Fun stuff

Sorry for not checking in yesterday....G decided to start her terrible two's right on time. Actually she was a bit early...she has been throwing screaming tantrums for the past week and my nerves are shot!!

She kept showing me these signs that something was up with her. She went from sleeping for 3 plus hours at naps to refusing them completely, and screaming herself to sleep at night. 

She was doing some weird shit like fall asleep on her bedroom rug and not in her crib...which was freaking me out.

 Anyways I went and bought her a big girl bed yesterday in desperation to try anything and guess what??

The Tantrum Monkey slept ALL NIGHT without a peep and like a big girl in her big girl bed!!!!

This is good news for many reasons but most importantly......

I FINALLY GET TO DESIGN MY LITTLE GIRLS BIG GIRL BEDROOM!!!!!

Oh my, you have no idea how long I have been waiting for this day. I still have not come up with the perfect plan yet although I know for certain it involves this fabric....i think

stay tuned for this design board coming your way..

Speaking of design boards, wanna see one I just finished for my clients Living Room

stay TUUUUUUUUNED

Happy Birthday Babooshka

2 years ago today I was screaming bloody murder on a delivery table as I desperately tried to push my 9 pound princess into this world.......yes I totally just gave you that visual.

I have to say, recently I have had a lot of "a-ha" moments. One of the biggest "a-ha moments came from watching G react to me crying....OK, now I know that may sound really weird so let me explain.

All this emotional cancer stuff with my Papa has been going on and I have been nothing short of a blubbering fool. 

Normally I try and keep my over the top "ugly cry's" down to a bare minimum around G so I don't freak her the fuck out, but the other day she caught me engaging in all types of drama sobs... snotty,ugly,red-faced crying, that is typically reserved for  high school break-ups or when watching Steel Magnolias. Anyways she caught me and did the most touching and sweet thing anyone on the planet earth has ever done.  She came up to my face and put her tiny hands on my cheeks and said 

"woo noo Mama..itty-k Mama sayyd" 

and then she kissed me smack on the mouth. 

My little baby sympathized with me...

that's big girl emotions right there and I am totally vaklempt about it

anyways..........

HAPPY BIRTHDAY G

mommy loves you so much

we are off to Disneyland,

wish me luck!

Surf Shack

Summer is slowly slippin away....

everywhere, except for this pretty little surf shack...

you lovers seen this gorgeousness????

Don't you kinda want a little shack?

Or at least get invited here to drink coronas and eat tacos?

found here

ANOTHER GIVEAWAY...your welcome

That's right..I am doing it again.

ANOTHER GIVEAWAY

& 

another introduction to a great new sponsor!

Lovers meet 

HOUSE OF PEMBERLY

In honor of my purty durty thurty-th birthday, the lovely House of Pemberly is giving one of you lucky lovers a chance to win a pair of

 20"  KELLY WEARSTLER "AGATE" print pillows!!!

You get to choose from any of these 6 fabulous color ways

This lovely new sponsor really make some amazing stuff!

They are not just limited to pillows…

They have a full service workroom that can reupholster anything, make custom ottomans and headboards and sew everything from roman shades to pillows to tissue box holders!!

All of House Of Pemberleys pillows have serged interior seams, invisible zippers and your choice of self welt, flange or knife edge.  Also, the designer fabric is always on both sides of the pillow unless otherwise requested.

here are the rules and requirements to enter this AMAZING GIVEAWAY!

1. Add House of Pemberley on Etsy

2. Like House of Pemberley on Facebook

3. Become a Follower on my Blog  

4. Follow Amber Interiors on Twitter HERE

5. Re-tweet the Giveaway; get extra extra bonus points

Leave me a comment telling me you have done all of these things with a separate entry for each....

Don't forget to tell me which fabric you are dreaming of winning....

 GOOD LUCK LOVERS

GiVEAWAY WINNER

We have a winner winner y'all!

 Jenny Mikrut said...

I retweeted this contest! Gotta have one of these ring pop lamps :) I'm in love!

September 7, 2011 10:58 AM

JENNY MIKRUT, 

Please email your info so we can send out your lamp!

CONGRATS!!!!!

Kiss the ones you love

I am just asking simply that you Lovers keep my "Papa"{my grandfather} in your positive thoughts and prayers. He is one of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life and by far the smartest and interesting man I have ever known.  I don't feel the need to go into detail what he is going through other than that he has been diagnosed with Cancer and lots will change.

Life is fleeting and fragile and unfair....but we keep on walking.

fe fi fo fum

I smell some sick ass color combos comin at ya like 

POW

green and gray make my day

neon pink and chocolate brown all up in this town

Purple and red aall up in my head

Gray and pink don't stink

I need this wallpaper somethin awful

turquoise with a side of teal green, thats a sweet trim scene

Lavender, red & white....damn that color combo is just right

OK I am done....your welcome

!!!DONT FORGET TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY LOVERS!!!

Glow

...Have you ever seen this website?

I really wish I was important enough for these "glow folks" to come into my house and take photos of my stylish life with my beautiful child...

I am sure these "glow folks" think that potty training a 2 year old whilst still wearing maternity pants 3 sizes to big, working 16 hours days, and having China Wok on speed dial is glow-worthy...?

You know, rollin outta bed at 6 am with my whitening trays in and some zit cream on is gorgeous. 

Not waxing my eyebrows for the better part of 2011 and sporting some wicked ass roots is

real hip, trendy, and effortlessy chic,no?

I mean, I may wear clothes that say "Liz Lange Maternity for Target" and my legs probably haven't seen the sun for  about 46 months, but I think I have a shot to make the cut....

Look at these photos...

Makes me want to brush my hair, hop on a treadmill, and get the boogers out of G's nose.

why do these women have such nice hair?

