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Spring Green Color Scheme

Posted in Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Home and Garden, Home Decor, tagged , , , , on March 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I’ve noticed a lot of attention is being paid to shades of green lately.

Perhaps everyone is as ready for spring as I am and by turning to the colors of grass, flower stems and budding leaves, it is our way of rushing the season.

Whatever the reason, you can have a lot of fun with the many shades of green. From dark, rich greens to soft sage hues, incorporate a little green into your home entertaining and see if it doesn’t make you feel a little more like spring has arrived.

If you have mostly neutral tones in your decor, bring in a pop of green color with a throw or accent pillow. You can even accomplish this with something as simple as buying a spool of bright green ribbon and tying a bow around a neutral pillow. A simple way to recover a pillow for a dollar or two is to purchase a piece of inexpensive fabric and wrap the pillow in the new material like you would fold an envelope with the points meeting in the center. Gather the points and tie into a knot for an unusual statement.

Go for an elegant yet playful look mixing greens with white or cream. It is so gorgeous and easy to do. Make a green runner out of ribbon, organza or felt, line with cream or white containers (like small dishes, votive cups or flat dishes) and stack on an assortment of white and green candles.

Green and white flowers are a huge hit. Think white tulips or pale daffodils for instant spring impact.

However you decide to mix in a little green, have fun with it!

She Who Loves Green!

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Polyvore

Posted in Entertaining Ideas, Fashion, Home and Garden, Home Decor, Musings, Referrals, tagged , , , on March 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Social Media is going to be the cause of my demise.

First it was Facebook and Twitter followed by LinkedIn.

Then I gut sucked into Pinterest and thought I might never get out alive.

Now I’m really in trouble. Big trouble.

I found Polyvore.

For those of you who like to be creative, have a penchant for fashion or like home decor, you are going to love (LOVE) this site. You can drag and drop clothing, backdrops, furniture, just about everything and anything you can imagine onto a “blank” canvas and create outfits, rooms, all kinds of fabulous and marvelous things.

I’m officially a goner.

I’ve only been playing on it since last weekend, but it is so much fun.

You can do stuff like this:

So you pick out the fashion pieces you like, arrange them however you want, add whatever accents tickle your fancy and then you can share it with others. Being someone who likes clothes and creativity, I can’t begin to tell you how this entertains me so.

Although I have only spent a few minutes being crazy with the home decor stuff, it looks like it could be a time-consuming wonderment, too.

I agree the pink room is a little much, but it was fun to put together.

She Who Needs to Not Like this as Much as She Does

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Palescapes

Posted in Captain Cavedweller, Dishes and Serving Pieces, Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Home and Garden, Home Decor, tagged , , , , on January 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I was flipping through a magazine the other day and saw this lovely photo.

The soft, pale hues spoke to me. The whispered of loveliness and a certain aura of elegance.

Turning the pages in another magazine, I found an entire spread about Palescapes and I was hooked.

So I quickly started digging through my cupboards and storage closets to see what I could find.

I found much.

Like these plates. The one on the far left is from a Mikasa set Captain Cavedweller bought for me. The one next to it and the one on the far right are both from Willow House (formerly Entertaining at Home), the direct selling company I was proud to be a part of for several years. The dish with the delicate little flowers is part of a set my grandpa bought for my grandma way, way back when.

This plate was a gift several years ago from my niece, Miss Molly, when she was still in school. I love the beautiful lace etching on the clear glass.

These five pieces were  given to us (I say us, but I really mean me because Captain Cavedweller really isn’t all that excited about my dish collections) right after Christmas by two people who are very near and dear to our hearts.

A beautiful mug, part of the Mikasa set, from CC.

Creamy, snowball shaped candles nestled well in a clear glass bowl. I love the fluted edges on this serving piece and I use it for decor purposes as much as I do for serving food.

I love, love, love this bowl Captain Cavedweller gave me for Valentine’s Day last year. See the little dangly hearts? CC makes me feel all dangly when he gives me presents like this.

A cupboard full of pale, pretty pieces.

It makes me smile.

She Who Likes Dishes Way More Than She Should

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Carol’s Rose Garden

Posted in Captain Cavedweller, Entertaining Ideas, Home and Garden, Home Decor, tagged , , , , on January 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I don’t know what faulty gene in my DNA makes me love certain things as much as I do, but I have a thing for beautiful stationery and note cards.

Ask Captain Cavedweller. He’ll probably tell you the cupboard where I keep all my stationery supplies is a death trap of paper, boxes of note cards and fancy pens. Sad, but true.

One of my favorite, favorite brands of note cards is Carol’s Rose Garden.

They are high quality, affordable and completely lovely. The envelopes match the cards and most of the cards have some sort of embossing or fun design element.

Can’t you just picture writing a love note to your Valentine on this card?

And how sweet is this? A perfect Valentine’s  gift for a teacher, secretary, or special friend, especially at only $4.95.

 

Although her rose designs are my favorites, she has oodles to choose from including quilts, cats, teacups, pansies, hydrangeas and butterflies, to name a few.

She even has things like mousepads, scrapbooking kits and so much more.

If you like nice stationery and note cards but don’t want to spend a fortune, check out her designs.

She Who Saw Fourteen More Boxes of Cards She Wants!

 

 

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