Flaunt your Fall Link Party!!

FREE IMAGES Who doesn't love fall??

Anyone?  Anyone??  Buehler... buehler.

Who doesn't love a party?? 

Why not combine the two for tons of fun!!

What a great party combo if I do say so myself.  How do I come up with these ingenious ideas??! ;) 

It's time for the first annual Flaunt your Fall link party!

I can not wait to see all of your creative fall-ishness right here in one place!

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Master Bedroom Sneak Peak and Curtain Double Fail

FREE IMAGES Well hello there.  Several weeks ago I shared with you my monochromatic bedroom inspiration from Candice Olsen.  They were really crummy pictures of the paused tv screen, remember now?  (Can you believe I even posted those?!)  If not you can see them here. 

I have been    s   l   o   w   l   y    working on my thrifty bedroom redesign and really don't have much to show you.  So why not write a blog about it, right?! 

"Hello friends, guess what I've done on my room makeover??

 Nothing!!!

How interesting!  Let me tell you all about it!"

Well actually , I've done a few things but nothing worthy of a reveal so I'm just going to give you some sneak peaks. 

First, I got this lovely stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils which will be showing up in my bedroom makeover.  And, I'll be doing a giveaway sponsored by them in the near future, stay tuned for that!

Next, I'll share with you a sneak peak of my bedding, it was free last year when I got my king bed, I didn't use it at the time because it didn't go with my other decor but now it is perfect!

While working on my room I had a major curtain fail. 

I asked Mr. Chic to re-hang the curtain rod to go for the dramatic "long-drapes-high-curtain-rod" look because we have a vaulted ceiling.  Unfortunately, we had a miscommunication of where the rod was to be placed.  It ended up in this awkward area about 6 inches above the window frame trim.  I guess I shouldn't have left the room during installation.  FAIL 

The other fail were these curtains.  I'm not much for animal print but these monochromatic shimmery zebra panels looked fabulous in the store.  I thought that since the pattern was monochromatic I could get away with the zebra print.  The pattern wasn't even the problem, they just looked a little too dressy for the look I'm going for.  DOUBLE FAIL

I will take them back after I work for 20 minutes to figure out that weird perfect fold to get it back in the tiny package but I won't be able to get it right and they'll be an ugly lumpy mess stuffed back in.  Does anyone else have trouble with that??  I can never get curtains back in the package right, ever.

DOUBLE FAIL

Anywho, I hope you've enjoyed my little sneak peak at our master bedroom redesign.  Stay tuned for a Cutting Edge Stencil giveaway!

Happy Weekend! :)  xoxo

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