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A Pinteresting Challenge ~ Spring Tablescape
Happy Monday, friends!! I’m so excited to be joining an amazing group of talented bloggers, for another Pinterest Challenge, hosted by Cindy, County Road 407. This month’s inspiration picture, comes from Lisa’s Instagram account, @asimplystylednest. Isn’t it so cute!!! If you’re coming from My Wee Abode, I’m sure that you were so inspired by all the spring beauty that she created!! I know that I sure was! Now on to my spring tablescape…. While keeping the inspiration picture in mind, I created a tablescape that has some of the same elements, a bunny, eggs, and flowers, but made it a little more “me”, just a little more wild and free.I…
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Checking things off my checklist, project #1
Happy Friday, y’all!! So you might remember the list of five nagging projects that needed to be finished, that I shared with y’all last Friday… One down (coffee table), just four more to complete! Doesn’t it always feel so good to check things off of your “to do” list? It always makes me feel so accomplished! Here’s the table, as it sat last week, complete with sharpie marks, peeling paint, pen/pencil marks, etc…When I originally got this table from a thrift store, the top was bright yellow. At the time, my youngest wasn’t even two years old yet, I didn’t have much time for projects, so I just gave it…
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Favorite Things Thursday ~ Faux vs Real
Hope y’all are having a good week! While I am patiently waiting for spring to arrive, I have been adding a few spring touches here and there. My favorite thing to use when decorating….flowers! When adding flowers to your decor, do you prefer faux or real flowers? Hands down, I prefer real flowers. There isn’t anything like the real thing. Their natural movement and beauty is hard to recreate. But, I must admit, I have been seeing faux flowers around Instagram and blog land, that have made me rethink my exclusive love for fresh flowers. I recently found these faux lavender plants at Walmart (I would give you the link,…
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Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop 319
Welcome to our blog party! Most of you are well-versed in how blog hops work. If you are new to blog hops, though, this simple definition of a blog hop may help. A blog hop is an online event where bloggers share links to their best posts. Guests also come by and look through the list of posts, visiting the ones they like the most. They may find a really great recipe to save or a creative idea (DIY, craft project, home decor, etc) to try, get some money making tips and on and on. You do NOT have to be a blogger to enjoy a blog hop. If you…
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Top Shelf Clearance Challenge ~ March
Happy Monday, friends!! Hope y’all had a wonderful weekend!!! I’m so excited for this month’s clearance challenge. I actually had my clearance items bought, and styled on my kitchen shelves about a week ago, I was ahead of the game for once. But every time I walked passed the shelves, something just felt off, and I could not figure out what it was I wasn’t loving. So, of course, I decided on Saturday night, that I would go out and try to find something else on clearance that I could use. Turns out, Target is having a HUGE clearance event right now. There was so much on sale/clearance. What did…
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Five on Friday ~ five most nagging, unfinished projects
Happy Friday, friends!!! You know those days when you look around your house, and you realize…”I sure have a lot of projects that I have started, and really should finish!”? Well, I have a lot of projects like that. So, today, Tara and I have decided that we would each share five projects that we have started, and are determined to finish soon. Here are my five….. #1 Mud RoomSo, you might remember, last year, when I did a little makeover in here. I loved the dark, moody green color, and was sure that I would love it for a long time to come. Well, every time my little brother…
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Favorite Things Thursday ~ Gold Leaf
Happy Thursday, friends! Today I’m sharing something that I love to use, when I want to add just a touch of gold to something. Using gold leaf sheets is so easy to do, and it adds such a sweet, delicate gold detail, I love it!!This is the gold leaf that I use. SOURCE. It is seriously so easy to use. Start by brushing the area that you want to gold leaf, with a little Elmer’s glueThen lay a piece of the gold leaf on the area that you just applied the glue.Press the gold leaf onto the glued area. Let dry, I usually only wait a minute or two, because…
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Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop 318
Welcome to our party! We are so glad you are here. Please join us in welcoming our three NEW blog hop cohosts!!! Brittany (The Snyder Family), Colleen (Bakes and Blunders) and Tara (Stillettos and Shiplap) Every week the posts you share with us will now appear on 10 popular blogs! It is our delight to give you a place to show off your work. We would love it if you followed us on social media and/or come by our blogs to subscribe by email. BAKES AND BLUNDERS [Colleen] – FACEBOOK I INSTAGRAM I PINTEREST DUCKS ‘N A ROW [Sinea] – FACEBOOK I INSTAGRAM I PINTEREST I TWITTER ECLECTIC RED…
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Foraging Happiness ~ DIY Bird Nest
Happy Monday, lovelies!!! How was your weekend? We have had some really nice, spring like weather lately, until Sunday that is, when it snowed all day! Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the snow, and all of its beauty, but I can hardly wait for spring to arrive!! Warmer weather, sunny days, birds chirping, flowers blooming, kids running and playing outside, and so much more! In my anticipation for spring to arrive, my little boys and I went around the yard foraging a few things to make some spring birds nests.Obviously this isn’t all foraged. We also stopped by Michael’s to get some grapevine nests, and a few faux flowers/greenery.…
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Five on Friday ~ my top refinishing must haves
Happy, happy Friday y’all!! I am so excited for the weekend!! Y’all know that the weekend is when I get to spend some time working on my current projects. And, nothing makes my creative heart happier, than a good project. Today, I have teamed up with Tara from Stilettos and Shiplap, and we are each going to share with y’all our top five refinishing must haves. •My current, number one, obsession when it comes to refinishing furniture is chalk paint. I seriously waited so long to get on the chalk paint band wagon. I have always been a girl how likes to be original, and not go with the trends.…
