Nurseries

There are a lot of my favorite bloggers that are becoming new moms. I remember when they all got pregnant a while back, and they are now starting to have their babies! It's so fun to watch their process. To name a few: Fe, Naomi, and Jennifer recently had their babies. Nicole, Caitlin, Stephanie and Reichel are due soon. Even my maid of honor from our wedding is pregnant!

It's really fun seeing the nurseries unfold. Here are some of my favorite nurseries that I have saved in my "someday" folder:

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I really don't know when I'll be designing our own nursery. Although we do want kids someday, we're not quite ready for that step in our lives. But I have to admit - I love thinking about (and apparently blogging about) designing nurseries. I think I love them because they are whimsical, sweet, pretty and fun.

In fact (please don't think I'm crazy), I was reading an old Domino recently when I saw this image. I immediately thought "what a great nursery color palette!!!" So I scanned it in.



( If you are in need of a nursery design, please do let me know :) I need to get it out of my system. haha! )

And I dedicate this post to the aforementioned moms and moms to be... congrats!!

Fun Traditional Design Board: Before & After

I LOVE when design board clients send me afters of their spaces!! This client contacted me for help with her living room. Here are the before shots:







And here is her board that I posted back in June:

I told her she definitely had to keep those awesome cane back chairs and reupholster them. And when I saw the afters, they are definitely my favorite part.

Here are the afters.. she did such an amazing job creating the room!

If I've worked with you on a design board, please send me your afters and I'll feature your hard work on my blog :)

If you are interested in your own design board, click here for more info.

The February Giveaway

I know, I know... red + pink is SO cliche. But I just had to do it for the Feb giveaway! Don't worry though... I won't be mentioning the dreaded V word in this post :) Here are your monthly giveaway goodies:

1. Red Damask Fabric - Two Yards
Could easily make two pillows. It has a lot of heft to it and would be perfect if you have any red in your home. The damask pattern is brown.

2. Zebra Print Pink Box
This box could have a million and one uses. I personally would use it in a closet holding fun costume jewelry.

3. Bone Mini Frames
Hard to see in the picture, but these are really sweet scalloped edge mini frames made out of bone. They'd be great on a bedside table!

4. Ruby Press Letterpress Scarlet Dot Notecards
A big THANK YOU to Ruby Press for gifting these sweet set of seven notecards. These notecards set the stage for my giveaway color scheme. They'd be perfect for writing sweet notes to loved ones. Ruby Press is a letterpress Etsy shop that offers really great stationary, calling cards and even wedding invitations!





5. Miles Of Light 8 x 10 Feather Print
What a beautiful print. The light is fantastic, I love it! A big THANK YOU to Miles Of Light for gifting this gorgeous piece. Miles Of Light is a photography print studio on Etsy that offers beautiful nature inspired prints.

All you have to do is leave a comment in the comment section of this post! That's it!


EXTRA ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES:

If you tweet about this giveaway with a link back to my blog, you get one extra entry. Once you tweet, come back and comment again.

If you blog about this giveaway with a link back to my blog, you get two extra entries. Once you blog, come back and comment twice with the link to your post.

The monthly giveaway will be posted on the 1st of every month.
If the 1st of the month falls during a weekend, the giveaway will be posted on Monday.

The giveaway will end on the 10th of every month at midnight EST.
Check back on the 11th of every month to see if you won! The winner will be chosen at random via random.org.


Again, a big THANK YOU to our generous gifters and to you for reading my blog! Good Luck!

If you'd like to have one of your products featured on my monthly giveaway, please email me at brynalexandra at gmail dot com!