"Grisham Family... You are 'In'"

If you're anything like me, you just read that title in a Heidi Klum Project Runway accent.  As you well should.  And if you don't know what I'm talking about, well then you're clearly not watching enough Bravo TV.

This weekend Caleb and I haphazardly registered for some baby gear and scored some free stuff in the process, such as February's issue of Baby Talk Magazine.  And what do you know?
Baby Talk had an article on what is "In" and "Out" in baby gear, including this gem on cribs...

"out: dangerous drop-side cribs and overpriced designer varieties that don't grow with baby.  in: stationary-side cribs that emphasize substance and safety over style.  Check out the sturdy Ikea Leksvik made from beechwood and spruce, it converts into a toddler bed."

Well said Baby Talk Magazine!  I always knew Caleb and I were destined to be oh-so-trendy parents.  Seeing how we picked up our Ikea Leksvik* crib earlier that day, I now have irrefutable only slightly refutable evidence of how awesomely "with it" we are.

Anyway, we put the crib together in our room last night, much to the chagrin of our downstairs neighbors I'm sure, and I have to say... it looks quite nice.  

*Or maybe we picked up the Hensvik, which I consider to be close enough.

 And no, our apartment is not crooked, that's just how I take my pictures.  Word. 


I also finished (for now) hanging some artwork in Mili's room.

And that giant, aesthetically pleasing cardboard box hanging out on the right hand side of this picture?  Well that's the larger Ikea Hemnes dresser we picked up this weekend for changing table/storage purposes that Caleb argued "you could actually fit a baby on".  He's so picky.

Well that is all for today folks.  Hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Day!

 

Artwork for Mili

This week in Grisham land...

Art for above the dresser/changing table in Mili's room.  Things seem to have evolved into a blue - green theme.  When I started out I really was going for a green and yellow color scheme.  But I like this first painting so much, I've been designing everything else around it.  And by designing I mean, imagining, not actually purchasing.  You may notice my reflection in the first one...  this is a result of my awesome photography skills, and not some impressive tromp l'oeil artistry skills.  Shocking.  I know.

Little Boxes on a Hillside

And here's where I'm going to go ahead and apologize for being the worst photographer I know.  Before you get to enjoy more picturey goodness (that's a word).  Anytime I'm asked to take a picture of a group of random strangers, I begin to wildly gesticulate towards other random strangers, trying to point the "would be subjects" in the right direction... which is "Not me."  So, not only are my pictures populated by shadows, reflections of self, and random glowing objects, but I really don't know how to use photo editing software.  It's a skill I'd like to address someday.  ...After I also learn how to use a sewing machine.  Crazy new fangled technology. We continue.

The Zoo

Balloons

Buttons

Ameliaopolis

That little elephant makes me so happy!  I have to say, I'm pretty happy with how things have turned out.  I'm also including some other prints I've collected via Etsy over time, and I'll be sure to include them in the post where I stick 20 holes in the wall while trying to figure out how to arrange picture frames.  

Any links pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!  Probably even more so by my landlord.