Hello everyone! This week I have another great blogger to guest post as a part of the series meant to help us all with blogging and just everything that crosses your mind blog related! I’m very proud to welcome Tara Gentile, the creative, motivating and just genius mind behind Scoutie Girl and Tara Gentile! Awhile back I subscribed to Tara’s free e-course (which I recommend to all!) and was smitten by all the useful info, positive emails I was getting from Tara and one thing is clear for me: this lady knows what she’s talking about and her site is the perfect place to look for motivation and advice! And so I invited Tara to share some things with us and here she is! Don’t forget to take notes!
Archive | December, 2010
Leran pendant lamp
There’s no news that I love all kind of light fixtures from luxurious chandeliers to Sputnik light fixture to bamboo styled ones. Speaking about bamboo – my new lamp crush has a name and it’s called Leran which can be found at IKEA. For a long while I was obsessed with it, however I know that Leran is far from being everyone’s favorite light fixture. Some people share my crush, others – well, not to so much (slightly being said!). Let me ask you now, would you buy Leran Ikea lamp (11 or 24”) for your home or not? I SO would! Dear Santa, I hope you’re taking notes:)
Olioboard holiday decorating contest
I have some exciting news for all of you! Olioboard has announced a decorating contest where you can win $200 and the only thing you need to do is create a holiday moodboard on Olioboard (which is plenty of fun!). Here’s what Sheilah from Olioboard team says: “Olioboard has paired up with Lot 26 Studio to launch their Holiday decor Contest. Users are challenged to design a holiday inspired interior design moodboard with the chance of winning up to $200.00 in store credit. We are very excited to announce that Meredith Heron has happily accepted to judge this contest. Meredith is an amazing interior designer who has regularly been featured as a guest host and design expert on the TV show Restaurant Makeover.” The contest ends on December 23rd, click here to find out more about it. So what are you waiting for? Start having fun right away and you might be the winner! Here’s a moodboard I created with Olioboard and it took me about 10 minutes (yes, it’s that easy!).
Happy decorating! xoxo
*moodboard by creamylife
Soft pinks
Good morning, sweets! Will kick off this blogging day with the perfect image of how do I feel right now, so nothing smart or informative, just some pretty pictures in soft pink shades, because I’m a girl after all and feminine colors are right up my alley. It’s snowing outside, so everything feels so romantic and dreamy, I’ve lighted a candle and am enjoying some ‘me’ moments. Will be back later today with another post, meantime here is some soft pink bliss.
Gift guide {Anthropologie Europe}
Alright, so I really am in a holiday mood and the only thing I want to do is holiday decorating and shopping. You too? Good, then this post will be helpful for both you and me. Earlier today I was virtually setting my Christmas table and it was very gold-and-glitter oriented, so let’s jump to the shopping part now, shall we? And what’s the best place to do it? Of course Anthropologie! That’s why I asked my friend Anthro Europe to help me put together a gift guide and imagine the joy when I found out they have quite tempting shipping details during holidays! All in all, a pretty good deal! Oh and also remember my post about Christmas decorations on Etsy? I think it’s worth your look too. Hope I helped a little :)
Please know that this is NOT a sponsored post which means Anthropologie didn’t pay me for writing it.
Holiday golden sparkle
Hello, friends! Happy Monday! I’m back from my mini-vacation, ready for new challenges and lots of inspiration (by the way I missed your blogs so much!). With Christmas being just 12 days away (can you believe it?) it’s the right time to get in the holiday mood for real, if you still didn’t. I’m continuing with my virtual home and tree holiday decorating and if my Christmas tree was so non-traditional, with a fresh color scheme (see here), then I couldn’t resist keeping it all simple (or not) about my tabletop – sparkling gold with modern and glamorous touches. I’ve seen inspiring images in the latest Lonny (have you checked it yet? it’s a stunner!) and so I felt it’s the perfect direction for me this year! Here are some ideas:
Peaceful Retreat
Hi all! Just a quick note to let you all know that I’m taking off the rest of this week as tomorrow the husband and I are going to a mountain resort for a weekend getaway and I cannot wait (hoping for snow too, fingers crossed!)! So among all my packing tonight, I needed to stop by to wish you all a lovely week and an unforgettable weekend! Thanks to all of you who visited my little blog this week and I do hope you enjoyed the posts, this is SO very important to me :). I’ll be missing you all! P.S. Pretty pictures of what my peaceful retreat might look like are in order now :). See you next week! xoxo
Interior barn doors
When it comes to our homes we all try to bring in warmth and serenity, opting for calm colors, details which carry a valuable meaning and that close-to-our-heart atmosphere. Normally you’d think that in all this bliss barn doors have no place. May I say they do? Another trend with bigger and bigger impact is bringing outdoors inside. If you recall, that’s what happened with swing chairs and the other thing I could think of now are barn doors – wooden, worn off, whether perfectly painted in a glossy red or simply washed out white, you name it! One thing is clear, interior barn doors are firmly settling in as headboards, sliding doors or proper doors used as decor.
Black & White from Elle Interior Norway
A while back I received two copies of the always stunning Elle Interior Norway (huge thank you for this!) and I thought I must share glimpses with you all. The magazines were absolutely gorgeous and inspiring and I’m so frustrated our Elle Dekor just can’t pull together a similar issue every month (remember they were doing quarterly? well, now the skipped winter issue, ugh). Nonetheless, here are some glamorous, Scandinavian inspired images with mainly black and white, which will surely feel like fresh air in your life at the moment, among all the Christmas-y colorful inspiration! Talk about Scandinavian Maximalism.
Blogger to blogger: decor8
Hello, friends! I’m so excited to announce the next fantastic blogger who’ll be sharing tips and advice for a better blogging. You all know her, we all admire her – ladies and gents, please welcome Holly Becker of decor8!!! I cannot believe I have Holly on creamylife to do a guest post as a part of my ‘blogger to blogger’ series! I’m honored, happy and I could burst of excitement! Holly was SO kind to take the time to answer some questions I sent her, so without further ado, please enjoy your time with the amazing, inspiring and so super-cute Holly Becker!
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