Cleaning the Playroom...a quick guide!

Today I have the pleasure of joining the SmartyPantsMamaLUTION as the SmartyPantsMama continues her quest to share 20 quick ways to jump start your New Year's Resolutions! Go visit here to see what I have to say about cleaning up that dreaded playroom....today I might actually have to tackle mine!

Source: potterybarnkids.com via Joanne on Pinterest

This playroom is from Pottery Barn Kids via my Pinterest!

Peeping Tom Tuesday: Sabrina Soto

So I picked up this week's issue of InTouch magazine (no judgment, please...every once in a while I do need to read something other than a shelter magazine!)

InTouch

I bought it because of the cover story about JP and bachelorette Ashley as it announces their dream wedding. Turns out, to my dismay, they are not married yet (shocker!)....but I did stumble across a brief article on the effervescent HGTV host Sabrina Soto and her brand new apartment in NYC. I dug up some of these photos from Apartment Therapy to give you a glimpse but if you want to read more, definitely buy InTouch...or at least turn to page 62 while you are at the checkout line and speed-read!

Sabrina Soto..read more at Apartment Therapy

I was pleasantly surprised at how Sabrina blends the contemporary and traditional.....

Courtesy of Apartment Therapy

And of course, pops of color and cool organization ideas!

Courtesy of Apartment Therapy

Perhaps the best info in the article is the tidbit revealing that Sabrina Soto got her start after responding to an ad on Craigslist looking for a host for an HGTV show in Washington DC.....hmmm I am way too cynical to have believed that ad if I saw it! Anyway, glad she did....I love Sabrina, her HGTV shows and her line at Target!

BTW, don't forget to sign up to be part of the SmartyPantsMamaLUTION to get great, quick tasks to kick-start some resolutions for 2012! Sign up here!

Another BTW, I am going to start to do these Peeping Tom Tuesdays again....are you a peeper like me? Do you like to snoop? All right....it's on!

2011 was a good year...ready for 2012!

So I have been a bit nostalgic while wrapping up 2011 in my household and with my business. This past year was filled with some challenges but also with many blessings. I am grateful to all my clients, new and old, who keep my job fun and exciting every day. I am grateful that I ventured out to start this blog mid-year and had the opportunity to connect with so many talented and inspiring people! I just dipped my toe in the blogging world in 2011 but for 2012 I will be diving right in! I was absolutely amazed at how gracious and open the blogging community has been and I am resolving to blog more regularly next year. Here are a few thank you's to the people who opened their space up to me in 2011:

Thank you to Caroline over at SmartyPantsMama for inviting me to contribute here about Moms creating nooks of their own!

Read more here

Thank you to Toujours for inviting me to contribute here:

Thank you to www.SheKnows.com for featuring Homestyling101 and many of our holiday decorating ideas here!

And now that 2012 is staring us in the eye...why not pledge to take it by storm! Come join the SmartMamaLUTION and tackle those New Year's Resolutions one day at a time! I took the pledge and I will be guest posting one of those days, too!

Take the Pledge!

Now I'm off to start ringing in the New Year! See you all in 2012!