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weekly table centerpiece – summer vibes
Happy Thursday, friends!! It’s good to be back after my little break! How was your Fourth of July? Although life is a little different this year because of COVID, we had a great holiday weekend! I hope you did too! As many of you know, especially those who follow along with my Instagram page, I love to have some sort of centerpiece on my table alway, and always!!! I think it would be fun to show you my weekly centerpieces from time to time. This week, my centerpiece is all about the summer vibes. Flowers, teacups, gold lanterns, and the sweetest little bunny taper holder. Isn’t that little bunny taper…
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DIY vintage inspired step stool
Happy Thursday, friends!! Can you believe that it is already July!! I love the summer months!! Lately, I’ve been on the hunt for a little step stool to complete my little stack in the kitchen. I haven’t been able to find anything, so I decided to quickly build one. I started with a few pieces of scrap wood that I had out in my garage. I cut everything down to size, and cut (using a jig saw) a “V” out of the side pieces. You can make your stool any size that works for your space. I knew that I wanted mine to be in the middle of the two…
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How to easily create chippy/crackle paint
Happy Monday, friends!! How was your weekend? Over the weekend, I worked on a few little projects. One of them being, this sweet little cabinet… I decided that I wanted it to be white and chippy, are you surprised?!! Using glue and white paint, I gave this sweet little cabinet a new look. I started by brushing some Elmer’s glue on the cabinet. In some areas I brushed the glue on thicker, and other areas got a thinner layer, this helps the cracks to vary in size, making it look more authentic. I left it in the sun to dry for just two or three minutes, before painting. You want…
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French Vintage Friday – small ironstone tureen
Happy Friday, friends! I hope y’all had a wonderful week! I’m so excited for the weekend, it means that I get to sleep in! Yay! Today for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing one of my favorite little treasures, this wee little ironstone tureen. It’s so sweet and little, and even came with the original ladle! I love it! I hope you have an amazing weekend!!! Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for leaving such sweet comments! Y’all are the best! ~Emily Check out where I have linked this project…. Blog link list Please follow and like us:
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DIY Angel Vine Topiary
Happy Thursday, friends!! It’s been a minute since I last posted. I missed you all! My husband was out of town last week, and I found it hard to find a single moment to create new content and blog, but he’s home now, so it’s time to get my creativity on!! I created a fun little topiary in less than 15 minutes and for less than $15! I planted an angel vine (bought from Trader Joe’s) into an ironstone tureen. There aren’t any drainage holes in the tureen, so I filled the bottom with small rocks before planting the vine in it. I used two landscape pins to secure a…
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French Vintage Friday – old skeleton keys
Happy Friday, friends!! I’m so excited for the weekend! I’m finally going to start building a pergola in my backyard. I’ve had the lumber sitting in my garage for a while now, and have decided that it is time to get it done! Yay! I can’t wait to show y’all how it turns out…hopefully it turns out good, but I’ll show you either way. Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I have always found to be so intriguing, antique skeleton keys. A couple years ago, my grandpa passed away and left an amazing antique trunk to my mom. The skeleton key was missing, so she called a…
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A bucket full of seasonal flowers
Hi friends!! How are you all? The past few months have been a real struggle for me, and I’m sure it has been hard for so many of you too. Recently I decided to push myself to add a little extra happiness into my everyday living, whether it be lighting a favorite candle, working in my yard, running through the sprinklers with my littles, going on a bike ride, arranging flowers, etc. Taking the time to find a little extra happiness to intentionally bring into my day has been so beneficial to my soul. This bucket of viburnum snowballs, fresh from my garden, brings me so much happiness, and brings…
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French Vintage Friday ~ mini ironstone creamers
Happy Friday, friends! I hope you all have had a good week! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing these sweet little ironstone creamers. I’m totally swooning over these minis!! I can’t wait to find more! 💗💗💗 Now let’s hop over to Tara’s blog to see what she is sharing today. Simply click on the picture below…. Thank you so much for visiting my blog! I hope y’all have an amazing weekend!! Lots of love to you all! ~Emily Please follow and like us:
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Master Bath Refresh ~ ideas and inspirations
Hi friends!! I hope you are all well! I am struggling with how to start this post. Normally I would say “Happy Thursday!!” and chat about how amazing it is that flower season is finally here, but with all that is going on in the world right now, that just doesn’t seem right. I have spent the week educating myself and watching countless stories about racism. I can’t believe how naive I have been to it all. I live in Utah, which is a predominantly white populated state. I’ve been sheltered from these realities. I have always believed that as long as I didn’t judge anyone by the color of…
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Love, Peace & Peonies
Happy June 1st, my friends! It seems so unreal that it is already June. I’m sure that most all of you have seen what is going on in the world around us lately, either in person or on the news. I have had so many thoughts and feelings swirling around in my head about it all, and am at a loss for words, so I thought I’d share a quote that is so powerful to me. “The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar,…
