Another Thank you for the shout out!

I just wanted to say another thank you for the feature!
My Coffee Table turned Bench was featured recently on these lovely sites!
Thank you!

Go check them out!

Thanks for the feature!

I just wanted to say a quick thank you to these lovely ladies for featuring my Navy and Coral Pillows!

A Few of My Favorite Things

Beyond the Picket Fence

Thanks Ladies!

Fabric Organization

Today I attempted to take on a little organization as part of my New Years resolution.  My fabric and fabric supplies seem to take on a life of their own and tend to get out of control and unorganized very easily, so I decided I was going to hide it all in these great little boxes I bought from TjMaxx and Ikea.

So I organized everything my color and sorted them into boxes!

I've got a lot more to do, more boxes to fill and more fabric and sewing supplies to organize!  

How are you all coming along with your New Years resolutions?

Modern Chic Home

Not much going on over here, have I mentioned that I keep getting sick?

I just can't seem to get over it, whatever IT is.....

Anyway the motivation to DIY has not been here lately, hopefully I'll be back in the swing of things soon!  

So I came across this great store called Modern Chic Home, I think I may be in love! AND they are having a fabulous sale right now!  If I wasn't saving for new furniture I would be going crazy over there!  I need to get this furniture thing done with so I can get on to the decorating!

Check out these gorgeous things that are dirt cheap right now!

I can't wait to do a little shopping for my new living area!

West Elm Love.

Operation organization 2011 has begun!

  However, I have to admit I was regretting my resolution to get organized this year when I started cleaning out my linen closet/art/laundry closet!  ugh!  Organization is just not my thing, which is one reason I needed to make this resolution, and one reason I'm kicking myself for making it!  I need to find some shelves and a few more bins and then I will share my results!

In the mean time I have been dreaming of a new living room and found some things I LOVE at West Elm!

I LOVE this new rug!

Maybe I'll have room for this gorgeous lamp, if not I have some ideas for a gorgeous DIY pendant lamp!

Have you all looked at West Elm lately?  What are some of your favs!?!

Fabric Problem!

Have I mentioned that I have a little bit of a fabric obsession?

 I just got done ordering these fabulous prints from Fabric.com 

I have yards and yards of unused, but fabulous fabric! ( I have plans for most of it, it's just finding the time to get it all done)  But I just couldn't help myself, I can not pass up such wonderful fabric especially when they were having a sale, AND I got to use a coupon code!   I have no idea what I am going to make out of these delicious choices, but they happen to be the colors I'm currently working with in my bedroom, so who knows!

Go check out Fabric.com if you get the chance ( I have not been paid to promote them, I just love them!) they have such a great selection of Home Decor Fabric, shipping is free over $35, and they have always cut more than the yardage I ordered!  BONUS!  Thats definitely come in handy when my guess-timations have been off!

Anyway, all of the above fabric choices are from Premier Prints, I have used their fabric for many projects and just love the quality, especially for the price on fabric.com !  I think I ended up paying only $5.50 a yd for this last round of fabric!  Just an extra tip, google coupon codes to find an extra discount!

Keep checking back to see what I whip up for this lot!

Do you guys have something that you just can't stop buying, even though you don't have any need for it at the moment?

Stylish Blogger Award!

This is the third time you lovely ladies have graced me with this award, twice of which have been in the past few days!  I feel honored that someone actually enjoys reading my little slice of blogland!  

I had every intention of fulfilling the requirements of accepting this award the previous times, but it seemed like something always came up and then a week or so would pass and I just never got it done. 

So now I'm definitely taking the time to get-er-done!

So thank you to A Pretty Haute Mess for selecting me this last time!  

Also a special thanks to Ashly at MoonWalk for also passing this along to me this week!

The rules are as Follows:

1}  Select 10 blogs and pass along the award

2}  Share 7 random FAQ's about yourself

So here goes, I am passing this award along to these 10 fabulous blogs:

Black Velvet Chair

Danielle Oakey Interiors

Inspire My House Pretty

Pink and Polka Dot

Sand and Sisal

The Fabulous Design File

You Paid More Than Me

West Furniture Revival

Vintage Wanna Bee

Vintage Revivals 

And now 7 random facts about me:

1} I NEED coffee in the morning...no I mean I REALLY NEED COFFEE, I can not function, don't talk to me without my coffee in the morning!

