Auntie Mare's Art

My sister, Marilee, is a talented artist. She gave Clara and Jack canvases for their rooms as Christmas gifts. Here are Clara's up in her room and some closeups. I chose this verse from Zephaniah for Clara and I hope she remembers and memorizes it as she grows up with these beautiful paintings in her room. I love the whimsical flowers and the ribbon that coordinates with the ribbon on the bed and pillows. It was hard to get a picture that shows how detailed and beautiful they are but here's an idea.

This is the one she did just for Jack. His room is a California/Hawaiian Surfer theme. I can't believe how cute and original it is!

These two are just some more samples of Marilee's work!

Aren't these trees amazing and relaxing?! If you're interested in Marilee doing a painting for you, contact me and I'll get you her info. Or you can follow my link to her blog (The Wights) and contact her yourself!

Fall Decorating

A friend of mine recently did some fashion blogging and I learned a lot just from how she pieces outfits and accessories together. I was inspired by her posts but since I am almost a candidate for "what not to wear" I thought I would try some decorating blogging instead. I love changing a few main things in a room to give it a fresh new look.

"Summer to Fall" is our theme and my downstairs powder room is the location. Since its October, the bathroom needed seasonal updating. This was a quick, quick change to transform the bathroom for Fall. Just switched out the lime green towel and candle for red, added an apple for more color and rearranged the stuff on the back of the toilet by adding the yellow basket. I love the big difference it makes and the red contrasting with the blue paint.

Before.

After.