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"Sometimes you gotta lose...to win again!" - Fantasia

On Today's episode of Be Touched...

Sometimes it's hard to let go of something that isn't right for you, whether it's a job, relationship or situation, we tend to hold on to things that no longer work for us. It's said that we have a "no-quitter" gene in us that makes us fight to the end and while that may be true, what happens when we absolutely know it isn't right for us? We hold on anyway. 

Other times, the things we are losing are out of our complete control. We lose a job because we get laid off, a relationship fails because the other person had us in the dark, or a situation happens unexpectedly like a natural disaster. I think it is in these times, that we must learn to lose to win again.

Losing isn't the end all to everything. Personally, and I don't usually go personal on my business blog, but I've gone through a few setbacks the last few months which made me abandon all of my followers and even clients but I took it as a time of reflection for my company, my family and most importantly myself. I learned what I wanted and needed more than ever and that was to "Inspire" so I started my new company focus "Life Redesigned" as many of you have read in my "What's New With Touched" blog post.

My company goals are simple: to inspire each and every one of you to not only design your interior space but redesign the things that can potentially make you happy. Topics include Design Tips, Event Designs, Beauty Tips, Health & Fitness Tips and Stories and Articles to Inspire your Inner Beauty and my ultimate goal of Paying it Forward. I want you to travel through our blog and website like the pages of a magazine - finding inspiration for every part of life. 

Since my team and I have been working on the 30 Day Ultimate Blog Challenge, we have decided to stay as much as possible to that goal but this time we will only do 5 days a week. Our weekends are usually client and shopping meetings but we will try to post at least what we shop for..take you along with us on our shopping day as we did last Saturday on our Weekend Wayfarers: Shop with Touched blog post. Can't wait to share with you three amazing designs and coincidentally ALL with the Paris theme. How did that happen? :)

I hope that whatever you are losing out on becomes a time of reflection for you and you feel like you are able to move on from it. There's no way out of the bottom than going up. Meditate, go for a nice long walk, make a plan for learning to live with what you've just lost, put on your nicest clothes, throw on some makeup and most importantly, smile through the tears!! Your pain on the inside will eventually catch up to the smile on the outside.

"Smile...IT WON'T MESS UP YOUR HAIR!

As always, please take a minute to subscribe using the form down below to Stay Touched! Visit our website for design services, portfolios and our shop collections. 

Lighting is an extremely important component in completing a space. When done properly, it can give form to a room, warm a dark corner, highlight a favorite piece of art, or create just the right mood. In a bedroom, the right lighting can go from dark and gloomy to sexy in a matter of watts. :P Choose lighting by your bedside that can go from reading to ...well, you know!

A headboard is the statement piece in any bedroom.Without one, a room looks undone and a tad bit juvenile. Go for an oversized headboard in a fabric that can go with any bed sheets and color palette such as beige, natural grays and soft hues. 

You don't have to use a traditional headboard. Anything as long as its paired correctly, will work to make the area around your bed pop - thus creating an elegant space. Use picture frames (pictured below) or even hang a curtain with a rod behind your bed.(pictured above!)

If you missed it: Read our full article "Slip into Something Sexy: Your Bedroom Makeover" for a step-by-step guide on how to transform your bedroom from drab to fab! 

Question for you: Do you have a headboard in your bedroom?

According to nationalbreastcancer.org, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. That's an alarming huge percentage! In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, we here at Touched have rounded up our best "pink" articles. If you haven't already, click on the pic to read our COVER STORY!  We designed the girliest "Pink" Party for a client with pink cakes, diamonds and tiaras. It was a girltastic extravaganza! My inspiration was of course the beautiful and incomparable, Marilyn Monroe. Click on the pic to see the full Blog post on how we designed this Girly Bash. We also designed this very Pink and Gray baby shower. It was so much fun to create. Client gave us her colors and we ran with the theme.  Click on the pic to see the full Blog post on how we designed this beautiful baby shower. My husband has designed this wonderful Shimballah bracelet for breast cancer awareness month. Isn't he talented? There's only one slight problem: he is only selling ONE! Or is he? To order, drop me a note at kgstyle@gmail.com $20 I hope you enjoyed this short but sweet post! We are thinking of ALL of you who have experienced breast cancer or know someone who has. It's tough but we as a human race have a right to help others who are less fortunate than us whether in health, wealth or in anything. That's why I started the PAY IT FORWARD section of our company. We haven't put it in gear just yet but give us some time and we will have the donation button up for you!  Whatever little you have that you may think is little to you, can do a world of difference to someone in need. Once donations start pouring in, we will donate the money to a family in need to help pay a hospital bill, a utility bill, rent..anything!!  Would you help us by donating? If so, please subscribe at the bottom of this page to stay in the know when the Pay it Forward section will be up and running.! Thanks so much for the support!!!  WE CAN ALL MAKE A DIFFERENCE! THANKS FRIENDS!

READ THIS TODAY TO MAKE YOUR TOMORROW BETTER! :) 

"I LOVE MONDAYS!" Said No ONE EVER!! 

But it's inevitable. Why do we hate it so much? Well, it's a day that breaks up a good thing. 
The day that gets us right back into our routine - right back into the 'ol 9-5. Right back to 
school lunches and work meetings and makes us forget the lovely time that was the 
weekend!!! It's no wonder our hatred for this day has been known as "The Monday Blues!" 


