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Escape to Jamaica: The Golden Eye Resort.

<div align="center"><img height="677" src="http://www.yardedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/GE_09_062-1024x1005.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="690" /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.yardedge.net/">via</a></span></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Over the weekend, I was reading the December issue of InStyle magazine and saw a feature of Joy Bryant showing her being photographed at the famous <a href="http://www.goldeneye.com/site/">Goldeneye Hotel and Resort</a> in Oracabessa, Jamaica. I immediately went off into dreamland where I mentally whisked myself away from the icebox that was NC and propped myself at this tropically divine location(and in my native country too!) <a href="http://www.goldeneye.com/site/">The Goldeneye Hotel &Resort</a>, former home of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, recently  reopened in Jamaica.</span></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> The founder of Island Records, Chris Blackwell, has owned the home and 15 surrounding acres since 1976, and recently reopened the resort after a two year long renovation. The Resort now features a 52-acre resort with 22 units, each with an outdoor shower and touch-screen sound system loaded with Island Records-produced music. Two new restaurants serve local cuisine, including ackee and saltfish for breakfast.  Over-lagoon suites start at $536. One of its new features is the FieldSpa, set on a lagoon(as shown above), where guests can enjoy therapeutic treatments. </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img src="http://goldeneyenews.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/ge-instyle-12-10edit_page_4.jpg?w=600&h=773" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Joy is obviously having a great time soaking up the sun at this dreamy locale.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img height="511" src="http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/11/25/1225960/837563-goldeneye.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="680" /></div><img height="460" src="http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/11/25/1225960/835958-goldeneye.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="690" /><br /><img height="511" src="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/11/25/1225960/837208-goldeneye.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="680" /><br /><img height="460" src="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/11/25/1225960/837588-goldeneye.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="690" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My last vacation to Jamaica was about three years ago. We stayed at the <a href="http://honeymoons.about.com/od/allinclusives/ss/Grand_Lido_Negr.htm">Grand Lido</a>(now known as Breezes Grand Resort and Spa) in Negril which is another superb hotel with outstanding amenities. However of late, I’ve been itching to take a vacation and escape to island bliss in Jamaica. Also, it’s not cold there!  I think Baby Z would love to visit Mommy and Daddy’s native country too<img alt="Smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_jj8N_UQrbmM/TRLm-2oJvNI/AAAAAAAABoA/GAWtSHUTt5o/wlEmoticon-smile%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" />. Thanks to Jude of <a href="http://judefoodlife.blogspot.com/">Food and Life</a> for spreading some island cheer in her <a href="http://judefoodlife.blogspot.com/2010/12/craving.html">tropical post</a> yesterday! Two more days to go until Christmas! Yeah baby! Have a lovely Thursday everyone. XX</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">{</span><a href="http://goldeneyenews.com/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">, </span><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/travel/galleries/gallery-fn3025xv-1225960839115?page=1"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">others</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">}</span>

Escape to Jamaica: The Golden Eye Resort.

via Over the weekend, I was reading the December issue of InStyle magazine and saw a feature of Joy Bryant showing her being photographed at...

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And the Winner is...

And the Winner is...

First, thank you to everyone for participating in this Amazing giveaway! The lucky winner(chosen via random.org) is the lovely Anita of Cast...

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Christina Aguilera's Colourful Home.

