Little Girls Ballerina Bedroom Inspiration

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My daughter just started taking dance class. She's four and a half, and I'm sure you're thinking, "she just started??" I'm so NOT a dance mom. I seriously started frantically emailing friends asking all kinds of questions and I'm sure they just thought I had gone crazy. But we have our first class tomorrow, and she (and I) couldn't be more excited!

You see, Miss Riley has always loved to dance (as the adorable video below will show). She has great rhythm too. So, dance classes are a no-brainer, and so is a ballerina inspired bedroom.

1. Ruffle Curtain Panels  2. White Ruffle Throw Pillow  3. Tulle and Gang Sham  4. Dancers Flat Sheet  5. Tulle and Gang Duvet  6. Jenny Lind Bed (Azure)  7. Eden Table Lamp  8. Accordion Peg Rack  9. Bon Voyage Suitcase Set  10. Scallop Mirror  11. Magic Carpet Rug  12. Pull Up a Pouf  13. Giant Sequin Bow  14. Ballerina Puzzle


She's been asking me for new bedding forever, and when I learned that Land of Nod was coming to a mall near me, I was so excited and decided that now would be the time for a little room makeover for my new little ballerina. I already knew Land of Nod had beautiful bedding, but did you know they had all this other stuff too??

This is the inspiration board I put together for Riley's bedroom. She loves it and we are going to get to work on her bedroom very soon.

The Land of Nod is opening a store at South Coast Plaza (above Crate & Barrel on the Crystal Court side). I can't wait to see all of this beautiful decor in person. If you are in Southern California, you don't want to miss the Grand Opening on May 31, 2013! There will be giveaways happening in store throughout the opening day, and free goodies for those who arrive early to shop.

For the latest updates be sure to check out The Land of Nod on Facebook or Twitter.  

Here's a little video of my girl gettin' down on Mother's Day at the Big Thunder Ranch Ho-Down at Disneyland:

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Easy Limeade Ice Cream Pie (just 3 ingredients!)

I'm getting excited for summer and starting to roll out some of my favorite summertime recipes!

Today I've got a super easy summer dessert recipe to share with you, using one of my favorite summertime flavors:

Super easy, because it's only got THREE INGREDIENTS! Summer, because it's light and refreshing, and dessert because, well, it's ice cream.

Anyway...

I first made it in my Foods Class in high school. Yup, so it's been a couple (ahem 19) years.

Limeade Ice Cream Pie
1-1.5 quart vanilla ice cream
1-15 oz. can frozen limeade concentrate
1 graham cracker pie crust

Optional:
Limes for garnish (optional)
Green Food Coloring (optional)

Mix up your ice cream and limeade concentrate.

At this point it will have a refreshing, slightly tart flavor. If you want to kick it up a notch, you could add some lime juice/zest. I added juice from one whole lime because we like it tart! I also added several drops of green food coloring. Again, that's optional.

Pour the mixture into your pie shell and freeze for at least five hours.

Here's the part I always forget - the graham cracker pie crust comes in two different sizes. Get the larger one!!

Regardless of which one you use you may have some ice cream leftover that you can just pour back into the ice cream container or into individual cups and enjoy later.

That's it!

I'm brainstorming other flavors for this super easy recipe. What would you use?

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If DIY Bloggers Ran Home Depot...

Or at least the paint department at my local store, I probably wouldn't have had the trouble I had this weekend with a project I started.

I started working actively on my pantry/office a couple weeks ago (kind of an impromptu project after I ripped the cabinets off the wall).

So this past week we started on the walls. I decided I wanted to do a faux wood planked wall treatment thinking it would be easier and cheaper that using actual wood planks. Well, in theory anyway.

My friend cut the paneling to size and adhered it to the wall using 2" finishing nails.

Since this was once a laundry room, there are some hookups still in the wall that I just decided to leave since it will be covered up once the desk is in there.

I was so excited when I came home and this was finished!!

So I went to Home Depot, fully prepared to purchase the paint and separate primer I knew I would need to complete this project.

Until the guy in the paint department talked me out of it. I had explained to him that I purchased the wood paneling from the lumber department and he said I didn't need two primer and two paint coats, the the Premium Plus from Behr should be fine in just two coats.

Here's the first coat: (If you're following me on Instagram you already saw this picture!)

And the second:

Moral of the story? Always follow your gut! I definitely learned my lesson and will be trusting my gut a lot more in the future. I definitely knew better, but when the guy who's job it is to know paint, gives you a recommendation, you're tempted to go with it!

So here's where Home Depot redeemed themselves.

I went back to the store the next day, armed with the can of paint I was sold and my iPhone with photos of the mess. The supervisor, without question, apologized and quickly refunded my money for the paint and gave me a full gallon of paint plus a full gallon of primer.

I've already begun the process the fix the mess but you'll have to wait until next week to see it! I still have a plan to build a table...but now I'm not quite sure I want to tackle it! I need to get back into my DIY groove and to trusting myself again.

Have you ever had an epic fail of a project? What did you do to get your groove back?





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