It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful
The other day I gasped as my boys walked out of their science class. They were holding what I later learned was a polyhedra.
I had always called it that cool shapey, faceted thing I’ve had on my table for over a year. Now my boys were walking out each carrying one of these wonderful things. They said it was easy and fun to make. What?! How?!…
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Our bedroom is one of the few places in our house where I feel like I can make a vignette and it will stay that way. But that’s the one room where I go a little crazy and demand that everything in the room be ‘quiet’. The duct tape wall is loud enough for me, I want everything else to be almost silent. So I admit, my dresser vignette lacks pizzaz but, it makes me feel all calm.
The reality in most of our house is that I’m the messiest person and set my junk down everywhere. So my surfaces have a choice, they can either be a cute vignette that is interrupted with a Starbucks cup, random jewels that I unknowingly removed, a pen without a cap and my phone. I can NEVER find my phone.
Or,
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It grew back. Remember my agony, tears and big fight with my husband? A bloom grown in the midst of imperfection is still beautiful. Maybe the most beautiful of all. Tomorrow I’ll show you my vignette. Did you make one? Pin It
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BHG (thanks Kate!) When I say the word vignette (vin-yet) I feel all fancy and French like. When I try to make a vignette I feel all 12-years-old and dumb. And that’s when I head to Pinterest. decorpad Look at vignettes with a discerning eye (or two if you have them) here are my tips [...]
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photo: unsourced Such an easy way to display black and whites. Or instagram photos that you have printed up. Pecan Cobbler? Stop the world. photo: Benjamin Stelly The Ways We Are Perfect : Richella is one of the first people I met through blogging, her oldest son just graduated from Duke University, this is her [...]
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Remember the cubes I found at Walmart a few months ago? I updated one as soon as I took this photo but had to hold the post until today because ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape wanted to sponsor it. I think I have a roll of Blue Painter’s tape in every room of our house so this [...]
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Vintage Lamp Makeover Chalkboard Markers on Picture Frames DIY Painted Coral Vanity, now that’s a pretty coral! Just a quick note to let you know that I’m at Disney World with my husband and boys at the Social Media Moms Conference put on by Disney. I know my last two posts have [...]
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To the internet, my office looks like this. And mostly this. But it hasn’t looked that way in a long time. I sold the rug at the Big Sale in October and moved the mirror up to the boy’s room. The antelope head is part of the gallery wall. For the past few months my [...]
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I still love my white slipcovered sofa. But the one part that takes the worst beating is the arms. I’m hoping to re-slipcover the sofa soon, it’s been three years and many washes and lived on hard: it’s dingy. But this winter I tried out a little temporary fix and it worked even better than [...]
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jay jeffers I’m a little slow. Even though I like to think I’m really picky about what I pin on Pinterest I was surprised at some of the rooms I’ve pinned. It took me a year of Pinterest using to realize that just because I pinned a space didn’t mean I wanted to actually live [...]
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I've got a secret that will unlock creativity and hope for your home. Ready? Here it is:: It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. Yep. That's it. All you have to do is believe it. Read More…