<img height="460" src="http://www.douglasfriedman.net/images/celebrity-home/01/lg/10.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="690" /><br />You may need to don a pair of shades to view this home tour, but I love it! I love how the spaces are saturated in colour and unabashedly so too. Maybe Santa will give me a closet with all of these contents for Christmas<img alt="Smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jj8N_UQrbmM/TRAytL_0bSI/AAAAAAAABn8/9F-kUKjazdc/wlEmoticon-smile%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" />. I envy you your closet Christina! How cute is her baby too.<br /><br /><img height="460" src="http://www.douglasfriedman.net/images/celebrity-home/01/lg/20.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="690" /><br /><div align="center">A pink pool table anyone?</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img height="460" src="http://www.douglasfriedman.net/images/celebrity-home/01/lg/40.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="690" /></div><div align="center">I love the graphic element brought in by the black and white. How about that yellow lacquered coffee table? I also love the Fornasetti throw pillows.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><img height="637" src="http://www.douglasfriedman.net/images/celebrity-home/01/lg/50.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="500" /><br /><img height="460" src="http://www.douglasfriedman.net/images/celebrity-home/01/lg/80.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="690" /><br /><img height="682" src="http://www.douglasfriedman.net/images/celebrity-home/01/lg/100.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="500" /><br /><div align="center">Happy Tuesday everyone! Four more days to go until Christmas!  Also, did you all see the eclipse last night?XX</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://www.douglasfriedman.net/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">images</span></a></div>

Christina Aguilera's Colourful Home.

You may need to don a pair of shades to view this home tour, but I love it! I love how the spaces are saturated in colour and unabashedly so...

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Time for layers.

<img height="444" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/fgr/2010/12/3/zhao1.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="690" /><br /><div align="center">Good morning everyone! How are you? I’ve missed talking to you all! You may have heard on the news about the unusually cold weather that we’ve been having in the Carolinas. I can’t even believe that it has been colder here than it is in Ct! When I was there for Thanksgiving, I wouldn’t stop whining about the cold and it seems as if I brought it back here with me<img alt="Smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_jj8N_UQrbmM/TQ7bcS0swBI/AAAAAAAABn4/c2B1rBBe-8w/wlEmoticon-smile%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" />. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><img height="700" src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldnjh0hBRg1qc08nno1_500.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="550" /><br /><div align="center">Therefore, of late it has been all about layering. I layer everything, even my eating utensils-no kidding!  Don’t you just want to crawl under the covers of this bed? Love this room!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5122/5216576765_9c69bc0f34_o.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /><br /><img height="736" src="http://www.douglasfriedman.net/images/interiors/04/lg/210.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="578" /><br /><img height="637" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldnj8eEupX1qc08nno1_500.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="500" /><br /><img height="765" src="http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/121610Meganmarie_9123Web.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="510" /><br /><div align="center">Now, she has mastered the art of layering, don’t you think? Being an island girl, I could use a lesson or two from her<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(although I’d  colour coordinate differently and my choice of outfit would differ)</span> . However, one thing is for sure, she is warm<img alt="Smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_jj8N_UQrbmM/TQ7bcS0swBI/AAAAAAAABn4/c2B1rBBe-8w/wlEmoticon-smile%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" />. Christmas is just around the corner and while I am complaining about the cold, I am hoping that it will be a white Christmas. The cold will be worth it then. Have a joyful and warm Monday my friends. XX</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">{</span><a href="http://fashiongonerogue.com/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1, 3</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">, </span><a href="http://www.douglasfriedman.net/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">, </span><a href="http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">6</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">, </span><a href="http://designaddictmom.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">others</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">}</span></div>

Time for layers.

Good morning everyone! How are you? I’ve missed talking to you all! You may have heard on the news about the unusually cold weather that we’...

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Capturing Memories + Bellflowers Giveaway!

