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    Hola peeps! Welcome to Casa de Lewis. We are twenty somethings who got married in 2010, bought a house in 2011, and are now trying to get it all together in 2012! We both started our careers as CPAs and now Reagan works for the Boys & Girls Club and I have my own photography business. I blog about crafts, photography, DIY projects, sweet treats, random life tidbits, and things I love! The design and migration from Blogger is still in the works, so thanks for being patient! And thanks for stopping by! Snoop around, why dontcha :)

5.20.13

DIY Leaf Garland Headband

I was looking for headbands on Etsy one day and saw these really cute leaf garland headbands. Unfortunately, they were really pricey! So I thought, hmm, I can totally make that! I’ve been wanting to order some nice felt so I took the plunge and ordered some from The Felt Pod on Etsy.

Loooove the colors!

I sat down one night while we were watching tv and started trying to cut a leaf shape. Once I found a good shape I used it as a template to cut out leaves in every color.

Then I started playing around with different color combos! I, of course, got addicted and made a bunch…

Then I just used some thread and hand stitched the leaves together.

I picked up some 1/4 inch elastic at Joann’s and cut a piece of it to fit around Sweet P’s head. Then I just used a tiny bit of hot glue to secure it on both ends of the felt.

And I love it!

We are already in the “put everything in your mouth” phase…

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May 20, 2013 - 2:20 pm

Camille - LOVE IT! These headbands are adorable. And I like the change from the normal flower headbands. Super cute my friend!

May 20, 2013 - 7:29 pm

Liz - Darling! I wonder if my Charley girl would keep this in her hair?! Maybe I’ll give it a try!:)

-Liz @my life in projects

May 21, 2013 - 7:28 pm

Cassidy - Super cute headband! I can’t believe you hands touched it, it looks like a machine did it! Miss P is lucky to have such a talented momma!

5.13.13

I’m the Lucky One

I’m a mom. I’m a MOM! Did you know MOM upside down is WOW? Ha, ok…

Celebrating my first real Mother’s Day was awesomesauce. I mean, look at this!

Ah! I love her  :)

Sweet P and her dad are really stinking good gift givers. Apparently they took a trip to Hobby Lobby for this one…

Heart. Melting. Someone please scoop it up off the ground and put it back inside my body. I mean, what an amazing DAD! They sneakily did this while I was shooting a wedding. Art for the {future} gallery wall – check.

And if that wasn’t enough they got me flowers and a gift card for a massage! Cha-ching!

{PS – I was very proud of myself for arranging these flowers so nicely. I’m usually not very good at it!}

There is only one problem…

P looks like such a big girl in this photo!! My baby is growing up! Waaaah!

Thank you to the best husband ever! Mother’s Day numero uno: Success.

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May 14, 2013 - 8:25 am

Donna - You are a lucky gal!! And you deserve it!

May 14, 2013 - 11:27 am

Sara Phillips - How sweet!! Happy (belated) Mother’s Day!

May 15, 2013 - 8:30 am

Kristin @ Little Corbin Hill - Aww, her little feet butterfly is adorable =)

May 21, 2013 - 7:29 pm

Cassidy - Oh my goodness you have the sweetest husband! And cutest girl! You are definitely one lucky momma!

5.12.13

Happy Mother’s Day!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day! I wanted to share this amazing video that my friend Jenn made for us. I’m not really a crier but I definitely teared up watching this! I do my best to capture our “everyday” in photographs, but it’s really just not the same as having a video. Sweet P is growing up so fast and it is so fun to have this stage documented in video!

The Lewis Family from Jennifer Verme on Vimeo.

THANK YOU JENN!

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May 13, 2013 - 5:01 pm

Ann - That is such a lovely video! :) I love that song. Your little is so sweet. The parent thing is so hard in so many ways, but it is the most wonderful thing in the world. And it keeps getting better and better! Even the terrible twos, the God-awful threes, and the For Real? Fours are amazing. I don’t know what to call the 5yo year yet, but it certainly has been an adventure. :)

May 13, 2013 - 7:52 pm

Sada - Thank you Ann! Haha, good to know it just gets better and better! :)

May 13, 2013 - 8:14 pm

Monica - What a precious video. I love her expressive little feet and happy squeals. These are awesome times. And I agree with Ann, it only continues to get better and better. My little is six now and just lost her 4th tooth tonight.

