Q. I've asked this, but I'm just going to put in the beginning, not the whole first chapter.
A cool night breeze bellowed through the leaves of the proud willow trees as Princess Kelsey traveled through the garden. She shivered and ran her hand through her auburn hair frustratingly. Princess Kelsey hurried her already fast pace as she pressed on through the abundant garden established after her brother's, Prince Lewis', mother's death.
Ever since she was a little girl, the garden was her palace, instead of the castle it was planted in. She would graze her finger tips across the standing brick wall that guarded the beautiful flowers. When she found a flower, of course the most beautiful like she, she would slowly pick it from the stem and skip away, later pressing it in an unused map book. The book overflowed with flower petals, pressed between the pages.
Princess Kelsey stopped when she reached an old cobblestone path that stretched before a wooden bench. Her eyes glanced from side to side as she tiptoed across.
She wasn't supposed to be out this late. She was supposed to be snuggly tucked into her queen sized canopy bed in her oversized bedroom. But, not one to follow rules, Kelsey had heard the garden beckoning her name, and she had to venture out.
It was that, and the fact that she was meeting twenty year old, James Darcy, her father's loyalist and highest ranked knight's handsome son.
Kelsey lowered her butt to the wooden bench, trying hard not to make it creak. If she did, the palace guards would be on her in no time. It was bad enough trying to make it across the castle without being spotted.
She nervously bit her bottom lip, and pleaded that James had remembered the meeting with the princess he had known all his life.
The two grew up together on the premises of the castle, with James' family living on the opposite end away from her own. Their mothers were both remarkably the most charming the kingdom of Armithia had seen live in the castle. Their fathers were the most accomplished and idolized men seen on the grounds of the kingdom.
Kelsey and James had taken a liking to each other the first time they met, even if James was six and she was four. Unlike her twin sister, Princess Louise, her and James had gotten along greatly where as James and Louise would quarrel endlessly.
Sometimes, though, after seeing her parents fight, she thought that was what love was supposed to look like. After years of pondering and before James would be sent off to gain his beginnings of knighthood, he had kissed her in the very garden she was sitting in. It had been magical, and at that moment, she knew he liked her and not her sister.
A cool night breeze bellowed through the leaves of the proud willow trees as Princess Kelsey traveled through the garden. She shivered and ran her hand through her auburn hair frustratingly. Princess Kelsey hurried her already fast pace as she pressed on through the abundant garden established after her brother's, Prince Lewis', mother's death.
Ever since she was a little girl, the garden was her palace, instead of the castle it was planted in. She would graze her finger tips across the standing brick wall that guarded the beautiful flowers. When she found a flower, of course the most beautiful like she, she would slowly pick it from the stem and skip away, later pressing it in an unused map book. The book overflowed with flower petals, pressed between the pages.
Princess Kelsey stopped when she reached an old cobblestone path that stretched before a wooden bench. Her eyes glanced from side to side as she tiptoed across.
She wasn't supposed to be out this late. She was supposed to be snuggly tucked into her queen sized canopy bed in her oversized bedroom. But, not one to follow rules, Kelsey had heard the garden beckoning her name, and she had to venture out.
It was that, and the fact that she was meeting twenty year old, James Darcy, her father's loyalist and highest ranked knight's handsome son.
Kelsey lowered her butt to the wooden bench, trying hard not to make it creak. If she did, the palace guards would be on her in no time. It was bad enough trying to make it across the castle without being spotted.
She nervously bit her bottom lip, and pleaded that James had remembered the meeting with the princess he had known all his life.
The two grew up together on the premises of the castle, with James' family living on the opposite end away from her own. Their mothers were both remarkably the most charming the kingdom of Armithia had seen live in the castle. Their fathers were the most accomplished and idolized men seen on the grounds of the kingdom.
Kelsey and James had taken a liking to each other the first time they met, even if James was six and she was four. Unlike her twin sister, Princess Louise, her and James had gotten along greatly where as James and Louise would quarrel endlessly.
Sometimes, though, after seeing her parents fight, she thought that was what love was supposed to look like. After years of pondering and before James would be sent off to gain his beginnings of knighthood, he had kissed her in the very garden she was sitting in. It had been magical, and at that moment, she knew he liked her and not her sister.
