Goodbye 2011

It was a great year. Full of surprises and wrapped in pink. Thank you for experiencing it with me! I thought it might be fun to take a look back ...

I started the year off embracing Pantone's new color - Honeysuckle (hot pink) and soon found out that they could not have made a better choice.

I left for a road trip in the middle of January and when I came back my daughter told me she was going to have one of these ... it was not long before we found out that pink was to be our color of the year too.

I used the softest pink in a precious client's new nursery ...

And a brighter pink in a room for a couple of darling little girls ... 

It was the color of fall ...

And even winter outside our house ...

I used it for wrapping ...

And it was just perfect for this precious little girl ...

But in design, I couldn't seem to get turquoise out of my mind ...

I used it everywhere ...

They seemed to go well together ... the old and the new ...

And that is what my daughter chose for her sweet daughter's nursery ...

We had the crib painted to match!

It turned out to be one of my busiest years ever. From small jobs ...

To large ...

Whether residential ...

Or commercial ...

My favorite part of every job was the people I worked with. 

I styled weddings ...

And showers ...

Bookcases ...

And walls ...

There were jobs that I finished in one day ...

And others that took many ...

And for all of them I am grateful. It was a wonderful year.

Thank you for coming along for the ride ... for your comments, and prayers and kind thoughts. For continuing to read what I write even when I am terrible about writing back. It was great getting to know you!

2012 ... here I we come!