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pancakes. rest. and bicycle tires.

July 29, 2013

this weekend was…heaven. we did nothing. we cleaned a little. we ate at home. there was a target trip somewhere in there. but mostly we watched movies and laid down all day. it was perfect.

on saturday morning, brett and i made pancakes for the very first time. i know. why this long? the truth is…i dont really like pancakes, unless they are my sis in laws punkin pancakes that she makes for my brother (and on rare occasions i get to partake. those are damn good pancakes my siz!). i’m thinkin penny loves pancakes because they were gooooOOOOood. we got to sit and have a little fam breakfast with bretts bro and we felt so fancy with our pancakes, eggs, and breakfast potatoes (it doesnt take much).

ive been having extreme nesting mind. i say extreme because it is not limited to our little girls room. no no no, that would be too simple. i actually said this to brett the other day “hey babe, do you think our landlords would be mad if we took our cabinets out of the kitchen?” to which he lovingly replied “yes, i dont think they would be too happy about that.” eff nesting yall…i want to RENOVATE. everything. because the things i have in mind are all sort of grand i have done nothing. which is super productive.

but on saturday i got my craft on. i spent some time outside reading the other day, and brett had left a bike wheel on our patio. its been sitting there for a couple of months and i weirdly enjoyed the way it looked out there. i started to think about what we could do with this thing. it started to get dark outside and my reading time was dwindling and i though…man i wish we had like a lamp out here. IDEA! bike wheel chandelier!

i spent most of the afternoon wrapping yarn around the wheel, and around the wire that would hold it up. our plan is to get some battery operated led lights (soft white, because i hate that bright white biznass) and wrap them around the tire. i think it will add a little bit of fun and definitely some much needed light on our patio. we can move our scrabble games outside long after the sun has gone down : )

hopefully i’ll finish this soon and i can update you with some pictures of it in action. how this project helped brett and i prepare for penny, i have no idea. but it eased my nesting mind for a moment. just…a moment.

happy monday friends, hope your weekend was whatever you needed! i know ours was : )

nesty mc nesterson.

June 3, 2013

Crafty, DIY

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We FINALLY got our giant print for our kitchen!

One of my good friends recommended this company, where you can upload photos and order posters of pretty much any size and have them delivered! I am SUPER satisfied with the outcome. The quality is awesome, and its the perfect addition to our little coffee nook.

My dear friend Kim Bogardus is a pretty spectacular photographer. She had taken some photos of Brett and I for Christmas last year and we both are so in love with the way they turned out. This print was one of our favorites and its fun to turn it into a giant piece of art for our home.

A while back I saw a post on A beautiful mess about industrial sized prints and since then ive been on the hunt for a way to print a color photo that didn’t break the bank. I also really loved the triangle accents and what they added to it. It’s a super fun and clever way to add some color especially when you are renting like us.

I really love the way it turned out and I may order some more of these bad boys for other parts of our home. Maybe not quite this large and in charge but some bigger ones of our wedding may be nice, and of course some family photos when Penny makes her way into the world : ).

a well nested weekend…

May 13, 2013

baby, Crafty, DIY, life

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This weekend was full. It was totally fun, but oh so full, and i find myself pretty exhausted from it all today. The heat isn’t helping much (geez California with your 100 degree weather…takeachillpill).

We were lucky to spend some mothers day time with my mom yesterday and she and her boyfriend blessed us with a crib for our little lady! We were so excited and let me tell you, standing in that ikea in front of a crib with my hands resting on the side of it was the most surreal feeling ever. When did we become old enough to have a baby? When did we go from “yeah maybe in 5 years…” to “hey maybe we could do this now?”. Its so amazing and wonderful and terrifying and incredibly ridiculous all at the same time. I’m so glad that I get to do this with Brett and when we talk about our little girl and the dreams and plans we have for our family I feel so lucky. And when we talk about how scared out of our minds we are and how we have literally no idea what we are doing, I feel even more lucky that I’m not in this alone and that my husband is just as clueless and scared and excited as I am. That may not make sense, but its oddly comforting.

Anywho…in the midst of hanging out with some of my favorite people this weekend I actually got enough energy to get our spare room in order for some baby craftin. I really wish I had a before photo so that you all could be impressed with how much I did. Our spare room was FULL of boxes, some empty and some full of random crap, from our move (no worries…i did not lift things…there was a lot of scooting, pushing and sweet maneuvering skills…but no lifting). Our friend Eric came over and helped put up our curtains and my friend Faith and I hung out and made some pom garland for above the crib. I did all this stuff before Brett came home from work so I could surprise him with all the good work i did : ). Then he surprised me today by building the crib while I’m at work (we like to surprise each other with things).

