Ok, so I'm stalling here...

Chris is working on re-sizing the Ireland pictures (and doing other mysterious things to them, apparently), so I STILL don't have any photos to share-- I'm sorry!

In the meantime, I thought that I would update you on the baby bedding issue-- it's not Ireland, but it is something ;)

So, some of you may remember my cry for help in regard to this issue: Let's talk baby bedding...
What I didn't mention in that post was that the whole issue was further complicated by the fact that all of the bedding had to be organic. Yeeee-eeeesssss. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find organic bedding that isn't "natural" color? I'm here to tell you that it's pretty challenging. Ok, well, so I made it even harder with my determination to not buy a matching set, mostly due to cost and because it seemed that, for boys, the only color was blue and the bedding had trucks all over it. But enough of my self-inflicted nuttiness!

The walls in what was once my sitting room and is now the nursery are a lovely pale green: Rejuvenation from Benjamin Moore. I decided that chocolate was just the color to set that off (didn't want to paint again and go through finding paint with no VOC's), and began looking... and looking... and looking. After over a month of this, here's what I've ordered:

The blanket (which won't actually see any real use for a while, since babies aren't supposed to have blankets), which I found on Etsy. It's all organic, with cotton and bamboo-- not only do I love that and the funky pattern, but I'm glad I could support an independent craftsperson.




The sheet (I'm also ordering a set in "natural"), which I found on Amazon:




The bumper cover, from Kee-Ka (I know, the picture reads "crib sheet", but there's a bumper cover with the same pattern):




The crib skirt, which I found at Carousel Designs. It's the only piece that isn't organic, but I figure Liam isn't going to be breathing into it, as he will the other things:



I'm also on the hunt for chocolate valances to go over the cream curtains (which will be tied in the middle with chocolate ribbon) that are already there. I found some that are perfect on Target.com (not available in the store, of course), but they want to charge me almost $16.00 for shipping and I just won't pay that.

Oh, and when Chris and I were at Babies R Us the other day, he found a cute monkey for the wall. Is that our theme, then, monkeys? :)

So, what do you think?
Kimberley

Whew!

Blog building is hard work-- at least if you're as indecisive as I am about appearance :) I've changed the poor thing's template and colours so many times its poor head is spinning, I'm sure. I know that *mine* is!

I want this blog to reflect the feeling of Tallulah House, which is frequently described as warm and happy by visitors. I'll probably keep on obsessing about the colours for a while, so don't be surprised if you see some changes. I'm also trying to get Chris, my PhotoShop wizard husband, to make a cool banner for the top of the blog. *hint, hint, honey*

In other, less-colour-obsessed news, I did my second veggie pickup on Wednesday and we are now awash in wonderful, fresh, organic vegetables! Last night I made roasted fingerling potatoes with garlic and onions, and a raw zucchini and squash salad. It was drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice, as well as sea salt and a bit of parmesan cheese. Delicious! All this bounty is from Riverview Farms, just outside of Atlanta. I joined their CSA (community supported agriculture) out of extreme guilt of the amount of fossil fuels that are used to ship food from all over the world. I'm making an effort to only eat things that are from within 100 miles of me (ala Barbara Kingsolver's new book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, or Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally) and I'm dragging Chris along with me :) I'd encourage everyone to give it a try!

Happy summer feasting!