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I just made the romance novel wreath last night while watching one of my favorite DVDs. It took slightly less time than the length of the movie. It turned out great; I swapped the vintage gray and brown paint for a more festive holiday green. I already have a coworker asking me to make one for her. It definately put me in a crafty mood.

The sweet shoppe could be my new favorite party theme, replacing circus. I love the candy balloons!

I had only just quickly looked at the pics and thought it was a good idea, and wondered why everyone was so against these. After reading response after response that said they were cheap, I took a closer look at the frames in the pics. I understood these were plastic, but the clear ones are more apparent; these are like the lids to disposible aluminum food trays. I was thinking that maybe they would make some of the coolest jello molds though.

I love your pillows! This photo is all about taste; exuberant without being over the top. There really are only a handfull of colors going on, but the patterns are amazing, and I love the groupings of white lanterns and the empty birdcage. As Isaac would say, "its working!"

I am a self-proclaimed neat freak ( just ask previous roommates) and I have to say as long as it were kept to this one wall and not throughout the house, I like this arrangement. I think its visual impactful and charming, like having an oddball thrift shop in your home. As a guest, I would love to be able to find something new everytime I visited. Being a fashion designer, I liken this to having the world's largest mood board; little bits of inspiration here and there. This photo definitely shows off some hoarding of stuff, and yet I don't see it relating to the topic of collections run amok. Maybe this should lead into some blogging about being a rat packer, which I think is worse than displaying every McDonald's Happy Meal toy ever made in a living room lined to the gills with Lack shelves from Ikea.

I don't want to play devil's advocate, but I am alone in feeling there is a difference between carpeting and rugs? I don't think its redundant to put a decorative piece (rug) over flooring (carpet). To me, having wall to wall carpeting is like saying you have hardwood floors, or marble, or linoleum. Its what the floors are. Rugs then seem to be the decorative piece for floors, like a print or painting on the wall. In the case of redundancy, then you might as well say its also redundant to put a framed piece on the wall if its been painted or wallpapered.

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If a knock-off is "tacky", then isn't the real deal "tacky" also? Who in the world will know you bought a fake if you don't tell them? (stop being friends with furniture designers if they can!) This is aesthetics we're talking about, not principles. If buying what is pleasing to your eye and is pleasing to your checkbook is tacky, then majority rules on takcy. Is this discussion elitist much or what? I thought this was apartmenttherapy.com, not luxurypenthousetherapy.com. Besides, I've had the pleasure of coming into contact with people who make many tens of times more money than I do and I've learned with great happiness that being able to afford more expensive things does not equate good taste. I aslo know many people who could only afford the fakes, but have a very high level of taste in making an interesting and beautiful setting. My background is in fashion by the way, not interiors. (You better believe my eye can spot a knock-off Dior a mile away! However, I'm more interested in discussing art or politics than how much they spent on thier PVC Samuri bag.)

Heck yeah, Dazed and Confused all the way! I'm also always down to stay up and watch Kill Bill vol 1 & 2.

These are just too cool! I am eagerly awaiting the movie version of WTWTA; I am in awe each time I catch the trailer at the movie theater!