<span style="font-size: medium;">We do not remember days; we remember moments.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> ~ Cesare Pavese</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJaVQgYXLHwPsOhArW3ss_tdvTDgxuQhPI18rfsmxPqd02ogmC96uiLe4FwqO3022SdFN1Q2ghFYDytEKnH4vxJC6ppuIFdCzMfO1rWt0rmrGJEjkbc29-_jEnoGxWk5RHXibL3V0O3kpy/s1600-h/blake009%5B5%5D.jpg"><img alt="blake009" border="0" height="487" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmHNqx7eVS0yHerGkuz6ejiP_nKWNdibEYWR3n-OfpdtxS4D2sC5Sjr4spdFsavW8N7tOT9DyaeudU7fAQCd4TWBeK8H0RgYoA7yG27xt8MFPcB7hNdOCpvB4Ff1C3ZTwFeBNcisJGr-2/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="blake009" width="684" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kWiTBC1z0UufJxfgIaHHJXi4d6n2PbvdbuaYUTN_DJVpgUv_jwdyrZeWiO0CqPmTCoYdBCBdvp5PxaSyoCKprNr65KYApMQo2SGXkudx-YdGksTiM7J_ghor38Liiv-fzJ4VaAjH4psa/s1600-h/blake015%5B5%5D.jpg"><img alt="blake015" border="0" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgRqJHODlwFRkeATzeJQT8HKLXSAlAetSQ4SqB2f7zd_6KVZp8iabNEGztq-gJ-R7ubXFCj1x7-bVGT0H_Ido97ZaYnehxEZNP059noSCSEIJNEhhxvO6uwodOmmvH7ZavjmSGE-215Hb/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="blake015" width="684" /></a><br />These are pictures of a photo wall that I had created when we celebrated <a href="http://designaddictmom.blogspot.com/search/label/Moose%20and%20Zee">baby Z’s first birthday</a> back in March of this year. There were at least eighty pictures that showed him from birth up until the point of his birthday. My camera is always with me to capture our lifestyle and essentially our memories. Daddy wasn’t around for the first birthday, but he was definitely on the photo wall and capturing the celebration with <a href="http://designaddictmom.blogspot.com/search/label/Moose%20and%20Zee">these pictures</a> enabled him to still enjoy the details and feel apart of that special day!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgXK4sFBpG-vdxqYU-RCEkKiEl1uWvaTz4TSUNc9B6QAQqtOJJrKBB9FuuLywlm5nAr1cpfvDegFL7drA8VhO7zcWG6_sJEVZbBIIkvckXzbnVvvRzIYY0QBi0MEuDmUbYq_8e3PezGXs/s1600-h/BellF%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="BellF" border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvspxSQ5MRpOENJ38wtAd3C04VKkT47yIGwnbMw_q4_Ay3x4sfLoDn_leHxw0eVZIYv2Tqh6EWm0XgmZxhyjmbj6B-5xWaByQGq-HQ_4bPvgdsWAcUIZkpp7YO2Or_mw23-00zv9Wtl1f/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="BellF" width="571" /></a><br />And with that said, let me introduce to the lovely ladies of <a href="http://bellflowerbooks.com/">BellflowerBooks.com</a>! They are experts in capturing your memories beautifully! Their site, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.BellflowerBooks.com">BellflowerBooks.com</a> helps people to easily create meaningful gifts to celebrate special occasions like weddings, significant birthdays, new babies, anniversaries and retirements. So fun!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RsWHx6_h-bmlbyu0ljM956Hr3IkRtGxvYuCMppoX0Xb81cu3JyGq5aOR-ZyjNn4-2DTjInc3ChwvuG9fcqkew2T5QsBFeEqD_aHUdD7x-dB7NUajWRPjEIAgc0pPxWrU2X4JxTJAd5_w/s1600-h/BellF1%5B6%5D.png"><img alt="BellF1" border="0" height="684" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXhiewwTHvLgMvh6yQXi-0116ayuAA_Ou890YqVgbHUx1McU5pWBCHpXYnzMdqejlFLhyphenhyphenO5ZL3FjsKBGAysY-216VCevpiagDFgpUL_ITuynIfAwIEWrzSNnJa-eG_Q3DOIiKwBldclQY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="BellF1" width="684" /></a><br />Their website allows a group of people to work together to create a collaborative memory book full of letters and photographs. Their books are also perfect for documenting group/family vacations, childhood memories and for providing encouragement to people who are battling illness. The entire book is created online and professionally printed and bound. The end result is a beautiful 12 x12 hardcover book printed on 100 pound archival quality paper.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGd3FhoH2o8Znree0pqHELIbcGHEVxliMI0o-aWkxNgW7JQAC7DY90kkCv8HsuD13Us-C5bluOdJceyCIsvMp7LotE2hgGOa5IplHW4SuPo8DjGez4a0szDBzK8UcNK_xlu-hNURmzV06/s1600-h/BellF3%5B4%5D.png"><img alt="BellF3" border="0" height="684" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zjxDiss7tZrp_kMe7Td0jfN8s9e5BsQ-LgLB8rM2k-P7b2oDVNS-S3YbFBz_-WoeGAlJA18nV5yD9CEpza_0WnwDN0qE2IF_UF69Y8yl705aUVaP7eVFN0czMmQ5k2jWyxK3i3SBE_Cv/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="BellF3" width="684" /></a><br />A few more things about <a href="http://www.bellflowerbooks.com/">www.BellflowerBooks.com</a> :<br /><ul><li>The company was started by two childhood friends.</li><li>The Co-Founder and the  graphic designer are both stay-at-home moms.</li><li>They are committed to donating books to people battling illnesses who are truly in need of some good wishes. They have partnered with<a href="http://www.pinkribbongirls.org/">www.pinkribbongirls.org</a> to raise awareness about their organization and to donate books to women in the organization currently undergoing treatment, reaching significant milestones (like 5 years of being cancer free) and to amazing volunteers.</li><li>Their books are printed and bound in the U.S.A.</li><li>They use 50% post-consumer materials to keep our product eco-friendly.</li></ul><span style="font-size: small;">So, without further ado, I am thrilled to tell you that the winner of this giveaway will receive a <strong>$75 gift certificate</strong> to use on their <a href="http://www.bellflowerbooks.com/">site</a>! In addition, these lovely ladies are giving all of you an additional discount of <b>$20</b>. Just enter </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>B</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b>ELLFLOWER20</b> at check out. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">herefore, everyone is a winner</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span>How awesome is that?  Just comment below and voila, you’ve been entered!<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>For additional entries:</strong></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;">Follow </span><a href="http://designaddictmom.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">Design Addict Mom</span></a></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Follow Bellflower’s </span><a href="http://meaningfulgiftrevolution.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">blog</span></a></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Become a fan of their page on </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bellflower-Books/492860390423?v=wall"><span style="font-size: small;">facebook</span></a></li></ul><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Giveaway ends Dec 21st! Good luck everyone!XX</span></strong>

