Running thru life.... Dealing with Decals- A rainy Day Project!

You may recall earlier I blogged about doing a decal in our bathroom.  

After a month to think about it my hubby and I decided against a quote.  

Primarily because ever quote we came up with, he found something about it to ruin putting it in a bathroom.

Men have very sick minds!

So we turned to other options and we kept coming back to Cherry Blossoms.

We thought this would be a good contrast to the red walls.  

So I started to do my internet search.  

We were looking for one that at least was 40-45 inches long so it would hit where we wanted on the wall.    After a couple days of searching I started just looking on Etsy.com because they had the most custom made ones for the money I wanted to spend.  

We finally decided on one and put our order in.

 So last week I came home to find our decal in our mail box.  

I unwrapped it and was immediately in overwhelmed mode.  

It was made of lots of little pieces that had to be placed together.

So I decided this project would be done in steps.

Today being that it was cold and pouring rain, I decided to get this project done!

Step 1: Lay Everything Out

I decided to lay all the pieces out on the table to get an idea of how this needed to be placed on the wall.

Step 2:  Tape on wall as you would like it.

This let us play with the height a little.

Step 3:  Place branches on.  

This was easy enough.

You peeled off the back.

Placed the decal where you wanted it.

Smoothed it to make sure there were no air bubbles ( I ended up using my hand because it was easier then using a ruler like they suggested in the instructions)

Then peeled off the front and the decal stuck.

 

Step 4:  Places flowers on.

 This is where is was good to have two people.  Joe peeled the backs and then I placed them and peeled the fronts off.

Step 5:  Place small specs on

This part took the longest because it was a lot of little dots.  

But I am happy with the results.

We had extra left over flowers and dots so we added where we thought it need it.

With the help of Joe it took us less than 30 minutes to do.  

I am very happy with the results.  

Running thru life..... My favorite Baby Shower Gift

Today I recieved notice of another babyshower!
So I thought this would be the perfect opportunity for a blog!!!

I am a midwife...
which means that I must love baby showers...
Right?  

My favorite part of a baby shower is picking out the gift 

and seeing the mother to be open it.

I heart shopping!!!!

Since I have been alive I have now been to over 8 baby showers and invited to a couple more that were out of state.  I now have a "Fav Gift" as my hubby calls it.

The Bouncer

After my friend and cousin became pregnant and I purchased one of these for each of them.

They loved it and stated it was one of the best gifts they recieved because they used it so much!

They used it a lot when they were on a different level than the crib was for their baby to sleep in, took it on trips because most of them collapse and are easy to pack, etc.  

I love buying gifts that are actually used and appreciated. 

So that being said it has become my staple baby shower gift.

There are many different kinds and I have found that for almost every shower I have gone to, the couple has registered for one.    
If they have not registered for it.... I come up with something that I think is important and meaningful to the couple.  I remember my wedding shower and when I use the items i recieved I think about all the love and thoughtfulness that went into them. 

 

Happy Baby Showering.  

Running thru life... More choices

With the fall coming we just had our carpets cleaned. 

 I decided this year to just have the downstairs carpets cleaned because to be honest they need it!
 The downstairs is Clemson's room so it does get a little dirty. 

We used the same company we used last time because they gave me a good deal for being a repeat customer. 

So as I was getting the rooms ready for this process. 

I started to think about our floor rugs.

We purchased the one for the entry way at Target at 2008 when we moved in the house and there is a lacking of one in the TV room. 

The Target rug has served it purpose (I think it was on sale for less than 50$) but it is starting to fall a part and I am not sure it would make it through a professional rug cleaning. 

I do love the rug though....

However, it is not a heavy duty rug which is really needed for the front entry way now that we have a dog. 

The target rug was purchased pre-Clemson. 

So after talking with my husband and debating whether it would be worth even paying the money to get the rug cleaned since it almost cost as much as the rug. 
I decided that we are going to have to start looking for new rugs. 

So I used a couple of sites a neigbor had used on her search for the perfect rug because I liked how sturdy her rug seems to be.  I knew I wanted to stick with a brown coloring because it does hide the dirt better and the furniture in the entry way is brown. 

So here are some thoughts

Firework Ivy Rug

Symphony Brow Rug

I am still on the hunt for a new rug for the TV room- I am thinking something fun with orange accents to match the pills.  Also we are considering getting a coffee table or something to put down there.