Lady in Pink

My mind has been going round and round on what I want to do in my office. Yesterday, I wanted to go rustic/vintage or something like that. But then I looked around at all my pinks, blues, yellows, tea pots, tea cups, doilies and other various girly stuff and realized I would have to invest a fortune in redoing a whole new theme. 

So I was back to square one. I decided since I am a girly girl and I work for a company who is all about women, I decided my home office will continue in the same office color scheme, but will do most of my organizing by using things I already have. The only thing I got done so far, was to use my empty milk glass bowl to hold my postcards and I put that with a decor setting I already had. 

I've been using this for awhile now, but I just moved where I had it and put my paperclips in it on my desk.

Since I have tea stuff everywhere in my office because I collect it, I decided to use this short fat tea pot for a pencil holder.

I moved one of my milk glass flower vases to my desk. I am liking the look so far. 

I have a board in my home office where I keep my motivational pictures and my rewards for selling Thirty-One, but most of these are older from the past couple of years.

When I got back from national conference, I took one of the little cards that had our theme "Dream it, Be it" on it and found a pink scrapbook I have that I have never used. 

This box is full of scrapbook paper and embellishments so I am going to take everything off my board and use it for current items and keep the memories in the above scrapbook so I can look back at my achievements and successes when business is slow.

Well, I 'm going to head to the local office supply store today. I want to find some brocade pieces to organize my desk.

I saw that Office Max carries them so I am going to head that way today.

My home office....

On my to do list is to revamp and reorganize my home office. It is a random mish-mash of work areas and I spend more time trying to figure out where everything is than I do getting actual work done. I wanted some ideas to spruce up my work area at home so I went to Pinterest. Here are some ideas I got.

My work from home job is as a Thirty-One Consultant. This is still way to cluttered but I do use a motivational bulletin board to stick my goals and my inspirational cards I get when I earn a freebie, so I see a few things in this that I like. 

I have the dark Sauder furniture in my office so some of these ideas would look good with my furniture. 

I find myself leaning toward the pinks and blues, but then when I incorporate that color into my office I am not sure I like it. 

I have several random tables and cabinets in my office so I do like the idea of doing something similar to this with the stuff I already have. 

I do need to get some organizing trays for my drawer. Right now, they are a mess of hodge-podge supplies.

I do like these little organizers, especially the one with the star shape dividers on the right. 

A nice little flower part would make a cute pencil holder. So would a coffee mug. 

I got to thinking that maybe my office is too girly when I try to do pink and blue. It may be overkill since my furniture is dark. So I am wondering if I should go in another direction. There are some good ideas in this picture. 

And if I did that, I could incorporate some unique items such as this. 

I fell in love with this idea because I have a ton of jars with rings. 

Then I saw this and thought, Oh wow I could incorporate some vintage into the office and give it a less modern fill. 

I think this weekend, I am going to strip everything off all the walls, cabinets and desk and start from scratch with things I have around the house and in the closet and see what I can come up with. I will keep you posted.

Summer sales

I don't know about your area of the world, but here in Kodak, Tennessee yard sales have been pathetic this year. There have not been as many as usual. People are not advertising them. And when they do advertise or I do stumble upon one, they don't have squat as far as good stuff goes. I still have some Pyrex I'm looking for and even our antique stores are having the same old things when I go because they are being priced to high. Here are some of the things I am looking for. 

I just love seeing how others display their Pyrex so I can get ideas. I just wish I could find some new stuff to display.

Happy birthday, Shelby

Today, my granddaughter Shelby turned 6 years old. She has a very unique personality and you never know what she is going to come up with next. The other night, her mom found her playing Ninja.

She has her own sense of style...right or wrong...she doesn't care. She loves to accessorize.

She believes she is a princess and will sometimes make you hold your hand out to help from the car like she is really royalty. 

Whether she is being a rock star....

Or using her mommy's Kindle for an x-ray machine for her mini dolls...

She eventually wears herself down and crashes...even in the middle of a snack. 

