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Unfortunately, nothing.  Could not think of a single little thing to connect the two, and sadly it’s what I’m working on all weekend as I have a commitment to get them done by Monday for my meeting with my Accountant.  I am still in the dark ages with my books, I seriously need to get…

Green and ‘Upcycling’ is a hot trend (source) This year I was at the convention center for both days of the design show this week. Wednesday for Vicente Wolf’s talk on “Lifting the Curtain on Design’ and Thursday for Janice Lindsay’s talk on Colour Trends with Pittsburgh Paints. She had many fabulous images from her…

I’m hosting a giveaway from Novica! The lucky winner will recieve $150 of merchandise and you can choose from their long list of wonderful things!  Here’s what I would buy: Silver filigree earrings, ‘Four Leaf Clover’ $87.96 (These would look good on my ears 🙂 $58.99 – Beaded Zigzag rattan basket; (This would look good…

I’m always posting interesting articles or blog posts I come across on my Twitter and Facebook Fan page for my followers so I thought I’d include a few of my favourites here today.  If your post is not here and it’s great, it’s just because I haven’t read it or because I had to end…

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.  ~Norman Vincent Peale   I hope your holiday is filled with love and joy.  Thank you so much for reading my blog, for your comments, your support and encouragement all year long. This blog is inspiring for me to…

Have you ever created your own picture book?  Well if you haven’t then post a comment below and follow my blog (you’ll find the follow section on my sidebar close to the top) and you just might win a $75 gift card to create your own photo book with Kodak!  If you have you can…

It was a stunning day for Christmas Shopping in Seattle with my mom and sister today.  We went down to Pike Place Market for lunch and ended up on the wharf having a picnic on the bench, (my 1 year old nephew was with us). Photo by Maria Killam I saw these fabulous and happy…

flickr Well I’m off tomorrow morning bright and early to the CMG Conference in Portland this weekend. I’m going to drive (I love a road trip) it’s only about 5 hours from Vancouver. I’m stopping in Seattle for 2 hours to do a little shopping with Angie from You Look Fab. I still want one…

Okay, I’m off. . . Friday morning at the crack of dawn I’ll be at the Vancouver airport and arriving in North Carolina at 4:30 pm. I’ll be there till late Tuesday morning. I can’t wait to meet all my virtual designer and blogger friends! Credit And I just realized I haven’t even registered for…

Last night we had dinner in Redmond with jewelry designer and artist Cassandra Shaw and her husband. They live half the year in Puerto Vallarta where her gallery is located. She is quite famous there for her paintings of chickens. This one (above) is from her website. There are some she paints over and over…

I’m talking about 5 Ways to Cozy your Space for Fall at Centsational Girl today, click here to check it out! I love Kate’s blog and especially her sense of humour!  I laugh and giggle all through her posts, and she is a really talented designer! This is her family room re-vamp below: Before After…

Usually when I feel anxious I can figure out why and get happy again but this week there seemed to be too many reasons to be cranky. It’s unusual for me to have an off-kilter week so when that happens, I’m happy to find a reason and here it is: Mercury is in Retrograde until…

I’m hanging out with my totally squish able 11 month old nephew this weekend. My sister and I were in the fitting room at the Gap trying on their famous new black pants (below). I bought the ones on the right and some skinny pants. We were together in a big one and had Markus…

I think the most interesting dining rooms are ones where the chairs don’t match the table. So I was very excited to find these french chairs for my dining room when I decorated it a few years ago. Elle Decor So, keeping in mind my sunshine yellow sofa, I now have to decide which colour to paint…

Last night I went to a designer event sponsored by Arborite, The Mohawk Group, Heritage Office Furniture and Best Buy held at the Vancouver Art Gallery. See the covered area on the upper right side of the photo below? That’s where we were and we certainly didn’t need to be covered, it was like being…

I only remember enjoying dating when I was in my late teens and early 20’s. After that, it was only fun when I was dating ‘the one’. You know, the one you end up with, even if it’s just for a little while. Otherwise my experience of dating was just like Renee Zellweger said in…