Deleted my pictures folder and now I can't retrieve it...?

*slaps forehead* I lost all of my pics so I went to the start menu and searched for them.I found them,but instead of deleting some of the pics,I deleted the whole pictures folder.Now it's not even on the start menu or under documents.Someone said to retrieve it from the recycle bin. Well,I did that and it put my pics in my favorites folder.I still don't have my pictures folder.:/ Can anyone help me? Thank you. :)