You may have heard of Faire Houre clocks before, Jenilyn and her amazing creations have been featured all over the web. But if you haven't then here is your introduction! Each one of her unique creations is one of a kind, or limited edition. All are made by hand. Her designs range from simple and timeless to modern and whimsical.

These clocks will keep you watching the clock, just because it is so darned pretty!
And keep in mind that you still have time to order for the holidays! All orders placed before the 17th will make it by the 22nd~

Being the fabulously generous person she is, Jenilyn wanted to share one her clocks with all of us. This whimsical peacock clock will be going home to one lucky commenter who will be chosen at random!

To enter simply leave a comment on this post before 8pm pacific time on Thursday, December 17.

Thanks so much Jenilyn!

And keep your eyes peeled for other exciting changes to our blog in the next day or two~

Howdy Partners! We had a wonderful weekend over here at Casa Fun Lane. Friday night was a blast, we all shared memories (and made a ton of new ones too!) as we laughed over eggnog and appetizers at my parent's house pre-Nutcracker.

Here was my sister (far left), me and Rebecca all bundled up and ready to hit the road in record setting cold weather. We were actually late on account of all our monkeying around, but enjoyed the performance even though we were forced to abandon our floor seats for the second balcony until intermission.

Although she wasn't able to attend the performance Wren wasn't going to miss the party (And some cuddles from Grandma!).

Today I had dreams of uploading several blog posts, but could only squeeze this one in because Wren had a buddy over. For the first time EVER I was outnumbered by babies! Thankfully there weren't any tears, only lots of tiny smiles and laughs and my wits are still fully in tact.

But stay tuned tomorrow for a very exciting giveaway!!

This morning I had the luxury of enjoying a calming facial and a relaxing massage and I am about to get ready for a ladies night on the town with non other than the fabulous Rebecca as well as my Mom, Sister, Aunt and few others. We are headed to the Nutcracker Ballet tonight, but I will definitely thinking of Sean and Wren while I am out. Mainly because Wren has been battling a minor cold since yesterday (her first one!). But not only will I be thinking of her, but wearing her as well thank to the lovely Miss Lisa Leonard!


This necklace describes my little bird perfectly! She will not be caged in by anyone or anything and flutters around the whole house non-stop.

Thank you so much for such a special gift Lisa!!
(this post is wayyyyy over due)

I FINALLY have some new WhiteBerry Reinvented items to share! I know it feels like it has been forever, but I had to squeeze a few new things in between a dining set and another nursery dresser in the last week. It has been way too long, that is for sure! I always have so much fun working on client pieces, but I really feel like I can be creative and try new things when I do my own pieces.

This antique French Provincial dresser was originally decked out with plastic hummingbird knobs, and a sketchy refinishing job. It is the perfect height for a night stand, end table or my favorite a TV console.

And if you live within Canada this piece is within the size and weight limitations to ship!

The Before:


Now it feels fresh and light.

Ta-ta friends!

I want to thank you all again for all your suggestions for the bedroom! I have pulled a few things together and WOW! You were definitely right about the nightstands~

Before we get down to Masterbedroom business, I want to share a picture of Wren's future comforter that I mentioned last week. I got a lot of emails and comments asking about it thanks to the incredible sale price of $20, so here she is:


Cute, huh? I like that it has a masculine vibe to it so it will contrast well with a couple flowery pillows and the rest of Wren's room. Now it has to sit in the closet for little while longer until she is ready to move to her big girl bed someday.

As for the bedroom, I shuffled this mirror and dresser into place in an effort to balance out the window issue. We are adding a window in the kitchen when our reno happens so I am going to ask the contractor about adding one in here too eventually, but for now this makes a HUGE improvement! (yet again, all thanks to you!)


