Jan 16, 2012 - 
Recomendations 
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Recomendations 4 Comments Graphic Art of Sundance
We live just minutes from the famous Sundance ski resort (15 to be exact). My oldest son bought a season pass and my next oldest boy is taking lessons this year. Driving up to the beautiful site has reminded me what an amazing place Utah is. It also reminded me how in love with their graphic artist I am. His name is Roger Jones and has a design studio in SLC called Poolhouse Design. There are billboards around town reminding locals how close we are to the resort. I adore the owls in this night skiing one.
There are great shops (including the items from the Sundance Catalog), amazing restaurants and of course the skiing and snowboarding.
All could be bought with this adorable gift card.
The monochromatic color scheme says nature and Sundance.
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This last week I made my first "blog" money purchase...a sofa! OK, not all of the money covered it, some of it was left over from the Costco Leather Chairs that we returned. Needless to say, this was a huge moment for me! I haven't bought a new sofa for like 7 years! (I've inherited a few, but that will be another post for another day.) It was quite a process to find the perfect sofa so I thought I'd share my 10 Tips for buying the perfect Sofa. These are in the order important to me, your order may be different, but consider all 10.
1. Investment-Have you ever known someone who spent a fortune on a sofa and therefore felt they had to keep it in the front room three decades later? You know, because it was built so well. Disregard the 
There is nothing like a warm summer night in the back yard, sitting under the romantic clear globe lights, roasting marshmellows over a fire pit, and enjoying the aromas of fragrant roses and honeysuckle. Well, it looks pretty amazing in all of the photos on Pinterest. My backyard is void of lights and a fire pit for now, but I do have the roses and honeysuckle! Here in Utah it is super cold and the dead of winter. Christmas just ended and I've missed the glow of my Christmas tree and lite up garlands. So, I had an idea. How about I bring that feeling of warm summer and cozy Christmas together! I rounded up my round globe string lights that have been waiting to be used for at least 5 years. I bought them after season on sale at Target. I think they 
For everyone in the Young Women's organization New Beginnings is right around the corner. It is a great time when we welcome new12 year old girls into the Young Women program. I made up an invitation and program if anyone would like to use it. When I think of new beginnings and young women, a plants always come to mind. I incorporataed a tree showing what they could become as they follow the YW program. A theme from our stake last year was also incorporated into the bottom corner "Live Like You Believe".
I made this very inexpensive to reproduce. I made it all in shades of gray so that it could be printed on your libraries copy machine. Instead of plain white paper, I suggest (and used) a cream peralescent cardstock. You can find it at JoAnn's. It 
My love and devotion to Costco is no secret, but recently, they have blown my mind. 5 plus years ago, I came accross an ad in thier coupon mailer for a two pack of leather chairs only available on Costco.com. They were a copy of the Pottery Barn Manhattan Club chair in dark chocolate.
Here is the Pottery Barn version for $1499!
(Costco no longer offers the ones I purchased)
The Costco deal was 2 chairs for about $700 including tax and shipping. AMAZING! I jumped on it. I loved these chairs. Unfortunatly a little too much. After a few years the seat in one of them tore and the back leg on the other chair never stayed in. I figured, that's what you get for such a great price. My husband hired someone to "repair" the leather. It looked terrible 
It must be obvious by now, but I am obsessed with lighting! The right light fixture can be a work of art, it can illuminate the area around it and tell a story, and I think the incandescent bulb is a beautiful little miracle in itself. There is nothing quite like the warmth of candlelight but the incandescent bulb is the next best thing (don't get me started on my HATE of all things florescent, no one has time for that rant). This project shows off the glow of the modern incandescent stringed lights perfectly.
This project started the way most of mine do, a call from someone getting rid of stuff. This time it was my mom. She had these three great wicker basket weave balls. They were used as decor on a shelf or something. She had no use for them 
So it's about time I put up a few shots of my Christmas decor for this year. It's been a crazy season this year with the kids last day of school today! I cleaned up enough to take some photos but I don't anticipate it staying this way for long. That's life with four boys in the house. Here goes.
This is my tree in the corner of our family room. Instead of a star I gathered a few feathers, gold shiny stuff and coppery glitter leaves and strapped them to the top of the tree. For the second year in a row I gave my tree a boost! Since I have a toddler, I put the tree on top of a children's table.
I stuff my tree with anything and everything I can find.
These are a few of my favorite ornaments including my
Advent Calendar Boxes.
I 
My sister Amy has a house full of girls, four daughters to be exact. She loves pink and her husband is man enough to be surrounded by it! Christmas in the Felin's house is unlike any other. Ornaments in pink, a splash of Scandinavian (the hubs is from Finland), and oodles of charm make her house worth checking out at Christmas.
Here are a few vignettes of her styling.
How cute is that white feather wreath? Maybe a future tute!
Amazing wardrobe dressed up for the holidays.
And don't you love the trophy.
The sparkly green silver leafed garland with red berries is so fab.
Her everyday chandelier is dressed with red ribbons,
berries, and a precious bird in a cage.
Check out this adorable pink bird ornament my grandmother made 30+ years ago. Each sequin is