Tour the Antique Mall

Have you ever seen anything more spectacular than the random wonders you find at an antique mall? I truly think I hit the jackpot for finds at our new, and local, antique emporium!!! I could have gone crazy taking pictures of EVERYTHING I thought I "couldn't live without", but I decided to refrain and show off a few of my favorite things.

With nursery on the brain I find that most of my minds eye goes towards old baby items, which is certainly NOT a bad thing. I mean... come on... could these glorious baby finds be any cuter?!?!

I am looking for a foot stool to go with my nursery rocking chair and fell in love with this little green one. I ALMOST bought it but then I found a fantastic tutorial on making your own from Mandi. My nursery is made up of vintage, re purposed and handmade so I decided to try my hand at making one myself (pictures to come).

Don't even get me started on the preciousness of the little rocking horse bookcase! I mean... seriously... things are just not made that adorable these days. Wouldn't you agree? I must confess though, as much as I fell in love with this piece it sadly did not come home with me... THIS TIME! You better believe I am on my way back there today, praying it is still there.

Truthfully a trip well worth every minute if I do say so myself. Don't take those random pit stops for granted, great things can come from them!

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Barefoot and Pregnant

17 week modeling

Feeling spectacular and loving life! As my belly grows so do the creative ideas I have for the nursery, and oh my goodness are they ever flowing!
Everything is still trying to find its place in our new home so pictures will be coming later, but we are loving the space so much!
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Oh the joys of moving

Even Bremen is depressed over all the boxes. But it's all good, cause our little family is MOVING!!! Yes... that's right... moving to make room for a new addition in February. The baby gets his/her own room instead of us all sharing 450 sq. ft. EEK!!! I am so excited for the decorating process and making it feel like home! Been doing a lot of Pinterest lately to get some new, cute ideas for DIYing our home.  Anyone with suggestions for new projects send then my way, PLEASE, I will take any suggestions. I love hearing what new DIYs people have. <3

More pictures of the whole process to come!

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FREE Ad Space!!!

I have been busy as a mouse doing all sorts of fantastic updates these days! Through this process I have come to the extraordinary conclusion that the only thing missing around here is... YOU! It is YOU that would make this space cuter, YOU that would add more appeal and YOU that will bring life to Reflect -n- Recreate. Join me!

You heard me right! For the next two weeks I will be offering FREE AD SPACE to anyone that can get me an image and link to their website. I just recently learned how to add picture link sidebars and am so ready to get busy adding your beautiful sites, for whatever it might be you sell. I will say, as a disclaimer, that I do have to approve your sites and what you sell but unless you are selling...well... let's just say... unappropriate things that I do not want my name attatched to then you will have no problem getting some ad space with me! :)

How exciting is this!?!? Now get going on getting me a beautiful image and link so we can get your store out there too! Send it either through my Facebook or Email me, whichever is easiest for you. Yay! Can't wait to see what you come up with.

***Remember*** Deadline is September 12th***

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Two on Tuesday

I haven't had this much fun with crayons in  a LONG TIME! This is something you can even do with your kiddos, they would find it terrific.

Step 1: Choose your canvas, grab your handy dandy glue gun, buy a large box of Crayola crayons (which will be on after school sale soon!), find a piece of cardboard that will sit on the ledge of your canvas, and lastly collect a heat gun or blow dryer.

Step 2: Decide on the color arrangement you are wanting for your crayons and place them in the order you like you best. Next you will, without messing up the order, hot glue each one to the piece of cardboard you found before.

Step 3: Hold your canvas up in a slight tilt to make sure that the crayons will drip down it good. Once your canvas is tilted hold your piece of cardboard so it rests on the ledge of the canvas.

Step 4: Plug your heat gun or blow dryer in and get to work! We found that a heat gun works better cause it gets hotter and doesn't blow as much air out at one time. As the crayons melt, and it takes just a few seconds for the melting to start, you will need to aim the heat gun further up on the crayon.

VOILA!!! You have your very own crayon art masterpiece! How fun and easy was that? If you have any questions at all about what we did or don't quite understand something please ask.

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Another glorious find!

Oh man the things you find when you hunt for treasures at Goodwill! Mom and I found this beautiful children's poncho today. We bought it for a whopping $1.69 and it's originally from The Children's Place and completely unused. Can you believe it?!? This beauty would have cost well over $30 if bought brand, stinkin', new. Anyone wanna say... BARGAIN SHOPPING EXPERTS!
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Big things coming!

My first modeling attempt. 15 weeks pregnant 

Good afternoon my dear friends! I am always so thrilled when I have the honor to share with you all, it truly makes my day. I wanted to fill you all in on a few of the thoughts I have going through my creative mind to bring more life to Reflect -n- Recreate.

In the next few weeks I am working on adding some wonderful new additions and ideas to Reflect -n- Recreate. Ok, ok... let's be honest, I am actually working on becoming more organized before February. I know it seems like I have a long time before February comes but with baby preparations having to take place in the midst I don't want to slack on you guys. I want to bring life and excitement to this blog. I want to give you a better taste of my life and all the wonderful things I come across. Topics from Gluten Free foods, to photography, fashion, art, family, etc. The thing is, I dont want my blog to become like everyone else's out there and just blend in. I want to stand out from the crowd with the words I say and the life I am sharing with you. My hope is to show you that you can do anything you set your mind to. If your dream is to start your own blog... DO IT! If it's to dabble in art... PAINT AWAY! If you always dreamed of modeling... START! Everything is scary until you jump in and try it.

It is on that note that I say goodbye... for now. Hugs and <3's