A. To be honest, no. Romance stories bore me to tears, although i know some people like it. i find the subject of princesses corny, almost cringeworthy, as the way people portray princesses in books is way over-glamouralised as really, the true Royals in real life have little more than a valuble bloodline. I feel the names "Louise" and "James" are thoroughly overused for situations like these (ie, princesses, knights) And although Kelsey is more original, I'm personally not a huge fan of the name. And it's really annoying when a character is referred to with their title ( I.e. PRINCESS louise, PRINCESS kelsey, PRINCE lewis) I find this immensely irritating, and feel that the character would be much more justly described if it was mapped out as something like "Kelsey did this or that, blah blah blah. Kelsey was a Princess." rather than constantly referring to her as "princess kelsey".
I'm sorry, because I know I've been really harsh on you. But I thought you mighht want my honest opinion rather than a pack of lies, and it's nothing personal or particularised towards your story, they're just my feelings about the topics in general. Other than the things I mentioned, your story's good. However, I would rather you refrain from saying "butt" as it's too informal for the subject. "Lowered herself" would be more appropriate in this setting :)
Good Luck!
I'm sorry, because I know I've been really harsh on you. But I thought you mighht want my honest opinion rather than a pack of lies, and it's nothing personal or particularised towards your story, they're just my feelings about the topics in general. Other than the things I mentioned, your story's good. However, I would rather you refrain from saying "butt" as it's too informal for the subject. "Lowered herself" would be more appropriate in this setting :)
Good Luck!
i want to paint my room...?
Q. purple and green are the colors. i have a fouton but not any like dressers or anything, a stereo this plastic thing and a t.v. how should i paint it, walls one color the furniture the other?
(i am getting furniture though)
so what is your idea.
i don't know what color it's gonna be maybe black, but i would paint it, or parts of it.
i just want a room that is nice to be in and relax in. and kind of a funky look to it.
(i am getting furniture though)
so what is your idea.
i don't know what color it's gonna be maybe black, but i would paint it, or parts of it.
i just want a room that is nice to be in and relax in. and kind of a funky look to it.
A. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/bedroom
go to explore all of our bed rooms now and that will give u some ideas i love the first room that shows its kinda a dark gray with them funky awesome curtains that will look good and also there is an eye at the bottom and it changes views click on them and it shows different things also u can see the different curtains to pick from his is a really nice store i hope u enjoy it. it sucks for me tho cause they dont have any stores in kansas and i love this website so i have to order offline but i LOVE it.
if uwant purple and green i would do either ur walls purple or green not both it will be too busy i would paint one color and bring in the other color with accents like pillows or paintings any decor wil be good. go to hobby lobby and find things in the colors like candles and maybe u could find a bed spread that u love i will look for one for u and post it on here when i find some nice ones
bed spreads
http://www.target.com/Dwell-Bloom-Comforter-Set-Queen/dp/B0015MUEPS this is nice u can get ur room colors from ur bed spreads
even a black comforter would be fine with some colored pillows...
http://www.domestications.com/Products/Bedding/Unknown+Product/28100/15061ESTD05/code=macs/D8CJDF&cm_ven=CJDF&cm_cat=Clearance-Bedding&cm_pla=Standard_ea&cm_ite=15061ESTD05
http://www.target.com/Contemporary-Home-Bamboo-Comforter-Set/dp/B0016AJBYO/qid=1233473978/ref=br_1_3/178-3831535-3293249?ie=UTF8&node=372864011&frombrowse=1&pricerange=&index=tgt-mf-mv&field-browse=372864011&rank=pmrank&rh=&page=6
http://www.target.com/Casual-Home-Comforter-Set-Lime/dp/B00198H59Q/qid=1233474029/ref=br_1_6/178-3831535-3293249?ie=UTF8&node=372864011&frombrowse=1&pricerange=&index=tgt-mf-mv&field-browse=372864011&rank=pmrank&rh=&page=9
and if u want ur room to be relaxing i would go for a canopy bed( if u havnt gotten one already) i would think about one of these they are nice and put some fabric/curtains on here the colors of ur room...
