tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53157082056282954442024-02-06T18:11:08.601-08:00Front Porch PrimitivesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315708205628295444.post-55503351694770020672017-09-18T11:33:00.003-07:002017-09-18T11:34:22.241-07:00Mantle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I build displays I often take pictures of it along the way. I base what I add in, take out, or move around on how the picture looks instead of what my naked eye is seeing. Somehow looking at a photo of what is going on helps me see things better. By the time I am done I can have as many as 8-10 pictures and the progression is fun to look at. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As my husband and I were taking a walk around the back side of our undeveloped neighborhood we found so many wild sunflowers growing there. The ones I had planted in my garden hadn't bloomed yet so I set out with a vase of water and some kitchen shears to harvest the ones on our walk. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For years sunflowers have graced the table in our dining room</span>. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Over Independence Day we went to Bear Lake. While I think I've already photographed every possible thing in town and the surrounding areas, I can't help but get my camera out to recapture shots as I take a walk. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This valley is like some time space continuum. You're defiantly entering a new place when you come here and I love it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the funnest things about having a new yard is this spring I have had so many blossoms coming up all over the place. Most of them I know what they are and a few have me guessing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is some sort of flowering tree in my front yard that has berries. The blossoms are pink on the outside and white when they unfold. In early bloom the tree looks half pink and half white. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In late spring it is totally magnificent. We have nick named it the Tree of Life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course tulips, and the chicks and hens are there on the right. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This plant looks sort of like a dandelion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lilacs: my absolute favorite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This plant is some sort of succulent grass type. It shoots out the most gorgeous little dainty pink flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We planted petunias. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have large bunches of Catnip and it smells awesome. The bees love it and so does our cat!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Flowering grass: I have no clue what this is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">More blossoms on a tree in the back yard. It is not the same kind as in the front.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Forsythia is another one of my very most favorites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have not an idea as to what this is, but it's pretty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is not in our yard, but next spring I am going to plant one if I can figure out what it is. I took this photo while on a walk at a park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If any of you know what some of these blossoms or plants are that I don't I'd love for you to tell me.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315708205628295444.post-11396244897527529572017-04-06T10:35:00.000-07:002017-04-06T10:38:28.358-07:00Grungy Prim Egg Tutorial<span style="font-size: large;">I needed a tutorial on grungy eggs, but my go to blog for that project is being revamped. Now what? Well, I did what I needed to do.......figure it out and make my own for future references. Disclaimer: I am not a professional grundy egg maker or tutorial maker. My eggs were really pushing the limits of grundy almost into ugly, but in the end I am satisfied with how they look in their proper setting. Bonus: My hands smell wonderful and my house smells like I've been cooking up something very delicious. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You are going to need plastic easter eggs that have the holes in the top or bottom, ground cloves, toothpicks, a small dish, melted wax (preferably a wax that is white, tan, or brown), a cooling rack with something under it. I also found later that I needed cotton swabs and a fine sifter.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am not patient enough to wait for hours for the wax to melt on the candle plate so if you start out with cool water and put your glass container in it to heat up all together on med low the glass won't crack. It only took 15 minutes to melt with a very slight simmer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take a toothpick and insert the end of it into an egg then quickly submerge it fully into the melted wax. Hurry and get it out or the egg will fill up inside with the wax. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You are not going to get great results in covering the egg unless you have a ton of cloves in your dish. I was trying to be conservative because I only had a small bottle of it. If you can, get a big bottle of cloves and make it pretty deep in the the dish and it will be so much easier for you. Working quickly before the wax sets cover as much of the egg as you can. I found that I actually needed to pick of the cloves and push them in and onto the egg. It was more like molding it how I wanted it to look. Some areas needed more while some needed less.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes wax will drip into the cloves and set. It makes it nearly impossible to cover the egg or pick the cloves to push them on if there are chunks in it. Just fine sieve them out and throw them back into the hot melted wax. If you melted your wax via stovetop and find it is setting while your working, then put the container back in the hot water for a few minutes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By this time your workspace and hands will be a complete mess, you might be wondering what the heeeell you are doing, and your eggs might be very ugly. Just stick with it and keep creating. There will be parts of your egg that need re waxing because it set before you got spices on it. Just take a cotton swap and transfer melted wax to the spots you need to cover. Keep adding wax and covering spaces until it looks how you want it to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">See, they really will be o.k.. Once you get them in a proper setting I think they look just fine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"By baby bunting daddy's gone a hunting to fetch a little rabbit skin to wrap my little baby in."