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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 like to learn how she paints and also how she uses her faith to live her professional life. I am struggling at work right now and could use some inspiration – any kind of inspiration.
Learning how to paint different types of furniture would be first on my list. 🙂
I would love to win a copy of Marion’s book! I have been reading her blog for quite some time, and I would love to read about the role her faith plays in her life. And of course I would study those gorgeous pictures and painted furniture!
I would love to learn to paint furniture.
I would love to learn about her painting techniques. Thanks for the opportunity!
I would want to learn how to make my home decor come together so well like she does! Thanks for a great giveaway!
I would love to learn out to paint furniture. I have an old wooden desk I bought for $5 but it needs some attention. I’m scared I’m going to make it worse than what it already looks.
I would like to learn how to paint the furniture to give it the old, loved look like she does.
I’d want to learn everything about repainting furniture! I have several pieces I want to do a great job on. Remember that steal of 4 chairs and a table for $60 I got?
I would love to learn about Marian’s techniques for furniture painting. I love her projects!!!
I love Miss Mustard Seed’s blog and have been a regular reader for a year or more. She is so talented and I would love to learn more about decorating and how she pulls everything together, also about different types of paint, such as milk and chalk paints.
I would love to learn the art of painting furniture!
I would love to learn how to use milk paint to paint furniture.
Just to learn how to put things together so that it looks wholesome and nice!
I would love to learn how to paint furniture to get the look that all of her furniture has.
I shared on my FB page.
I would love to learn about her painting techniques! I’m in the process of painting an end table using her milk paint!
Mary Ellen
The Working Home Keeper
I’d gift her book to my newlywed daughter who plans to refurb furniture to furnish their first home…a small house on a military post.
I’d love to win the book to learn her tricks of refinishing furniture!
Would love to see how she integrates her talents to serve our Savior. Would also like to learn how to use milk paint.