A few of my Favorite things.

I know a few posts back i mentioned doing a small giveaway series on a few of my favorite things. 

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First item I have to share with each of you is one of my favorite things that I always have with me. 

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My Stila lip gloss!!

so... I thought I would share some lip "glaze"  with one of you.

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To enter...You must follow this blog and simply leave a comment and one lucky winner will receive  a tube in raspberry!!.

{appox. $20.00 value!!}

**giveaway will be open until saturday and on Easter sunday a winner will be chosen!!

{winner will be selected via random.org}

Speechless

On the way home from a wedding tonight my husband and I were listening to the radio. I can hear a song 100 times and not think about it. 

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But right now these words are really rocking me to my core. 

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HE is Jealous for ME.

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Me???

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I am truely without words.

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We serve such an amazing God.

he calls us, wants us, desires us, and is jealous for us. 

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Then he takes our lives and circumstances, mistakes and uses us, molds us and shapes us into who he created us to be.

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Just let that marinate as we move into Palm Sunday and realize what our savior did for us many many years ago.

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Share Your Project

Yesterday Emily @ Jones Design Company is hosting a "Share your Project" Painted Wallpaper party.

You should all stop by and get some incredible inspiration from around blogosphere!!

Here is a Shot from here incredible office.

And here is the link to my master bedroom project.

{click on the picture to go to the original post}

don't forget... we are 1 person away from a giveaway!!! 

tell all your friends!!!

Word Art

Have y'all seen the word art starting to pop up on etsy and in blogosphere??

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I liked them but they weren't quite me. 

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{via etsy}

{via etsy}

{via facebook}

First thing I did was find a quote I liked to use. 

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1.Typed it up in word in a fun font I donwloaded from kevinandamanda.com

2. Painted the background on the canvas.

{now looking back I should have painted the other images underneath but hindsight is 20/20.}

3.Then  I used Mod Podge to glue the pieces of paper on the canvas.

4. Added a few whimsical flowers and squiggles and TADA!!

For those wondering this is an Audrey Hepburn quote and one that I adore.

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For beautiful eyes look for the good in others, beautiful lips speak only words of kindness and for poise, walk with the knowledge you're never alone!!!.

LOVE !!!

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Happy Day to each and every one of you.

{did you notice someone's room got painted?}

Tulips

I am overjoyed to now be able to find tulips everywhere. 

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When we invited my sister and brother over for lunch today after church I knew this was my excuse to get some fresh flowers.

aren't they pretty??

(notice anything new?? like some botanical prints??)

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Don't worry I am headed to the store now to purchase 2 more frames to add to the collection.

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I think I have an obsession with picture gallery walls.

A storm,stairs, and suprise!

We are off to a crazy week so far!!

Yesterday brought straight line winds and with that an interesting drive home. (I tried to tweet some of the images last night but my twitter account won't let me attach them, hrm?)









Yea there is a house under here!



It's pretty much craziness!!

In other news we got the double door stairs built for the deck so on the project home front we are moving right along!



Now, off to my house to discover if we have power.

Ps. If we reach 100 followers this week I will host another great giveaway!!

A Place to Dine Part 2

After  2 sets   3 sets of hand me down dining table sets my husband and I decided it was time to start trying to find something "new to us" and that would fit our style and our home. 

First we liked this.

{via world market}

retails for $699

Then we fell in LOVE with this.

{via restoration hardware}

retails for $1200-$1700

And went on our hunt to find the perfect table for our family....

Finally we chanced upon this table on sale at our local antiques mall.

$118.00.

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SCORE!!

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Now to just finish the faux-finishing process.

Spring Fling

Sad to see the Spring Fling come to an end.. but I have alot to share with all of you!

So... I did ALOT over spring break I have been holding out on... 

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even with a broken foot I pressed on so I would have plenty to share with yall. 

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I made a new arrangement for the front door.

and I bought some spring decor for the yard.

{my sister said this "cluster" is too much so I am considering dispersing some of these things around the front of the house.}

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I did things like landscape the front and some of the back yard.

{bleeding heart on the left and begonia on the right}

{boxwood, creeping jenny, and english ivy}

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Then the bulk of the work was done on the screened in porch.

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YES finally after all this time, we are wrapping things up.

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My father -in-law again came to our rescue and helped us put up our ceiling all by himself. 

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He is genius I tell ya!! 

 {originally we wanted beadboard, but while we were at the store my FIL got a vision and I let him use his mad skills/know how and do his thing}

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Must say it looks better than I could have EVER imagined!!!

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Oh, yeah.... i almost forgot....

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He also put up all the screen we needed replaced and got a good bit of the verticle slats up too!!

{still needed to be done is hang rest of slats, paint ceiling, install stairs and french doors... oh and please don't judge my half-painted porch, our spray gun has a mind of its own so the rest of this painting will be done with a brush... yes VERY TIME CONSUMING!!!!}

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Can I have it finished by easter?? I sure hope so..

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Also made some really cute placemats to add to the etsy shop.

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Be back tomorrow with more spring decor...

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and did I mention there are several new earrings for our Spring 11' collection.

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Hop on over to our Facebook page to see.

Spotted

A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine hosted a Willow House party.

While I was there to buy this

I will show you where I used it in my Spring Fling post.

I also found this....

I love this stand but as you can see from the description below $51.00 for something "cute" and I wont use but maybe 2 x's a year seems a little much to me...

Then I found this at wal-mart!!

{i tried to find the link to wal-mart's site for you guys but this must be a retail only item... so run to your local wal-mart!!}

Although my version is quite smaller Its the same lines and at $6.00 totally worth the investment.

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So.. I bought 2!!

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Now to finish that porch up so I can put these cuties to good use!

Giveaway winner

Thank you all so much for sharing my special day with me and entering my giveaway.

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The giveaway ended today at 5pm and according to Random.org...

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The winner is.......

Erica!!! Congrats on winning!!

Email me your address so I can send you your book!!!

{jenn32404@aol.com}