Bedroom Reveal

Exciting news, friends! Today my bedroom is making its online debut over at:

If you're not already in love with Jen and her fabulous prints, today's your day to get hooked (: Check out some of my favorite prints from her shop:

Jen is also a very talented painter and sells her art over at Cocoa and Hearts:

I'm honored Jen's sharing my room...it was quite the transformation! 

It went from this....

...to something much better. Oh, the suspense!

Okay, fine...

Sneak peek:

If you head over to Made By Girl, you'll get the full scoop on my bedroom! Resource list and all (:

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not will be continued tomorrow.
Happy Wednesday!
Love,

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Made By Girl Giveaway Winner!

First off, I'd like to thank everyone who entered.  You are all so sweet and such a blessing in my life!  I'm so happy to be making new blogging friends.  I'm still trying to make my way around to everyone's blog who became a new follower.  I'm sorry if I haven't been to yours yet.  {give me some time and I'll be there!}

Anyways...I guess I should announce the winner or somethin'!!

DRUMROLL please!

The winner is... Kelsey from Tattered and Inked!  Commenter #111

 (I used the random generator, but silly thing wouldn't copy and paste on here!)

Congrats, Kelsey!  I'll be e-mailing you sometime today to get your shipping info so I can send off your new Made By Girl print! Make sure to take a look at Kelsey's cute blog (:

Thanks again for entering!  Hope you'll stick with me through the rest of my Grace Series this week. We still have more guest bloggers coming your way! 

Love and Giveaways,

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Made By Girl Giveaway!

Well friends, it's an exciting day.  For me because I hit 100 followers yesterday, and for you because I'm doing a Made By Girl giveaway to express how thankful I am to my readers!! We all know Jen is amazing, and everyone must own one of her prints! I have her LOVE candy lemon print and adore it:

These past few months of blogging have been a delight.  I've met so many talented women who have inspired me to be creative, learn about design, do what I love, and stay passionate.  Many have even taught me what it looks like to be a good wife and mom someday.  And I'm thankful for that gift.  Initially I started my blog as a creative outlet and a place to talk about things I love, almost like a journal for the journey I'm taking to becoming an interior designer.  Something quickly changed, though, and as I write my blog, I also follow many who I look up to, aspire to be like, and hope to meet one day!  The blogging community has really kept me sane.  It's hard to be away from home, so it keeps my heart and mind on why I'm here.  I love being surrounded by people who enjoy the same things as I do.  So thank you.  Thank you for writing.  Thank you for reading. And thank you for inspiring me to keep going.  You all have been a huge blessing in my life over the past few months!

Now onto the FUN stuff!  I'm giving each of you a chance to win one of Jen's Made By Girl "LOVE" prints, or "I Love You Blogs & Coffee" prints.  Here are some examples:

{Images via MadeByGirl}

Here's what you do to enter:

 One entry: leave a comment letting me know your a follower of my blog and include which Made By Girl print you would love to own {either the LOVE or I LOVE BLOGS AND COFFE}, and in what color.

A Second entry: Tweet about the giveaway and leave a second comment letting me know you did!

 A third entry: Follow Jen's blog over at Made By Girl and comment letting me know you love her and you're a follower (:

UPDATE: Don't forget to leave your e-mail if you're a no-reply blogger.  I have to be able to get in touch with you!! (:

The giveaway will end next Wednesday (November 17th) at midnight and the winner will be announced on Thursday!

 Happy Wednesday!

{Image via Gem Photo}

Love and Blogging Bliss,

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Within the past 24 hours...

lots of great things have happened.

I went shopping with my beautiful roommate, Anna, for new thin

gs for the apartment. We were quite successful. We ordered turquoise bowls from Anthropologie and found the cutest dish towels for the kitchen (and ON SALE! 2 for $4).

I'm a big fan of ice cream, so when I saw the print of that one, I was sold.

Next, we hit TJ Max Home Goods store (it's like the regular TJ Max, but on steroids.) We got a decorative piece of white, antiqued rod iron to hang in the bathroom.

Very organic and simply chic.

The BEST part of the day was buying candles from Anthropologie as well. It's inevitable that every single time I go into the store, I will smell every single candle, in which case all the scents become one. But it's pure heaven. In a jar. And they're beautiful, too! (They may be a bit of a splurge for a candle, but honestly, they're too good to pass up.)

SEE?!

Today something beautifully tragic happened. I found an online site called etsy. The reason I say "tragic" is because I'm quite possibly addicted to it. It's a website where you can buy AND sell items. There's a whole home good section with cute hand-made things. After careful consideration, I decided it was necessary that I order one from MadebyGirl:

I ordered the yellow print above the desk. I am in LOVE with it (: It will go great with the turquoise colors I have going on already. A pop of color thrills me.

In other news, I'm also in the middle of making a lamp shade to go in the same room as this yellow LOVE print. Stay tuned to see how it turns out!

Hope everyone's having a fantastic weekend!

Love and heaven in a jar,

Michaela

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