2}  I changed my degree three times in College! 

3} I have a wonderful 10 year old nephew and will have a new niece AND a new nephew in less than two months!  Yes two sisters are preggers! I am one proud Auntie!

4}  I have a shoe problem! I could die happy with a great pair of Kate Spade or Tory Burch shoes!

5} I am the manager of a high end shoe boutique....hence the shoe problem....

6} I have the most wonderful boyfriend Josh, who is also my best friend!  

7} I am always saying, I CAN MAKE THAT!

I hope you all go check out these wonderful blogs, they are chock full of inspiration!

Playing with my new toy!

My new sewing machine showed up the other day and I think I may be in love.  This babe is soooooooo much easier to use than the ancient beast I had been sewing with!  It practically sews by itself!  Anyway, I pulled it out and gave my new toy a spin today.  I made these lovely navy and coral pillows out of stain resistant indoor/outdoor fabric, perfect for everyday use!  I think the client is going to love them!

Todays Creative Blog

Twenty-Eleven Resolutions.

I have been completely absent from the blog for a little while now, well not COMPLETELY, but it has certainly felt like it!
  As I mentioned in my last post, I have been trying to get over being sick and every time I thought I was getting better it would reappear with a vengeance in a day or so...bleh.  I think now though I am finally over whatever it was! Whew!

On to more pleasant things, I hope everyone had a great beginning to the new year, can you believe it is 2011!  Really were did the last year go?  AND three months of the blog has come and gone!  I am so thankful for all the encouragement and kind thoughts from so many of you out there!  I can't say THANK YOU enough!  I've had a blast sharing all my lasted projects with you, and can't wait to show you what I have up my sleeve for the coming year!
  I really do need to start a projects list, instead of trying to keep it all together in my head! I am forever making lists, then loosing the list.......  THIS leads me to the one BIG (and for me it is a whopper, no I really mean this is HUGE for me) new years resolution I am going to make. 

 Here it is......

My twenty eleven resolution, is to become more organized, to clean out what is not used or needed, to not buy things I really don't need (especially clothes!), and to maintain a more orderly home.....well actually, a more orderly apartment.
 You see Josh and I live in only 600 sq feet, honestly it is a bit smaller than that, I believe our apartment only rings in at 589 sq feet!  Squeezing two people into our tiny little place is not easy, but it's home.  We have some great extra's though, like a fully equipped  gym, indoor pool and sauna, and my personal favorite a little outdoor patio, which I fill with fresh veggies, herbs and flowers in the spring!

So I'm hoping to make our little space for efficient by adding some storage solutions....not sure what that is going to be yet, but something; downsize from our hand me down,  greatly oversized  living room furniture will be a huge help and really is the first place I need to start.  It is much to big for the space, so no new storage can be added until be get something smaller!  A new sofa is at the very top of the list.  This will help tremendously in creating a cleaner more streamlined look for our living area!  I see a trip to Ikea in our future perhaps.
I'm thinking the Kivik Sofa in white may be just what I'm looking for.

I would LOVE to make it a sectional, but unfortunately we just do not have the space.  A trip to Homegoods may just be in order to find a lovely little side chair.

Anyway, I have gotten a little off topic.  But I feel changing out some of our oversized furniture for items that fit our space better will really help in creating a less cluttered feeling space.  We will also be able to fit a few more book cases or floating shelves into the space to help with storage.   

That reminds me I never did update you  guys on the results of The Great Clean-out, which was inspired by Young House Love and their desire to get rid of 100 items before they moved.  Well if you remember I wanted to also get rid of 100 items before the year ended.  Alas, I took no photos and so have none to share with you, but we came in well over 100 items!  

This is what we donated to Goodwill

3 Over flowing trash bags full of clothes and several pairs of shoes. ( some of them still had the tags on them, hence the resolution to only buy things I need or know I will use)

40+ books that had been over flowing our bookshelves 

1 old Tv

Several pots and pans that we just didn't use

2 old mis-matched but working lamps that we had no home for

30+ cds or vhs tapes that were again over flowing the bookcases

We also condensed all of our DVD collection into books, so we tossed 150+ cases, which allowed us to empty an entire bookcase;  which now holds neat little boxes of fabrics and art supplies.   So that was a good start to help me out with my New Years resolution, but it was only a start!  Still so much more to do!  What about you, what would you like to accomplish this year?