Capturing Memories + Bellflowers Giveaway!

We do not remember days; we remember moments. ~ Cesare Pavese These are pictures of a photo wall that I had created when we celebrated baby...

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I heart tufted.

<img height="499" src="http://designedinteriors.tumblr.com/photo/1280/2105817221/1/tumblr_lcxikkZPJF1qdaf40" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="690" /><br /><img height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17lwIUxGn1BOIvEidED5ylOcrQ_VLdauYmLJTaxEMML_7-IV988ppI0lR56gOBXhUqOTEqqQBueba2P4-JnthppX2cLyFRu42skGqH_Am52gWyCz-Bp7rP-RmpYjptpa53i4-bRyTbx6B/?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="680" /><br /><img height="453" src="http://www.elle.it/var/elleit/storage/images/elle-decor/advertorial/a-casa-di-arthur/arthur-casas2/9579024-1-ita-IT/Arthur-Casas.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="680" /><br /><img src="http://www.livingetc.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=976&g2_serialNumber=2" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /><br /><img src="http://www.livingetc.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3969&g2_serialNumber=2" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /><br /><img src="http://www.livingetc.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=5659&g2_serialNumber=3" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /><br /><img src="http://www.livingetc.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4359&g2_serialNumber=5" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /><br /><img src="http://www.livingetc.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3146&g2_serialNumber=2" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /><br /><img height="680" src="http://www.livingetc.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=5667&g2_serialNumber=3" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="680" /><br /><img height="534" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lakcrspGhn1qc08nno1_500.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="680" /><br /><img height="480" src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldcgjgC9iA1qc08nno1_500.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="600" /><br />As you can imagine, to say that i ‘m busy is putting it mildly-lots going on en mi vida ahora(<span style="font-size: xx-small;">in my life now</span>).  I hope everyone had a great weekend(a bit late for that, I know). I’ve always admired tufted pieces, though I am yet to own a tufted piece of furniture. I do have tufted pillows though<img alt="Smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_jj8N_UQrbmM/TQbz79PKQBI/AAAAAAAABnM/goVFHQqc9K4/wlEmoticon-smile%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" />.  How about you? Are you sitting pretty on a tufted piece? Happy Tuesday everyone and a big warm welcome to my new followers! XX<br /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">{</span><a href="http://designedinteriors.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">, </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/elle.it"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">,</span><a href="http://www.livingetc.com/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">4-9</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">,</span><a href="http://designaddictmom.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">10</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">, <a href="http://designaddictmom.tumblr.com/page/18">11</a>}</span>

