I’m pretty sorry at the sewing machine, and thought I should practice some basic stitches in preparation for an upcoming project (clue: new button in my sidebar). So after salivating over the floral-patterned wallpaper here, I decided to put some new floral fabric to use and sew some garland. Garland is so played out, right?

Ryan teased me in a Sarah Palin voice by saying my finished product looks ‘country’ and that I’ve gone ‘country.’ But I reminded him that he was the one born in Texas and raised in Fresno, so he will always be more country than me.

And I’ve been thinking lately how poverty-chic is SO in right now. Twine, kraft, felt, hand-drawn, everything hand-made or thrifted… In five years, how much will our design aesthetics change, and are we going to look back and wonder why the heck did we wrap everything in paper akin to brown paper bags?

Gray paint is magical. Crayon marks, mouth marks, 4ft tall wall etchings with a paper clip…all gone with a can of gray paint! I am overly excited to paint the rest of my home.

The gorgeous Kera interviewed me over at the Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine blog, Design to Die For. Thanks, Kera!

And I started a Polaroid gallery in my room. Love how it looks. (Abby, you might be able to spot my sad re-creation of your adorable photo shoot) But our cinder block wall is uh, interesting, huh? Still debating if I should paint it or not.

Update: Was brought to my attn. that the links aren’t linking correctly from Google Reader. If you go the original post, everything links the way they should. Thanks!

If anyone wants a free can of horrid orange (round 1 of painting the kids table — you can see a small strip above) or Big Bird yellow (round 2), I’ll hook you up, fo’ sho. I’m going to attempt yellow again, but paler this time. And much much less golden. Third time’s a charm, right?