Thursday, December 20, 2007

Pillows and Screenprints




A group of neutral colours, all with leaves and plant prints.



A quilted stripe, a mismatch of patterns made into a pillow top.

Sweaters converted into coverslips. A nice unifying backdrop with a theme following through on the pillows.












Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Patterns

Wood grain is really popular lately. I was thinking of making a journal or covering my binders.




Maybe I can use these on canvas to brighten up the walls.


You could use fabrics to make new shades.



Spruce up old vases and ceramics

Saturday, November 24, 2007

countdown

10 Superfoods Dr. Perricone appeared on Oprah, showing off his superfoods. I'm really into this.

9 o'clock is when I watch some of "my" tv shows, Nip Tuck, ANTM, Survivor, Dexter, The Hills, Heroes, Prison Break, Californication, Gossip Girl, Project Runway, etc (I think that's about all, but I'm into anything)

8 foods you should eat everyday! This is a descriptive piece of information on how you can incorporate better foods into you diet.

Learn about choromosome 7. Dept of Genetics at Sick Kids Hospital

6 reminds me of my latest favourite rage song "sick sick sick" by queen's of the stoneage.

5 things to do with a bottle of rum - I learned a couple of tricks..

4 servings can be made of these Roasted Chickpeas I tried them once, and will try them again.

Learn about the Omega 3- Omega 6 Relationship. This site also provides other useful information.

2 much research about the benefits of Red Wine.

#1 singer, Richard Cheese

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Part 2:

Living Room:
Also awaiting a colour scheme. I want to stay neutral, but have one burst of colour.
There is no way I can get new furniture, so right now I'm just working with what I have. I also have to accomodate the radiator underneath the window.
For the curtains I was hoping for something loud, to be the focal point.. but the radiator means the curtain will have to be short or have a width bigger than the window frame. So these pictures are just a dream.











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Other ideas for the walls


Part 1: Decorate the Apartment

I have a ton of pictures I've been collecting for the BEDROOM
I'm still working on a colour scheme _____________________
Ideas for a headboard:
-something painted on canvas, but it has to be proportionate to the size of the bed
-i was also thinking of some foam + fabric to make a puffy large headboard that can be hung up
-the first picture here is a shelf in the same colour as the wall, holding the pictures
-for the second picture, you could do three along the side or one long one





















There is only one window in the bedroom, but i'd like to make a curtain for it anyway. I just bought a Singer Sewing Basics book, there are many different types of curtain ideas - or shade ideas. Currently the window is sporting blinds.

In the Lotta Jansdotter book, there is info on how to make a duvet cover.. I'm hoping I can find the right fabric to put that together.

In the meantime, I need to work out a colour scheme.