HOMEROOM: Minted Wall Gallery {the blues}

Hello, hello friends. I’ve been on a little break but I’m so excited my first fresh post of the year is all about a room refresh. While I was taking a little blog break, the good folks over at MINTED invited me to pick out a few pieces of artwork from their amazing selection. I think I could have scrolled through the prints for days. Good thing you can sort by theme and color.

FRIDAY: High Five

Happy Friday everyone. If you’re here in the United States, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, filled with family and feasting. I’m blessed to have my family here in Los Angeles where we can spend holidays together. We all make two or three dishes and still follow tradition and gather at my parent’s house. How lucky am I?

So on this day after Thanksgiving, let’s give thanks for a wonderful week and maybe do a little shopping. Here’s what I’m high fiving about this week.

FRIDAY: High Five

It’s Friday friends. We made it through another week. We decorated, crafted, baked, cooked, DIY’d and inspired each other. Now it’s Friday, it’s time to take a little break, re-energize and high five. Here are some new finds I’m high fiving about this week.

EXTRA CREDIT: Holiday Lists and Tiny Prints

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It’s that time of year when things get a little stressy and frazzly. Before the real craziness begins, do yourself a favor and knock a few things off your holiday list.

PRETTY PLEASE: Serums for Fifty Plus Beauty

At a certain age you can no longer take your skin for granted. You have to take extra steps to protect your skin and hair. Plus, it’s a constant struggle to figure out which products are best suited for these new phases in your life.

HOMEROOM: Master Bedroom Makeover Progress (Part 3)

It’s slowly getting there. I’ve made more progress on our Master Bedroom Makeover and what a difference it’s made. Our master bedroom was the most neglected, ugliest room in our house. We just kept putting it off and never replaced the old, original cheap furniture.

SEW & TELL: We are Knitters Review & Giveaway

I’m so excited to share this review and giveaway with you today. If you know how to knit or if you don’t know how to knit but have been wanting to learn, you’re going to love these kits by We Are Knitters. For this review, I got to choose a kit and I have to say, it was hard to pick. All of the kits are gorgeous, contemporary and tempting.

EXTRA CREDIT: PINCHme Free Samples

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Friends, if you’re anything like me, you love free samples. Who doesn’t like free samples of food at the market or big box store or any free samples for that matter. How would you like to choose the samples you want and then have them sent to you in a pretty box? Sound fun? You need to check out PINCHme.

EXTRA CREDIT: Groupon Coupons–a new way to save

Anthropologie

I have to confess, I’m slightly addicted to online shopping. Clothes, shoes, household items… you name it and I love to buy it online. Nothing makes me happier than finding a good sale at one of my favorite stores and it’s an added bonus when I have a coupon code for even more savings

LITTLE CRAFT: Cereal Box Purse ~ Valentine Box

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Do you have a little one? Specifically a little girl? You can easily make this fun Valentine’s Day Card Holder with a cereal box like I did for Valentine’s Day with Plaid Crafts.

ETCETERAS: Thought Bubble Bulletin Board

As part of the FloraCraft® Make It: Fun® Wall Art Challenge I came up with this fun Thought Bubble Bulletin Board. The bulletin board is a fabric covered foam sheet and it was super easy to cut out and create.

BE MY GUEST: Fairytale Flower

I’ve a long time admirer of these beautiful handmade flowers by Gia at Fairytale Flowers. Gia has a blog One Perfect Day and shares her creations at my link party.

EXTRA CREDIT: Bathroom Makeover with Delta & Shower Door Giveaway

Friends, I’m so excited to show you my partial bathroom makeover. You know I’m not a home décor blogger and I know my bathroom isn’t going to win any awards but I am SO thrilled with the progress.

AU NATURALE: Fall Wreath & (The Wreath Depot Giveaway)

I mentioned awhile back that I started working full time again. My time for crafting and decorating is very limited. I work on blog projects and posts in the morning before work, after work and on weekends. But I always seem to be playing beat the clock and I haven’t had anything pretty in advance of the current season in a long time.

DRESS CODE: Tulip Tie Dye Watercolor Scarf

Friends, I have such a fun project to share with you today. As part of the Tulip Tie Dye Your Summer fashion team, I’m demonstrating Tulip Tie Dye but not in the traditional sense. When you think of tie dye, you think fun t-shirts with spirals of bright colors. I used Tulip One-Step Tie-Dye which is America’s favorite tie dye, to create fashionable scarves in a watercolor effect.

BLOOM: Fresh Flowers and a Giveaway

Over the years, I used countless flowers in my posts here at homework. I’ve created all types of faux flowers and used fresh flowers either as the star of a post or as part of the styling for a post. These are just a few of the times, I included flowers in my photos.

homework: Reading [ Make Your Mark ] + a Giveaway

I have another great reading assignment to share with you. MAKE YOUR MARK  by Lark Crafts showcases another hot trend in the crafting world. Using markers, paint pens and more to decorate a multitude of products.

GOOD TASTE: Introducing Graeter’s New Ice Cream

It’s a messy job but somebody’s got to do it! Some days I’m cleaning up glue and glitter and other days, ice cream scoops. I think sampling and taking pictures of ice cream might be one of my favorite ways to spend the day.

EXTRA CREDIT: The Battle with White Sports Uniforms

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INKLING: Ephemera, Origami & Rice Paper {fusion}

If you’re a scrapbooker or paper crafter, you probably know what ephemera is. They’re bits of paper typically used in paper crafting. The actual definition is: things that are important or useful for only a short time: items that were not meant to have lasting value:  paper items (as posters, broadsides, and tickets) that were originally meant to be discarded after use but have since become collectibles. I love these pretty little bits of book pages and other tidbits.