Tres Girly

While I usually save the blog for family events, outings, etc and with a few cupcake posts here and there, today I feel like sharing my recent foray into updating and beautifying my closet space.  Obviously I would looove to have a professional closet space, but in lieu of such luxuries I am very excited to have at least upgraded from the white tupperware type bins that I was have been using for storage for some time now.  I used some pictures from various bloggers for inspiration and my end result came together really cute, girly and not too expensive.  The open shelves have bright teal fabric bins and do a nice job of hiding my undies, socks, etc that invariably just get thrown into a pile anyway.  I had been using this hook type hanger for my necklaces for some time (in fact the wall not shown still has all of the original black ones with probably 40 other necklaces hanging), but my original hooks were getting super crowded and unorganized and actually kind of irritating for me to look at it and it just became time to freshen things up a bit.  Certainly with this beyond crappy winter weather, it has been fun to have a project to get excited about, and as I have been accumulating a lot of bright accessories over the past year or so, I love having them displayed like little art pieces.  It is so great to have sites like Etsy and Pinterest to pull a vision together and incorporate a bunch of individual items into a montage.. I can absolutely see why designers have such fun doing it!

These are simple acrylic trays from Target that I added monogram decals to from Etsy.. It was such an easy way to make them look like custom pieces.  Unfortunately, they are the perfect height for Harper to reach in and play with soo I am going to have to keep an eye out for the little one helping herself.

These are some of my favorite brightly colored and large statement pieces.. I need it to be spring again so that I can wear them!

Obsessed with this fuchsia piece

Carson said this should be called my "Etsy tray".. With the exception of a few pieces, this is a very accurate statement!

Toddler Time

So, I've been dreading this day for some time, but I think the era of naps is somewhat coming to an end at our house.. This is a serious sad face in our world as the marathon nap sessions mid-afternoon on the weekends have allowed for me to go to the gym, shop etc on my own while Hunt stayed at home anyways to do work.  Squeaks will still tolerate hanging out for some time in her crib, but I worry that may be limited too.  In lieu of sleeping, she has proven that a toddler left to her own devices will find a way to entertain herself somehow or another!

Ta Daaa!  This is actually kind of impressive because it required her to unzip the footed sleeping bag she was in, then disrobe and remove the diaper.. That will teach me to not keep her in some pants!

Super proud of her accomplishment.. Not only did she remove the diaper, but successfully ended the dreaded "nap" time.

Creative Creations

It's been awhile since I have posted anything!  Time for some of my recent cupcake creation selfies..

These first ones were for a bake sale at work and spurred me to break down and buy a second icing gun in order to do some color layers.. I love the convenience of icing with the gun, but they go through a ton quickly and are a bit tedious to reload so it was only a matter of time before I needed a second.  Adding the chocolate chips was a last minute decision, but actually looked cuter than the candy hearts which sort of sank down into the icing.  And the Peep hearts ended up just being for pics, as it occurred to me that the Peeps get super firm and stiff when sitting open for any period of time.  These were super easy and fun to do, though!

This next set was for a super bowl party that we went to for a Lilly function.  They ended up being easy to do (I had been fretful about the whole icing laces thing), and with the last minute addition of some leftover Easter grass made for a cute presentation.  I was feeling quite impressed with myself until we showed up and the hostess had every imaginable mini dessert, cupcakes, cookie decorating station etc.. it literally looked like a professionally catered event.  Suffice to say, when they said they didn't need us to bring anything they were not kidding, but I was still excited to have done them!