Bedroom selections

Once home with all of my finds I put them all out for comparison. 
First I put them all out together.

But that didn't give me the overall look (although the helper is cute).

So I laid them out individually photographed each one and then compared.
The first shows a duvet and lavender throw both from Overstock.com.  One panel is from Z Gallerie and the other is from West Elm.

The second has 3 lavender and silver pillows from Overstock.com (labeled Z Gallerie!), a small throw pillow from Overstock, the duvet is from Z Gallerie, and the animal print throw is from Target.

The third duvet (silver) I didn't pull all the way out.  It was the least favorite of the three, and it clashed with the drapery panels so I knocked it out of contention.

Which one do you prefer?

Finished product to come!

Bedroom re-do

Time flies and we're already into the 2nd week of December!  I've had big plans for crafting and decorating and yet haven't posted anything.  Unfortunately I have several projects that have been started and then abandoned.  My clay wall decoration? Scratched.  My felt and sequin ornaments?  Nope.  Sweater vases?  Zilch.  Ugh.  I was feeling so discouraged.  Each project just wasn't working.  So much for the Martha in me!

So with the encouragement of Black Friday sales I picked up my ongoing project of redecorating the guest bedroom.  I picked up 3 duvet sets, two types of drapery panels and assorted pillows and throws.  Why so many you ask?  Well I wasn't sure which would work in the room.  The walls are painted taupe, trim is white, and my latest addition, a zebra rug is cream and grey. 

I just love the rug. It was from Overstock.com. I'm not sure how it will survive my precious pooches, but I couldn't say no, it was too fun.


Next step?  Trying it all out!

Grosgrain: ANOTHER SILHOUETTE MACHINE GIVEAWAY!!!!

Grosgrain: ANOTHER SILHOUETTE MACHINE GIVEAWAY!!!!

Lots of Silhouette love this week!

There are a number of Silhouette cutter giveaways this week in blogland.  Check out these links to try and win one for yourself!  If you don't win, they're also doing a Cyber Monday deal. 

Thrifty Decor Chick
Infarrantly Creative
HowDoesShe
Make it and Love it
Tatertots and Jello

Thrifty Decor Chick: Silhouette Craft Cutter Giveaway!

Thrifty Decor Chick: Silhouette Craft Cutter Giveaway!

Back in Business

You haven't heard from me lately.  I've had all of these big thoughts on crafts and activites for Thanksgiving and Christmas and have been planning all of the things I can blog about.  However I've seemingly been thwarted at every turn.  I've bought clay, felt, sequins and fur and each one led to disappointment.  The last straw was my Silhouette when I broke the plastic cutter.  Ugh.

So deep breath.  And another.  And... ahhhh ok, much better now.

And then happiness!  My replacement part for the Silhouette came today.  So hopefully I'll be back with some crafts before you know it.  The silhouette is whirring away as I type!

Lost in a daze

Wow, my Halloween coma lasted over a week!  Everything is finally put away now so I'm feeling better about that.  It's a daunting task to wrap and pack all of the usual holiday goodies and then to find space for the new goodies that were aquired. 

Now my basement storage area looks like this:

As you can see I'm fond of Sterilite containers.

How about yours?  How do you store your out of season items and how much space do you allocate before you have to start purging?