Save the Date

Women's EXPO Hood River
Saturday, April 2nd

Alliance Youth Center

I will be giving two Presentations!

11am Shop Your Closet
All the secrets to figure out how to maximize what you have and put together creative outfits!

2pm Style Your Home

Designer secrets that will take your home from mo-mo to magazine ready!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k30pzWV6w_4

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Shop Your House

No cash. No problem.

Most of us have waaaaaay more then we need anyway. We just happen to have it in the wrong place.

1. Move your Furniture - try a new layout to create a warmer, closer conversation area. Consider moving furniture from another room to use it in an unconventional way. For example using a dresser for a TV stand.

2. Move your Art - make groupings of your art work to create a strong focal point. No art you say? Hang a group of plates, wrap an ugly painting with fabric scrap and staple to the back of the canvas.

3. Search the garage and attic. They are full of remnants - left over house paint waiting to become a modern art instillation, part of fence that could be made into a headboard, an old desk that could be painted and become your new entree table.

Save the Date: Hood River reDesign is giving two classes at the Women's Expo April 2nd at the Hood River Alliance Youth Center - Shop Your House, and Shop Your Closet!

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DIY Wall Shelving

With my custom partners desk complete the last element to Hood River reDesign's own office is the shelving.

Goals here: great design, white, traditional lines, functional enough to hold my design library. Asking too much? I don't think so! And neither does my handyman/sweet husband. So were off to Home Depot tomorrow...

Office reveal pics coming soon...or better yet set up an appointment to plan your next reDesign and see the office yourself!

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Success Principles!

I was turned onto this book by Megan Spears of http://www.disorder2order.com/

who is a fabulous by the way - and I have to say, I couldn't put it down! Chock full of insights not the least of which helped me define my purpose, if you will, and put it into words - and here it is:

My purpose is to use my "fever" and creativity to empower others to live in the beauty of their true potential.

So there you have it Hood River and beyond...I am here - offering my direction & design abilities to empower you all!

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Think Spring!

The new In Style Spring "Catalog" just arrived! I am giddy. It was a thrill to see a sneak peek in Milan and I am eager to see it unfold before me in my go-to guide book - In Style Magazine. I highly recommend picking up 3 or 4 style magazines a year to help you stay in touch with what is going on in the world of fashion.

You may never be as daring as the runway models but it encourages you to go beyond your standbys. A skinny belt OVER my cardigan - oh, I never thought of that!

Don't get stuck in your ways - keep trying new things!!

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Celebrity Double

Think about a celebrity that has:

• your same skin tone


• your eye & hair color


• your general shape

Now google/images that celebrity to find pictures of them in various outfits. This is a great time saver to help you shop! Even print a collage of outfits you love, go to your favorite store and have the sales attendant help you recreate the same looks!

This can also guide you in future hairstyles!

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Design Show 2011

It will be hard to beat last year's trip to fashion week in Milan - but I'm on the prawl to find a great design show in 2011 stateside. Have you been to one - in graphics, home or wardrobe design that you would recommend? I'm all ears.

Unfortunately it appears that the "biggy" is IDS - Interior Design Show for interiors is THIS WEEKEND - of course it is - Jan 27-29 in Toronto Canada. So, I will have to mark my calendar for next year. Sandy, are you coming?

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