Hi everyone! Life here in the Purple Lemon household is a little hectic now with the Purple Lemon Baby’s arrival, but it is also very fabulous at the same time. I can’t get enough of placing my girl on my shoulder as she sleeps. So sweet!

I told you all that I would share her nursery with you, and today is the day! Here are a few shots of the Purple Lemon nursery:

Come on in!

We spend lots of time in this chair.

PL baby is so small, she hasn't slept in this crib much yet, but she will!

We are so lucky to have sweet friends that gave us this baby bed. Thanks so much Frank and Amy!

Here is a close up of these fabulous handcut butterflies...

These butterflies are from hipandclavicle on Etsy…Check out her fabulous paper cuts!

Our dresser and hutch where all of our treasures are displayed...

Another sweet friend made this super cute banner for PL baby at the baby shower. We just had to display it in the nursery. Thanks so much Sheri!

So that is it! I hope you enjoyed the tour :)

I hope you are all doing well you lovelies. I am really excited to reveal a new feature of my website. I am really excited to announce that you can now suggest a stamp or a stationery design through my site! Eek!

I have been so fortunate to have wonderful people contact me through Facebook, twitter and email, so I decided to give them all one place to suggest some great ideas through my website. If you suggest and idea and it is a good fit for the Purple Lemon Designs shop, you will get that item customized just for you, once it is created and listed in the PLD shop…How cool is that?

So please, let’s hear your ideas! Visit the Suggestion page now!

So, I mentioned a little while ago, that I had some big news that was keeping me away from my regular blogging. I think it is time that I share that big news…My husband and I are expecting our first child!

We are very excited to be embarking on this new, scary and thrilling adventure. I am 15 weeks into my pregnancy and everything is going well so far. Little baby Rinehart should be making his or her way into the world sometime towards the end of January.

Me at 15 weeks

I am so sorry I have been a absent from the blog for a few months, but I have been dealing with the exhaustion of the first trimester. Unfortunately my “real job” of being the Corinth, MS Main Street Director can’t be put on hold and is in full swing. I just put on my biggest festival of the year, the Slugburger Festival, and I can tell you it has been kicking my butt! It is hard for me {a very over-scheduled and active person} to realize that I have to take it a little slower. It has been all I can do to keep up with Main Street, my PLD shop and my housewife duties, so unfortunately, my little bloggity has suffered as a result.

Now that I have entered the second trimester, my energy is slowly coming back. Because the busiest part of my job with Main Street will be coming up with three big events back to back throughout October, November and December, I have already started planning what I want my little one’s nursery to look like. I will be sharing lots of decorating projects over the next few months. Once we find out in a few weeks if we are having a little boy or girl, I will be in full speed ahead planning mode!

You will be seeing more of me on a regular basis, I promise…I will be posting weekly now that I have gotten back on track.

I am so glad to be back with all of you!

I know, I know, I have been a very bad blogger…I am so sorry my lovely lemonheads! I promise very soon you will find out what I have been working on that is taking up so much of my time…but for now you just have to shine on a little bit longer.

Summer: Chairs on Beach by bertvthul

So what can I do to make the time go by a little faster? How about a giveaway? I want to know what is your favorite activity for summertime fun. Just leave me a little comment below and let me know how you pass those super-hot dog days of summer.

So what can you win??

You can win a small custom rubber stamp from my shop…Any small stamp! You could win an address stamp like this classic favorite:

Round Address Stamp by Purple Lemon Designs

a book stamp like this fun stamp:

Book Stamp by Purple Lemon Designs

or even a stamp to mark your handmade goods:

"Handmade by" Customized Stamp by Purple Lemon Designs

You can get an extra entry by tweeting about the giveaway on Twitter. **

You can also post about the giveaway on Facebook. **

Lastly, you can blog about the giveaway. **

**You must come back to this post and leave a comment about your post or tweet.

The giveaway ends next Thursday, July 1st at 5pm CDT. has ended. I will post the winner on Friday.

Thanks for your patience lemonheads…You are all fabulous! Stay cool…

This week, I have been thinking about cheese…Alot. It all started with a post from a friend of mine on Facebook that said, “Is it weird that I have six kinds of cheese in my refrigerator?” I, of course, said absolutely not!