I heart tufted.

As you can imagine, to say that i ‘m busy is putting it mildly-lots going on en mi vida ahora( in my life now ). I hope everyone had a grea...

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What’s not to love...?

<img height="475" src="http://www.soderbergagentur.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Ta-i-naturen-023819-814x560.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="690" /><br /><div align="center">about this architecturally elegant room brimming with organic influences and awash with natural light?<em><strong> OR</strong></em></div><img height="492" src="http://www.soderbergagentur.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Surbrunnsgatan-015347_final3-784x560.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="690" /><br /><div align="center">about this industrial loft space that brings in sexy with the use of dark tones and rhubarb accents? Gotta love it all, right? <img alt="Smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jj8N_UQrbmM/TQHDD52EC9I/AAAAAAAABnE/u9Un6u4A_AY/wlEmoticon-smile%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" />.  Your input on my post yesterday was so greatly appreciated and I’ll be spending part of the weekend mulling over paint colours and finishes. I will definitely let you know the outcome of that. Have a great weekend everyone!  Stay warm-I think this is the coldest it has ever been in NC since I’ve lived here-brrrrrr!  XX</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://www.soderbergagentur.com/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">{images}</span></a></div>

What’s not to love...?

about this architecturally elegant room brimming with organic influences and awash with natural light? OR about this industrial loft space ...

1:12 AM

Benjamin Moore vs Sherwin Williams Paint.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/1995624/11_dht_rect640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/1995624/11_dht_rect640.jpg" /></a></div>Drywall is going up in the new house, so I am at the stage where i need to pick my interior colours. However, the builder uses Sherwin Williams and i only use/prefer Benjamin Moore paints. While i know Sherwin brand of paint colours are great, my problem is i'd rather have Benjamin Moore paint colours  inside my house. In addition, i am partial to their Aura line. Do you think i'm  making a big deal? In addition, my painting allowance limits me to just two shades of paint. If i want to use more than two colours, then that is at an additional cost! I consider myself a professional painter, so it's painful for me to pay someone else a ton of money to paint. On the other hand, i would love to have the house painted in the colours i want before i move in. What do you all think? Should i just wait until i move in to paint the colours i want or suck it up and pay the extra to get it done now?<br />Click<a href="http://gallery.apartmenttherapy.com/photo/boston-debs-house-tour/item/199964"> here</a> to view the tour of this home that has the fun office featured in the pic above. BTW, all the wall colours in this tour are Benjamin Moore paint colours:-). Happy Thursday my lovelies! XX<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">{<a href="http://gallery.apartmenttherapy.com/photo/boston-debs-house-tour/item/199964">image</a>}</span>

Benjamin Moore vs Sherwin Williams Paint.

Drywall is going up in the new house, so I am at the stage where i need to pick my interior colours. However, the builder uses Sherwin Willi...

