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19Apr 2013

Photo Friday – Medal Tree

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A couple weekends ago when we went to the Cherry Blossom Festival we made a quick pit stop at the Sculpture Garden. I quickly spanned a couple photos of the metal tree. The picture below that is just a small piece of the tree grabbed my attention as I was editing the photos: blue sky, puffy white clouds and a little bit of art/culture thrown in.

Happy Friday and have a fabulous weekend!!

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05Apr 2013

Photo Friday – Cherry Blossom Festival 2013

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Last weekend the husband and I headed down to the Cherry Blossom Festival. Although we had a great time walking around, the cherry blossoms were making a pretty poor showing. I guess we shouldn’t have been surprised given a week before it was snowing here in DC!! I found a couple cherry blossoms that had bloomed near the Washington Monument.

The flower looks so pretty on the branch all on it’s lonesome! I can’t wait for the rest of the blossoms to flower. Guess when it happens we will just have to make another trip downtown. =)

Happy Friday and have a fabulous weekend!!

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26Feb 2013

Sunrise … SUNSET

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We’ve been doing quite a bit of decorating to the living room and hallway over the last few months. I’m really excited about all the new little details. Originally the husband and I had planned on hanging the picture below from Mexico in our master bedroom. When we ended up going with the red accent wall instead of the gray one the picture no longer would do in the bedroom. Since we still loved the memories of the trips we’ve taken to Ixtapa and the picture itself I was confident we would find a place for it eventually.

A few weeks ago I threw my friend a baby shower and in an effort to set the house up for the party I moved the big comfy chair from the living room nook to where we placed the Christmas tree this year. I really liked how the new chair placement no only added one more place to sit near the couch, but also made the living room area feel more cozy! The only problem was now the nook was pretty much empty. The side table was still there, but it just wasn’t/isn’t enough to fill the space. The space needs some wall art as well as piece(s) of furniture.

FINALLY we had found a place for our sunset photo!! After going back and forth between having the photo as a print and framed or a canvas wrap we eventually decided upon a canvas for the sunset photo. With some help from the rents I decided upon the size (36 x 24) and ordered it from My Publisher. The best part was My Publisher was having a sale so we got 40% off the canvas wrap! Within a week the canvas wrap arrived at our front door. One hook and a level later we were in business!!

Now all we need is the matching sideboard to our wine rack and dining table. Once we put the sideboard in this little nook it will be complete. Please Crate and Barrel send us a coupon so we can get a discount on our sideboard!!!

What do you think of the canvas wrap??

Happy Decorating!!

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11Jan 2013

Photo Friday – Washington Monument

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Despite living in the District of Columbia I often forget to take advantage of all the touristy things there are to do. One afternoon the husband and I went to see the Korean War Memorial. As we were walking towards our final destination I snapped the photo below. I didn’t even realize how the white puffy clouds seemed to pop in the beautifully blue the sky! It’s funny how sometimes a picture can highlight details that I didn’t notice/appreciate in person.

Have a great weekend. Happy Friday!

09Jan 2013

Adding to the Photo Gallery

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Right around the time of Super Storm Sandy the husband and I hung three photos in our hallway. The other weekend my friend and I took a trip to Michael’s to purchase stuff for my friend’s baby shower I am throwing in February (more on that in the next couple of weeks). When we were there we did a little extra curricular shopping as well! It’s hard to go to Michael’s and only buy things that were on the list. That place has so much fun stuff it’s crazy.

I love the look of “floating” photo frames and with the 40% holiday sale in full swing at Michael’s the justifications of purchasing them was complete!! I picked out two 5 x 7 and one 11 x 15 frame. I guessed on what sizes would look nice as add on(s) to the hallways photo gallery. The husband and I hadn’t even really talked about what other pictures we might add to the wall. Either way I figured three was a good a number.

For the big frame we picked this 8×10 wedding photo. I feel slash felt really narcissistic putting up this photo, but I really just love it. It’s a real smile (not just smiling for the camera in fact I think I was laughing at the husband doing something off to the side) and you can see the whole lobby of the St. Regis hotel.

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For the smaller frames we did a 4×6 of our honeymoon in Positano, Italy and a fun picture from the wedding.

I think this picture is probably my husband’s favorite from the wedding. I had always promised my husband we would find a spot for the picture and a little over a year later I did! My sister did the details for this after the photographer made the little stick figures.

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And can I just say that taking pictures of the hallway is kind of hard … I mean really hard to get a good shot. I think I need dimmer lights in the hallway to help with lighting for pictures. Ohhhh husband I have a new project for you hehehehe! =)

I’m not really sure how many more photos we are going to add to the hallway gallery, but I really like the new additions. This will probably be one of those decorating projects that’s not ever 100% completed. So we shall say phase 1 and 2 are complete (for now).

Phase 1: