I am mama of two, a nonna of two and a wife to my adorable hubby. I am also a budding photographer who sees life through the lens of a camera. I am constantly on the lookout for a new photoshoot site and love taking natural light photos for my sweet families.... I have recently started repainting thrift store and discarded furniture and bringing it back to life.
Blogger's Quilt Festival: Fly Away Home
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This is my entry for the Blogger's Quilt Festival. Thank you so much to
Amy for creating and hosting this event again and again. I love
participatin...
Detective Detergent
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If my deducing skills are up to snuff, I'd say we have another case of
'entering the home through the laundry room' on our hands. I came to this
conclusio...
the big Good News
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I'm struggling to find the words to write today, not because anything is
significantly wrong, but because we had such an "off" morning. For the
second wee...
Fab Freebie: Modern Family
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InStyle Modern sells modern furniture at prices that make it easier on your
wallet to deck out your dining room with a full set of chairs or give your
kitc...
class of 2013
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well... she graduated. we are VERY proud of her. the ceremony was outdoors and the sky was so dark... even lightening in the distance. it was nice to not be ...
Six Years: Secret Agent Party
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It's been an event filled week--the kind that seems impossible to hold all
that it did; but here we are, the Monday after, and there's a mind cellar
full o...
Paint Candy Sale and Giveaway!
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April from Paint Candy sent this post over to me and I couldn't wait to
share it with you! Her textures look amazing and she has a wonderful sale
and give...
Home Improvement: How To REMOVE Hardwood Floors
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We recently moved into a new home and have been busy re-vamping, tearing
down, and re-constructing this/that in our new home. It’s been fun……but a
comple...
Out Of Options: An Open Letter to Erin Singleton
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In October of 2012 I filled in as a teacher at Sewing Summit. I taught
three classes and loved every single minute of it! Since I became a
teacher at th...
Dear Pioneer Woman
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Dear PW: I am 26 and got married last July to my closest friend from
college. He’s an amazing guy. Unfortunately I was in love and in a
relationship with s...
ATC Swapping
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During my loft incarceration 2 Saturdays ago I had a lot of time to ponder
new projects, and since I needed to make my ATC for the swap Ali’s running
I tho...
head start | huntsville baby portrait photographer
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Babies with crazy hair just might be my favorite kind. I had one of my own
and it brings back memories! This little guy just might take the cake in
the roo...
Homemade Paper Lantern DIY
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I saw a window of paper lanterns at an art store last year and I have been
wanting to try my hand at them. Below, you’ll find tutorials for 4
different kin...
Back Home
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It’s always so comforting to come home, no matter how spectacular the
journey. I have lots to share with you about my visit to TN. It’s people
are overflow...
Cottage Style
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I got an email from a gal named Traci recently, and I thought I’d make a
blog post out of it since cottage style is one of my favorite things to
talk about...
Trying to move on...
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Happy Monday...
Thank you for everyone who has messaged or left a comment for me about
Jasper. We are starting to feel a little better about it all. It st...
Mother's Day in Seattle (Part IV)
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After the Color Run, Ross went back to his apartment and the rest of us hung out at my sister's, eating pizza and watching cable. Then we met up again later ...
Fun Indoor/Outdoor Area Rugs!
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Hey guys happy Monday morning!
Well I was in Target this morning and did a double take as I walked past
the rug isle. I just happened to glance o...
Share Your Happy Contest
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It's all about *Decked Out Finds *over at HomeGoods this week!
I love the outdoors- entertaining, relaxing, listening to a little music
or sinking m...
Thibaut Giveaway!
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Talk about eye candy all day long! It's been awhile since we've checked in
on Thibaut, with their always-stunning room photography, beautiful f...
Most Recent Project....the master
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In the last couple weeks I have been chugging along on the master bedroom.
The walls were in bad...
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fabrics for a new quilt
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It’s been a while since I’ve remembered to snap a photo of my fabric stack
prior to starting a quilt! This one started out with that great Alexander
Henry ...
while the boys were wrestling on the trampoline
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Sometimes they watch the boys from their window. But it usually doesn’t
last long. I love this shot, you can really see how tiny Little One is next
to Fire...
Antique Milk Can Side Table
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Hey friends! In order to provide you with a better reading experience, I'd
love it if you'd take a minute to resubscribe to Girl. Inspired. This feed
has ...
Aloha Inspired Appliqué Pillow
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It was one of those weekends devoted entirely to family which was a good
thing. We attended a birthday party for Matt’s Aunt’s 90th birthday, and it
was a ...
Firmoo Sunglasses Giveaway Winners
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*The winners of the six *
*$20 Firmoo Sunglasses E Vouchers *
*giveaway are:*
Ashley
Jo
Kristen
Judy
Wendy
Denise
Congratulations! I wil...
Spring Quilt Market 2013: Fabric sneak peeks!
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Though I'm happy to be home, Portland was really wonderful. From the
awesome people to the great food and gorgeous scenery, it was a great trip,
not to men...
dresses
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I've been dress making crazy these last few weeks. I'm hoping being wardrobe ready will help speed up the arrival of some warm weather. It hasn't happened ye...
Creating a Meaningful Home: Not Just a Housewife
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www.sasinteriors.net]
*Today’s guest post for the Creating a Meaningful Home Blog Series is St...
Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks
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It’s always a fun opportunity to submit a block for Quiltmaker‘s 100 Blocks
magazine series. Volume 7 was just released and I’m very excited to have a
desi...
Candle of the Month
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I am so happy to finally do another Candle of the Month post! With so much
on my plate the last post wasn't sin...
My Dio and $100 Amazon Giveaway
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dio is a new creative and social experience that allows anyone to make and
explore unique places based on anything. It could be a house tour,
vacation spo...
Finished Quilt: Girl on a Swing
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I love the Girl on a Swing print by designer Aneela Hoey from her first
fabric line, Sherbet Pips. I’ve been saving it for *just* the right
project, and I...
Blackberry Chèvre Salad
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Did you all have a good weekend? Mine was full to the brim with good
things. Lots of fun time with the kids, nice weather for playing outside,
a beauti...
Weekend wrap-up
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What a weekend we had.
This pic of Lottie kind of sums up how we felt- or me at least.
Here are a few things I am grateful for today:
-USA
-Children
-My bed...
Bryan house quilt finish...Tribute Star Quilt
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*Becca is a super cute talented girl from Bryan House Quilts. This Tribute
Star quilt is just so eye catching. I love how it is offset. I also love
the s...
Mod Mix Monday #102
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via
Isn't this just the best?
I'd love to have every bit of this on my porch.
Pretty turquoise table of course.
Tole chandelier hanging from a vintage bird...
Something new...and something GOOD!
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My sweet husband and I have both agreed...
it's time to liquidate some of our collected goodness!
Do you know what that means???
Our precious, w...
Chip Chip Hooray!
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Chocolate Chip Confetti Cookies! Get in my mouth. Right now. It’s cookie
time! Okay, anytime is cookie time in my book. How about you? I made these
chocola...
Carrying me to the finish line
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I feel like I could write for a week straight and still forget to share
things I want to share about the time leading up to Luck...
Let's Get Acquainted Link Up
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My scrap drawer was getting a bit overcrowded so I figured it was time to
start putting those scraps to use (I guess I could have just organized them
bu...
My Favorite Things — Summertime BlogHop Giveaway!
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Are you ready for something REALLY amazing?? I’m teaming up with 20
Creative Bloggers — and we are EACH giving away our FAVORITE THINGS for
Summer!! 1. ...
Welcome To The 124th Masterpiece Monday!
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*Hi Everyone!*
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* *I like salad all year long. But* w*hen the weather starts to get warmer
and eventually super hot, I really don't like to use the stove m...
happy spring!
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My hubby and I are smack in the middle of a Sunday afternoon Jurassic Park
marathon, but the gorgeousness of the spring trees in my neighborhood
prompte...
change of plans
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Hello, happy Sunday to you all. How's everyone doing? Hope you all are
having a lovely weekend. I had big sewing plans for this weekend....and
then I broke...
