Dress Up Photo Shoot

Paris aka MsFashionablyChic is my 14 year old daughter.  She does makeup tutorials on her youtube channel and comes up with some super fun looks and effects.  She's studying makeup special effects on her own and has come a long way in a short time.

I've been wanting to do a photo shoot with her for a while with her smoky eye look, so the other day, the lighting hit just right and we were between projects, so I told her to go put on something sparkly and we'd take photos.

I am not claiming to be a professional photographer by any stretch of the imagination, I just really enjoy doing fun, funky and dramatic photoshoots with my girls.  Paris and Abyni both are so incredibly comfortable in front of the camera, so they make great models.  These are some of my favorite shots from the shoot:

It was a super fun day!  We're wanting to do another shoot soon, with a completely and totally different look... any suggestions? 

Two Toned Pink & Brown Deck

If you've been reading much of anything I write, you probably have a clue that I like color. Lots of color.  Bright colors, unusual colors, whatever...

We this weekend, we finished our deck.  Last week Patrick and the boys finished power washing it, and it made SUCH a difference, I couldn't believe it!

Patrick looked everywhere for stain for me, but we couldn't find any "interesting" colors in stain without paying 4 times as much as for a 'natural' color.  Our budget doesn't allow for spending even 2 x for my oddity, so he went ahead and got brown stain and started on the top level...

Then I decided that although it definitely looked "nice"... it just looked too... normal.  I had to try something. So, I took the pink paint from my kitchen (exterior paint) and watered it down and used that as a 'stain'...

I am THRILLED with our new deck.  I LOVE it!  The pink is colorful, and it just makes me smile every time I walk outside.  We had a party Saturday night and hung out on the deck in what was quite possibly the most perfect 'sit on the deck' weather ever.  Yay!

Whoo Hoo!!!  Happy dance!  I have a colorful deck!  Yay!

The Avengers Theme Room: The Bathroom... Part 1

Welcome to our awesome "The Avengers" bathroom!

Inspired by this artwork "The Painted Avengers"

Even though I am the furthest thing from a comic book fan, and generally avoid "super hero" movies, my son took me to see The Avengers and I LOVED it.  The kids all loved it as well, so when we were trying to decide how to decorate the kids/"public" bathroom in the house, it was a no brainer when we suggested "The Avengers" theme.  So, without further ado...

Come on in...

Our bathroom door is black with The Avenger's symbol painted in silver.  That way when we have guests, we can just say, The black Avengers door on the right!:)

Paris decoupaged comics onto the bathroom cabinet doors.

The Black Widow Wall will go here

And here it is!

First Paris decoupaged the comic books onto the wall, then I came along and added the black and white for shading... Here is a close up:

What do you think?  We're going to work on Thor, Iron Man and Loki next!

**Yes, we know that Loki isn't an Avenger, but we like him anyway, so we're putting him in there.  They can all duke it out when we shut the door:)