Well, I was at the hardware store the other day (made it there while the parents-in-law were in town helping with baby) purchasing some paint to complete my drapery project when I spotted some decorative brass furniture corners. I'd been trying to think of a way to dress up the cheap white IKEA Lack side tables that I'm using in the guest room as night stands. This seemed to be the perfect... Read more
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I posteda couple weeks ago about the narrow planting bed along our front walkway and my ideas for plant selections in that space. Well, a trip to the nursery, some consultation with some experts and then a bit of elbow grease by moi and my father in law, and the horsetail reeds are in along with some heuchera (the bronze low growing lacy stuff in the front) and ajuga (Also bronze) and some icy... Read more
A while back I bought an immersion blender for Scott, king of the kitchen gadgets. The blender sat in the kitchen cabinet for several months until recently when I started getting CSA deliveries with various fall veggies such as squashes, potatoes, carrots and celery. In previous years, I'd made a few blended soups, always resulting in a big mess with the blender, pots and pans and a lot of... Read more
Thanks to Erika from Small Shop for her awesome gift guide for the hostess with the mostest. I'm definitely inspired to do a little entertaining:Hello nesters! It's Erika from small shop, happy to be filling in for new mommy Jess. I've been having a ball creating these little gift guides, so it was a piece of cake to create one for all of the holiday hostesses in our lives! Cheers to them, they... Read more
Here is Bryan's birth announcement that Cindy from Lucky 8 Letterpress helped me out with. She did a great job creating a simple in-budget design highlighting our little one with a nod to the year of the rabbit. Read more
Bryan testing out his Baby Belle carrier. Read more
Christmas time has arrived in the Davis household! I took some cues from Emily Henderson'sshow and hopped on down to the flower district for some fresh Eucalyptus to use as garland. It doesn't shed like normal garland and I was able to decorate the mantle, stair, and table for a grand total of five bucks! Of course, now it's starting to dry out so we will see how it looks as that happens.... Read more
Sorry to do two sponsor posts in a row, but I just had to share these photos with you. Our newest sponsor is talented photographer Robert Vega. He did a great job shooting my baby shower so I had him back to take some photos of our new little family unit and some shots of the nursery. I'm not yet revealing the nursery pics, but here are some of the ones he did of us and Bry-man. Read more
A guest post from our new sponsor and long time friend from my college a cappella group (think the Sing-Off), Cindy Lin:Hi Eagle's Nest readers!I'm Cynthia Lin, of LUCKY 8 LETTERPRESS, and I'm jumping in today to guest-post a little Q&A about letterpress printing. I invite you to check out the Lucky8 Etsy shop - use coupon code "EAGLESNEST" and get free US shipping through the end of the year!Q:... Read more
Moving to LA has made me appreciate a good burger. Burgers seem to be ubiquitous with the land of sunshine and automobiles. LA is home to In-N-Out, Tommy's, Father's Office, Umami Burger, the Bucket, and Oinkster to name just a few of the low and high brow options that abound in our city. McDonald's, the chain who really brought the burger to the rest of the world, has stiff competition in the... Read more