My Enchanted Room Tour - come and see!

Oh come see! Come see!  This is my new favorite room in my house! Is is where I film my videos...it isn't really a room with a door, as much as an area I have just filled with tables, drawers, desks, crafts, lot of containers with make-up, all my filming equipment, lights, tripods...and my one of my favorite things in all the world...my "fairy lights"!

 When I was small, about 6, I used to set up displays on my dresser, on my night stand, on rocking chairs...anywhere. I would arrange little books, my stuffed animals, ribbon I had curled with my safety scissors, little figurines.  My mom, would let my little 6 year old self, take pictures of my "scenes" with her big fancy camera. (Thank you mom for letting me play and be creative, and not for saying your camera was too expensive for me to play with. The gift of creativity you gave me, far outweighed the price of that camera. Which I did not break either.)

I filled this area with objects of varying heights (which is always more interesting for the ol' eye balls), and with all kinds of things I just love and think are fun, cute and "candyland-ish". I used ornaments from Target, things from my vintage hunts, fake flowers I removed from their plastic stems, candy jars and cake stands...
PS. I have a fun tutorial idea for how to make the most adorable cake stands! Not sure if I should just blog the project or make a video- it's pretty easy, but sometimes videos are easier to see learn as I do it.

This is a vintage cake stand cover that I got at my favorite "second-hand-vintage-hunting-store". My glitter deer, Bambi 1 and Bambi 2 (I always thought Bambi sounded like a girl name)...one of Bambi's legs was broken a few years ago in an accident.

I got these stiff Ribbons at Target, and my little music inspired magazine rack, is another treasure from my fav store, it was only $12, then I saw another one in an antique store for $40! I scored.

I love this room...or at least the part of the room...I was thinking of doing a video tour  of all my holiday decorations and show you my trees and everything, because my trees are my favorite trees I've ever decorated- they are even MORE "candyland" than this!!! And you can see how I used Dollar Store goodies to create our "fun-scapes"...let me know if you'd like to see!

wishing I could spend the whole day decorating and making crafts.....

Kraftdee, I mean, Kandee (ha ha ha)

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How to make your room enchanting...

ok, here's just a little sneak peek at my new "background" I've been working on my for videos! I can't wait to show you guys, and I can't wait until it's finished! I have a few more things to do...
and if only we didn't need to sleep, I could get them done!

Oh....I'm so excited....
it is inspired by candy, vintage treasures, old candy shops, candyland, Serendipity (the movie, and when they actually go to Serendipity, and it is amazing- twinkly lights and interesting things all around. When I first went to Serendipity in NYC, I was sad that it didn't look as enchanting as in the movie, but they have set decorators to make it look more amazing for the movie. They bring in better, more "enchanting" lighting, cute props, plants, all kinds of stuff. I should've known. ha ha ha )...

This is me and baby in the "real" Serendipity 3, looking at all their fun jewelry as we waited for a table...this was a few months ago...

The Sundae's and desserts at Serendipity are A-MAY-to-the-Capital-ZING!!! I got the standard sundae...and my mom got the Sand Tart...oh my delish-she-us-ness! It is coffee ice cream (I know, I don't drink coffee, but I love coffee ice cream...weird.) Homemade hot fudge, the shortbread type "sand" crust...and I just wanted to forget my sundae and eat her dessert, instead.

Ok, I started this whole blog to show you a little glimpse at my fun new decoration project....now I am craving a sand tart from Serendipity and it's on the other side of the country, so there's no hope for getting one. ha ha ha

Oh, boy...maybe I'll make some hot white chocolate...oh maybe I should do a video on that!

off to dream of sand tarts and glitter ribbon to decorate with....
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How To Dazzle Up A Room (peek inside my makeup room)

 I've had grand plans to dazzle up my make-up/filming/video room. I've had even "grander" plans for a video background, but since my plans required big power tools and materials I don't own, they are on hold til I get more "toolery".

What I do have is all my favorite things vintage, sparkly, and candy themed. As you know, I love thrift store hunting, antique treasure hunting and craft store goodies....

I got my giant candy jars at Home Goods (it's like a discount or clearance store for all kinds of cool things!)...and I bought a bunch of christmas ornaments to fill them with. I bought ornaments last year after Christmas when boxes of em' are all on clearance for like $1. So I bought all kinds of them last year! The ones in the jar in picture I got at Target just a couple weeks ago though!

We'll see how much I can get done in my artsy-craftsy-girly-retro-vintage-shabby-chic-candyland-makeup-filming-costume room! ha ha ha

And hopefully I'll have a new background in my videos to surprise you guys with!

PS...If you miss and loved the FLOWER WALL background I made, I did too! But a few people complained that it hurt their eyes or was too distracting, and I don't want to to hurt anyone's eyes, so flower wall is patiently waiting for  a new purpose. (I think it would be so fun to make a whole FLOWER WALL in a room! It would be like you were in a garden!)

Here's the video if you want to watch how I made it:

yay for crafts and dazzling up our rooms... your kandee

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Kan-Deesign Ideas: Which celebrity dining room style do you love?

Since the holidays are about to hit a dining table near us...
It got me thinking about dining room table decorations and style.....
take a peek into dining rooms and see which one matches your style?

