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Dining Room Delights

Posted by Jade Martins on Dec-3-2010
dining room design

John Lennon has never been this well placed...

I’m a firm believer that dining rooms should have some designer touches on it. After all, if you’re a believer in molecular gastronomy, you know that your surroundings actually can make or break the eating experience.

Anyway, Eleni of My Paradissi has documented two absolutely gorgeous takes on dining rooms that are absolutely divine.

Check it out here.

Cool and creative ways to decorate a hammy cage?

Posted by Jade Martins on Sep-26-2010

What are good ways to decorate the interior of a hammy cage my bff is giveing me a hammy cage she got wih her new home. so i want to know how to decorate it for my robo hammy (NOT A ROBOT i have been asked)
can hamsters eat oatmeal. If so what kinds

Most hamsters love toilet paper roles, not creative though lol. Hmm, they make some pretty neat toys for them. They make some little wooden towers for hamsters that are rather cute, and they also make burrowing towers, where you just fill up this tall tower with bedding, and possibly hide treats in the bottom, and I hear that they will go crazy for these towers once they know what to do with it. I am looking to buy one of the towers, I have 11 hamsters though, so gotta wait till I can afford enough for them all or I may get creative with a clear cup or something… Also I found this site on how to make a cardboard maze for them, it seems cool :) http://www.ehow.com/how_4457709_make-cardboard-tree-house-maze.html

I wanna decorate my room in a creative way. What things can i make and do to make my room look better?

What can I make at home, that wont be to expensive to do and still be very cute?

Im a girly girl, I love pink,purple and green.

u could print like a million pics of u and ur friends and paint some old frames and put them in there and hang them up to make ur room more personalized and btw pictures are really good conversation starters;)

While most of the couple today are thinking of preparing a fortune to spend for one of their most memorable day – wedding, some might find this hard to believe that planning a cheap wedding is quite easy to do. Just like planning for an extravagant wedding celebration, cheap wedding ideas are also great and fun, and can be really unique and creative, too! So if you are one of many couples who opt to have a cheap wedding without compromising what you have desired to be in your special day, consider saving money on your wedding location, reception and decorations.

One way to trim down your wedding expenditures is by planning of having a cheap wedding location. Planning to have this cheap idea is not impossible to do. In fact, you can have your wedding ceremony in a variety of locations that are completely free. A great example could be a local park. Usually, going to a local public parks doesn’t require any fees, and so planning a cheap wedding ceremony there doesn’t give you any cost. They don’t usually require any permits of other fees too. However, just make sure you have double checked it with your local city authorities before anything else.

Beaches are also a free place where you can held your wedding. Other ideas may include: having your wedding at a family member’s home, or having it in your own backyard. If you and your partner loves nature, it may be free or very inexpensive to have your ceremony at a local zoo, nature reserve, or even at flower conservatory also.

Another area where you can save some money is your wedding reception. If you are on a tight budget, you can always go with cheap wedding reception, and believe or not this is not too difficult either. One of the most popular cheap reception is idea is to make a pot luck meal. You can ask each of your guests to bring their own dish. But if you’d rather not ask guests to bring food for your wedding reception, then perhaps asking a few family members to get together and cook food as a wedding gift for you can lighten your burden.

Planning a cheap wedding receptions should also involve choosing cheap location for the reception too. Example, if you’d like to have your wedding ceremony in the gazebo at the park, then perhaps the best reception option could be a barbecue or picnic style in that same park. Another easy and cheap option is of course, having your wedding ceremony in your own home. Then you can have your reception in your home as well, or out in the backyard if the weather agreed.

Wedding decorations are not only fun to deal with, but they can also cut down your wedding expenses.

You don’t have to go without them completely though, but that doesn’t mean you have to spend a big amount of dollars, rather you just need to improvise. Example, instead of buying expensive flowers for instance, try decorating with balloons and streamers instead. You may purchase a few spools of pretty ribbon at the nearest craft store or fabric store. Grab few balloons and tie them together using the strips of the ribbon. Also tie the ribbons into bows themselves, then tape the ribbon bows around for decorations by themselves.

Other ways where you can save money on your wedding is to purchase cheap wedding favors, inexpensive bridesmaids gifts, and discount groomsmen gifts. Giving wedding gifts to your guests and attendants doesn’t give you any reason to overspend your budget. After all, it is not the cost that is being valued, rather the thought behind it.

Janet R.
http://www.articlesbase.com/marriage-articles/cheap-wedding-ideas-saving-money-on-location-reception-and-decorations-673444.html

Create Happiness! – An Inspired Bedroom Design Can Do This

Posted by Jade Martins on Jul-24-2010

For many people the bedroom is a sanctuary. It is the first place they see when they wake up and the last place they see before they fall asleep. It’s also the place in which you spend about a third of your life and for this reason bedroom designs are very important. Bedroom designs help you make the most of your space. It’s what makes you feel comfortable in your room and helps you relax every time you enter your own private space. In short bedroom designs you choose should be pleasing to your spirit. So if you really want your bedroom to be a heaven for you then you need to start with a bedroom design.

Bedroom designs take the dull and boring white wall space that you sleep in out of your bedroom by creating a truly unique comfortable yet functional and visually appealing space. And it is truly unique since your bedroom can be as creative as you can be! Best of all it’s something you can do yourself so that you get exactly what you want and the fulfillment of knowing that you created a space that you absolutely adore.

