Please welcome Janell Beals from Portland, Oregon! She is the mother of Isabella & Max, thus the name of her blog, Isabella & Max Rooms, and the founding editor of the e-zine, House of Fifty. I love that she’s been on tv, in magazines, in print and it’s still evident to me where her first love is: her family. We are thrilled that she is kicking off the week for us!
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It's interesting to me how there is virtually no training for one of the most important jobs we'll ever do in our life. One day we are pregnant and the next we have this little being in our arms who depend on us for everything. Nothing in ours lives to date could have prepared us for this incredible gift and responsibility. So we stumble through, figuring it out one day at a time.
I'd like to think I've learned a few things over the years, but I also know in the upcoming years they'll present me with new challenges and that I'll be quickly trying to come up with yet another game plan! But for now, this is what I know, for our family.
for this year’s posts:
They are coming this week in honor of Mother’s Day from some fabulous guests and will begin bright and early tomorrow morning!
Here are last year’s posts~I love reading them again for a boost of mom power.
A friendly reminder~the Lisa Leonard giveaway will end tomorrow!
Happy Monday~
But it is usually through another person
that he meets our needs.
Therefore, it is vital that
we serve each other.
~Spencer W. Kimball
*giveaway now closed*
Have you all seen Lisa Leonard’s new decor line over at her shop?
You will fall in love…
I picked out a set of magnets for the side of my fridge to help me keep my wits about me:
1. You have your inspiration
2. You are not afraid to copy
3. You have gathered
4. Now, the hardest part (for me) sometimes is to just
begin.
The room isn’t very pretty. I’ve got an ugly stash in the closet. Motivation is loooow.
But, if I muster up just enough courage to just begin painting the walls, usually it starts looking better really quickly. Look how great that wall looks~it gives a glimmer of hope for the rest of the room and the little shot of excitement I need to keep going.
(wait! before you do anything…take a before picture. Make it look as ugly as possible :) It will feel so good to compare it to your after)
Soooo, some may call this hoarding, but I prefer the term gathering.
the Gleaners by Millet
Anyone with money to burn can walk into a showroom and say, “I want this entire room. Have it delivered at 9 a.m. on Thursday. And send in the painters and interior designers as well. I’ll be at the dog spa with Fifi if you need me…”
The rest of us have to be a little more creative and patient as we
gather.
the Gleaners by Millet 
You don’t know what you’re doing?
I’ll let you in on a little secret: neither do I!
I’ve never been to design school. I have no credentials, except that I love seeing potential in spaces and all things “home.” When people ask what I “do,” I always say mom and if my husband is there he may chime in that I have a blog. And then the questions come:
“Oh, what kind of blog?”
It’s a home decor, kind of design on a dime type blog with some other randomness.
“Oh, is that what your degree is in?”
No, my degree is in elementary ed.
Oh….that’s interesting.
I usually go on to say it began in Texas when we had a really ugly house, blah, blah, blah, but it really makes no sense.
I guess my point here is:
fake it until you make it aka copy, copy, copy!
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