Music Mondays stereo hearts

I've started a tradition over here on the blog: Music Mondays

Each Monday I'd like to share with you a song that I enjoy.

It's a way for me to share what music I'm listening to and, if you have a song or artist you're interested in you can share with me, too!

You can join in with me if you'd like, it's quite fun :)

There are two ways to join me:

1.  Add a Music post to your blog and link back using the Music Monday button (on the right side of the blog)

2. or, just leave a comment here letting me know what music you've been listening to lately, I'd love to hear what's in your ears and get a conversation started about it.  Maybe the music you're listening to might be one of the next Music Monday features

Today I have Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine.  The first time I heard it I didn't super love it, then the more I listened to it the more I liked it.  Then, I watched the video.  If you haven't seen it yet, it's pretty cool.  If you're one of the 29 million people who've watched the video on youtube, sorry here it is again ;)  I like watching the shadows in the video, watch:

So, i'd love to hear what you're listening to these days.  it can be something popular, or something obscure..something reggae, country, pop...whatever floats your boat :) It's all about letting your taste in music be heard, and sharing it with others, whatever your tastes may be.  You can grab the button on the right side of the blog if you want to link up!  or, just leave me a comment and let me know what you're listening to this week :)
xo- Danielle

allow me to introduce myself:::

hello, i'm danielle!  i've had an etsy shop for over a year now and have been focusing more time here on my bloggity blog lately.  i'm glad you've stopped by, i love getting to know people and making new friends so introduce yourself to me and we can be besties :)

some random facts about me:::

• i've never eaten food from a food truck (it's on the bucket list)
• i don't like m&m's unless they're sporting some peanut butter inside (reeses pieces are my fave!)
• all my kids' middle names are artist names (my husband is an artist)
• i grew up with 3 older brothers and 3 younger brothers (ya think i was spoiled? nah! ;)
• i have an affinity for tonic fitness
• i'm married with three kids and want more kiddos soon!

i've loved making blogging more of a priority these last couple months.  i would love to be friends on twitter, and facebook, too...the links are at the top of my blog up there....if you want to follow along with me i'd love it :)
xo- Danielle

I'm Nesting

I'm not pregnant! but I am nesting!
I've had such an urge to get organized lately!
I guess it's not hard to understand when you see this:

 yep, this was calling to me saying "clean me up!".  this changing table has been used as a book shelf for the last 6 years and, frankly, it wasn't strong enough to hold all these books!  I found this fun storage idea on pinterest and went to an antique store looking for wooden crates for cheap:

Source: designsponge.com via Danielle on Pinterest

well, we found some cool wooden crates but they were $15-$20 each (and $11 at Joann's) I figured by the time I got enough crates it'd be about $100.  and then i spotted it!  a wonderful oak desk, with attached shelves above for storage.  it looked like it would have enough room to hold all of our kids books and the price tag was.....$60 SO excited! 

the girls are just lovin this new desk.  I don't know what it is, but for some reason i always dreamed about having a desk in my bedroom when i was a kid...is that just me??

Also, I've organized all my girls' tights (finally!)

we have SO MANY tights...but, i must say, they are mostly hand-me-downs.  i've only bought about 5 pairs of tights as a momma of 3 girls, but we have about 80 pairs as you can see.  I hung this handy shoe-holding device up in their bathroom and now they can see and find their tights a lot easier
ya know the saying "a place for everything, and every thing in it's place" well, that doesn't work unless you have a "place", right?!  I didn't get a "before" shot but this shoe closet was just a big, jumbled MESS

I originally had a shoe rack in our closet and all the rest of the shoes just piled up next to it

I bought these bins for each of the kids for like $2.99 they got to write their names on them

i bought this for my shoes, and i put my most often worn shoes on our ikea shoe rack

I don't know what got me so obsessed with getting organized...i even cleaned out our pantry..i guess it was all out of necessity, too much clutter driving me crazy!  have you done any organizing lately? what are your best organizing ideas? i'd love to hear from you :)
xo- Danielle

Music Mondays when I'm small

I want to share with you some music that I find interesting and exciting


there's just no way you can change the song when this comes on pandora.
"when i'm small" by phantogram

I am planning on sharing a cool video with you each week.
I would love to hear what songs you're listening to, too! let me know and maybe I'll feature one of your faves :)

xo-Danielle

Behind the Scenes

it's not all seriousness up in here when we have a photoshoot!  yesterday i posted the real, serious pictures- today we have their goofier side.  here's Sofia showing us her versatility in modeling:

Ingrid & her crack:

thank goodness for editing, haha!

the girls being girls:

& yes, this is the typical Ingrid that i know & love:

what? you want me to sit on the pumpkin? awkward!

want to see the headbands in the shop? click here
thanks for stopping by!
xo-Danielle

new fall inspiration headbands for kids

Autumn Orange & Yellow Headband for kids

trio of fall colors headband for kids

leaves are a-changing kids headband

sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy

we had a lot of rainy days with no sunshine last week and by a lot i mean like 5, but it felt like a month!  

i told jeremy i don't mind the rain, i'd just like it to be rainy above us and sunny in the western sky so that it lights up the whole valley....yeah, not too much to ask, right?  

