Quilting Hoop Displays

I love quilting hoop displays... I'll be honest, I have one myself, but it is kind of a flop. I did all white lacey fabrics in the hoops on a tan wall, and the wall is pretty large and my grouping looks too small. I'll have to try again with funner fabrics on a different wall I think... and maybe it can look as good as these photos...

Marlene's Space

Tilly's Cottage

Needle Book

Apartment Therary

Diary of a QuilterDesign Delight

Great Pillow Tutorials

So I am looking into making a few pillows... I am trying to bring a little more gray into my living room... and I found a few great tutorials so I thought I'd share them:

Hello Beautiful

Persia Lou

Persia Lou

Warmth in the North

Alisa Burke

Creative Little

V and Co.

One Sleepless Night

Last night i couldn't sleep... because of this I think it will lead to many more long nights. I spent my time looking at amazing projects... so now I have been inspired to do about 30 new projects. Check them out...

These three pieces of furniture are made from old doors and windows... of which I have an abundance of! I really want to do the red shelf project... but make two and paint them white. They are from http://www.myrepurposedlife.net/


I am thinking of doing this project for my bedroom.



I love love love this mirror... its made with paint stirring sticks. The wall stencils and the mirror are from http://www.centsationalgirl.com/


I have been struggling with what to to with Max's room... and then I saw this birch forest from http://prissthis.blogspot.com/

Nursery Inspiration

I have just spent the past hour looking through this website I found called project nursery. It is a website were people can make a profile and then post their nursery photos. It's a great place to get inspiration for nursery ideas. Above are a few of my favorites. I really like the color combination of soft blues, yellows and a little bit of red or pink. I might do something like for my little one.

Knack

Sorry for the lack of original ideas lately... my house is in shambles, as we are packing right now for the big move. So to tide you, and me, over here are some lovely creative pieces from Knack Studios. (The website is very cool, definitely check it out) This store just makes me want to push all my boxes to the side and break out my power sander! This packing business has really become a chore. Ok, but with no further ado:

Feed Your Soul = Free Art!

I found the website Feed Your Soul through a design blog. This is a little snip taken from the site to explain the project:

Feed Your Soul is a free art project. Each month artists are invited to participate and to contribute a print which is totally free and available for download.

This project is coordinated by Jen Wallace of Indie Fixx to help art lovers feed their souls with art in these recessionary times and to help artists promote their work.

Each week (usually on Monday) 2 + prints are added to the available downloads.

If you are an artist and would like to submit your work for consideration, just send an email with your url or 1-2 images of your work. The project is booked through August. It may take us a while to get back to you as well.

Remember, art can free your soul!

Peace, love, art and happiness...

So I downloaded a few photos and got them printed... the result:

Desire to Inspire

These photos came from Desire to Inspire. The link is in my blog list or here. I've been trying to find inspiration for decorating our new house and this blog stays true to it's name. Here are a few examples of photos I have found inspiration from.

I love the photo below. I really want to try the look they did with the dresser, by painting out the outer frame a solid color and leaving the drawers with the wood texture. I also love the vintage chair upholstered in a modern color... I am on the hunt right now for a pair of vintage chairs I can do this to.From this photo I love the mixture of different art work on the same wall. I love how busy this room looks. I love it when you walk into a room and there is so much to look at. I am also a huge fan of the display case. I like the use of fabric in this photo, in the display case and in on the chairs. I think I've decided I also really like it when the table doesn't match the chairs. Matchy matchy is out, for me at least.I want these chairs!

Kuler

So now my mind can't stop thinking decorating. It's kind of hard because I am not in the space and I have to go off off about six pictures and my memory. So I have been perusing blogs, websites and magazines for ideas. Another helpful source has been the website kuler: http://kuler.adobe.com/#create/fromanimage. This site is designed to help someone pick colors. It has so many features which are easy to figure out if you just play around on the site a bit, but I wanted to share about one feature. If you find a reference picture, or even just a photo of a really color flower, you can upload the photo and use these five dots to create a color pallet.