She is a bundle of energy that looks just like her mommy. 

Shelby                                                      Her Mommy

Happy birthday, Shelby Rayne, we love you no matter how quirky you get.

My trip...

I must say my trip to Thirty-One National Conference was everything I had hoped it would be and more. I was packed and ready to leave by 5:30 the day we departed. Of course, everything I packed was in a Thirty-One bag.

By 6:30 all five of us were packed and on the road for the six hour drive to Columbus, Ohio.

Once we passed the Cincinnati Bengals & Reds stadiums I felt like we were getting on the last leg of our journey.

We stayed at the Columbus Marriott Northwest. The staff was fantastic and the rooms were very luxurious. It was great to get a good night sleep every night because our days were filled. 

Once we got checked in, we caught one of the deluxe shuttle buses to take us to registration.

My first look of the Columbus skyline.

We went straight in the Convention Center to get our registration packets.

We got our first amenity along with all kinds of goodies.

We all just sat down in a hallway to look at our stuff and put our name badges together with our ribbons and buttons. 

Then we walked a couple of blocks to the Nationwide Arena for our first look at over 14,000 Thirty-One sisters.

Our fonder, Cindy Monroe's, husband Scott and his band were warming up the crowd. We got to hear them play before and during every session. They were awesome. 

Then Cindy herself took the stage. It gave new meaning to the statement "And the crowd goes wild." Everyone was on their feet. You would have thought you were at the biggest rock concert in history. It was awesome. 

We had a lot of presenters and speakers, but my favorite was Leigh Anne Tuohy who was made famous when her family story was told in The Blind Side. She was fabulous. Very down to hearth and very hilarious. She was one of my favorite speakers of the weekend. My other favorite was Lisa Harper, you need to check her out on You Tube. She was awesome.

We had a lot of entertainment and information brought to us by the home office staff. Pink was everywhere you looked. 

Here was our group with our director Colleen (far right, second row). This was a fabulous bunch of gals and I loved the opportunity to get to know them all better. 

Colleen got us all a little gift for attending conference. I love my new bag.

When they said they painted Columbus pink, they weren't kidding. I had my picture made with the Pink Man. He never talked or cracked a smile the whole time we saw him. Upon under the tents behind him was a band made up of home office staff. They call themselves The Rolling Totes and they were out of this world. The first morning we got there they played for a huge patio party for us before the first general session.

And of course I did some shopping at the Conference Store while I was there and naturally I had to have my picture made with the giant tote.

Between the freebies they gave us and the stuff I got at the store, I came home with lots and lots of goodies. PLUS they told us they are shipping us a box with a few more things in it that should arrive this week or next week. I can't wait.

I got to meet my National Executive Director, Misty Thomas. That was awesome. I even sat with her during part of the Friday General Session. I had to stop by her "tower" and leave a note. She is a fabulous NED and I am very proud to be in her down-line.

On our last night we got to attend an awards dinner for all the gals that promoted up this year.

It was a great time and the dinner was delicious. Steak, chicken, mashed potatoes and some veggies with assorted cheesecake for dessert.

We all got together afterwards for a group photo on our last night. 

But the best part was getting a sneak peak at the new patterns and products for fall. This is the new enrollment kit that new consultants who sign up after the 16th of August will get....for just $99. It's an awesome kit. We did get a catalog and more are being sent to us. I am loving all the new products that I got to see.

My favorite is the mini Cindy tote. I just fell in love with this in the gray houndstooth.

And in the plum tweed. I may just have to buy them both.

Well, as you can imagine, I had a very fun-filled, action packed trip and I have been pretty exhausted. But I am finally getting my energy back.

Back in the groove....

When I went out of town last week, I took a little blogging break. Now I'm back and having a hard time getting back in the groove.

I had an awesome time and got lots of goodies which I plan on sharing with you one day this week. 

I am very motivated to get my Thirty-One business into a higher level. 

I promise to be back to daily blogging tomorrow.