Now that it is done and in place I LOVE this dresser, but the day I picked it up we were worst enemies. I saw it pop up as I was browsing craigslist for only $15! When I called about it I knew that at that price it wouldn't last long so I said I would pick it up right away. It was halfway across town, and I never pick up anything without Sean and his truck but in this situation I thought my SUV would be fine. When I got there the owner and his son did all the heavy lifting but would not really shove it in the cargo area far enough. They were convinced that they would snag the carpet or something so they just half closed the trunk and used one of those bungee cords with hooks to hold the trunk down.

All was going well until I was about to merge onto the freeway when suddenly the trunk flies up, while I'm driving!!! My heart just about jumped out of my chest. So I pull over, at rush hour, on Friday to figure out what to do. When I get back there I see the cord is still attached, it just stretched or something so I go to unhook it when it snaps back and the hook slices my thumb open from the nail down to the knuckle. Great, now there is blood gushing all over this thing and my car and I am scrambling to get going again. The only thing I had on hand to wrap my thumb with is one of Wren's diaper wipes, which is stinging the hell out of me due to the fragrance and alcohol....

Finally someway, somehow I tie it all up and make it home. I refused to even look at the darn thing for a month I was so mad at it. But here we are 3 months later and I think we are close to being back on speaking terms again.

Now I am looking for some window coverings and a rug, but I think we are in the home stretch!

I have another exciting addition (a fabulous antique loveseat I am having slipcovered) that will go against the wall opposite the bed and then I think we will be done!

Today it is a real holiday snow storm! We had a wonderful time in Calgary, but are happy to be back home and not on the road on a day like today. But it sure does make it feel like a white Christmas, and "since we've no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow"~

We did some holiday decorating last night and actually did the tree, but you will have to wait until I finish all the garland to see it (sorry if it feels like I am teasing you!).

In the rest of the house we like to use our favorite colors (white, silver, turquoise and blue) to make it feel more festive.

Here is the coffee table in the family room, with a little extra sparkle from a reindeer I glittered a few years ago as well as some vintage ornaments piled in milk glass compotes.


The mantle is always my favorite place to decorate! So much space and levels to add holiday cheer to.

I am SOOOO thankful that I followed an inkling I had 3 years back to buy 1 extra glitter glass stocking holder. They are by the wonderful artist Wendy Addison (link to her theater of dreams on the left in my blog roll) and as all her pieces are, they were limited editions so I worried that I would not be able to track down another in the future (Wren's DREAM garland is also one of her creations). I finally brought it out of it's box so it hasn't aged to silver like Sean and mine's have, and I love how it stands out for her first year hanging a stocking.

To make sure Santa knows whos stocking is whos we used these little glittered monogram Pottery Barn ornaments on our stockings instead of the tree.

The garlands on the mantle are my favorite addition this year because I had so much fun making them with Rebecca and her sister Jessica. To make them simply attach different ribbons together with hot glue in any colors you like!

These paper mache letters were only $2 each at Michael's and with a little glitter they can make any room more festive with any word you like!

These feather wreaths are all over and usually at really great prices! I scooped up a few last year for only $5 each after the holidays and have them around the house.

I just love how fluffy it looks at night with the lights focused on it!

Now if you'll excuse me, Wren and I are off to wrap a few presents to put under the tree!

Oh 12 foot Christmas Tree, where art thou?! We made a trip to Home Depot with our little elf yesterday to get some supplies to get our holidays going (our outdoor lights are finally all up and working!). Since we are kind of old school, we use the big old light bulbs outside and apparently those are pretty much impossible to find if you have to replace any.... but mission accomplished!
We REALLLLY wanted a big 12 footer but when we saw how wide the trees we had to select from were there was not a chance that anything bigger than 9 feet would work. We need to find a big tall, narrow tree if anything bigger is going than this is going to work.

We have it inside and ready to be decorated, but that is going to have to wait until Thursday night or perhaps even the weekend because we are taking a little 2 day holiday to Calgary. We plan on doing some holiday shopping, swimming at the hotel and just enjoying some general rest and relaxation.

So until then, au revoir!

