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This photo made me speechless. It is just so perfect in so many ways.  Ashley’s blog is a daily read for me (can’t wait until Google gets their act together and gets her blog working on their reader!!)and is just full of gorgeous inspiration from her own life. The decorating, the sewing, the fun crafts with her kids… she seems like a very cool woman!

You have to check it out on her blog though… the size of her pictures really makes them that much more amazing!

Our friends went to the Olympics last week (luckyyyy) and brought us back a souvenir.

Thanks Clark’s!

… never looked so good.  (Well, it will probably look better during the day time with gorgeous light filling the room, but I didn’t want to wait until this weekend to share the pictures!)  Like I mentioned yesterday, we bought a dining table and drawer unit from Ikea to create a sewing/painting/craft table. I am in love with it.

The drawer unit is on wheels so it can be moved out from under the table if Bryan and I want to work at the desk at the same time.  We still need to purchase a lamp of some sort, but for now, it is just what we needed!

The bottom three drawers hold my fabric (can you spot the cat in the picture?)…

… and the top three hold miscellaneous paper supplies and tools, as well as my gocco items.   Oh to be organized!

Well people, this weekend I officially sewed something.  I admit, as I tried to do it for the first time the bobbin thread wasn’t catching and I had to call my mother, who immediately drove the 2 minutes over to my place to show me how it is done (thanks mom!).  once I practiced a little I got to work hemming our curtains! I don’t have any pictures, mostly because they are pretty cheap curtains to being with and have been totally beaten up by our cats. Not pretty. But the end result wasn’t too shabby, and I am excited to move on to other things.

Which brings me to the next exciting piece of news, we bought a desk!  A few days back I was thinking about how it is perfectly normal to sew on the kitchen table, so why not buy a kitchen table? All we were looking for was something white, long, basic and inexpensive. Which we found with the Melltorp dining tale at IKEA.  For $69.99 it was a steal!  We also bought the new Alex drawer unit. It was a little pricey but will provide great storage and has the look we are going for. We will be sliding it underneath the table.

We haven’t put the Alex together yet, but once we do I will get a picture up.  I am so excited to have a sewing table!  It will also be a great crafting/invitation making station.  The possibilities are endless…

I registered for all white china/dishware/cookware so that I could add pops of color effortlessly. Like these pretty sea foam bowls from Anthropologie.

Tulips + Irises = a beautiful bouquet from my husband.

Broken up bouquet + my UO vase = love

Etsy + Letterpress + a mini card in French = The perfect Valentines Day card from B.

I received a few questions regarding a wooden piece I have in my living room, so I thought I would give it its own post.

This is my little reading nook. Although it needs a lamp, and a pouf, before any reading can actually be done there…  The green stand was made by my grandmothers father. My grandma used to have it standing up the other way, because the ‘bottom’ is carved out into a bowl which she kept houseplants in.  For now I will keep it this way, as it lends nicely to holding a few books.

I thought about painting it… maybe white, maybe something bold.  But for now the green works.  Oh and the chair is from World Market and the rug is from Urban Outfitters.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Monday!!

I scored this owl piggy bank (owl-ey bank?!) at the local Salvation Army for $2.75.  Sweet.

And the search for the perfect desk continues.  We both agree that we don’t want to spend a lot of money (read: less than $100) on a desk that will only be used for sewing and crafts and whatnot. We want something old, something with character. Wood would be nice. But what we really really really want is a vintage metal desk.

We love the look of these skinny legged ones:

(most of these… if not all, are from here)

But we also love love love the look of the all steel (as opposed to the fake wood top) tanker desks:

(from here)

Love the drawers (perfect for holding fabric scraps and craft tools and paper and who knows what else), love the vintage look, love it all…  The sad thing is, they are impossible to find on the cheap. The few that I have seen on craigslist are going for upwards of $900! We don’t want to settle on a desk, but we also don’t want to go desk-less forever. Uugghhhh.