When Amy from True Love Found contacted me about her daughter's upcoming RAINBOW PARTY, I was so excited! Rainbows are such an up and coming theme, and one I definitely wanted to explore! I had so much fun creating these colorful designs for her daughter's party! 
Amy, you did an AMAZING job! The party turned out adorable!Amy is hosting a fabulous giveaway for a $30 shop credit to
The TomKat Studio!
CLICK HERE to enter!
As promised, the photos have arrived from Tallie's Vintage Circus Party!
Our new house is coming along quite well! I've been anxious to show you more photos of the remodeling and decorating that has been happening the last couple of months! This is our new cozy family room. When we bought the house in December, I knew I wanted to make the fireplace the focal point of this room. We had our contractors widen the surround and popout above, and enlarge the mantel and bottom step. We used the same travertine tile that we chose for the floors on the upper popout and step. I am obsessed with glass tile, so I was thrilled when we found this 1" neutral tile for the inner surround of the fireplace. We also used the glass tile for our kitchen backsplash, which ties the two rooms together wonderfully! I love the clean, modern look of hanging the plasma tv over the fireplace. If you check out my inspiration photos for this fireplace makeover, I would say it turned out quite close to what I was dreaming about! 
Just in case you missed the story about our previous home, read here. We sold it fully furnished so I have been decorating our new home from scratch, on a budget! The day before we moved in, I found a fabulous microfiber chocolate sectional, along with a leather storage ottoman at Potato Barn, that were the perfect size for the room. Delivered the next day, we moved in and actually had somewhere to sit! 
Since then, my mother-in-law has made the fabulous chocolate brown drapes, as well as matching cornices for the kitchen! You may remember these zebra lamps from HomeGoods. I am pleased to report that they have found a happy home in our family room! 
The little touch of zebra adds some interest, and also ties in with my lovely zebra print barstools from Pier One! 
More decorating posts coming very soon.....
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Dolce Vita Mia & Tiny Belles Boutique giveaways! We had an amazing response! I hope you all enjoyed meeting these talented ladies and checking out their gorgeous products!
The winner of the Tiny Belles Boutique custom tutu is:
Comment #47 - Natalie K
(please email me!)
Congratulations, ladies!Didn't win, but need a tutu or custom jewelry?
Tiny Belles is offering a 15% discount to my readers until Friday, 4/30/10!
Just enter TOMKAT when ordering!
I just spent some serious time pouring over the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living. It's the COLOR issue, and it is full of great ideas and inspiration! I fell in love with these easy-to-make tissue paper garlands and flags featured in a Cinco de Mayo article!
I thought it would be fun to share the Martha crafts with you
Enjoy!
XOXO, Kim
Here is your printable calendar for May! I'm working on a girl version of my Vintage Surf designs and thought I would carry over a little peek in May's calendar!
This eye-catching orange KITE party grabbed my attention on Facebook, so I hopped over to the photographer's website to check out the details! The party was styled by the talented ladies at Posh Paperie and I am in L.O.V.E. 
Could this kite banner be any cuter?
Kites on cupcakes....perfect!
Love all of the bright orange details....
... including the birthday girl's kite hair clip!
ORANGE you glad I'd shared this adorable party? ;)
{Photos courtesy of Jackie Wonders Photography}
{Party Styled by Posh Paperie}
This week's Happy Spring Challenge theme is Going Global. If you have a room that exemplifies this theme, enter this fabulous HomeGoods contest now! In the spirit of theme, my post today is about zebra print. I'm sharing photos of my kitchen barstools and fabulous zebra print lamps!
The response to the Fairy Garden Party inspired FABULOUS GIVEAWAYS has been amazing! Thank you all for entering and getting to know these creative ladies!
There is still time to enter our Fabulous Giveaways for:
We haven't talked about LOLLIPOP parties, lately! It's been FAIRY, FAIRY, FAIRY all of the time, right? The lollipop theme is wildly popular and continues to be my best selling collection!
I'm in love with the lollipop cookie pops! I'm sure Ashley spotted them here on the blog, when I wrote about these fabulous cookies designed by The Decorated Cookie!
Cupcakes, Candy Jars, Sparkly Favor Boxes....all the must haves for a Lollipop Party!
