UnDer tHE bIg Top

(black and white makes it look like it was taken over 50 years ago)

a little traveling circus came to the town we live in this past weekend and we took the long drive of 1/2 a mile to see the show!! i just finished reading "water for elephants" (i highly suggest this read) so i was very excited to go and take my boys . although no elephants were present, i felt like i stepped back in time under the striped tent.

love the original artwork

the WORLDS GREATEST SONS on earth

 the tent was so tattered and worn...the sun shined through all the holes and it looked like a million bright stars. it was magical being under the BIG TOP!!

the WORLDS GREATEST DAD on earth

nathan thinks going to circus is what we do now after church on sundays.

the face of these boys watching..we should do this every weekend!! 

the ring set up for the jungle cat show..roaaarrrr

the original picture just as our eyes saw it and the memories it left on our hearts

i must omit..i am really loving..well loving doesn't even begin to explain my giddiness..with the vintage circus look. i am currently collecting (cause i have to always be collecting something you know) vintage circus signs and searching high and low for old circus letters and other funky stuff to decorate the boys play room. the font, the style, the color's are so dramatic and i am OVER THE BIG TOP with the circus indeed!! 

me + circus = decorating madness

here are some ideas i found....

wooden signs

pillow ideas


blue or red...what do you think?



just makes me smile


i can even start dressing the part of the crazy circus momma!!


circus whimsy birds
can someone make this for me please:)




the play room is an add on to our house so we also have a brick wall similar to this one...the circus pictures and old signs look so cool against the brick!!



that's it folks..i am packing up and joining the circus. 

FEATURING the GREATEST show 
LOVE on EARTH


or this....