I've Moved To a New Blog - Nothing But Neutral!

I've moved!  Find me at my new blog - Nothing But Neutral!

I needed a fresh start to encompass so much more of me and what I'm about.  I'll still be sharing decorating tips and a few mommy tips but I'm going to add more fashion and lifestyle posts.

Please join me here. :)  Thank you!

High five for Friday

What-a-week!

One | Colton is a pretty good shopping pal!  The kid loves to ride in the cart and hold stuff!

Two | I decided to host a Jamberry Nails party - I love these nail wraps - easier to apply than polish and they last so much longer.  If you are interested in ordering, go here and look me up (Beth Kohler) at checkout.  All orders will be shipped directly to you!

Three | I got this new planner from Thyme is Honey.  I've had my eye on it for awhile and finally decided to get it.

Four | I hosted an e-design giveaway ($150 value) at Hello! Happiness.  There is still time to enter the giveaway.

Five | I got these Valentine's Day beauties from Colton today.  So sweet! :)

My last minute Valentines for kids

It happened.  The dreaded statement "Mom, I need __________ by tomorrow!"  Except Colton is only 7 months old and can't talk, nor does he really care about Valentine's Day.  This is what I learned when I dropped him off at daycare yesterday morning.  My husband forgot to mention that daycare was having a little Valentine's Day celebration today and Colton could bring Valentine's for the other kids if he wants.

Of course he wants to!! :)

Good thing I dropped him off at daycare.  I rarely drop him off at daycare.

Thank goodness I keep a lot of "stuff" around.  (My husband doesn't call it stuff)  I'm kind of like a paper, crafty-thing kind of hoarder so coming up with a little, last-minute Valentine was not too difficult and evolved into something I would consider cool. (Then again, I'm in my 30's so let's hope the kids don't think it's dumb...)

I had the following things stored away: (I knew I bought all of these things for a good reason)

Pillow boxes (Target dollar section for a year ago, you can get them in nearly any craft aisle)

Card stock

Multi-use labels

Crayons

Washi Tape

Reese's hearts (I bought for my husband for Valentine's day)

In each pillow box I included a card with "from: Colton" signed on the back, six heart-stickers, two crayons so they could color their cards, and a Reeses heart-shaped peanut butter cup.  Then, I sealed the box with washi-tape.

Here's what I made...

Valentine's Day Cards

All these took were a stamp, ink, and card stock.  I was going to color them but seriously, who has time for that??!! So, I included a couple of crayons so they could color them on their own!  

Stickers

Using the circle-shaped  multi-lables I made heart stickers.  Each package got six of them.  From what I remember about being a kid, stickers were the best!

I say I did pretty good with this last-minute Valentine!  

I knew this would happen sometime, I just figured it would be well after we got him into school!  Mom of the year - here I come!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

PS... sorry Grandpas, Grandmas, aunts, uncles, and friends - your Valentine's are on hold!  See you around St. Patrick's day?

House tour: 3/4 bathroom

This past weekend was house-cleaning weekend and, since I had a clean house, I thought I'd continue the post-renovation house tour.  With that - welcome to our 3/4 bathroom!

This bathroom is a brand new addition to our home!  The space used to be our laundry room, which you used enter from the guest bedroom.  And, the doorway you are looking through didn't exist.  We had to cut the doorway into a wall in our entry way and add three steps.  

We had to get somewhat creative to design this new bathroom.  Since we have a small home, and knew we'd have guests more often with a baby on the way, we needed an additional bathroom that included a shower, especially since we tore out the 1/2 bathroom that used to exist in our kitchen.  After working with our contractor, and thanks to my husband's excellent know-how to make things work, we have this 3/4 bathroom.  

Thanks for stopping by!  For more of our home, visit my house tour page!

Sources

Mirror: Target

Soap Dispenser: Target

Shower Curtain: West Elm

Rug: World Market

Bath Towel: Target

Flower Holder: World Market

Wall Hanging: Ikea