How I Would Spend $500 on OKL?

If you live in the Tri-State area, I hope you had a chance to spend some time outside, yesterday. It was a perfect Spring day. And today....not so much. It's rainy, so I will be inside contemplating on how I would spend $500 on One Kings Lane....if I could win my own contest.  

$500

Of course I can't win, but I'll tell you what would be on my list of purchase possibilities... I love the Global/Traveled look, and the International Influence Sale has quite a few conversational pieces that interest me. 

International Influence by callingithomeblog featuring bracelets

Check out this sale, here

I also love a few vintage art pieces sprinkled around a home. This is my living room before I gave away that large sectional sofa. I purchased the vintage poster art in London, and I love her.

You can see more of this room, here.

I am dying over all the beautiful vintage art on sale right now. Here are some of my favorites.

Vintage Art by callingithomeblog featuring spanish home decor

Orchids in White Pots / Peaceful Beach /  Italian Villa / Seville Village  /  View of Carmel

Unfortunately, these sales will be over by the time my Polyvore contest ends. No worries, I am confident that OKL will have more treasures that we could covet.

Did you see Chinoiserie Chic's post yesterday? Beth has entered and her boards are so CC! You can follow Beth on Polyvore, here. Jennifer is making a board a day (no limit on the amount you can enter) and announced that next Monday she will be hosting a Polyvore contest. I am entering that one for sure! You can follow Jennifer on Polyvore, here.

How would you spend $500 on One Kings Lane?

 

Win $500 to One Kings Lane

Happy Daylight Savings Time Monday! I don't know about you, but I am already feeling the positive effects of the longer days....I hope I don't jinx it, but it is going to be 60 here, tomorrow, and we won't talk about the possibilities of snow on Thursday (say what?).

Today, is the beginning of my Polyvore feature for Project Decorate. You may have already seen it around... Polyvore features a blogger in front of their 20 million subscribers and everyone has a chance to win a $500 gift card to One Kings Lane. There will be 2 lucky winners. This contest ends next Sunday.

$500

Here is my Tropical Coastal look. I have been telling you about this look for quite some time. Remember when Chinoiserie Chic wrote about it? I want it....everywhere!

Tropical Coastal Décor by callingithomeblog featuring navy accent pillows

Now go enter the contest... as many times as you want! To enter, follow these rules. 
I started a group on Polyvore where you can add your sets for additional views. I hope you join.
Good luck, I can't wait to see what you do.
Oh, that's my new logo in the set. It is going to be added to my site this week. 
 

Blue & White Polyvore

Have you been playing on Polyvore? The more I experiment with it, the more I love it!  On March 10th, you will have a chance to win a $500 store credit to One Kings Lane. 

I thought I would try doing a fashion board for Jennifer's Blue & White Bash. 

Blue & White for Srping by callingithomeblog featuring a marc by marc jacobs purse

Trench \ Glasses \ Earrings \ Crop Pants \ Striped Bag \ Navy Bag \ Bracelet \ Tunic \ Key Ring \ Tank \ Belt

If you are on Polyvore please let me know so I can follow you. I started a group for Interior Design enthusiasts and I would love for you to link your sets up.

I'll be sharing this set at The Pink Pagoda's Bash.

I hope to see you there. 

 

Room Design Contest For You

Did everyone have an enjoyable weekend? I was busy doing research for an upcoming Room Design Contest. 

I have been invited to participate in Polyvore's Project Decorate. I will be featured on Monday, March 10th. There will also be a Room Design Contest for you to enter. 

What can you win? There will be 2 winners, each receiving a $500 gift certificate to the home furnishing retailer of my choice. 

I chose One Kings Lane!

I picked One Kings Lane because that is the one I would want to win. I have no affiliation to this store (FYI. The FTC requires bloggers to disclose personal affiliations with companies). 

My feature/contest starts Monday, March 10th. I am telling you now so you can join Polyvore and start practicing :). It is so easy to create room design plans on Polyvore. I know that many of you mentioned how you want to learn Photoshop....well this is Photoshop for Dummies Designers.

Let me give you a demonstration.

1. Join Polyvore.

2. Follow me so I can follow you back.

3. Once you are a member, install the Clipper Tool to your browser.

To start your Design Board, use the Create menu and select 'Set'.

Now you start finding things for your room. One place to look is the 'Home' section where you can click on a category, or use the search bar. I like using the search section.

You can also upload anything around the internet into your 'My Items' section. To do this, you find what you like, and use that 'Click to Polyvore' button you installed earlier.

Let's make a set. I went to my Pinterest Boards and found a background of a room I really liked. From there, I clipped it to Polyvore using that tool. Now, it's in 'My Items'. When you see the image you want for your room, click on it. A window will pop up and you select 'Add to set'

All images can be resized by pulling on the corners. 

From here, you just keep layering. You can also crop out some of this if you don't want it. To do this, select 'Custom' on the right.

Inside the custom tool, you can remove anything. To remove parts of an image, drop a series of boxes around the image by clicking exactly where you want them placed. Everything inside the boxes REMAINS. You must also connect all the dots and make your way back to the original starting place.

If you think you like it, click OK. You can see that I removed the floor. Note, everything checkerboard is invisible.

After all the layering, I came up with this.

I clipped the ginger jar images from Jennifer's store. The console table on the left has a driftwood finish. Who says driftwood can't look good in a room? I should call this room Chinoiserie Driftood Chic.

Remember to save your draft (on the left side of your screen) before you hit 'Publish'. That way you will always have an extra copy. 

If you are already on Polyvore, please let me know so we can follow each other. 

Does anyone have any additional tips?

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