Showing posts with label blog love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blog love. Show all posts
I have met so many wonderful people through this blog.
People I call my friends, whom I haven't even met in person.
Strange how you can just click with someone over blogs, emails, and the occasional phone calls.
One person
{who I totally admire by the way}
sent me this beautiful book, signed by Rachel Ashwell herself.
I spent a good portion of last night pouring over all the gorgeous photos.
I have always loved Rachel's shabby chic style, and this book throws a bit of rustic glamour in there, making it all the more appealing in my opinion.
Thank you to my new blog friend for making my day and blessing me with this gift!
So glad to "know" you!
xoxo
What does your day look like?
Mine is full of candy {and I'm sure some tums}
roasted pumpkin seeds, school parties, crafts, trick or treating, and looking at
and wishing I could visit, just for the year day.
xoxo
You know how much I love signs right? :)
Well, I am so excited about today's giveaway.....
The beautiful Tara from between you and me, is offering one of you lucky readers one of her "family rules" signs!
They are a whopping 2' x 4' and guess what else?
You can customize the sign!
How about one for the holiday's?
The possibilities are endless.
This is a $100 value and I will pick a random winner on Friday.
If you can't wait till then, Tara would like to offer you a 10% discount through the rest of October.
Just visit between you and me to place an order, or email Tara at
andrewshanelowry@gmail.com
*Please note the giveaway is open to US readers only*
So, if you won, what would yours say?
Please leave your comment here to be entered to win.
Thank you Tara!
If you have a product you'd like to giveaway on my sweet savannah, please email me at
lakeliving4@msn.com
Good luck, and happy Monday!
xoxo
Well, the flea market is over and now I have a truck to unload.
That's the not so much fun part.
But, the show was fabulous and I met some really nice people, that's always the best part for me.
I took a ton of photos and will share them soon.
On another note, my friend Edie has just finished re-building her family home after a fire took their old home. I have enjoyed everyday seeing new photos of this lovely home, and I know you will too.
It's the most beautiful unique home I have seen in a long time.
The photo above is of her screened porch.
I made her that sign and my heart skipped a beat when I saw what she did with it.
Edie, you are a genius.
You can see more of her home here.
Also, I forgot to mention the winner of the bag giveaway~
Hillary, you are the lucky winner!
Congrats!
Happy Sunday, off to unpack.
xoxo
When I grow up I want to be just like Maria.
Oh wait, she's younger than me.
Well, at any rate, when I grow up I want to take photos like Maria.
This girl has it all, would you not agree?
Someday I'll take a photography class......
And put pumpkins on chairs in the fields woods behind my house.
Someday I will have vintage European grain sacks all over my house.
Someday, yep, someday......
Love you Maria!
xoxo
I call this "Kelley's style"
I met Kelley through blogging and instantly fell in love with her style.
Her mix of old and new and her love of grain sacks and old textiles is a similar love of mine.
We worked on this project together here, which was a lot of fun!
I keep going back to photos of her house now, and her former home.
I would love to infuse my own home with a little bit of "Kelley"
You can see her former home featured on Houzz here.
It's casual, comfortable, and has that "collected" look.
To see more of Kelley's style, please visit her blog here, if you haven't already!
I will be back tomorrow with another fun giveaway which I think you will love!
xoxo
Lately I have felt like I am always running and have yet to catch my breath.
~Flea market Saturday {hope you are coming}
~Getting the house prepped for the painters
~Painting my neighbors kitchen cabinets {stop me before I volunteer again!}
~back to school shopping
~making time for the kids in the midst of all this
{last night we had a tadpole die, and it was very traumatic!}
~keeping my space at ruffles and rust stocked
~keeping up on house cleaning, last night Cody told me I need to do the laundry because he has worn the same shorts 2 days in a row :)
~custom orders
and the list goes on
and
on
and
on
and
on.
You get the picture.
Not that I am complaining.
Things are good, just busy.
The one thing that has been a battle is this house stain/paint thing.
We picked a color, sort of a darker brown stain, and decided to go with off white trim instead of white.
The painters have been here 4 days and just finished the stain.
Chris and I hate it.
It's nothing like what we thought.
It's more like a paint.
You can't see the wood grain through it and it's also shiny in spots.
Not good.
The painter talked us into this certain stain and we just aren't happy.
If it was a wall in the house we could live with it.
But this is our house, our garage, and 2 out buildings.
Yikes.
The painters are coming again this morning to do the trim, but looks like we will be asking them to strip the stain instead.
This should be a fun conversation.
Anyway, after all the chaos of the week, I sat down last night to browse my favorite blogs.
It always makes me happy to see pretty pictures of homes, and friends.
This photo above is from the happy home blog.
Love the black and white stripes and the styling with the pictures.
I want to do this somewhere.
However, painting walls is no where in my near future, as I have my neighbors kitchen to finish up and my homes exterior to deal with.
Wish me luck, and thanks for letting my vent my friends!
xoxo
Well, hello friends!
I was blog surfing and came across this wonderful blog.
It's new to me, maybe not to you, but I'd thought I'd share it with you if you haven't heard of it.
It's called buckets of burlap and check out their newly re-vamped master bedroom.
Don't you just love that recycled headboard?
Another thing that caught my eye was this driftwood garland.
I thought about making one but then found one here, so I might just order that one out of pure laziness.
I will be gone camping with family and friends until Sunday but will be back on Monday!
Have a great weekend!
~happy summer~
xoxo
I had to do one more post before our little camping trip.
I'm leaving you with some eye candy to drool over while I am away.
Have you seen this blog?
It kinda has the same flavor as this blog, another one of my favorites.
LOVE that blue porch ceiling!!!
Dining room.
kitchen......{see that cow painting?}
Living room.....
I think I need to make a trip to Ikea to get a white cowhide!
This master bath is too die for!
This family has some SERIOUS talent!!!
xoxo
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