I give up

After spending hours and hours sorting out the clothes putting some in storage and all of the rest neatly in the closet all sorted and organized PERFECTLY this is what I get?? I have had it. Why do I work so hard on these things? Ok, so I know this is not the end of the world but I had to vent in some way that didn't involve yelling and being an outright mean mommy. I needed to let off some steam. thanks for letting me whine a little. I promise to post happiness soon. (And maybe we will get a lock on the closet.)

Kids room finally done

Here we are in the kids room taking some pretty dark photos, but I really wanted to share the progress I've made!

All we need to finish it off is to put the chair rail up separating the cream and pink.

Bits of bedroom design

Here is an old photo of my bedspread, I don't need to tell you that It is very bold and bright and very hard to decorate around. But I love it and feel it so silly and impractical to purchase a new one (despite my husbands pleadings). I know it can become a beautiful accent to a lovely designed bedroom! So I have made it my quest to create a MASTER bedroom that tones down the brightness of the bedspread, and as a whole creates a great room without becoming overwhelming.

I'm now asking for your help!
What are some things you would do to create a lovely room that includes this bedspread? (And maybe tones it down a bit.)

Here is what I have been looking at for inspiration.

Below are some rooms that wonderfully demonstrate a great way to use bold colors and patterns in a room and not over whelm the room obnoxiously.




I love this room, above. All of it is great to me, the wallpaper color is so pretty and it tones down the brightness of the bed.

Above is another great room and if you look the bed spread is really colorful but it is not taking all the attention.

The above pink walls are a bit too bright but I really love the pillows and the headboard.

A pretty chandelier is a must! I have yet to thrift and flip one to my liking, I have a silly flaw that causes me to never pay more than 15 bucks on something I can re-create with a thrift'ed or re-purposed item, and a fresh coat of paint. (Not always is this a flaw, it saves me money and allows me to be creative and unique, but there are no good chandeliers at my local thrift stores as of late.)

Some way cute pillows, above. A bed can never have too many fluffy pillows.


A yellow ocher color is what we are wanting, below is a great example of a neutral yellow that I really like.

I swear I was subscribed to all of my sisters blogs but somehow I missed the last four posts of Annie Caries! One of which is showcasing the adorable monster dolls she designed and made for all the boy cousins for Christmas. The yellow one is the one that my little boy got, and he LOVES it. He hugs it more than any other toy. It reminded me of the boy in "Where The Wild Things Are" and I found out that that's what she used as inspiration for it. I actually never got to see the other monsters because Our family wasn't there last Christmas so I was so excited to finally see the other critters she had made. Check out her blog for more of the cute crafts shes been up to.

I did say monday would be when these two prints were coming to my Little Lola's shop, but what the heck, Thursday is better than never. Someday I will learn never to give specific deadlines for myself, since I always end up procrastinating or give myself too little lime to accomplish it. Enough with my silly banter, here are my two promised prints! These are specially unique prints because the originals are not going to be available for purchase. I had a special spring time feeling in my subconscious when I painted them, they both have pretty landscape surroundings, and that makes me smile. Happy Thursday!

Little Lola's Featured!

Check it out Little Lola's was featured today. :)

Serra, who lives right here in Logan, featured my shop on her blog.

Paper decoration tutorial

I wanted to try my hand at making Martha's paper bag project from scratch. (Using book pages not paper bags.) And I thought I'd share my little adventure with you! You can make these with any kind of pretty paper that pleases you. These would make great party decorations so keep these in mind next time a birthday comes around.

The supplies you need are,

• 6 or 8 sheets of paper (I used 8 old book pages)
• double sided sticky tape
• scissors
  
• hole punch
  
• string

Fold each paper to create the paper bag-like fold in the sides. Tape the seam into place. Make 8 of these.

Punch a hole in the bottom of each one and cut the tops into a petal shape.

Tape them all together placing a piece of tape just above each hole.

Thread a string through all of them, then tie a knot. Not too tight though, so it can fan out later.

Leave a good length of string on the end so you can hang it up when your done.

Last, put tape on the top one and attach it to the back one. The middle ones will fan out nicely.

Hang it up and there you go! Feel free to ask any questions.