Cheese by jtuason, on Flickr

I have a long love affair with cheese of all kinds. I think I could eat cheese 7 days a week if my digestive system would cooperate. It ranks up there with pork BBQ as one of my incessant loves {more on BBQ at a later date}.

cheese plate by sobodda, on Flickr

Cheese of all textures and flavors is as delightful to me as a cool dip in the pool on a hot day. A perfect release. Me and cheese are snakes {in my vernacular that means we are as tight as peas and carrots}.

Mesa Pizza! by .Bala, on Flickr

I love cheese on lasagna, topping a delicious pizza, paired with crackers, mixed in pasta, served with fruit or just cheese by itself. I love all types of cheese from a tangy sharp cheddar to a lovely Brie to the soft goodness of Feta. Yuuu-mmm.

I know this post is a little out of left field, but it could have something to do with the cup of Mac and cheese I just scarfed down. Just maybe :)

Have a happy cheesy weekend!

Hello lovely lemonheads! I wanted to let you know of a little change that you will be seeing if you are a blog subscriber via email.

I have changed to MailChimp, {which also houses my newsletter list} so your blog posts will show up much prettier now :) It is also easier for me on the administrative end, so it is a good thing for everybody. Enjoy the change!

If you would like to sign up for the blog via email, you can visit this page.

A newsletter will be coming out soon, so sign up for that too while you are at it. ;-)

Before I go any further, if you are a man, you might want to stop reading. This post is really for the women in the house. No man bashing, just women empowerment. :)

Old Rustic Building via demjan on stock.xchng

So, over on ScoutieGirl today, Tara has posted a new edition of her “Kick the Door Down” series. It is about how you label yourself. This is puzzling me. How do I label myself?

I think I have many labels; I just can’t commit to one. I am a designer for one. I am also an entrepreneur. One important one that I think many of us gals forget is woman.

This is a biggie, because no matter how far the movement for women’s rights has come, there is still a mountain that we have to climb as women, especially women in business. When I am at my city’s Rotary Club meeting each week, I look around and see very few women. While it is a feat that women were admitted to join Rotary and other civic clubs like it, women still have a long way to go. It seems as a woman, I always have to prove that I am smart and that I can do things as well as a man. I don’t think men have to prove this on a daily basis.

Now, don’t get the idea that this is a pity party, by any means. What I am saying is that to be a woman in the business world makes us better because we have an uphill battle. Yes, I just said it – better.

World is Mine by lusi on stock.xchng

Being women, we probably already juggle making a household work, maybe a child or two or more, an aging parent, plus a few other curve balls that life throws our way. So, to run a business is a piece of cake! We know what it takes for us to get the job done and done well.

So I say, be proud and label yourself a woman first. {LOUD BANG IN THE FOREGROUND}. That was me kicking a door down. :)

Now, how do you label yourself?

On this fine Friday morning, I would like to thank everyone that purchased from my shop in the month of March. You helped raise $133 for The Parker Reese Foundation, which helps raise awareness for the congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Thank You Card - Purple Lemon Designs

Thank you so much for helping these sweet babies that come into the world stricken with this birth defect. You guys rock!

Also on a side note…Happy Birthday Dad!

The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Matthew 28: 5 & 6

Easter Eggs 1 by Lilyfield FCRs

Put yourself in Mary Magdalene and Mary’s place…They are walking early in the morning when the dew is still wet, heartbroken over what they have seen earlier in the week, the crucifixion of their Lord Jesus Christ. Even if they weren’t at the tomb yet, they probably felt the “violent earthquake” that the Bible speaks of…Then, they arrive at his tomb, and the stone at the entrance of the cave has been moved. Talk about confusion! Next, much to their surprise, they see an angel of the Lord whose appearance “was like lightning.” Take a second to marvel over that…That must have been fantastic to see!

On top of all that, the angel tells them that the man they saw crucified just a couple of days before was no longer in the tomb, but had risen…What a feeling of praise, confusion and surprise must have been running through their minds!

Today is such as special day for me as a Christian.I hope that you all have a wonderful day celebrating the greatest miracle of all, the death and rising of my Lord Jesus Christ. Praise his name!

Hello all you lovely lemonheads. I want to wish you all a lovely Christmas and a happy New Year. It has been crazy busy with my little Purple Lemon, so I am going to take a break until the New Year. I am just at the bottom of my creative barrel. Hopefully, I will be getting some rest over the next few weeks, so I can come back with some great “New House” projects that I hope to tackle and some new DIY wedding ideas, among other things.

I wanted to leave you with a shot of the new house.

My Humble Abode

See you in the New Year!