May 13, 2013 - 10:02 pm

sarah - This is such a sweet video! I can’t help but think that one day she’ll watch it and see how loving her parents are! xoxo

May 14, 2013 - 9:44 pm

Ashley O. - Love when little P was eating, then she shoots to her little feet going form side to side.
Definitely hard to get that in a photo, so cool with video!

May 20, 2013 - 12:51 pm

Meghan - That is an incredible video! What a precious thing to have as a keepsake! Paige seems like such a happy girl and she’s so super lucky to have such loving parents. Thanks for sharing.

5.10.13

Life Via Instagram : Playing Catch Up!

Did I ever mention here that I dropped my iPhone in the toilet? Yep. On Superbowl Sunday. Smooth movie, Sada. Then I waited what seemed like an ETERNITY until I was available for an upgrade and I’m finally back with a new phone! So now I’m catching up on posting some of my favorite Instagram pics!! And yes, this a creepy mom post filled with only pics of Sweet P. Now that I have some resemblance of a life again, I don’t ALWAYS post pics of P, but it happens a lot, let’s be honest! Included here are my faves from the first couple months with P. I’m way too anal about photos and have to have a layout for my Instagram pics so I actually used this one from the super cute blog, Simple As That. It was $2.50 and a good refresher on how to use clipping masks, but so worth it! I wasn’t sure if I was going to keep the #hashtags in there, but I went with it! This is me getting CRAZY and stepping out of my clean and simple design comfort zone, ha. WOAH. Oh, and the teal background is from Pugly Pixel.

Follow me on Instagram: @sadamarie

PS – Since this is already a super MOM-ish post, I had the best early mother’s day present this morning. P woke up way too early this morning (that wasn’t the present) which resulted in us trying to let her cry and fall back asleep…which she didn’t. She slept from 7:45pm – 5:45am though, so that probably makes me a horrible mother for trying to get her to sleep in a bit more! Anyways, besides the point, when we finally got her up and fed her she was still SO tired and she fell back asleep laying on my chest sucking her thumb. I DIE! She never does that anymore since we just put her in her crib and let her fall asleep on her own. So I sat there and SOAKED UP ALL OF THOSE SWEET BABY CUDDLES! It was delightful. And then she slept until 9am. Which was doubly delightful. Thanks P Lil! That’s all I need for Mother’s day!

PPS – That bottom right pictures of her with the frog feet is one of my all time faves.

PPPS – thanks for all your thoughts on the Feedly post this week!

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May 10, 2013 - 2:34 pm

Rebecca Cooper - I just adore your collage Sada! :) Thanks for sharing.

May 10, 2013 - 4:13 pm

Gabrielle - Super cute layout/design/photos/graphics/letter/everything :)

5.7.13

Sayonara Google Reader?

I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Google Reader is supposed to bite the dust at the beginning of July. I know there are many people who don’t even use it, but I’ve been a long time fan. My homegirl Camille introduced me to it 3 or 4 years ago and I have been using it since. So, if you DO use it, what are you switching to?! I’ve been using Feedly for the past couple of weeks and I’ve really liked it so far.

It automatically pulled all of my feeds from Google Reader, so that was nice. And it gave me a chance to go through and really slim down my blog list. It was out of control. Ain’t got much time for blog reading these days! I actually like the layout of Feedly better than Google Reader. There are different layout options which is also nice. Oh, and Feedly also has an app for the iPhone so I downloaded that baby on there when I got my new phone.

So am I missing out on some other awesome way to read blogs? Let me know how you look at your faves!

And speaking of faves, what are your favorite blogs? I’m always on the lookout for some new inspiration!

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May 7, 2013 - 1:32 pm

Sondra - When I heard the Google news I tried several readers, The Old Reader, Bloglovin’, NetVibes, something else I can’t remember and Feedly. Feedly is by far my favorite. It’s sleek and pretty, customizable and easy to use. The only down fall is that it doesn’t work with Internet Explorer. Not an issue for me, but I’ve read several complaints from those that can only use IE at work and therefore can’t access their blogs during a break.