Favorite things Giveaway
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[image: Favorite things Giveaway]
Last fall I shared I hosted a group giveaway along with several other
Creative Bloggers where we shared a basket of s...
pretty dotty
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I slept in Mother's Day morning (a gift in itself) and then the kids came in with breakfast on a tray ~ a breakfast of perfectly poached eggs on toast and bl...
seven eve
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The week had been exhausting.
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I don’t know how you single parents do it… but when my husband is out of
town working for a wee...
Australia: Part Three
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Hah! The sisters three! It's very rare for us to all be together (*well
okay, not suuuuuper rare, but rare for us!*) so we always insist on taking
pictu...
spotted: muse wallpaper by osborne + little
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i was watching "the switch" recently on netflix, and looky what i spotted!
pretty wallpaper!
i know that its hard to believe that i wasn't staring at jason ...
I Left My Heart
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Hello everyone! I hope your month of May has been merry! For your weekend
viewing, I’m bringing you a colorful tour from our recent adventure in San
Franci...
See Anything Missing?
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I am back in Florida and Steve is left with finishing the packing of our
home.
We did get a lot done in the last seven days though.
Do you rem...
Did I Mention the Lilacs?
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I don't want to forget about the Lilacs. Yes, Peonies may be my first love, but Lilacs are a very close second. I bought these lavender beauties at the farme...
Want some Savvy Swag?
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Hey ya'll...(I am a living back in the South now and I guess I can say
that)...we have something great up our sleeves for our Savvy readers!! In
the next t...
mini high five
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Welcome to finish it up Friday!
It's amazing that I even have a finish to share today. Earlier in the week
I was restless. I started at least 4 new project...
Blogger's Quilt Festival: The Jumbo Star
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Welcome to any of you new to my blog! My entry for the Blogger's Quilt
Festival is probably not a surprise for those of you w...
Whimsical Gypsy Swing
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I do a lot of thinking when I'm on my sweet Husqvarna riding lawnmower.
A lot.
I love my lawnmower.
I love mowing.
Four hours of sunshine on my shoulders;
t...
Use dark wax to bring out the best in a piece!
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Its been awhile since I blogged about a piece I painted at the shop~ we
have had a vanity in the shop for almost a year, and it has not sold. So
that al...
Chicken Little
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When I was a little girl I loved to watch our mother hens with their
chicks, gathering, clucking & tenderly tucking them under the wing.
Unfortunately the ...
Dixie's Reign Of Fame. . .
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I want to thank everyone who left us such nice comments when we were
helping and then losing our sweet chicken, Dixie. It meant so much to us.
We really ...
Maggie Rabbit's Back!
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Remember Mags? Yep, she's back! You can find her in kit form right HERE! She has one previously available dress fabric and four new ones. There's Betsy: And ...
broken pinky
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My little guy was playing football on Sunday afternoon. He went to catch
the ball and his little pinky finger got in the way. A trip to the
emergency ...
I hope you know you’ve got the ocean blue
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Nikon One Touch // Expired Kodak 400 ‘Oh Sailor’ by Mr. Little Jeans came
on KCRW as I pulled into the driveway this morning and I sat there and
listened a...
pretty patchwork.
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I always crave super simple projects that I can finish right away in
between the long, more difficult ones. It doesn't get much simpler than
patchwork, but...
Four Years Ago!!
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Four years ago today I started my blog. It has to be one of the best
decisions I have ever made! I never could have imagined back then all the
amazing th...
japanese vegetable pancakes
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Japanese Vegetable Pancakes [Okonomiyaki] with Cabbage, Kale and Carrots
Adapted, just a little, from Josher Walker of Xiao Bao Biscuit, in
Charleston, SC ...
Troy Fest 2013
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[image: Troy Fest 2013]
Nothing has spurred on my sense of community as owning a shop on our
downtown square. I absolutely love the [...]
