The Well Dressed Home...and nursery

On Friday in my links to love I mentioned a great giveaway on Simplified Bee for Annette Tatum's book, The Well Dressed Home. I had the chance to check out her website over the weekend and oh how I hope I win the book!! I LOVE her nursery bedding collection. Beautiful prints and colors, and unique options for your little one.

A few girl baby girl favorites...

I love a little blue in a girls room

Don't you just love the elephant?

Wonderful and girly

And some great baby boy options...

fun and colorful

Love this one, with the blue and green vines!! Plus paired with that Jenny Lind crib, adorable.

Always love a little plaid

And finally some great gender neutral options

I just love this room, soft and serene. And I especially love the mirror!

Annette Tatum also has some great options for children's and adults rooms too, so check out her website! And there's still time to enter Simplified Bee's giveaway for her book. Do that here. Good luck!!

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!

How was your Easter? Did you have a nice one? I hope the weather treated you better then it did to us folks in Northern CA. Rain, rain and more rain on Sunday. Luckily we did a small egg hunt in our backyard on Saturday! Owen didn't exactly 'hunt' for the eggs, but once he saw them (because we pointed him right at them) he was VERY excited to see them and put them in his basket. Very cute. And I did make a yummy yummy stuffed french toast. Followed this recipe for the filling and topped them with mangos and strawberries. DELISH if I do say so myself. Here are some pictures from our weekend...

Getting his Easter basket

On the 'hunt'

Easter morning, trying on some fun glasses

All dressed up in Sonoma

HAPPY MONDAY!

Happy Friday!! Links to Love...

Here we are at another Friday! And it's Easter weekend coming up...so what are all of you doing? We are having our little Easter celebration at home on Saturday and then Sunday heading to Sonoma. I'll be sure to take some photos and share them with you on Monday. I hope you have a wonderful Holiday!!

And when you have a moment from the festivities, here are a few links to love...

Need inspiration for a teen room? Rachel at Nest Egg recently decorated a teen room and did a fantastic job!! Sneak peak is above. Check it out the rest here.

What's Easter without Deviled Eggs? I say they are a must. These look particularly yummy.

Or how about coconut cake. YUM.

No April Fool's joke...some very odd products.

Enter Simplified Bee's giveaway for The Well Dressed Home here.

HAPPY EASTER AND HAPPY FRIDAY!

Are you watching? It's a Food Revolution

Have you seen Jamie Oliver's new TV show Food Revolution? I'm hooked. Here's the scoop - he's gone to the town of Huntington, West Virginia in an effort to get the town cooking again. Working in an elementary school he's attempting to get rid of all processed food. Chicken nuggets, pizza, 'mashed potatoes' are the status quo and everything has a long list of ingredients that can't even be pronounced. Enter Jaime...he wants to cook fresh, wholesome meals. Real chicken. Real salads. The fact that this even has to be a Revolution is quite sad, but it's definitely the case. Jaime even gets push back from the lunch ladys and nutritionist! Amazing. But watching this show makes me 1) route for his cause with gusto and 2) continue to want to cook fresh, healthy meals for my family.

Check out his website to sign his Food Revolution petition and find some great recipes. Here's a few that look great.

Pizza with green and red grapes, rosemary, pine nuts and ricotta

Chicken Chow Mein

And here's one that Owen is sure to love...mini shell pasta with creamy smoked bacon and pea sauce

And YUM - mega chocolate fudge cake

Happy Eating and HAPPY THURSDAY!

I love Home Goods

I love Home Goods. I really do. I think I go in there weekly (at least). My latest finds? A colorful pillow, perfect for my living room couch....some candle holders and a large teal lacquer 'J'. I think I spent under $40 for everything. Nice!!!

And if you are reading Elements of Style you may have seen her latest Home Goods find...an imperial trellis rug. Really? Oh my. Better go back. She's also doing a giveaway for a gift card. Check out the details here.

HAPPY TUESDAY!!

Easter Ideas

Owen and I are heading to our first little Easter party this morning, so my mind is on this upcoming holiday! On Easter Sunday we are heading to Sonoma to visit my Dad and stepmom, where we'll undoubtably enjoy some fantastic food and an egg hunt in their lovely garden. Saturday though I plan on doing a little brunch and egg hunt at our own house. So there is much to be done!

First off....need to decorate Owen's Easter basket. I bought a plain wicker basket from Michaels and the plan is just to tie a big ribbon around it and add some books, a toy or two and a few treats. But just check out Martha Stewart and of course she has some good ideas too! Both a bit girly for my little guy...but I could adapt them...

Lots of little bows

Flowers around the rim of the basket - all it would require is a few fabric flowers and a little hot glue

Next up, have to dye some eggs. I'll confess, I'll probably just pick up one of those Paas egg decorating kits to do the colors. Easy and fast. Also love these glitter eggs from Martha Stewart, I think it would be fun to have a mix of both! They do require me blowing out the eggs though, hmm....I guess we'll see how the week goes! Directions can be found here.

And for the menu? I'm thinking stuffed french toast. Mainly because I was just watching Throwdown with Bobby Flay and the stuffed french toast was the dish chosen for competition. Oh my did they look good. Sadly the recipes aren't up yet on Food Network! Ugh. After a google search though found one here at this blog. Looks delish, right? It's a meal in itself, so thinking just fruit, juice and coffee on the side. YUM!

I'll let you know how it all goes!!

HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE!!

Happy Friday!! Links to Love...

FRIDAY! Are you as happy as I am? Fun plans? We will be doing the usual...meaning hanging out, getting a few errands done, and enjoying plenty of family time in the backyard, park, wherever we end up :)

Have a lovely weekend all and enjoy these links to love...

This house has been making the blog rounds and has me swooning too

By the way, owners of that house make absolutely amazing handmade flowers (shown on the lovely shoes above).

Up for some DIY this weekend? Check out these adorable bird houses.

Or just want to relax? Check out my favorite coffee table books.

For some online reading instead check out Mrs. Lilien's blog - colorful and fun, with some clever rhyming too.

I'll be wearing this and enjoying the sunny weather.

HAPPY FRIDAY!!