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French Vintage Friday ~ architectural salvage
Happy Friday, friends!! Hope you’re all doing well!! Today, for French vintage Friday, I’m sharing my love for architectural salvage. All of the intricate details that went into building old homes, has always spoken to my soul! So much beauty! It’s always so exciting to find a lovely piece that came from one of these old homes! I love this sweet little piece of antique molding, that I glued onto a basket, to fill with old dishes! It’s all about the small details for me!!! The piece (in the picture below), next to the cow, came from the top of an old fence post, a baluster, or something. Whatever it…
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Blooming branches ~ spring entryway
Happy April y’all!! While the world around us is all out of whack, I have found myself on an emotional rollercoaster. Some days I feel empowered to make the most of the situation that we have been given, enjoying every moment at home and being with my sweet boys, while and other days, I feel so discouraged and overwhelmed by all of the unknown. How are you doing with it all? Today, I choose happiness!! And what can be happier than fresh spring branches! I created a this entryway display using things that I had on hand, and these beautiful fresh blooms! I have always thought of yellow as one…
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The art of staying at home and surviving “social distancing”
Happy Saturday, friends!! I hope you are well, and having a wonderful weekend! Today, Tara and I are sharing a few things that we have been doing to survive, and even enjoy, being home during this crazy time. Just because we are all socially distancing, doesn’t mean that we have to be on complete lock down, and feel like prisoners. Find something that you can do, with the current circumstances, that will bring you joy, and take full advantage of it, everyday! For my littles and I, it is getting outside, enjoying nature, and being creative! Here are a few things that we’ve been up to…. Today, we spent the…
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Thrifted Treasure ~ living room refresh
Happy Sunday y’all! I hope you all are having a lovely day! Today, for our monthly thrift store challenge, I am joined by two of my sweet blogging friends. Their links are at the end of this post, so be sure to check them out too! This month, it’s was a little different preparing for this challenge. I am an extremely last minute type of gal. I am usually running to the store to grab a few last minute things, decor, fresh flowers, etc. While preparing for this challenge, I was determined not to go to the store for a single item, and I succeeded!! Yay! Here is my living…
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French Vintage Friday ~ vintage flower frogs
Happy Friday, friends! I hope y’all are doing well, staying healthy, happy, and safe! Today, I am sharing something that I use all the time in my decor, old flower frogs! They are the perfect card holders! I just love these little cuties! And to think, they’re made for flower arrangements, I LOVE flowers and making arrangements, and yet I’ve never used them for their intended purpose. Kinda funny! I hope y’all have a lovely spring day, full of sunshine! Now, let’s hop over to Tara’s blog to see what she is sharing today! Simply click on the picture below… I am thinking of you all, and continue to keep…
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Bloom where you are planted ~ spring shelfie
Happy Thursday, friends!! Yesterday was a big day for us, my boys all started online school! On Tuesday night, I told my kids to do their best to sleep in the next morning, that way we could all be rested for our first day of home school. We even stayed up really late so they’d want to sleep in, but we were hit with an earthquake that ruined that! Yep, that’s right, Utah had an earthquake on Wednesday morning that woke us all up! It was an exciting start to our first day of online school. I have to say, I am super impressed with how the teachers have worked…
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Song Birds and Spring Flowers
Hi friends!!! How are y’all handling all of this craziness? It’s hard to know exactly what to think all of this. I stocked up on groceries over the weekend, and have no plans of leaving my house for a while. School has been canceled, but nothing has been sent out about what to do for homework, so we spent most of our day outside, enjoying the nice spring weather!And, of course when I’m home, I’m usually creating, because it brings me so much happiness! So while my boys were playing with their legos, I put together a fun little centerpiece for my table… Ever since I built this table riser,…
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Fresh eucalyptus and rose wreath
Happy Sunday, friends!!! First of all, thank you so much for all of the love on this wreath that I made! After showing it on my hutch the other day, I got several questions about it. So today, I wanted to quickly show y’all how I made it. It was so super easy to make!! Start with a grapevine wreath …. I used this 24 inch grapevine wreath. Gather some greenery and florals. I LOVE using fresh, but faux would look amazing too. I used two bunches of fresh eucalyptus (one bunch of seeded, one regular) and one bunch of fresh pink spray roses, all of which I bought from…
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Old Stoneware
Happy Saturday, lovelies!!! Today, I’m so excited to be joining some sweet bloggers in a fun blog hop, hosted by Cindy, at County Road 407. We are each sharing how we use old stoneware/crocks in our decor. This may come as a surprise to some of you that know how much I adore antiques and vintage treasures, but I own just three pieces of stoneware! It’s something that I love, but just haven’t started collecting yet. Today, I introduce you to my three pieces of stoneware… They are all sitting happily on the shelves in my kitchen. My favorite of the three, is this blue spatter crock… It is the…
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French Vintage Friday ~ antique buffet turned hutch
Happy Friday, friends!! How’s everything in your neck of the woods? Is it crazy town, everyone scrambling to prepare for the Corona Virus? It’s starting to get more and more crazy here! The shelves at the stores are empty, and the schools are going to half days so the teachers can prepare for closures. It’s craziness out there! I am such a home body, so I will happily stay home for the next few weeks! Today, I am sharing one of my most beloved pieces of furniture, this hutch that I built last year. I started with the bottom piece. It is an antique buffet that came from Europe. I…