May 7, 2013 - 1:35 pm

Julia - I panicked a little when I found out Google Reader was going away, and after a very small amount of research, I also tried out Feedly and haven’t missed Google Reader since. I also did the iPhone app and have really made a smooth transition to both of them. I really like that I can post comments direct from Feedly, which actually encourages me to respond to posts more (like yours). :-)

May 7, 2013 - 1:43 pm

jessica lynn - I really like Feedly’s phone app, possibly even more than the desktop version. I read most of my blogs while nursing at night and it works out really well.

May 7, 2013 - 1:51 pm

Katie - I seem to be the odd one out but I really like Bloglovin. It also imported all my Google Reader Feeds which was a time saver!

May 7, 2013 - 1:54 pm

Sada - Julia – I didn’t even think about being able to comment right from Feedly. Good point!

May 7, 2013 - 1:55 pm

Sada - Hey Jessica! – When P was little I used to do everything in the wee hours while nursing. Sending emails at 3am, ha!

May 7, 2013 - 1:56 pm

Sada - Katie – I know Bloglovin has been around for awhile, good to know that it is easy too!

May 7, 2013 - 2:23 pm

Jessica - Admittedly, I never used google reader as I’m a pretty new reader of blogs. I used feedly for a while but often had trouble with the app on my phone. Although I liked the sleek layout and accessibility, sometimes it would show posts I had already read or delete posts I hadn’t. After a while, I switched to Bloglovin’ which I really love! Bloglovin’ is in the middle of rolling out a new format too.

May 7, 2013 - 2:38 pm

Amanda - I was never a Google Reader user, I just had an insane amount of bookmark links. Since the announcement, I heard a few people mention Bloglovin, so I checked it out and have been using it for the past few weeks and am loving it! I checked out the beta site the other day and seemed similar to what you have pictured for Feedly. Guess I’ll have to check out Feedly though and see what I think. Oh, I’m also posting this from the Bloglovin desktop site.

May 7, 2013 - 2:41 pm

Amanda - Nevermind on the new Bloglovin layout, it’s not at all like the screenshot you shared!

May 7, 2013 - 4:05 pm

Gabrielle - I’ve been dreading the death of Google Reader since it was announced and haven’t know where to turn, but I think you just rescued me from pending doom. :) Feedly looks slick and I’m excited to kick the tires on it. Thanks!

May 8, 2013 - 12:22 pm

ashley - I’ve been using Feedly too! I love that it also adds a little Feedly button on the bottom of all webpages I view so I can easily add them to my reader when I find a site that I love, and want to see more of! Having it easily accessible on all my computers, my iPhone, and my iPad is the cherry on top!

May 8, 2013 - 2:11 pm

MarieRoxanne - I always download to my “Kindle for PC” to read offline. I don’t have a phone with internet in it. Just behind the times and loving not being “connected” all the time! LOL

May 8, 2013 - 3:30 pm

Katie - So I downloaded the feedly app for my new iPad mini and it takes forever to load, sometimes it just won’t load at all. I love it when it works well, though. Does anyone else have this issue? I’m sad to lose google reader and all my starred posts, but if I can get feedly to work well I’m sure I’ll grow to love it.

May 8, 2013 - 9:50 pm

embee - i’ve had an add-on for firefox called Sage for years! it bolds any blogs that i’ve added that have new content and it opens them right in your browser. sort of like a favorites tab, but it cycles through to show updates. i love it! i could never get into google reader.

May 9, 2013 - 9:02 am

Bonnie - I have been using NewsBlur. It’s simple and to the point.

May 10, 2013 - 12:08 pm

Life Via Instagram : Playing Catch Up! » Casa de Lewis - [...] – thanks for all your thoughts on the Feedly post this [...]

May 11, 2013 - 3:44 pm

Camille - For real!! I freaked out when it was leaving and still haven’t been able to venture elsewhere. Good to know you like feedly… I read about it, but hearing your recommendation seals the deal! I trust your opinion!!