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.
Tour Our 2024 Decorated Christmas Home!
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2024 Thrifty Decor Chick Christmas home decor tour!
Is it me or did Christmas arrive a month earlier than usual? 😂 Anyone else
feel like this season has FL...
Peppermint Kiss Cookies
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Sugar cookies get a festive upgrade with these Peppermint Kiss Cookies.
Adorned with vibrant red and green sugar and a surprise peppermint kiss in
the ce...
four things | twelve (Christmas edition)
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This will be my final Four Things of the year since I will take a few weeks
off for Christmas break. If you’ve been reading my blog, you might
remember ...
invisible apple cake
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A dozen years ago I shared my mother-in-law’s recipe for apple sharlotka
(which family just calls “apple thing”), a lightly sweetened apple dessert
that’...
The Christmas Village Welcomes The Lazona House
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The best package came in the mail today...
our newest edition of the Nielson Christmas Village!
Introducing the Lazona Estate!
We resided in this darling r...
Our Parisian Apartment Holiday Decor
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Happy Holidays! Here is a peek at our holiday decor for this year. It’s
still a work in progress but...
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Weekend Reading 12.1.24
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It’s December! Time to decorate and spread holiday cheer! I’m finishing up
two craft projects by twilight and hope to photograph them this week. We
pick up...
2024 Holiday Gift Guides
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[image: 2024 Holiday Gift Guides]
Just like we did for our *2023 Gift Guides* and our *2022 Gift Guides*,
we’ve got all three of our gift lists in one sing...
Etsy roulette
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Sometimes instead of going to bed at a reasonable hour, I stay up late
scrolling through eBay and Etsy looking for interesting half scale stuff.
The best f...
How to Build a Coffee Table with Turned Legs
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Learn how to build a DIY Coffee table with Turned Legs with free plans and
a how-to video by Shanty2Chic. I’m back with a new build in an effort to
make ...
How to Hang Garland and Wreaths without Damage
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Get 10 damage-free options for hanging wreaths, garland, and other holiday
decor! I love garland and wreaths greenery and little gold bells and all
the h...
The Perfect Paver: Backyard Reveal
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This past summer we tackled our backyard. It was quite the undertaking
because we have four golden retrievers. Why did we get four golden
retrievers? Wel...
How to hide seams in Beadboard
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I often install beadboard to the sides of built-in cabinets in addition to
using it as a decorative element on walls and ceilings. The most cost
effective ...
L’époque de la lumière
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I haven’t posted in a while, because I’ve been busy making minis! And other
things. I am in our summer house, and in June started a new online class
with J...
A few days in Chichicastenango, Guatemala
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Once we bought plane tickets to Guatemala, we began looking for places to
visit. (We booked cheap tickets without any other plan or details – ‘figure
it ...
Summertime Sweets
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Hey friends! I pulled together a bunch of sweet treats that would be
super fun served up this summer. Check these out if you are looking for a
cute tre...
Year at a glance FREE Printable Calendar
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Hey friends!! Happy NEW YEAR!!! I am pleased to announce that back by
popular demand is the year at a glance FREE printable calendar for 2024!
These th...
Media Cabinet Halloween Village Display
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[image: Media Cabinet Halloween Village Display]
Halloween is almost here! Which sadly means October is almost over. It
always seems to go by so quickly. M...
Lovebug senior tuxedo kitty needs a home.
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My people.Can we help keep this incredibly sweet old man out of the
shelter? Kuzco is a lovebug 14-year-old-spry tuxedo boy; he has been with
his family ...
I am alive!
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So you might have noticed that I haven't been here on my blog for a few
months. I was working full-time at my husband's clinic and busy with the
famil...
Fastest Summer Ever
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Hello, dear friends! I'm so sorry I've been absent here for so long! Summer
has been so wonderfully busy and full of joy. We have been doing lots of
things...
Christmas Camp Create 2023
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Well HELLO! I miss this space. Sighhhhh. Thanks for being here. Coming
November 2023 I am hosting TWO Camp Creates! Camp One will be November 2 –
5 and Cam...
The Softer Side :: a new fabric collection
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Happy New Year friends. I hope you're well. It's been a while but good
things are coming. As for now, I've got a new fabric collection that's just
hit shop...
End of blog
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This blog is now at an end. If you would like to keep up with the latest
updates on my patterns and fabric, you can find my new website here.
lorem Ipsum #2
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What is Lorem Ipsum? Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and
typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy
text e...
Feel Good Friday 117
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Feel Good Friday 117 Well, it’s been a few weeks. I am still alive! We’re
just in the midst of soccer season, a busy time at work plus loads of
one-off e...
Top 5 Stand Up Dartboards in Production Today
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The post Top 5 Stand Up Dartboards in Production Today appeared first on Fresh
Idea Studio.
Welcome to the Gristmill
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Welcome to the Gristmill! The set of Jo’s new cooking show finds its home
in a stone house from the late 1800s. written by Joanna Gaines When I was a
lit...
31 Easy, Funny DIY Halloween Costumes
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Looking for an easy, funny DIY Halloween costume? Look no further than this
list of hilarious DIY costumes. Want even more costume inspiration? Enter
you...
This Saturday’s Recipes by The Pioneer Woman
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This Saturday is a brand new episode of “Home Sweet Home” on Food Network.
My kids are helping me shoot it, my production company in the UK is editing
it t...
Meet the Miniaturist: Maritza Moran!
