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Oh my green goodness!

I love this shade of green and the way it covers the entire room and overflows into the ceiling. The bright furniture and canopy bed with curtains adds to its beauty.

What do you think of this room? Would you replicate the look – perhaps with a different color?

Every where you turn, everyone’s talking about the holidays! There are tons of DIYs for decorations and centerpieces, but how about gift wrap? I like the thought of personalizing paper. Wouldn’t you feel even more special if you received a gift with DIY wrapping paper? I certainly would, and I think it would definitely add even more to the joys of gift giving.

In the latest issue of Sweet Paul Magazine, there are plenty of great and easy ideas for creating your own gift wrap. All you need is plain wrapping paper and you can likely use many things that you have – such as crayons, paint, stamps, craft paper, markers – to create your own work of art.

Then, of course, there’s the labels! I’m loving these DIY glitter labels from Ambrosia Creative. They look easy to make and add the perfect amount of sparkle!

Will you be making your own wrapping paper and / or labels this holiday season?

I don’t know which I love more: Pinterest or tufted furniture. Luckily, today I got to combine the two together!

How plush is that tufted green sofa? I love how even the interiors of the armrests are tufted. And how about that turquoise tufted ottoman? I think I am drawn to this for the same reason I am drawn to the sofa – the tufting continues around the ottoman as it does throughout the sofa. You can never have too many tufts!

Which probably means I should tuft every wall in my house like the next image. I would probably even tuft the backsplash in my kitchen if I could!

And, oh that purple tufted headboard. A tufted headboard is one thing, but that purple?! Ooh la la. (PS that post is a DIY on how to make your own tufted headboard!)

Do you love tufts as much as I do? Or could you do without?

[Pins: Ottoman pinned here, found here. Sofa pinned here, found here. Wall pinned here, found here. Headboard pinned here and found here!]

Today’s recipes to keep on your radar are all about pasta – in case you hadn’t noticed! I turned to Pinterest to start scoping out some pasta recipes, but there were far too many that looked far too delicious. So, I decided to include four of my absolute favorites. When I crave pasta, these four recipes are always what I crave.

1) Pasta all’Amatriciana
2) Pesto Pasta
3) Summer Pasta
4) Pasta with Vodka Sauce

Aside from the vodka sauce, these pastas are quick and easy to make. The recipe listed here is rather quick, but the one I like to make typically takes a few hours.

What is your favorite pasta recipe to make?

Happy 11/11/11! Happy Veterans Day! Happy Friday!

Whew, there’s a lot going on today. How are you spending this fun and exciting day?

Here’s what we’ve been checking out this week:

#1 – Gorgeous reversible clutches from Hammocks & High Tea

#2 – A healthy soup (that I can’t wait to try) from With Style & Grace

#3 – A cool idea for wine bottles at Apartment Therapy

#4 -An amazing home featured on Desire to Inspire

#5 – A sparkling stationery round-up by the Glitter Guide

#6 – Geometric shapes plus aluminum create the awesome Hex Chair seen over at Design Milk

What were your favorite finds this week??

There’s no reason you shouldn’t be comfortable while enjoying a meal, right? Or wrong…?

I know sofas have their place in living rooms and sitting areas and dining chairs have their place in the kitchen…but I’m liking it. And I would probably really like it in my own kitchen, until someone came over for dinner and got so comfortable they passed out with their face in my mac n’ cheese.

But until that happens, I’m going to say I love the look of sofas in the kitchen. What do you think? For more design ideas, have a look at a Barker and Stonehouse contemporary sofa.

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