Everything's coming up pink and brown roses

The latest artwork, and the last in a line of several pink and brown paintings I have done recently, was this tree-inspired piece for baby Adalynn's Room.  Her room was decorated in the CoCaLo Mia Rose line, and was accented with pink and brown dots, flowers and butterflies.

Pink and brown are definitely the colors for decorating little girl's rooms these days.  And I can see why.  It's quickly becoming one of my favorite color schemes!

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And, on a completely unrelated note, this weekend, I finally got around to selecting a winner for last month's Le Petit Prince giveaway.  Those of you who were waiting with baited breath... I hope you'll excuse the delay (too many pots on the stove these days).  

Without further ado, congratulations to Danielle, at My Life in Jenga.  You have a message waiting for you, with information on how to claim your paintings!

Hellooo Kitty!

My latest project, Mika's Room, was a fun one to do!

Mika's nursery was decorated in shades of pink and chocolate, to coordinate with the pink and brown mod dots bedding by JoJo Designs.  Her parents chose a Hello Kitty theme for their little one's nursery.

To celebrate little Mika's Japanese, Hawaiian and mainland backgrounds, we designed three coordinating paintings.  The first, a kimono-clad Hello Kitty has the Kanji word "love" written across the top.  The second painting has the word "ohana" (Hawaiian for "family") above a luau-themed kitty.  And the third painting has the word "sisters" written above a big and little Hello Kitty, representing Mika and big sister.

Congratulations to Mika's parents, and to the soon-to-be big sister!

Ideas to inspire: A pink and brown modern nursery

In case you've missed it, pink and brown seem to be the "new black" when it comes to decorating baby girl nurseries.  I see it popping up everywhere.

Today's inspiration nursery is a nice illustration of how to do it really well.

Late at night, when I should be sleeping, I sometimes hop around on different parenting blogs.  One I really like is Harper's Happenings, written by a mom named Mandy.  If you haven't checked it out, there are some touching and entertaining reads on there.  And even though the Type-A in me secretly wants to go through and capitalize all of her sentences, I find myself drawn back pretty regularly to her blog.

Anyway, Mandy has some pictures of little Harper's nursery posted on her blog, with some great inspiration ideas.

The pink and brown color combination helps set the stage.  It's feminine and classic, but the taupe on the walls adds a modern, contemporary look that keeps it from being too frilly.

I also like the tree wall decal that adorns one of the corners.  She's hung a little birdcage hook from one of the tree branches, which really completes the look.

My favorite thing, though, is probably the paper lanterns hanging in the corner above the crib.  I imagine most babies would be fascinated by them.  Perhaps they would help them drift off to sleep and dream of giant pink gumballs.  I've written before about using found objects in unexpected places for effect, and this is a great example of that.

If you'd like to see more, you can read the full post as told through Mandy's eyes here.