Mr. P's Minecraft Inspired Bedroom

Like most 8 year old boys my son is OB-SESSED!!! with Minecraft. He had a minecraft birthday party (still need to post pictures) that took me two months to plan and get ready for. Now in his new room what do you think he picked? Yup - Minecraft. So here is the inspiration for his room.

There are a lot of little things that I need to get for his room, they include:

• Minecraft poster and poster frame for above bed
• Materials to make the torches (project to come soon)
• Wood for his feature wall and the valences - I will get that at my local lumber retail store
• Felt for pillows (I already have the pillow cases from Ikea project to come soon)
• Wood for his lego desk 
• Square canvases for a DIY art project
• A desk light
• A desk chair

And these:

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My To Do List is pretty long for his room. It includes

• Paint his walls (grey and green) colors to be determined
• Put up wood wall
• Make and put up valences
• Hang curtains
• Make lego desk
• Hang lego organizing items
• Make a door sign
• Make the torches
• Make some Minecraft art
• Make the pillows
• Make the light
• Do his gallery wall

I'm going to be a busy bee mama!!

Have a great night!

Stacy

Miss A's Bedroom Inspiration

As mentioned in my prior post, I can't really finish Miss A's bedroom until I'm done Miss D's bedroom. I want to do a complete reveal to her and can't as a big piece of furniture is coming from her big sister's bedroom Miss A decided to stay put in her room as she loves it. Which is great for me. But to make it special for her I wanted to give her room a refresh. She will be 10 in March and is in that in between age of little girl and pre-teen. She loves purple and really wanted some owls in her room. The only thing she asked for was a chandelier. 

My shopping list isn't too bad for her room:

• A new plush rug

• New curtains

• A fun furry chair

• Chandelier 

• Dresser
• Cardstock for flowers
• Poms
• Filigree and letter A for her door
• Purple spray paint
• new shade for her revamped lamp

My To - Do list for her room:

• Gallery wall
• Paint my half table as her side table
• Repaint my ugly lamp purple
• Poms
• Paper flowers

• Owl hook
• Owl jewelry hanger
• Paint chandelier and put up
• Quote frame
• Her initial for her door
• Hang curtains

   

Excited to see how this room will turn out! I will post some before pictures soon!

Stacy

Miss D's Teen Room

It's funny how construction sometimes hinges on one thing. It causes a snowball effect. To get all the rooms done Miss D's room MUST be done first. She has to be out of her room before I can grab her old armoire that is going to go into Miss A's room. Plus Miss D must be out of her room so I can paint it and get it ready for Mr. P's room. My to do list and shopping list for her room is not too bad but I can't do anything until our contractor makes the niche to make her room feel bigger. 

My Shopping List for her room is as follows:

• Barn Door track from my work Haliburton Timber Mart
• Closet organizer
• Mirror Closet door from my work 
• Wood for the barn door from my work again 
• Chair/stool so she can play her guitar 

• Light and pendent light from Ikea

                                    

• A pouf of some kind

 

• Poms
• Guitar case and fabric
• Frame for cork board
• Marquee letter

My To - Do List is just as long:

• Make barn door
• Create the paper horse head that I bought from Etsy

                                                               

• Create a cork board
• Make the poms
• Paint the electric fireplace green
• Make her Marquee letter
• Make the jewelry box inspired by PB Teen

• Create her gallery wall
• Hang curtains that I got at Bed, Bath & Beyond a while ago.
• Paint

One wall will be: CIL Moroccan Sands (she really wanted orange)

The cubby will be: CIL Rich Navy

The fireplace will be: PPG Laurel Wreath

Other Walls will be: Behr Bit of Sugar

I will keep you posted to my progress! At least the contractor is there as we speak - finally!

Have a great day!

New Chapter in my life 2 + 3 = Happy Heart

I have been truly blessed. I have found the one whom my heart calls home. I am truly happy to say that it took a long time to find him but there he was - one day on the golf course :) . Fast forward a year and a half and we are making the move. Because we each have children we decided to take it very slow. So some time in April, my son and I are moving in with my love and his two daughters. I can't wait. To make it special for the kids we decided to put all of our focus on making their spaces amazing! To make the house work for us we have to shuffle rooms around. Miss D (his 15 year old, horse/music lover) will be moving to the spare room downstairs, Miss A (his spunky almost 10 year old) will stay in her room but will get a refresh, and my Minecraft fanatic 8 year old will be moving into Miss D's room. Amongst making three kids rooms ah-maz-ing, we are also renovating the downstairs bathroom, recroom, making me a craft space (YIPPEEE!!) and putting in a fireplace upstairs in the living room. PHEW! So my to do list is pretty big!

