Post Holiday Re~Styling

Hi Sweet Friends

And Welcome to my first post

Of 2016

Christmas décor has finally all been

Packed and put away for another year

And it's time to start

Cleaning and re~styling the house

Today I started in the Living room

Dust is something that I try not to collect

But there certainly was a lot of it to wash away

I'm not able to get a full width photo of the

Top of the 'Big Black Monster'

But these three give you the idea of what it looks like

With the exception of the quilts

I tried to keep everything light and white

I'm pleased with the top of the area for now

I'm sure spring will bring more changes

But for now ~ it's a good thing

The quilt above was made and gifted to me

By a friend a few days ago

It does have special meaning

Which I may share another time

But for today

It became inspiration to re~style

The opposite side of my LR

I'm am putting myself on a spending freeze

Due to some upcoming changes in my life

So I really had to be creative

And shop my house to find the best pieces

To use in the entry

Pulling in white and bits of blue

Is a challenge for me

But I was surprised at how much I do have

I've had this IKEA Expedit for many years

It has been serving as storage for

My 3 K's toys and books

However, now that they are older

I can start to use it for more display items

I purchased the above art from my friend Melanie

And love how it works with the quilt and theme

I'm not super experienced at styling

So gentle suggestions are always welcome

I'll be heading to my mom's on Sunday

To help her clean and decorate her bedroom

Praying you all have a blessed weekend

I'm hoping to blog more on a regular basis

And definitely looking forward to visiting you

More often!!!

You bless my heart

And keep me headed in the right direction

And in 2016

That is Forward!!

Thank you for stopping by

I am praying for you this week

Blessings

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A Taste of Tuscan

As I began my weekend

I had intended to start and finish

A big Project that has been on my 

To Do list for several months

Saturday, I worked at it all day

By evening my arm and legs

Were painfully sore

However, I still intended to complete the project Sunday

Enter a phone call...

I went to Brush Party instead

Brush Party is one of those fun places to go

When you just want to get away

They take you from start to finish

Painting your own canvas

Today's class was

A Taste of Tuscan

It was also in the Art District

Where there was an art walk happening

So we ended up having a 'guest' fly in

Beautiful Bird

Anyway 

This is my friend and I 

After a 3 hour class

It was a great time

And a fun afternoon of laughter and relaxation

I may not be an artist

But I sure do enjoy pretending for a while

I hope to complete the 'other'

Big Project this week

How did you spend your weekend?