http://www.bedbathstore.com/cocabedwifr.html
http://www.studentmarket.com/asp/show_detail.asp?sku=PW3167&utm_source=PC15&utm_medium=shoppingengine&refid=BR211&utm_term=PW3167&
http://www.american-furniture-warehouse.com/nofrm/Detail/000186-black-sunburst-queen-canopy-bednf.html- and if u wanted to paint some of ur bed on the top of this one the spiral things come off( i ahve this bed) and i would paint them...
go to explore all of our bed rooms now and that will give u some ideas i love the first room that shows its kinda a dark gray with them funky awesome curtains that will look good and also there is an eye at the bottom and it changes views click on them and it shows different things also u can see the different curtains to pick from his is a really nice store i hope u enjoy it. it sucks for me tho cause they dont have any stores in kansas and i love this website so i have to order offline but i LOVE it.
if uwant purple and green i would do either ur walls purple or green not both it will be too busy i would paint one color and bring in the other color with accents like pillows or paintings any decor wil be good. go to hobby lobby and find things in the colors like candles and maybe u could find a bed spread that u love i will look for one for u and post it on here when i find some nice ones
bed spreads
http://www.target.com/Dwell-Bloom-Comforter-Set-Queen/dp/B0015MUEPS this is nice u can get ur room colors from ur bed spreads
even a black comforter would be fine with some colored pillows...
http://www.domestications.com/Products/Bedding/Unknown+Product/28100/15061ESTD05/code=macs/D8CJDF&cm_ven=CJDF&cm_cat=Clearance-Bedding&cm_pla=Standard_ea&cm_ite=15061ESTD05
http://www.target.com/Contemporary-Home-Bamboo-Comforter-Set/dp/B0016AJBYO/qid=1233473978/ref=br_1_3/178-3831535-3293249?ie=UTF8&node=372864011&frombrowse=1&pricerange=&index=tgt-mf-mv&field-browse=372864011&rank=pmrank&rh=&page=6
http://www.target.com/Casual-Home-Comforter-Set-Lime/dp/B00198H59Q/qid=1233474029/ref=br_1_6/178-3831535-3293249?ie=UTF8&node=372864011&frombrowse=1&pricerange=&index=tgt-mf-mv&field-browse=372864011&rank=pmrank&rh=&page=9
and if u want ur room to be relaxing i would go for a canopy bed( if u havnt gotten one already) i would think about one of these they are nice and put some fabric/curtains on here the colors of ur room...
http://www.bedbathstore.com/cocabedwifr.html
http://www.studentmarket.com/asp/show_detail.asp?sku=PW3167&utm_source=PC15&utm_medium=shoppingengine&refid=BR211&utm_term=PW3167&
http://www.american-furniture-warehouse.com/nofrm/Detail/000186-black-sunburst-queen-canopy-bednf.html- and if u wanted to paint some of ur bed on the top of this one the spiral things come off( i ahve this bed) and i would paint them...
how can I decorate my room like this?
Q. I want it like these rooms below badly how can I achive something similar like it http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romgir/romgirbpk/index.cfm?cm%5Ftype=lnav
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romgir/romgirmar/index.cfm?cm%5Ftype=lnav
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romgir/romgirisa/index.cfm?cm%5Ftype=lnav
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romgir/romgirflm/index.cfm?cm%5Ftype=lnav
where can I also get the items I dont wanna buy it at that place becuase its expensive
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romgir/romgirmar/index.cfm?cm%5Ftype=lnav
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romgir/romgirisa/index.cfm?cm%5Ftype=lnav
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romgir/romgirflm/index.cfm?cm%5Ftype=lnav
where can I also get the items I dont wanna buy it at that place becuase its expensive
