Insta-Friday

Happy Friday, I hope you all had a nice week!
I'm trying to think back to our week and nothing major is sticking out in my mind, I guess it was pretty low-key.
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Here's a peek:
Dr Bed Head, checking up on her #1 patient.
I'm not going to lie...Claire goes to preschool in the afternoons, so our mornings quite often include pajamas and messy hair. I figure we have the rest of our lives to get up and get going early, we'll enjoy this while we can.
laundry. it.never.ends.

just look at him. jeans, tennis shoes and a cool t-shirt, he's looking a lot like he's not my little newborn anymore. Sigh.

Eric loves to make the neighbor kids run sprints.

And they actually think it's fun, crazy!

Look what I found under the couch.

Someone has got some explaining to do.

and look who discovered his toes, yay!

See, I told you, low-key.
Have a happy Friday!

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Linen Garland

A funny thing happens when you've made as many linen pillows as I have in the last year...
you end up with a whole ton of linen scraps.And because I'm ___________ (cheap, thrifty, Dutch, resourceful) you fill in the blank, I just can't throw away fabric, no matter how large or small the piece.My best solution : a Friday night with my rotary cutter and some twine ......which yielded THREE awesome fabric garlands made of various natural linens
this was one of those turned-out-better-than-I-even-thought-it-would projects!loving it hanging on our mantle!and because good things must be shared, you can now find these linen garlands available at Rebel.reclaimed

Eames Chairs

During a little brainstorming session with Dann of Rebel.reclaimed on new designs for pillows, we knew we wanted pillows with one solid image on the front, and the idea of chairs came to me. Since I'm drawn to any chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames,
I just knew this had to be the design we went with!in the works

available on both our oblong, and square pillows
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and the best part of course, here a few are on display at Rebel!

Fresh Start Sunday

Source: joyshope.com via Rachel on Pinterest

Insta-Friday

Happy Friday, everyone!

It was another gorgeous week around here...87 degrees in March, unreal!something clicked and suddenly this girl can do the monkey bars!
I love how proud she is of herself.
and this boy learned to roll!
he also learned that rolling over onto this toy doesn't feel good,
yet proceeded to do it over and over and over.

Zachary had his first taste of rice cereal and he devoured it...like full-on-angry-face attacked it. This is the kid who was violently going at his fist already in the delivery room, and has been intently watching us eat our meals ever since, so I guess it was no shocker that he was ready!
Next up : cheeseburgers.
dressed and ready for date night and I look in the mirror to see that my shoulder is covered in baby drool. Nice.Our golden retriever Lyra, patiently waiting for some love from the UPS man.happy assembly lineyay for a clean craft room!
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and one more Zachary picture, because I can't resist....
Have a great weekend!

Design Design Factory Sale

Hey Grand Rapids readers,
the Design Design Factory sale is this week!
See you there!

Fresh Start Sunday

Source: dandee-designs.com via Jill on Pinterest

Insta-Friday

It's Friday!!
Our theme this week : get outside!82 degrees, baby!
hanging out the car's sunroof in the preschool drop off line because
"mom, all my friends are doing it!"
Sigh.
super flying baby!
cruisin' the neighborhoodwe tried some outdoor pictures, but the corduroy pants were just too fascinating
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but, it wasn't all play and no work...
grocery shopping. alone.
(it was so quiet)
thanks to my fellow Instagrammers, I'm learning the CVS savings waysand this could possibly be my favorite project to date.
Finished product pictures coming soon!
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Happy weekend, everyone!

Fresh Start Sunday

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Insta-Friday

Happy Friday!

Major highlight of our week : warmer temperatures and some outdoor time!
Here's a peek at what we were up to...finally enough sunshine here in the mitten to try this cool trick!a little post-church photo taking on Sunday. I still can't get over how much these two love each other already...I really thought that wouldn't happen until years from now. One day this week while driving down the road I looked in my rear-view mirror and caught these two smiling and cracking each other up, my heart swelled.
I'm not sure what I accomplished this week...not a whole lot I suppose.
Holding him while he naps sure was nice though.
pajama jeans? seriously?
I'm all for being comfy, but seriously?!?
one of my least favorite things about parenting is the days when I feel
like all I'm doing is saying no. One day this week I said yes to:
1. buying birthday cake Oreos (ah-ma-zing!)
2. eating them while in the car waiting for preschool drop off
happy.happy.happyand speaking of happy, this happy guy wants you to have a great weekend!

fellow Insta-addicts, find me at : coraannedesigns