Decorating with Flowering Branches
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*~ Good morning ~*
*
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*I hope all of you moms out there had a wonderful Mother's Day!!!*
*
*
*We spent Mother's Day at my mom's house, and just wh...
WIP Wednesday: Off to Portland
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[image: WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced]
I spent this week working on a project that I can't show you yet, plus I'm
leaving later today for Quilt Market, so...
granny square
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I first saw this quilt here, and LOVED it. Some quilts I like and some I
love and this one I really, really loved. I had to make one too.
I made a few...
Quilt Market
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[image: Quilt Market by Jeni Baker]
Quilt Market, a photo by Jeni Baker on Flickr.
I'm hopping on a plane to Quilt Market in about nine hours! If you're
att...
The Pile in Progress
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Hi there, quilty friends! It's been quiet here, seems like I've been doing
everything else but quilting these days! I don't have anything finished to
...
Window Herb Garden with Chalkboard Labels
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It's *Wood You Like To Craft* week again! This month we are making
"chalkboard" projects and I'm sharing my window herb garden with chalkboard
labels. G...
Nada Farm Sale - GIVEAWAY!!
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Anyone have time for me to sneak in a last minute giveaway???
Entries start today, and I will pick a winner Thursday night at 9pm central
time!
The lu...
This little chick is going to Market!
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OK so first of all - a winner! And the winner is.....#27 - Veronica! Congrats!! And yep, I'm heading to Quilt Market. It was a very last minute decision - I'...
a day in may
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hal-an-tow! jolly rumble-o! we were up - long before theday-o! to welcome in the summer - to welcome in the may-o! for summer is a coming and the winters gon...
A quinoa salad full of spring
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[image: SpringQuinoaSalad_AranGoyoaga_0784]I returned from Tuscany last
Saturday night where I had spent ten amazing days teaching a food and
lifestyle p...
Filled with Quilt Love :)
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Look what we've got in the mail just a few days ago! It is an alphabet
quilt for a tiny pink penguin growing in my belly made by a collabora...
Then & Now
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Happy Mother's Day! I am so thankful for the sweet little ones who call me
mommy.
When we lived in this house 6 years ago, our living room looked like thi...
happy mother's day
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I know, I know. Not the normal Mother's Day pic! But this mug was my mom's and reminds me of her more than candy and roses. So to all of you whether you are ...
New Blog Link...
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Don't forget to visit me at my new blogging home! I recently shared some tips on how I edit my photographs. Click here to visit See you over there! ~Alice W.
quilts made with love.
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*deep breath*
i, rachel griffith, wrote a book.
a book that i am both proud of and in disbelief about.
[image: quilts made with love.]i give y'all, quilts m...
We LOVE Baseball!
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Our baseball season is coming to an end. :(
Before that officially happens I thought I better blog about it…because
dang it…I am going to be a better bl...
Visiting Napa, CA
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Can you believe it? I am here two days in a row! Whoa!
So let's get to business. I am so excited to tell you about our Napa trip
that has sadly come and...
V and Co: why yes...i'm still sewing.
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well, this week... wait...no, last week and this week have flown by in super hyper drive sonic speed. yep, couldnt decide which one, either way it was fast ...
Wonky Bee... the traveling edition!
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this round of wonky bee has been super fun. we are doing traveling quilts
and i am a bit behind in reporting my work... i had sara's quilt last month.
i lo...
While I was Moving...
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... an exciting event happened, my class, Improvisational Piecing - Modern
Design went live on Craftsy. I'm so excited to share it with you.
In the clas...
{Baby Love}
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All three of my kiddos are asleep (miraculously!) so I'm going to keep my
words here short and my bowl of ice cream big. :-)
Twins are almost 4 weeks old ...
Finished Preppy Knee Socks Quilt
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This is just a quick post with some photos of the finished Preppy Knee Socks Quilt. You can read more about how I made the top here. Here's the back of the q...
It's that time of year...
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Finally! I've been over here binding like crazy trying to get all of my new Market quilts finished up and ready to go, and today I finally get to show you wh...
