The Room of my Princess' Dreams

Look at my pretty girl's pretty room! It's actually been done quite a while now, but I'm just now getting to the pictures and post. Her walls are two different shades of pink - can you tell it's her favorite color? And I painted different sized and different colored circles all over them. That's paint, no decals here. I would have done decals if the husband let me, but he is strongly opposed to sticking things like that to the walls. Oh well. I think her room turned out perfectly for her. Above her bed are handmade letters spelling out her name and the butterflies on the walls are made of nylon. Looks like perfection to me!

Not liking how I can't format these pictures the way I wanted. Hope it doesn't bug you the way it does me.

Dipping My Toes into the Decorating/Design World

I recently received a sewing machine as a gift from my MIL, and I am so excited for all the possibilities that it brings. I'm looking forward to all the kids clothing and home projects I can make. And I just finished my very first sewing project last night.

Look at these pillows!
I know, I know. Four straight lines and hand stitched closed isn't too difficult, but I'm so proud of myself. I was able to get the fabric and pillow forms on sale for 40-50% off, I can't remember which, and I had an additional 20% off coupon. And $35 for two 20x20 pillows is a great price - I think.

The pillows are for my bedroom, which is slowly coming together. I haven't made a headboard yet, but imagine the red/burgundy color for that. I am actually thinking of buying another panel of the curtains and using that for the headboard material. What do you think?
So, we're slowly getting there. I need a couple of yellow candles for the sconces on the curtained wall. And opposite the curtains is a large blank wall above a long dresser. I'm thinking of getting a large oval mirror (framed in black) to hang above there, with a lamp on each side of that.

And speaking of lamps, the ones we have now do not go in this room. I may put them on the dresser to flank the mirror for now - that is until I redecorate our piano/sewing room or guest bedroom. I'd like either lamps or hanging lights like this for the bedside tables.
What do you think? I love doing this decorating thing! And I'm LOVING my room. Any pointers on making an awesome headboard?

Thrifty Thursday #8

With my latest Kroger shopping experience, I saved 34%. Yay! I took the total from $172.16 down to $112.69. That's a savings of $59.47 this week. I got a FREE 1/2 gallon of chocolate milk and a FREE Gatorade. Felt good!

In the massive redecorating project of my bedroom, that's still in progress, I had to stop by Michael's and pick up a few picture frames and some mats. Using two coupons, I was able to save enough money that equaled one FREE 5x7 frame and two FREE mats. I love saving money!

Hopefully I can make it out to Target this week, too, because I've learned from Moms by Heart, Couponing for 4, and Luvin' Great Deals that I can get a FREE Nivea body wash using the $1 Target store coupon and the $2 coupon from the 1/3 Red Plum (as well as the ad for Big Lots from this week).

And while I'm at Target, thanks to Moms by Heart, Couponing for 4 and Nickels-n-Dimes, I can get some ALL detergent for just $.50 thanks to Big Lots ad, Target's price matching, and the $2 off coupon from the 1/3 Red Plum insert.

Another find for Target is from Moms by Heart and Coupon Geek for Huggies Pure and Natural Diapers. Now, I am not a Huggies fan, but how can I resist $5.50 savings on a pack of diapers? Short answer: I can't.

With the redecorating project still going on in my bedroom, I've learned that I need a few more black and white pictures for some of my frames. It's a good thing I learned from Moms by Heart and Coupon Geek all about the 50 FREE prints I can get from CVS. Yahooo!

Now this one is my absolute favorite - thanks to Frugal Mom Knows Best, I won Thomas Splish, Splash, Splosh DVD. WC is going to LOVE this when he opens it for his soon-to-be birthday, and I love that it was free to me! Thank you so much Frugal Mom Knows Best!

And what else goes along with birthdays? Decorations, of course. I'm so glad that The Coupon Scoop,Luscious Deals, and A Thrifty Mom each showed me a $10 off $30 purchase for Party City. Looks like I'll be headed there for invites and such for WC's 2nd birthday party. And if I have money to spare, I'll grab a few items for AZ's 4th birthday party, too.

My Inner Party Planning Goddess

The party planner within has taken over! I've been thinking about WC's upcoming 2nd birthday for a while now, and I think I've finally settled on his theme. I REALLY wish now that I wouldn't have made his theme last year trains because right now he's LOVIN' him some Thomas the Tank Engine. It turned out so cute, though, right?


So instead, I guess we're going with a construction theme this year. He equally adores his Tonka dump truck. He plays with this thing for what seems like hours. In fact, he and AZ will take turns riding in it and pushing one another. So, I think he'll like this theme. Here's my inspiration for his birthday cake and decorations this year.

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I am sure he's going to love it.

The next party I'm planning for is my sister's baby shower! And she's having a boy! After seeing cupcake towers and inspiration from Imperfectly Beautiful, a blog I highly recommend you follow by the way, I've been so excited about making one for the baby shower.
I love the ribbons around the boxes on this one...

and the colors in this one....

And why stop there? Something like this would be soooo cute for AZ's 4th birthday. I'm definitely thinking she'll have the Pinkalicious theme.

This is all going to be so much fun!