{pretty little buttons}

Hi friends!  I wanted to point out the new blog button and shop button on our sidebar. I'm in love with the little nest!  Isn't it sweet?! It makes me very happy.
These pretty little buttons are available for you to take and post on your blog!.  So if you love us and want to share us with your readers we would be so honored!  All you have to do is highlight the code in the box below the button and right click copy.  If you are on blogger go to design then add a gadget.  Click on HTML/Java Script, paste the code in the box and hit save.  The button should now appear on your blog!  Enjoy and  thanks for spreading the word!

{nesting}

nesting (v)- an uncontrollable urge to clean, craft, organize and make every Barefoot Contessa recipe known to man.

Okay so maybe that definition isn't accurate for every excepting mother but I am in full fledge nesting mode over here, finding  myself doing strange things like collecting acorns at the park, taking them home and polishing them with furniture polish (which by the way doesn't really work so I'm going to have to come up with a different way to make them shiny) or browsing the aisles of fabric stores for the perfect fabric to make new drapes for my dining room (keep in mind I have no idea how to operate a sewing machine nor have I ever made drapes).
My mind is constantly full of ideas on how to decorate for fall, for parties, for the kids room, dining room, office, front porch...it goes on and on and since I haven't figured out a way to turn the little Martha Stewart off in my head (delivery might be the only cure)  I have been spending countless hours reading some amazing design blogs.  So if you find yourself in the same situation here are some of my favorites....

The Lettered Cottage

The Nesting Place

The Inspired Room

A Country Farmhouse

The Twice Remembered Cottage

Skip To My Lou

The Pleated Poppy