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As babies, after our baths, our father would wrap us tightly in our towels and hold us in his arms and rock us back and forth and sing this song.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am not in the habit of creating decor like this. It's not the style I am looking for, but when I saw something like it on Pinterest the memory of my father singing this song instantly came to my mind after many, many years. I fell in love with the bunting and since it is spring and close to Easter time, it was fitting. I also think the bunnies look quite nice on the china hutch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was Spring eve, March 19th. The kids were in bed, the kitty curled up in her usual spot, the house was dim, and there I was, ripping things apart and pulling out the flowers, bunnies, grungy eggs, nests, and birds late into the night. The house had to be transformed, I couldn't take it another second let alone another day. My heart needed spring as much as my mind and eyes did. Yes......welcome spring.......indeed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I wonder if I never rearranged again, if I never decorated for the holidays or the seasons, if I just stopped fussing about the mantle, the centerpieces, or the shelves if anyone would ever notice. Would my children and husband one day realize the house had been the same for months and months? Would they care that the flowers were not there or that the Fourth July decor never got put out? Would they realize that the Spring or Fall sign had been up through all four seasons? Would they care? I hate to really ask that because I think they might not. No one really notices anything when I rearrange. No one says they like the flowers, or the way the entrance has been changed. I have to tell myself that it doesn't really matter because it's something I love to do. It doesn't matter if no one likes it on Instagram or Facebook. It doesn't matter if my family cares or not. It's my way of being something other than just a mom. I have to do it for myself, so the decorating will go on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a Sunday drive to another town for a family gathering. We were early as usual so we decided to go down to the edge of the dam to see if the utilities were pumping out much water. It wasn't the color of the water or the sound of the swift falls and river. It wasn't the smell of the grasses and sage as the snow was melting around them. It wasn't the old bridge that cars and trucks were passing on overhead. And it wasn't the washed out sky in contrast to the canyon walls. It was the abandoned pump house that captured the reason for the photograph. It's haunting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If I were a pioneer woman and had to beautify my little cabin I would probably be the one to pick all sorts of flowers, twigs, branches, etc. to try and somehow make my home a better place. The ability to see beauty in such simple things is a gift I enjoy. I am not sure others see some of the things in my house as beautiful, but it's all in the eye of the beholder. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I saw pictures of cotton stems floating around on the Internet I knew I needed to have some for spring. Sadly, I was not impressed with the tutorials or the actual product I was seeing. So I set to doing it my way and making a tutorial that hopefully will benefit someone. I think they are oh, so lovely......and simple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gather stems that have many out-branchings. I prefer the thinner stems that aren't so stiff and woody. This time of year it is great to find them with the buds. You will also need pine cones, cotton balls, hot glue, and some sort of tool for cutting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Start by trimming your stems of broken edges and loose debris. Look at the branch and even it up by cutting off any twigs that look out of place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Separate a cotton ball. If you pull gently on the cotton ball you can discover which way it pulls in half easily. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Roll it in between your palms until it becomes a little cotton bud. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pinch the bottom together so it looks like a V shape. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hot glue three pine cone scales around the bottom of the bud. Place the scales so the inside of it is toward the cotton. I tried to pick scales that would fit the size of the bud. Some scales were very large making it look unnatural. The smaller ones looked better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Try and pull just a pinch on the top of the bud so it doesn't look too flat, round, or synthetic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There, that wasn't so hard. And once your done you will love your cotton stems so much you might just offer to make some for your friends!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is this weird space of time between Valentines Day and the first day of spring. I usually take down the Love and fill the nooks and crannies with other textiles until I can display the flowers and bunnies, but this year I thought I'd just leave the hearts and reds where they sit until March 20th. It was a good plan until the mantle really started to get on my nerves with the "be mine" banner and "love you" sign. I was on my way to tearing it down when I found my inspiration on Instagram. A lovely March display full of vintage fun and dark greens. I'd never even thought about a display like that until then. I set to gathering anything green around the house and in my decor closet I could find. I had more than I expected, but it's hard to fit random jars, books, spindles, etc. into a display. In the end this is what came of it all. I made the banner out of foam paper, glitter, and some ribbon I found at JoAnn's </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was therapeutic to rummage around the house for items, rearrange them in a pleasing way, and then have created something my family can enjoy for just pennies on the dollar. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With any "luck" the snow will all melt soon and the weather will warm up. It's been a very long and cold winter here in Idaho this year. I am more than ready for the forsythia, pussy willows, and fruit blossoms. