November 2009

Vintage Scrap Fabric Window Valance

November 29, 2009

Traditional Home Decorator Showhouse Magazine

Years ago I designed a room for a Philadelphia area Decorator ShowHouse. I chose to do a small Butler’s Pantry. I didn’t have a lot of money to spend on the room so I did everything myself, except for the counter tile and hiring an artist to paint trompe l’oeil plates on the backsplash. Everything [...]

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Quick Gift-Wrap

November 28, 2009

I like to give and receive gifts, but LOVE to wrap them even more. I like to come up with creative and clever ways to present the gift that are a little out of the ordinary. No store bought wrap for me. The tall triangular box this gift came in presented me with a bit [...]

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Jeweled Paper Clips

November 21, 2009

“Style – It’s in the Details” Everyone and everything can benefit from even a little bit of style. Take the plain, simple, boring, yet highly functional paper clip. They can take on a style all their own by the simple addition of some small beads. This little tweak not only makes the paper clip chic, but transforms [...]

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Finding Potential in your Closet

November 16, 2009

I love it when I am Out & About and see an unknown woman who looks so put together that it makes me say to myself, “She’s Got Style” When I see a stylish woman shopping at the supermarket in my small town I am more inspired by her then of any celebrity [...]

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It’s Time: InMyOwnStyle.com

November 10, 2009

Because Style isn’t just about what you wear,Style encompasses life and how you choose to live every minute of everyday with it.Not only from the way you dress, but how you effortlessly host dinner for friends or pick-up a one-of-a-kind vase for your living room at a flea market, to the way you creatively [...]