Florence

While we were in Colorado my sister in law took me to Florence.  Its a beautiful old town near Canon City, CO.  Every single building on the main drag is an antique store.  We topped off the day at The Aspen bakery with creme puffs, cherry turnovers, and glass bottled sodas.  She fed Evaleigh pastry creme til she couldn't take it anymore, it was pretty hilarious.  I ended up with some amazing finds.

-1940's lace

-a quilt scrap

-1940's black and white polka dot fabric

-some vintage fabrics for Bow to the Queen and King

-a 1936 silhouette in its original frame.  Hello Helen Fischer.

-9 old match books

-a chicken wire basket

-an old hanky.  I'm going to revive the hanky wall in our new house!

I chose a playground

25 was a fantastic birthday.

This is how it went down.

12:01am-  I had gone up to bed so Mr. Murphy could pull an all nighter and get his work done.  He did this so he could suprise me by taking the whole day of my birthday off of work. (unknown to me!)  He pops in a little after midnight saying, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"  

12:02-  My birthday is started off perfectly right with a kiss from my John and a little hanging out before I go to sleep.

7:00- EJ wakes me up for a little birthday snuggle.  We play in the nursery til 8.

8:00- Time for first nap.  Evie nurses and we fall back to sleep.

9:10- Wake up and go down stairs to find Bek, Joe, and Parker.  We decide to get ready and go to Chic-fil-a for a little b-day breakfast.

10:00- drive there

10:20- Arrived at Chic-fil-a and the cute one gives me my first present of the day.  A nice big diaper blow out.

10:25- All is well and Bek has gone in ahead of me to order.  When I get to the table she has my biscuit waiting on a beautiful blue and pink antique plate she bought me. Can't wait to hang it on the wall somewhere. Because that's what cute plates are for right? Certainly not eating on.

11:00- John, Evie, and I get ready to drive into ATL.

11:30- John gives me my present! Some fabric push pins and a kitchen towel. I'm in love...with the boy and the gift.

11:45- We hold hands and chat while EJ sleeps in the back seat.

12:40- We spend quite some time dreaming and praying about something. (more on that to come later)

2:00- John,"what do you want to eat?"
Me,"Flying Buscuit, no Fresh2Order, no Schlotskys. Definitely Schlotskys."
John,"Of all the cool places to eat in Atlanta, you pick Schlotskys?! Does anyone even eat there?"

2:01- I realize my grave mistake and decide on Tin Lizzys instead.

2:30- We enjoy delicious tacos and I get my fish taco fix for the week while Evaleigh captivates everyone she sees with smiles and waving and her huge leopard bow.

3:00- Goodwill Birthday shopping. I come out with a mustard crocheted pillow, two teeny gold frames, a turquoise and black frame, and a brass owl trivet.

3:30- we head home to beat the rush hour traffic.

3:50- John is a sleepy face so I take over driving and he falls asleep on my new pillow.

5:00- We go to Target to meet my dad while he is on his way back to ATL from Athens.

5:05- We get Starbucks and feed EJ pumpkin bread.

5:40- She takes a ride on Pawpaws shoulders and pulls out some of the hair he has left. She was loving it! Thanks for the velvet leggings dad, I'm wearing them right now!

6:00- Get home and I get to hang out with my mom. She gives me some gorgeous new black flats, a dove chocolate bar, a pair of earrings, and a yellow dessert tray that I've been eying at Target! We talk about the day I was born.

6:30- She hugs me and says, "Thank you for making me a mother."

7:15- I put my little girl down for the night and its party time for me and John!

7:40- We get in the car and John tells me we can do anything I want. I decide I want to go to a playground.

8:00- We swing, we slide, we run, we seesaw.

8:20- While on the swings I tell John I don't want to grow up. I don't mind getting older but I never want to grow up. We promise to make each other laugh everyday.

8:40- We walk over to Jonny's Pizza and I have a raspberry sprite and some garlic knots.

9:30- We drive to the dollar theatre and see Rekall. Liked it. We snack on Reese's Pieces and Snow Caps. (John still doesn't know why he chose Snow Caps.  That's like the Schlotsky's of candy.)

