OMGoodness. This is so timely. I have been moving my girls to what used to be my upstairs craft room. My craft room will be what is now their bedroom. It's been beyond more work than you could imagine. It had to be done for so many reasons. Not only did I have to paint the upstairs and move their entire IVAR system and bunk beds but all the really heavy furniture that was in the craft room had to be moved down and taken to my mother's house by Brian and his dad (sofa, armchairs, 36" tv, TV stand, 8' sewing tables, desk, treadmill) that's a lot.

Now I'm in the process of figuring out how to configure their furniture in the room which if you've ever planned a room with furniture that was bought for another room, you know can be so tricky. So far I've only had to buy a few things. I'm very satisfied with the way I've taken their old furniture and made it fit with the new room. Everythings finding a place.

We're taking ALL the toys in the downstairs save one toybox in our bedroom and moving them upstairs. In our dining room is a GORM shelf like this one pictured at top that houses four big bins full of toys. I've never liked toys in the dining room but we live in such a small house it was our only option.

So now upstairs, the only place I have to put the GORMS are under the very low set windows (see above pic). The shelves are about 3' high and would block part of the windows. But if I cut them like in the top pic and add a seat cushion, I'd have double the shelves AND a place for their books that they can access AND quaint window seating.

I love when things like this happen;)

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Inspiration 25: Bowties

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Sometimes I wish Brian would wear bowties just so I could make a bunch for him to wear;)

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Wedding 10: Cake Toppers

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I guess I have weddings on the brain this morning. But I loved these silhouette cake toppers. You could even make your own! Especially if you had a silhouette machine and used heavy cardstock;)

Source: beyondbeyond.co.uk via Cristelle on Pinterest

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Inspiration 24: Girls Sailing Shorts

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Omgoodness! I really love these little girl shorts via JCrew kids.

This would be like....the SIMPLEST pattern to make.

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Wedding 10: Enchanted Chiavari Covers

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I'd love to make these chair cover for my wedding.

Seems simple enough. Just two pieces of sheer pink sewn together and slipped over the back with long lines of circle ruffles (which you can buy precut) knotted at the bottom of the sheer fabric and hanging down.

But if you made your own circle ruffles you wouldn't have to hem the edges since they'd all be cut on the bias. You might need some no fray spray depending on the fabric but I think that would be enough. If you bought nylon chiffon you definitely wouldn't need to worry about fray.

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Variation 2: Coffee Date Dress

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Second picture down, could be a variation on coffee date dress? I love the stripes, yellow and white together. Makes me want to make another version! I have the perfect yellow flats to match;)

Source: stylemepretty.com via Kaley on Pinterest

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June 2011

Suri & Katie visited Tom on the set of "Rock of Ages" in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, 24th.

Suri was wearing Lime Peace Top SS'11 by Bonpoint.

Suri was also using Birds & Flowers Umbrella by Hatley.

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Heartbeat Necklace. A heartbeat to wear on your chest.

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Tutorials 41- Undies

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Make your own undies. Via Come and See the Seitz.

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Tutorials 40- Floor Rug

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Making a floor cloth/"rug" out of a tablecloth! This might be also great for a porch deck!
Via Design Share.

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Tutorials 39- Feather Skirt

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Wildflowers and Whimsy offers a super fluffy and sweet feather boa skirt tutorial.

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June 2011

Suri & Katie pictured leaving Miami on the private jet to visit Disney World in Orlando, Florida on Thursday, 23rd.

Suri is wearing by Red Cherry Top SS'11 by Bonpoint,

and Tiered Voile Skirt by Cherokee/Target, which she first wore on July 21st 2010; and Butterfly Flip-flops by GAP.

Suri is holding Tiana Princess and Me Doll by Disney store.
Disney First Edition Princess and Me Tiana Doll 18''

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June 2011

Suri & Katie went shopping to Bal Harbour stores in Florida on Tuesday, 21st.

Thanks to Aninha for the pictures!

Suri is wearing Blue Tiered Tank Dress by GAP,
and her favorite butterfly flip-flops also from GAP.

Suri is holding Chrissa Doll 2009 by American Girl.
American Girl of the Year 2009 Chrissa Doll & Paperback Book

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In Suri's Closet - H&M

Suri was wearing Navy Dot Hello Kitty bottoms by H&M, currently on sale in-stores.

Thanks to Mandee for the info!

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June 2011

Suri celebrated Father's Day with Tom & Katie on a yacht in Miami on Sunday, 19th.

Suri is wearing a Pajama Gown by Esme Loungewear.

Tom was holding Suri's - Julius Knitted Pink Monkey by Paul Frank.

Thanks to Mandee for the toy id!

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Suri was having fun at the beach and playing with Princess Sand Backpack from Disney store, available only in Canada.