Here are some inspiration photos for each of these rooms! Stay tuned for many projects to come!

Each room has a to-do list longer than my arm but I've managed to scratch some off this week! Stay tuned for more posts soon!

Patience - Lesson for My Son

Life has been wonderful and I really can't complain. I have finally met the person that was put on this earth for me. He is beyond what I have ever wished for in a partner. And to top it all off he loves me unconditionally. I have been in limbo waiting for the next big step and know that I need to be patient. Everything we have ever done was with our children in mind. No rushing. No pushing. No forcing. It has been such a beautiful journey of getting to know and love all of each other. We are so sure of our love that we don't need to rush. But for this impatient girl this lesson has been tough to sit back and enjoy the journey until they are as ready as we are to take that next step. So because of this struggle I thought I would journal and make a new page for my son's book.

Was fun to do and I got to use some velum for the quote. I forgot just how much I enjoy using this simple product. Hope you enjoy!

Here is the journaling  in my son's book:

One of life's biggest lessons is 'Patience'. Patience is a daily chore that you must continuously work at. It is required everyday in so many different situations. Either being patient waiting in line, or patient with a difficult child or patient with yourself as you try to learn something new. Sometimes it's being patient as you are waiting for 'that thing' to happen. Being 'patient'  is hard work, but so worth it! Great things take time and great things come when it's time to come. Not one second sooner.

So Parker, please enjoy the time in between being patient for the things you want. If we got everything we wanted all at once, what would the point of living be?

I love you so much and I am grateful everyday that you are my son!

Worrying - Lessons For My Son Journal Page

So much has happened this past month. Some amazing and some heart breaking. 

First for the good - my son celebrated his 8th birthday (will post pictures soon) and he went away to his first overnight camp. Camp Huronda is a diabetes camp near our home and it was amazing for him! It was the first time he was away from either his father and I at the same time and it was worrisome for me. But he (and I) survived the week away. I am so proud of him for going to this camp. 

During the party planning and the going away to camp, my partner's father passed suddenly and it has ripped a whole in his family. It is a feeling I would never wish upon anyone as I have been there. My heart breaks that he has to go through this. So I am worrying about him and of course he is worrying about his mom and his siblings. So all this worrying sparked this page. 

The journalling reads: 

Worrying changes NOTHING. 

Sometimes our worrying becomes a bigger problem than the problem we are worrying about to begin with. 

Please, set your worries aside and step firmly into this very moment. Look yourself in the eye and tell yourself that from this moment forward you will stop filling in the blanks with scary details. Let life surprise you a little. 

No matter what, worrying doesn't help anything...it just keeps us from feeling peaceful when we have the power to choose peace all along.

Don't forget that everything has always always always worked out somehow. Always. And almost always everything works out beautifully for our growth and our wisdom. 

Let yourself go where the peace is. It feels so much better there.

You are so loved. Everything is going to be ok. 
(From Brave Girls Club)

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Please have a worry free evening!

Use your Light - Lessons for My Son Art Journal

Now that summer is here I have found it hard to be inside and create. But tonight I sat in my craft closet and made this quick page in my son's life lesson's journal. I used four supplies - chalkboard paint (I bought it at the dollar store), chalk, white pen and a gold pen. Love how it turned out. A little bit of chalkboard art in my journal.

The journalling reads:

There comes a time when you must stand alone. You must feel confident enough within yourself to follow your own dreams. You must be willing to make sacrifices. You must be capable of changing and rearranging your priorities so that your final goal can be achieved. 

Sometimes, familiarity and comfort need to be challenged. There are times when you must take a few extra chances and create your own realities. Be strong enough to at least try to make your life better. Be confident enough that you won't settle for a compromise just to bet by. Appreciate yourself by allowing yourself the opportunity to grow, develop, and find your true sense of purpose in this life. 

Don't stand in someone else's shadow when it's your sunlight that should lead the way.

- From author Deanna Beisser