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5 Instagram Photos That Stopped Me In My Scroll

Hello! Each Wednesday I share some of the photos that stopped me in my scroll while I was perusing Instagram the previous week. Here are this week's picks! 1. @BrightGreenDoor: Have you seen Jess' mudroom makeover? What a transformation! Here's a link to her fun blog: Bright Green Door 2. … [Read More...]

The Lettered Cottage Collection with Painted Fox Home

Happy Monday, y'all! I'm so excited to finally be able to share that The Lettered Cottage curated collection is now available through Painted Fox Home! To partner with Painted Fox has been a dream of mine for quite some time. The women they've partnered with in the past are some of my … [Read More...]

5 Instagram Photos That Stopped Me In My Scroll

Hello! Each Wednesday I share some of the photos that stopped me in my scroll while I was perusing Instagram the previous week. Here are this week's picks! 1. @FawnHamilton: I love the look of a large, old piece of furniture in a bathroom! Here's a link to Fawn's wonderful website: Patina … [Read More...]

Hay Bale Decorating 2018

Before we left Alabama, I snapped some photos of some of the (many!) hay bales sprinkled around our county this year. I try to get out and see as many as I can during the yearly hay bale decorating competition and I always love sharing photos of them here. I'm not sure who decorated our … [Read More...]

A Must Watch and A Must Visit

Have you seen the Stay Home series on Netflix? I gobbled the first season right up and sure hope they release more episodes in the future! One of my favorites featured a houseboat in Seattle. They named it the Seattle Lakeside Lovenest. Here's a look at the boat before they renovated … [Read More...]

Thought-Full Thursday: Poetry

“The leaves are changing; I feel poetry in the air.” -Laura Jaworski And speaking of poetry...I thought I'd share a favorite here today: The Day Millicent Found The World Every morning Millicent ventured farther into the woods. At first, she stayed near light, the edge where bushes grew, … [Read More...]

5 Instagram Photos That Stopped Me In My Scroll

Hello! Each Wednesday I share some of the photos that stopped me in my scroll while I was perusing Instagram the previous week. Here are this week's picks! 1. TeaHouseDesigns: Look at all those layers! The textures made me swoon! 2. @CafeDesignBlog- This space reflects everything I love … [Read More...]

Must Visit: Mooresville, Alabama

Every once in a while, I use Google to search for random things like "oldest tree in the United States" (it's a 5,062-year-old Bristlecone Pine that lives in California’s White Mountains), or "most popular dessert in 1974 (according to Taste of Home magazine, who breaks it down year by year HERE, it … [Read More...]

Thought-Full Thursday: Minnesota

“Live your life by a compass not a clock.” -Steven Covey Today's the day! The first day of our road trip through the Midwest. We're looking forward to winding our way up through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa and on to my Uncle and Aunt's house in Minnesota. Which reminds me, have you … [Read More...]

5 Instagram Photos That Stopped Me In My Scroll

Hello! Each Wednesday I share some of the photos that stopped me in my scroll while I was perusing Instagram the previous week. Here are this week's picks! 1. TheFestiveFarmhouse: I love what Allison did with that gauzy "cobweb" material there! The whole vignette is so fun! :-D Here's a link … [Read More...]

Planning A Road Trip – A Resource That Rocks!

A friend introduced me to a website recently and I am SO excited to use it on our RV adventure this week! It's called RoadTrippers.com and I thought I'd give you a little tour of it today in case you had never heard of it either. Here's a look at the home page: To plan our route, I just … [Read More...]

Our Halloween Costumes 2018

I've had so much fun seeing Halloween costume ideas pop up here and there. The crazy cat lady is my current fav! (Crafty Morning) I love it when folks with babies go with a group costume! (Parenting) And one of my favorite family Halloween costumes is this camping crew: … [Read More...]

Refinishing An Oak Dining Table

I'm a few days late in posting this (busy week!) but I'm so excited to show you how the top of our dining room table turned out! The table (which has 10 leaves) was originally purchased by my great, great Grandfather August in 1900 as a wedding present for his bride. I think it lived in my great, … [Read More...]

Halloween Decorating

Well, we woke up to temps in the 50s this morning, so I think it's officially Fall in central Alabama. I stepped out onto the front porch this morning and the air fiiiinally matched the decorations we started putting out a few weeks ago. My favorite touch is the layered doormats by the … [Read More...]