Featured! {Karo's Fun Land}

Special thank you to Karolina for the feature on her blog Karo's Fun Land. Adalyn's first birthday party is getting some great coverage in the blogosphere!

Snakes, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails {The Party}

Remember the set of baby shower designs I created for the "Snakes Snails and Puppy Dog Tails" shower? Well, my friend Melinda sent me photos from the shower and so I thought I'd share a few here so that you could see the party elements in use. She did such a great job with the color scheme and coming up with a display that says "baby boy." Enjoy!

 
 

Woodstock Brown

What color are we painting the outside you ask? James Hardie Woodstock brown with Cobblestone trim and black accents. Coming to this confident decision was a long time coming and NOT and easy one to make. In February of last year when I went to visit Tasha in Virginia I spotted this house and fell in love with the color.

Tasha and I tracked down their mailing address and when I got home I composed a letter to the home owner asking if they would divulge the color of their home. Well, the letter came back as "undeliverable." So, I held on to the note and when Tasha came to visit Texas in October, I asked if she would just drop it in their mail box. Then one year later in March of 2011 the home owner responded and shared with us that it was a James Hardie siding color called Woodstock Brown! Thrilled that we had solved the mystery I requested samples of the siding from James Hardie. Lucky us, the paint our contractor is using (PPG) had code numbers on file for this color. After a color match to be sure it was what we liked a decision was made!
Here is the same house in the summer. Note the color changes depending on the lighting.

And finally the drawing I did of the outside of our house so that we could play with color combinations and accent color ideas. Do you approve? Hope so, cause we ain't changin it! What if I hate it?! Yipes...

Exterior Paint {End of Day 9}

Brace yourself for the UGLY (wonderful) progress! Nine working days into the project they are STILL scraping and grinding. The dentil has been added to the gable ends and Steven has finished 90% of the exterior washing. Plus he's removed all the ornamental brick from around the base of the house to help with ventilation. The custom lattice work we ordered from Acurio Latticeworks will ship on Thursday and arrive next week.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Senior Portraits {All Boys}

I rarely take photos of boys. Most often it's families, pregnant women or my little ladies. So when I had three male, senior photo shoots and my brother's nursing school graduation shots I was out of my comfort zone. All that said, I think the photos turned out pretty good and I had a lot of fun with these crazy, creative seniors. A few of my favorites below.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Featured! {Sara's Party Perfect}

Adalyn's first birthday party was featured on Sara's Party Perfect! So excited!

Exterior Paint {End of Day 2}

These pictures are for Steven. Poor guy had to work a double shift at work and hasn't seen the progress here on North Street. The foreman for the job informed me today that he has bought every wire brush in Livingston, Texas. I laughed and he said "I'm serious." When I asked if he needed anything he said "well, just a big ole' bucket of patience." It's really HOT, hard work scraping the exterior of an old house when it's 95 degrees out. SO GLAD we are paying him to do the work!