Celebrating!!!

That's the reason why I'm lost. We have been celebrating that my parents in love are visiting us and my hubby birthday. Here is the story:

Celebration #1







Celebration #2

Progress

I want to share the progress in our family room make over. It has been harder than I tough because of the wood paneling we have in that room. It takes triple the time than to paint a regular wall. I have to go over the wall one time with the roller and then came back with a paint brush to cover all the irregularities of the wood.

The first step was to put the primer and then I started to add the color to one of the walls. I almost finish with that wall when my hubby come back from work. As soon as he saw it, he said he did not like it. Bummer!!!

So we started looking for other color and we choose a turquoise, called Mermaid Treasure, combined with a blue, called Embellished Blue.

I just finished applying the first coat of the turquoise and is looking beeeaaaauuutiful!

Here are some pictures of the before, sorry they are a little blurry.




And here is the "to do" list for when we finish with the paint.

- look for a color for the furniture
- sand and paint the furniture
- clean everything
- organize furniture
- look for vintage fabric to make curtains and pillows
- print pictures for the frames
- light fixtures
- finish decorating

Well that's all I have for today. Now I'm off to work as you can see the to do list is long.
bye,
Paola

Serena

I want to share this pictures my daughter, Serena, took of herself & by herself. I love, love, love them!!! For me they capture her personality in all its variations. The sweet, the funky, the funny and the pre-adolescent (this is the scary one) She is growing so fast and that is what scary me the most, what the future will bring her way. I hope she conserve that clear, honest and sweet look that I can see in her eyes. I wish for her to have always that big smile of her. I love her and I am really scare because she is not my baby girl anymore.

I love you Serena and I always will not mater what!!!

Now I want to show you a sneak peak of the accessories I am preparing for the 4Th of July. Some will be headbands, hair clips, brooches and pony tails.

And last but not least I am offering free shipping in my shop if you buy two or more items from it. Take advantage of this from today to 6-23-09.
Paola

A little of this...and a little of that...

Many things are going on at our home. We are preparing our home to receive my parents in law next week. That means:
- Cleaning everywhere
- Organizing everywhere
- Redecorating some rooms in the house
- and the big project of painting and rearranging furniture in the family room

Update on that project: we had a lot of work with this room. The walls were really in bad shape, so we have to sand them and fix it. I have almost finish with the primer and then the walls will we ready for the make over. Of course my head is of new things to make for the decoration. I promise to take some picture today for the before and of course I will show you the after.

I have some new products that will be in my shop in the afternoon today. Here are some pictures of them:

Candida Headband




Vanessa Brooch




Erica Brooch




Well I hope everyone is having a great week and do not forget to visit my shop today.
See you soon!
Paola

Happy B-day!

This is just a quick post to wish Happy B-day to my dear friend Ana. She is the only one of my friends that check my blog regularly and I know this will be a good surprise for her.
I hope you have a wonderful day full of love and happiness.
Wishing you the best,
Los Lucianos

Ps, I will be back tomorrow with some new brooches.
Paola

New designs!!!

This are just some of my new designs that will be going up in my shop along the week. I will be adding one or two items each day.

Irene Headband





Marilla Headband




Luli Headband




Ernestina the Elephant




Sonia Headband




I hope you like them. I am currently working in some new products for the 4th of July.
See you,
Paola