Calling in the experts or a few extra helping hands can also be done, depending on how drastic a change you are making in your room and it also helps to have the input of others, especially those who are skilled in the area of décor and design. But your budget, time and overall style will determine this, so don’t fret and in any case you can turn a regular bedroom into a fantastic bedroom easier than you thought! It truly can be a very rewarding task before, during and after the project is done and over with.

Ideas for bedroom designs can come from literally and virtually anywhere. A movie, a setting from a book, history or even a friend’s home can give you the inspiration you need to get your bedroom design going all you have to do is keep an observant eye open. Some of these can be combined as you may find a colour scheme in one place and furniture ideas in another!

It is useful to get up to date also since many people still tend to think of a bedroom as a printed floral paper homely place or decorating by only adding pictures to the walls. It’s time to think a bit brighter and more creative because bedrooms today can very affordably be outfitted with style and elegance depending on your personal preference. Try a little romance on for size if you are a newly wed couple, or perhaps a contemporary new bedroom is what you may need to deviate from granny’s bedroom style.

When it comes to designing your bedroom the sky truly is the limit. With so many styles, types of furniture, designs and colours to choose from there is no telling what your creative mind could come up with! Just make sure that your needs are taken into account so that the room is also functional and if you happen to share a bedroom, especially with a significant other, it is best to make the project a collaboratory effort. If the family works on a bedroom design together, nothing but a good time and satisfaction of doing it together will come of it.

There are a million different designs to choose from and there is surely something that you and your family can find in the range so that everybody is happy. Remember comfort and functionality are key concepts to bear in mind but there is no reason why these shouldn’t also be visually appealing!

It really helps if your designs are based around colors, textures, fabrics and objects that make you feel calm, serene and secure and don’t forget to incorporate those things like art, photographs and personal mementos that are most dear to you!

Sarah H
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-improvement-articles/create-happiness-an-inspired-bedroom-design-can-do-this-137155.html

Decorating a bedroom painted mediterranean teal…?

Posted by Jade Martins on Jul-21-2010

I want to paint some designs over the mediterranean teal with different paint colors. Have any ideas of what colors work well with the teal?

Know of any other fun and creative ways to decorate w/items that can be found around the home?

a metallic gold or silver would look fabo!

How Women Can Make Money On The Internet

Posted by Jade Martins on Jul-20-2010

For many women on the internet today, the idea of creating a business online seems a task only for experienced business professionals. Nothing could be further from the truth! Everyone has something they are good at, or can become good at, and share with the world. And every woman can learn to build a business online, with a little courage and hard work!

Studies show over and over that people who create businesses around a subject they are passionate about are more successful, and make more money. (Don’t forget happier!) And every woman out there has something worth sharing with the world, now possible because of technology! Love to craft or sew? Are you a great organizer? Do you adore throwing birthday parties? Passionate about animals? Give good advice to teens? Bake one killer cheesecake? Had experience taking care of a sick loved one! Diabetes run in your family and you know all too well about it? Or maybe you have a more traditional business talent. Do you write? Great at office management? The list is endless. Everyone has something they can teach others. And that is the road to making money, and having a fulfilling career.

Suppose you love to give birthday parties, you are really passionate about it…yet, you don’t feel you know enough about it to actually start a business, or give others advice. Make yourself an expert! With that very computer in front of you right now. Anyone with a passion for something can educate themselves to expert status. Go online and research, visit your library and get all the books on your subject you can, offer to help your friends give parties, take a class on creative cake making. The point is, don’t let a lack of information stop you from starting a profitable business online…I’ll bet Bill Gates wasn’t born knowing all about computers! (And he did NOT graduate from college, my friends, so don’t think you need a high priced education.)

Now that you’ve put some thought into what you might be passionate about, it’s time to look at your subject choice from a business point of view and find out if there is a market for your business. Spend some time coming up with some keywords or “search terms” people might use to search for your subject. Then type those search terms into a search engine such as Google and see how many matches you can come up with. If you find lots, there is a demand. If you find none, either you have the wrong keywords, (try different combinations) or there is no market.

If your chosen subject has millions of matches…well, that’s a lot of competition. No matter, if its what you are passionate about, there is a way to make it work! Simply find a “niche” within your subject that hasn’t already saturated the market. For instance, with my first website my chosen subject matter was home decorating. Well, there was no way a young mom with no money could compete with Better Homes and Gardens! So I chose to concentrate on budget decorating…my niche! The Budget Decorator was born, and is now top in the search engines under my keywords “budget decorating” or “decorating on a budget”! You can do the same in almost any market.

So take the first step and decide today that you WILL start an online business, and start making some decisions. After that, join us at Women-on-the-Net for a step by step approach, and all the info you need to move forward. Congratulations, your life will never be the same again!

Kathy Wilson is an author, columnist, and editor of Women-on-the-Net, where ANY woman can learn to make money on the internet. Visit her site now at http://www.Women-on-the-Net.com and start a new life with your own business today! Also visit her other successful sites at http://www.TheBudgetDecorator.com and http://www.TheGardenGlove.com .

Kathy Wilson
http://www.articlesbase.com/women’s-issues-articles/how-women-can-make-money-on-the-internet-117938.html