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you are on the road and pass a store you've never seen before which happens to be called Redeemed Decor, you make your hubby slam on the brakes and u-turn into the parking lot. And he does because, even though you warned him it would be dangerous for you to go in there, he loves you and is fully prepared to come out of the place with a treasure. And what a treasure it is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes items actually jump off the shelves into my arms screaming for me to take them home. This was just the thing that happened. Only it was too big to jump so it grabbed my heart instead and pulled. A re purposed vintage radio cabinet! I mean how cool is this!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first thing that went into the cabinet was actually the kitty. Baby decided it needed a cosy place to hide and then shut the sliders so the poor thing couldn't get out. After a mighty rescue I freed it and then set the cabinet in the music room. Hubby and I decided the perfect thing to do with the cabinet was to use it for it's intended purpose and that was to house a radio. We went to Best Buy and found the best blue tooth system we could afford (there are lots to choose from). I drilled a hole in the back for the cord and got it all settled in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How long it has been since I've taken a picture of something other than my children and house! Today we took a country drive to observe the damage the flooding had created over the farm land of Southern Idaho. The destruction is real as lakes had formed in the middle of prospective crops, rivers were running through fields and over roadways, canals had been blown out, top soil eroded away, and parts of roads had been washed out. People's homes are flooding, barns are muddy messes, trucks are stuck, and livestock have been displaced. Never before have we seen this kind of calamity caused by inordinate amounts of snow and quick rising temperatures. Mother Nature is truly amazing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The children sighed when I told hubby to stop so I could get out and snap one of this barn. They were a bit tired of the drive and all the gawking their parents were doing. The sun was shinning in all the wrong places for the picture, but I did a bit of photo shopping in order to pull out the colors and some texture. Sometimes it takes a flood and a country drive to help me remember what I used to love to do; photograph the barns and old houses. Life can truly get so wrapped up in the little day to day things that we forget who were are and what we love to do. I am thankful for today. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315708205628295444.post-11908629139792068402017-02-04T14:57:00.000-08:002017-02-04T15:12:47.161-08:00Valentines Day Love <span style="font-size: large;">Hearts are not a thing I decorate with, nor the little love sayings, or the sentiments. It's not that I am a Valentines Day grinch. Although I do have a distaste for the holiday altogether, I will decorate and celebrate it for the sake of my girls. I find it harder to keep within the prim parameters when trying to put up reds, hearts, banners, ribbons, and fluff. But, I enjoyed the challenge and in the end I think things pulled together.</span><br />
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The wreath was another project. Not so prim per say, but the coffee filters are tea dyed and once the red ribbon and hearts are off of it, I can really turn it into something pretty. My oldest had a good time making it with me and that what counts. </div>
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The clock used to sit on my Grandfather's night stand. I remember once my Grandmother making me take a nap on the old stinky bed in the back bedroom which was the master bedroom she never occupied. All of my Grandfather's things were in that room and were left there untouched since he passed away. I played with the clock to keep myself occupied instead of sleeping. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A couple of years ago I participated in a ornament swap and it was one of the funnest things I have done. I got some really sweet decor for my little tree. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made this tiny prim tree. It's about 4 inches high is all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fireplace mantle in the family room. The advent calendar is the girls' favorite thing we have. The cute little snow globes were a gift to them by Cindy. They love them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Merry Christmas prim friends. Be sure to be grateful in all things and to find ways to serve each other everyday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's hard to accept that the things I had as a child are showing up in antique and vintage shops. I am turning grey though and every time I look in the mirror I am reminded that I am getting older (which is fine though because I love old things). There are few items I have saved from when I was younger, but this punch-out paper display of the First Thanksgiving somehow was lovingly set aside and saved. I don't remember keeping it throughout my life, but it's here with me and has been since I was eight years old. It is one of my most prized earthy possessions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is not a version of pioneer Frankenstein. I once saw something similar online and fell in love with the pattern. I bought and tea dyed the muslin, stitched, painted, sewed and sanded until I recreated something I could love. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found the wooden box in an antique shop in town a couple of years ago. I was a birthday present of the best kind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately these are the only things I have on display for the Thanksgiving holiday. We are usually not home during the festivities on this day so I haven't felt the need to go all out. But, when my children start having families of their own and bring them to our home for Thanksgiving, I cannot wait to find more treasures to make the holiday more perfect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wishing you all a wonderful Autumn, Super Moon day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cannot express how thankful and excited I am to have my forever dream home!! It has been like Christmas every day for me to be able to unpack my boxes and redecorate all the wonderful corners and spaces I have. We are truly blessed and I hope I never become complacent here or forget how lucky we are to have such a beautiful place and neighborhood to finish raising our children in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some Fall snippets. Hope you enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The witch's name is Tula. I made her and her twin sister. Tula's sister lives at my sister's house! