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Tart Baking with Lauren

April 11, 2012

My beautiful and sweet niece, Lauren, was home a few weeks ago and she was in the baking mood. I’m so proud of her for cultivating her domestic skills so well and she has gotten into making these beautiful tarts. She was going to a book club meeting while she was home and so she [...]

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Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Workshop

April 10, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, I had the extreme pleasure of getting a free pass to the Annie Sloan workshop in Peachtree City, GA and what a delight it was! I learned so much and hope to take some of those lessons and make over some furniture of my own. This paint is truly a [...]

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Beach Bumming in Destin

April 9, 2012

Last year, right after I moved back to Georgia, I went along with my sister and brother-in-law on their annual camping trip to Destin. They camp at a beautiful camping spot (Topsail State Park) right on the Gulf and it’s a gorgeous spot on the map. We took our bikes and rode a few miles, [...]

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Happy Easter 2012

April 8, 2012

Happy Easter, everyone! I have just returned from my beach trip yesterday and today, my family is celebrating Easter, as I’m sure most of you will be as well. I’ll be singing in the choir (I don’t think I told you all that I joined my church choir in January, did I?) and singing praises [...]

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Feature Friday: 11 Magnolia Lane

April 6, 2012

Welcome three cute bloggers from 11 Magnolia Lane, Amy, Terry and Christy. They tag team on their blog and it is named for one of the houses that Christy lived in and fixed up, a 1920’s beauty in Fayetteville, N.C. that was beautifully redone. She has since moved on from this house, but it’s worth [...]

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Do You Have a Messy Space?

April 5, 2012

If you do, you’re in luck! Well, you have to live in an apartment to enter this contest, but ForRent.com is having a big prize winning photo contest for messiest apartments. Time to declutter and throw out? Go over to this page for all the details! Sign up, someone will win that contest ($3,000 giveaway!!) [...]

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Coastal Home Drive-bys in St. Simons Island, GA

April 4, 2012

I can never visit a coastal town without drooling over the beachy homes along the way. St. Simons has its share of beautiful low-country style homes and I took the opportunity to take photos of them, cause I knew all of you would love to see them too. Just now getting around to sharing the [...]

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Homemade Strawberry Pie just like Shoney’s

April 3, 2012

Our family grew up going to Shoney’s. A lot! That was one of our favorite places to go after church on Sunday nights and we spent many evenings hanging out with the young people and older folks from our church. Big Boys and french fries were my faves back then. And there were many times [...]

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Boxwoods Gardens: Ready for Spring

April 1, 2012

You all sure know how to make a girl feel good!! Thanks so much for taking the time to congratulate me on the new/old house. Y’all always come out in droves for good news (and even bad) and I sure appreciate the thoughts. I’m excited to share the journey! While I’m relaxing at the beach [...]

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House Hunting!! BIG News!

March 30, 2012

Happy day, happy day!! You’ll have to excuse the lack of Feature Friday today, but I’ve got some news to share that is making me about to burst with excitement. I haven’t written a lot about my house hunting journey, mainly because it’s been fairly uneventful and not a lot to talk about. It would [...]

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Philly Style Mac and Cheese

March 29, 2012

Time for one more recipe with Knorr, using Knorr’s Beef Homestyle stock. This one is a cheesy pasta bake, Philly Style Mac and Cheese that I found in the February/March Taste of Home magazine. They have a lot of down-home style recipes that are crowd pleasers and this is one of them. If you love [...]

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Initials Inc. $50 Giveaway

March 28, 2012

Do you love monograms? I know you do! I’m back today with a fun one with Initials, Inc. and got a firsthand look at one of their beautiful totes, this resort tote in quilted black fabric, with a snazzy lime green monogram on front. My monogram is back to my maiden name and that makes [...]

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Fresh Spring Floral Door Bucket

March 27, 2012

Spring is here! What better way to celebrate the arrival of my favorite time of the year that to head outside and cut some fresh florals for the Biltmore Inspirations door bucket I have. It definitely comes in handy for all seasons. I figured why go and buy faux, when all this glorious fresh florals [...]

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