Our Home

I think one of the best features of our apartment is the window arrangement. Both our bedroom and living room are flooded with natural light from morning until late afternoon. It does amazing things for my mood and it makes our cozy home all the happier. Since moving in during Sept 2011, we have slowly but surely been filling this sunny space with treasures found for free. Wire racks, book cases, seat and ottoman, wicker chair and couch; we've collected a small house-full. Additionally, I've been ever so gradually personalizing the space with crafts of my own. I have a habit of going into hobby and art stores and refusing to buy things because I think "I could make that".For instance, I really like the words on the wall idea you see at some craft stores, so I made my own. These were inspired by the bridal march at our wedding: "It's Real Love" by Regina Spektor. Additionally, one of the envelopes from our wedding had a beautifully drawn heart made from our names, so I drew a flower containing our wedding anniversary and used the drawings to complete a frame of wedding pictures.

I find bible verses rejuvenating, emboldening, sometimes convicting, and in every way just great to have around, so I filled up another frame with daisies (yes, more flowers) and some favorite verses. I plan to draw up more verses that I can swap in and out of the frame depending on what's happening in my life and what words of God's are most poignant to that period.








Finally, I'm attempting to give up buying greeting cards. I really enjoy greeting cards. I think they can be very pretty and uplifting and I greatly enjoy giving them to people. To me, the moment (or hopefully more) of joy that overcomes someone when they open a nice card is worth the money or the effort that goes into them. Recently I've noticed that the cards I am most drawn to are actually quite simple designs. So... I've decided to try my hand at my own.