Carolyn's Mom's Profile

Thanks! i am La Paracaidista (flickr name) but on apt therapy i am Carolyn's mom. Thanks on the desk, lucky find. The hardware is original to the desk and i agree it pretty much makes the desk. The art is my own work, glad you like it. It just took 20 minutes to make, a chrome poster frame which i painted white, flipped poster over and painted yellow square and later white bird silhouette . The chair you see here, I always believed it was a Marcel Bruer chair (the antique dealer who sold me 3 told me this), but after looking at moddog's link, he's probably right. Yes i do want a ghost chair, and with all the money i saved on the desk i could probably justify it's purchase to my husband. Thanks for all the nice comments!

Just love the color combination of your living room; that green/blue wall, mustard sofa and lovely red decorative pillows that just pop.It is all right out of a DOMINO magazine shoot! Please mention source of those pillows... this is one case in which I hope that they have been bought new so that I can get my hands on them too!
To FUTUREAUNT in above post,
One way to buy and wear used clothes and not worry about the bedbug issue, is to freeze the garment before you (hopefully launder) and later wear it. OR boil the garment on your stove top (fabric permitting).

Freedom from the licensed character theme decorating. Flexibility in using furniture not originally designed for a nursery. Art that isn't necessarily framed prints. Non gender-traditional colors.

I would love to see a closer look of the orange chest of drawers. Can we find it on Flickr? I love that you are motivated by the idea of your grown daughter looking back at your decorating and appreciating it. I imagine the same and I really appreciate all the creative things my mother did now that I'm grown. Congratulations on your nursery!

So good-looking and non commercial, love that. I adore your lanterns, I also used lanterns in my daughter's nursery. I like the look of the cabinetry next to shelves. Are they built-in custom or furniture? Also may I ask a source on the prints above the crib? Congratulations on creating a space where a creative child will grow!

Well these pictures were attributed to Carolyn, but she is only 13 months old. I am her mother, and responsible for the party.
It was just a little party that I planned two days prior. I didn't send invitations, and there were no goody bags. I am economically challenged, so the budget was tiny. I do love pretty things, and loath all the character ( Dora, Sponge Bob) decorated party goods that seem to flood all kids' parties. I just wanted something original and inexpensive. All the flowers I made by cutting and twisting tissue paper, I was able to make about 80 flowers (this WAS time consuming, but I did it while I watched Grey's Anatomy) from one multi-color package of tissue which I bought at Walgreen's Drug Store ($3.99). I made the cupcakes from boxed cake mix (2 for $3), and frosted them with easy homemade frosting which I added different shades of food-coloring to. The marshmallows were from the dollar store. The solid pink napkins and paper plates were also dollar store finds. I wrapped her gifts in solid color paper which I had stored under the bed, and put a few of the paper flowers on top.

My Carolyn is just one, so preparing for this little party was so much fun... it was the first chance I've ever had to throw a party as a MOTHER! I'm really COMPLIMENTED that Monica thinks this extravagant, because it was so inexpensive. Really this is the type of party that girls of my mother's generation in the 1950's grew up with. Homemade cakes, homemade decorations, just the neighbor girls attending. It's really pretty humble, compared to the rented clowns, bakery cakes, and inflatable bouncers that are staples of many contemporary childrens parties.

By the way, she did have a beautiful pale pink linen party dress with a tulle petticoat from Baby Zara, but I found it at a THIFT STORE($3.50)!

Beauty is not inaccessible to those of modest means! I think that many of you AT readers are of the same school of thought.