Marion Vidal bracelet via Maryam Nassir Zadeh 
Marni necklace
A glance at the calendar just revealed that Audrey starts kindergarten in a mere 6.5 weeks, which marks the officially end of summer and a whole new set of milestones.
Granted given that I work full time and the girls are in summer camp, we don’t have a traditional summer like the one I experienced as a kid, with three months of “freedom” and lolling and occasional boredom...but we try to make it feel special nonetheless. There’ve been lots of impromptu weekend trips, staying up a bit later on weeknights for extra books or an evening swim in the kiddie pool, sleepovers at their grandparent’s house, lots of ice cream and now projects.
The diorama/dollhouse is at the top of the project list, but I’d also like make some Marni-esque necklaces out of fabric, silk cord and wooden beads with Audrey. I think these would be simple to create and I’m totally digging a chunky fun necklace for the summer.
I’m also staring to plan a redo of Millie’s room. Here’s the current space…
It perfectly fine, but at 2 and a half, she’s quickly (sadly) outgrowing the crib and the rocking chair…As I want to turn Millie's room into a joint sleep space for the girls, we had originally planned to build a bunk bed/sleep structure... But I’m rethinking things given the potential serious injury, as my girls are drawn to any sort of contraption that involves stairs or height like circus stars to a tightrope.
So now I'm leaning toward a daybed + trundle on that back wall or a full size four poster set up like a day bed. But regardless of what we do with the bed, I definitely want to copy these brilliant globe, tissue pom pom mash ups to hang over the sleeping area.
image via the scoop
image via d*s
image via d*sI’m completely in love with all manner of hanging festive doo dads from the ceiling in a kiddo’s room, so I’m fully digging this. (Ashley Ann has a good tutorial on how she pulled hers together.) I’d also take down the decals and hang wallpaper behind the bed.
I’ll definitely share progress as I start working in earnest -- my goal is to have the room totally transformed by her Millie's third birthday in December.
So, do you have any summer projects planned?
