I went to TJ Maxx!!

And I found these fabulous glass water bottles!

Keep Calm Gallery

I discovered the Keep Calm Gallery tonight. Love it! There are great prints and tea towels...and few other things to.

I think Katie should get this for Chris. I would get it, but I don't like coffee....

Uh...for me....

And so cute.....

Oh yeah, and they have the Keep Calm and Carry On screenprint in several colors...

Goodbye Western Interiors and Design

Only about a year ago I discovered Western Interiors and Design. And now it's gone...well technically it merged with Luxe magazine. But it is NOT the same! I was so sad when my new issue came in the mail....

Why are all the great design mags folding - Domino, Cottage Living, Western Interiors and Design? What's next?

Best Calendars Ever!

Anthropologie has calendars! Use them this year to keep track of what you're doing, then "recycle" them next year when you frame them for your wall...

Bold Bedrooms

Ok. Maybe I'm going a little overboard on the bedroom posts, but I just can't get enough of these punchy patterns!

All images via Ideal Home.

Colorie Bedroom

Sandi got to repaint her guest room (Katie's bridal room) too! She's been trying to decide how to decorate. I like this!

From House Beautiful.

New Stuff

I got my new Pottery Barn Bed and Bath catalog in today. I'm loving....

Find them here, here, and here.

Library Cabinet

Did you know that libraries are doing away with the Dewey Decimal System? Sad, but I was able to get this library cabinet from the University of Oklahoma while I was in Canton!



Beautiful! With 60 drawers! And it hangs out in my entryway, so I can enjoy it each time I walk through the door!

Photo Editing

I went to Hastings this evening because I needed to get out and do something. I bought this book. And while trying to create the giant Andy Warhol print he outlines, I accidently figured out how to do something else. Let me explain.

A couple months ago, Crystal Goss came and took Chris and Katie's engagement pictures. She captures colors so beautifully! I have been trying to figure out how to recreate the effect ever since. Now, I'm no Crystal, but what I've discovered does give my colors a little more of an edge. And I like it!

So I took last year's Christmas photo from this:

To this:


And I think it looks better, don't you?

All I did was up the contrast in the photo editing program that came with my printer. Amazing!

Funky Bedroom

Looking through the Canadian House and Home galleries for bedroom designs (even though I'm pretty sure I already know what I'm going to do), I came across this funky bedroom. I would love to make it for my niece (minus that floral pillow in the front) when she gets a little older and possibly grow out of the pink phase...