It Just "Felt" Right

As floral wreaths go, I feel I'm still on the fence as to whether or not I actually like them. What comes to mind, initially, are fake flowers, too much ribbon, and a funny moth ball smell. Something like this:

No good! I didn't want to post a link to the above photo because I'm sure there are people out there I'm going to offend. Sorry about that but it's just not my style. The point I'm trying to get to is that I've actually been working on a wreath with felt flowers! The one I'm making is a modification of a couple of wreaths. One from Nest of Posies and the other from NatSprat. What I came up with looks like this so far:

The color pallete I'm going for is turquoise, cocoa brown, mustard yellow, wine red, rusty orange, and possibly deep plum. There are so many flower tutorials I'm having a hard time choosing. Some of my favorites are Holidash's dahlia tutorial and cute little roses that From Will You? To I Do! blogged about. I'll post again after I've decided what other types of flowers to add.

April Showers

April showers bring May flowers but a shower in May brings me joy! 'Nuf said.

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Fine-ly Finished

Well, not quite yet, but that's who's helping us! After living in our little cape cod for almost two years, we're making some headway on our laundry-list of home improvement projects. When we first laid eyes on this place, we saw it for all it's potential. Now, since it's been a couple of years, it's a little more difficult to see our way past all of its flaws. This last week, however, we've made a significant step forward. I say "we" but really the glory goes to our friend, Mike (owner of Fine-ly Finished), who is doing most of the work. The bathroom that was once falling apart, is now coming together! We (Bran and I) will not be doing any of the work in the bathroom. I wish I could say that we were like so many other couples that have jumped on the DIY wagon, but alas we're more the "pay someone else to do the work and enjoy the ride" types. At least at the moment. Little R is still just that, little, and we have two more littler yet. No big DIY projects for us right now.

This was last Sunday (yucky shower!)

Monday (all gone but still yucky)

Thursday (ooooh, pretty new tile!)

We have another big step in the whole process coming tomorrow. The yellow tub is getting re-glazed! I'll post more as more gets finished. :)

Welcome Baby K

Baby K was born January 27, 2011 at 12:03pm weighing 6 pounds 15.5 ounces and measuring 19 inches in length.

*A special thanks to my friend Liz for the beautiful photos.