undecided on DIYing some Valentine goodies, I hope to inspire you to try some simple and fun ones like I am. 

Now jump over to Summer's blog and check out the sweets and crafts projects she's planning doing for Valentines for her family. 

Are you planning on making any V-Day crafts this year?