A Big Debut: Hill 'n Holler Soaps
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A few months ago, I shared about a goody package
that my sister-in-law sent me filled with all kinds of treats...
Mainly, her handmade soaps.
Scrubbin' So...
a little loopy
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Sometimes while driving, Tyler or I will say some string of words like,
"Numbers is math," and these weird words sound funny to us and so we will
repeat ...
A Contributing Editor
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Last Fall, while discussing the details over the feature on our guest house,
I was asked to join *Country Living* magazine as a contributing editor.
...
dress up days for a 3 year old
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Someone turns three today. And it's kind of killing me! Her birthday
always make me feel so nostalgic for some reason. Partly because her birth
coincide...
The Set Point
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In a recent blog
post, my sweet
*friend* wrote about
stepping on the scale
for the first time
in a while, after
returning home from
spring break.
I c...
Dream
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It was so windy. I was preparing to plant something, pink flowers I think,
but didn't recognize where I was. I did so as I would right ...
Cottage Side Table
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This little side table came to me from the same client who wanted thisdresser and
this side table done for their cottage by the lake.
He explained that thi...
instaweek
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It was "Take your Child to Work Day" and Dave was out of town so I took the girls with me for the day. We ran errands and then decided to stop by Aruba Beach...
Sour Cream Fudge Layer Cake
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The world outside is waking up, and new beginnings are everwhere. Just
yesterday I saw robins, worms and the dreaded wasp, all going about their
busy l...
I like luggage racks
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I like using them when we stay in a hotel
and I like being able to offer them to my children or friends when they
are here.
A few Saturday afternoons ago, ...
Saying Goodbye for….awhile.
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It’s been a long run. I’ve been blogging since November 2007. I started by
writing family bits and pieces. It eventually turned into some furniture
bits an...
Crazy for Neon
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I have let another little obsession take me over. NEON! I'm crazy for it.
My 80's life is coming back and I am loving everything about it. I think it
start...
It has begun...
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It's been started, the ball's rolling, the iron's in the fire, project is
launched, I'm *doing* it!! I bought the pattern, had it blown up a little
bit a...
Welcome Archer Cole!
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Better late than never, right??
My family and I are so thrilled to announce the birth of our new baby boy,
Archer Cole Norwood
He was born at 6:06pm, 8 pou...
Panda Valentines
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I adore Valentines Day!
And oh how I loved it in elementary school!
Making pretty boxes. Selecting She-Ra valentines. Carefully picking out
which valent...
Paris: Under Grey Skies
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Always elegant, always beautiful, no matter what the weather.
We hope you are well and, as always, greatly appreciate your visits and
kind comments.
...
Mirasol Farms
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Today I just wanted to give a quick shout out to one of my new favorite
Etsy shops, Mirasol Farms.
You guys, their products are amazing.
I mentioned how mu...
Jasper Green, and a little announcement.
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This year is going to be awesome! You know why? It's a green year. Pantone has claimed Emerald to be the color of the year. Now, I must take a color snob mom...
Magic Summer
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Hello beauties, how are you? How is your summer shaping up? I must say...
mine is turning out to be rather magical. There's a certain enchantment
swirling...
Free Sample Preview Actions From Nodding Violet
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Hey everyone! I am working on a new set of Nodding Violet actions and I
wanted to share three from the upcoming set for free!! In the photo are
samples of...
9 Months Later...
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Christmastime is here!
And I couldn't be more excited to enjoy all that December brings. Our
family of five is busier than ever, and this month, just look...
6 comments:
Cindy,
This piece is to die for! I love what you did with it!
Hi Cindy!
It really makes a difference : )
You & Don have done a great job!!!
Love Gemma x
Wow! A-ma-zing!! You did a fabulous job sis! Love, Kelly
I absolutely love this....please tell me what paint and the paint color you used. I have to use this color on something I paint.....
Norma
@ younique727
Just wondering how you made the details show through! Did you use a certain type of paint or sanding? I would love any advice you have to offer!
anonymous, it is a glaze as a top coat.....
hope that helps...
cindy
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