Rain and sunshine at the same time is one of my very favorite things!

well, low and behold a few days later, while walking in the walmart parking lot the rain was pouring and the sky opened up in the west & we were blessed to have the whole place lit up. 

so beautiful! 

Lindsay (from aisle to aloha) told me they call it "liquid sunshine" in Hawaii....that's a perfect name!  It is like walking through wet sunlight. gah! i love it!

picture me walking thru the parking lot pushing Sofia in the cart whilst exclaiming "this is so beautiful! this is SOOOO beautiful!!" yeah, umm, got a few weird looks!

also, i didn't get a good picture :(

it's really much prettier in real life, and i took the pic about 2 minutes too late

and this happened:

at a restaurant we frequent (and by frequent i mean, it's like Norm going into Cheers when we walk in there) we had a pizza-sized cookie.  It's hard to tell from the pic but this thing had 6 large scoops of ice cream on top, and drizzled with chocolate and caramel.  the cookie is so hot and the ice cream melts allover it...it's the bees knees!  i'm drooling now just reminiscing of yesterday, thinking i may have to go back soon...it today tooo soon?

and i heard about this cool way to do hair from leonora at yellow heart art...she tweeted about this tutorial.. so I gave it a whirl, what could be more fun than a hair bow made of hair, right? :)

mine turned out a lot messier than the original, and my bobby pins won't stay in, and i think i need to put it higher on my head next time, but other than that, i love it...it's simple and cute.
added the mustache to distract from how crooked my bangs are in this photo! :/
well, i'm off to trim my bangs and sew... watch for some new headbands coming to my etsy shop later today!  a sneak peek:

oh, and aren't the children supes adorbs?!

hope your day is full of little things that make it great!!
xo-Danielle
linking up here with these lovelies:

enjoying a lazy day

over the weekend we were puppy-sitting my niece's little pup

Harli

isn't she super adorable?!

so we stayed outside most of the weekend 

because she isn't potty trained (is that what you call it if it's a dog??)

and we stayed in our jamjams and played with the doggy all day

#perfection

this photo is particularly sweet because Swede didn't dare come close to Harli at the beginning of the weekend, and she finally started to warm up to her by Sunday night

and Sofia's always been obsessed with puppies

before she could even talk she loved puppies

so, it was just a matter of making sure puppy was safe from 3 year old 

sofia

ingrid

swede

this pics are particularly sweet to me because the very next morning i fell in aerobics class (again) and twisted my ankle (again) and couldn't play "fly like superman" for a while. and the weather was so perfect that day! and it has been very cold since then...here's hoping for a warmish autumn!  What has your weather been like?  soak the sun in for me if you have any, k? xo- Danielle 

sonic-sit in your car and eat, and don't get fat

Jeremy called me around lunch time...do you want to go to Sonic for lunch during happy hour?
Sure, I rode the dreaded exercise bike, burned 100 calories i can justify a 900 calorie lunch, right?
but, i really can't pass up a route 44 diet dr. pepper with a shot of cherry for $1, right?
and their value menu double cheese burgers are to die for
so, i picked up Jeremy and his dad Larry from work...(they both are artists and they share a studio)
turned the Pandora station to Neil Diamond
(i don't think Larry would appreciate some Katy Perry or Nikki Minaj ;)
and we headed to Sonic.

We each ate a double cheeseburger
we talked about how if you ate this, and nothing else for one year- you'd probably actually LOSE weight
we talked about how if you ate this, and nothing else for one year- your grocery bill would be $700/yr.
we talked about how the lady in the drive-thru is really unhealthy for smoking cigarettes
we listened to Neil Diamond

i turned the ignition to leave...
jeremy says something to the effect of 'I'm still hungry'
larry says something to the effect of 'we really didn't each much food, did we?'
and they proceeded to order (or rather, make me order for them) 2 breakfast burritos
the end

a post of pictures

i just wanted to share with you some of the beauty i see each day...this is the view from my front yard, no photoshopping, just straight to you from my camera:

aren't those beautiful?? :)   and, here are a few shots jeremy took when we went on our trip to idaho last week:

isn't this world just a wonderful beautiful place?!

xo-Danielle

Zombie's Favorite Headband

so, i made up a cute little halloween headband..and the funnest part was dressing up to take photos of it

i know you  probably think i'm insane,  but it was a lot of fun.  ingrid (my 5 year old) was my photographer and i got to run around scaring sweden and sofia, haha. 

if you're interested, you can find it on etsy here :)
also, enjoy a coupon code so you can get your zombie headband at a discount! use code: ZOMBIE @checkout for 20% off now thru friday :)
xo- Danielle