Fave Finds Friday #6 and a mini-vacation

I'm basing today's Fave Finds Friday post on my upcoming vacation to Trout Creek, Montana.  

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I heard they're still enjoying summer-y weather in Trout Creek, which is much more than I can say for our three-week-long Seattle summer season.  { Yes, I am one of those disgruntled Seattlites who complains about the weather but is too lazy to pack up and move to a different climate. }

  Sun, warmth, cookouts, family and beautiful scenery equals perfection, if you ask me.  My mom, two boys, and I are leaving the man-of-the-house behind to fend for himself for the week.  For anyone feeling sorry for the guy...He'll be fine.  I'm sure of it.

As far as Fave Finds goes, I've been really into wall art and prints using creative wording, and found this awesome print from Etsy shop, Banda Prints:

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Here's a closer look of the Montana silhouette print,

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 I love how the cities are carefully placed and the font is just large enough to squeeze in among neighboring towns.  Banda Prints offers customization, too.  I know I'll want my hometown listed among the others on the map when I order my Washington State silhouette!

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I think these prints qualify as subway art.  Don't they?  And we all know how much I've been lovin' some subway art!

What's your favorite place to take a mini-vacation within a day's driving distance from your home?

Fave Finds Friday #5

"Me Time"

Although it is Saturday { nearly Sunday } I couldn't let the week go by without a Fave Finds Friday post.  I am in need of some serious Me time right now.  I probably admire single parents more than anyone in the world lately...between the middle of July and the middle of November each year I am a single parent, for the most part.  The man of the house is an outdoorsman to-the-extreme and spends every waking second he's not at work in the woods.  He even recently declared to love fishing, hunting and gathering as much as his own children.  "As much as"?  Really?!  This leaves me to fend for myself in the house with two cuh-razy young boys many months out of the year...

...Which brings me to today's Finds.  I'm craving Me time in a bad way.  And I think this li'l find will leave you searching for some Me time of your own.  Check out this beauty from Etsy shop Peg and Awl:

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 This simple but gorgeous tub caddy made out of reclaimed wood is just so perfect for relaxing after a rough day, journalling, soaking by candlelight, or whatever it is you do when you have Me time.  Do you like how I just assume you spend your Me time in the bathtub?  Just go with it.

Check out Peg and Awl for lots more beautifully handcrafted and elegant pieces for the home.

Fave Finds Friday #4

Today's FFF post is going to be short and sweet.  

Really it's like, the sweetest thing ever!  I wish I knew about these when my boys were babies.

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 Isn't this an excellent baby shower gift idea?  A 12 pack of baby onesies screen printed with "1 month" through "12 months".  The point is to take the baby's photo each month in the coordinating month's onesie.  This particular set from Culpeper General on Etsy.com is $75.

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So precious.  I'm 90% sure we're done having kids so...

Who's getting pregnant so I can gift one of these adorable sets?!

Fave Finds Friday #3

I really can't stop thinking about these all-over wall stencils I found at Cutting Edge Stencils on Etsy.  But we're renting.  So I have to stop thinking about them.  For now.

Until we finally buy a house of our own and I'm allowed to paint, I'll be dreaming about this every night:

And this one:

photos courtesy of Cutting Edge Stencils. 

Fave Finds Friday: make believe

Confession:  My kids are driving me nuts!

I've desperately been trying to come up with new and exciting ways to entertain my two lovely boys before I buy a one-way trip to somewhere warm.  And sandy.  With plenty of frosty, umbrella-clad drinks.  Ahhh, a girl can dream, right?

For the last, oh, year and a half I've been in the process of making one of those felt card table playhouses for the boys similar to this one.  I'm hoping to finish it before autumn sets in here in the Pacific Northwest and my boys start spending a lot more time indoors.  Which means I better get on it! 

To go along with the felt card table playhouse, I thought it'd be fun to have an entire trunk full of pretend-play costumes and clothes for my boys to use any way their little imaginations please.  Of course I searched Etsy first, and you'll see my awesome, fun finds below.  Click on the name of the item to go directly to it's shop.

knight's armor
dino tail

treasure map
incognito beard mask
felt chainsaw
reversible vests

viking hat
felt crowns
mailbag
felt baking set pattern

Fun, right?!  I'd totally rather my boys spend time make-believing and being imaginative than watching Sponge Bob reruns, and I think a pretend-play trunk will be just the thing to get those creative juices running!

Oh!  And while we're talking about make-believe, check out this awesome teepee I made for a customer recently:

I'm super proud of this one, and my kids are dying for a teepee of their own.  Spoiler Alert:  I'm scheduled to give one of these bad boys away to a lucky reader of one of my favorite blogs in September.  Keep checking back for the details.  I'll reveal where you can go to enter just as soon as it's official!

Fave Finds Friday

Sharing my favorite Etsy finds with you really makes me happy.  So I'm hoping to make Fave Finds Friday a regular installment here on the LilyBaby blog, and it would be awesome if I could ever figure out how to start a linkup party...someday, someday.  

The last few weeks, I've been searching out girly bracelets on Etsy.com and these are just a few of my favorites!

freshwater pearl bracelet- mixstone, $6.50
mixed bangle set, $9.75
cubic zirconia undulated bracelet- brooklyn arts, $52

vintage collage bracelet- lonkoosh, $59
estate style bracelet- lara lewis, $87

I have a ton of great jewelry finds to share with you; from casual & fun to dressy.  Stay tuned for a huge post on the jewelry I love the most!