Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!!

Hope you are spending it with someone you love!

Image from Simply Bloom Photography

Don't you just love this photo? Looking at it always make me smile. The couple is just so cute! Want more? Head over to my Très Sweet Designs blog here to see some fun Valentine's Day cookies!

Dream Design: Pink & Red

February is awesome because it gives the lovers of pink (um, me!) a reason to play around with the pretty feminine color inside the home. Red and pink together are so flirty and feminine. I love it! It's been a very popular color scheme for ads as well! Take a peek at my favorites!

Kate Spade, Twirl

Seriously, who doesn't love Kate Spade? I could spend way longer than I care to admit on their website just pretending!

Coach Poppy Perfume

So yes, the combo can be a little potent, but I'm a firm believer that red and pink can be a fun addition to the everyday design of your home.

laundry room, staircase, apron, red mixer

Of course you've seen that laundry room in this post, but I used it again because it is awesome! And that pink staircase? A gorgeous pop of color in an otherwise neutral space. Add in some fun accessories to your space like the apron and this Kitchen Aid Mixer and you are set! Pink & red all year 'round! You are welcome!

Cabin Fever

Maybe you've heard, but the entire DFW area is covered with ice. The past three days have yielded highs in the teens! Needless to say, this area is definitely not equipt to handle this sort of weather, so school has been cancelled since Tuesday and we have been hold up in our apartment for the past three days! (Going on four).

After receiving the third message saying that school had been cancelled for Friday, I looked over at Josh and told him at least I was stuck with someone I could stand spending 4 straight days with. (I'm so lucky!) Movies, hot cocoa, and the daily adventure through the snow, just to get out of the apartment keep us sane.

Here's a short vlog of our first snowy adventure.

Creativity Checklist: Organize the Craft Closet

January's task? Organize my craft closet... It was quite the undertaking. For anyone with a craft closet, you can understand. There are just so many little things, groups of things, and even some oddly shaped things to store (where the heck do I keep this huge drink bucket?). So, I started by taking everything out and starting from scratch. Take a peek at the damage!

Before:And the glorious after:

It took pretty much the whole month to get it all organized and there are still a couple of things that I want to add (like another shelf) but those will come down the road.

One of my biggest tips? Ditch your magazines! Magazines are a huge space waster. So while cleaning out our office, I ripped out the articles I loved and slipped them all into a binder with page protectors. This way the things I want to reference again are in one place. And since my grandpa bought me a Nook Color for Christmas I plan on subscribing to most of the magazines I read through there. Even less paper! Hooray!

Another great discovery was hanging storage. You don't even have to buy anything! I had tons of ribbon and loose cookie cutters that can get jumbled up and cluttered in most storage containers. So, I grouped all my cookie cutters into categories (holidays, shapes, etc.) and hung them the clothing rod in this closet. Now, they are on display, easy to find, and take up way less space. I also used an empty wrapping paper tube to slide on all of my ribbon spools and hung it underneath my cookie cutters. Again, they don't take up too much space and they even dispense easier! Just roll what you need!

For the bottom of the closet I bought two large storage bins on wheels. One to hold holiday stuff and one to hold business stuff (like glassware). The blue file box was empty in our office, so I turned it into fabric storage.

And finally, my absolute favorite thing that I used to organize my craft closet this month, the piece de resistance: a scrap booking tote... on wheels!

It's not that I'm a crazy scrap booking lady, but I found this thing at Hobby Lobby a few months ago and fell in love! It has about a zillion pockets, all see through so you can find what you're looking for. And it. is. perfect. for an on-site event kit. I keep tape, straight pins, safety pins, hot glue gun, hand sanitizer, a flash drive and everything else I'm going to need for a specific event and it all fits perfectly into this cute tote. And hello? It's on wheels!!! Just roll and you're good! I seriously love this thing!

One thing off the checklist. What's February's item, you ask? Finish the Wedding Projects!!!

Icy Winter Mantle

Well, hello, blog family! Today I bring you another peek into the Willis Household with our Winter-y Mantle. I've really taken changing out the decor to heart over the past few months! It's just fun to keep it fresh and change the view.

For January, I wanted to keep it looking like winter with an icy, snowy feeling. Using stuff that I found around the house or on sale!!! (You can bet I hit up those after Christmas sales pretty hard!)

Here's a cute little Eskimo couple that my Grandma gave to us. They just add a cute, romantic touch while maintaining the "it's really frikking cold" motif I've got going on here.

A now for a breakdown of some of the fun elements. The silver trees were on super discount at Target after the holidays. I used one of our wedding centerpieces to add some floral and would you eve believe those pumpkins are the ones I used for Halloween? I spray painted them gold a while ago and they have held up really well. I definitely got my money's worth.

So, there you go, our cute winter mantle. It's neutral but still fun!

Some Super Big News!

Big news! I have a new business! I've been working on this project for a long time and it feels so good to have everything go live! Très Sweet Designs is all about having fun with dessert! I specialize in creating Unique Dessert Bars, Custom Candy Stations, and Sweet Favors. So, make sure to head over to my website for some awesome eye candy thanks to my new photographer friend George Dean!

Dessert Design: Cameo Pink & Black

I felt like a design board for a gorgeous dessert table would be a fun way to say sorry for not being a diligent blogger! But hey, before you scold, I should tell you that I've been working hard on task number one for my creativity checklist. So there!

Lately, I have been loving anemones. They are such a gorgeous, simple flower and when I saw that pale pink bouquet with the striking black centers on Martha Stewart, I felt the inspiration flowing. A simple concept and color palette with great details that won't overwhelm the table. Macaroons, the delicate pattern on the cake, and a pink champagne all tie together without being too "matchy-matchy".

I know pink and black has been done so many times before, but the blush pink of this board is too beautiful to forget about. And *hint hint*, I do believe this design board will be coming to life very soon!

Anemone Bouquet from Martha Stewart, Pink Macaroon Recipe, Black and White cake, Cameo Jewelery (again) from Martha, The Katharine Bridal Gown, Pink Champagne image here.