Contract Job just about Done, New Projects getting Started

I am back from working my long days in the big city and ready to start some new projects, get the garden into shape and take pictures and notes along the way.


I have been wanting to redo our bedroom for a bit of time now and have finally found exactly what I want to do, but I don't want to put too much money into it and I definitely did not want to paint, right now. I found some great fabric at Ikea as well as a bunch of accessories for the new updated brighter bedroom. Luckily I was able to find a fabric that went with the current paint color spanish moss but also added some lighter soothing colors with an accent of brightness.


We have had the same hardware and curtains since before we were engaged so I thought swapping out the curtains would make a major change and the easiest way to add some color. But I didn't really want to swap out the hardware since it was a huge pain in the ass mounting the current ones. So I decided to go with a more convenient and thrifty plan. I am going to paint the old ones which will change the texture of the glass and the color will be updated to be a brighter, more cohesive color with the fabric I have chosen.


This is half way through my first coat of paint.



This is the finished product which I think will accent the design concept a bit better then the originals. Next plan of attack is finding a good template for some window coverings.

Daily Dose of Inspiration-East Coast Style Part 2

Debonair Mag is a really interesting site that has found a niche with men's fashion and technology and has so far has a nice site and hopefully more content to come.

Bill Mahoney of Willy the Jackass has a great site with food pictures gallour but of course I am biased he is my husband and I have actually eaten most of the food you see there and it is damn good.

Maryann Devine from smArts has a niche blog on marketing the arts that has some great information.

Daily Dose of Inspiration

Today I used Friend or Follow and it is a handy twitter tool that allows you to see who you are following and who is following you. I thought this would give me an opportunity to feature some of the people that I follow but that don't follow me.
Jeff Dempsey has a great blog on office pranks that are very original and creative so if you are in the mood for some mischief check him out.
Aaron Irizarry has a great blog or vlog that he posts very frequently and has great info and news in design.
Antonio Carusone is an amazing designer with some great buys of his typographical work.
Angela Moore has some great info on SEO info and link building strategies.
Tomorrow I will use Friends or Follow to share some of my followers.

Polka Dot Backgrounds-Free

Are you looking for polka background? Maybe you want to spruce up your My Space page? Well here are a bunch of links for you to take a look at

My Cute Graphics

Brilliant Backgrounds

Skeedio

Polyvore

Ms Premade

Free Code Source

Rad Profile


Hope you enjoy the Polka Dot Backgrounds!

Patriotic Freebie Collection

Every year at my parents lake home all the boat owners decorate their boats in the 4th of July theme and parade around the lake. It is a blast, the ultimate booze cruise. My husband and I are flying to Brainard, MN (from mpls to brainard we will be in a small propeller plane and I am a bit skeptical) and will get the chance to help my family decorate our pontoon. This has got me thinking about the 4th and thought I would put together some vector images to share.

This is a great patriot example swatch of Color Burned- Stars & Stripes: Patriotic Brushes & Swatches
to downloadStatue of Liberty Vector free over at bitbox
to downloadVecteezy has this great star for download

Here is a fun star set over at Vector PortalHow to make a beveled star

Catalogs in the mail ARE going FSC

Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Bed and Bath, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, west elm and Williams-Sonoma Home, decided that they would be using FSC certified paper for all 7 catalogs. (see full press release here) I just looked through a stash of Victoria Secrets catalogs from probably the last 2 years and what I found was in spring 2008 they had a recycle logo with 10% post consumer recycled paper.Other than that all the rest of the catalogs of Victoria Secret did not have any recycle logo or FSC certification. However, the most recent catalog is FSC certified with mixed sources. What I am wondering is were they just using FSC certified paper and not using a printer that was certified? Either way I am happy to see the FSC logo.

Check out this video on FSC and Pottery Barn Kids.

Daily Dose of Inspiration

My Ink Blog is a great resource for everything including some great proofing solutions, which we can all use.

Blue Blots is a great all around resource for all types of design from toys to usb drives along with a bunch of free resources.

Daily Dose of Inspiration

I was just over at Ideas on Ideas and read this post and it is so so true.

Tutorial Blog is just that, you can find anything for mac, design, technology and advertising that you could ever want.