Tuesday, July 17, 2012

I'm Back!

Hi!  It's been awhile.  I started this blog at a really busy time and just haven't had a chance to update all zero of my followers about what’s been going on :)  Most of you reading this know that I just got married in June, but so many other exciting things happened before the big day...

My best friend, Caroline had a baby in February.  She is the most precious baby girl ever!

Introducing Arabella Caroline

There was lots of preparation leading up to Arabella's arrival.  Her mom and I both went into home decorating overdrive.  I wanted to finish my formal living/dining room in time to host a baby shower. I don't really have any before pictures but just imagine a long, empty room.  Below are some pics of the design process and the finished space.
Coming Together....
Austin hanging the panels I had made- loving every minute of it :)

ALL FINISHED

The Shower
Caroline with the Hostesses

So many gifts!

Those mini cupcakes on the left are from Gigi's Cupcakes in Norcross and they are to die for!!!


I stayed up late every night the week before the shower and literally finished decorating the morning of!  The shower was a great way to get Austin to do all of the things I'd been asking him to do for months.  He moaned and groaned lots during the process, but I think in the end he was pretty impressed with how everything came together.  I loved how the room turned out, but more importantly was so happy that Caroline's shower went so well!  Baby Arabella was showered with lots of love and cute gifts!
While working on this room, I was also helping Caroline with Arabella's nursery.  I plan for that to be my next blog post- Get excited... this nursery is the perfect balance between simply sweet and simply stylish!