Decorating

A few weeks ago my sister-in-law told me about these darling wall frames at Hobby Lobby and I dashed in to check them out. Hobby Lobby is so great about having lots of things on sale each week and it just so happened that the week I went in, these were 50% off. That made the 5X7s $7.50 each and the 8X10s $10 each- what a bargain! (I found them on an end-cap in the framing department.)

I usually purchase digital copies of pics when we have them done professionally.... it's so nice to be able to re-print because you never know when you might want more copies. So I ordered print for these frames from www.mpix.com and like usual, I am thrilled with their quality and shipping. The print on Kodak Endura professional paper and always package the prints so they won't get damaged in transit.

So now all I have to do is get these on the wall.... I messed around with the grouping and I think this is my final decision. What do you think?

Nothing to disclose here- I paid out of pocket for the frames and prints and Mpix and Hobby Lobby don't know me at all.

Paging a Decorator

I need some help, y'all. Yesterday my good friend Elaine posted about her darling ideas for her little girl's new bedroom, and I just died looking at all her fabulous ideas. She is so talented!

And I got a little sad. See, I'm no decorator. I have no style. I have no ideas. So here is where you can help.

Do you have any ideas on something to spruce up my bedroom? We just repainted over the ugly mint green that had been on the walls when we moved in almost 10 years ago. (Shut up.) It's now a nice neutral taupe and it looks so much better and I absolutely love it!

But we need something over the bed and something above the nightstands. I have seen all the adorable decals people are doing on their walls, but note that our walls are very textured and not at all smooth, so I don't believe those will work.

Here is a close-up of our bedding.

Any ideas for me? Links, online stores, easy stuff I can pick up?

TIA!

Finally Feathering My Nest

Would you look at that? (click on the pic to enlarge it and check out that dreamy b&w of the kiddos.... so sweet!)

We've lived in Casa de Sasha since fall of 2000, and I'm just now getting around to doing a little decorating.

I'm no Nester, but I'll give it a go. No since in living like we still live in college. We have jobs, by George, that pay us real money, and we need to live like real adults! Put stuff on the wall and shit. Act like we plan on staying put for a bit.

Let me know what you think. Do I have mad skillz or what?