I'm an IKEA fan!!

A few weeks back, two friends and I drove down to Utah for the sole purpose of shopping at IKEA. We drove four hours - shopped at IKEA for five - stopped for some dinner - drove home. It was AWESOME on so many different levels. First, the company was great. Second, a whole day without kids was divine. Thirdly, we all made some exciting purchases. (Just between you and I, we spent over a thousand dollars combined. In my world, that's a ton of MONEY!!) It's so fun to have friends who have money to spend. I spent twenty dollars over my $60 limit and my husband was "disappointed in me." (It wasn't pretty.) We bought so much stuff that we had to have four IKEA employees help us load the van. We filled that thing to the BRIM. At one point, we were going to drive home with the back door tied down with twine - through a rain storm. But we were blessed with inspiration and got it to fit. I wish I had taken a picture. It was truly inspiring.

Here are my purchases installed:

These two night lights for the girls room are absolutely adorable in my opinion. I love them. The green cords attached to the wall in the shape of the stem and leaves - so cute. I really like how they turned out. Although, Cadence refuses to turn on the white one. She likes pink - not white.

Here's my next project. I decided to create an area where I can display Cadence's artwork without just taping it to the wall or attaching it to the fridge. Here's what I came up with. They are magnetic-type towel racks. It's on the wall in our kitchen. I think it turned out very well. Three cheers for IKEA!!!