OL Black Friday Sale!

Christmas Card Book Covers on Etsy!

I posted a how-to on my DIY Christmas Card Book Covers last year, but wanted to share that these are now available to order on Etsy! Here are some pics to remind you of how oh-so-coooool and fun these little covers are. And here is the link on Etsy!

Choose red and green or creme

Order as many years as you'd like!

Display them in a basket...

Or hang them on the wall!

This is definitely the easiest and cutest way to organize your Christmas cards... get yours ready for the holiday season NOW! :) Oh Louise! Christmas Card Book Covers

27 Weeks!

How far along?: 27 weeks yesterday!
Baby is the size of?: chinese cabbage... i have no idea how big that is, but it says 14.8 inches & 2.25 lb!
Maternity clothes?: yes!
Feeling? I feel good except for that my left ribs start hurting when I sit too long!
Best moment this week: Well this has nothing to do with the baby, but community group thanksgiving last night!
Miss anything?: Wine mainly.. I think that might be my answer every time.
Movement: Lots of movement and kicking! He's a night owl... likes to kick me when Im trying to go to bed.
Food cravings: Not really, but I guess still sushi if I had to pick.. Sorry I'm boring. :)
Anything making you queasy or sick?: Nope!
Have you started to show yet?: Oh yeah.. looking pretty large these days
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly button in our out?: In.. but definitely very different looking!
Wedding rings on or off?: On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy.. excited about the holidays and anticipating meeting our little boy in less than 3 months!
Looking forward to: Meeting Caitlin and Amanda's babies in less than a month!

PS this pic is taken in the nursery in front of what is going to be the changing table! 

Oh Louise! Christmas Is Here!

I finally got around to putting up some Christmas items in my shop! Now I'm reallllyyyy feeling the Christmas spirit and can't wait for all the holiday festivities to begin. Community group Thanksgiving in less than a week is first on the list! Anywayyy, here are some of the new items for sale this holiday season!

Jolly Chevron Christmas Print

Herringbone Merry Christmas Notepad

Merry Christmas Wreath Cards - Set of 12

Merry Christmas Wreath Enclosure Cards - Set of 12 with bakers twine

Chevron Watercolor Christmas Notepad

And some of last years best sellers are for sale again!

Wear Earmuffs Owl Christmas Cards - Set of 12

Santa Makes Me Happy Christmas Cards - Set of 12

Rudolph Damask Christmas Cards - Set of 12

Merrrryyyy Christmas everyone!

Boy Nursery Inspiration

I've gotten some requests lately for a blog post on nursery inspiration so I was feeling motivated this morning & compiled some pics! These are not necessarily ideas that are going to end up in my nursery, just photos that I'm drawn to for one reason or another. Anyway, here they are!

via lilsugar.com

via projectnursery.com

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via mandyphoto.net

via designsponge.com

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via mandyphoto.net

Hopefully sometime soon I'll have pictures of my own nursery to show... Won't be as cute as these precious ones above, but I'm gonna do my best to try! :) 

New Stationery Designs!

Check out my Etsy shop to see these new stationery designs and more! And as always, you can choose your colors and fonts to make the cards even more personalized to your taste. :) Hope you enjoy!

Polka Dots Personalized Stationery

Houndstooth Personalized & Houndstooth Monogrammed Stationery

Leopard Print Personalized Stationery

Triangles Personalized Stationery

Check back in a week or so for other new items as well... new notepads & a 2013 calendar to name a couple!

Halloween Party!

Last year Peter and I hosted a little Halloween party for some of our friends. All of us girls signed up for different food items before the party & it ended up being really cute so I wanted to share some pics! 

Dry ice green koolaid and vodka punch, halloween cupcakes and chili and cornbread in mason jars! 

Benson was a sock monkey!! I made his costume out of sweaters I bought at a thrift store.

Bat garland made out of a black table cloth from the dollar tree. EEK letters bought at Jo Ann's and covered with spray adhesive and glitter!

Votives with black licorice... easy and cute! Also, halloween straws from the dollar tree.

Candy corn filler in a giant mason jar. 

Meatballs in the crockpot.. yum! And cute halloween cookies made by my mom.

An upclose pic of the delicious chili and cornbread in mason jars made by Jen.

Upclose pic of the halloween cupcakes

Crescent Mummy Dogs!

Last but not least, the bar with a DIY chevron pennant banner!

Hope you enjoyed our halloween partay... can't wait to have another one this year! Just gotta figure out   what Benson is going to be... the most important detail of the party, of course. :)

20 Weeks!

How far along?: 20 weeks yesterday!
Baby is the size of?: one of my apps says mango and the other says banana
Maternity clothes?: yeah, pretty much living in my maternity jeans and maternity tshirts.. its much more comfy that way!
Feeling? Really good! Back to my normal self except for feeling like I'm going to pass out every few days when I havent eaten in a while or am standing in a long line.. thats not very fun.
Sleep: I sleep like a champ.. never has really been a problem for me in life. :)
Best moment this week: 2 moments... Saturday when Peter painted the nursery and tuesday night when we got the crib set up!
Miss anything?: Wine mainly..
Movement: I think I maybe felt a kick yesterday... but I'm still not sure if it was one.  UPDATE: he's been kicking all morning today! yay!! 
Food cravings: Sushi (not raw people, dont worry)
Anything making you queasy or sick?: Not really anymore... SUCCESSSSSS!
Have you started to show yet?: Yes... see above!
Gender prediction: If you saw yesterdays gender reveal post... It's a BOY!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly button in our out?: In
Wedding rings on or off?: On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Mmm happy most of the time, moody sometimes. Mainly just moody with peter and/or my mom... sorry people I love the most!! :)
Looking forward to: My next appointment a week from today, Abbie's wedding weekend, and the holidays!!

Baby Boynton Gender Reveal!

My sweet A&M friends (I call them that even though technically only half of them went to A&M) threw Peter and me a little gender reveal party a couple weeks ago and it was so cute and fun! Below are the cute hostesses... Emily, Gina, Berkeley, Nicole, Kiley, and Jennifer. All of our husbands went to A&M together which is how they got the title "A&M friends".

**the quality, pretty pictures below are taken by my friend Jason Kindig of Jason Kindig Photography, but please note that the not so quality ones are not by him.. they are by my iphone! :) 

Cute cupcakes made by the talenteddd Amanda Buccola of  Red Raspberry Cakes

And cute bow and mustache cookies made by my mom -- her website is here

water bottle labels for baby boynton!

the chalkboard where all the guests could vote on whether it was a boy or girl...
and the cute bows and mustaches that people pinned on their shirts! 

Maybe these old wives tales are more accurate than we think!

Cute balloons and food table

Baby pics of me and Peter.. such a good idea!

The hostesses also had everyone secretly bring a book for Baby Boynton!

Now for the REVEEAALLL..... whats it gonna be!?

IT'S A BOYnton!!! Peter was clearly very excited.... :)

Showing off the blue filling in my cupcake 

Happy parents-to-be!

And here's a video in case you want to watch Peter throw his arms in the air and bang the countertop with overwhelming joy...its pretty priceless. Sorry the video is little and blurry!

Can't wait to meet our little baby boy... thanks again hostesses for the super fun partay!!