A. I don't really know how your room looks like, or what would match with it, so I'll just give you a few options.
Beds:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-TWIN-PINE-POTTERY-AMERICAN-DAY-BED-TRUNDLE-WHITE_W0QQitemZ130244459700QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130244459700&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1308&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218595807265
http://cgi.ebay.com/Summer-Breze-White-Youth-Twin-Metal-Panel-Bed-Furniture_W0QQitemZ280253691278QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280253691278&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218595915500
Nightstands:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SHABBY-WOOD-NIGHTSTAND-WHITE-END-BED-SIDE-TABLE_W0QQitemZ360077290824QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item360077290824&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218595970218
Room Sets:
http://cgi.ebay.com/EXQUISITE-TWIN-SLEIGH-BEDROOM-SET-BED-WHITE-FULL-GIRLS_W0QQitemZ330259589324QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330259589324&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218596190015
http://cgi.ebay.com/PRINCESS-BOUQUET-PANEL-BED-TWIN-FULL-BEDROOM-FURNITURE_W0QQitemZ310073332870QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item310073332870&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218596347343
Celing Decorations:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MYSTERE-PINK-Princess-Bed-Canopy-Netting-Mosquito-Net_W0QQitemZ280253788701QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280253788701&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218596401359
http://cgi.ebay.com/Distressed-White-Metal-Chandelier-NEW-IN-THE-BOX_W0QQitemZ280254454933QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280254454933&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218596474562
Comferters:
http://cgi.ebay.com/11-PC-LACE-BORDER-COTTON-COMFORTER-SHEET-SET-QUEEN-PINK_W0QQitemZ140255989369QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140255989369&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218596694500
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250282135165&ih=015&category=45459&_trksid=p3286.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DK%252BD%252BC%26otn%3D3%26ps%3D5
Rugs:
http://cgi.ebay.com/POTTERY-BARN-PB-TEEN-FLOKATI-WOOL-RUG-PALE-PINK-8X10_W0QQitemZ290251832566QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item290251832566&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218596907078
If you can, paint your walls in a light color and put some white trim on your walls.
You can find many good deals on the internet, especially on ebay with a bit of searching.
Also you can find a lot of things for good prices at stores like Ikea, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Target, West Elm, and Marshells.
I hope that this helped :)
Beds:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-TWIN-PINE-POTTERY-AMERICAN-DAY-BED-TRUNDLE-WHITE_W0QQitemZ130244459700QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130244459700&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1308&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218595807265
http://cgi.ebay.com/Summer-Breze-White-Youth-Twin-Metal-Panel-Bed-Furniture_W0QQitemZ280253691278QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280253691278&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218595915500
Nightstands:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SHABBY-WOOD-NIGHTSTAND-WHITE-END-BED-SIDE-TABLE_W0QQitemZ360077290824QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item360077290824&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218595970218
Room Sets:
http://cgi.ebay.com/EXQUISITE-TWIN-SLEIGH-BEDROOM-SET-BED-WHITE-FULL-GIRLS_W0QQitemZ330259589324QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330259589324&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218596190015
http://cgi.ebay.com/PRINCESS-BOUQUET-PANEL-BED-TWIN-FULL-BEDROOM-FURNITURE_W0QQitemZ310073332870QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item310073332870&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218596347343
Celing Decorations:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MYSTERE-PINK-Princess-Bed-Canopy-Netting-Mosquito-Net_W0QQitemZ280253788701QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280253788701&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218596401359
http://cgi.ebay.com/Distressed-White-Metal-Chandelier-NEW-IN-THE-BOX_W0QQitemZ280254454933QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280254454933&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218596474562
Comferters:
http://cgi.ebay.com/11-PC-LACE-BORDER-COTTON-COMFORTER-SHEET-SET-QUEEN-PINK_W0QQitemZ140255989369QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140255989369&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218596694500
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250282135165&ih=015&category=45459&_trksid=p3286.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DK%252BD%252BC%26otn%3D3%26ps%3D5
Rugs:
http://cgi.ebay.com/POTTERY-BARN-PB-TEEN-FLOKATI-WOOL-RUG-PALE-PINK-8X10_W0QQitemZ290251832566QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item290251832566&_trkparms=72%3A1077%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218596907078
If you can, paint your walls in a light color and put some white trim on your walls.
You can find many good deals on the internet, especially on ebay with a bit of searching.
Also you can find a lot of things for good prices at stores like Ikea, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Target, West Elm, and Marshells.
