Your Nose is Running. Better Catch It. (Kleenex Style)

This post is brought to you by Kleenex. All opinions and talks of snotty noses are my own.

Let's take a quiz. True or False.

Michelle's nose has been running non-stop since the beginning of January.

Michelle likes cute things.

Kleenex started out as a facial tissue for removing makeup.

If you answered true to all of the above, you are correct! You win a chance at a trip to NYC and $5000 for shopping. Seriously.

When Kleenex contacted me about sharing their awesome Kleenex Style Studio I couldn't pass it up. I've seriously had a box of Kleenex stuck to me since the beginning of January. No joke.

To celebrate Kleenex’s 90th anniversary, they’re bringing you another innovative first: The Kleenex® Style Studio . It’s a fun, inspiring way to discover more of the Kleenex® Brand designs and products you love. And maybe even a few that’ll take you by surprise. It sucked me in for a good 20 minutes. Oops.

Tissues boxes aren't always the most attractive way to spruce up your home decor.  At this point, I have no choice.  Well, I have a choice but the lack of tissue would just be ugly. Luckily Kleenex has cute styles to choose from.

I have a box next to my spot on the couch. Not ideal but it blends nicely.  This is my traveling box that also follows me to the kitchen.  

I have a box next to my dog.  He's a big fan of Kleenex. Kleenex is his favorite brand to shred.  He's picky as tissue shredding is one of his favorite past times.

Note: No Kleenex tissues were harmed in the photographing of this post.  I can't, however, say that about other boxes.  

And lastly I have a box next to my bed.

Over at the Kleenex Style Studio there are a ton of designs you can look through.

I thought the It's a Hoot design would look adorable in my craft room.

Or how about the Rendez Vous in our powder room.

I totally need a box in our office while giving it a makeover. The Typo would fit in nicely. Don't you think?

So many fun designs!

If that isn't enough fun there is also a quick style quiz to see how you do judging between fashionable cat walk designs and the designs of the new Kleenex boxes at the Kleenex Style Studio Test your fashion sense for a chance to win a trip to NYC with $5000 for shopping. (I hope you do better than I did. I need to get back to watching Project Runway. Stat!)

Visit the Kleenex Style Finder landing page to play and click on “sweeps” tab in the top right corner of the page. Then click "play to enter".

Also, can you take this quick, 1 question survey ! You all know I love a good survey!

How did you do on the catwalk versus Kleenex design quiz ? Is your dog a Kleenex shredder? What design would work best in your home?

Office Planning

Today let's discuss our neglected office.

I think the last time I posted any progress in this room was in 2012. It's crazy how fast time goes!

I've decided to get to work on this room.  Okay, I've started thinking about this room.  One minute I decide I really need to think about things before diving in and then two years later I've done nothing.   I've decided now is the time.  I think.  It's really cold and my couch/blanket/dog are really warm.  Maybe I'll need to bust out the snuggie while painting.

This room is currently a catch all for the stuff we're too lazy to deal with.  I mainly dump stuff in here because the room isn't pretty so I don't really care.  Nate does it because he's a boy.  Ike leaves all of his toys in here and then gets mad when we shut the door.  I digress.

Here's the plan.  For this minute.  It's subject to change.  The walls are going to be painted.  I'm leaning towards Sherwin Williams Thunder Gray.  It's a dark browny gray.  (That's a thing.)

I purchased these curtains during a recent sale.  (The ones pictured above were way too ivory.  These are more of a greige.)  I hope I don't hate them when I hang them.  I struggle with purchasing items from the interwebs.

I think I'm going for this kind of look.  I think.  (I really just pretend like I know what I'm doing.)  So I think the curtains will work swimmingly.

I think it's time that we get a new couch.  This one has been with me since the early part of pharmacy school. It's pretty gross.

