Snapshots

Here are a few more house snapshots for you guys!  Johnny and I have officially starting moving more of our big stuff over, and today is the day we start on wallpaper!  I can't wait to see everything come together in this house.  We're having an epic moving sale this weekend at the old place, so hopefully the great purge will continue and we can get rid of lots more before we move in at the beginning of November!

I'll share more as we continue making progress!  Have a great day, friends!

We're Moving!

We're moving!  For those of you wondering if we're making the move to Nashville with our group of friends, the answer is nope.  We are staying in Springfield because, gosh darn, we love it here.  Our family has called this particular house "home" for the past 3 years, but as I mentioned in my New Year's Resolution post, we are ready for something a little more updated.

In celebration of new things on the horizon, let's take a walk down memory lane!


It's been a great 3 years here, but I'm SO EXCITED for things like central a/c and a dishwasher!  Typically Johnny and Hope have a pretty hard time with change, but everyone in our house is totally pumped.  Hope has decided she's ready for a "cool room" (meaning, not littered with toys and toys and toys) and I'm looking forward to helping her put that together.  The next 2 months will be dedicated to packing up and getting things out of here.  I can't wait for the serious purging that will come with this move.  We are planning a huge garage sale at the end of October.  We have hoarded so much furniture and other stuff in our basement-- it's going to feel SO GOOD to get rid of the majority of it.

Anyway, that's where we Sheltons are right now.  I can't wait to share more of our new home with you in the coming months!  Happy Wednesday, friends!

Snapshots: Moving

I've realized why people don't usually post pictures of the moving process... it's ugly!  There's so much chaos and SO MANY boxes... well, who wants to see that?  I have a few snapshots of what life has looked like over the past few days.  We did get everything moved into the house, and now we are sorting, sorting and trying to get some order in our home.  Poesy's room came together the fastest because she has the least amount of stuff.  I'll be posting more pictures along the way! 

I hope you're having a wonderful week so far!

Just a Little Update...

I'm so touched by all of your comments on my moving post.  Sometimes blogging makes me extra happy, and this is truly one of those times.  You all are so encouraging and thoughtful and I'm so thankful for you, my internet friends.  I know moving will end up being a very good thing for us, I just have to stop being such a tired baby!

Speaking of tired, I've still been keeping up with my orders.  I'm several weeks behind where I thought I would be (sheesh!), but I'm chugging along and looking towards a holiday update and ORNAMENTS!  I finished up a few special wedding customs these past few weeks, so here are a couple of peeks at those:

The pup was for my friend Molly's wedding last weekend.  I made a plush version of her dog and her kitty, but I had to get them out so fast that I didn't even snap a photo of the cat! 

Anyway, I'm need to get back to packing boxes.  I just wanted to send huge hugs to all of you and thank you for motivating me to stay positive!  xoxo Katie

We're Moving

We've been in this house for almost 10 years.  It's crazy to think that I've been doing anything or lived anywhere for 10 years, but it is so.  We bought this house when were newly married and found out we were expecting Hope.  Compared to our SUUUUPER crappy rental home, this place was a palace.  We've grown as a family, acquired waaayyy more stuff than we should (almost hoarding... let's call it collecting), and been needing to leave for a while.  It's also true that we've been wanting to move to a bigger place like Springfield, since it takes us an hour and 20 minutes just to go do anything.  We are slowly coming to terms with leaving this place, and though it is something we've been wanting for a long time, it still stings a little.  I did my first bit of nesting here.  I can remember bringing Hope home from the hospital to this house.  Hope took her first steps in our hallway.  My daughter has grown from a baby to a young lady in this place.  My business was born here.  I've spent many tired, sleepless nights sewing until my fingers hurt to make sure I didn't fall behind on special orders.  There have been many living room band practices in cramped quarters.  We started home school here.  When I found out I was pregnant with Poesy, this bedroom was my naptime sanctuary.  We brought our second baby girl home to this place.  There has been so much love and so many special moments here.  I have painted windows, hung pictures, rearranged a million times to make sure that our house felt like our home.  It will be very bittersweet to leave.

I'm so excited for things on the horizon, but I wish I could give this place a big hug before we go.  I will continue to drive by year after year to watch my Magnolia tree that we planted in the front yard grow bigger and bigger.  I will laugh about our crazy driveway and how we couldn't even drive down into the garage in the winter because it was so steep.  I will reminisce about the time the neighbor boy drove a van through the front of our house and we had to live in a hotel.  I will miss the picnics and photoshoots in the backyard.  We will probably have better/bigger/cleaner houses down the road, but Jamie Drive will always hold a special place in my heart.  As we pack our things and make our way out of here, I just need to remember that home is family, and wherever these goons are, that's where my home will be.  I promise to only shed a few tears.

xoxo Katie