flowers

I love flowers! I am ready for spring. But it keeps snowing. So I brought more flowers into my house. This is the chair at my desk in the den. I saw this idea when I was out with Stacy. Anyway, This boring gray chair needed a little excitement. So lots of felted flowers! Yeah! Makes me happy to look at it. Only problem is it is on the back of the chair and I am usually sitting in it! Oh well.

My new bedroom

My bedroom....I love this room. It is my place to get away from it all. I love to curl up with a book on my bed and read! I have been wanting to redo the colors and stuff for a few years now. So slowly I have been finding deals on what I want.


I found the bedspread on sale at Target. I searched and searched for a fabric that I liked. Stacy and I found a funny little fabric store in Denver and there was the fabric! I love the jewel tones.


So I made a bunch of pillows for the bed! The orange pillow has a pin on it. It is a pin that Thatcher gave me for Christmas a few years ago that I love but don't get to wear very often. Now I see it every day!!


On my dresser: I found this little mirrored tray at Goodwill and just loved it!! The colored dessert dishes were from Goodwill as well. I just love them holding my jewelry. The dress form Stacy found at ARC. She has one also. I still have to refinish that. It will be so cool when it is done.


The corner: I have a lot of fun jewelry and I like to be able to see it. So I came up with this clever display. The Shuttered doors were from Thatcher's closet (He took them off a long time ago). I love being able to see all my jewelry and it decorates a rather nonfunctional corner of the room.


Because I am going back to school, I decided I needed an area just for my school stuff. So I organized the bookshelf and hung a bulletin board with a weekly schedule (I can just see me going to the wrong class one day). Don't you just love that tiny little blue phone!!! It really works!

I used my grandma Odd's old costmetic case as a file box and the stool holds my school books. I have wanted to use grandmas case for a long time and this is the perfect spot for it!!! I love it!

Changing this room up took a lot of time, but it was so worth it! I love the colors, they make me smile. It is now MY room. Very girlie and all mine!!!

Back To School

Back to School! It is just my personality that I have to have everything super organized and super cute. I can't help it. So when it came time to get ready to go back to college, I had to have a few new things.

I started with a new backpack. Well, all the backpacks I saw looked like they belonged on a 12 year old. And the ones for adults were so very BORING! So one day I drove by a garage sale and decided to run in. JACKPOT! There was the bag. It reminds me of Hawaii. It has lots of pockets (organization!) and I only paid $2 for it! I just hope it will hold everything.

Next I needed spiral notebooks and "pee-chees". Walmart helped me out there! My boys say I am a nerd cuz everything matches. But these were just calling out to me! I love them!!

Last but not least, I needed a new coat. I wanted something warm, comfortable and really fun. The college itself can be kinda cold inside, not to mention the dash from my car to the school. So, I was at Old Navy and noticed some cute coats. BINGO! Love this purple coat. It has an empire waist (So I look sorta skinny) and bell sleeves. It is long so my legs and bum will stay warm. I love the color! The original price was $100 but I got it for $31. Oh I love a bargain!!!

School starts next week. I am so excited for this new adventure in my life. My classes look interesting. I am taking a Literature class, a Business class, a History class and a jewelry making class. The textbooks are a little intimidating, but I think I can do this. I hope to meet some wonderful people and learn some new things. Wish me luck!!