Rock Your Life...

Do you have room for one more gift? Then I suggest you get this!...


The hubby got one for Christmas and it blew me away. The Nano is tiny, tiny, tiny yet jet packed with awesomeness! He shot a few vidoes, downloaded them onto his MacBook and made a great Christmas video combined with photos and music.

Door Number One...

Good morning and welcome back from the holiday break! I hope you all enjoyed time with the family, fabulous food, and survived the trip to the mall the day after! I ventured to Cherry Creek around noon with my mom and Aunt, and was very disappointed. Most stores, if not all, looked like they had been chewed up and spit back out. Piles and piles of clothes thrown everywhere.

As I have promised, the first picture of our black doors, well one at least. Ta Da!

We are working away on door number two, but trying to decide how we should add trim for dimension (since this door is only 18" wide we decided to opt out on the trim.)

It took a few test runs to figure out the best way to paint the door since it's a high gloss. We tried a hand sprayer (it was too hard since we could only do one door at once), brush on (but we didn't like the brush strokes), roll on with a small foam roller going vertical and oddly enough it worked best rolling horizontal (against the grain).

Have you received your new Elle Decor? There is a foyer shot that looks like they read my mind... once it comes in the mail I will scan the photo for everyone.

In Search of a Great Birthday Present

For our birthdays (they are 5 days apart in January) we are going to buy a headboard as a present to ourselves. We are in search of the best one for the best price... of course, aren't we all!

Here's some great inspiration of what we're looking (I mean DREAMING) for...

or this...

Some options I found online in our price point...

1. Nake Berkus on HSN

2. This bed from West Elm

3. Pottery Barn... love it, but it's too tall to fit under our window and a little girly for Mike.

4. Ballard Designs

5. HW Home's Manhattan bed. Not quite in our price point, but we can dream right?

I will let you in on a secret, HW Home is having their annual warehouse sale soon. No definite date yet, but I will keep ya'll in the loop. We are hoping to score a great deal on a headboard or sofa there... keep your fingers crossed!

It's been a busy month...

I feel terrible that I haven't been around. December has been a whirl wind, and when I finally have time to relax, my mind is so numb I can't seem to get the energy to blog.

Last night, after wrapping all of the Christmas gifts (so happy AND proud I am done with that) my husband and I sat down to watch Julia & Julie . Have you all seen this? It's long, and drags a little toward the end, but I have to say it's SOOOO inspirational! It makes you want to get on your feet and conquer the world!... or that latest project you haven't finished. ;)




So, with that I have 2 new goals....

1) Everyday after work, to stop at a coffee shop on the way home to work on the blog. I get off work earlier than others with my new job (unless I have an event), so I should have plenty of time to sit and take a breather.

2) Give myself a deadline for each project I start. I will admit, and this is hard to admit to, that I LOVE starting projects, but sometimes it's hard for me to finish in a timely manner. The black doors I mentioned earlier this month, they are in fact coming along. We finally finished door #1 (this was a test door) so I will post some pics hopefully tomorrow.

I think everyone should take the time to develop new goals for the new year. 2009 has been a tough year for everyone, so I say we step into 2010 with a promise to yourself to make something grand out of it.

And since I am celebrating one of two Christmas's this weekend.... Happy (early) Holidays!

Christmas Cards - 2009

I felt very much in the spirit this year and decided to make my own Christmas cards. I was inspired by some Martha Stewart cards in her DIY section, and I just adore what I came up with! (To some... this may be a sneak peek of what will be arriving in your mail box shortly!)

I wanted the 'fun/in the spirit/home made' look, so no judging. I am just hoping all of the snowman's parts and pieces make it to my friends and families front doors in one piece.

Cost... $16 for 35 cards

Supplies were all bought at Hobby Lobby:
-Note Cards with Envelopes
-Package of mixed white buttons (found in the fabric department)
-White sequins
-Skinny Sticks (left over from wedding decorations actually)
-Hot glue gun (for the buttons and arms)
-Elmer's glue (for the sequins)
-Black Sharpie (for hat)

Make-Up Emergency!

Have you heard the news?....



Yup... Prescriptives is closing it's doors. I only use one of their products, the concealer, but I LOVE it and have never found anything like it. I know I can purchase a few tubes to hold me over for the next few years, but what then? I am ready for companies to stop closing their doors.