Nate and I are both really liking this one but in a camel colored leather.  It's surprisingly comfy!  It's like the one couch out of 1000 that we have looked at in our area that we actually like.  I now know why most people in the Midwest have big, puffy couches.  BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER CHOICE.  

Sorry the for the caps.  Couch shopping stressed me out.

We also have plans for a furniture build in here.  Let's keep that a secret.  It's no fun giving away the whole room, right?  But don't hold your breath waiting for this secret though.  It's tax season and Nate's a zombie.  I am going to help build this one but I'm not allowed near power tools while unattended.  (True story.)

I'm hoping to get started painting this weekend but I do have a big Pinterest party to host and Downton Abbey to catch up on.  Priorities.

What are your thoughts on my sad little office?

DIY Burlap Memo Board + Michaels/Hometalk Pinterest Party

Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend.  Things around casa de Decor and the Dog were pretty quiet.  Nate worked a lot.  Ike and I cleaned and cooked a lot.  Very housewifely of us. We were able to sneak in some crafting!  Well, I did some crafting.  Ike dug through my bags and stole supplies.  

On Friday I mentioned that I am helping host a Pinterest party as part of a collaboration with Michaels and Hometalk.  The party is happening this Sunday!  Cue the introvert freak out.

I met with the assistant manager of my local store last week.  We discussed which projects she thought would be the most successful.  Of course her suggestion was burlap.  Gross.  Burlap makes me all stuffy but I always like to make things harder than I need to so I went for it.  Turns out my sinuses are cool with burlap canvases.  I decided to turn my canvas into a memo board for the coffee lover in your life.  I think it's darling.

I really have a hard time with super simple crafts.  I think it's the blogger in me.  More, more, more! The Michaels assistant manager assured me that simple was best.  This craft whips up in about 30 minutes.  Mainly because you have to wait for some paint to dry.

Here's what you will need to create your own DIY burlap memo board for the coffee/tea/hot beverage lover in your life.  All of these supplies can be found at your local Michaels store.

• Burlap canvas
• Ribbon
• Wooden coffee mug
• Paint brushes
• Chalkboard paint
• small clothes pins
• hot glue
• Optional: monogram, photos, note cards, heart punch for paper hearts

I started by painting my wooden mug with chalkboard paint.  I gave it two coats.  

Once the mug was dry, I hot glued it onto the canvas.  I then eyeballed some ribbon, cut it to size and hot glued it to the back of the canvas.  Make sure it's tight so you can easily hang things from it.

I hot glued on paper hearts that I made using a heart punch.   You could also paint these if you're super talented.

I then rubbed some chalk all over my mug to "prime" it. (Perform this step after your paint has dried completely.  Refer to the packaging as all chalk paint is a little different.) If you skip this step, the first words you write may be stuck on your mug forever.

Hang anything you want from your pretty new memo board using small clothes pins.  You can also write on your cute little chalkboard mug now as well.

Now comes the fun part!  It's time to craft together.  It's like craft night but with strangers!

Click here to find a Michaels near you that is hosting an event on Sunday, February 16th from 1-4pm! I will be at the Davenport, IA location!

Purchase the supplies for your Pinterest inspired project and head to the class room to chat and create with a Hometalk blogger.  There are specially marked end caps throughout the store if you're looking for ideas!  I'll also show another project idea on Friday!

Don’t forget to use those coupons!  Grab a coupon for the US or a coupon for Cananda!

Finally, consider joining Hometalk!  Hometalk is a home & garden social network where you can clip amazing ideas and inspiration, ask for advice and opinions or share some of your favorite DIY, home and garden posts or projects!  Once you have joined follow Michaels on Hometalk to enter to win a $100 Michaels gift card. Five winners will be announced on Hometalk’s Facebook page on Feb 17, after the party.  

Find me on Hometalk here!

Who's crafting with me on Sunday?  I'll be sure to social media (a verb) all of the fun!

Disclosure: This post is part of a sponsored partnership with Hometalk. But the tutorial, project and social anxiety fears are all my own.