These are the sites/blogs I go to find inspiration!

* Thrifty Decor Chick -- this is such a fun site, lots of great DIY inspiration!

* The Sweet Survival
-- I really like her design sense

* Centsational Girl -- really great ideas and I love how organized she is so you can see what projects she has done!

* Young House Love --  love how they transform each room!

* JennaSue -- such pretty things!

Handy DIY sites


* The Letter Site-- for making those really cool letter signs, this has every imaginable picture of every letter

* The Paint Bio -- wow! This is really helpful to get an idea of what colors look like up on the wall and start narrowing down the millions of choices!

* In Plain View -- a great blog of GORGEOUS pictures

* Botanical Illustrations -- from Wiki commons; great selection of botanical prints

* Vintage Printable -- again a free site to download and print your own art!


Cooking Websites/Blogs


* Time for Chow-- another very yummy blog!

* The Piggly-Wiggly -- yummy, lots of desserts!

* BakingBlonde -- DE-licious recipes! (baking blog, if you didn't catch that)

*  What's Cookin' Chicago -- such great recipes, many different ethnic recipes too :)

*  Weekday Gourmet-- just discovered this one, looks yummy!

* Oishii -- delicious recipes!