it's thursday, by the way

we're home from michigan and back into everyday life. 

funnily enough, being in michigan made me realise i actually quite 

missed the little life we've set up for ourselves here.

lately i'm loving...

great tutorial for making rubber stamps

from perachapita.com

very cute owl mobile, i just made a mobile, but that shall be for another post

from etsy.com

pillows!

from abowlfulloflemons.blogspot.com

the cutest onesie i've seen in a long time, but it's eighty eight dollars...seriously.

from jcrew.com

another great space

from shannoneileenblog.typepad.com

cute cupcakes

from karaspartyideas.blogspot.com

perfect cake for a baby shower, love the icing

from blogs.babble.com

and now for a little home truth i have to remind myself of

from healthylivingforyou.tumblr.com

by the way wednesday

here are my latest loves from around the interweb...

happy wednesday

from mckells-closet.blogspot.com

a shirt with tie detail around the neckline

from remodelista.com

the perfect guest house (another 'to do' for my one day home)

from casasugar.com

a very sweet table number idea for your wedding

from funkybear.wordpress.com

just an all around great idea. a black and white photo in olive oil to create that old school vintage effect.

from fourlettersword.blogspot.com

beautiful photography and a cute idea

from 4inspireddesign.com

a beautiful table setting 

from amyjdelightful.blogspot.com

create your own frames using fabric and 'frames' cut from old cereal boxes

oh no! i don't know where it's from

a grown up fort - i love it!

from designsponge.com

a map of michigan on a cork board

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we went to see the head and the heart 

last night at calvin college

they are my new favourite

by the way wednesday - live from michigan

if i have a baby shower, i would love it to look like this

from penandpaperflowers.blogspot.com

a very convenient storage solution

from pinterest 

a neat way to decorate your bag

from kokokokids.ru

absolutely love this

from apartmenttherapy.com

a great photo display idea

from pinterest

decoration for marquee ceiling. love it.

from soundtrack to i do

great mobile idea with a tutorial to boot

from realsimple

instead of a wedding guest book our friends asked their guests to pin places on a map they should visit. 

it was an ingenious idea, because now they can display it in their new home. 

you can guess where we pinned.

from brittany and jon's wedding

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been spending some time hanging out with this guy

when he wants to be picked up he says

"aunt ny ny, can i have you?"

oh bless.

and i'm back in the game (by the way wednesday)

i took a little break from my blogging post for a month or so.
just some stuff to sort out, you know how we do...

but i'm back and so is by the way wednesday,
and fancy that!
it's wednesday, so here we go

my latest loves from around the interweb include

an ingenious doormat (it's the same mat upside down)

from forme-foryou.com

cupcakes! 

potentially my next project (this'll be interesting)

from weheartit.com

a very cute gift idea, gosh dang it i love great typography

from lovelyindeed.com

another round of cute packaging

from benjaminandelise.blogspot.com

and just one more, this is a free printable too!

from rufflesandstuff.com

for all those baby mamas out there, an easy to make mobile. this one is for sale from etsy but you could make something very similar using a circle cutter and the paint chip cards you get for free from the hardware store.

from etsy.com

another cute gift idea and another project which has been added to my list

from papervinenz.blogspot.com

just folded up paper plates and tape!

from sarahhearts.com

a great diy table runner

from u-createcrafts.com

double sided tape and confetti...too easy!

from 3at12.blogspot.com

one of the best proposals i've seen in a long time 

oh no! i don't know where it's from

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on funnier note i want to stress
the importance of punctuation

i recently received an email from a family member that read

"i hope you too can experience the joy of children making

*i had to scroll down to get to the next line,
with a mildly horrified look on my face

your mother's/father's day special"

awkward. 

anyway, we leave for america in  six days people!

six days!

by the way wednesday

can you feel summer coming? i can. 

the air is sweet and warm, the sun is shining and i am just bursting on 

the inside because of it.

nick and i went for a walk after work, we haven't done that since april!

here is a by the way wednesday brought to you by the warm weather's welcome appearance.

diy ice cream invitation tutorial from martha stewart 

a sweet summer print from poppy talk 

a great decoration idea for an ice cream themed party by the crafts department at martha stewart 

fruit popsicles. you could make this at home. spotted on we heart it

a beautiful outdoor german wedding, sent to me by the lovely swantje

photo by lene photography

a perfect upcycling idea. make a porch swing from a old pallet.

spotted on sheryl salisbury 

my ultimate summer destination....in italy

spotted on a cup of jo

by the way wednesday

i haven't been posting too much lately. because really, you've got to do stuff to post stuff. and don't get me wrong, i've been doing stuff, but do you really want to hear how i saw harry potter, went to church and napped on sunday afternoon. no?
didn't think so.

so in lieu of any game changing news, a fresh by the way wednesday will have to suffice. though don't count me out just yet, i've got some exciting stuff in the pipeline.

by the way wednesday

for your viewing pleasure

adorable handmade gift tags from k is for calligraphy 

basically the raddest clock i've ever seen from dougs world clock 

a long but very ingenious wedding invite from metal mother 

some font love from urban scarlet 

speaking of summer lovin' am i not the only southern hemisphere kid that wishes winter would just go jump right about now?

a beautiful leather leaf swing from the style files 

great concept from two girlz stuff  

beautiful decoration and styling from craig and whitney. i feel like I could do that, but that's how stylists get you, they make it look easy when it never is (donna hay does that too). 

great recycling diy idea from mark montano 

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also i rather enjoyed this