The big reveal...

Attention loyal blog stalkers! I am coming to you live & in purple pursed heaven from....

MY.NEW.OFFICE!

Couldn't you just DIE?!?!?!?! Ok-here's how the day went down... B-rad had been working at the barn all week & never had a chance to get my new desk put together. Sooooo, he had to do it whilest 5 women tried to work around him putting up border. He did really well. He didn't even yell at anyone...

Tracey (my Premier Great-grandma) & my step-mom/buddy Rose came up for the grand occasion too!

There was much discussion & planning about how to do the border. Of course, I had no clue what was going on so I just stood back & took pictures. We all have our roles...

Rose & Brenda had this border thang down. They were gals with a plan!

Gerilee was feeling a bit useless so she wanted to 'act' like she was involved in the planning process. Notice the intensity of the ones who were actually planning in the background?

Once the plan was settled, they let Gerilee help...

I tell ya, I would've been lost without Rose. This gal is good with a tape measure. She helped keep everyone on task, too. Sometimes we (not me...) have a tendency to drift from the task at hand & that Rose is a slave driver. She kept them all on task. (I would've totally helped but I had no clue what tasks needed to be kept...) Love you, Rose!

Gerilee got the air bubbles & glue off the walls after Tracey & Rose put the border up.

Sparky decided it was all too much work for him. He laid outside the office window curled up in the landscaping & snoozed.

B-rad still hard at work on my gargantuan desk...

HEY! There I am! I told ya I helped. Well, helped may be stretching it. I stood there. And waited for Rose to instruct me. "Fold that over." "Take one step back." I was a good listener!

Once the border was finished & B-rad had the desk all in place, we started on the curtain. I had just wanted a sheer valance thingie. We found a really cute sheer black panel at Target with black dots. We thought we could make it like a scarf & drape it but it wasn't long enough. I have to hand it to Gerilee - her creativity gene really kicked in & she made serious lemondae outta this lemon... Voila! Isn't it cute? I like it because you can see the dots! Then we laid the black boa they gave me when I won the makeover over the top. It just kinda makes it fuller looking!

So the time has finally come...to show you the dreaded before pictures. Now-ya'll know I have no shame, but I'm not gonna lie... this is embarassing. It's sad, really that we let our office/game room get so far outta hand. But it is what it is. And without further adieu...

Before:AFTER!

Before:AFTER! (Oh yea, the Barbies made it to the big time!) The table is going to house my jewelry. I can sit my showcases there & get it outta my bedroom! I also have some circle mirrors to hang above the table. B-rad's gotta help me with that...Sonny had to figure out what the heck was going on in this room! He approved the desk, thank goodnes... (Also please notice the lamps & the shades...I am gonna blow.your.mind in a minute!)

Here's the makeover crew! Tracey, Gerilee, Brenda, Rose & Moi!

Now I'm gonna share some of my favoritest parts of the room:

Exhibit A - the inspiration! Brenda bought me this little post it dispenser a while back. When I was trying to decide what to do in the office (besides purple...duh, that was given...) I ran across this one day & I was like, "OH! I could do purses!"
Exhibit B - The purple feathers on the lamp. I came up with idea (which is truly shocking...). Rose & I went shopping Saturday night after everyone left to get a few odds & ends. We found this at Hobby Lobby for $2.99. They had the adhesion on the back so I just had to 'stick em'. Rose reluctantly trusted me to do this all by myself. And look at me, I did it! (The pen holder underneath was Rose's idea. She said my plain wood square pen holder was embarassing & she tossed it. We found this one at TJ Maxx for $2.99.)

Exhibit C - Magnetic board on the closet door. I had thought of putting it on the wall behind me but Rose suggested the door. It's just to my right as I'm sitting at the desk so I can turn very easily & see whatever I have there! Exhibit D - Twilight series books. 'Nuff said...

Exhibit E - My flying monkeys sign from Little Nashville. Again, what else do I have to say?!

Exhibit F - Rose made me this cute thing! The bag is purple & then she put all these little inspirational sayings on sticks (& wrapped the sticks in purple. Don't ya just love it?!) I can look at it & feel better about myself when I'm feeling blue...

Exhibit G - This cheetah printed PURPLE rug. $19.99 from Target!

Exhibit H - Brenda bought me this canvas in Washington D.C. The purse is purple & matches the room perfectly! B-rad is gonna hang it right behind my desk!

Exhibit I - the closet has been recruited for the cause. You may remember my big ole cabinet we painted around? Well...after much discussion, we decided it would be a travesty to put that back in the room because it was so large it would hide much of my purse border. Blasphemy! So Gerilee suggested getting shelves for the closet to store all my 'stuff'. Rose & I found these shelf thingies at Old Time Pottery. The drawers can pull out. We bought 3 to stack on each other. They were $24.99 with an additional 20% off. We got 'em for $19.99 each.

Ahhhh, it feels so good to have it done. Of course I still have to go through the crap in my dining room & B-rad's room to find everything a new home. B-rad has to finish my closet shelves so I have a place to put all my jewelry stuff & office supplies. You guys would be really proud of me because when we cleaned out that cabinet yesterday I had to make difficult decisions. 'Keep of throw away?' I said, 'throw away' on a lotta stuff. I will have to try to make the same decision on the stuff in the dining room.

I really appreciate all my jewelry peeps spending the day with me yesterday making this all come together. I walk past the door & just look in & think, "YAY ME!" Sometimes I just walk in & look around. I really love my office now!