Well, you know how loud it is in the home of toddlers.

And how sometimes, for no apparent reason, and in a matter of seconds, it can go eerily quiet?

You’re cooking dinner, and someone has to go potty.  You think to yourself, “I’m so proud of her…all potty trained and grown up.  She’s…

Wait a minute.  I don’t hear her.”

Complete quiet in a house of toddlers is never a good thing.

I’m so thrilled to introduce one of our perfectly imperfect contributors to you!

Meet Sarah from dodeline + design:

“Hello Perfectly Imperfect readers!  My name is Sarah Reed and I am so lucky to be one of the new contributors on this amazing blog.  I am the designer / entrepreneur behind dodeline design a graphic design studio & stationery company in my hometown of Charleston, SC, so Shaunna and I are partnering to offer you fun, free printables every month.  Hope you enjoy them and can’t wait to meet you all!”

Isn’t she adorable?!?

Sarah is one cool, talented chick.

I could not wait to get started & the month of love totally inspired me.

You see, somewhere in the cotton fields of Arkansas some 40 or 50 years ago, my granddad began teaching my father a lot of lessons.

One, though, stuck with him & he passed that legacy on to my brother and I.  It remains a personal motto of mine–and now of our family.

I asked Sarah if she would design a printable to help me remember & one we could share with you guys.

Isn’t that brilliant?!?  ”Love people first…ask questions later.”

Bill Wheeler was one smart man.  My dad was for listening.

That one little phrase would solve most of the world’s problems.  It solves quite a bit of mine.

I honestly can’t thank Sarah enough for designing something so simple & striking…and now I’m able to look at it everyday and think about the men who came before me.

Men who want to make the world a better place.

And because it’s Valentine’s Day & you guys help me love like this…you can download it for free!  If you’d like something a little more year round, Sarah’s got that covered too…

Head to our new downloads page to save your printable PDFs.  -Love Printable Pink -Love Printable Green

Feel free to Pin our printable to help spread the word & join me in welcoming Sarah to perfectly imperfect.  You’ll be meeting more contributors soon!

2.  I STILL haven’t taken all of my Christmas mantel down.

3.  I have a party here tomorrow night, and today will be filled with much scrambling and straightening.

4.  Maybe I’ll use it as an excuse to paint my hutch.

5.  I’m not lazy lately.  I’m just so focused on my health: eating all organic, counting my ounces of water, and lots of intense workouts…I almost have no other energy to do anything else.

6.  It will be worth it.

7.  I’m a perpetual list maker.  I love lists.

8.  It’s about time to take the all-organic, no processed business up with the rest of my family.  At least in moderation.

9.  Matt may move out.

10.  Ha! That doesn’t even feel funny to joke about.

11.  Ava broke the Barbie doll Gray gave her for Christmas this morning.  Like, snapped both legs off-broke it.  Grayson was way more upset than she was.

12.  I bought “Books Make a Home” last weekend.  A book about books is my cup of tea.

13.  Speaking of tea, I’m still digging a cup of organic Earl Grey in the afternoon.

14.  That makes me feel like I’m fancy.

15.  Did you ever hear that song by Reba?  Fancy???  Loved it when I was little girl…little did I know the plot is a little scandalous.

16.  Instead of singing Adele today, I might just sing Fancy.

17.  It was Matt’s birthday this last weekend.  One of our friends, Parks, says he’s sending him a gold-glittered unitard.

18.  I so wish he would.

19.  I’m turning the big 3-0 next week.  Yep.

20.  I might break off the all-organic to have a piece of birthday cake.

21.  White birthday cake is my favorite.  Favorite anything.  I’m convinced there will be white birthday cake in heaven.

22.  I should probably move the 7 foot trampoline out of the house for tomorrow night.  I kinda don’t feel like it, though.

23.  I’m working on some new blog projects & I’m just DYING to share it all with you.  Very soon, I hope.

24.  I seriously do think I have carpel tunnel from using the computer so very much.  Sometimes I’ll work a 10 hour day and get several posts written at once…beware of this.  Carpel tunnel waits on the other side.

25.  I couldn’t be more excited about Friday’s post.

Okay, let’s see some random-ness from you guys!! If you’ve written a 25 things post, link it on up!  If not, don’t fret–go write some random write now.  I can’t wait to get to know you guys a little better!

It is a funny thing writing about your home.

About anything, really.

When you write about something, sometimes people think you’re writing about perfection.

You talk about organizing, so you’re never supposed to have dirty dishes in the sink.

You write about fashion, so you’re never supposed to wear sweatpants.

You write about your home, so you never supposed to make messes.

But that’s the beauty of this blog–it’s me. It’s real life, and life is messy.

And this?

This is what my living room looks like most days.

There are tents, couch turned trampolines, and piles of stuff everywhere.

It drives me quite crazy, especially if I spent the previous day putting away, folding, and scrubbing.

But I love this house.

We love this house.

I think it shows.

Yesterday I share with you a bit of my story with Matt.

And how I would recreate the Valentine’s Day we shared a decade ago.

It was eventually filled with 365 memories/reasons why I’m still crazy about him.  Some are super sweet.

Most are pretty funny.

You know my everlasting addiction to paint, right?

When I found the new Chip It tool by Sherwin Williams, I could hardly wait to show it to you!

It’s a Pinterest based idea of sorts–you add a Chip It! button to your bookmarks, and BAM.

Chip any photo you come across in the www.

I am hopelessly in love.

Sherwin Williams paints are some of my favorites (I love their ProClassic line), and I absolutely love working with my local store…so this extension is pretty fabulous.

I’m noticing the tool mostly picks up base colors in the palette, but if a pop of color is prominent, it will chip that too.

I could spend days & days doing this–plus, like so many great sites out there, it’s going to chip away (get it?!?) at the paint color selecting.

I just had to try a room from my friend, Kate’s, house.

All of your Chip It’s will be saved at the site, like you see right here.  You can create boards & your image source will be saved, too.  (P.S. that’s where you can find all of my images sources, too–there and on Pinterest.)

Pretty spectacular, right?

Give it a try–my bet is you’ll be completely addicted.

Speaking of spectacular addictions, the Cottage Coastal giveaway winner is #106, Jennyroo, who said, “What a gorgeous website! I love the Sugarboo designs so much, especially the Pink elephant and the ‘My Heart Has Become a Flower’. Just amazing…. thanks for sharing!”

Congratulations, Jenny!  Email me at shaunna@harristire.com to claim your Sugarboo pillow!!

Hope you guys have an exceptional weekend–feel free to chip and pin your hearts away.