Pink=Love

Special door, originally uploaded by ClickHappyJohn.

I have come back to pink, an old color love. The last time I was in love with pink, I wore pink checkered Vans, pink and white Nikes, pink and blue striped button-down shirts...I was 14 and it was all about my wardrobe then. Oh, my wardrobe and Hello Kitty.

Now, my thoughts are of pink roses, pink paint, pink front doors(yes, I want a pink front door!! Dare I? I think it would be fab, or as Victoria Beckham would say ,"major". I'm sure you can guess what my husband thinks of this idea. ), ballerinas dressed in pink tutus.

I want to paint our guest bathroom pink, maybe large pink and cream stripes and put my beginning vintage ballerina print collection in there.

I want pink toile pillows. I love pink toile so much, I want to eat it.

I even want pink streaks in my hair, lol, but since I've gone back to my brown hair base I'll probably pass on that one...should've done it when I was a blonde. ;) Hmmm, I'm due for a pedicure. A nice cotton candy pink on the toes sounds lovely.

Leave It To The Experts

Sometimes you need to realize when it makes more sense to hire someone to create from your vision than to take the time needed for you to create what you see in your mind's eye...and then not be able to do it as well as you envision or enjoy the process. It's just good business sense, according to The Donald and Martha!

So, I am letting go of my banner-making attempts for the moment and will be enlisting the services of the awesome artist and designer, Gail Schmidt! Yay!

I've only recently met Gail and love her already. She's uber-talented and was published in March's issue of Somerset Digital Studio! She has an awesome store called Shabby Cottage Studio and there you will find some of her work, a more comprehensive bio, links to her blog and etsy store and tons and tons of tempting goodies for your altered art and mixed media collage needs.

She's a member of the mixed media/altered art group we have going over at Etsy Cottage Style and is just an all-around great resource and plain nice person!

Thanks, Gail!