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Friday, February 3, 2012

Toddler’s Bedroom

I want to start out by confessing that I am no interior designer, nor do I pretend to be.   Well … maybe I pretend every once in a while but that is besides the point.

My nephew celebrated his 2nd birthday on December 24th, and me and my sister decided it was time for his room to grow up with him.   We had help from this little thing called Pinterest and then just winged everything else.   Angelina picked out his comforter and we designed his room around it.   The set was from Dwell’s Studio and was the transportation design.   We are still awaiting said comforter in these pictures though!

We picked a weekend to decorate and I had a list of things for Chad and his dad, Luis to build.   Their main project was a kid’s size picnic table and I love how it turned out.   I also needed a growth chart and a place to hang buckets from.   The buckets are to organize his crayons, chalk, paint, etc.   The chalk is for him to use on his magnetic chalk board that we created!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The awesome print is from Urban Tickle on Etsy, the “Kidstruction” sticker is from Uppercase Living and the super cute pictures of Leo are from Joshua McCoy Photography.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think?   What else have you seen for toddler bedrooms?

P.S. Chad’s next project is to make me a magnetic chalk board … I can draw stick figures as well as the next person.

Categories Decor, General, Personal

by Leona Morelock

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Super Bowl Sunday #2

I had the pleasure of appearing on our local ABC channel, WBKO during MidDay Live, and got to chat with Hayley Harmon about some ideas for Super Bowl Sunday.   I talked about the snack ideas here and now I’m going to share a few decor ideas.   Here is a view of the overall table I created on the set … and an explanation of some of the ideas below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serve chips and popcorn in style … the popcorn container came from Target in their $1 section with the wooden football and the Easter basket for the chips from Hobby Lobby.   I already had the cake stand but just covered it in a plastic table cover from Party 1 Superstore and used ribbon and card stock for the field.   I also had the small flower pots and just painted them in the shade of blue you see, filled with straws that have team flags.  I used muffins (but cupcakes would taste much better) and placed them in wrappers with the team helmets as toppers.

For drinks, keep it simple and just serve beer and wine with a non-alcoholic option.   For a fun game, have each person decide who is going to win and what their winning score will be and write it on their cups at the start of the game.   That will serve as their drink marker and also you can have a winner at the end.   A prize is optional!!   And the awesome coasters they are sitting on are just artificial turf that I got from Home Depot.   You could even cover your food table in the turf and use athletes tape to mark the yards like a football field.

For kids, I covered some juice boxes in card stock and put the football logo on the front.   Another cute idea is to paint empty Frappuccino bottles in the team colors.   Make sure to use non toxic paint for anything that will touch food or drink.   Here are the templates and below are the fabulous sites I found them on.

Cupcake wrappers

Patriots cocktail flags

Giants cocktail flags

Cupcake toppers

 

Flag Templates – Make Merry, Cupcake Toppers – 9 to 5 Mom, Cupcake Wrappers – Fresh Chick Designs

Categories Events, General

by Leona Morelock

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Super Bowl Sunday #1

What are you going to wear?   You know, for the Super Bowl!   Every year more and more women become interested in football that Super Bowl Sunday has become a little more chic … while still being a totally masculine holiday of course!

Below are some creative ways to showcase some favorite game day snacks.   Check back later this afternoon for some decor items.