Real Home, Real Family, Real Life
From the monthly archives:
If you haven’t finished looking through the DIY Day posts, then click here to keep looking. I have clicked on every single link over there and I’m totally amazed at the skill and creativity of you gals! I haven’t had time to comment everywhere (my kids keep asking me to eat), but I have seen [...]
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It’s my favorite day of the week…DIY Day on ASPTL! DIY Day is all about you. Link up your DIY home projects, makeovers, crafts…even a great recipe counts as DIY, in my opinion. We have another prize this week! Two of my favorite girls, Megan and Lori, from Whiteflower Farmhouse are offering this beautiful collection [...]
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Photo: Pensiero I thought the words for this post would be difficult to find because I grew up as an only child, although I now have a much-loved step-sister. But as I’m sitting at my keyboard, the answers seem so obvious. We’re sisters because we connect. We’re women. It’s what we do. We long to [...]
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A couple of days ago, I showed you the bounty of beautiful oyster shells that I collected on vacation. I stuck a bunch of them in a glass hurricane, but I asked for your ideas on what else I could do with eleventy-million pounds of oyster shells. I haven’t gotten around to doing anything with [...]
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photo: Shereen M So that I can ramble for a bit. Whenever I write a post like this one, I feel compelled to acknowledge that I know not all of you share my beliefs. This is not a “faith blog”, although I at least try to be faithful in my blogging. There are lots of [...]
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When I first saw the Big Ugly Painting (BUP, from now on) in Goodwill last week, my first thought was probably much like yours. Blech! It’s got that scary 1970′x frame and I particularly liked how the frame had been highlighted with burnt orange paint. {shudder} The more I looked at BUP, the more my [...]
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My garage sale-ing this week was a total flop. I managed to make it to at least 8 sales on Saturday morning (without my kids…heaven!!!) and picked up exactly 1 thing. That’s just how it goes though…Some thrifting days are better than others. But the good news is that I got some awesome bargains earlier [...]
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The faithful love of the Lord never ends!His mercies never cease.Great is his faithfulness;his mercies begin afresh each morning. Lamentations 3:22-23 photo credit: shoebappa
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I’m exhausted! At last count there were over 150 posts linked up for DIY Day! THAT is the ultimate linky love! If you haven’t had a chance to browse through, go take a look. There is some fantastic stuff in there. Here are just a few of my faves along with some other things I’ve [...]
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Thursday has rapidly become my favorite day of the week because I love seeing all of your projects! This week we have a special treat! A prize!!!! Darlene from Flax and Spindle has generously offered one of her beautiful Vintage Post Card Pillows. The really fun part is that Darlene is going to pick her [...]
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And what I have are oyster shells. Lots and lots of oyster shells. What started off as a couple of shells in my pocket while walking the beach, ended up as 2 sons, 1 nephew and 1 cousin dragging heavy buckets of shells down the beach for me. Gotta love having boys. As I was [...]
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I’m not quite done sharing pictures from my vacation shopping trip that ended at Beach House Chic. If you missed yesterday’s post, click here to see more. Stop. The. World. She took two sets of bi-fold doors, attached a wooden shelf with wood supports and created a bar height counter. I don’t need a bar [...]
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Vacation means 2 things to me…beach and shopping. This year it was more browsing than buying, but it was still fun. My cousin-in-law (Hi Kathy!!!) and I share a love for home decorating projects, so we spent some time browsing around the beach community where we vacationed. During our hunt, we stumbled on an outdoor [...]
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I wait patiently for the Lord;he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit,out of the mud and mire;he set my feet on a rockand gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth,a hymn of praise to our God.Many will see [...]
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A squeal-worthy hutch makeover ~ Life in the Fun Lane Painting bedroom floors white ~ Like Merchant Ships The key to my art ~ Open Hand Living Beautiful centerpiece idea (Here’s how she made the tissue paper flowers) ~ Zakka Life If this family room makeover with a board and batten wall treatment doesn’t inspire [...]
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Please welcome Rachel Ann from Home Sanctuary. In Rachel’s own words, “”Home Sanctuary” sums up a lot of what my life is about. As a wife and mom, I’m always looking for ways to make our home life a refuge and place of grace for the ones I love most.” ‘And remember one thing, my [...]
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It’s that time again! Time to share your latest projects on DIY Day. If you haven’t heard me prattling on about it, you may not know that I’m on vacation this week. That means I don’t have a project of my own to share. And if I did, it would probably be something along the [...]
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While I’m relaxing on the beach with my family this week, I’m thrilled to have Carissa from GoodNCrazy here. Carissa has created a summer GoodNCrazy series: HELP! My Kids Are Driving Me Crazy! With ideas from friends, fellow bloggers and her own kids. Please help me welcome Carissa to ASPTL! Lemonade Stand: Kids Give What [...]
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I love to do business with real people. So when I started talking with Michelle from Monkey See Boutique, I was thrilled to discover that she is, in fact, a real person. Michelle is a married mama of three adorable kidlets. How she finds time to run this wonderful online boutique is beyond me. But [...]
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That Nester. Always coming up with brilliant ideas! I love seeing what everyone has spent on the things in their homes. I guess I’m just nosey. If you’re visiting from Nesting Place, be sure to enter my giveaway from Monkey See Boutique. I was hesitant to share my family room because I’m still in the [...]
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