11:57- Drove home and got to the house just in time to see mom for my birth minute. I hug her in her bed and she says, "Hi, how are you? We are just meeting for the first time." 25 years ago of course.

12:00- I snuggle up with my Johnny and we go to bed.

Last years b-day.  And the year before that.

a date with my little

Yesterday Evaleigh and I had a date while Daddy finished up with work.  I had been getting a lot of emails about the new Ian Henderson's Antique Mall in Monroe.  I have been dying to go and see what its all about.  It is right across the street from the Monroe Cotton Mills Antique Mall which I have frequented several times.  Before I even made it in to the place the manager was right out telling me how cute my baby was and thanking me for coming to shop there.  As soon as I got inside an employee welcomed me and said,"We are so glad you are here, have you been here before?"  

"Nope, But I've been to the Cotton Mills across the street."  

"Well we are nicer than them."  He said with a laugh and a grin.

And it was true, they were amazing!

I am most certainly going to this auction.  It looks like it is going to be amazing.  I saw a list of the items be auctioned off today and I am so excited!  Anyone want to go with me??

The prices were really quite good.  Most booths were having at least a %20 off kick-off sale because this place has just opened up.  I got this pillow for $4, an old Atlas Mason jar FULL of vintage necklaces for $7, and these cute vintage red Angel shoes for EJ for $5!  I'm so excited to keep going back especially for their auctions.

the chair

I can't believe this beautiful chartreuse velvet chair is mine.

I saw it at Goodwill on Saturday.

I knew it had to be mine but the tag was already gone off of it, which at Goodwill we know that usually means someone else has snagged the tag and is carrying it around laying claim on their fabulous find. I waited around an hour while doing some other shopping but my eye was periodically set on that chair. I asked 3 workers if they knew anything about the buyer and no one could help me or tell me anything.

When I went to check out in a last ditch effort to have that chair be mine I asked the cashier about the chair. She said they could call it out to have the person with the ticket come up to confirm purchase. So they did...twice. And no one came!

So the manager went back to make a new ticket for me to purchase it. Up until this point I didn't know the price. I wanted this chair so badly and had resigned my self to being willing to pay just about anything within reason. When the manager brought out the new ticket, l flipped!

$10.91

"Put that baby in the back of my car now!" I was hopped up with excitement for about two hours afterwards. I love it and now it has a home in the corner of our bedroom.

thanks shanna...

All of this began yesterday with my new Shanna Murray wall decal.  This beautiful gold sparkly decal. I fell in love with her work about a month ago. I've been waiting for the absolute perfect place to put it and I think I found it!  
So today I went to Goodwill and bought all of these tiny mirrors for 50 cents each! I got the wall candle holders for $1.50 each. I also purchased the drapes from a thrift store for $2.00! So add all of that up and I've got a whole new master bedroom look for under $10. (plus the cost of Shanna's decal) 

Pillow Shams: Anthropologie

Comforter: Target

Headboard: The Iron Bed

Lamp Shade: World Market

Wall Decal: Shanna Murray 

evie's new friends

The other day while deep cleaning the basement my mother found this vintage pattern that belonged to my Nanny.  I fell in love with it the moment I saw it and wanted to make all of these little guys for EJ.

We went to Hobby Lobby and bought a lot of different fabrics.  It was best to pick patterns with small designs on them.  I did get a few larger prints though, I couldn't pass up the gray chevron.

We did all of the embroidery before we sewed the animals together.  I still have 6 more to make, I am just taking my time because they take so long and I want them to be right.  I can't wait for her to have all the animals in her posse.

***If anyone wants me to photo copy the patterns and send them to you, shoot me an email!***

parkers baby shower

Mr. Parker is coming to join us in just a month!  Remember when this happened?? 

That feels about 10 minutes ago.

But now he is coming to this world and I can't wait to be his auntie!

Thanks to Ashlyn for a few extra pictures!  (more pictures here...I found the foot ruiner...do I get a cookie for real??)

After everyone left we stayed outside until it got dark, and then we stayed outside some more and made a fire.  I don't think my feet went inside until 11:30pm.

I can't wait to meet that tiny baby!