How to Display Kid's Artwork - I LOVE THIS!

No matter where I go I am always looking at how art is displayed.  I always focus on the walls and how items are displayed on the walls.  The color scheme of the room is important and if that color compliments the art.

Fortunately we have a little Picasso and Pizzarro.  Every school year I struggle with how to display their creations.  WELL!  I have found a solution, and for only $4.99 at your local IKEA you can too!  Just find a blank wall in your house.

Aren't these great?  Just secure to the wall and attach the clips.  No need to change in and out of frames.  Easy Peazy - GOT to LOVE that!  So once I select a wall, we will have a rotating gallery of their recent masterpieces.

Back to School sneaked up on me.  This find takes a little of the stress off!

Laundry...Glad somebody likes it!

I pride myself on my organizational skills.  Lists and preplanning have always been my forte.  Laundry on the other hand is never done.  Never finished.  I am always just different levels of behind.

Out sweet Heidi though loves it.  Other than my lap, being on a pile of dirty clothes is her favorite place to be.

She is use to me taking her picture, and only moves now to raise her leg...hoping for a belly rub!

Here's hoping you finish your laundry, if not - maybe you will get your belly  feet rubbed!

My Christmas Wish List...

Although school hasn't started yet our kids have already made out their Christmas lists.  Yeah, they had it done in JULY!

At first I thought - what?   Are you kidding me?  But then I realized, why NOT?  Why couldn't that work for me? Besides, I've been good all year! (Just hope Santa reads my blog!).

Here are some of my TOP picks!

LIGHTS! 

Chandiliers (Ikea) ...Can a girl EVER have enough of them?  They are only $49.95 each.

Sconce (IKEA).  Can't you see the candles glowing for a night photoshoot?...dreamy!

Moroccon Lanterns (Anthropologie).  These would look beautiful placed in trees!

CAMERA!

Of course, what I drool over - The CANON 5D MarkII.  (My husband's name is Mark - so it is meant to be!) (Only $2,400 + tax)  http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/583953-REG/Canon_2764B003_EOS_5D_Mark_II.html

A new camera wouldn't be complete without a new lens right?
The Canon 85mm 1.2 L.  SWEET!

ACTION?

Make it a surprise.  I love surprises.  Just remember I have been good all year.

Christmas Cards - Inspired from the Past

One of my recent posts was about our last trip at Spring Break.  One of the many items that I loved were the "mini" photo cards.  I think these were book marks.  Aren't they lovely?  I also love the calling cards below.  These are the inspiration for my Christmas Cards this year.  I've started designing a series of old fashioned Post Cards.  Pictures to come soon!

These were calling cards that a young lady saved from her many beau's. 

One thing we will miss with our emails, texts, and faxes...

Happy Monday!

I'm so not COOL! And I can prove it...

Funny Story.  When we lived 45 minutes from Manhattan we would always take visiting friends to the Big Apple.

Anyone that has ever eaten in a restaurant there knows that space is at a premium and you are usually sat with other people.  Total strangers.  On one occasion we were sitting with friends at a downtown chinese restaurant when the host sat a large family and their friends at our table.  No prob, we all got along fine.

When it came to the end of the meal and we were handed our fortune cookies I said "WAIT a minute!".  When you read your fortune you are suppose to say "IN BED" at the end of it. Cause I'm so cool right?  So we went around this big round table and everyone would finish their fortune with the words "In BED".  Everyone thought it was funny.  We laughed at every fortune.

When we left and were walking to the car my husband turns to me and said I can't believe you did that! (as he was laughing).  I asked why? everyone thought it was funny.  He said yeah, especially the Methodist preacher and his family visiting from South Carolina...    I am so not cool.

As I was fumbling in my top desk drawer this afternoon I found the last fortune cookie I got.  It was so good it had to be saved.

I hope I'm living it.  Cool or not.

LOVE the Metal Prints!!

I am so excited about this product!  Metal prints are cooler than cool!  A client's 16x20 Metal Print was delivered the other day.  It is beautiful!  The colors are so rich, it looks as though you could step into the picture.   It looks like glass - but won't break.  Can you see the reflection of the trees?  Can't wait to see this in her house!
Check it out!

This is the back side.  Ready to hang, either with a nail or hook. 

The metal prints come in all sizes, and look super in a 12X12 sitting in a plate stand.

NoteCards for Sale! How to order!

The notecards are now for sale!  You can order them on the below link:

http://shallmark.photobiz.com/cart/products.cfm

10 Blank Note Cards, 4.25"x5.5". Includes white envelopes. These beautiful live oaks surround a golf green. Signature chandilier hanging to the left of the green.

Can also order in color.  More to come soon!