2:00 AM

Never Enough “Bling”

<span style="font-size: small;">Noun: <strong>bling </strong>- flashy, ostentatious jewelry; "the rapper was loaded with bling" Of course,  although rappers may have made the term famous, one doesn’t have to be a rapper to adorn oneself in bling:-). </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTTfMi5yjPCb6jRHxiB2I-LtH-zkRY1cXuEx_3JflS5jFkFI4xu_R517Ni6qWhZb1As-0WLWqXFn88T6jSvhf9c_XQs7S0XjGdf5NoCICU7jpX5pCG-RSMteP9mf09zgp_ggQwm_ROLCZ/s1600-h/VogueTLand1%5B5%5D.jpg"><img alt="VogueTLand1" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIoa1jLQVGlMNYXp1CHzd4YHMC2yW-bUX8WUNfmb6LT4X3-esxJswk1NUQsHIcWjd6e_Lhgcxz34rBRWo2Cy2VuPi5OBGumUOuKmRmo-D49EnzMxGFhT7wivGliOziUWqGl2-iMq9DKBU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="VogueTLand1" width="600" /></a><br /><div align="center">Aptly titled, <strong>Never Enough</strong>,  this editorial features Alessandra Ambrosio, photographed by <a href="http://www.giampaolosgura.com/">Giampaolo Sgura</a> and styled by <a href="http://www.annadellorusso.com/">Anna Della Russo </a>for <a href="http://papermode.trendland.net/?s=Vogue+Nippon">Vogue Nippon</a> October 2010.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkX-os48_r_hzw1gN7HsYTuBD7oVQptdU3H6SR2idoB7E5sxjdfl5nMWdibYmCYcInDTI3EekgLmFHloF21dNbgsEQJg1tZKAt2SJXrDlXUNa1fFXdFzF5Sg5jUH3r7JgbwSeEGRKRoSoB/s1600-h/VogueLand6%5B3%5D.png"><img alt="VogueLand6" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuBkAOw_vzX76BL6u0Xu68_F-bTQGC4eHxSOEduQTzX0n7dlaUGe2c4plcl9rcya0a36INZL1cpqUdX11tUv6RFUxoCTm1gz4GoNcf0TlGiiZMuThEYfnSJ4PRUiygRW32TxfpVjqlhdD/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="VogueLand6" width="593" /></a><br /><div align="center">She certainly has swagger, doesn’t she? I salute you too chica!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKMEXoCDROD76AuHvmsZek22TMGuACURxc8kkHObZFRzQ3VWyZdbgFzP3V5dCmxIthqvwtXaPqHX1gxEOSiI5bDle887ZuwVeakQitmW2nMZKyJW0w-F2SA7RRUeLMAFaPYjZ0e-KC_b7/s1600-h/VogueTLand4%5B4%5D.png"><img alt="VogueTLand4" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtI49a20fL8SzVZ-3q5UK6z8ndjloTwuKeHRTaKzgw6oJ91ugLwS6roYTWb9S_Aqqu9nc2KKECrQtWqI03e9qxHkxsvmxfZyY3XRbGLM184wJlmzJa-v5z5G1G6QXupD7LJlzEgRb-X1QM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="VogueTLand4" width="596" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQKYzgbZezyS9i8X8feuWlg-jCSvS0-r1qQOWKmvZQIgDnWd7AYiM6gTXLBR78zGqIDBKRJFe14C4NYy87vlYYZJ4iNMwtLoiAThununMUuWpmoYe_EwkKc3xtgaz89kJfCy08LViCTlI/s1600-h/VogueTLand2%5B3%5D.png"><img alt="VogueTLand2" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6scEThYJf2hjbRMD-SQcEUiz6ZYl6rGcOdKeYgCDE7rwogoV6xiOIu5cs47dqPQzczlXsRcNVzvekxTz8xHpmu19OPBfqcenuL79_YTxwsYCYVsPTMORNHljsAwJQn7heHzSSpbh-9XOg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="VogueTLand2" width="593" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrEiNjaof9EjEe7DgU-vMd2veHUiozRIslUVPlNHCmBZ0IIKYq2tkhV5osRxHcbLivXuL4NnreBwjMUGUvfZ3mdn-eJzYtnQGcv4LIjbj0OikiwsJPu9Rf45mBkyYHHdcwD2tQOj8lyI8G/s1600-h/VogueTLand5%5B3%5D.png"><img