Inspired.

I am very easily amused...sometimes inappropriately amused. I am also very easily inspired. I can look at a flower and instantly have an interior space planned out in my head. I blogged once about being inspired by a cupcake and another time about being inspired by a radish. My baby boy inspires me to be a better person and my dog inspires me to be a more patient one. I am constantly finding sources of inspiration and used to blog about them, but for some reason it has taken me a year to find the inspiration to get back to this blog!

It wasn't until yesterday reading this post from one of my favorite design bloggers/interior designers, that I was truly inspired to get back to my creative outlet: cupcake monkey. I have read her blog for a long time, but recently went through every single post of hers (like a crazy person) and discovered that several rooms in her home were rooms I have had saved in my inspiration file for years and never remembered the source. I took it as a sign that I needed to get back to what I love...back to my blog's initial mission: a girl's search for things that please...and get myself back to my definition of a cupcake monkey: a sweet, mischievous one in search of pleasure for all senses.

...and perhaps get away from using the word 'inspiration', or some form of it, eleven times in one post. :P

This pile in my kitchen has inspired my whole master bedroom/bathroom color scheme...more on that next week...



[The image at the start of my post is a collage created using images from my inspiration file. If an image is yours and you would like it removed or credited, I would be happy to do so.]

I want to get back to blogging.

...but I can't remember how to do anything. Like that 'Find of the Week' to the right...I have no idea how I found and posted those. Ha! Anyway, we are about to start a few projects around here so my inspiration folders are busting at the seams. Since in two days it will be exactly one year since my last post, I figured now was as good a time as any to start up again. :)

...hopefully tomorrow. :P

Meet my little chunk, Connor!

Birthdate: June 14, 2009

Weight: 9 lbs, 5 oz.

Connor is keeping me pretty busy, so I doubt I will be posting for a while...and when I do decide to return, I am quite sure baby items will be the focus, since they are currently my life!

[Be sure to check out Canyon Photography! My friend Adrian did a newborn photo shoot with us. Her work is gorgeous!]

I've been busy!

I am pregnant and actually due in just a little over two weeks! This blog was definitely put on the back burner and unfortunately (for me) will probably continue to stay there...at least for a little while. My love of design, however, has not changed. Creating a nursery for our baby boy was so much fun!


So there you go. That's it from me for now! :)