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My Daughter’s Wedding

Stephanie — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:02:25 +0000

Well, today has been one year since my daughter got married. I will tell you that I worked non stop for 6 months pulling this wedding together. Sewing table toppers, 250 invites, menus, centerpieces, guest seating tickets, you name it I did it. {well not the cooking!} We had it at our home, ceremony and reception. Great right? Well, I forgot that after I volunteered to design the wedding and everything that went with it, I had to spruce up my yard! That was stressful, and I must admit, sometimes I wish we would of had it another venue. But you can’t find a place like ours, the view, and the sentimental value it holds to us as a family. So it was all worth it, and it was so beautiful. Here is a glimpse of their day {not all pictures are taken by a professional photographer, I just pulled together what I had quickly}

These are their engagement Pictures. They met at college, he playing baseball, her playing soccer.The ceremony and the “dog of honor” Details of the reception

The Wedding Cake

The movie stars…yep they got published in a magazine. Recognize the bathrooms? Yep those I designed and so I guess I was published to! Happy anniversary Shannon and Nate, I love you.

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“Frames, Art, and Wall Decor” Challenge

Stephanie — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:29:48 +0000

I was SO excited to see this CSI Project Challenge! I did a frame, art & wall decor in my daughter’s /guest room last year. My heart just jumped for joy when I saw that I now have a place I can share it. It is really hard to photograph this room, there seems to be a green tint to the creams, but I did the best I could.

My daughter, who is 23, moved out a year ago, and took all the furniture and decorative items from her room with her {except of course the junk she didn’t want, which she left for me to go through} I took my time putting furniture in the room because one, the walls are all pink and I didn’t know if I wanted to take on the challenge of repainting them. And two, I wanted an excuse to go to all kinds of fun places to find great deals and unique items {my excuse for shopping}

In the end I kept the pink walls, and incorporated dark browns and of course, damask. I got all the frames, mirrors and art pieces from Home Goods.

I love the way things reflect in the mirrors at different angles in the room. This the opposite of the bed wall. I got these canvas prints at a store locally that was going out of business.

Then I decided to bring the theme into the bathroom on a big blank wall behind the door. I picked up all the frames from different thrift shops and Home Goods and painted them all white. {no natural light in this bathroom, so again it is not the best picture}

Thanks CSI Project for having this challenge!

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Damask Settee

Stephanie — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:32:46 +0000

I bought this settee a couple of months ago at a flea market event. It looked like thisMy vision was to use it outside. I sent it home with the person I bought it from at the flea market to have her upholster it for me. I was originally thinking of doing it in a burlap, or a white twill with some french writing on it. Then I came across two fabrics at Home Fabrics for $4.99 a yard and knew they were perfect for the settee. I sent off the fabric to the seller and I am in love with how it turned out!

As you can see these pictures are not taken of the settee sitting outside. Once I showed my husband the settee, he absolutely said no to putting it outside, that it was too beautiful to have the outside elements ruin it. I knew he was right, but darn it, now where was I going to put it? I moved this puppy around so many different spots in my house. I have really, really tall ceilings in my house and small scale furniture like this ends up looking like doll furniture in the rooms. But I think I found it a home.

I never thought this dining room really needed any more furniture in it, but once I moved that round table out of the corner and put the settee there it just worked!

The bummer part is that no one gets to see the cool backside of the couch with the coordinating black ticking fabric, oh well. I shopped my house and found this tea table to put in front of the settee. Now that I know it looks good there, I have decided to paint the table black and add some silver leaf to it. I want to find a really cool vintage tea set to put on the table and have a friend over for high tea.

Linking up to

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Damask Delight: Meal Time Finds

Stephanie — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:00:57 +0000

clockwise from bottom left:
Damask Napkins – Plum Party
Printable Takeout Box – The Posh Event
Vintage Painted Bottles – Garrafaria
Damask Plates – Impress In Print

and for dessert… Damask Cake Stand – Polyvore

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Damask Delight – Byrdie Graphics

Stephanie — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:00:44 +0000

I just love the selection of damask decals in Etsy shop Byrdie Graphics. Imagine having guests over a surprising them with a completely new look in one of your rooms! What’s great about decals is that you can use them sparingly or go all out, whatever fits your style. And even better is that when you change your mind, style or even move, they are easily removed.

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Damask Delight – Cookies & Cake with Whipped Bakeshop

Stephanie — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:00:14 +0000

I spotted a few edible damask treats on Whipped Bakeshop‘s Flick’r photostream and just couldn’t resist. Wouldn’t these be divine on a sweet table? Or favors for your guests?

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