Master Bedroom Makeover the Beginning

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As a young adult I haven't had the opportunity/funds to buy all my own stuff. Instead I have been given hand me downs (which I am very grateful for). My parents gave me their old bedroom set, one piece at a time ;) and I have always loved it but it is started to get worn out and multiple drawers now done work. I have bought my own bedding but of course they were on the cheaper end so my comforter didn't last very long. 

I have decided now that life is starting to settle down, not a whole lot but after 3 major life events it sure feels settled down :), that it is time for me to decorate my husband and I's bedroom. We've been living it in for 2 years with all our mis-matched pieces and our cluttered mess. 

I have to admit I am going to miss this headboard! I love mirrors, I have decided though if I am replacing the rest of the set this needs to go as well. Plus the husband hates it :) lol. My plan is to replace it with a headboard we will make that has a mirror on it as well, just a little more modern look.  I also cannot wait to get a bedskirt on this bed!

The curtains on the left I got as a teenager garage saleing with my mom. I fell in Love with them and only paid $5 for them! At one point though I had a kitten climb up them and made a real mess of them, you don't really notice it unless you look closely but I know its there, and again the husband isn't a fan of them. The other curtain I still like but its just hanging there serving no decretive purpose and I would like to have something a bit more pretty.

My corner of the bedroom... what a cluttered mess! I am going to need to find some ideas to organize my stuff better, I would love suggestions. 

The husband's corner, not so bad but I would love to get that TV off of the dresser and mounted onto the wall. Plus the purple wall color just doesn't match our style so I think that will be the first thing to go. 

Well my daughter took a nap I moved all everything out of my corner and took down the curtains and was able to paint the first two walls! 

I chose the color Fudge by Pittsburgh paint & stain. I just love that it is so bold and yet a neutral color. I plan on decorating with golds and reds so it should pop off this brown color!

I will share more about my Bedroom makeover the more I get done! I will do my best to remember to let you know where I got everything and supply the links as we go. I appreciate any advice you have for me.

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Little bit of Heaven in our Home

Uppercase Living has release this new expression this week! This is such a beautiful way to pay tribute to our loved ones who have passed on. It is available in three different sizes so you are sure to find on that will work for your needs.

This expression has been made due to popular demand! I love that when we speak Uppercase Living listens. It was inspired by a custom made design that was very popular but costed around $80 to make in the design suite. Now that it is a pre-design expression it has brought the price way down!

If you prefer the original custom design you are still able to order it that way.

Here is a video showing you how to order the original design 

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Uppercase Living is doing something very special for the introductory week, they are offering this expression at a discounted rate only good until noon MT on 2.27.14 don't miss out on this incredible deal!

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The smallest size fits perfectly on our punch metal tile that you can then put pictures of your loved ones one with magnets. This is a great option if you life in an apartment or like to move around your decorations. 

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This expression also works great with the In Loving Memory expression.

Or with our angel wings vinyl

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Flush your worries away

Let's talk about customizing our Toilets!

Yes, you read that correct our toilets :)

I am working on potty training my daughter, so I have been in our bathroom for what seems like the entire last two weeks. This got me thinking who says our toilets need to be blah? I mean we see them how much in one day? The vinyl expression in the picture above works perfectly on the tank of the toilet and adds the perfect touch to a toilet. One of the best things is we can get it in over 50 available colors, meaning it can work in anything kind of themed bathroom (mine happens to be rubber duckies). If your like me and have small kids at home and want you toilet to be more fun try the expression pictured below. This one comes in two colors of your choice and it is just so darn cute.

Well I am on the subject of toilets I am going to have to bring up my biggest pet peeve ever. I absolutely hate it when the toilet seat gets left up! Yes I know I should look before I seat but sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and have to pee at this point I am basically sleep walking. We have all had that close call where we almost fell into the darn toilet bowl. Yet no matter how much we nag and complain or even rationalize it to the men in our homes they always seem to forget. I found a solution ladies! 

I don't know about you, but to me this is one of the most genius ideas ever! This is vinyl lettering custom designed in Uppercase Living's Design suite. All you have to do is go here, register as a customer, go under the product tab and click on customize. This opens up the design suite, click on the second option down text and graphics. Once in there just click on the button add text type your phrase and then you can customize the size, color, and type of font you want.

Click here to watch a video on how to create this design in the design suite

Here's to never "almost" falling in the toilet bowl again!

Click here to watch a video on how to install the Put Me Down Expression

Now that we have that taken care of :) (thank goodness lol) Let's talk about another toilet issue, we love our men and boys but boy can they make a mess when they pee! I know they don't mean to but it seems like they just carelessly pee and I am left to clean it up. Don't get me wrong I am not a man hater by any stretch of the imagination. Most of the time though I am the one responsible for cleaning the toilet.

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I over heard one day that if you give men something to aim at well they pee this greatly reducing back splash. Curious I did some research and I found a lot of evidence for this to be true. So I decided to put it to my own test! I cleaned up the toilet really good, drained the water out of my toilet bowl (as low as it would go) and I let it dry for an hour or so. Once it was dry I applied the vinyl expression "Thanks" inside of our toilet bowl.

I have had this vinyl expression in my own toilet for over 2 months now and let me tell you cleaning the toilet is needed less often and isn't such a dirty job (still dirty just not as dirty). The vinyl is sticking to my toilet amazingly! If your interested in the Thanks for the inside of your toilet it is only available by emailing me. They are $5, and available only in the United States.

Now of course you don't have to use words you could also use fun animals like a frog!

This vinyl is also great if you have kids in the house, its a nice reminder not to forget to flush. It also looks so nice! 

