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Now filed away in the “Things I Can’t Believe” category, we celebrated Emma’s third birthday last week. Three, y’all. Wasn’t it just yesterday that she looked like this? The time definitely passes more quickly with the second child.

She is still sleeping in her crib, but I know it’s time to move her into a “big girl” bed. For several years now, I’ve dreamed of painting a vintage bed in a bright shade of green and doing something fun in her room. I’m ready to move past the calm and serene nursery and onto something that better reflects her personality – which is neither calm nor serene.

There are tons of beautiful girls bedding options for girls. As I was looking through them, the thing that struck me the most was that they are all mostly pink. Or light blue, light green or lavender. But really, mostly pink. And ruffled. I have absolutely nothing against pink bedding or pink walls (or ruffles), but I don’t think pink would look great with our dreamy bright green vintage bed.

In case any of you are on the lookout for non-pink bedding that is still appropriate for a little girl, I put together my top 10 picks of girls bedding options that aren’t pink. Some of them have a little pink in the pattern, but they don’t scream Shelby’s wedding in Steel Magnolias.

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I’m back from a fantastic trip to the Haven Conference. It was a fun time with good friends, late nights/early mornings and lots and lots of dancing.

At the conference, Mandi (Vintage Revivals), Ashley (The Handmade Home) and I taught two classes on the topic of Designing Outside of the Box. The three of us are known for our over-the-top decorating styles, so you know our class was going to be the same. We laughed a lot, forced the attendees to dance and even bawled on the second day (we were moved when talking about how women feel so empowered when they learn to trust themselves). It was, quite frankly, the greatest presentation in the history of blogging conferences.

Although we presented the material in a funny way, we were really serious about our main tenets – mainly that we wanted everyone to embrace the power in being comfortable in their design decisions and to keep reaching past that comfort zone. Because 99% of you weren’t able to be there, I thought I’d touch on our main points so that you could benefit from them as well.

Your Relationship With Comfort

Finding your own decorating voice requires your ability to accept two things: the comfort in your own ideas and the comfort in what other people think about your ideas. As you create your own style and move past recreating favorite rooms from magazines and following trends, you’ll find that you have to trust in yourself and find comfort in your ability to pull off the creative room you see in your mind. And the more often you push yourself, the easier and quicker it will be to find comfort in your own crazy ideas.

Beyond finding comfort in your own ideas, you also need to be comfortable with other people’s opinions of your work. The more you push the limits in your decorating style, the more naysayers you will likely hear. As bloggers who put their crazy ideas out there for the world to see, Mandi, Ashley and I have had our fair share of negative comments about our designs. But because we are so comfortable in our own ideas, we are comfortable enough to hear all sorts of opinions and just let the negative ones roll off our backs. It may take a while to get to this point, but you will get there as long as you trust in yourself….

Ten Girls’ Bedding Options that aren’t PINK!

Trust Yourself. Take a Chance. Stay Scared.

Your Relationship With Comfort