PICTURE OF THE DAY

I thought since today is April Fool's Day I would post a few pictures of some cute and funny pictures (honestly they have nothing to do with my blog other than I thought it was appropriate for today!)

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What joke did you pull today?

PICTURE OF THE DAY

via My Adventure Is Your Advantage

Gotta love Emma Coulter paintings! They are so vibrant and fun. I love them!

So today is the day...my new blog's web address is now http://www.designremix.blogspot.com/! Hope you continue to check it out every once in awhile!

Oh and I wanted to throw in a picture of glamour to celebrate it being the weekend! Have fun!

via Gallery No. Eight

GLITTERIZING

(I know its a little late to be posting on this, but I thought it would still be fun!)

So Aaron and I didn't get our pumpkins from Greenbluff (instead it was actually from Safeway) but the point is we finally got them!

I always like to be different when it comes to pumpkin decorating. For example. last year I got a white pumpkin instead of the traditional orange. This year I decided to glitterize my pumpkins.

All I needed was glitter in my choice of color, which I decided to do silver and black, spray on glue, and some newspaper to catch the stray glitter pieces.

All I did was turn the pumpkin on its side, sprayed glue section by section, and sprinkled glitter over the glue.

To finish the project off I dug out some scrap black and white fabric as a table cloth and displayed my sparkling pumpkins!

ITS PUMPKIN TIME!

It's that time of year again to get our pumpkins. For three years Aaron and I go up to Greenbluff and pick out our pumpkins to bring home. It was a beautiful day when we went up to the Main House. We decided to first treat ourselves to a giant cinnamon roll, which had delicious frosting with almond oil.

When we were done, we headed down to the pumpkin patch. However, every pumpkin they had left was giant and starting to mold...needless to say we were very disappointed. So we left and went to Walter's Fruit Ranch....aanndd we were disappointed again!!! It was the worst attempt at getting a pumpkin in years!

We did get to see some animals and buy some apples!

Hopefully our next outing for pumpkins will turn out a lot better! Hope you found your pumpkins already!

GOING OUT!

I'm so excited for the weekend! I'm actually going out with some friends...so in anticipation for this event I thought I would share an inspirational image of the excitement and fun that is going to take place!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

SOME INSPIRATION

I just wanted to share an inspiration picture for the last days of summer.

Happy Sunday everyone!

[Image: Pinterest]

PIN CRAZY

I'm sure the majority of you reading this post right now have jumped on the Pinterest pinning craze. I certainly have and thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite pins I have found.

What are your favorite ones?
If you would like to see more of my pins you can check out my boards here.

[Image: Pinterest via thegardenviewcottage; thebottomoftheironingboard; sheenajibsonphotography; plumo; tumblr; deardesigner'sblog; apartmenttherapy

3 YEAERS AGO....

Yesterday Aaron and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary! We have come a long way from the first day we met each other, which by the way was in a beer garden at Pig Out In The Park. For the anniversary we went out to breakfast, out on the boat, and rented a movie. It was a pretty chill day and of course we exchanged a few simple gifts.

Aaron gave me a little bouquet of flowers and a card. I did something alittle cheesy....ok A LOT cheesy. I have to give you a little background first. Aaron suffers from a badly healed rib that gives him a lot of pain in his back and arms, so.....I made him a massage coupon with four coupons. This way he can get a few professional massages whenever he wants or his back is killing him!

GOOD OL' HOMEMADE ART

Lets be totally honest....I'm not very good at picking out art. In fact I'm not really a fan of a lot of art thats out there. Even though I'm an interior designer and thats suppose to be my thing, its not! I recently had a discussion about art with a coworker. Nothing too in depth just likes and dislikes, and I came to the realization that I don't have a type or style that I like or care about. I really just like what I like, simple as that.

Now lets not forget that I live with a boy, who has the total opposite design sense from me, so picking out any sort of art just doesn't work. I have been reading a lot of posts over at Young House Love about making your own art from items you love. For an example this is one piece of art they made here:



Courtesy of Young House Love

I took their concept of art and decided to try it out for myself. I had given my boyfriend this great card for Valentine's Day. It has a strong graphic, which is what I love, and you can instantly understand the meaning behind it.

I got a picture frame from Kohl's that already had a white matte board around it to frame the card and not to mention it was on a great sale at 55% off!

All I did was pop the back off, removed the picture place holder sheet, and inserted my fun Valentine's Day card, and ta-da!

I love this piece of art because nobody else has it and its the perfect way to keep sentimental gifts in great condition!

SO NOT ME...

I was over at Young House Love and saw they took a quiz by Ethan Allen on 'What's My Signature?'. So I decided to try my hand at it.  The quiz was super fast and easy. It asked you to click on the picture that you liked most and this is my signature:

hmmmmm....this is not exactly what I thought I would end up being. I tried it one more time and still ended up with elegance! If I had to choose between the five styles I would definitely say I'm modern. Oh well I guess Ethan Allen knows me too well!

Which signature are you?

FAV BEDROOMS ROUND 2

I mentioned how much I love my bed and being in it. If I could live out of my bed I would. Its so cozy and just makes you wanna snuggle into it. I found more bedrooms that I love for different reasons. Some of the decor I would never have thought to try. Hope you enjoy looking at some of these fun bedrooms and get some inspiration from them.

I never want to leave this bed!

Love the light colored wood panels on the wall...makes it feel so light and airy

Gotta love a bedroom where you can draw all over the walls and floors!

The simplicity makes it perfect.

Love the whimsy of the netting with the color combination.

How cool would this be for a little boy's room?

Which is your favorite bedroom/bed?

HAPPINESS...

I don't know why, but this pillow makes me sooo happy! =) Maybe its cause its starting to finally feel like spring.

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

{Image: Urban Outfitters}

DESPERATELY WANT ONE!

How awesome is this pod?! You could easily have a little oasis in your backyard where you could have a little lunch get together or lounge the afternoon away reading a great book. Not to mention these pods would be amazing to have a late night dinner outside without the bugs getting in your face!

{Image: Happiness Is via John Lewis}

CURRENTLY IN LOVE WITH...

Have I mentioned how much I love converses???

They can change a whole look to be more casual, but not taking it too far...oh how I love thee! I wish I could have every color in the laceless converses........maybe one day!

{Images: Mixed Plate}

OUTDOOR SANCTUARIES

I'm sure everyone is excited for summer to finally get here, not only to enjoy the sunshine, but to enjoy your backyard sanctuaries while BBQing and relaxing with friends.  That is my favorite part of summer and I found these backyard oases to be truly inspirational, not to mention they make me very jealous that I don't own them!

How romantic?

I wanna read here ALL day long!

Which one is your favorite? Do you have any incredible backyards to share?

{Images: Me and Alice, Sun Surfer, Live Journal, Live Journal, Bluebird Vintage, A Mad Tea Party With Alis, Joie De Vivre, Sun Surfer, DIY Network, Slim Paley, Apartment Therapy, Material Girls, Live Journal}