Do you love these or what??? I found these in the Mary Engelbreit magazine in, I believe, the February issue of this year and immediately fell in love with them!! So if you want to make some of these precious slippers just simply click here...Signed...
the youngest half of the Style Sisters... Tiffany
How cool and refreshing does this little water fountain look. All the directions are on the BHG website. I just love the sound of water trickling when I am outside. I am blessed to have a pool in the backyard and a Jacuzzi that flows into the pool and makes that lucsious sound. But if I did not have this I would for sure make this water fountain! I love the metal buckets mixed with smooth rocks and then the beautiful blue orb...it just feels cooler looking at it.
Here are some pics of our pool with our silly chocolate lab...she thinks the pool is just for her. She swims in it even when we are not home!
These pics were taken a while ago before all my flowers were in bloom so it looks much nicer now with lots of flowers all around the pool instead of just tons of cement.
These pics were taken a while ago before all my flowers were in bloom so it looks much nicer now with lots of flowers all around the pool instead of just tons of cement.
You may be asking yourselves where is she getting all the photos of the kitchens from back in 2002 and 2006? Well I will tell you my little secret...I started a Home Decorating Inspiration Note book years ago and filled it with all kinds of delicious interior design looks that I love.
I am a little obsessed with magazines and I hate throwing them away but my stash just gets too big sometimes and so I go through them and tear out any photos of rooms, holiday decor, ideas etc... that I think I might like to try to emulate in my own home or that I just love. I put them all in plastic covers and organize them by room (ie. kitchens, living rooms, dining rooms, etc and holidays ideas, and there is a category for decor items too). I put them all in one book and this is what it looks like.
I really wanted to be an interior designer once upon a time ago and took several classes in college and did end up working for a commercial design company (but only as a sales assistant and then in went into sales myself) and learned a lot but the most fun I have is just experimenting in my own home. I remember one class I took, the teacher had us use magazines, and tear out any photo of rooms or furniture and accessories that we liked and make a photo collage on poster board. 
She told us that this exercise can be a great tool to use with clients in the future because it helps them to see what they are attracted to and it will help you as a designer to meet their needs. So since then I have always bought tons of magazines and have done it for myself. It is really fun to do.
I am a little obsessed with magazines and I hate throwing them away but my stash just gets too big sometimes and so I go through them and tear out any photos of rooms, holiday decor, ideas etc... that I think I might like to try to emulate in my own home or that I just love. I put them all in plastic covers and organize them by room (ie. kitchens, living rooms, dining rooms, etc and holidays ideas, and there is a category for decor items too). I put them all in one book and this is what it looks like.
She told us that this exercise can be a great tool to use with clients in the future because it helps them to see what they are attracted to and it will help you as a designer to meet their needs. So since then I have always bought tons of magazines and have done it for myself. It is really fun to do.Leave a comment about what things you do to get inspired to decorate your own home?
Ta Ta For Now......I must get busy making my friends parents 50th wedding anniversary video it is going to turn out great! http://www.capturelivevideos.com/ is my little side business. Take a peek sometime.
Karin
I took this pictures about 4 years ago while on a home tour in the Salt Lake City, Utah area and fell in love with everything about it!! I love white kitchens so much! This is where I first fell in love with the robin's egg blue color of the walls. I can't seem to find the other pictures that I took of this house. It was one amazing home. I still dream about it.
Look at this black and white kitchen....I love the stripes and big check patterned fabric. I really like the glass cupboard doors on some of the top cupboards. The built in bench seating is just so adorable. It looks so inviting. I want to be there right now having a lovely breakfast...or lunch...or dinner...or even just a snack. :) (photo from internet I don't remember where)
This is probably one of my favorite kitchens....I call it Sweet Potatoes because of the sign in the background. I love the butcher block counter tops, the warm golden wood floors, the little "leg" styling of the cupboards touching the floor, the glass cupboard doors and the simple black knobs. OH yeah and the cute chalkboard sitting on the counter. This just says come on in everyone and let's have a meal. Doesn't it? (Photo from country living July 2002)
Okay now this is another one I love...It just says warm and cozy doesn't it. Again another chalkboard in the kitchen (hanging in the back from a ribbon), glass doors, old fashioned knobs, wood floors and ivy topiaries. (photo from Remodeling Ideas Dec/Jan 2004)
Well I didn't win the quilt :( so to console myself I decided to do a post on some of the beautiful flowers that my mom has growing in her garden. It just makes me feel better to look at something so pretty.
