Sunday, January 29, 2012

2012 Cubicle Makeover (Doris Day Meets India)

Time to brighten up the office.  
I'm obsessed with the decor found in Doris Day movies
and I'm in love with Eastern philosophy.
Here's what happens when they collide...

Because I can't paint the walls, fabric is a must!
Found some soothing shimmering green fabric 
and threw it up on the walls.


For some color, I grabbed a 3D frame and
hot glued some silver tiles to the background,
threw in a vase and flowers.
(I'm thinking about changing the vase to black...might look better.)


Inspiration quotes are a must.
Charlotte's Web is one of the best books I've ever read.
"She knew from experience that if she waited long enough 
a fly would come to her web;
and she felt for sure that if she thought long enough about Wilbur's problem,
an idea would come to her mind."
(E.B. White is amazing!)


The Eastern conception of reality is absolutely beautiful.
Keep this on the wall to remind me of it.
"Imagine a multidimensional spider's web 
in the early morning covered with dew drops.
And every dew drop contains the reflection 
of all the other dew drops.
And in each reflected dew drop,
the reflections of all the other dew drops in that reflection.
And so ad infinitum."


Converted this old bird cage into a lamp.
Picked up a light fixture from IKEA
and hot glued some flowers on it.


Cover some Styrofoam balls with fabric
and decorated with some gems.


A hot glue gun and some gems can make anything fancy schmancy.
Grabbed this old candelabra and glued gems to it frame, 
and then threw on some jewelry.


Ode to India...


Ahhh...breathing space!

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Glam It Up...

This season it's all about the glam, so I'm glamming it up!




So easy, you guys.  First, visit your local Goodwill store.  
There are so many great finds there for seriously like $1 to $5!


This candelabra was $1.99.  I sprayed it with white spray paint...


Then added my favorite jewels and gorgeous candles!
(Find fun gems in your craft store in the jewelry section.)


Not only am I loving the sparkle this season, 
I'm loving feathers and peacock colors, so I combined them into one.
  • 1.  Vase, hot-glued gems onto vase
  • 2.  Feathers, hot-glued feathers onto plastic chop sticks and added jewels.
  • 3.  Bird Perch, hot-glued jewels onto a big metal straw
  • 4.  Bird, found at local craft store


With a hot glue gun and gems, there's not much you can't glam up.
These over-sized wine glasses are too much fun!


Sunday, January 2, 2011

As Gorgeous on the Inside as the Outside!

Fairytale Lighting 
Of My Own!
Finally got around to personalizing my gorgeous armoire that my sister gave me this summer, and absolutely loving it!  Found myself a brilliant lil' handyman who jimmy-rigged my cute little chandelier inside.  

Chandelier Armoire
Threw in some books, suitcases, flowers, a frame, and a cat...and Tahdah...

Decorated Armoire
Now the inside matches the outside...awe.

Fancy Schmancy Armoire



Sunday, October 24, 2010

Bridal Shower

This weekend we celebrated my soon-to-be sister-in-law's bridal shower.  I was lucky enough to help in the preparations, so I got online and grabbed a little inspiration...

Source:  Apartment Therapy
The bride-to-be has chosen a coral color palette, so we tweaked it a little bit...and Voila!  Here's a snapshot of the dessert table.  There's more to come later this week as soon as I get my fingers on the photos!

Bridal Shower Dessert Table
Not bad!  The space we had to work with was absolutely amazing.  And after only a few small breakdowns we actually were ready to go as the guests poured in.

Sugar cookies, brownie pops & cake
My oh-so-talented sister made the wedding cake sugar cookies...

Bridal Shower Sugar Cookies
I did my best with these Brownie Pops, but my sister had to come to my aid in the end...
Brownie Pops

And she (my sister again) outdid herself on the cake...

Bridal Shower Cake
The guests got to take home some homemade fudge in these adorable little take-home bridal gowns.

Bridal Shower Take-Home Fudge

And finally, we tied in her coral color palette with these fun flowers sporadically throughout the room...

Bridal Shower Flowers

Dessert Table
Phew...glad we knocked that out this weekend!  It really was an amazing bridal shower.  Really excited for my brother and his future wife;-)

Friday, October 15, 2010

Warm Drinks in the Cool Fall

Stopped off in Middlebury, Vermont on our road trip. After catching the local farmer's market, we stopped by Middlebury Chocolates for some hot chocolate and coffee.



Had never had french press coffee before, so I rather enjoyed our experience there.



Middlebury, VT definitely has its own pace. After about a 20-minute wait, our french presser brought us these complimentary muffins. I have no idea what they are, but enjoyed them very much!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

East Coast Road Trip

Just got back from an amazing road trip on the East Coast. As we were driving through New York, my three-year-old nephew loved all the colors of the trees and said, "The silver ones tickle me, Ade."



We stopped at Newburyport Village. The town had such character. (Just a few pics we snapped on our walk.)



Almost missed this. It was hiding on the side of a house.



The sidewalk was narrow and we were poked by the beautiful flowers.



It was fun to get a sneak peek of their lifestyles as it was reflected in their yards.



Can you imagine if you woke up to this view every morning?



Absolutely breathtaking!

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Birthday Bash

Happy Birthday, Mira!



Today we celebrated my little niece's 7th birthday. The birthday girl picked out Rainbow Stars as her theme. We had a lot of fun with it. My sister made the most amazing sugar cookies. She's ridiculously talented.



To get the "rainbow feel," we looked for different colored candy and added tissue paper to give it a punch.








The cake was insane.! We nabbed the "Rainbow" cake idea off the internet, and my sister executed it brilliantly.



Here's the insane part. Oh yeah, that's six layers she made in rainbow colors.




The kids got to play dress-up and get their picture taken in the DIY photobooth. (Cardboard boxes, white paint and some star embellishments)




We painted clothespins white and hot-glued a jewel on the end. The idea was to clip their photobooth picture up with the clothespins. However, we had printer problems this afternoon. Would have been so cute!






The kids got to dance under streamers and balloons...



Break open a pinata underneath a rainbow umbrella...




And eat popcorn and pizza...



Really fun, beautiful day today. Happy Birthday, Mira!