alt="VogueTLand5" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5VuI-EwJjiSKCOnGeFRypsbqkR7hzPPnhg_XxqeTTI7dMdNlAcnnvrpmPWQe87khyphenhyphenHPX6ZdtvHubyh3f05Eqp0EHMUr5AYScn3oo_PNeAM2VFRkShKidigRLppEmmZvLvGTs10xh1cgw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="VogueTLand5" width="599" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihV5aZ3gqEIexoSAKzQoE3NHBv_aSKJyGelWmax0v41iMFZLW5hsuYgGozzHRE7loBZC0ZVD3XRZ6Ng8scZ451SWGuEw3Hh4VvnpdPVvDQRAqy0aAC5ltTlFRCxv50K3mnh_aXPMAvJqN8/s1600-h/VogueTLand7%5B3%5D.png"><img alt="VogueTLand7" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFoayPPR2tWWoSFM5AgNcJjzSIDNI3hNv7bJR2DGgHR6OhBTaYLlnQc-m_swiVZXslo80oRlCspmcjWu09xdmBARNBQr_12-Ryd2L4Iat-_YeqIUKLGw1_1vao3lkStQSdW52wwRgJpPh/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="VogueTLand7" width="596" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-eVv7P7UKXZw_e4zZtoz0jIYupz6UTjvDXn6SRNlR0CLVvfEk6hPK4aTcLDxhZn1DTMW7Vb4AUY2_6Gi3CIGa3aNtiZAf0meO2CW3Enw6v1HCfVvxaLkncuaibgHTcs5ZDR6LTDweHvm/s1600-h/VogueTLand8%5B3%5D.png"><img alt="VogueTLand8" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3s1A1W2QyQkfApxgbGHnpFd6zKWF7fALxjKuDPTO6tTfp6UgfEBP7kq96t7Gfbo9AieJjS_u4nx59TnOvjJbcjQEDPbCgmG-qys3pcDA3ELJRcWVC0P2usl2MvXhvAuUGK6qS7XxlOhD/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="VogueTLand8" width="599" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWHWAp6gaVSzUKBe_r9HVhXVWkYm7HF_Mu1P9-ZTvCv7M5C4o3_OJ4qhqSkgBc-UU9hRLfttft7uHWF3Ed9uBd4bd4LZdALsWBVJUHVqyDN4vDkJTa1x66uvVi8NCnN1lAvPJgi64E1pt/s1600-h/VogueTLand9%5B3%5D.png"><img alt="VogueTLand9" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPV0xE_ddjSSp1QPhsdwwreoYPxu4sJdKYeUvUj-2M3V-JUh9whHufXPeo_opjBQ4hLNJKqeHBX6KQYty80Fn6Npww0qI4w-gSiailC38DZk_tjvw5OStIdw_j4s6L3JtntyxE5AwvTPVl/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="VogueTLand9" width="599" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5c1pAvYVPv2kyAw4nLgjGZE7LP9a8nGl-GDSYLpustIJQLZJUA3Z3wZkom306LSgwhmAVe7Io0Foh5VIKCiUk5lA5pXb2CKIzz3YPfg6i-kloGdaBNKrBIW563Rqj7ft_Am5K3UAlAxa3/s1600-h/VogueTLand10%5B3%5D.png"><img alt="VogueTLand10" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2HXyFl5dq6ruicV0T2EWW_ChaS9vvWJdlT2Ns74IyhmTTQcrFIRr81pL-OCAalBxvI7gtWH-3q0yOQyepsH5ze93as093eoyiTF9siqiuoYOrnVyPOn0eyLDTauuiK05O9SbH48_90l-/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="VogueTLand10" width="593" /></a><br /><div align="center">Thank you all for the encouraging words regarding my move during the Holiday Season. I am definitely looking on the brighter side of things.  Back to the bling-I love to adorn or finish my look with at least one statement piece or bling. Depending on my outfit, I may go all out with the “bling  or never enough approach.  So, do you “bling” or not? XX</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://trendland.net/">{<span style="font-size: xx-small;">images}</span></a></div>

Never Enough “Bling”

Noun: bling - flashy, ostentatious jewelry; "the rapper was loaded with bling" Of course, although rappers may have made the term...

1:45 AM