♥ My Room ♥

I'm pleased to say I've finally finished off the majority of my room. A room. Just for me. I'm not a designer with tons of money, but I'm really pleased with how it turned out. (I have realized in this process, however, that I really need a better camera. Everything looks pretty cute, but when I take a picture--not so much. So please put on your cuteness glasses and try to see past the bad photography. xoxo)

Before

The terrible shots from when we first moved in:

The vertical blinds!!! Ahhh!

We painted all the woodwork work white, including some shuttered doors you see later.
I turned the closet you see in the back ground into a scrap-booking station, but that's another post in itself, so hang tight and I'll get it photographed soon. It's pretty rad.

After

I painted the walls "milk-glass pink" by Martha Stewart at Home Depot. I wanted a pink room, but one that was really light to when the light came in the windows it would give a faint glow. A bit dawn-like. 

Station

Here is my "stuff" station. Notes, tools, pens, letter opener... Also, there's a hanger for for things that need to be organized.

 

I found the chalkboard as a metal memo board, but painted it with chalkboard paint so it could double as a place for notes too. Then, took a $1 black frame and added some cork to make a little pin board.
The tray serves as a place to coral the necessary utensils and keep things from looking cluttered. Since I'm a writer, I picked one that has letters on it, which look like they've been stamped on. A somewhat hidden element that makes me happy.

I made the burlap skirt using a tension rod, and then hand sewing little plastic crystals to the end for a rustic-chic look. (You can find them in the wedding section at Michael's. They come in boxes to scatter about, but they already have holes in them for sewing. Great, right?)

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Fab Friday

Today I'd like to share this wonderful blog I found called Room to Inspire. She had this great, cheap makeover to some Dollar Tree pumpkins.

Via Room to Inspire

Dollar Store Pumpkins ~

Okay, I am now feeling the season. Fall is among us and that means Halloween is right around the corner! Oh, how I love to decorate for Halloween...

I recently picked these pumpkins up from the Dollar Tree. 

I pulled out my Goodwill dictionary and Mod Podge and started covering each pumpkin. 

 

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$1 Purse Organizer!

So I'd been looking around for a while for a purse organizer. I like to change things up, but I HATE transferring everything. I know several are on the market, so I decided to finally bite the bullet and buy one. But when I went to scout them out, wow, were they expensive--at least to me. If they were reasonably priced, then they were too tiny to hold much. So, I held off, waffling back and forth if the ends justified the funds so to speak. THEN, while shopping at Dollar Tree, I found a little gardening bag...

And here was the one they wanted $25 for online...

 

Score! So this little gardening bag became a cheap purse organizer. I bought a couple so I could have an extra on hand just in case. It takes like two seconds to pop it from one purse to another now. A-mazing. And I love it even more because it was thrifty. 

I have a lot comfortably in this: a full-size wallet, a medium makeup bag, and sunglasses, along with all the essentials--sanitizer, lotion, gum, brush etc.! See how it looks all put together: