laundry room woes

maybe if my laundry room looked a little more like this:

or this:

or this:

or this:

or this:

or this:

or this:

or this:

instead of this:

I just might come to terms with the fact that laundry will be part of my daily life for at least the next 18 years.

I think it’s time for a laundry room re-do.

{I can’t believe I am posting a picture of my terrible laundry room }

dance

I’ve been known to cry at silly things, so that fact that I got teary watching the most un-sad video alive is not so surprising. But I think today it goes a little deeper. Ryan and I had a stupid ‘discussion’ this morning which led me to believe that sometimes we {I} just get way too caught up on things that don’t matter {like bamboo plants}. Anyway… this little video reminded me today to R.E.L.A.X., don’t take myself so seriously, and take a risk … it might make people smile {or, in my case, cry}.

Watch it!

silhouettes

I love silhouettes. Probably because of their strong graphic nature and the fact that they are typically black & white {you know my love of all things neutral}. I made some silhouette canvases of my kids about a year ago, but now that we have a new one, I thought I’d update them and add in a fourth.

 

They turned out so well, that I’ve decided to add them to my list of products to sell.

$50 for a 12x12 canvas covered in french book pages with a custom silhouette of your loved one.

please email emily@jonesdesigncompany.com for more information.

And, in honor of these darling silhouettes, I’ve made some new stationery sets.

{monogram silhouette}

{name silhouette}

  

{medallion silhouette}

      

{full name silhouette}

 

{family silhouette}

{dots silhouette}

Each set include 12 note cards with envelopes {3.5x5} for $25

my favorite spot

I have a favorite little spot in my house. It is probably the most unexpected place for me to call my favorite, but there is just something about it that I love.  It really is just the half wall that separates the stairway from the living room – basically a wall with barely enough space for a table.

 

But it feels like “me”.

With some of my very favorite things: book pages glued to the wall,

 

old books, a few of my cherished old bibles, monograms & family photos

 

Most of all I love the crazy juxtaposition of it all. Take a sleek {yet dusty} glass table against a tattered papered wall, throw in a rustic wire basket and Ryan’s old fire extinguisher and we’ve got that eclectic look I adore.

 

Do you have a favorite spot in your home that best represents your design style? Please share!

purple

While not typically a huge purple fan, I realize every year that my favorites flowers all have a touch of purple in them.

the lilac {the most heavenly scent of all time}

purple hydrangeas

chocolate cosmos {okay, maybe not traditional purple, but there’s a little in there}

Perhaps I like it a little more than I thought.

So in honor of my realization that I do, in fact, like purple, I bought some new lavender shoes.

announcements

My little darling is two months old and I’m pretty sure everyone I know is aware of her arrival, but I still wanted to send out birth announcements. These ones were difficult to finalize {perhaps because this is my job and I wanted them to be just right or perhaps because she is the last one I’ll be sending out announcements for}, but I do love how they turned out.

 

she smiles

my baby sister is having a baby

My big sister and I hosted a shower for our little sister last night. She is due with her second little girl in just a few weeks, so it was fun to celebrate with a few of her dearest friends.

While laying in bed fighting off a breast infection a few weeks ago, the theme for the shower came to me:

A P R I L S H O W E R S B R I N G M A Y F L O W E R S

We wanted everything to be really flowery and springy with a yummy salad, crusty bread, special sweets and time to honor the mommy-to-be.

{invitations}

{flower pin favors}

{garland}

{gifts}

{fresh flowers}

{the food}

{me, amy, mom, audrey}

{me, audrey, the guest of honor}

And just because I think they are some of the cutest maternity photos, here are a few that were taken last week of my sissy, her husband and the most darling soon-to-be big sister {hope you don’t mind, Hillary!}