EmilyJayne's blog
Recycling Killer Ornaments
By EmilyJayne
Okay. So I had a billion of these glass ornaments laying around, that I inherited. Sure, they're great. But I have large dogs that have even seemingly larger tails that bring the fragile orbs to their demise. Not to mention little hands pulling on and bumping or spinning wildly into them. It brought me to thinking about how to recycle them, since I'm an advid advocate for Mother Earth.I found these ornaments from Pier One. In an effort to recycle and relieve these glass wrecks waiting to happen, I started to get creative. I cut up tissue paper into strips. I mixed... »MORE
Animal Instincts
By EmilyJayne
What comes to mind when one hears warm and fuzzy... Your bed! Here's the example of an adapted Trading Spaces room. Found in the corner of an unfinished basement, a drop ceiling was installed, dry wall put up and textured, floors painted green, with exotic leaf print, and even a potted tree in the window (not making an appearance in the photo.) Topped of with microsuede comforter and some pretty heafty thread count in the sheets, for the first time in my life. A really do it yourself project, to bring out the creativity in oneself. I just freehanded the stripes... »MORE
Blood Red Sun
By EmilyJayne
So here's my warm, cozy place with color. The living room is a beautiful sashay red (Behr), as you can see. It faces east (on the west side of the house) so the south sun floods in come morning. The way the color glows and warms is like no other. It's like emotion on a wall, mixed with eyecandy. YUM! »MORE
Dead Cold
By EmilyJayne
If I could, I would crawl right up inside my piano. We used the vignette for Halloween, thought it was cool and picturesk, so snapped a few. I got to thinking, I would love to make my way up inside the piano and lose myself. "Its private in here. I kinda like it." That guy is pretty lucky. Sure, he had to wait a while to get there... »MORE
