Important Work

I wonder if he'll ever keep a blog.

xoxo,
Rachel

An Awesome Give Away!

Girls, in the last few weeks I've discovered a completely new to me kind of blog. 

 There are lots of gals out there who love fashion and love showing off their clothes. 

Classroom Chic is one blog I've been following closely.

Now she's having an amazing give away sponsored by Talbots!!

I hate to tell you about this because I don't want to lessen my chances, you understand right?

Classroom Chic is having a give away for a $250.00 gift certificate to Talbots. 

True!!  Go there now.

Invitations Are Out

We're having a small little party so it didn't take long to make these invitations. I just cut out some card stock, added graph paper with double-sided tape, layered washi tape, added my information, and addressed and stamped the backs. Post cards!

I got the inspiration from a shower my friend, Ashley, threw for her sister recently. I was able to use things I had on hand and manage to use the color scheme for Sebastian's truck party instead of something overly themed. And since Sebastian can't read I'll share with you that we ordered what we thought was an adult's fist-sized back hoe to match the little dump truck and bulldozer that my grandmother bought him on our Florida vacation. It's hard to translate scale ratios and there wasn't anything to compare it to in the pictures so we didn't realize we had actually ordered something about five times larger. Sebastian is going to be one happy little boy when he opens a back hoe the size of his little sister.

Happy weekend.
xoxo,
Rachel

Sweet Summer Time

It's a Hot Tamale kind of day today!

The kind of day when you could be tempted not to leave the air conditioning.

But the view outside is so much clearer.

The locusts are singing just like I remember from childhood.

I just love summer!!

Hope you are having a wonderful day today.

Happy Weekend!

I have multiple projects going on right now keeping me busy including the closet mini-makeover {almost done!}, the blog "reno" {trying to work out the little details and kinks -revealing early next week!}, and of course the projects that pay the bills.

I'll leave you with this shot of an inspiring office by designer Jan Showers. She always uses beautiful classic pieces and unique accessories {like that table lamp!} that add glamour and a punch of color!

Love It

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A few late nights with work paired with sleep training have taken me to a new level of sleepy! I just want to curl up on this couch for a long nap. Except I'm going to try to go to bed instead, and then tomorrow let this whole room and house tour inspire me to tackle a fun new project.

xoxo,
Rachel

Bedroom Closet Progress

Last night I got started on painting the bedroom closet. I ended up going with Mythic Paint #034-4 as seen below:

Here's what I started with:

in person the paint color looked like a yucky peachy beige

Here's what I have so far:

As you can see, I'm only part of the way there. I still have to paint the shelves, the borders, and the edges. I realized last night that the paint brush I had was too old and stiff to work with and the white can of paint from a previous project we thought we could use, had dried up. So I had to hit pause until we were able to pick up those items from the store this morning. I think I have everything I need now so I'll continue working on it again later today!