2011 June

The Scoop on My Striped Drapes

June 28, 2011 Filed Under: window mistreatments

They are the backdrop to way too many of my photos.

You are probably sick of looking at them.

If there’s anything you’d like to know about my striped drapes check out my post at Window Mistreatments today. If you are tired of hearing about them, click away and we’ll both pretend this never happened.

Did you notice my dog? His personal life mission is to stand in every photo I take and then act all nonchalant about the whole thing. I have to crop his brown self out of almost every photo I take.

PS, are these extra-large photos annoying? Would you rather they be smaller?

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For A Summer Monday

June 27, 2011 Filed Under: Uncategorized

Winner of the MirrorMate giveaway: Top Referrers for the last 30 days~I can’t thank you all enough and everyone 1. Thrifty Decor Chick 2. Young House Love 3. Life In Grace 4.Centsational Girl 5. My Sweet Savannah 6. A Soft Place to Land 7. Hooked on Houses 8. Flower Patch Farm Girl 9. Simple Mom [...]

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Great Deal at One Kings Lane Today

June 26, 2011 Filed Under: Uncategorized

Today at One Kings Lane there is a great deal on the Core Root Crafts items. I love all of these trays and servers, urns and interesting pieces and they are a really good price starting at $19. They remind me of these wood bowls from Target but they are a little less expensive [...]

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Debt Free Decorating Part 2:: Thrifting

June 23, 2011 Filed Under: thrifting

This is the second post in a series about Debt Free Decorating:: Ideas Credit Cards Wish You Didn’t Know, read the first post here. Thrifting is currently my favorite way to add beauty to my home for pennies on the dollar. I like it because thrift stores have lots of hours as opposed to a [...]

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How I’m Gonna Run Four Blogs

June 21, 2011 Filed Under: blogging/social media, boys

A few weeks ago this site got a makeover and at the same time I added Window Mistreatments, Content to Rent and The Nest files. Wanna know how I plan to run them all? I’m going to run four blogs all wrong. I gave myself permission to do it all wrong as soon as I [...]

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Encouraging Words

June 20, 2011 Filed Under: (in)

We all do it. You know, save those cards, notes and little kind words that people have given us over the years? Here’s a some of my personal stash and I admit, I’m not that much of a sentimental person. Join me at (in)courage today and you can see a little of my encouragement stash~do [...]

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Best Yard Sale Finds EVER

June 15, 2011 Filed Under: budget living

Last week we talked about how yard sales are a great way to add beauty and purpose to your home without spending a bunch of cash or going into debt. I love to see what other people have found at yard sales, even though at times I get pretty jealous of an amazing deal. I’m [...]

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From Every Room

June 14, 2011 Filed Under: nesting

By now you’ve probably seen these stunning photos of the spaces created for the Gill family by Traditional Home and Ballard Designs. This room was an empty room with a few chairs and some instruments. But the family “wanted a “salon” – a room to sit around and enjoy each others’ conversation, listen to music [...]