Giveaway #3: Love Feast Plush Valentines Pumpkins

January 30, 2012
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The Love Feast girls are back with specialty Valentines pumpkins.  In luscious shade of pink, click over to my giveaway page for all the details on this one! Pin it

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Giveaway #2: BookishKind Vintage Books

January 29, 2012
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Vintage books are the best to decorate with and collecting books is such fun!  How would you like to add some old books to your collection? Aren’t these beautiful and special? You’re going to love what BookishKind has to offer, from classics to children’s books, click over to my giveaway page for all the details! [...]

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Giveaway #1: Common Ground Petite Boutique

January 29, 2012
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Thank you ALL so much for your support and friendship these last 5 years!  I am so grateful to all of you for faithfully stopping by to visit.  This blog would not be here if not for all of you out there.  This week, going into the first week of February, I’m celebrating 5 years [...]

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Photo Editing with Photoscape

January 28, 2012
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There’s been a lot of screaming all over blogland when recently, it was announced that Picnik photo editing is closing down in April.  Lots of bloggers have been using Picnik for a few years and have enjoyed the ease of use and all the fun bells and whistles that this online photo editing software provided.  [...]

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Feature Friday: Carmel at Our Fifth House

January 27, 2012
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Another new blogger that I have met this past year is Carmel, who blogs at Our Fifth House.  Appropriately named because she and her family are, in fact, in their 5th house.  Carmel has been busy making her house a home and has done a fantastic job of DIYing it and really stamping her personality [...]

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Craft Room Update and $100 Lowes Giveaway

January 26, 2012
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{Giveaway is Closed} The Winner is:  #208  Lorene Halfmann January is an excellent time to be thinking about organization and it happens every year after Christmas.  We all start thinking of ways to declutter and get everything in the house in tip-top shape. You saw the pretty stencil yesterday and today, I’m going to show [...]

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Diamond Damask Stencil: How-To Stencil a Wall

January 25, 2012
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I gave you a sneak peek a few weeks ago of my sister’s basement craft room that we are working on.  She has this great space down there and after they got floating engineered hardwood floors installed, as part of the “great flood” of 2011, she was excited to do something with the space.  She [...]

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The Screen Door: Thrifting in Asheville, NC

January 24, 2012
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Back to Asheville, it was a great time to revisit The Screen Door and Tobacco Barn, as well as a few other thrifty stops along the way. We hit some thriftstores and those were where we found some super slamming deals.  But, how to get them home?! My friends, Kristin and Tracey, had to give [...]

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My Blogging Story: Part 3

January 22, 2012
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If you want to catch up with my story so far, read Part 1 and Part 2.  Get settled in comfortably, this is a loooooong one. We begin Part 3 at the end of 2008.  I had been blogging nearly 2 full years by this point.  I’ll start this post by giving some of you [...]

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Waynesville Countryside: Cute Goat Alert

January 21, 2012
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The mountains of NC are some of my favorite sights to see and it’s a thrill each time I visit.  Waynesville is equally beautiful, matching any of the mountain views I’ve experienced before.  A small town feel, rolling hills and trickling streams, it’s a wonderful weekend getaway. This was our view on the way to [...]

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Feature Friday: House Beautiful 1940′s Cottage Update

January 20, 2012
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This beautiful updated 1940’s suburban cottage update in Charlotte, NC really caught my eye this month in House Beautiful.  It’s fun to see so much color done well and I think you’ll enjoy the tour as much as I did. Designer Lindsey Coral Harper did a great job of adding a sofa in the kitchen, [...]

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Easy Canvas Prints Giveaway!

January 19, 2012
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{Giveaway is Closed| The winner is:  #113 RuthAnne You’re in for another treat today.  Easy Canvas Prints contacted me about trying out their products and I got the opportunity to order a wrapped canvas print from them.  Of course, I jumped at the chance. I knew just the picture I wanted to put on canvas. [...]

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Updating a 70′s Bedroom Suite

January 18, 2012
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We are about to do some decorating around this place!  And you know how I love a good before and after. My parent’s master bedroom and bath is not that big, but it’s time for an update.  The bathroom was built in the 70′s and it hasn’t been updated since the mid-80′s when we were [...]

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