New Sponsor AND A GIVEAWAY

So I have talked about this already but I TURN 30 this month....

yes I know I am sure there is tons of eye rolling happening right now

 If your older than me, you are thinking "oh, your a baby..shut-up {eye-roll}!" 

or

 If your younger you are thinking "Wow, that must suck {eye-roll}!"

Well whatever your current age may be, I  personally feel very uncomfortable with the whole things so I gonna moan and whine until I am damn good and ready to quit

...deal wit-it!

I guess it's not all bad because as I suffer with my personal age crisis, I have decided to spend September giving you guys presents.

that's right,  it's 

GIVEAWAY TIME

I have some awesome new sponsors..let me introduce you to my first up 

..

I was just introduced to this site when the lovely company emailed me to ask about advertising.  I have to say I was impressed. Since I offer e-decor services, I am constantly looking for new great online resources. Blue Key offers fantastic lighting options and are growing the site more and more each day. They will be attending High Point so expect some amazing new additions to the site soon!

also......

Blue Key has generously offered to give away a "DELTA" lamp from Robert Abbey to one of you LOVERS!!!!!

You can choose any of the 11 colors listed here

look how purty!

look look LOOK

here are the rules and requirements to enter this AMAZING GIVEAWAY!

1. Follow Blue Key Studio on Twitter HERE

2. Like Blue Key Studio on Facebook HERE

3. Like Amber Interiors on Facebook HERE

4. Follow Amber Interiors on Twitter HERE

5. Become a Follower on my Blog  

6. Re-tweet the Giveaway; extra extra bonus points

Leave me a comment telling me you have done all of these things with a separate entry for each....

you'll get extra entries!

Oh AND if this Giveaway wasn't enough you can get 15% off of your ENTIRE purchase any time you buy from Blue Key Studios for the next 6 months by typing in

amber

at checkout

Stay tuned all month for loads of prizes and giveaways to be had...your in for a real treat!

O-O-Office

Did I ever show you my office Before and afters?

It's been done for a while I just forgot to show y'all.

So first we built the HUGE cork board seen here, then we built a big ole desk using

 Ikea butcher block counter tops from here

and these from pottery barn

here is my office 

BEFORE

and

AFTER:

Simple and Stylish..ish ish

one room 2 Looks with: FULL HOUSE

Ever think to yourself, 

"Hey I wonder what would life be like with one set of twins AND one set of triplets???"

To be honest, the idea has NEVER crossed my mind until I stumbled upon Christina's blog over at

  Full House blog. 

You see Mrs.Amazingsupermom of the century, is not just the mother of 5 kiddos. She also has a wicked design eye. She is very talented, and has fantastic great taste..... Oh and did I mention that she is rully rully purty and has awesome hair??!!

Anyways, I asked if she wanted to partake in a good ole game of "One room Two ways"....and she said yeahhaaa.. SO here is the end product...

Buckle Up Lovers!

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Hi there dearest readers of Amber's blog...whose blog I truly do enjoy.  It is a pleasure to be able to play with you all today.  I mean who wouldn't want to play dress up of the home...especially the non-committal kind.  Anyway I had this lavender guest room just hanging out and since I have a handful of children I decided to make my styling come to life in a place that I could lock up if needs be.  For starters I recruited my husband to haul the black and white sofa into the room.  The sofa actually has a damask print seat cushion and needs to be updated to my liking but for this exercise we went with the rigging method.  In fact I do not think I have ever rigged as many things in my life until I had a handful of kids.  You learn to do that on the fly when managing a home with a bunch of little ones and resources are slim.  With that being said don't look too closely because you will see a tablecloth wrapped around the sofa cushion, fabric folded on the side brass chair that clearly is covering the gold vinyl cushion and a set of curtains that may be thumb tacked to the wall.  I tried really hard to use what I already had around the house but I must admit that through doing this that I finally took fabric that I had sitting around and turned them into the curtains and pillows that they were meant to be (thank you Amber).

For the first look we tried to go with what I am calling the uptown hippy girl look..or whatever.  The colors are much more feminine, well travelled,festive and full of life. To achieve this particular look then I would say the colors and that ethnic looking rug were key.  I didn't want the room to look too boho so I tried to offset with the clean lines of the mirror, a painted abstract city scape piece and with sleek neutral pillows on the sofa. Everything in the room was either collected at the thrift store or Home Goods with the exception of the curtains, rug, oh and those nice colorful little accent pillows.

For the second look I was going for something edgier with a splash of masculine.  You know, to offset the lavender walls..just in case my husband had to live in a room like this in real life (In real life it also has a full size bed in it if you catch my drift.ha).  Back to accomplishing that objective...I made sure to use colors that would look fine with lavender but were masculine.  I first pulled the striped curtains from my husbands office as the starting point.  I then made a pillow out of a bunch of scrap leather to give it an edgier look.  Next I went with the dollar bill art and the little triangle square number to hang on the wall.  I switched out the "fruity' little pineapple lamp for a big sculptural brass lamp and pretty much called it good..well except for the switch-a-roo of a few accessories and that rug.  Again everything was basically from Craigers, Home Goods or acquired through the art of thrifting...just in case you were wondering (even that ikat fabric was thrifted).  Thrifting was also how I justified purchasing a couple of the finer fabrics shown...because I save SO much money by thrifting...and that is the story and I'm stickin to it;-)

Again thanks again for having me Amber.  Now I am off to finish decorating the room for real life.

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I mean...... Right, totally, like OMG..

Here...let me help you lift your jaw up off the floor.

INSANE!

Don't you dare forget to go and say hello to Mrs. Full house and don't you dare forget to tell her how amazing she is.

smooches