Gold accents

This is our second child and second girl! Since the gender of our first child was a surprise, we didn’t have much to work with, design wise. This time around we decided to find out the gender and we couldn’t wait to design the perfect room for another baby girl. We knew we wanted blush pink and gold accents to create a soft, sophisticated and angelic look, and aimed to keep it simple and sweet. We loved the way the floral ‘B’ turned out, which was handmade by momma, and we used inter-changeable frames which are perfect for a quick and easy transition as baby grows. We kept a lot of the same furniture from baby girl No. 1, but purchased a new white dresser, which we painted the hardware to add elements of gold. The mirror used was an old mirror that we also painted the same shade of gold to pair well with her dresser. We purchased a few decor pieces and  incorporated a few handmade signs used for her “Baby Sprinkle” that helped pulled it all together.

This baby shower was special because it was for my sisters soon to be baby boy Callum. She lives in Minneapolis so I was far from home and my normal prop inventory but we made it work. The theme of the shower was little gentleman, the Daddy to be is quite a snappy dresser, so we wanted to incorporate that into the shower.
The color palette was blues and greens with lots of gold accents. Some of my favorite details were the bowties I made and mounted in a gold frame to be displayed on the food table. I also loved the vintage plates that we found at a bridal consignment shop in Minneapolis. The plates helped give the party that vintage southern feel we were looking for. Consignment shops are great places to find items that add special and unique touches to a party.
Since we were going for that southern gentleman feel we decided to do an Arnold Palmer bar, both the spiked and unspiked versions, complete with peach puree and sweet tea vodka served in a mason jar of course. For food we had a cheese and charcuterie board and a cake and desserts from The Salty Tart in Minneapolis www.saltytart.com
I love to do advice cards at all of my baby showers, they are always a hit and give the mommy to be a good laugh after the party. We also did a onesie decorating station where guests could decorate onesies for baby Callum with bowties and suspenders.
I feel like the invitations I designed set the tone for the shower complete with a custom crest and bow tie on each invite. I also carried the crest into all of stationary we used for the games and advice cards.
I was happy with how the shower came together and feel like the gentleman theme came across but wasn’t too over the top. I like all of my parties to have a theme but not have it slap you in the face everywhere you look, the details give you a feeling of the theme without plastering bowties on everything.

We welcomed a new baby into our family! This meant moving our 16 month old daughter out of her grey and yellow neutral nursery (we didn’t find out the gender for both our babies), into a new big girl room! We wanted to make it extra girly so we went with gold accents and different pinks. Loving the way it turned out!

I always feel like I struggle with home decorating, but since Hazel’s room prior to being her nursery, was just being used as a room for extra storage, I really felt like I had a true blank slate to start with.
I knew I didn’t want it to be over the top girly (i.e. ruffles + pink), but I definitely wanted it to be feminine and delicate that included some special pieces. I also wanted to be conscious when purchasing larger items (curtains, furniture, and rug) and make sure they would be able to either grow with her, or be used elsewhere in our home.
I started by picking out the larger items that I really loved, like the curtains and the rug (Wayfair). I couldn’t find a dresser that I LOVED that wasn’t super expensive, so we went with one from IKEA and I just replaced the boring black knobs, with the modern gold ones from Target.
I love a good gallery wall, and wanted to make it fun, yet custom to Hazel. I spent TONS of time scouring Instagram and Etsy for small shops that made unique prints/art. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but I love the custom “H” done in watercolor by Wilder Florals. I also am pretty obsessed with the custom hoop art by Blue Without You Kids. Before we knew we were expecting a girl, my husband would refer to baby as “Turtle” so that is where the gold foil turtle print comes in, and meant something special to us.

The day my husband and I found out that we were going to welcome a little girl into our world, I felt like I was in a beautiful dream! We purchased a home in preparation for our growing family and made the nursery our first focal point.  The room for the nursery was chosen for it’s spaciousness and natural light. I wanted to create a dreamy and peaceful space to emulate the emotion I felt on the day I was told she would be a she. Thus we filled the room with a delightful amount of girly pretties including florals, coral hues, and gold accents. The floral mobile (which is handmade by my talented aunt and a family friend) was gifted to us and became the inspiration for everything else. With the help of my parents, we created the oasis we wanted for our little angel. It was a true labor of love and worth every second. My parents even reupholstered my childhood rocking chair to match our color scheme! Now our little girl has arrived bringing us so much joy, and we hope her nursery brings her sweet dreams every day! Beth Adilly so remarkably captured the love that this room and our baby girl bring us each day.  Our dreams have come true. Just pinch me!

I was really drawn to pink/mint/coral colors together and that was originally what I was going for.  I also knew I wanted to have gold accents after finding the gold foil “Night Night Sweet Girl” print.  It ended up being hard to find items in the mint green, so the colors really evolved into pinks, oranges, greens, yellows.  I had this periwinkle blue rug that went well with all the colors and really offset all the pink that was happening.  I also already had the vintage gold bobble lamp that worked really well in the space.  I was going to paint the walls but we moved into our new house when I was 8 months pregnant and it was just too much. Instead I opted to do gold dot decals which I cut out myself from contact paper and arranged so they were sprinkling from the corner.  They ended up being economical and great option as they peel off the wall so easy.  I made the sheep mobile from felt and pipe cleaners, my daughter ended up loving it.  She would star at the sheep for 15 minutes straight which was a win!  The flower poms were part of my baby shower and worked well with my colors so I hung them in the corner above the glider.  I ordered the 3 baby animal prints from etsy and used IKEA picture ledges for book storage.  I really love how the room turned out!

A SERENE & CALMING NURSERY FOR SELAH GRACE
Kelsey & Matt Breneman and their new baby girl, Selah Grace are enjoying  the design of their first baby’s nursery.  Their main goal in the design of their nursery was to have a room that felt comfortable, serene and calming.  The color palette of soft metallics, gray, white and blush pink seemed to be the perfect combination to accomplish this nursery design goal.  Soft touches like a sheepskin rug, white seersucker curtains, and a few vintage pieces were added to the mix to finish the look.  Advice from Selah Grace’s parents concerning room design?  Shop stores like Target, TJ Maxx and Home Goods for beautiful accessories that will give you the designer look you want at reasonable prices.  The room design was by Kelsey and her mom, Shelley Krupa of The Cozy Perch, a small design company in Longview, Texas. The mobile wreath was also created by Shelley Krupa. It is available for custom order in her Etsy shop, SelahGraceDesigns.   The nursery is ready.  So glad to have you in the family, sweet Selah Grace!

I thought for sure I was throwing Emilee a strawberry party this year but when I saw a fiesta invite on Instagram from River & Bridge well I just knew it was meant to be. I’m all for throwing kids’ parties with themes you want until they can ask for a theme themselves. Em LOVES anything Frozen but I knew if I threw the Frozen party now there was no explaining to a 3 or 4 year old Emilee that “we already did that,” So I’m saving Anna and Elsa for the year she actually asks for them. Which I know she will.

A beautiful big girl bedroom that will grow with our daughter and make her feel like a princess!

Max’s nursery is our cozy spot- dark blue/navy with gold accents and animal-themed artwork.

Orchid Pink (Benjamin Moore) walls with a Palladian Blue (Benjamin Moore) crib… Gold accents add a dazzling sparkle to this room…