Ooo La, La!

While shopping in NW Portland, I came across this beauty...and wanted so much to jump right in. Besides the plush feather bed and duvet, the bed was dressed in the most luxurious silk bedding. How come my bed at home never looks this great? Could it be the constant flow of laundry that surrounds it? Naaa, maybe it's the fact that we have a King sized matelasse comforter on a California King sized bed...At any rate I am really antsy to redecorate my bedroom and am totally inspired by this arrangement.

Thanksgiving Tables

When my side of the family comes over, there are 16 of us, kids included! This year I decided I wanted to make some fun turkey place mats for the kid's table like the ones I saw at Pottery Barn a few years ago.

I've had the pattern for a couple weeks. Then on Monday, it dawned on me that I still needed fabric! I spent a few hours on Tuesday cutting them out, then on Wednesday I assembled them. I almost threw my hand-me-down sewing machine out the window a few times, but I took a break and later that night it started working fine again.

Here is how they looked at the kid's table.

My favorite thing about these place mats is the little pockets for the silverware...not that my kids actually USE their silverware!!!

This is how the grown-up's table turned out!

My little Muffins

Here is my most recent creation. I scrap-lifted it from one of the talented girls at Two Peas. It sits on my kitchen counter and I just love looking at all the cute pictures, they are some of my all time favorites.