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A Pinteresting Challenge ~ Spring Flowers
Happy Tuesday, friends!! How was your Monday? Monday’s here are usually quite chaotic…my boys have early out day from school on Mondays, and for whatever reason, there are always SO many practices and activities to drive them to and from, on Mondays. I’m always so glad when I have finally made it through Monday! So today, on this happy Tuesday, I am thrilled to be joining some very talented bloggers, for another Pinterest challenge, hosted by Cindy, at Country Road 407. This month our inspiration picture is this sweet little container, full of beautiful flowers, made by Tracey, from Tracey’s Trinkets and Treasures Here is what I have created…Is it…
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An Easy Easter Tablescape
Happy Friday, sweet friends!! This year for Easter, I am trying to get organized early, which includes setting my table now, instead of Easter morning. I have a horrible habit of saving all the fun things, such a setting the table, for the very last moments. It always turns into a stress, but not this year! This year, I have set my table early, so I could take my time and enjoy the process. This will also make it possible to enjoy every moment of Easter Day with my sweet boys, instead of hurrying around trying to finish everything up. I didn’t stray from my usual go tos for the…
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Top Shelf Clearance Challenge ~ April
Hi again, friends!! Y’all know how much I love our monthly clearance challenge! It’s so much fun to try to create something new, or add to something, using things that I find on clearance. I am always so much more creative, when I am forced to think outside the box. This month, I found a few clearance items that I will be able to use throughout the year. First, I found another vase on clearance at Target, for just $4.48! I also found a little crate/box at Hobby Lobby for less than $4! And two small metal urns at Michael’s for just a little more than $3 each! I painted…
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Hop Into Spring
Happy Monday, friends!!! I hope you had a wonderful, spring weekend! I’m so excited to start this week off with TWO fun blog posts today! What!!?? That’s right, two blog posts this morning! I have my monthly clearance challenge, that will be on my blog in a couple hours, and, also this fun spring blog hop, hosted by Amber, from Follow the Yellow Brick Home. If you are here from White Arrows Home, welcome!!! Spring is such a magical time, everything is fresh and renewed. The flowers are finally showing their lovely faces,9 after a long winters nap. Sweet new animals are being born. It’s one of my favorite times…
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An Easy Spring Inspired DIY
Happy Friday, friends!! You know that I love the weekend, because it means more time for projects! But first, before I started weekend-ing, I want to share with y’all this super easy, inexpensive spring DIY. When I think of spring, the first thing that I think of is flowers and nature. So, naturally I wanted to create something flower related. Also, this lamp that I just got, is one of my new favorites! All the sweet little animals on it, completely make me think, spring! When my sister and I saw it, we totally thought it looks like it would be at Anthropologie, but nope, it’s at Target, which means…
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DIY china cabinet/hutch
Happy Friday, friends!! I am beyond excited to show y’all the china hutch that I made, using this amazing antique buffet. I also used a bookshelf, that I built a few years ago, to house all of my boys’ books. I loved having all of their books, at the end of the hall, right by their rooms. Now that their playroom is done, I love having all the books in their playroom.After I emptied out the book case, I took it out to my garage, to start working on it. I just had to take a few inches off the top, and add doors. It took me less than a…
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Spring Mantel
Happy Friday, friends!! Isn’t this such an exciting time of the year…Spring!!! It’s finally here! The birds are chirping, the flowers are starting to show their lovely faces after a long winters nap, the sun is shining, and life is good! I love spring!! Not only do I love spring, but I love decorating my mantel for each season, which is why I am so excited to show y’all my spring mantel decor. I’m keeping it very natural and simple this year. I started out with a few terra-cotta pots that I covered with moss.I simply covered each pot with Elmer’s glueSpread the glue out evenly on the pot, using…
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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,…