1. Betsey Johnson

Glamorous, Girly with a hint of Vintage

~turns out I not only love her clothes, but ofcourse I would also love her home design choices too! I  hear ther pink walls, chandeliers, black and white rug, and those chairs are vintage-tastic!

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2. Gwyneth Paltrow

Modern, Chic, Clean, with a hint of Feminity

I love the light and simple look, but my fav parts are the delicate pink color dishes and glassware, and whatever that pink branch light is- I love it!

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3. Sharon Osbourne

Glamorous, Traditional with a twist, just lovely!

Anytime I see a chandelier I'm in love. I love mirrored furniture, even if it's nearly impossible to keep fingerprint free, and that gentle shade of robin's egg blue with the cream and white is just lovely.

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4. Meg Ryan

Simple Chic

I really love the house, look at all those windows and the beautiful light! I love that metal FLOWERS sign, the cool light bulb lighting and the white slipcovered chairs look so comfy!

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Now these are not celebrity dining rooms but I love them anyway:

All White & Chic Dining Room

I love the the table, chairs, that giant mirror on the. Chandeliers- what more need I say.

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Colorful Dining Room

Graphic, Modern with a Punch of Color

I love the graphic black and white zig zag rug, the turquoise curtains, and yellow is my other so I love those yellow dining chairs!

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Which one was your favorite?

I kinda wann throw them all into a blender...and have them all as a dining room smoothie! ha ha ha

It would be deliciously decadent, glam and girly!

pink walls and fun chairs, your kandee

obsessions: shiny, sparkle, colorful and gooooold!

Please tell me how much you love this, too..... I want one of these garland's from CONFETTI SYSTEM all over the place....I just wish they had less zero's on their price tag. I'd say I'll do a  DIY project out of this but I have no clue where to get the metallic foil. Maybe if I was a cheerleader and had tons of pom poms....hmmmm

like glitter nail polish for your gams (yeah, that's an antique name for legs)...
I wish I owned these shiny, sparkly, glitter pants from ALEXANDER WANG! (don't get sad if these pants are  totally out of our budgets- it's like window shopping...we are "computer window-loving-these")
I'd also like it if my legs looked like that too....ha ha ha

side note: I am not a particular fan of wearing your leggings without something covering the crotch area....I need not say the "name" that refers to-the-possible problem that can arise...hint: it has to do with an animal that lives in the desert that has humps...and "that" term grosses me out.

I am still loving these gold pants (If these don't say: "grocery shopping in these will be so glamorous"...ha hah a) I saw on the ChaserBrand site..they don't sell them. But I did find some at American Apparel, and Forever21 had some bargain gold legging babies, but only in miniature sizes that would not hold in all my junkulous in my trunkulous, if you know wha' I'm sayin'.

I heart this watch....my sister owns it, and even though I typically am a "silver" girl......when I saw her with it..(it was her anniversary or birthday or Christmas present, I think)...I was like, "what the watch?! is on your wrist...I luuuuuuuv it!"....it's got a manly, tough "i mean business" look, yet somehow so feminine and chic...it is on my "dream-watch-list"... MICHAEL KORS makes this glam time piece...
oh "watch drool", just dripped on my keyboard....

If you had a "rap-star-video" like pile of money next to you...which one of these would you splurge on?

I might just wear that garland around like a scarf or shawl....

fists full glitter in the air and while we're "window-shopping-internet style"....I'm sending you a window shopping slice of cheesecake to enjoy too... i heart you more than all this stuff on the page, kandee

Decorating on the cheap!

 here's a peak into my house with a little cheap-chic tour of some of my favorite things in my house...
I bought these metal stars years ago at Marshall's for super cheap...they were really dark colors, like navy blue and dark green...
SOLUTION: I took hot pink spray paint to a few

 and white spray paint to the one above...and took different color acrylic paints in turquoise, green, olive green and painted over the white with a stiff paint brush to get this one with a cool "vintage" finish.

 real, live Orchids....I am so proud of myself that they are doing well.....I've heard Orchids are really hard to keep alive so I've always been scared to buy them. They were a gift and they are still going strong!

 This is one of my favorites....it's a painting I did on a piece of scrap shelving wood. It's acrylic and oil stick in black...this has hung on many walls over the years.

 I got this vase super cheap from Home Goods (it's like a super cheap place where you can buy all kinds of stuff they've bought from stores that didn't sell, for redinkulously cheap!)
These fake flowers I love...I some like this at Anthropologie for more dollars than I wanted to spend...then I saw these for cheap at Pier 1 Imports, and they can home with me.
I got the sparkly "flower vine" thing at Pier 1 too.

 This little figurine is one of my favorites.....her and I met, many years ago at an antique store....she was only about $12...well, her and her boyfriend...he is not as adorable as she is though. He's still packed away in a box. And behind is an old candlestick I gave a fresh new life with some white paint and turquoise-wash paint over it.

And my bathroom...I saw vases like these in a picture from a fancy furniture store...then I saw these babies for super cheapo at Home Goods (I love that place!)...some didn't have the right lids..or one at all, like the one with the flowers in it...he didn't have a lid..so he got flowers! ha ha ha

So there's some of my Friday Favorite things....the home edition! ha ha ha

fake flowers and paint make-overs...your kandee