pink room, part 2 - ode to target

Ahhh, Target. What a glorious store. A little trip over the border is always worthwhile just to see what Target has to offer, but has become even better since setting up the little pink room. I'm a big fan of organization, so am instantly drawn to their wide array of organizational tools - buckets, baskets, shelving - I could lose myself in the organization aisles for hours! And even better for my current project, they have so many fabulous pink options.

So, on Monday morning my mum, the munchkin and I headed to the store of my dreams. We found a lamp, throw rug, shelving unit, storage cubes and more. 2 1/2 hours and two carts later we were out of there! The most amazing part was probably that the little lady lasted that long in the store - clearly she has received our love for shopping.

The room is coming along..furniture is now all in place, and the next step will be finishing the crafty projects, and receiving some fun decorative items I ordered on etsy. (If you haven't checked out that site, please do! Its like a wonderful craft show availalable all day, every day, with every single crafty item you could ever want...amazing).

Here's what's been recently added:

The lamp was a steal, the storage is fabulous, and the throw rug adds a nice little 'play area' to the room; the munchkin is in love, and I think I am too.

a little pink room

My sweet baby girl is not quite a baby anymore. In fact, she's rapidly approaching the tender age of two, speaking in full sentences, clearly telling us everything she wants (and doesn't want), and participating in activities in a whole new way. I am loving this stage, and enjoying all the things she has to offer.

However, this growing process comes with some changes too; the one we're facing right now is transitioning from her nursery to her "big girl" room. Hard to believe we're already at this point. When I was pregnant with her, we didn't know what gender she was going to be, so the nursery is a lovely sage green colour, with clean, black furniture. However, now that we have our little girl, its time for an all-girl room! She's moving into a different bedroom, where the walls are already a sandy brown colour, so naturally, her room will now be pink & brown! So far we have nice, new white furniture, and a pink and white bedspread, so we're part-way there. Next up, i have several crafty projects I want to complete to finish decorating the room and tie it all together.

Here's what it looks like so far:

Its still rather stark, so with a little love and a lot of pink, this room will be complete in no time. I'll keep you up to date with all my projects once they're underway. (Hopefully over the next couple weeks!) Stay tuned...