We made it to the Semi-Finals!

Hey Everyone, guess what? Remember that cool Ohdeedoh Color Contest that Finn's room was in a few weeks ago? It made it into the semi-finals!

Now the real work begins. To get into the Final Top 3, Finn and I need everyone's help! Follow this link and please vote for "Finn's Inherited Blue Nursery, Entry #11" This is for all the Nursery Glory. Whatever that is.

If you've already voted on ohdeedoh this will be super easy for you, just login and vote with the account you made before. If you haven't voted yet, just start a new account and then place your vote. Don't worry, they don't spam you. Only one vote per person so EVERY VOTE COUNTS.

Onward!

Hey Colez, let's make these for Elsa's 1st B-Day.

Flickr Find from howaboutorange

Nicole and friends, don't you love this? I do. Nicole, I think you should consider it for your little ladies first b-day partay. Everyone else, this would be great for a bridal or baby shower OR it would even be cool as permanent decor. If I ever get to have a girl baby lady, I might make these for her nursery.

Martha Stewart breaks it down here.

A Holiday Arrangement

I went to the local nursery with my Mom on Monday with the intent of getting some mini-pumpkins for decorating the thanksgiving table. I should know better—going to the nursery always = big money. You always end up spending more than you'd planned.

Mom convinced me that I needed spruce tips and red berries and ribbon and I NEEDED to make an arrangement for my front stoop. Whoa, hold the phone. Thankfully she also convinced me that we could do this for super cheap. We went back to her house and took out the saw and started cutting down evergreen branches, picking up pine cones, spray painting sticks and hydrangeas, and in the end, the only thing we bought was a few berries and a little ribbon.

Voila. A holiday arrangement for my front stoop for less than 20 bucks and a sliced finger.

Must be Santa

Holy Shit balls, this made my day! New greatest thing about Christmas: Bob Dylan singing a horribly lip synced Raffi Christmas song with a long grey wig on. This has made my Christmas, my life, and my week. Thank you Bob Dylan for always being crazy and ruling so hard.

Watch the video here, it's worth it.

Cool Things for Babies

I am not sure if you have heard about this awesome breakthrough in baby technology or not? If not, check it out. There is this really truly thoughtful and lovely set of DVD's created solely to introduce our kiddos to seeing and hearing and thinking. I am pretty sure it will blow your mind.