Christmas has Come and Gone!

I can't beleive Christmas has come and gone already, another one bits the dusk! Thought I would share some Christmas photo's with you. Merry Christmas!

Festival of Lights!

Christmas at the Parents house

Before - what a spoiled family we are with all those gifts!!

After . . . . augh!!!

My Baby girls first Christmas!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Wishing everyone a Happy and Safe New Years!!

w&c designer girl!

Got to LOVE Dogs! Funny Ads

Some Funny Ads that I thought I would share with you all! You got to LOVE dogs!

Happy Holidays!

w&c designer girl!

2010 - 2011 Home Furnishing Trends

2010 - 2011 Home Furnishing Trends. Apparently the 80's are coming back! Go figure, but we all know with every trend return there is a twist with a modern touch, a reborn of the 80's we should say. Needless to say the era that we all dreaded is returning and returning strong. God speed my friends :)

Top Ten Trends by Michelle Lamb;
1. Re-cast Blues (warm blues such as denim are expected to become increasingly popular with consumers over the next two years).
2. Coral colours (these will be all the rage in home decor whether in the pink or orange tones that have dominated in recent years).
3. Neutrals with chameleon personalities ( These are neutrals that change with the light source surrounding them).
4. Traditional tendencies (particularly in design and styling as contemporary gives way to traditional, thanks to a lean economy and young adults looking for historical anchors).
5. Tribal takes on global trends (Subway is selling Tikka Masala sandwiches in India).
6. Home grown patterns in eating and living (think The 100-Mile Diet) - I did a blog on the Diet so check it and learn more about this movement.
7. Oak Revival (but this time it's white oak, not red oak).
8. Conservation and frugality (the recession is forcing people to spend carefully).
9. The growth and increasing importance of social media (e.g. twitter)
10. Increasing consumer use of mobile technology for comparison shopping and information gathering.

Retailers will begin shifting their assortment focus from Boomers to Gen-X and Gen-Y (the former are beginning to retire while the latter are beginning to flex their muscles as consumers and power brokers in society).

So there you have it the Trends to expect in the New Years! Shop away my friends.

Happy Holidays!
w&c designer girl!

Take TREE advice from H&H themselves!

Need some TREE inspiration! Find it within House and Home's website. . . with stunning themes, and gorgeous decorations how can you go wrong mimicking such looks as theses!!

Photos courtesy of http://www.houseandhome.com/ For more inspiration make sure to pick up Decembers issue. Its is full of Christmas decorating ideas followed by easy to mimic photos. Make your house special this Season with a touch of House and Home within it!

Tis the Season ~ until next time,

w&c designer girl!

Making your Walls Interesting.

Well I have always be interested in Art and Photography so my love for mixing both just came naturally. I started my canvas art collection about a year ago and wish I could add everything I have done but I try not to over whelm. Below is my mystical Tree Collection, Dream Trees and then a mix of a few other pieces. The power of a strong canvas piece hanging from your walls is breath taking and inspiring in the right application. check out more at http://shop.whitewashco.ca

Until next time,

w&c designer girl!

Its beginning to look a lot like Modern Christmas?

Yes its Christmas and its Modern! Some inspirational Christmas images to get you in the mood!

(Images from House to Home)

(Images from Better Home and Gardens)


For some fun Christmas presents check out http://www.lululine.net/

Until next time

w&c designer girl!

Quotes on the Importance of Protecting our Earth!

"Only after the last tree has been cut down…the last river has been poisoned…the last fish caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten."- Cree Indian Prophesy

"I see the whole field of environmentalism and population as nothing more than the survival of the human species. I have wanted to have some bumper sticker made up saying 'Save the Humans'. At the bottom of it all, we are trying to save ourselves."- Ted Turner

"The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives."- Native American Proverb
"We all moan and groan about the loss of the quality of life through the destruction of our ecology, and yet every one of us, in our own little comfortable ways, contributes daily to that destruction. It's time now to awaken in each one of us the respect and attention our beloved Mother deserves."- Ed Asner, Actor

"To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified. . . "- Theodore Roosevelt

"As the human population grows and our demand for natural resources increases, more and more habitats are devastated. Today, we may be losing 30,000 species a year -- a rate much faster than at any time since the last great extinction 65 million years ago that wiped out most of the dinosaurs. If we continue on this course, we will destroy even ourselves."- American Museum of Natural History

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."- Margaret Mead"The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing that all of us share. It is not only a mirror of ourselves, but a focusing lens on what we can become..."- Lady Bird Johnson

Stay Green!
Until next time,
w&c designer girl!