I am LOVING these holiday cards from Paper Culture and better yet, If you sign up here you can get $50 worth of these beauties for $20.

I am always so hesitant to pull the trigger but I don’t think I’ll end up with buyers remorse

{all pics via NY Mag}

I think that is pretty cool.

{photo via making it lovely}

These are the paint colors used around the home of one of my favorite bloggers, Nicole at Making it Lovely. I think they are all great and go together beautifully. Check out her place on the full post here. She really does make it lovely!

The problem with reading 30 different sites on a daily basis is that there is so much repetition it can make you anger at the thought of seeing one more owl figurine or ironic poster. People link to other people and a craze is born.

This year’s craze: Chalkboards

Chalkboard Paint – the paint that started it all. I think chalkboards are adorable. In small doses.

I have thought about buying these decals for an office or entryway:

kitchen

or in a little kid’s room or playroom:

Now I don’t know any people in real life that have any in their homes so it’s still somewhat novel. We are truly bombarded with it on the internet.

Paint your kid’s room! Paint your recycling bins! Paint your refrigerator! Paint your entire kitchen! (?)

Honestly, the people are going crazy with the chalkboard paint and I’m afraid it’s only going to get worse before it gets better.

What’s next? CHALKBOARD TABLECLOTHS??

Oh wait.

Is this for real? Am I the only person who does not want to sit at a table and get chalk all over my hands while eating?

If you go by the trend on the food blogs (all bacon all the time since vosges came out with that bacon bar in 2007) we will be seeing chalkboard decorating ideas for a good long while. Just hopefully not at people’s tables. I’ll tell you where you WILL be seeing it – at Target. They now carry a line of really cute chalkboard wall decals.

I have no idea what they are or where they got that fabric but I think I need some yellow in my life.

{via cookie}

My shots above aren’t perfect but you get the point. I definitely need to practice more. This week we are doing “m” which is scary. Its controlling both “Tv” and “Av” at the same time. No more point and shoot for moi.

*I definitely recommend this class if you have a DSLR and no idea what it can do. Here is the link.

I read the lesson materials, watched the video, went through all the email tips and finally figured out that if you turn one dial to “tv” and another to a number you never knew existed you can make moving things look less like this:

and more like this:

KICK ASS!

We decided to have 1 splurge item in honor of the baby’s arrival – a glider, and if you know me at all, you know I’ve spent months searching for the exact one I want. Since its going in the living room and I’d like it to fit into our lives for a good long while I have been being kind of picky. Plus, OMG even the ugly ones are outrageously priced! I refuse to spend any of my hard earned money on something ugly and shabbily put together. Well the clock is ticking and with 5 weeks till my due date I have been getting a little nervous that we wouldn’t have one while the babe was still a babe.

I saw this one on a decor blog a while back and today we finally hunted one down to try out in person. 

The above pic is the exact color option and style we chose. I cannot wait for it to arrive in 4-6 weeks! From Canada! Where it is being custom made just for me! Hopefully it gets here before Cupcake but its really down to the wire. I’m not holding my breath.

Yeah, we also got the ottoman. But pregnancy is hard work and hot damn, I earned it!

Waterproof – CHECK

Shearling lined – CHECK

Free overnight shipping – CHECK

OOH, SHINY – CHECKITY, CHECK!!

Whoo-Hoo!!!

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