Is there something that you can do for this day not to feel like a drag?! But of course, there
is!!  Go ahead and click on the title "Beat the Monday Blues" to read the full article on our 
website. So please hop on over!!

Question for you: How do you beat the 

Monday Blues?

OUR DAY IN PICTURES, SHOPPING AND FINDING INSPIRATION IN EVERYTHING! 

ENJOY!!!! 

The Red and White Room...looks really monotone. Can you find my Waldo aka my husband in the pic?

Love this chair. Looks very masculine but can be made girly by adding a nice cashmere throw and a fluffy pillow.

Accessories are my favorite things to shop for. The best part of it is that they don't have to be expensive to create a room's finishing touches - they just have to be unique and speak to you! Love the candle holder with the lamp applique. So chic! The butterfly mirrored box can look great on a vanity to hide some of a girls essential things! 

Love when pieces have an antique feel to them! You can create a boy's basketball room with pieces like these but if your husband sees it, he's going to demand a MAN CAVE!

Besides home design, I LOVE LOVE architecture and this City Hall Building in St.Cloud in my opinion is just gorgeous! 

I believe we found Dory and Nemo...!

Random purchases by yours truly! Some new kicks for my workouts...cute socks supporting breast cancer month, some cool new shade and 2 foundations! Been wanting to try the L'Oreal Nude Magic or Magic Nude Foundation.Heard a lot about it and the Urban Decay Naked Skin is a repurchase because I love it that much!! 

Hope you enjoyed this new series on our blog as we take you with us shopping!! Let us know below if you'd like to see more Weekend Wayfarers episodes! 

Have a fantastic weekend! 

Top 10 Concealers by khloedesigndiva featuring a mac cosmetics concealer

We want you to get a bigger feel of everything that is Touched!! So please hop on over to 
read the full article on each of these AMAZING concealers. 
You can post your comments there!

Thanks for visiting!!! 

A lot has been going on since our last full blogging schedule. We've added a "touch" less color to our blog and simplified our look! Hope you like it.  Our most exciting piece of information is that our company has a NEW FOCUS!! We've taken the bits and pieces of everything you love about life and boiled it up into one website.  Look to our website for inspirations in Home and Event Design, Health & Fitness, Beauty Tips and Inspirations for a daily life. Our website will be a go-to place for quick inspirations for redesigning your home using details, health and fitness tips such as our favorite green recipes, articles on how to "redesign" your total happiness by helping you cope with the Monday Blues and beauty articles on the TOP 10: Concealers.  We call this "new" focus: At our website, we do still sell pretty cute and unique home decor pieces at our store but now we have smaller, more curated collections.  The blog will still be our go - to for design tips.  Our theme this month is Fall Decor - so stay tuned every MONDAY for advice on how to decorate your home, outdoor space or event for the beautiful colors and feel that is AUTUMN.  Spend your entire October here and interact with us as we take you along on an interesting all around journey through our new topics...on our blog and on our website! Make sure to subscribe at the bottom of this page to stay in the loop. Here's a few quick links for you: Articles Touched Home: It's All in the Details Touched Home: October Breast Cancer Month: Is Pink the New Black? Touched Beauty Lounge: The Vanity Touched Beauty Lounge : Top 10 Concealers Be Touched: How To Beat the Monday Blues Touched Health: Fav Green Juices Pages Collections Inspire Our Story Design Services eDesign Please take a moment and visit our articles, our page, look around our blog and interact with us. We'd love to read your feedback!

HELLO SUMMER!!! 

We're excited to announce our new Beauty Lounge is opening soon...but most importantly we've got a fun SUMMER giveaway!  

Some of you may or may not know that I have a personal blog on diet, fitness, beauty & fashion - and so keeping things separately, I wanted to focus the giveaway and beauty related blog post on my iChange blog. 

But back to the Beauty Lounge - it will be part of our Touched online home decor store. We will be selling a lot of beauty related home items to pretty up your "beauty lounge" (as I like to call it) or vanity or girl cave.....  The Beauty Lounge will officially open on June 22nd but our store has been open for some months now. 

What do we sell?

Home accessories like unique and witty pillows, cool storage jars for your kitchen, decorative knobs, mirrors and wall art, and cute bath accessories! Shop now! 

Now on to the GIVEAWAY!!! To enter, please follow the link here and it will take you to the Summer Essentials: What's in My Beach/Pool Bag post. ..or you can click on the giveaway pic to the right of the blog! 

Keep it locked here for more Summer Decor blog posts throughout the month of June. Next week, we will touch on summer colors for your home!!  

As always....

Welcome once again to our Featured Item Fridays. This week's featured item or items is our new home for our EVENT ESSENTIALS. We've moved our Inspiration Boards, Party in a Box, and custom invitations from our Etsy Shop to our newly created website at Touched. 

Our EVENT ESSENTIALS include custom invites, custom inspiration boards for your events from small birthday parties to weddings, bachelorette party t-shirts, our cake designer and more. We offer the same benefits as our Etsy shop in that if you email us prior to placing your order, we will respond within 24 hours. 

Thanks for all of your support as we launch our website, Touched, for all of you! 

If you don't know already, Touched by KG Style Designs is an online store specializing in unique home decor and home furnishings. It is also home to our interior design and event services as well as our portfolio. Please take a look around, bookmark us, and please do share it with everyone you know. 



Many thanks to each and every one of you!!! 








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