Thanks to Mandee for the info & stock image!

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Inspiration Home 4: Buckets and Zip Ties

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These are really expensive too but could so easily be replicated. Just drill small holes into the buckets and connect with zip ties.

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Neat trick! I always like short cuts.

Faux stitching: quilter's wheel dipped in acrylic paint.

I wonder how this would look on fabric.

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OMGoodness. I'd love to try this. It would be dangerous for a small kids party but maybe for older kids with a lot of adult supervision.

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These are actually pretty expensive but wouldn't it be a great and easy project? Just sew five thick pillows together with two long pieces of fabric. Would make for a neat little birthday gift. Would be even better if you embroidered the child's name at the top of the first pillow.

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'Temporary' Decorating Guest Post

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I'm guest posting on Stories of A to Z today! I talk about 'temporary' decorating and how to decorate a rented property with pics of my own home. Please join me!!!!

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Book Review Girl's World

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I just wanted to let you guys in on a great book for making girls dresses. Jennifer Paganelli's Girl World!

Jennifer is well known for her bright and bold designs of Sis Boom Fabric which has over eight lines with Freespirit and a line with Sunbrella. Now, in her debut book she shows you how to make twenty-one fabulously colorful sewing projects for little girls including seven dress patterns!

The dress patterns are so super cute. Eclectic and girly at once. The kind of dresses that make a girl feel like a princess or fairy but sensible enough to wear out.

Jennifer takes you step by step through the sewing process of each project. From materials to cutting to assembly. All the details are laid out in a great easy to follow format with simple diagrams that explained well how to put the pieces together. The dress patterns also seem simple enough with the skirt pieces consisting of rectangles so that really cuts down on confusion and great for beginners.

Some of my favorites from her accessory and home chapters include the poofie ruffled pillow, banner tableclothes with pompoms, faux flower headbands.

My four-year old Molly loved looking through the pages and acting as though the book were hers. It really is a feast for the eyes, just like her fabric line. I've seen some sewing books that look colorless so it's always refreshing to find one that is as interesting to flip through complimenting the projects they contain.

You can purchase Girl's World online from Jennifer's Sis Boom website or blog, at Amazon, Barnes & Nobel or your local independent bookseller.

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Tamron AF 18-270mm Zoom Lens Review

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For a long time I've been using the lens that came with my Canon DSLR along with a fixed 50mm f/1.8 and a 75-200mm telephoto lens. And that combination is great but it does require a lot of changing, not only of lenses but settings after you've changed lenses since the f/stops are different. It's okay but it is a lot of work.

I really wanted something that could do a lot of the same things in one lens. Enter the Tamron 18-270mm lens. It has the best of both worlds in terms of zoom beginning at 18mm (closer than my standard lens) and ending at 270mm (further than my telephoto lens). I can get very close (ie the top photo of a yucky cupcake the girls made was taken at only 2 feet above.)

And then here are some really fantastic examples of how extreme the 15x zoom lens is.

In comparison to my fixed 50mm f/1.8, the Tamron lens has an f/stop of 3.5 however with a zoom of such a wide range I can still achieve the blurred background effect of my f/1.8. If you're new to photography one of the great bonuses to having an f/stop around 2 is that you can get good perspective. That is, you subject is in focus and your background is not. The lower the f/stop the less distance you need between your subject and the background to achieve blurring. BUT, you can ALSO get that effect if you have a camera with a long zoom.

Just stand far enough away from your subject that you will be extending your zoom very far and you will get the same great background (or foreground) blur. I took this pic of Molly at around 15 feet away. I took the lower pic at about 5 feet away of Eloise who had been playing in the dirt and managed to get all the messy details on her face.

So really, this lens IS the best of all my lenses.

For an example of a night shot, I took this picture in VERY dark lighting (twilight), holding the lens in my hands, while keeping the camera as still as I could. One very important feature which helped to reduce blur at this low shutter speed was the Vibrator Compensation mode. With the VC (Vibrator Compensation) you can do handheld shots at as many as four shutter speeds slower than would otherwise be possible.

Another benefit from the VC (Vibrator Compensation) is when you are shooting from far away. When you have a heavy lens with a long zoom your photos would very often suffer from the movement in your hands especially when focusing on a subject a couple dozen feet away. But with VC you have far more image stabilization for sharper images. I took this pic of Molly jumping out of the baby pool at 35 feet away. Pretty impressive.

This lens retails for $650 compared to other similar brand name lenses which cost $2000+ it's a great deal! And the Tamron lens fits on both Canon and Nikon cameras.

I think that calls for a celebration! PS. Molly's birthday was yesterday;) Happy fourth!

So in my opinion this lens gets a thumbs up! Great in price, great in versatility and great in picture quality. Can't wait to show you all the more great photos I'll be taking with it:)

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