The little tale of the polka dot vase

This little polka dot vase has a story, sometimes things or decor in your home do and sometimes they don't; this one does. We and when I say "we" I mean Bryan and I have had this little vase since we were probably seniors in high school ala 2003 or 2004ish. It was the very first thing we bought together as a couple. A pretty BOLD step for a couple of seventeen year olds, especially since we had no idea where life would take us after high school, but something deep down told us that where ever it took us it would be together. We would take turns keeping it in our rooms over the years, it was our love fern, apparently. Until finally we got married and made a home of our own, it doesn't have a lot of monetary value but it sure does have a WHOLE lot of sentimental value. When I look at it, it reminds me that I let my guard down and wore my heart on my sleeve just once and let love creep in and I'm SO SO happy I did!

Do you have any items in your home that have a story?

currently loving

This perfectly lovely candle by DayNa Decker has made it's home on one of my side tables in the living room. I love lighting it after the kiddies go to bed and just sit, relax, and inhale it's sweet and musky scent. Delish. Anything you're currently loving?

Daddy Daycare

 Need I say more? I think I might just need to hire a real babysitter...

Baby it's cold outside

Vampire babies

Want to know what happens when your eldest child wins a pair of vampire teeth from a machine at a pizza parlor? You get vampire babies, of course.

Vintage High Chair and ASCP

  My good friend Ashley was gifted her babyhood high chair from her mother, what a sweet and sentimental gift don't you think? Although, the wood was in gorgeous condition it wasn't stable for actual use. So she asked if I could give it a cute little makeover for decoration in her home. 

I used annie sloan chalk paint in pure white, distressed it, and waxed it with Minwax natural paste finishing wax. 

 

So cute and so girly, now she gets to look at something pretty and feminine in a house FULL of boys. Enjoy, Ashley! 

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Items needed:

Kraft paper 

electrical tape

fabric

ribbon

sharpie

rubber stamps

ink pad

scotch tape

Needing some last minute ideas for some creative gift wrapping? Create your own! It's so simple, I let my 3 year old stamp away on kraft paper I picked up from the dollar tree. I then made a bow out of electrical tape, drew some haphazard stripes with a sharpie, and tied up the remaining packages with left over fabric and ribbon I had in my craft room. So easy, so simple people with think you spent so much time on it! Enjoy!