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MEET THE MINIATURIST!Join D. Thomas on Saturday, May 9th at 4pm EST for a
live ZOOM interview with the ever-so-delightful miniaturist Maritza
Moran!Maritza...
My New Book- Inspired Gatherings
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I am wearing my heart on my sleeve, pulling that curtain aside
and spilling some beans today.
[image: French Country Cottage Inspired Gatherings book]
I h...
silver linings and quilt tops
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There was a slight shift in my breathing this weekend, as I settled into a
few projects here at home. The first few weeks of this whole thing felt
like a f...
Spring Tour in the Sun Room
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The sun room has gone through a couple of changes again with a new jute rug
and a colorful textured ottoman that I just love. Oh, and some color has
retur...
A Fancy French Comtoise Clock
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A French Comtoise clock has long been on my radar as an object of desire.
The Comtoise clock, also known as a Morbier or Morez clock is a longcase
clock m...
Our Anasazi Experience Pt. 1: Ivie’s Interview
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I have sat down countless times to write this blog post, and it was like my
fingers just wouldnt work. I have had so many emails from parents that are
wo...
Aunt Bet's Quilt
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And one last finish to record for 2019! I just sewed the last of the
binding on this one yesterday.
The pattern is Aunt Bet's Quilt, by Frankie an...
Christmas 2019
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The decorations stay up until January, right? Come tour my Christmas scene
for 2019.
Here's the big overview (including the unfinished hallway/dining!...
Christmas Mail 2019 | Wake Me Up Before you Cocoa
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Another year, time for another Christmas mailing!
This year we sent out 2 single serving tubes of yummy hot cocoa +
marshmallow bits. Just add hot milk an...
#AllWhoWander ... Are Not Lost
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Hey beautiful friends, thank you so much for visiting today! I'm
currently in Nashville at the one and only Blissdom Conference (more...
The Third floor - A living room
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Wheee.. I made it to the third floor! I have big plans for this floor but
let's start with the living room. Like the dining room it will have a
fireplace c...
red and white trees!-a completed quilt
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I finished my red and white trees! quilt last week. It took me a few days
to get around to hanging it up, but I think it was worth the wait. I LOVE
how i...
Favorite Things 2018
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It's been WAY too long since I posted a favorites thing post - so I've been
working hard for the past two days to get this new one up, just in time for
you...
Story Time – Part Two
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Hi! Thanks for coming back for part two of my DRAMA FILLED LIFE SAGA! Not
really, but kinda. Catch up on part one if you missed it here. So to recap
… my...
Discover the Secrets of Making Money From Your Art
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Making money from your art is largely about talent. You will need to
produce art which is beautiful enough or unique enough to be coveted by
others. As wel...
And the most lazy blogger ever award goes to...
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Me! Holy wow, I have been quite a terrible blogger this year. So few posts!
Social media really seems to hamper my penchant for blogging, because of
the su...
TYBEE ISLAND TOUR OF HOMES MAY 6th 2017
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Here is an opportunity to see "Maddie's Seaside Cottage" in person on May
the 6th. Tybee Maritime Academy's Tour of Homes features nine amazing
houses thi...
Spring Greetings
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Greetings dear friends! Thank you for all of your wonderful notes over the
past several months, and please accept my sincere apologizes for not
posting...
I've Moved!
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Stitched in Color has moved to a shiny new website hosted by Squarespace.
I'm still at www.StitchedinColor.com, but url's have changed. If you
follow me ...
Living Room Update
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Since moving in to our house just over a year ago, we've slowly been
getting rid of our 'make do' furniture and buying bits that are truly us.
Our livin...
Rita Chan Interiors
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It's all sun and sea in this SoCal home by Rita Chan Interiors, a Manhattan
Beach interior designer known for her clean, coastal style! Fi...
Spinning Blooms Mini
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[image: Spinning Blooms Mini]
I've just finished putting together some tips and techniques for this FREE
Spinning Blooms Mini Quilt pattern now available o...
Out of the Blue
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Hello out there...if someone happens to be out there! If I continue to
apologize for my frequent lengthy absences, I fear I'll sound like a broken
record...
Lilac Italian Sponge Cake & Homemade Lilac Syrup
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They say that, here on earth, there are two types of rain.
There is, first, the dark rain; hungry and full of rage, like some great
tidal plague it co...
Happy New Year! (and new patterns!)
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2016 is here, can you believe it? Happy New Year! Although I try to keep
Christmastime and the days leading up to it pretty low key in our home,
December t...
The Vintage Farmhouse
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I have most definitely been a bad blogger lately, but our store has been
keeping me crazy busy!!
We had an amazing end of summer clearance sale. Thank you s...
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,...
Please update your RSS feed link
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Hello friends,
Some of you have reached out to let me know that you are not receiving any
of my blog updates through your RSS feed. When I changed blog pl...
A Quilty Finish
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Last Friday, a special package arrived from Spoonflower.
Have you ordered from them? You can print your own designs on all kinds of
fabric and they've bran...
MOVING ON... selling some pieces
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*Hello everyone! I can't believe how long it's been since I last
blogged... oh my goodness, the time*
*has flown by! I haven't even had any time to visi...
4 comments:
Love it! Especially the railway picture...really great!!
Gemma x
Gorgeous...
You amaze me.
Can't wait
for next Tuesday!
xx Suzanne
Nice pics.
Photography
The photographs are just amazing. Loved them.
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