I hope that this helped :)
Vintage-ish design help!!!?
Q. Okay so I am trying to redo my room in a vintagey formal elegant kinda feel. And I am painting my walls with a tiffany blue color and lavender accents with a pearly white trim. And I was looking for some kind of cool wallpaper ideas and/or pattern ideas for my comforter. And I have this pattern in my head that is kinda like used in dining rooms and is like a vintagey formal design... it looks kinda like a chandelier but like more flowery I guess. If anyone could give me a link to a site with that kind of pattern for wallpaper or a stencil or something. I think doing some kind of stencil work would be awesome and I was wondering if anyone could give me tips on patterns to go with for a vintage formal feel... and I want the wallpaper if someone finds me one to either be a whiteish cream or a silver if that's possible... maybe even a paintable one?? Thanks so much!!! Your help is GREATLY appreciated. And if you have any cool ideas on cool things to put in my room like decor wise that is also greatly appreciated!
P.S.... if anyone has any cool stencil ideas like for me to make or from a craft store that would be great too! I was thinking of using a stencil to make a border kind of on the wall if I can't find wallpaper. Thanks so much! Sorry I need so much help! lol. :]
P.S.... if anyone has any cool stencil ideas like for me to make or from a craft store that would be great too! I was thinking of using a stencil to make a border kind of on the wall if I can't find wallpaper. Thanks so much! Sorry I need so much help! lol. :]
A. This site has really great wallpaper designs that might be suitable for your design (the link shows a pink and black Jacobean floral that I had sent to someone else so you'd want to click on their other style tabs to search for patterns in your color ranges.)
http://totalwallcovering.com/Category/Wallpaper/Damask-Wallpaper/p20938~Large-Jacobean-Damask-Wallpaper.aspx
Doing an elegant wallpapered feature wall in a bedroom (usually behind the bed headboard) can be very effective. The leftover pieces of wallpaper can be used for accents, like covering a waste basket, creating mattes for framed pictures and on a desk or dresser under a glass top.
Another good source for vintage accessories is thrift stores and antique shops. Old lamps can be refreshed with new shades and fancy mirrors and picture frames can be painted. Small carved side tables can be painted a pale color and highlighted with silver or gold accents. Vintage shops are also great sources for elegant dresser sets like fancy hand mirrors, perfume bottles and jewelry boxes.
For bedding, scout the "off price" stores like Ross, TJ Maxx, Burlington and Marshalls home goods departments. I just picked up a beautiful queen duvet and shams set in a formal floral weave in tones of pale teal blue and milk chocolate tan for less than $23 (originally priced at over $160) at my local Ross. I have also recently bought very nice faux raw silk drapes at such stores for very good prices. They can be used on windows but also on a decorative rod on a wall above a bed for a semi-canopy look.
I have seen floral stencil and wall cutout sets at Joann Fabric and Michaels Craft stores.
http://totalwallcovering.com/Category/Wallpaper/Damask-Wallpaper/p20938~Large-Jacobean-Damask-Wallpaper.aspx
Doing an elegant wallpapered feature wall in a bedroom (usually behind the bed headboard) can be very effective. The leftover pieces of wallpaper can be used for accents, like covering a waste basket, creating mattes for framed pictures and on a desk or dresser under a glass top.
Another good source for vintage accessories is thrift stores and antique shops. Old lamps can be refreshed with new shades and fancy mirrors and picture frames can be painted. Small carved side tables can be painted a pale color and highlighted with silver or gold accents. Vintage shops are also great sources for elegant dresser sets like fancy hand mirrors, perfume bottles and jewelry boxes.
For bedding, scout the "off price" stores like Ross, TJ Maxx, Burlington and Marshalls home goods departments. I just picked up a beautiful queen duvet and shams set in a formal floral weave in tones of pale teal blue and milk chocolate tan for less than $23 (originally priced at over $160) at my local Ross. I have also recently bought very nice faux raw silk drapes at such stores for very good prices. They can be used on windows but also on a decorative rod on a wall above a bed for a semi-canopy look.
I have seen floral stencil and wall cutout sets at Joann Fabric and Michaels Craft stores.
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