My New Blog Design...Well For Now

So I am sure that you have all noticed that I have a new blog design...isn't it cute?  I have wanted a new design for awhile now (since I was just using a template that Blogger provided) and I stumbled across this post on Torri's blog Digital Confections.  For those of you who don't know Torri, she is a very talented graphic design artist and the sister of Holly from Life in the Fun Lane.  Man...talent just runs rampant in that family! 

Ok...back to my story.  Torri recently purchased some fabric from her local Ikea and was inspired:

I mean I understand the inspiration...as this is drool worthy fabric!  And for those of you who don't know me that well...I am obsessed with the color pink (hence the blog name) and bunnies!  I even named my adorable little puppy Bunny and force her to dress up like a little pink bunny all the time!  So this fabric was definitely right up my alley.

And just to give you a little idea of what I am talking about...here are some pics of little Miss Bunny B!

  

Her in her bed with her little bunny baby...

and with her pink bunny humping "friend" and dressed up in her little Bunny dress.

Ok back to Torri and her amazing design skills and her blog design.  So I was reading her blog last Friday and I saw her post where she was offering this template for free:

And I thought it was perfect...for now.  I instantly contacted Torri and asked for the template which she customized for me, and talked with her about creating a custom design for me.  I would like an amazing header and a blog button, and I want to be able to help personalize other parts of the template to my liking.  So Torri and I are now working on my new totally custom blog design...more on that to come.

So what do you guys think?  and if you have never checked out Torri's blog before you should head over there...again is Digital Confections and here logo and link our also at the bottom of my blog.

Not Quite the Final Reveal

So this isn't quite the final reveal yet, as I haven't even really started on organizing and sorting all of my craft supplies that are in my garage, but here is a closer sneak peek into my new awesome crafting room!  But to start, let's look at where it was coming from.  Here are some pictures of the pile of crap that existed on the right side of the room...

Pretty isn't it...

And on the left side of the room (behind the door) I have vintage school lockers to house most of my paper-based crafts.  Although they were just a mess...

And the desk I was "using" before to do any graphic design stuff...

and keep in mind that this was significantly cleaned up so that I could get a picture of it for Craigslist so I could get rid of it.  And here is my new computer/printing work area...

I kept the left side of the room very "professional" looking, with clean lines and a monotone color palate to make it much more modern looking, while on the other side of the room I went with a more eclectic look with different storage containers and lots of color and patterns...

The workstation against the wall is 96" long and is a butcher block kitchen countertop from Ikea.  It provides enough space so that I have both a crafting area and a computer printing area, and the butcher block countertop makes it so I don't need to use a cutting mat while crafting.  I have scratched up enough acrylic tops to know that this will be very useful!

I still need to make curtains for underneath the desk so you won't see any wires, but that will come in the final reveal.  I also bought two faux white leather office chairs that I think really look great in the room...

and the chair on the right can flip-flop between the two crafting area I have set up...

I now have plenty of usable craft space, and plenty of places to store my crafts, like under here...

or in here...

or in the newly organized lockers!

What do you guys think?  What else should I include in the room?

Craft Room Coming Along...

So my tiny little house just got bigger!  Ever since I moved into my little 900 square foot house I have basically used the second bedroom as a large storage closet.  When I moved in I never fully unpacked all of my crafts (I have sooooo much from years of working at Paper-Source!) since I didn't really have a proper storage solution for them.  I had no desk and no real craft storage area...so all of the crafts just sadly sat in boxes waiting patiently for me to get my act together.  Some of my crafts were stored in the "back room" (but mostly they are in boxes in the garage) but really I just use the room to sort my dirty laundry and as a place to house the kitties' litter box.  Up until this weekend that is!

I took a trip to Ikea, and just shy of $1000.00 later, I now how a fully functioning craft room!  I will be showing a full reveal here soon, but I haven't got all of my crafts organized and into the room yet...so I will just show you a couple of "in progress" shots.

Here are just some of the boxes I had to put together...and my fingers are still sore from tightening down all of the little nuts...

And here is the desk I had in the room before.  In this picture it looks like it was probably usable...but it really wasn't because of all of the laundry that was usually in there...

And check out all of those wires!!!  It is amazing how many wires are connected to my damn computer!  Anyways, here is the corner truly "in progress."  Most of the crafts are organized and the shelves are up...

And that pile of sh*t is actually much higher and deeper than it looks!

Well hopefully in the next couple of days I can get the full reveal up.  And thankfully TOMORROW IS MY LAST DAY of the 21 day detox cleanse I have been on!  I can't wait to eat food again!  Yippie!!!

Start of my 21 Day Cleanse

Today I am starting the 21 day Clean Detox Program.  I am only a couple of hours in and already I am not liking it...but the first few days are suppose to be the hardest.  I did a lot of research to find the right detox program for myself, and I found that this was the best program and the kit was perfect.  I did not want a program where I had to starve myself the whole time, so I liked that I could still eat one meal a day on this program.  The hardest part for me will be the no caffeine (since I drink like 5 diet cokes a day!) and the no drinking!  I really like to have a glass of wine at night and be able to have a beer on the weekend...but i can go 21 days without it I guess.  I hope this works out...wish me luck!