Monthly Archives: June 2010

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  Wedding Wednesdays

  Posted on June 23, 2010 by Merdi in Weddings

  And we’re back on track!  Woo hoo!  Today’s Wedding Wednesday is another of my favorite color plays – using cool colors to soften the heat on a hot day.  Alternately, you could use warm colors to warm up a cold day, but that’s for another post.  For this wedding board I focused on using just [...]

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  Seasonal Decorating – Summer Palette

  Posted on June 21, 2010 by Merdi in Decorating

  I’m pretty sure I have decorating ADD.  One day I like fun and vibrant palettes and the next I’m going crazy over neutrals.  Because of my indecisiveness, one of the things I like to do whenever I look at furniture or decorations is figure out if I can use something at the Fourth of July [...]

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  Baby Shower Planning!

  Posted on June 18, 2010 by Merdi in Uncategorized

  My older sister is pregnant with her first child (woo-hoo!) and so we’re throwing her a baby shower this fall!  Per her request, we (my mom, little sister, aunts, and I) are going with a grown-up safari theme.  Here’s the board we’re working off of right now: This invitation from minted and it sets the [...]

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  Wedding Wednesdays

  Posted on June 17, 2010 by Merdi in Weddings

  I’m only one day late, that’s progress, right?  On the plus side though – I’ve finished the inspiration board part of the weddings page!  You can now click through all past Wedding Wednesday Boards (plus lots extra) by color, hooray!!!!  You can check it out here. And just to make amends for being late, here’s [...]

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  Florals – wrong and right

  Posted on June 14, 2010 by Merdi in Decorating

  One thing that I love about patterns is how awesome they can look when they’re done right.  Like this chair: Or this loveseat: Or this awesome shirt: The trick to doing florals right is twofold: color/pattern and scale.  First, you have to balance color and pattern.  If the pattern is busy, keep the colors to [...]

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