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Archive for May, 2009

The past month, no scratch that the past few months have been a mixture of utter chaos and composure in my household.  The past couple of days have been a mixture of  TOTAL CHAOS and some of the best times to ever be held under our roof.  Thank you to everyone who made this weekend [...]

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West Elm Pin-tuck Duvet

I’m dreaming dizzily about potentially purchasing this pin-tuck duvet cover by West Elm… Its so hard to resist at only $99 for  a 100%  organic cotton duvet for our new queen bed.  I personally love the sea spray best for our richly dark bedroom…but really all the colors are too cozy to turn a blind [...]

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Its strawberry season and with that comes days picking and enjoying juicy bites of colorful strawberry heaven.  I can remember strawberry picking with my Grampy when I was just a wee little one.  I would carefully pick the biggest ones I could find, and try to fill each green container till it was overflowing with [...]

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pink & blu

http://ohjoy.blogs.com
Easter may be long gone by now but flirty colors like pink and blue are still going strong.  Here are a few rooms and color combos to help give you a little extra girly bolt this morning!
hgtv.com
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farm1.static.flickr.com
www.polyvore.com
related topics on  color wanderlust:
5 colours to cheer http://lulupainting.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/5-colours-to-cheer-up-your-space-this-spring/
sherwin williams 09 colors http://lulupainting.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/sherwin-williams-09-colors/
majestic blue http://lulupainting.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/majestic-blue-by-benjamin-moore/
painted headboards http://lulupainting.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/painted-headboards/

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Steph’s House, Minneapolis, MN
For those of you wondering where this stencil came from that’s posted on my website… (I’ve had quite a few inquiries…)  Its actually not a stencil at all…Its a series of Decals from What is Blik. I suggest making your own stencil out of the decals  for continued use and more flexibility [...]

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I have to head out the door to do demo’s at the Minneapolis Institute of Fine Finishes Open House today but, the ever so sweet Nancy Jansson from ‘Affirming Spirit’ http://www.affirmingspirit.com/ sent this over to me this morning and I just had to share it with all of you.
This girl rocks!!!!  Design student Sara Watson [...]

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This past week we were able to squeeze in a project over at a new Hip and Cozy Lounge downtown Minneapolis.  Its called Elixir and its located to the left of the Fineline Music Cafe.
I’m calling this Part 1 because I’m going to show you my dark and dusty photos from behind the scenes.  A [...]

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the view on our back steps!
It was quite the weekend.  Last minute I backed out of the Walk for Animals with Janessa and Keisha because I was so over come with all the buzz in Bryn Mawr.  It was our very first year living in Bryn Mawr for the festivities and I gotta tell you, [...]

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