Sheila O'Mara

Sassy Fashion Cents

Sponsored by:

Sheila O'Mara of Staged SO Right

and

Linda N. Lindsey of Bling & Fling

April 26, 2009 at 2pm

Brown-Pusey House

Tickets are on sale now for $12 and can be purchased at the following locations:

SpringHaven, inc.

Brown-Pusey House

Whitt's End, Home and Garden

Allure Hair Salon

All proceeds benefit SpringHaven, Domestic Violence Program and Shelter. Don't miss this fabulous opportunity to support this awesome service in our area and the surrounding eight counties!

All models are local women and girls that we know and love. Their clothing is provided by My Sisters and Second Look Consignment Shops. Discover how to "Look Fabulous on a Budget".

Watch as Linda Lindsey demonstrates "the Five-Minute Face" for those of you busy women looking to go from frumpy to fab in five minutes!

Accessories are the Ticket!! Watch as outfits are transformed completely by just changing out the accessories. Accessories provided by Whitt's End, Home and Garden. Don't change clothes - change your accessories to add more bang for your buck!!

DOOR PRIZES - FOOD - ENTERTAINMENT

SpringHaven scarves and jewlery will also be sold that day! Be the first to strut around in the SpringHaven accessories line with proceeds going to benefit the renovation project planned this summer.

Don't Delay - SEATS ARE LIMITED! Purchase your ticket today for this premiere Fashion Event to benefit SpringHaven, inc.

Are you as tired of winter as I am? I get so excited when I see daffodils popping up all over the place. As the temperatures rise, I get a bigger case of Spring Fever everyday.

With every change of season I get an itch to "Stage" my home's décor. Just like I change my wardrobe to reflect the season, I also try to change my home. As fall and winter approached, I changed to spice-scented candles, heavier fabrics for window coverings, thick blankets for my bed and pinecones and winter berries replaced my florals. I was thrilled to add touches of the winter season throughout my house, but now I am ready to Stage the house for Spring!

Spring is rapidly approaching and the warmer temperatures invite wonderful décor ideas on the inside and outside of the home. Before changing anything for Spring Staging, the first thing that must be done is SPRING CLEANING! That is right - those dusty baseboards, light fixtures, windows and windowsills all need a thorough cleaning. Get out the rags and dust mops and go to town eradicating dust bunnies and spider webs. As the sun begins to shine those fingerprints on the walls and dust on the baseboards become very apparent. I had a friend last week who started cleaning and ended up painting two rooms in her home to shake off the winter blahs. Sometimes a fresh coat of paint is just what is needed.

Once the cleaning is over, take stock of all that you have displayed. Can you lighten and brighten anywhere? Maybe change out throw pillows for something with a lighter color or spring theme? What about your linens? Is it time to change out the heavy comforters for lightweight quilts? Can you lighten up on the window treatments a bit? Light-weight fabrics on the windows will allow the sunshine you let in to invigorate and inspire you to lighten the load of your winter décor.

How about those candles? The scents of Christmas are not what you want to smell when you are planning your garden. Good scents for spring are anything floral or citrus. If it smells like something that will grow outside, chances are that will be a good scent for spring. Spring is all about the anticipation of new growth that sprouts from the decay of winter.

As the temperatures rise, we are drawn like magnets to the outdoors. It might be a little early still to plant flowers, but if you feel you must plant - keep it to containers that you can bring in at night in case of a frost. You get a punch of color and life, but aren't sacrificing planting too early - what a great compromise!

The one way to say "spring" louder than any other accessory is with flowers. There is nothing more spring-like than a bouquet of daffodils or tulips. That burst of color and fresh scent gives your home or office a dual sensory lift. Lilacs will be coming soon and the Forsythia bushes are starting to bloom. Trim off a couple of Forsythia branches, put in a vase and viola - instant appeal for spring!

There are countless ways to update for spring. If you would like more information and a live demonstration, attend the staging workshop, Stage It for Spring, held on March 26 at 7pm. The workshop is located at Whitt's End, Home and Garden in Cool Springs Plaza. It is free to the public and refreshments will be served. Discover some easy and affordable ways to Stage for Spring in your home!

As seen in The News Enterprise, Homes Section, March 20, 2009

Announcing a great Staging opportunity in Elizabethtown:

Stage It For Spring

Feeling the winter blues? Not yet excited about Spring? Does your winter decor have you at Whitt's End?

Don't fret - check out this fabulous FREE event!

Stage It For Spring

March 26, 2009

7pm

Whitt's End: Home and Garden

Cool Springs Plaza on Ring Road

Join me, Sheila O'Mara, of Staged SO Right for an evening of Staging demonstrations on how to inject Spring into your home decor.

Refreshments will be served.

10% discount will be given toward the purchase of any items made that evening.

Make the Winter Blues become Spring AHHs!

Looking forward to seeing you there - call 270-300-6045 with questions or for directions!

I have to give a big shout out to a great connection I have made in my community. I have the privilege of working with an amazing event coordinator that also happens to do a great job decorating cakes. Her name is Rebecca Reszka and her company is Social Solutions.

I usually take two cakes whenever I go to a presentation at a realtor's office. This was a marketing techniques that I learned of at the ASP course I took in July 2007. I tell the realtor that I will bring whatever flavor cake they choose. I take that request and then I call Rebecca and she works her magic.

Rebecca makes me two cakes, one decorated and one not. The one that isn't decorated usually has a bag of icing that is ready to decorate with lying next to the cake. (Everything needed to have chocolate cake without the aesthetic value.)

The decorated cake (symbolic of a house after staging has been completed) usually has gold piping along the sides and bottom and my company's name, Staged SO Right, piped in the middle. Sometimes she adds a few sparkles, but usually there are no graphics. This week however, she surprised me! She took the logo off of my business card and created it in icing on the cake.

I was so thrilled with the way it turned out. The pictures really don't do it justice because I took the photos at an odd angle and I am just not a good photographer. It really did look wonderful and looked just like my business card. I appreciate her attention to detail and she makes it so easy for me to refer her to other people. I have found a great partner here in Elizabethtown and hope you all can find someone just as wonderful to support your businesses.

I found this quote today and thought that it would be good to share.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." By Albert Camus.

Economic times being the way they are and the uncertainty of survival for many people, we must take heart in believing that we can survive. Not only can we survive, but we can muster all of the strength we have acquired and shine like the sun. Perservering through the darkness of the desolate and desperate times, we will be an example to those who may be faltering.

I see many people who have an "invincible summer" within them. Find them and learn from them. If you are one of them already - thank you for your inspiration and please continue to set an example.