Archive for July, 2012

West Elm Wednesday {Rugs}

Today I’ve got my eye on West Elm’s awesome rug selection! They have a wide variety of colors, styles, and sizes. I wouldn’t mine owning a few!

If your looking for color and pattern the Zigzag Rug is lovely.

I’m a sucker for a good navy blue and white rug and the Kite Kilim Rug would look awesome in my living room!

I love this Lourdes Sanchez Bull’s-Eye Rug. I would put it in a colorful library/office, playroom, or little kids room!

You can’t go wrong with the Gradiated-Stripe Cotton Rug. That orange one holds my heart.

If your looking for a more neutral rug the Jute Chenille Herringbone and the Oasis Flatweave Rug are great choices!

I would love one of each!

West Elm Wednesday

I have a confession….. I’m really obsessed with West Elm. If I could afford it my entire house would be furnished and decorated with West Elm products! This is easily my favorite site to “window shop” on. I get sucked in for hours I tell ya! To appease my little obsession, every Wednesday I’m going to share a few West Elm items with you that I LOVE. So lets get started already….

Right now I’ve really got my eye on their dishware. My dishes at home are cracked and outdated and frankly just not as pretty to look at. If I could choose some new dishes I would have a hard time choosing between all these

I also love these cute bowls

and these mugs

I could always use new kitchen linens and these would definitely put me in the mood to bake up some yummy treats!

I think this is a great way for me to “vent” my West Elm obsession! I hope you enjoy :)

P.S. to all of my loved ones reading…. a West Elm gift card is always accepted with great appreciation ha ha joking… but not really!

DIY Business Cards and QR Codes

I recently attended my very first blogging get together hosted by Lindsay at Southern Lovely and Becca From Gardners to Bergers. These two girls are seriously the sweetest! It was a blast and I enjoyed getting to know my fellow local bloggers! I wanted a fresh new look to my business cards for this little event but I didn’t want to spend a lot of money, so DIY business cards is what I did! I browsed around the internet a bit and was inspired by these designs…..

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I loved the simplicity of the cards so I used a few elements from each and this is how mine turned out.

I wanted a unique, catchy, and memorable look. I used Photoshop Elements to create the layout, to add the font, and insert the QR Code. I saved my document to my SD card and took them to Kinko’s for printing. I spent a whopping $3.40 to have 6 sheets, 8 cards each, printed! I cut my cards up and added a strip of washi tape down the center of each.

 That funky little printed box looks really intimidating but don’t fear… its SO EASY!  Linda from shared a little on how to add your QR code.

Here is how it works….

 Go to THIS site.

1. Select what type of data you want converted into your code

2. Input your content.

3. Select what color you want your code printed as. I suggest keeping it simple and using the darkest black. This will prevent an errors when using/scanning the code.

4. Select your output type/how you want to receive your code. I downloaded mine so I could open it in Photoshop and attach it to my business card.

That’s it! So easy right! You could use these QR codes for your FB and Twitter page, a specific blog post, even your email address. Awesome!

Thanks for organizing the get together Lindsay and Becca! I enjoyed chatting and getting to know both of you :)

linking up with these great bloggers

Happy 4th

I hope you all have a lovely Fourth of July! I’m so grateful for our freedom and the troops that protect it!

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