what's in a color name when it comes to paint?

 I mentioned in this post about A's stuff being moved out into other parts of the house. She is on the ending edge of 12 and it was time to pack away some of the beloved little girl items from her room for a more grown up look. But alas, there is plenty still left to still be part of her teen room, and most of it is not in HER room at this time!! (deep breath. patience... patience.)
Her paint colors are Constellation =(blue) and Echo =(green). I think it would be fun to assign creative names to paint and crayon colors! I don't think I would have trouble making a career out of that.... bet it doesn't pay well though.

I made a pennant flag banner to span the high window.  A large square window on another wall that I haven't done anything for as yet. Maybe a gathered valance and cafe type curtain in one of the two color themes. We also bought her a new blind; her roll down shade had decided to quit rolling back up!!

The fabric is a polished cotton and has white polkadots. I stiffened the flags with interfacing and added several dangly faceted glass beads to each point to send rainbows throughout her room in the afternoons.

Her previous color scheme was pink for the main color with accents of purple. We repainted the detail grooves on her dresser drawers to cover the purple paint--now it is Echo!

A. hand-painted her switch plate. In this photo it looks yellow and blue but trust me... it is Echo and Constellation!

We are reusing her lamp with a makeover on the shade which did have kittens on a white background. Now it is all dotty with fun dangles.

Maybe the room will be finished by her birthday coming soon???????

? more shopping days left...until next Christmas

How was your holiday this year? Will you sit back and relax for about 11 more months or will you go out immediately and start shopping for next Christmas?

I personally wish Christmas was just about gathering with family and friends and having a nice meal and NO GIFTS!

The real reason we celebrate is not the gifts, after all.

This was how I did my dinner table center decorating. Milk glass candle sticks, silver strings of beads and my hand quilled snowflakes.
I do not make these to sell because they take me wayyyy too long to make so I could not justify selling them affordably after all the labor . I spend hours on each one. Some quillers may be quicker, but not I.
I will just stick with selling my handcut paper snowflakes. They can be sold at a much more affordable price and I can even offer free shipping too. There are still some in the shop ready to be scooped up by you. If you ever want a special type order of paper snowflakes-like all one size or a certain specific amount- just contact me.

Please ignore any ugly wrinkles in the red tablecloth!! My iron did not make an appearance on Christmas Eve...nor did the maid.