Early Nursery Purchases

If you're already tired of hearing reading about my early nursery plans, stop reading this post right now!  If you're not tired of it, or are just tuning in, you can catch up by reading previous nursery posts here, here, and here.   I just love all things nursery, so here we go...

Here are a few items that I have already purchsed or been given so far.  I'm so excited! 

I ordered this map of Africa from amazon.com.  I definitely don't want to go overboard with an Africa theme, but I thought this would be a nice reminder of Hayes's heritage.

 Remember our online silent auction back in March?  Well everyone went crazy for this fabulous print.  Nadia was SO sweet and wanted to donate 3 prints: 2 for the auction and 1 for us to hang in our nusery.  So thoughtful of her!  Here's a link to her etsy shop if you want your own!

I ordered this little print from 1canoe2's etsy shop.  Tennesee pride!  Love it!

I picked up this gem from a local thrift store.  I heart globes!

I ordered these angel wings from a vintage store in New York.  I plan to hang them over a mirror that will hang behind the crib.  Right over our sleeping darling's head.

I picked up this adorable guy from the Zoo Gallery on our beach trip back in May.  The brand is Twoodles and each one is hand made.  I love the pop of color he'll bring to the space!

This item was hard to photograph, but it's a long strand of birds with a bell on the end.  I thought it would be cute hanging on the nursery door.

Here's a close-up of the strand.  Love these colors too!

Here are a few frames I picked up from a local antique store.  I think the little boy sihouette is so cute!

My sweet mother-in-law gave me this frame for Mother's Day.  The phrase written on it is so perfect.  She always finds the sweetest gifts. 

I got this tray on sale at Target for $5.  I love the shimmer it has to it.  I'm going to put this on the dresser to hold lotions, cremes, and all that good baby stuff!

Another sweet gift from my mother-in-law is this adorable lion by blabla.  I think blabla has to be one of the cutest brands for kids.  Love their stuff.

And because every baby needs a binky blanket, I couldn't resist this sweet dog from a local gift store.  It is so soft!  Precious.

So there's the collection of items I've been saving up for months already.  I can't wait to find a place for them as the nursery starts to take shape.

Giveaway Winners!

So, I know all my Wayman Family Nesters are on pins and needles waiting to find out if they won the Giveaway from Gus and Lula.



Well, after using random.org to help me, I am excited to announce the THREE winners of the print of their choice from Gus and Lula.

The first winner is comment #35 which came from:

 Me, Myself and I.... said...

So excited to be following the Wayman Family's Journey!!!

Misty, please be sure to contact me at jenwayman@gmail.com.  I didn't have an e-mail address for you.

The next winner is comment #27 which came from:

Heather Bredimus said...

I am a new Facebook fan!
heatherbredimus at yahoo dot com

And our LAST winner is comment #52 which came from:

Designology Interiors said...

I *like* you on facebook! merrynoel@hotmail.com

Congratulations to all of our winners!  I will be contacting the three of you with how to get in touch with the fabulous Britt.  So, start thinking about which print you want!  The bad news is, a bunch of you did not win and are probably very sad right now (since this was such an awesome giveaway).  The GOOD news is that all of Britt's prints are VERY affordable (in addition to being very lovely!).  So check out her etsy shop today and pick out something nice for yourself.  You deserve it!  (You know you do!)

A BIG thank you to Britt for sponsoring this fabulous giveaway!  Happy Friday Wayman Family Nesters!

Guest Nest: 6th Street Design School

This is the first post in a series I'm calling "Guest Nest" where I will showcase a fellow bloggers fabulous space.  I asked the bloggers to describe their favorite space in their home.  This week we have the amazingly talented Kirsten from 6th Street Design School. 

My favorite spot is my office. I love having a room all to myself and I spend a lot of time in this room. I think having a desk by a window is a great idea. It's good to glance up every now and then and give my eyes a break. Plus I have the most beautiful view of the mountains. My office is teeny tiny but I'm able to fit everything I need in here. I can't imagine working without it!

Thank you so much for sharing Kirsten!  I'm going to leave my Wayman Family Nesters with some more fabulous eye candy from the rest of her house...



For more of her beautiful home, check out her blog here.

P.S. Don't forget that today is the LAST day to enter the giveaway from Gus and Lula.  Read about how to enter here.

Backsplash Is Up! (2 1/2 Years Later)

Woo hoo!  You read that right!  It only took us 2 1/2 years to get around to having our kitchen backsplash tiled. But I ended up with tile that I really love.  There's the silver lining to that cloud!  While the hubby was recently out of town for 10 days (read about my scardy cat self here), I surprised him by having the backsplash tiled.  A big thank-you to my parents for being our financial backers and paying for the project for us as a gift.  : )

Here's what the kitchen looked like when we first moved in...

Here's what it looked like as we started the remodel process.  What a mess!

More pictures along the way...

Here is the kitchen finished minus the backsplash...

And here's the kitchen with the recently completed backsplash!

I found the tile here on Overstock thanks to a tip on Abode Love, one of my favorite blogs.  Check out pictures of her beautiful kitchen here. 

Do my Wayman Family Nesters have projects that go on like this?  That are one step away from being finished?  Please tell me I'm not the only one!