Picture Day

 For a while now, Karter has been asking to go the mall to "buy some stuff." He is definitely my kid. When most people would worry that their 7 year old boy wanted to go to the mall, I got excited!

So, I decided to take him to pick out an outfit for picture day at school and this is what he got:

SOO cute, huh? It's not one I would've pick out (in fact, I tried to get him to get a different shirt for underneath but he insisted) but I think it turned out pretty dang cute. Er, I mean COOL. :)

PS. I entered him in a Back to School contest on the Children's Place Facebook page, so if you have a minute go vote! Please.

A scrappy post~

Oh, and some Halloween too...

I've been getting my serious *scrap* on this weekend and wanted to share.

I copied this idea from fellow blogger/scrapper Heidi Sonboul (Queen of Paper). I would've never thought of documenting the actual process of preparing for back to school.

I've been playing with mists a lot lately and have been having so much fun. The red is a little outta control here, it takes a bit to get used to it.

Not a huge fan of these pics, but I'm trying to get caught up on some old pictures and since I've been in the Halloween spirit, I figured I'd get these 4 year old pics out of the way.

I finally got my sewing machine fixed and have been using it like crazy on my pages. It's probably my most favorite technique right now. I've made pages that don't even have pictures on them yet just because I get these ideas in my head for sewing.

And Friday even though I was ill (bleh), I cleaned my house and pulled out the Halloween deco. I really have a lot but it doesn't look like much since it's all so small. But eh, whatta ya gonna do?

Here's a close-up of my lil' Halloween tree. It came with the ornaments but I made the garland with my pumpkin punch and some thread. I actually had a different idea in my head than how it actually turned out but I think it looks kinda cute.

My cute Halloween wreath that isn't actually on my front door yet...

...because I can't bring myself to take this down. I love that it matches my front door so well.

I think I might have to figure something out to cover up the red for Halloween.

I LOVE this time of year!

My deco obsession

Since becoming a home owner, I've developed a new obsession: home decor. There were times when that's all I thought about all day long and I was constanly looking for ideas to make my home feel more like my own (not to mention pretty!). In my searches, here are a few of my favorite finds:

I've become a bit obessed with purple, which was my child hood favorite. I love the yellow and grey accents here. Probably my favorite color combo right now.

I love the white book cases here and that pretty circle thingy (I believe that's the technical term..)

Is this not the most relaxing kitchen ever?

I'm so going to arrange my books by color..

I realize this is a girls' room but I LOVE the bright wall, colorful rug, huge window and super cute banners. I've posted banners before, I really need to get on that...

Someday... *sigh* :)