Happy Monday! We are finally getting our white Christmas as it is snowing today! To celebrate we are going Christmas tree hunting tonight. Last year we had a 10 foot tree, but we are going to try and track down a 12 footer so wish us luck in our hunt~

And for those who wanted to see some of my new Anthro clothes here are Wren and I hanging out this afternoon, me modelling the squeezebox hoodie and Wren rocking some Juicy baby. Very warm and cozy, and the price is pretty awesome too!


Hopefully we will be back tomorrow with some pictures of a tree!

Ta ta for now~

It is officially starting to feel a little like the Holidays here! We have mainly been getting rain, but of course it freezes at night so it has been very icy. No real snow yet... but today we made a trek in our wagon to the grocery store and Wren's red cheekies and nose really brought a little holiday spirit home.

There are a couple new additions to the master bedroom, although there is still a lot of details to finish up. But I'd thought I would give you a sneak peak!

Yesterday my sister and I stumbled across an incredible sale going on at Urban Outfitters, an extra 50% off sale home decor! This pillow was the perfect color and shape, and was only $10! I also got an adorable duvet quilt that is made of various blue men's dress shirts for Wren's future big girl bed, marked down from $260 to $20! If you are near a store definitely make a trip.


The other addition has been the transformation of this dresser:

We went with a cool white/grey, but when I distressed it I discovered that it was once painted turquoise when it started to show through the edges. I absolutley love the much blogged about Brockhampton handles from Anthropologie and as soon as this dresser was finished I thought they would be perfect! Kinda pricey, but I lucked out when the two top handles rang up at $7.95 instead of $22.

Of course I had to leave with a few new outfits as well, which is why it is WAYYY too dangerous for me to buy most of my hardware there...

Now I just have to put it in place and move a couple other things around (somehow that sounds much easier than I know it will be...)

Have a great weekend!

Our little bird is still a baby, but she is sure starting to feel more and more like a big girl. One thing our baby LOVES is books! She will sit and read books for 20 or 30 minutes at a time, and is starting to build quite a collection. The toys are also starting to accumulate, although not an insane amount. Just enough to require some storage, so I have been on the lookout for a book case and toy chest to start transitioning Wren's nursery into a little girl's room.

About a year ago I saw this cabinet at my favorite antique store, Chickie's. The price tag read $1100, which I thought was quite reasonable for a hand painted, unique, antique cabinet. A few months later the tag read "SALE:$750". Then back in October Rebecca and I hit the antique mall and low and behold there is was again!! This time it was $450. Tempting though it was I just couldn't think of a spot for it. Last week my sister and I made a quick stop at the mall on the hunt for a special christmas gift when I spy it's new tag and the jaw dropping price of $140!!! Even though it is not a bookshelf, nor a toy chest we will make it work.

The bottom drawer currently houses all her toys and the upper cabinet will be fitted with shelves for her books.



Remember my broken mirror? I thought it would tie together the gold details on the armoire with the rest of the room if it hung over her chair. We put one of the dove cutouts I made inside to add a little color.

Does anyone know how to get better colors in their pictures when they have direct natural light? I have been trying everything to solve that one with no luck yet...

The blankie on the chair was actually made by my great grandma for me when I was a baby, isn't it amazing how it looks like it was made for her room?

Happy shopping on this Holiday Friday, we hope you scored some rock bottom deals too!

Sorry Guys! I know things have been pretty boring around here this last week. I have some fun and exciting changes to the blog that will soon be unveiled as well as a few holiday projects I know you will love. I already know what you're thinking "yeah, yeah! We'll believe it when we see it!". Well, I guess the proof will be in the pudding, huh?

Speaking of food, I know many of you will be enjoying a yummy home-cooked feast tomorrow (No, I'm not jealous at all...). We had already celebrated our Thanksgiving back in October so no cranberry sauce and turkey over here. But I will be thinking of you and hoping you are travelling safe and enjoying some quality family time! So eat, drink and be merry, and if you have any pumpkin pie laying around afterwards feel free to air mail it up here!