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you see Honesty sitting up there? She's in the front entry way quietly reminding us to be honest in all we do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I fell in love with this particular pattern and since cannot remember the name or designer. If anyone knows, I'd love to hear. It was a fun small sampler to stitch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A very long time ago a lovely lady named Linda sent me this wonderful stitching. I cherish it and the reminder it gives me that I have prim friends from all over the United States whom I hold dear to my heart. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Things have definetely started to feel like Fall around here......finally. Southern Idaho can be extremely hot and dry for most of the summer months and the rain today is a welcome reprive. The storms off the coast of Mexico are helping us out with the much needed moisture. It's been raining two days straight and I'd bet a pay check that we have had more rain in the last 48 hours then we've had in two years put together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have not been antiquing or put anything new in the house for a while because I have been doing nothing but working and taking care of children for the past nine months. It was so nice to be able to spend some time this summer to poke around a few antique shops and find some treasures. My favorite places to shop include: The Jailhouse Antique store in Bear Lake Idaho, The Rusty Cow Antique Shoppe in Cloverdale Oregon, Real Deals, and believe it or not Deseret Book here in Twin Falls. They have a whole section dedicated to early pioneer decor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the Jailhouse I found this pretty little counter scale. I had been looking a long time and was so excited to see they had several nice one's. Coincidently the hanging scale I have in the dining room came from there too. I am a sucker for patina so of course the box was grabbed up and I love the blue canning jars so that had to be bought as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was girl's day out in Oregon so the first stop was at the Rusty Cow. Any shop that mixes antiques with modern day decor really appeals to me because that's how I have my home. I found a hand crochetted doily, a mint condition butter mold (which she sold me for a really good price comparitivly), a really sweet set of utensils with cup, baking powder tin, and a pioneer doll. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Someday I think it would be fun to own my own little shop filled with the things I love. It would be a dream to spend all day there moving things around and making displays. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My most favorite time of the year to decorate for is the Summer. I put up Americana on June 21 which is the summer solstice and also my birthday. It stays until the week after school starts. A lot of my little bowl fillers and shelf sitters were given to me by dear blogging friends and it's so nice to look into nooks and crannies and be reminded of such love.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> For Christmas my husband bought me my first set of China including wine glasses and silverware. I needed a place to display them and looked for a long time for a hutch that was just perfect. I looked all over the internet and and in furniture stores and nothing ever was good enough. I had all but given up the hunt. Then one Saturday we stopped at Real Deals just for fun. That's when I saw this pretty hutch and immediately I knew that was it. It only took me two seconds to know and two more hours to have it in the house and filled.</span> </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315708205628295444.post-86947364827965336362016-04-22T20:55:00.000-07:002016-07-14T20:55:55.794-07:00Spring 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Spring decor went up a little late this year. With holding a job that takes me away from the house all day, it got put on the back burner. It took having company to push me to really get it done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This little bird's name is Honesty. We were in a home decor store and Baby had picked it up and was flying it around as we shopped. As we were leaving I told her to put it down and then she dropped it on the floor. It's back tail broke off and part of the beak got chipped. It was a learning opportunity for her to be honest. So we told the cashier what had happened through a bought of tears. Baby was so afraid of getting in trouble. The manager told us it was ok and that we didn't need to pay, but I said no because we needed to fix the mistake. So we bought the broken bird, named her Honesty, and fixed her tail. She sits in our home by the front door to remind us all to be honest in all we do.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcMkDfEVGp1ZljrvNDv7-96OPeYF-cBBInzoq84vGjTkXNgxZHUArS1e9DeOzLZsC6rk0ipuCtBIIgq_kN1JQwFY-VaC5R5uUokjYSLpzNPAv5ld7i7IkiCpFWHn1aSsVDpFx5WcApF8/s1600/Unknown-9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcMkDfEVGp1ZljrvNDv7-96OPeYF-cBBInzoq84vGjTkXNgxZHUArS1e9DeOzLZsC6rk0ipuCtBIIgq_kN1JQwFY-VaC5R5uUokjYSLpzNPAv5ld7i7IkiCpFWHn1aSsVDpFx5WcApF8/s640/Unknown-9.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For years I've always wanted to capture the sun through the trees while they are bare. I am usually in the car driving without a camera anytime I see the breathtaking beautiful silhouettes. On this chilly March morning, I was driving the kids to school when the sun was just right. I knew I only had moments until the light was gone and sped my way into the school parking lot for some shots. Only problem was I didn't have my good camera, just my phone. I am still pleased with the photos I got. I photo shopped the second one just for fun and the third is a bit washed out, but the first is my favorite and the one I am most proud of. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Summer decor goes down and Fall decor goes up the week after school starts. The first of October is when I add the Halloween touches in. This is my entry way and I have loved priming this corner out each new season and holiday. The little ladder was a gift from my Sister-in-Law. I made the shelf sitter witch a couple of years ago and named her Tula. Every piece I own has a story and a memory and I love that my house has so much meaning to me. </span></div>
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