The twins enjoying their cakes! Aren't they adorable? The girls' adorable shirts were made by Ollie B Boutique!
We can't forget about Auntie Ashley who made it all happen!
Did you notice Ashley & Erin's necklaces?
Remember this bon bon necklace tutorial that Jill from Pocket Full of Posies shared?
So cute, right?
See...I told you Ashley is a big fan! She's been studying! I'm so proud!
Nice work, girls!
Thank you for sharing the party photos!
The Lollipop Collection is available in MY SHOP!
Kate's pale pink & yellow tutu would be a perfect match for my Vintage Circus theme!
Isn't her packaging adorable? Emily is offering a "Belle" custom tutu (12" length) in colors of your choice,
along with a coordinating boutique bow!
ENTER TO WIN NOW!
Enter up to 7 times by doing each of the following!
Make sure to leave a separate comment for each action that you complete!
1. Hop over to the Tiny Belles Boutique SHOP,
come back & leave a comment with your favorite item!
2. Become a fan of Tiny Belles Boutique on Facebook
& leave a comment here that you did.
3. Become a fan of The TomKat Studio on Facebook
& leave a comment here that you are a fan (or already are!)
4. Follow The TomKat Studio on Twitter
& leave a comment here that you are a follower (or already are!)
5. Post about this giveaway on your own Blog, Facebook Page and/or Tweet about it & comment here with the links! (up to 3 entries for posting on each)
Winner will be chosen on Friday, April 23rd at 11:00pm (MST).
Any entries received after this time will not be considered. Open to US residents only.
Winner will be chosen using random.org
P.S. Don't forget to enter our other FABULOUS GIVEAWAYS going on now!
Custom tank/tee from Modern Frills
Whenever I need something pretty for Kate's hair, I go straight to Mia at Dolce Vita Mia. I've written about her fabulous creations before here, here and here. Of course she created something PERFECT for Kate for her birthday party! 
Mia has offered to give one of my lucky readers a $25 shop credit!
ENTER TO WIN NOW!
Enter up to 7 times by doing each of the following!
Make sure to leave a separate comment for each action that you complete!
1. Hop over to the Dolce Vita Mia SHOP,
come back & leave a comment with your favorite item!
2. Become a fan of Dolce Vita Mia on Facebook
& leave a comment here that you did.
3. Become a fan of The TomKat Studio on Facebook
& leave a comment here that you are a fan (or already are!)
4. Follow The TomKat Studio on Twitter
& leave a comment here that you are a follower (or already are!)
5. Post about this giveaway on your own Blog, Facebook Page and/or Tweet about it
& comment here with the links! (up to 3 entries for posting on each)
Winner will be chosen on Friday, April 23rd at 11:00pm (MST).
Any entries received after this time will not be considered. Open to US residents only.
Winner will be chosen using random.org
P.S. Don't forget to enter our other FABULOUS GIVEAWAYS going on now!
Custom tank/tee from Modern Frills
Custom Crown from True Love Found
ENTER TO WIN NOW!
Enter up to 7 times by doing each of the following!
Make sure to leave a separate comment for each action that you complete!
1. Hop over to the True Love Found SHOP,
come back & leave a comment with your favorite item!
2. Visit True Love Found BLOG, follow & leave a comment here that you did.
3. Become a fan of The TomKat Studio on Facebook
& leave a comment here that you are a fan (or already are!)
4. Follow The TomKat Studio on Twitter
& leave a comment here that you are a follower (or already are!)
5. Post about this giveaway on your own Blog, Facebook Page and/or Tweet about it
& comment here with the links! (up to 3 entries for posting on each)
Winner will be chosen on Wednesday, April 21st at 11:00pm (MST).
Any entries received after this time will not be considered. Open to US residents only.
Winner will be chosen using random.org
P.S. Don't forget to enter the giveaway for a custom tank/tee from Modern Frills HERE!
I first "met" Kristina from Modern Frills when she offered to send a birthday shirt for sweet Kate McRae (read here). When I received the shirt, it was beautiful! The snowflake design required very intricate details and she did an amazing job. When she offered to create a new design for my Kate's Fairy Garden birthday party, I jumped at the opportunity!