hairblooms

adorable head bands for baby girls! and these look more comfortable and durable than the ones with paper/fake flowers, like the typical gerbera daisy ones you see.

my favorites are:
hydrangea cream and white


hydrangea sweet pea and relish


hibiscus with soft blue and ivory velvet blossom


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Maternity Photography ideas

jake and tami- wedding photography

i found these on tami's facebook page... i feel kinda creepish saving them... but the style is just so cute, i wanted to save them, for the future day when either jeff and i take more professional couple pictures, or i do more photography...

these parasols are just adorable! what a cute idea... and it looks like the made the time to take a bunch of fun cute ones with their friends/wedding line...




these engagement pictures are just adorable. period. i like the canoe idea, and the cruiser idea... of course tami has such a good sense of style and color, and they're so cute and in love together which is so apparent in these pictures, and of course that helps alot...


jake & tami also had an ADORABLE and fun engagement video made
link is http://www.ryansouthwell.com/films3.html

horse equipment

here's a good website for all the parts of a horse's get up:

http://www.cowboyshowcase.com/glossary%20saddles&tack.htm

link on the website also has a list of cowboy terms!

i think this is a little extreme for a safari room, but i like how it feels like you're in a palace in the safari desert... some of the decor would be different for a palace feel than for just a jeep safari or something, but i just liked the feel of this room

nautical room

this is a baby's room, which i think is a super cute idea! but i especially like the nautical compass star on the ceiling!

cowboy room

i thought this was adorable for a little boys room! jeff doesn't like those big stars, but i think this is so cute!

few pirate room examples i liked

left side is a drawing, while the right side is an actual room, with almost the exact same bed... you can kinda see in the right picture how the end of the bed has been designed like the drawing, you just can't see it all...





home movie theatre all pirate themed! how cool would that be? i'd add a little more in the actual movie room, but the idea is bloody awesome! argghhh!

themed rooms

i've always thought it'd be fun to have themed rooms in my house. some of my favorite ideas include:

western room
-saw horses
-saddle on a saw horse
-mirror in an old harness
-hardwood floors with cowhide, or concrete stamped
-old antiques on the walls
-old pistol
-buffalo, horse, indian, wolf, cabin, awesome nature pictures or paintings
-horseshoe racks- movie rack, toilet paper holder, etc
-old coke bottles, old milk cans
-leather furniture with the studded edges
-lamps with something western on lampshade with matching stand
-faux (?) painted walls- like jeff's parents addition
-barn looking doors
-old ladder-tied together with leather straps
-anything tied together with leader straps
-cowboy hats
-spurs
-longhorn horns (probably just the horns, maybe not the whole head)
-barrels
-old wagon wheels
-saloon doors
-sheriff stars
-cactus?
-cowbell
-guitar
-wrought iron decorations
-like the iron horses with horseshoes connected as a coat hanger, etc
-chaps
-distressed wood furniture and frames
-belt buckles
-sheriff's star


cabin room
-log furniture
-log beam/supports
-hardwood floors
-old fashioned lanterns
-old crates, milk cans, bottles
-wolf, deer, forest, moose, nature pictures/paintings
-elk/deer skin rug?
-antler chandelier
-upholstery or bedspread or blankets with trees, moose, etc
-stone fireplace
-old-fashioned sled/toboggan
-wooden snowshoes
-old-fashioned metal trapper's trap
-animal prints in frames or in plaster or something
-pine tree looking lamps
-logged walls or faux painted like jeff's parents addition
-old canteen
-old fishing pole
-old-fashioned black stove
-barrels used, maybe in a table or nighstand somehow
-gold mining dish, equipment


pirates room (it'd be coolest in a movie room or bathroom i think)
-big mural or a pirate ship, or pirate skeleton at the wheel
-pirate flag
-pirate hat
-barrels
-pistols
-eye patch
-skulls
-pirate ship wheel
-torn curtains
-table with a pirate map on it
-treasure chest
-hardwood floors
-sword/knives
-cupboards, shelves, storage, etc that looks like crates
-nets
-crows nest somehow
-beam that looks like a mast pole on a ship with rope on it
-palm trees
-ships mast up on the wall, or as a curtain
-bed or desk that looks like a ship
-pictures of pirates, treasure, the caribbean
-sayings on the walls- vinyl lettering?- all in pirate language (ye be warned) etc

nautical/sea shore/coastal room (little cottage on the sea feel somehow)
-lighthouses
-sand
-sea shells
-waves painted-either mural or paintings
-netting
-ship captain's wheel
-white with red life saving tube
-rope
-sail boats
-old-fashioned chests/suitcases- like they used to travel with across sea
-barrels
-sea stars and conch shells
-blue, white, with red color scheme
-compass star- on wall or huge on ceiling around light
-old fashioned compass
-paddles on the wall, or as the arms of a ceiling fan

australian/ safari room
-palm/jungle trees
-kangaroos
-bamboo shelves, doors, furniture
-hut looking furniture
-palm trees
-zebra, leapord, tiger print on vases, rugs, rocking chair, etc
-camo print
-canteens
-old jeeps
-fan arms that look like big palm leaves or something

pirates arggghh!

super cute for a pirate party! arghhh!

western

i get so excited about anything western, so i got a little carried away looking at cookie cutters... but these would be perfect for a kids western party or to have for kids and visitors at our future ranch...

they'd also work perfectly for the previous post about the western concrete stamped floor... i don't know why i didn't think of cookie cutters sooner... mix with a few stamps like the horseshoe, fern, etc would be perfect. :)