I just played around with my little digital camera and some of them really turned out spectacular if I do say so myself. Please don't take the pictures off of here unless you ask.
I just played around with my little digital camera and some of them really turned out spectacular if I do say so myself. Please don't take the pictures off of here unless you ask.
I really loved how this one turned out...you can see right down into the center of the purple flower. I think you can click on the photo and it will enlarge it for you ....and then it is even better.
Just look at all the details in the petals of the flower. By taking these photos it has taught me to "stop and smell the roses" more often and notice the tiny details in all of God's creations. Ahhhh. I feel better now about not winning the quilt give-away.
Win this gorgeous quilt at Old Red Barn Co. a very cute blog with a creative seamstress! Holy Cow this is just beautiful. 
This quilt measures 65" x 87". The front is made with the incredibly fabulous fabric from designer Sandi Henderson for Michael Miller fabrics. The fabric comes from Sandi's first fabric collection called Ginger Blossom which is bright, fresh but a little bit vintage-y feeling. I absolutely adore the entire line and am looking forward to getting my hands on some fabric from her second collection called Farmer's Market
CLICK HERE TO GO AND ENTER TO WIN THIS QUILT! Good luck and let us know if any of you win it!
I love to visit my mom's place in Veyo, Utah! My (I should say our ) mom is one amazing woman that loves to garden like nobody's business! She is out there every morning weeding, watering, planting, feeding, pruning etc.. and loving every minute of it!. Not only does she love to garden but she also just has a way of making her little oasis in the desert come alive for any and all who come to visit. It seems like every other month or so there is a wedding reception held in her yard or some other garden gathering or many a family member and their families coming to stay for a visit.
Mom makes sure there is always plenty of homemade delicious food to eat, she makes her own jams and jellies from the fruit trees in her yard and cooks with all her amazing herbs that she grows in her herb garden. She always has a plethora of homemade chocolate chip or apricot scones to eat for a delicious breakfast and homemade cookies, pies or cakes too. Mom creates a feasts for the eyes every time she sets the table to sit down and eat. Yes she is our own "Martha Stewart" but actually she has been Martha even before Martha existed!
Mom has a passion for anything French and has been blessed with a "eye" for creating beautiful things! She just has an incredible knack of creating little vignettes not only in her home but also out in the garden that literally take your breath away.
Just look at the "Play house" and the big white bird cage with Ivy growing all around it. I don't know if you can see in the background of the photo but those two trees are fruit trees. One is an apricot tree and the other is a pear tree.
Just look at the "Play house" and the big white bird cage with Ivy growing all around it. I don't know if you can see in the background of the photo but those two trees are fruit trees. One is an apricot tree and the other is a pear tree.
Would you just look at this gorgeous French looking pot filled with gorgeous flowers! How come I can't make my pots look like this or better yet keep them alive?
All the kids and grand kids love to go to Mom and Carl's house because there is always fun to be had. We play all kinds of fun games out in the yard like boccie ball, ping pong tournaments, squirt gun fights, Zip Bong, Dippity Dippity Dip (these two games are hysterical by the way). All the boys play football or baseball or even hit golf balls out there in the back. But the best part is just being together hanging out with the whole family!
All the kids and grand kids love to go to Mom and Carl's house because there is always fun to be had. We play all kinds of fun games out in the yard like boccie ball, ping pong tournaments, squirt gun fights, Zip Bong, Dippity Dippity Dip (these two games are hysterical by the way). All the boys play football or baseball or even hit golf balls out there in the back. But the best part is just being together hanging out with the whole family!
