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The winners are:
#25 – Kathy
#223- Lorene Halfman
#296- Linda with Coastal Charm
Congrats, ladies! All of you have been emailed, so get back to me ASAP!
I’ve gotten to know over the last 3 years or so. You may all know her as Miss Mustard Seed, but her real name is Marian and she has written a very inspiring and beautiful book, full of her own photography, many taken in her beautiful cottage style home. It’s so exciting to see my blog friends be recognized and all of the opportunities that are coming to bloggers is just so much fun to watch.
If you haven’t been to her blog, you must take a peek. Marian is just as real and down to earth as they come and she was on our Haven team this year, teaching classes on painting furniture, which is one of her many talents. Marian started her own business, painting and selling furniture, which led to her starting a blog and well, her star has risen and she is doing so many wonderful things now. I’m so, so happy for her and it is well deserved.
Her book is just out about a month now and published by Thomas Nelson, a Christian publisher. Inspired You: Letting God Breathe New Life into Your Heart and Home is a lovely book, filled with not only beautiful photos, but Marian’s well-spoken words as well. Marian really knows how to string together sentences and draw you into her world.
Here’s a little video clip from Marian about Inspired You.
From the treasure hunt of finding run-down furniture and bringing it back to life again, to showing how to paint furniture, sew slipcovers and more, Marian inspires all women to work with what they have and decorate on a budget, using the God-given gifts that we all have received.
Taking a peek through the book, you’ll see lots of beautiful rooms in Marian’s home. She’s a wonderful decorator and knows how to put thing together and she teaches us all how to do it as well.
Another awesome opportunity that Marian has been blessed with is getting her own line of milk paint. She is one talented lady in furniture painting and I know so many have been inspired by her to go out and find old furniture to fix up and love again. Click here for the entire list of retailers who are carrying Marian’s new milk paint.
I was so excited for her and have seen her milk paint displays several times now. This was at the Bella Rustica market in TN. Everyone seems to know Miss Mustard Seed!
And today, I get the exciting pleasure of offering up for giveaway THREE of her beautiful new books, Inspired You!
- All you have to do is leave a comment telling me what you’d love to learn the most from Marian’s book.
- Leave a 2nd comment using another Social Media outlet, like Facebook or Twitter and leave a link to that also, for 2 chances to enter!
That’s it! Leave your comments and I’ll choose winners in one week!Â
You can also check out Thomas Nelson for ordering books directly online and to find a retailer near you.
I would love to learn more from her on how to decorate and also to paint furniture. I want to but have not found the right piece or nerve to try. I am redecorating some rooms in my home and would love some inspiration from you talented ladies. Thanks for an opportunity to win such a fun giveaway.
I bought Marian’s book already, but it would make a great Christmas gift for a friend! She is so energized about decorating and enthusiastic; I would like to get a bit of that feel of accomplishment and muster the energy and time to just do things in addtion to raising a kid and working full time.
Marian’s book is truly inspiring!
I love everything Marian does! She is fantastic, and her furniture to die for. I would love to learn to do a little fraction of anything that she would be teaching us to do in her book. To win a copy would be so great!!!
I would LOVE to peruse Marian’s book for inspiration!! The photos you posted are teasing us to want more!!
First of all, I LOVE Marian’s blog! I had never heard of milk paint and could not stop looking at her blog. I have learned how to make beautiful things from Marian. I love her style!
Marian sounds like a lovely person inside as well as out. Would love to read her book and learn how to use milk paint on a couple of chairs I have. Also, learn to let God be the inspiration for our home.
Thanks!
Mary L
Can’t wait to see this book and learn her secrets of restoring old furniture!
What isn’t there so learn from MM new book. I am really curious about the milk paint. All of her rooms and furniture redos are amazing! Thank you for the opprtunity .
I would love to learn how to select furniture and paint and the techniques to painting furniture. Thanks!
I’m obsessed (I need an intervention) with finding treasures and reinventing them! This book could shed light on some of the problems I run into! Thank you so much for the chance to win one!
I just want to LOOK at all of it………love her blog and pictures of her home!!!
O I would LOVE to learn even a smidge of what she knows how to do!!!
Thank you!
I want to learn how to paint my furniture!! I am procrastinating this whole thing.
I would like to learn more about furniture painting. I recently did my first project, and I know there were somethings that should have been done different. I would mostly like to have her book because her style is amazing and her pictures are so pretty to oohhh and aaaahhh over!
I would just love feasting on the, “eye candy,” BUT, I would also be interested in learning how to make slipcovers.
Rhoda! Your house looks beautiful…congrats on a job well done…now you can REST! You’ve earned it.
I’ve been a fan of Miss Mustard Seed for a couple of years now. I’d love to get some inside tips on how to create a beautiful home like hers.
I would like to get ideas how to put everything I already have together.
Hi Rhoda,
I want to learn everything in MMS’s book. It’s a great way to have pictures and examples about everything that can be done.
Many thanks for the giveaway,
Cathy
I would love to learn more about painting furniture.
I have read Miss Mustard Seed’s blog for quite some time now. I’m trying to muster up the courage to paint some furniture and I think her book would help. Thanks for the giveaway!