Creative Juices Decor

Hey Friends! In the house I grew up in, we had a BOOTH breakfast nook.  Yep, it was like a cute little diner for all our breakfasts and homework assignments! I think it's a great use of kitchen space and wanted to show you some fantastic examples of built in kitchen or eating table areas:-) Indulgy Ah, Seaside Paradise! beautifullyseaside You can really save space if you plan it out right! BHG Hydrangeas make any home decor look special :-) thebudgetdecorator Just add a bench under the kitchen window and away you go!  Love the black white and green color scheme. This red one below reminds me a lot of my eating area growing up....it was right in the kitchen. You can just create built in seats under a window for a perfect eating area! I love coral and turquoise against a white backdrop.  This table set up below could fit at least 10!  I like it :-) indulgy.com Wh...

Well my friends, I suppose it didn't surprise me when this little munchkin asked me to make her a hot pink and black zebra cake for her birthday :-) (Yes, she made this entire "cat" outfit herself!) At first I was a little overwhelmed as I thought the only way to make a cake like that would be to use fondant and I didn't really feel like trying to figure out STRIPES! :-) Thankfully, Michael's craft store came to my rescue and I found this Duff Edible Decorating Paper - Animal Prints  on sale for 9.00 The edible paper along with some Betty Crocker pink icing, Duncan Hines frosting and Wilson's zebra candy hearts I was SET!!!!  WOOO WHOOOO!!!! I think she really liked it :-) I used an 8" cake pan and a Pyrex glass bowl that was about 5" wide.   I had to cut the edible papers a little thinner to accommodate the cake but it was SUPER EASY!  (I think it was not as thick because I only used ONE box for the two...

Hey Friends! This next little project would be fun for a girl of ANY age .  Yes, even a girl in her, ahem, 30's would love it ;-) I could totally see a teenage girl party having a BLAST with this stuff! My daughter bought some henna and the next thing I knew, I was making pretty designs on her arm :-)  (Obviously, when you are a teenager, you do NOT like your picture taken I guess!) Henna just put on..... After the henna dried and was "picked" off :-) The great thing about henna is it's all natural (plant based) and it just lightly stains the skin.  It will last about a week.  This is the same henna as some people use in their hair. (And yes, when you are 8, you LOVE your picture taken! I had about 10 different little poses of her but to her dislike, I only put ONE on here)  :-) NOW for the run down on how to do this yourself!  After a bit of research we decided on this henna powder .  It was a great pr...

Hey Friends! I thought a quick little SUMMER ADVENTURE update would be fun :-) We started it off with a camping trip which of course included FISHING! Our new little puppy LOVED the great outdoors as much as we did :-) The following week my sister and her family came up and we hit Mt. Schweitzer's hiking trails.  By the end of the hike, my youngest was SURE she was going to die and said the hike was her "worst nightmare ever".  SIGH :-) At least my son LOVED it! The next day we hit Silverwood amusement park.  My youngest spent HOURS in the "Crazy River"  (hee,hee....I had to tell her that it was the LAZY river, not crazy river......I don't think she viewed it as a lot of fun after that.) Talking about CRAZY though.....the older kids went on these rides.  One year I took my sister on the upside down roller coaster and she has YET to forgive me :-) They have the best ice cream there!  Here is my youngest "kin...

Hey Friends! So, if you missed the post that we got a new cock-a-mutt puppy , you'll have to check her out. :-) As an interior designer I run into quite a frustration trying to disguise all their pet THINGS to look like they are a part of the house!  I can't just have tacky dog bowls in the middle of our kitchen floor - right?  hee,hee.  I solved the issue with our FIRST dog by simply thinking ahead while we were building our new home .  We had an empty wall space that I asked for a "cut out" for his dog dishes - VIOLA, a simple yet very efficient fix! Aged Copper Tuscan Looking Dog Bowls! BTW, this is on a big sale on Amazon right now, I paid more than double that price for mine (sigh, oh well) Honestly, I NEVER thought we would own a 2nd dog but it happened.  (We had good reason, I'd just have to have you over for coffee to explain it all - ha!)  So the search began to have yet another set of dog dishes camouflaged within...