Party Planning : 3 months to go.

I... am in a SLIIIIIIIIGHT panic - because I just realized that my baby is going to be 2 in three short months. and then after calming down from that, I'm thrown into another panic when thinking about her party last year, and prep time, and i haven't even thought about her party this year, and where will we have it, and who should we invite, because we have a million family members who want to come, and last year there were like 50 people there and it was a lot of work and overwhelming, and should there be friends at this party? and does she even have any friends and is my kid an anti-social freak like her mother? and OOOOHMYGOSH!

Party Planning throws me into a straight up frenzy.. anyone else?
I've just decided to start where I usually start.. Pinterest.

Follow Shayla Cornett's board Birthday Party Planning on Pinterest.

If you guys have any pin boards dedicated to toddler party planning, leave them in the comments section! I'm desperate for inspiration!

Christmas Wishlist

Holy Moley, ya'll. Christmas is knocking at our door! My main squeeze, went Black Friday shopping with me, and bought me a kitchenaid mixer! I've been wanting.. no no, NEEDING one of these puppies for like.. 5 years. Probably longer, but I didn't even know i needed it at that point. He got me one! I've already used it. What's a girl to do?

My Christmas wishes have been completed. But is a girl ever really done shopping? So, just for funsies, I've put together a couple of boards, for my Christmas wishes, and for Fern's. This post will replace my usual "Etsy Favorites" post, I've been doing.

Follow Shayla Cornett's board Fern's Christmas Wishes on Pinterest.
Follow Shayla Cornett's board Christmas wishes on Pinterest.

You can follow all of my boards on Pinterest if you'd like. Not to brag, but I've got pretty good taste ;)

anybody else have Pinterest boards dedicated to Christmas wishes? I know you do, share them with me! I might want to snag some of your goods for my own board! ;)

November favorites

It's time for my monthly favorites list from etsy! The whole idea of this monthly post is that you can see my inspirations and wishlists, similar to pinterest, except they're all from etsy. I love to support small businesses and when you find treasures like these, you just want to share them. Here they are for November:

1. Gold wood bowl by The Vintage Vogue  || 2. Live Simply Print by Gus and Lula
3. Scallop necklace by Asme || 4. Salted Maple headboard by Dzierlenga Furniture
5. Kids wooden toy by Friendly Toys || 6. Crocheted Coasters by Table Top Jewels

October Favorites: Halloween Edition

Obviously this month's favorite etsy finds had to be Halloween themed. I love Halloween, but I never get organized in time to decorate or really go out, so to any of you who may be like me, here's your reminder! You've got plenty of time! Consider this your inspiration and motivation to get started! (and me too) Keep up with my "All Hallows Eve" Pinterest board for some great DIYs and etsy items for the holidays!

1. black and white bunting by Heidi Adnum | 2. Custom foam pumpkins by Purple Ink Graphics
3. Wonder Woman Kids Costume by Kutie Bow-Tuties  | 4. Ghosts print by the big harumph
5. Hallows Eve cake topper by Gnomes Whimsy | 6. The Perfect Dress by FoxParse

Fern's being a flapper girl this year for halloween. How sweet is this costume by Bella Bina?? Could you just die?




Reminder: Today is your last day to enter for the Vintage Pearl Giveaway! A winner will be chosen at midnight and announced Friday! Thank you to everyone who has and will enter, you're making this so fun for me! 

September Favorites: Wedding edition

Since my wedding is NEXT MONTH! I thought it'd be such a great idea to share with you some of my etsy purchases for the wedding in my Etsy Favorites post this month! I've had SUCH a blast looking through etsy to find just the perfect handmade touches for our wedding. I'm so excited to give you a sneak peek of all the little details we've come across. What do you think!?

1. Solitaire Necklace by Petitor

2. Cake Topper by The First Snow

3. Dried Flower Bouquets by Smoky Mountain Woodcrafts

4. Return Address Stamp by Red Cloud Boutique

5.Guest Book by In or Out Media

6. Flower Girl Dress by Maliposha clothes

I love details. 

August favorites

Etsy is the best isn't it? My favorite picks for August are as follows: Fern style. Cause baby's got style. 

1.Felted bunny 2.Crochet hat

3.Baby dress with mustard collar 4. Pixie Wooden Toy Camera

5. Herringbone Quilt 6. Fox Mask

July Favorites

I feel a little southwestern theme coming on...

Every month, when I post my favorite finds from Etsy, all I do is go back over my "favorites" and pick my favorite 6 items from the things I've "hearted" (if you will) in the past month...

 so maybe that would make these June's favorites? Eh, Who's counting, anyway? Just look at all these pretty things I've stumbled upon. ... And I want them all. 

You can find these items via etsy in the following shops:

1. eleventy-five  2. norwegian wood
3. Home Living Ideas 4. cast & crew
5.PlantworksPDX 6. by loumi


all favorite picks are chosen by myself, and are not sponsored posts.

june favorite find// Father's Day Edition

I'm changing up some things with my favorites segment. Instead of featuring one shoppe, I want to feature my favorite finds in etsy for the month. I just really want to share all of my favorites. I have too many to just do one a month. 

Since Father's Day is this month, I wanted to share some of my favorite Father's Day Finds from Etsy:

1. Father's Day Card by Ginger Pdesigns 2. Fox Ties by Scatterbrain Ties
3.Monogramed Hankie by Miniature Rhino 4. Skinny Tie Clip by Bird of Virtue
5.Wooden Sunglasses by Tumbleweeds Handcraft 6. "My Moon My Man" Tee by Blackbird Tees

Happy Father's Day!

marekalaine: favorite find

One of my biggest inspirations in starting an etsy shoppe was my (future) sister-in-law, Marek. She makes these incredible pillows featuring your state of choice. Here in Oklahoma, we eat that stuff up. She makes a quality product that she can be proud of, and her business is just booming. That's exactly what i wanted to do. Marek now has her pillows in storefronts all over Oklahoma and even a few neighboring states. She made a sweet fox pillow to go in Fern's nursery when she was born. If I ever open a storefront (a future dream of mine on my 30 before 30 list) I'm going to try my hardest to convince her and bribe her and guilt her into doing a Moons & Junes line just for me with characters like Fern's fox. [I haven't told her that yet. ;)]

My attempt at getting Fern to pose with her pillow was a fail. She thought I was tricking her into naptime.

Keep up with Marek and her pillows, and find out where you can get yours here:

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Something new

I thought it would be a fun idea to pick a favorite shop every month. I got the idea from Danielle at Sometimes Sweet. Her favorites list is fantastic. I thought it would be fun to take a spin off of it and feature one shop every month that I'd like to promote. I know I just started this blogging adventure, and only have one follower as of yet... (Hi Reghan! ::waving::) ... but I'm hoping to grow and be a source of promotion for fellow gals (and guys, too!) For now, rather than a huge source of promotion, I'll just express my appreciation for these people and what they do. Because I believe support is important too.

 

We ordered this sweet floral knot turban from The pink ruffle last week, and it is SO adorable on Fern. We got so many compliments yesterday, when she wore it out. I have so many other items on my wishlist from them! Here are some of my favorites you can find in the shop. Oh! and the best news is... they make them not only for sweet little ones, but in adult sizes as well!

gold knot turban

glitter chevron

See more from the pink ruffle here:
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