Welcome to the Ultimate Blog Party sponsored by Five Minutes for Mom!! Happy Friday! Hope you all enjoy your visit and get some inspiration as well. You moms will love these giveaways. There are tons of things for kids on there, so go and check it out.
At the last minute, I decided to add for giveaway a copy of Ethan Allen Style. It’s a full-color, packed with lusious photos of pretty rooms in all sorts of styles, so I think you will enjoy it. But, you don’t just post here to win it. It’s explained here! Looks like those bloggers who are not participating in the party can still win by commenting on 20 or more blogs who are participating. I didn’t make the rules, but that’s what it sounds like. Anyway, have fun blog hopping!
Of all the prizes offered, my top 3 would be:
*# 39 – A $20 gift certificate to Amazon.com offered by The Organized Knitting Club.
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Also would love #100, book bag from Jill, #46, Jewelry from Kelly, #79 – Skin Care Set from Hick Chicks
Now on to my regularly scheduled POST:
Scrapbook paper is great, I’m just now discovering. I’ve never been a scrapbooker or a paper crafter for that matter, so I didn’t really pay attention all these years to the wonderfulness (and cheapness) of scrapbook paper, that is until I started reading blogs and seeing all the things you can do with it.
I‘ve been visiting a new to me blog, Nesting Place, and this girl has a lot of creativity and she’s fun too. She recently did a post on adding scrapbook paper to the back of her china cabinet and I loved the idea SO much that I did the same thing to my black bookshelf. Love it! What a way to add some fun to it.
Hobby Lobby has all these fun scrapbook papers. The week I bought these, the larger 12×12 size was on sale 5 for $1 and the smaller 8×11 size was 8 for $1. Now how can you beat that? This project cost me $3 (for 15 sheets of the larger size). Even regular price, it’s a steal. But, I never pass up a chance to get a sale. I used double-stick tape to put these up & it was a snap!
I got extra sheets to dress up my old binders too, like I did with the recipe binder. 
Next, I had a bright ray of inspiration recently and decided to drag out the leftover bucket of lime green paint that I used in my laundryroom (which is right next to my office space) and paint the back wall of my office nook. And I have to say….I really love it! I’m not a big fan of accent walls in general, but in this case, I think it works. My rug in here has both green and straw.
I’ve always thought that the black shelves would really pop against lime green walls, but didn’t really want to paint the whole space with green, since I have so much of it in the laundryroom already. And NO, my space is not always this neat in case you were wondering. I moved all the piles of papers and bills off the surface to take these pics.
So, feature wall it is. And then I had the bright idea to get out some rope trim that I’ve literally had for years in my stash to add to the corners since I didn’t love the two colors sitting side by side. It’s very close to the Believable Buff wallcolor that is on either side of the green and it has black in it too to tie in with all the black in this space. I tacked it up with small nails and added a decorative tack in each corner.
I love it when inspiration hits like that! And I knew that you’d all like to see it too.
Love the colors! I have a real black/sage green thing goin on right now. It’s absolutely lovely.
c
Thanks for telling us about the other blog…we went over and checked her out…wonderful!
Have a blessed and beautiful day!
smiles, kari & kijsa
That is a great idea, Rhoda. I am going to check out that giveaway blog. I didn’t know about it,but I have a little giveaway on my blog that you might like.
Great ideas, Rhoda! I have seen that other blog before and she does have some great ideas, too. Love the rope trim, idea.
Hi Rhoda,
Wow, I really like how the black and green look together.
I never knew about scrapbook paper either, until the blogging.
Have a fun weekend,
Rosemary
Rhonda,
Thanks for stopping by. I love the accent wall you created in your office nook! I love your style!
I tried to click on your recipe links at Lysa’s but it says blog not found, I thought you might want to know so you could check the links.
Have a great weekend!
Love the bright and cheerful green!! And the rope trim is great. I’m stealing that idea!! 🙂
OH MY Rhoda! I love both the bookcase project and the painted green wall!! Both turned out wonderful!
Penny
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Oh I LOVE what you’ve done! So cute! Visiting all of these blogs inspires me so much – I love all of the ideas. Such talent out there!
I found your blog via the Nesting Place. And I’m definitely coming back. 🙂
Hi Rhoda,
I almost made it to the bottom of the page but I’ll have to come back again soon.
You sure have done great with such a small space for your area. You know I love limey greens with a dash of black. That looks fresh and spring to me.
The variety of scrapbook papers is amazing isn’t it? YOu can go wild with buying them.
Have a good weekend, Donna
Your office looks great….I love the linmw green wall and how you staged it!
I am a huge fan of decorating with scrap book paper…so cheap and so versitile!
Jen R
Rhoda:
I love visiting your blog (everyday) because I know I will either learn something new or come away smiling. Most of the time I get both! Love the green walls & what a great idea to add the rope.
Love to you,
Debbie Kay
Wow, you’ve done it again. Turned something like a little cubby corner into true inspiration!! Excellent ideas. Love the trim you added too.
Blessings,
Sher
Greetings from Canada, eh?!!!Great to meet you at this blog party!! i LOVE your creativity and look forward to stopping by again…i LOVE garage sales too and flea markets and finding creative ways to use my purchases! thanks for the tips on the scrapbook papers! Take care! God Bless, Karyne
What a beautiful space! I love the rope trim detail.
Welcome to the party, Rhoda!! As always, your creativity and the beauty of your home astound me!! You are just so incredibly gifted!
Wow, Rhoda, I love what you’ve done with your office space. I didn’t know about the papers, either….that is a stunning and fun look!
You knock me out with your creativity!
Hi, Thanks for stopping by. We are almost neighbors seeing as how you are in Birmingham! 🙂 I love your style and enjoyed wandering around your blog. I’ll be back from time to time when I need a little inspiration!
Party on!
Lisa
The lime green is perfect! It really highlights everything in that corner! Great idea about the scrap paper in the cabinet. Need to remember that one! Love, Esther