It’s definitely coming together and also has a long way to go, but I’m already in love with the direction its taking. I’m on the hunt for a dresser to refurbish for the changing table, we have some shelves we’re going to hang above that, and im scouring all etsy sites for cute little prints to hang up. I cant wait till that little white book shelf is full of books to read to our little Penny and it will be awesome to see her snuggled up to mine and bretts childhood stuffed animals (fuzzy the blue bear and bubba the dolphin).

I cant wait to meet this little girl that is just gonna rock mine and bretts world. Shes already so awesome.

Operation homey home…

April 15, 2013

Crafty, DIY

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This weekend we FINALLY got some of our shelves up in our new place! I haven’t really been all that excited about our new apartment. We moved from a place that we actually loved a lot to a new place that has some major perks. Cheaper rent, smaller commute, and right next door to some of our favorite people.

I think a big reason why I’ve had a hard time adjusting is because we moved during the height of my first trimester tired-no-motivation phase. A lot of things are still in boxes which is something I have a super hard time with. I am a super crazy unpacking organizing machine…so having no interest in putting our house together for the first 3 months was a bit of a downer. Ever since we got these shelves up though, I’m falling a little bit in love with our cozy space.

One of my favorite things so far has been this little coffee station. Our new place has a teeeeny tiiiiny kitchen with no counter space at all. So adding this one little shelf in our dining area for all of my caffeinating equipment was a super nice way to get some clutter out of the way. There are still a couple touches that I’m going to add, hopefully next weekend. But the more we do the more I enjoy where we live and the more I can picture our little family making sweet memories here.

Side note: Decorating when you know you are going to have a little one running around getting in everything is a whole different vibe than the kid-less decorating. I’m super conscious of the height of everything and making sure nothing valuable or unsafe is close to the ground…look at me…thinkinlikeamom…weird.

the nesting is strong with this one….

April 8, 2013

life

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This last weekend was probably the best weekend we have had since this little one joined the picture. It was the first time in a very long time that I actually had full on energy. When things like this happen, we tend to jump on it real fast because we never know how long itll last. We slept in on Saturday and decided to finally cash in an ArcLight gift card we got before Christmas. A little early afternoon movie time! This may seem SUPER elderly of us, but we love going to the movies early in the day. It’s nice to come out of a dark theatre and realize that you have an entire day left to do whatever.

After much debating we went and saw Oz the great and powerful. Which I actually enjoyed a lot, and totally cried a few times (hormones). My lovely husband agreed to share popcorn with me AND let me get a hot dog : ) (pregnancycravings) When the movie was over we walked around in the sunshine a bit, poking our heads in shops here and there, and then headed to lunch at The Counter. Which, by the way, if you live in Pasadena and have not been to this place yet…go…build your burger! Taste and see that it is good! Ooo, and split a pile of regular and sweet potato fries.

(good lord i love this man…i have never felt more taken care of in my life…and even when im being totally irrationally pregnant…hes super supportive, helpful beyond measure, and extra loving…sothankfulindeed)

We wrapped up our little outing and went home and partly napped – partly snuggled, while we watched Harry Potter and I did crafty things in bed.

And then the real exciting thing happened. I got up and completely cleaned up our room, got things on the wall, and organized it how I wanted to.

I’m not sure exactly when this nesting thing hits, but it has hit me hard. With the thought of this little one coming along, somehow the hand me down things we’ve acquired and were perfectly fine for the two of us, are not cutting it. I want to redo everything and make sure every part of our home is ours. Our room was just the beginning. I have great plans for each little space in our little apartment and I cant wait to get to the next room : ).

I’m so in love with our room now that its done (mostly) that I only really want to hang out in there. On Sunday morning I ate breakfast and watched tv, and read in bed. I didn’t really move until I had to leave to go grab coffee with a friend.

So all in all, it was a pretty solid weekend, of relaxing, fun little outings, and getting things done.

Just a quick little side note as well…tomorrow is our doctors appointment and we’ll be 17 weeks! We’re are REALLY hoping that we’ll get a good look at our little babes and find out whether its a he or a she! I keep talking to my belly and asking our baby to make sure to lay in a position where we can see what their workin with, so hopefully tomorrows little letter from M will include a name : )