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Friday, April 29, 2011

FRIDAY PRETTY ROOMS WITH A HINT OF MINT!

HERE ARE SOME PRETTY ROOMS THAT ALL HAVE A LITTLE MINTY FLAVOR...

HAPPY WEEKEND....

DECOR PAD

via House of Turquois

via FRYD + DESIGN

HAL WILLIAMSON VIA DECOR PAD

DECOR PAD

VIA IDEAL HOME

VIA SAMANTHA PYNN AND VIRGINIA MACDONALD PHOTOGRAPHY

VIA MADE BY GIRL

VIA INTERIORIDEAZ

HGTV MINT ROOM

VIA THE ENCHANTED HOME BLOG

DECOR PAD

VIA HOUSE AND HOME

VIA HOUSE TO HOME

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK FOR MONDAY INSPIRATIONS...

Thursday, April 28, 2011

THURSDAY ART ADDITIONS...A HINT OF MINT

Sorry I'm always posting so late on Thursday! I usually end up whipping something up quickly on Wednesday night or Thursday morning and in this case Thursday afternoon-lol! The theme going on this week is mint so I decided to include a couple of things that I had that are minty and also 2 little minty things I did today-the ABC print and the butterfly collage! Hope you like...

PLAID FLOWERS BACKGROUND

spring butterfly collage

minty ice cream cone

Girls Mint Ice Cream Heart print

mint dog

mint houndstooth deer

SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR FRIDAY'S HUMBLE ABODE...ROOMS WITH A HINT OF MINT!

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

WEDNESDAY ETSY ARTIST FINDS...A HINT OF MINT

Another round of Etsy artist finds for you. Today the selections are centered around this weeks minty theme...

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LILY BELLA FABRICS: This busy stay at home mom of four boys LOVES being surrounded by fabric. Her husband calls her "project girl" and she says she always has some kind of creative project going on as a beautiful distraction. Etsy is well known for the artists that sell their creations but there are also thousands of suppliers who provide the materials we need to create the art we sell. Don't forget to check ETSY first for beads, yarns, fabrics, jewelry making supplies and more--before buying from a big box store!

MICHELE MAULE: I instantly loved the mixed media pieces this Portland based artist creates. Her work is colorful and simple and the subjects make me smile. She says she loves heading to the dog park on Sundays with her terrier and riding her bike around the city. Michele received a degree in Drawing, Painting, and Print Making from Portland State University in 2005 and hopes to one day make a living as full time artist. Have a look...

LITTLE BROWN PEN: This NJ shop consists of a pair of artists who love to capture the city of light from a different perspective. Their work shows Paris with pops of color against a backdrop of time-worn grays, weathered white and muted brown surfaces. I really like what they've got going on...Check them out in these places too:

VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttp://littlebrownpen.com
VISIT OUR BLOGhttp://littlebrownpen.blogspot.com
FOLLOW US ON TWITTERhttp://twitter.com/littlebrownpen

SWEDE 13: Angela resides in sunny Florida along with her hubby and 3 teens. She studied journalism in college with an emphasis in the arts, but now spends her time collecting little treasures. Her passion for antiquing has inspired her to create things as well as share her finds in her Etsy shop Swede 13. Angie's shop has a beachy, vintage, shabby chic, cottage feel to it that I liked. Another thing I like about these kinds of shops is that they have an ever changing inventory mixed with one of kind creations. Stop on by for look....

SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR
THURSDAY ART ADDITIONS....

Monday, April 25, 2011

MONDAY INSPIRATIONS...A HINT OF MINT

HELLO FRIENDS!

This week I'm focusing on some minty things I like. Normally I'm not much of pastel gal but I've come to realize that this blog let's me explore lots of design styles that appeal to me but don't necessarily show up in my own home. I think alot of us are like that right? "Oh-I love that-but I can't pull it off with my stuff and I can't go buy new stuff!" There's a lot of things we don't even dare to consider.

I guess this is more of a design appreciation blog than any thing else. In the case of this weeks inspiration-I actually do have some of this color going on in our house-but it wasn't at first by choice!

When we moved into our current house last year, the main bathroom had floor to chest minty blue square tile around the entire perimeter of the room. I'm sure it's original to the house, so that makes it vintage 40's but not in a cool way!

Anyways-I went with the beige + minty blue combo in there and it's kind-of OK for now. Is it my dream bath-certainly not! However when I look around for design and decorating inspiration for this color palette, I've found that I kind of like a hint of mint here and there and have incorporated it elsewhere in our house....

Maybe you'll like it too....