Flowers--Failed Project

Remember back to when I bought the girls new bedspreads and I had some help with pictures and curtains?  Well I decided that I wanted to do something more.  The plan was to make "homemade" vinyl stickers for the walls--trace the flowers on one of the bedspreads, find matching paper and cut out flowers and dots in those colors then modge-podge the flowers to contact paper and stick the flowers to the wall.  First I had to find the right colors.  Courtney pointed me in the right direction and I found a pack with almost all the colors.  Then we cut them out and I modge-podged the flowers to the contact paper.  This was tricky--the flowers were big and thick and they didn't lay down as easily as some of the other papers that I've used.  After cutting the flowers out again, Courtney helped me decide where to put the flowers, BUT the flowers wouldn't stick!  UGH!  All that work and they wouldn't stay on the wall.  I debated other options--wallpaper paste, re-cutting the flowers, spray adhesive, tape--and decided to put a little bit of masking tape on each  petal.  TA-DA!  Not the neatest way to get them up, but it worked and they look real-ish.  Failed projects like these make me scared to do other do-it-yourself projects, but I'm glad that I have friends around who will help me.

I wanted just flowers, but Braedi wanted dots, so I did both.

Girls' Bedroom

I recently bought new bedspreads for the girls' room. I shouldn't say recently--it's been more like 7 months. It takes a long time for me to finish a project. I don't really like to do projects like this. I don't have a lot of decorating sense and I always have to ask other for help.

After buying the bedspreads I was concerned that they didn't go together. Braedi's is striped and Dyllan's and Faythe's are flowery. They contain the same colors, but I have issues with mixing patterns. I started asking around to get a second opinion and see if there was something I could do to tie them together. Christy suggested pictures of the bedspreads mounted on wood and curtains. She did the pictures and another friend helped with the curtain.

Before I could hang up the curtain rod and the pictures I wanted to paint. I wanted to do the same neutral color through out the house--no special colors for the bedrooms. But after painting the kids' rooms I wish that I would have picked a different color for them.

The girls have a chair rail and I left it white. Above it I painted a light brown and a darker brown below. I like the colors I just don't think it's right for a bedroom. Oh well! I'm not going to repaint. I'd forgotten how much I don't like painting. It's too much work and paint is expensive.

Now I need to find some other embellishments/accessories. Any ideas?