Creative Juices Decor

I'll start off this post with a very romantic bedroom photo that I have had on file (even before Pinterest - GASP!) And an up close of the old frame with a picture behind it. Or how about this bedroom - they used distressed doors for the base of the shabby chic platform bed and a antique mantel as a headboard!!!  LOVE THAT!  BHG.com OK on to the title of my post.......One of my favorite ways to make a bedroom cozy is to add drapes that run floor to ceiling.  Not only will the drapes add height to a room, they will add a lot of warmth and great texture. source In Sherry and Johns (Young House Love) first house they show how fabric can soften their bedroom too. young house love If you know exactly where you will be putting your bed, making a built in niche is fun way to make your room feel custom.  Notice they also have floor to ceiling drapes. Although I didn't run drapes...

Ok my friends, so the good news is that I'm not a professional photographer :-) Style Me Pretty That's good because I can RELATE to all of you out there that SIMPLY want to know how to use your new camera to take a better photo than you did with your snap and shoot!   SO, here are some very basic and simple tips, but I promise you , if you apply them to your photos they are going to ROCK!   Simple and Basic Tricks That Will Change Your Photos Forever! 1.)  Take outdoor shots with either early morning light or late evening light as the sun is setting. You will not BELIEVE the pictures you can get with this light.  You hardly have to try and they will turn out amazing. Sun was just about to set - the "golden" hour! Worst time to try to take photos? When the sun is directly on top of you - say, noon.  If you do end up taking photos at noon, make sure your subject is in the shade and you ca...

Has anyone ever looked on the back of a graham cracker box and read the ingredients?   It's pretty bad.  (hydrogenated oils, preservatives, processed sugar and lots of strange words!) When I saw this recipe (given to me by NuNaturals Stevia ) I thought I would give it a try. The result?  GREAT!   I should have rolled them out thinner (to more resemble a traditional graham cracker) but honestly, I would make these again.  It past the kid taste test too (Much more important than my taste test!) Oh and did I mention the were EASY !!! (yep, my kind of recipe.) Easy Healthier Graham Crackers  (makes approx. 20 crackers) Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour 1/2 cup ground flax meal (can purchase in bulk section cheaply) 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp NuNaturals NuStevia Prebiotic Blend  stevia 1/2 cup melted coconut oil (with a dash of...

I know not every one out there is into the arts and music but for me, music is a huge part of my life. On display is one of my old violins, unfortunately, when I was 16 I drove away while the violin and case was still on the top of my car and broke it to pieces.....yep, not a great teenage day when you do something like that! Growing up, I had 3 siblings.  We each started learning a musical instrument at the age of three.   Yes, that is me :-)  Maybe I was 2 when I started playing? Some of the mothers out there that have kids involved in learning a musical instrument know it's not really the THREE year old that practices and learns an instrument - it's the mother.  God bless all the mothers out there that patiently go through the 20 minutes of practicing a day!   (and to my own mother THANK YOU!) Anyway, our family formed a string quartet, 2 violins 1 viola (me!) and a cello. So it's not a surprise when I tel...

I know, this doesn't really have anything to do with my normal posts but someone awesome designed these cups and I LOVE them!   They completely crack me up!   My animal loving daughters would go crazy over these! Source Oh and they would LOVE these too - my daughter has a cute white hamster......I could see that cup being her favorite!  Maybe I could get her to drink more milk with that cup?? Source Now this coffee cup made completely with coffee beans could be for ME! Can you smell it now?? source Yes, coffee does seem to start my day! I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I did....unfortunately, I can't for the life of me find prices on these or I would buy them. (ok,ok, if the price was right!)  If you know or can figure out where to buy these leave me a comment!

One thing I love about barn wood home decor is you can take any type of themed home and transform a room that was once blah, to a room FULL of character.   Like always, I am amazed at the creativity of people around blogland but the one that takes the GOLD for my Creative Juices Award is Dana's pallet wood backsplash !   Dana wanted to give her 1980's kitchen some character so she and her husband just cut up and washed some FREE pallet boards, added some stain and applied liquid nails (glue) to the back and put them up.  VOILA - an awesome backsplash full of character! This photo below has been on my Pinterest account forever - I LOVE how creative the designer was using the old wood around an upholstered headboard.  It's awesome because it creates so much TEXTURE!!! Texture is KEY to creating interest my friends - KEY.  (Remember my animal hide post ?  Great texture = lovely rooms) Well Kim from Too Much Time sa...