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The Most Beautiful Heart

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When I was in first grade my teacher shared a story with us that has stuck with me to this day. After hearing the story of the most beautiful heart I knew that is how I wanted to live my life. 

The story starts with a man standing in the middle of his town showing off his perfect heart, not a flaw on it. As the crowd begins to grow an older man steps forward proclaiming that his heart is the most beautiful. The old man shows his heart and its full of scares, wholes, and jagged miss matched pieces. 

Of course the man who's heart is perfect doesn't understand and laughs at the old mans claim of having the most beautiful heart. Until the old man explains his claim, the wholes in his heart are from when he shared a piece of his heart to someone, and the jagged pieces are from when someone gave him a piece of their heart. The old man lived a life full of love, and that is how I try and live my life. 

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After hearing the story how the old man's love can change someone so profoundly, I started living my life with an open heart. Love is what inspires me in everything I do. I personally feel my life is better off for it and I hope that my loving presence in other people's lives have made their life better. Weather I am still in their lives today or we were just a part of each others lives for a time. 

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” 

― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

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Valentines Day FREE GIVEAWAY

With Valentines day just around the corner I thought it would be fun to do a little Valentines day contest. The winning couple will receive the vinyl expression "Every love story is beautiful but mine is our Favorite" in their choice of over 50 colors! 

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Here is how the contest will work, I want you to email me a short description of one of you and your significant other's favorite moments! Please include a picture of you and your significant other, your names, and how long you have been together. I think this will be a fun way to remind ourselves what we love so much about each other. Sometimes life gets crazy and we take it out on our significant others, if we can go back and remember all the things we love most about them it will make all our Valentines day better!

On February 14, 2014 I will post all the entries in a photo album on my Facebook Page Uppercase Living with Heather Ganssle. People will be able to vote on their favorite stories by liking the picture. The couple with the most vote/likes on February 18, 2014 at 11:59 PM CST will win the expression "Every love story is beautiful but mine is our Favorite" in their choice of over 50 colors. 

The winner will be announced on my Facebook Page Uppercase Living with Heather Ganssle on February 19, 2014 at 10:00 AM CST. 

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Entries must include:

-One of your favorite moments you and your significant other shared

-A picture of you and your significant

-Your names and how long you have been together

*To enter and vote you must be a resident of the United States or Canada

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Voting will be held February 14, 2014 at 10AM CST to February 18, 2014 at 11PM CST.

I want to take the time to thank everyone who enters this contest and I wish you all good luck! I look forward to reading everyones beautiful stories! 

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I really appreciate all my followers and love giving back to you guys, please keep a look out for future giveaways. I am open to suggestions for my future giveaways and what you would like to see given away. 

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Photo Prints

Uppercase Living photo prints are a great way to display your families pictures. I just love the way they stick right to your wall and you can even more them! The black and white wedding picture above the expression "Fill your heart with joy and your life with the sound of laughter" creates a beautiful way to display your love for each other. 

They come with transfer tape, and a backing to protect the sticky backing of the photo prints. A great way to extend your dollar would be to make a collage of the pictures you want and order them as one larger photo print. This is what we did in the above picture. Then you just have to cut them apart before you put them up. 

I like to tape them up before I stick them to the wall, that way I know I like the layout before I commit to the placing.

Once your happy with the layout stick them to the wall and admire you beautiful family display! I just love the look of this!

Another great thing with photo prints is you are not limited to square or rectangle pictures.

This look is really easy to do, just load your photo in the Design Suite and then select the area around the object you want cut out and Uppercase Living will cut around it for you! How great is that!

Don't limit yourself to just people though! We can't forget abut our beloved family pet :)

The possibilities are just endless! 

Every Thursday Uppercase Living announces a new deal and this week it involves photo prints! If you order a photo print or spend $35 in the design suite you can get 70% off of the expression "In these moments time stood still..." just add it an expression and you can add the names and dates you want.

HERE IS A VIDEO ON HOW TO USE THE DESIGN SUITE

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Your First Breathe Took Ours Away

Displaying our babies!

Let's face it, there isn't much, if anything, more important and dear to our hearts then our children. So it only makes sense that our walls be covered in pictures a memorials to them and all the achievements they've made. I myself have at least 30 pictures of my daughter up on our walls threw out the house, and she isn't even 2 yet! 

As a mother I hold this saying near and dear to my heart. It couldn't be more true! We never forget the moment our child is born, and we can never explain that most amazing feeling. I love this simple options to display with your newborn pictures of your children. Another great thing is its available in any 2 of over 50 colors to choose from. So this expression can be used for girls, boys, or even neutral! 

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After we catch our breath, if we ever really do :), we never want to forget that exact moment. There is so many fun and creative ways to display it on your walls.  Try a custom design!

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I absolutely love this display because you are not only displaying your children's picture, birthday, and birth time with the stopped clocks, you are also paying tribute to the day you married the love of your life! 

Need help designing this one? Email me the names and dates you would like and I can create it in the Design Suite for you :)

*Uppercase Living just announced today that they made this expression a pre designed expression making it cheaper and easier to order!

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This custom display is simpler than the previous display but just as affective! I feel like this display more highlights the love you share and the miracles that came from it.

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Not a fan of the previous sayings? Maybe try "Favorite Moments" or "Children where life begins and love never ends" the possibilities are really endless!

Maybe you don't like the idea of have a lot of clocks on your wall that don't tell time :) but still like the concept of this idea. Not a problem these creative people figured it out!

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One said thing we have to remember is that our children don't stay little forever. This is probably the hardest thing for me as a parent, it feels like she was born yesterday and she's already talking! I adore this saying for displaying around all the children's pictures. Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have always will.

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Even though our children grow way to fast, no matter how much we tell them not to :), we will always see them as our little babies.