Lighten Up!

Now when you saw the title of this post, I imagine

that most of you thought that it was going to be

about lightening up your decor for spring.  In a

sense it is, but not in the way you think!

I rarely get very personal on my blog and that is

just a choice for me, but today I wanted to share

something with you...my new motto, which is

Don't take yourself, or your decorating too seriously!

Recently someone made me feel bad about my decor.

I know, it's silly and I rarely care what other people

think, but this just got to me for some reason.  It

is probably because I pour my heart and soul into

my home and I actually love what it looks like.

I don't follow trends (or it takes me year to and

by then they are really old!) and I don't care if it

is to everyone's liking...I like it!

If you follow trends, hey, that's great!  I have

nothing against that at all.  In fact, I think it's

pretty cool that people can change and adapt like

that.  I'm just not one of those people!

The burlap obsession is not for me, the industrial

chic thing is not for me and the all white decor

(which I love!) is just not for me either.  I love

color and I love adding silly, whimsical objects

to my existing pieces - as you may notice above!

Do what's right for you and your home will shine!

Your personality will come out in everything you

touch and you won't have "cookie cutter"

surroundings to boot!  Do what YOU love and

do what makes YOU feel good!  There is no right

and there is no wrong and there is no reason to

have your home a certain way just because it's

the popular thing to do.

  In other words, lighten up and have fun!

Wow, kind of personal...  (*_*)

~Stacy~

A Perfectly Pink Present From Paula

I know that Christmas is over and that we have all been

inundated with Christmas pictures for ages, but I 

could not help posting this absolutely adorable

Christmas present that I received from my good

friend Paula.  Paula consigns on my web site and

we've been great pals for years so she knows me

and knows how much I love PINK!

Can you believe that she kept her keen eye out the

entire year for things to put in my Christmas basket!

Yep, she's amazing!  This adorable angel was on the

top of the package...printed from Graphics Fairy.

Look at all of these wonderful pink goodies!

Everything is just so cute and so pink!

First of all, there is this adorable vintage celluloid

deer complete with its pink plaid bow.

Then there is this super pretty antique canister 

piece covered with roses on the front.

This is one of my favorite things...the graphic 

was printed from Graphics Fairy and then this

sweet vintage pink trim was added to the bottom

to form a multi-tiered pink skirt!  How cute!

This is such a cute item and one with a story.

Paula thought that these pink rose scented trash

bags were so cute and equally cool because they

have the identical side on the back written in

French.  I told her that I used to use these back

home in Canada all of the time and I was amazed

that she ran across these.  I turned it over to the

French side and found that they were made in

Burnaby, which is near Vancouver...the same

province (British Columbia) that I am from.

Of course they had both languages on them...

everything in Canada has both French and English

on it...every single product!  I'm sorry, but I do not

missing seeing French and English on everything!

These are adorable...cute little vintage clip-on

Christmas ornament earrings!  So different!

This fabulous vintage Shiny Brite ornament will fit

in nicely with my tree next year as I changed my

entire tree to include hot pink and silver!

Love these...a roll of pink Washi tape and a very

cool vintage pink measuring tape.  I will use it

in my purse when I'm out and about!

Paula made this pink bracelet for me.  It almost

looks like candy now that I'm looking at the picture!

She also made this sweet pink paper banner that

I will most likely use for Valentine's Day.

Lastly, there is this beautiful vintage pink Pyrex

bowl with its perfect pink and white stripes!

See...isn't Paula a lovely friend to think of all

of this for me?!  I should say so!

Thank you for indulging me with my last

Christmas post.  I couldn't not show you these

wonderful goodies from an equally wonderful

friend.  Thank you Paula!

~Stacy~

Recycle Your Old Calendar!

For my first post of the new year I thought that

I would share a very simple project with you.

It's a new year and you have a new calendar on

your wall...now what do you do with the old

one?  It's too pretty to throw away so why not

convert it into simple artwork for your wall!

All you need to do is take apart your old 

calendar and trim off any excess from the edges.

For the frames, I used simple, inexpensive glass

clip frames from Hobby Lobby.  You can obviously

use any frame, but I wanted to feature the

artwork more than the frames so I used these.

I hung six of these gorgeous pictures in my main

bathroom in my hall and they look amazing!  You

may recognize the calendar from Jo-Anne of

Vintage Rose Collection.  It is so beautiful!

Now, while we are on the topic, I would like to

remind you that this is only okay if you are

recycling YOUR calendar.  It is not okay to take

photographs such as this and recopy them for

any reason.  That is copyright infringement. If

it is for your own use, then a-okay.  Any 

copying or reselling is unethical and takes away

from the integrity of the artist.  We all know

how hard artists and photographers work to

make something unique and beautiful!

So if you have a pretty, 2013 calendar still

hanging around you might want to try this!

~Stacy~