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If I could turn back time, If I could find a way, I’d go to school for graphic design, and play with typography every daaaaay…
Oh, Cher. My sweet friend Janna is having a baby! And I got to design the invitations for her baby shower!
Grey Stripes. Yellow & Orange Accents. Teal Envelopes. Love.
Thank you for having a baby Janna so I could play in Photoshop! :)       So. My plan all along has been that if the little one turned out to be a GIRL (which obviously, she is) I wanted to add coral to the nursery! It’s one of my favorite colors and I love it with the mint/grey/yellow that’s already in there. Well, the funny thing is, I’m having the hardest time with that darn color! When I try to define the color coral I think – pinky yet orangey? Hmmm. So I’ll be in a store and think – ooooh, love this coral pillow! Then I come home and start analyzing (I’m very good at over analyzing) and suddenly the coral pillow looks very raspberry-ish or the fabric fat quarter now looks very watermelon-ish. Hmph. Suddenly everything is fruity. Soooo, I’m adding coral-ish, raspberry-ish, watermelon-ish elements in to the room. So there. I don’t know why I’ve said “so” …so many times. Moving on. The first little nook I updated was the shelf that you see when you first walk in the room. It used to look like this -
I made both of the art printables, you can find them here – ABC and Choose to Shine. I just wasn’t digging the ABC print, so once I saw this free printable on Pinterest, I decided I must have one!
This freebie is from the super cute site, On to Baby. You can customize the wording and the colors! And then you just download the print to your computer. Voila! Love it. I added a piece of coral(?) fabric to the back of mine :) And then I changed out the picture, so now this shelf is a little more personalized! What I love about this free printable is that you could use it for a million different things!
A is for Awesome. I am definitely printing this one. The possibilities are endless!
May 5, 2013 - 5:49 pm
I know what you mean about coral being a hard color. I’m expecting a girl in September and the only change I want to make to our very gender neutral nursery is to paint the ceiling a light coral color to go with the yellow walls. Orange-y pink, but not too vibrant, not too pink, but not too orange. I can’t explain it, and can’t find a good sample when shopping for paint. But the yellow and coral is definitely super cute!
May 5, 2013 - 9:53 pm
Christina – glad someone else understands!! Good luck on the paint color! Yes, how’s that for an exciting title? It’s Wednesday. How’s your week going? I hope it’s looking like this…
And not like this…
Haha! She’s a very happy baby…except when she’s not happy :) The last two days I have been movin’ and shakin’ like a boss. Assuming that it doesn’t rain tomorrow, we are supposed to take some pictures/video with my dear friend Jenn!! Nothing like a photo session in your own home to get your rear in GEAR, if ya know what I’m sayin. On Tuesday I got a haircut and my eyebrows waxed…and like WOAH, I’m a real human being again. Today I was a maniac around the house. I’ve been really lagging on three or four easy projects and suddenly, BAM, I did all of them today. One of the last projects for the office closet was to paint this filling cabinet. It was f-r-e-e from Reagan’s parents, which is awesome, it just needs a little paint :)
The second coat is drying as we speak. I had leftover Annie Sloan Paris Grey paint, so I slapped two coats of that on and I will wax it tomorrow. The other projects are all for Paige’s room and are much more fun than a filling cabinet! I’ll snap some pictures tomorrow when the little nugget isn’t sleeping. Oh, but that reminds me! If you want to keep up with my random daily photos, I finally got a new phone and am back on Instagram! Woo! My username is sadamarie. And just like that, my post title is irrelevant. I look up and it’s 12:14am on Thursday.
May 2, 2013 - 4:53 pm
That picture of Paige is hysterical! But don’t you make that cute baby cry again!
May 2, 2013 - 7:11 pm
Your post is not irrelevant, it just so happens the online clock is too fast…
May 5, 2013 - 9:53 pm
Thanks MarieRoxanne Have you guys seen the new line for Gap Kids? I’m not actually all that into the clothes but I am dying over these animals!
Are they for sale at the GAP too?! They are amazing! Happy Sunday! :)
April 28, 2013 - 1:32 pm
Funny you posted this…I got an email from them and all I could look at were these wonderful animals! So fun!
May 1, 2013 - 9:14 pm
I definitely with I could put the pink hippo in my living room – conversation starter!
May 1, 2013 - 9:16 pm
haha, my fingers only wrote part of what my brain said…I could definitely go with the pink hippo in my living room – conversation starter! …its over, i missed my moment…ruined! Catching up on P Lil’s milestones! I’m not super mom but I’m trying really hard to keep up! I’m going to post a bit about how I manage to put these together at some point! But for now, here’s the latest and greatest with Sweet P! At 4 months she weighed in at 13lbs 15oz and measured 25 3/8in long! Still 90th percentile for height and 40th percentile for weight. She is such a delight!
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Jessica - Until I started blogging, I had no idea how much I love typography. I have PSE and need to start playing around in it more! The invitations are beautiful.
Sarah R. - Beautiful invitations! I always say that if I could go back to college I would study graphic design!
Tori Johnson - What a beautiful invite!!
Ashleigh - Love the fresh colors of the invitation! Love your website too, by the way. So clean with bright pops of color!
Sada - Jessica – Yes! Me too. I’m always surprised how much you can do in PSE. I don’t use it much but it is a great tool for much cheaper than the real Photoshop!