Just my thoughts..... Take a piece of me!

Thought I'd take some time out this morning to blog about myself. Yep just me! The little guy in the picture above is my four year old son aka my everything. 2011 has started as the year of eye opening situations and decisions. I see what's going on in front of me, around, even behind me and it's up to me to make the right decisions to better our lives. Being a single mother has given me a strength that I never new I had. It's allowed me to dream big, and put things in place to allow my dreams to become obtainable. We're only a few days into 2011 and already my list of goals is pretty long. Some short term a few long term ones but Hell as least I've got them. Can't tell you how many people I know that don't have one thing in mind they would like to accomplish before the year is out. First on my things to do in 2011 list is to make sure traffic picks up on the blog. So if your reading this right now, I'm kind of feeling like you like me ;-). Feel free to share My Love for Design with any friends and family that may enjoy as much as you. I appreciate all the love and support from my readers, friends, and loved ones. I swear I could not have done it without you all. Do people still live their lives by a motto? Well if so my motto for 2011 is Live, Love, Learn, and Thrive. 

Snowed in......

It's a new year, and Happy New Year to you all. 2011 has brought new experiences in my life already. For example living in southern California we get lots of sun, which has made me a warm weather kind of gal. Yesterday I got to experience real snow for the first time. If you know me you know I avoid snow at all cost, I absolutely hate being cold. As I sat on the highway for over 6 hours stuck in the snow my mind got to wondering. Snow really makes for a beautiful landscape, breathtaking almost. If I had a cabin in the snow how would I decorate it. Well this are a few inspirational pictures for me, maybe they will inspire you too.

Images courtesy of: Interior-Styles, This Architecture, Simplified Bee, Modenus

Mission Accomplished.....

Hey all, hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday. My Holiday was just perfect on account that I finished my son's desk in just enough time for it to dry and set it up before he woke up on Christmas morning. I took a chance a decided to build a small desk instead of buying one, and it was a total score. I'm very happy with the finish product. Disney Cars is the theme of my sons room and I found these cool decals at home depot that were perfect for this project. I covered the desk top with black board paint for some added fun. I've been wanting to use the black board paint for some time now, due to the fact that my son likes to write on any and every thing. To all my readers that are parents I keep a Mr. Clean sponge on hand at all times, that sponge really does work miracles. Over all this project was a great success, my goal was to create a space for my son to work, play and learn. Mission Accomplished.  

Sneak Peek....

I'm making this desk for my son as one of this Christmas gifts. He loves all things Super Hero right now so I'm a little torn as to what color to paint it. Do I freehand, do I stencil something cool on it, or should I just cover the whole thing in chalk paint and let him create his own masterpiece? The world seems to be his canvas,or should I say my house seems to be his canvas. I have a few more days to figure out what the end result will look like and my wheels are turning. The theme is his bedroom is Disney's Cars, so for now I'm headed over to my local auto body paint shop to get some ideas stay tuned.

Christmas Crafts....

If you love crafts as much as I do, you are going to love the new projects they have over at Styrofoam Brand Crafts. I posted a project I completed from their site a week or so ago, click her to view Styrofoam Crafts. I visited the site today and can't seem to choose from all of the fun crafts they have over there using everything from Styrofoam to drinking straws. Fun, Fun, Fun. They even have crafts that you can do with your kids, that's if you can get them to sit down long enough. The shovel craft is my favorite, which means I'm on my way to the local craft store for the supplies. Happy Crafting all.

Closet Wars....

I am at war with my closet. It seems to be the only space in my house that I have not touched, and it shows. God forbid I have the perfect outfit in mind and have to go through the battle zone to find it. I'm thinking about mosing on over to  The Container Store to see if I can put a stop the the war between my closet, and things, and myself. To be honest with you all, it's really the shoes. What is it with us women and shoes? We have way too many and would not dare give them up. That's my challenge now, the shoes are taking up 50 percent of my closet space. It just hurts my heart to see them go, not my beautiful shoes. Maybe I can find a solution that will allow me to hang on to my shoes as well as turn my closet into a functional space. I shall keep you all updated on my new closet and on what finds I come across to  put a stop to the madness I call a closet. If anyone has any great ideas I would love to hear from you.

Imagaes Courtesy of: Better Homes and Gardens, Apartment Therapy, Lonny Magazine,

A Christmas Twist....

It's Christmas time.  You can smell the eggnog and ginger bread in the air. At least at my house you can. This Christmas we stepped out of the box a bit with our tree selection. We opted for the big white tree, with assorted blue and gold bulbs. It's a huge change from the green tree with the multi-colored bulbs that we are use to. I walked pass the tree this morning and I had to do a double take, it was a breath  taking moment for me. The tree was just beautiful, we had accomplished our own twist on a Christmas tradition. The Christmas trees above have their own unique and special twist on what we would consider the norm for Christmas trees, and I adore the ideas and creativity behind them all.


Images Courtesy of: Hard Blog Cafe, Wee Birdy, Interior Design Story.,Out in Home