Wimsy Paper Toys

So many possibilities with the toys at this site. www.thetoymaker.com

Text Texture on Ribbon

Marha's such a smartie. Check this out.

Button Napkin Ring

I really like this idea from Martha:

Call on loose or mismatched buttons to serve as the charming clasps on handmade napkin rings. You'll need shank buttons, which have holes on the back. We used a variety of mother-of-pearl buttons, each about 1 1/2 inches across. Thread a 12-inch length of cording through each shank, and tie its ends in a knot. Secure knot to shank with a needle and thread so that it will stay hidden behind the button. Wrap cording around a folded napkin, looping it back over the button to secure.

You could make so many for different occasions

Bringing the Outdoors In

Found this from the author of Scribbit on designmom:

Incorporating natural elements into your rooms not only creates an inviting and relaxing atmosphere--particularly when you've got light, airy spaces with clean lines and minimal ornamentation--it's a perfect way to keep family connections alive. Experiencing nature together and creatively displaying your trophies is the equivalent of hanging pages from your family albums on the wall, children love to remember the circumstances of each find which sparks lovely conversations of "remember when?"

She had some great ideas for doing this

Tohono Chul Park

We need to check this place out before we leave Tucson. I'm also very interested in their "Gardening Where We Live Workshop" on March 1 and 8--as well as the "Designing Gardens for Children" on the 29th...Exciting!

There site is www.tohonochulpark.org

I've heard the Tea Room there is also good. It would be fun to try their Prickly Pear Lemonade!

family history wall

oh me! oh my! they read my mind. today i got on designmom.com and tadaa...a family history wall! i like the chart and it may be just the thing to add some varying sizes to my comp. read more about it here

Interesting Wall Collages

This first one is just interesting...how do they do that?
put all those things together like that?



The last 2 will be inspiration for my geneology wall. i've already started it, but it still needs some work. It's intersesting how in the first one, there is no space between the pictures. Also no visual correalation between any of them. So far, all my pics are bw and the frames are all, brown, black, or reddish...anyway food for thought. The pics in the bottom image, are all similar in that they have a white matte border and thinner frames...does it matter if they work together. I think for now mine will have to. I don't think I'm a good enough composer to pull it off without some kind of visual tie.


there's another image i've seen. i was taken in a museum- a wall collage of framed pictures, set up in a corner, in sort of diamond shape. All the pictures were about the same size. Right now all mine are all the same size. That's why that collage caught my eye...I'll have to see if I can find it.

Pattern Beauty

love the pattern, love the black and white, love the texture, love the contrast

Map Wall

I love maps! I love the light fixture--seems like your sleeping under a lampost--adds the feel of travelling..Love the mismatched letters on the drawers under the bed

Great Color, Great Idea

pretty walls

i love bottom right color and chair rail for gracxes room.
i love the entire color pallet for mine.

Colorful Colander

a colorful colander...who'd have thunk it could make you so happy?
a great gift

Custom Stickers for $10!

www.moo.com

Grace would love these...images of family vacations...
or her art work