artful blogging

I'm loving the latest issue of Artful Blogging my sister gave me for Christmas.  It is full of inspiration and some pretty talented people and blogs I had never heard of in its pages:

Alisa Noble's lifeisabeautifulplacetobe.blogspot.com

Sibylle Roessler's fun.kyti.me

Kate Ulman's foxslane.blogspot.com

again, above, foxslane.blogspot.com

Tracy Leber's frenchlarkspur.blogspot.com

Lynda Naranjo's lynda-naranjo.blogspot.com

Meanwhile, my husband and I have been knee deep in the project of converting our basement into a play room for Leila.  Will post photos when complete in a few weeks......here is just a snippet of two parts of the project in process:

I love the power of paint!  Such a fresh new look for this otherwise traditional table:

And...can't WAIT for this project to be done.....TJ has finished studding and drywalling what will be a book nook for Leila to climb up into and read. Inspired by this blog, we had this closet virtually unused....what better way to create a special place for your little one to get lost in a good book....dreamy!!!  Again....will post pics in a few weeks when done.........so excited!