LORD OF THE RINGS BIRTHDAY

  A little over a year ago my sister and I were asked by my mother-in-law if we could put together a Lord of The Rings themed birthday party. My sister-in-law was turning twelve and was a fan of the movies. My sister and I were like "Sure!" I mean two awesome things like decorating and Lord of the Rings...it doesn't get better than that.

  So we immediately went to Pinterest and the web for ideas. Really there wasn't a lot out there. We found a few things but a lot was left to our imagination. We couldn't go full blown. No Mt. Doom or replicas of Helms Deep. I wanted to make it look like Bilbo's party but, we couldn't put the shire into my in-laws living room.  So instead we brought in small elements from different parts of the movie. I hate that I did not take pictures on my good camera and all I had was my old phone. So I apologize for the low quality pictures. I hope our decorations will spark more ideas for future LotR parties. 

    Probably my favorite decoration. My sister put together this amazing Rohan flag out of poster board.

NURSERY REVEAL

  The moment we found out we were having a baby girl, I started planning her nursery. I knew I wanted to use pastels with gold accents. I wanted a warm cozy feel that was girly, but with some modern accents. My husband did an amazing job painting some of the big pieces of furniture, and my sister also came to our rescue and helped out on some of the smaller pieces. We weren't able to get to everything because there just wasn't enough time and our sweet Lainey came a week early (we were good with that though!). I would love to paint her rocking chair white as well as add some other decorations. There will be plenty of time for that though. I am pleased with the way her room turned out. It's probably my favorite room in the house. Oh and Lainey says it's her favorite too. ;)