Necklace charms the shape of your STATE! by Maya Brenner

I had seen these necklaces a while back and loved them. Well I finally got one and it is just adorable! You can get a necklace in the shape of any state. I of course got Connecticut, wear it everyday and get compliments galore!! Maya Brenner is a jewelry designer out of LA and you can order them online.  You can get gold or silver and even add a diamond that is placed where you are from!!!!

check it out at mayabrenner.com! The picture above is mine. It is just so cute I feel like everyone should get one!!!!

Birdwatch at home !!

Being a CT girl, I am drawn to the outdoors. I live in NYC now..... I needed to bring the outdoors into my apt, nothing says outdoor's like birds... and you don't have to get one of those chirpy little fellas!!!

I LOVE THESE SHEETS!!!

they are made by Dwell and called the "Chinoiserie" duvet set. You can go to www.dwellstudio.com
they start at $310.00.

I am on ETSY all the time and found these great watercolor prints! I love birds (as you can tell with the sheets)! you can't get something more from the outdoors in then a bird. But you don't have to get the bird to do so!!!  This seller has beautiful, delicate watercolors that I love. Visit her shop! you can cluster a bunch on your wall, i would keep the frames simple, you don't want to take away from the delicate water color print.
www.etsy.com/shop/dearpumpernickel

Vintage bird cages are sooo cute!!! There are so many ways you can use one as a decorative piece. They are something you can find anywhere on Etsy, Ebay, thrift stores or flea markets... I like this one I found on Ebay! What I would do with this is wire it ....put an Edison bulb in it and hang it in the corner of a room a great hanging light.  BUT you can also put it on a side table with a LED candle in it... (I would use a real candle but this one is made of wood!  Only if it is a metal cage.) You don't even have to light it up you can still hang it in a corner and it will look great !!!

Wall Paper is a bit old fashioned.....I still think it can add so much to a space.  You can wallpaper one wall or a whole room to add a punch of whatever you like.

I found this wallpaper at Louise Body Wallpaper it's an English Company, 60 pounds per roll.

To the left its called "Garden Bird" i love the faint colors the birds are so nice and subtle and easy to decorate around. Right hand side is "Harry's Garden"in black and white and this is great of you want to get a little bolder for a room.

John Derian is AMAZING, he is my favorite thing in decoupage !

I showed you some water colors for the wall ... however, I love hanging plates on the wall. You can mix and match the watercolors with the plates too for wall decor.

here are some of his plates with birds.  Don't think you have to stick to one bird type... only owls or only songbirds... mix and match your birds to get the whole FLOCK in !!!!

go get those birds in the house !!!!!

Best resin antler's!!!

If you love antlers and animal skulls like me ( i know it sounds morbid) here are a few I love.  The best part is that they are cast from resin So you don't have to feel bad about  Bambi's brother's antler's being on your wall.

These are from Restoration Hardware. I think they are beautiful! After a lot of research for myself i found these to be the best deal!!!

deer antler's cast in resin @restoration hardware $119.00

12 1/2" w x 8"d x 29"h

moose antler's cast in resin @ restoration hardware $495.00

44"w x 20"d x 27"h

steer horn's cast in resin @restoration hardware$140.00

(this is the one i have)

30 3/4 w x 91/2 d x 35 1/2 h

such great decorating piece's!!!!

Mod Restoration on-sight furniture repair!

Attention , NY, NJ and CT

While looking for someone to re-web the seat of an old danish modern love seat, steam clean a couch and make me new cushions for the love seat.... I ran across this website. I searched and priced everywhere..... This place Mod Restoration was my choice! The prices are right and they do everything from re-upholstering, furniture repair, steam cleaning and almost all services are done in the house! Then you don't have to lug anything anywhere, if they have to do something on site they pick up and drop off as well.

It's great and I highly recommend them. If you do go to them for anything talk to "channy" pronounced "honey". She is great and super helpful and tell her I sent you!

www.modrestoration.com

Best initial/monogram necklaces!!!

I seems that everyone is wearing "letter" necklaces.... they either have the letter of their first name, kids names, animals names, or their initials.. We know that in the 80's monogram's were everywhere, on sheets, towels, sweaters, housewares etc. Now you can wear them around your neck... below are some I realllly like!

1. Tiffany sterling silver "notes" round pendent. $165.00. All girls love that little blue box, this is an awesome gift!

www.tiffany.com

2. Nick Blum sterling silver initial necklace, in Gothic lettering 205.00.

This comes in capital letters too!

www.gemvara.com
3. Phyrra letter necklace $130.00

love the look of the letter stamp, looks like they melted the wax and closed a letter (no pun intended). This is my favorite jewelry store! This also comes in bronze!

www.phyrra.com

4. Helen Ficalora letter charm. Comes in silver and gold, silver charms are 50.00, gold charms 105.00. If you google her name you can find a ton of distributors, or go to her site and order by phone.

www.helenficalora.com

5. Sonya Renee gold square monogram pendent 125.00.

Obviously this was shown in "InStyle". To be TOTALLY honest I saw this in UsWeekly (yes, I love to read gossip). The square shape makes it super modern, a nice change from the traditional circle pendent.

www.sonyarenee.com

6. Zoe Chicco Silver monogram locket $200.00.

Not only can you have your initials on it you can put teeny tiny pictures inside!

love the antique style of this one.

www.zoechicco.com

April Showers Bring May flowers!

Umbrella time!!!!!! For me I tend to lose them all the time ... but, it doesn't stop me from buying new ones. The clear umbrella's happen to be my favorite.

When Lost in Translation came out we all fell in love with Scarlett's clear umbrella.... and also fell in love with Scarlett. I still think it's the umbrella to have!

1. Bubble Umbrella clear dome $15.95

www.amazon.com

2. Transparent Clear Regular style umbrella $16.99

www.amazon.com

Hang some shadow boxes with things you collect!

Shadow boxes are awesome! Not only do I love the depth of them, but you can fill them with any thing you find! I tend to collect shells from the beach, coral fans, cool sticks and twigs, feathers of birds, bird nests... of course when I come across them... anything from the outdoors. You can basically fill them with whatever you want, keepsakes, special notes etc....

It is such a fun little project with out making too much of a mess and a cute way to display things....

shadow boxes are all around you can buy them pretty much at any store that carries frames....

here are examples from pottery barn.