If you are looking for something to do this Wednesday evening, then please join Chip Wade and the cast of Elbow Room on HGTV. If you read my blog then you know that cast includes yours truly!
The cocktail reception goes from 6-8pm on Wednesday, January 30th. If you can come please rsvp to RSVP@lizlapiduspr.com.
See you there!
Switch Modern is located in West Midtown at 1193 Howell Mill Rd., Atlanta.
And the winner of the free ticket to Design Camp Atlanta is…
Ingrid Porter
Congrats Ingrid! Thanks for all of you who entered to win. There are a few other blogs out there that are giving away tickets to Design Camp so check them out.
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I’m leaving you all with a little Monday inspiration via Melanie Turner. Love her!
As of yesterday, I officially joined the team of speakers [otherwise known as “counselors”] for Design Camp Atlanta! I was so thrilled when Lori Dennis, celebrity designer and one of the masterminds behind Design Camp, asked me to be a part of Design Camp.
Celebrity Interior Designers Lori Dennis and Kelli Ellis have put together a jam-packed weekend filled with seminars led by design industry experts. Design Camp took Austin, Texas by storm [over 120 attendees!!] in October 2012 and the reviews were amazing. Their next stop on the tour is Atlanta! The seminars are full of “practical, applicable, real-life design insight you don’t get from traditional institutions.”
The course is tailored for design professionals and design aficionados. Each day runs from 9AM-6PM and is broken down into 8 segments per day. Drinks, Snacks, Lunch, and Cocktail parties included. By the end of Camp, attendees will have the confidence and ability to run successful modern-day design careers and take their careers to an entirely new level, network and collaborate with local suppliers and colleagues.
Design Camp is coming to Atlanta January 30th – February 1st and is being held at the fabulous Fox Theater. Tickets are selling out fast but one lucky reader from this blog will win a FREE TICKET to the event.
This giveaway is valued at $1297!!!
***To learn all you need to know about Design Camp visit the website at www.designcamp.com.
You have 3 chances to enter to win a FREE TICKET to Design Camp. I’ll be taking comments up to Sunday, Jan. 6th at 10pm and will reveal the winner on Monday, Jan. 7th.
To Enter:
1. Leave a comment on this blog post. [In the past I’ve had a few people email me and let me know that they can’t leave comments for some reason. If this happens to you please email me.]
2. Like Design Camp on Facebook and come back to this post to leave a comment letting me know you did so.
3. Follow @TheDesignCamp and @plansforhomedesign on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway. [As long as you include “@plansforhomedesign” in the tweet I’ll be able to see it.]
Best of luck!! I’m looking forward to seeing you
at Design Camp in less than a month!
I hope you all have some exciting plans for New Years Eve. We’re planning to ring in the new year with a low key evening at home and a nice glass of bubbly.
If I were going to have a NYE party, the décor would be white and glamorous just like these rooms. Maybe next year…
[Sally Wheat’s home via Décor Pad]
Happy New Year!
Today was exhausting yet so much fun at the same time. I was finally able to install my booth at the new Queen of Hearts in Marietta. I’ve been collecting and refinishing furniture for what seems like forever in preparation for today. Not only was it great to see everything all put together in my booth, but it was so nice to be able to get my dining room back. I’ve been storing every item that went into the both in my dining room for the past month. Talk about cramped. My house seriously looked like a house from an episode of hoarders. I have my fingers crossed that I’ll actually sell something. I love the stuff but I’m hoping other people will too. After each piece that I finished I wanted to keep it for myself. Good think I had the hubby to keep me in check. If he hadn’t been around to say no I might not have ever gotten rid of the pieces.
The new Queen of Hearts Antiques & Interiors in Marietta opens to the public tomorrow, November 5th, at 10 a.m. If you live in Atlanta you really should check it out. I walked through the rest of the store today after my mom and I got finished setting up my booth. There are so many great booths here. I think the Marietta store is definitely going to rival the other Queen of Hearts stores as the best one.
This is what my booth looks like. I still have an upholstered wingback chair on the way. It should be in by Wednesday. I can’t wait to see it. I’m bound to want to keep it though.
photo credit – AHL
Thanks to all of you for the comments on the MYCOLOR™ INSPIRED BY PANTONE® PAINTING PARTY! I thoroughly enjoyed reading all of the ideas that you guys have for painting projects.
The winner of the MyColor by Pantone paint is Rae from Through the Haze – Reads. Congrats Rae!
I hope that everyone in Sandy’s path stays safe. Take care if you are on the East coast. For the rest of you have a great Monday!
Today is a fun day here on the blog. Starting at Noon EST I’m participating in the MyColor™ inspired by Pantone® Painting Party along with 5 other fab bloggers. We’ll all be sharing projects with you and giving you the DIY scoop. There’s also a great chance for you to win a sample of MyColor™ paint yourself.
Here are the other bloggers that will be joining me for the party…
1. Sarah @ Alderberry Hill, 2. ME!! 3. Sara @ House Bella, 4. Jerusalem @ Jolly Goode Gal, 5. Katie @ Craptastic & 6. Ann Marie @ Twice Lovely
I haven’t really shared too much on my blog but I have some exciting news. I’ll be opening a booth at Queen of Hearts Antiques & Interiors in about a week. So, needless to say, I was so pumped when MyColor contacted me and wanted me to participate. It was a great opportunity for me to finish some of the pieces that I’ve been meaning to finish for my booth. The colors that I selected were Trekking Green, Lunar Rock and Blue Haze, and let me tell you I was so pleased with the colors.
I have been purchasing baskets for the booth but they are plain Jane.
After a little help from MyColor™ they are perfect!
This project was super-easy. Since MyColor™ is self-priming I didn’t even have to prime the baskets first. This saved me tons of time. For the baskets with lines I used tape to give me a straight line.
I also used a craft brush for each of the baskets. A craft brush gave me much more control then a large paint brush. I painted a couple of coats of paint and then removed the tape.
One of my baskets was woven in a herringbone pattern so I took full advantage and painted a zigzag. This was by far the hardest one to paint because it was really hard to follow the pattern of the herringbone and stay straight. Eventually I opted to use tape at the top and bottom edges so that I made sure my zigzags stayed the same length.
I was so happy with how my feathered basket came out. I laid on the paint really heavily at the bottom of the basket. Then once I had a good base at the bottom, I started feathering my paint upward (oops, sorry guys, but I didn’t take a pic of this). I did it until I thought it looked even. There really was no plan for it. Once all of that paint dried, I flipped it upside down and painted the bottom with a thick layer of paint so that it really looked dipped.
I really couldn’t be happier with how the baskets turned out. I can’t wait to put them in the shop next week.
Now, for the part that you are really excited about…THE GIVEAWAY! You have 3 chances to enter to win a sample of MyColor™ inspired by Pantone® paint .
1. Leave a comment telling me how you would use MyColor™ inspired by Pantone® paint for your own project.
2. Tweet your project idea to @MyColorPaints with the hashtag #PassItOn, then come back and comment on this blog post for a second entry.
3. Like the My Color Inspired by Pantone facebook page, post your painting project on the Facebook page, and leave me a comment saying you did so.
In all of your comments please be sure to leave me your email address so that I can notify you if you are the winner. I’ll announce the winner on my blog on this coming Monday. You can post comments up to Sunday night at midnight. Good luck and get inspired at the next party over at Sara’s blog House Bella.
Happy Painting to Ya!
