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April 14, 2012

Kitchens I Want to Cook In Someday

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by Rebecca E. Parsons

I spent a wonderful part of Sunday afternoon creating a new board on Pinterest!!! I am spending more and more time there and have now included time for it in my weekly calendar!!! Oh yes I did!!!

I know that you are feeling the same way…just admit it now and save us both a lot of [...]

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I am so thrilled to show you my DIY Christmas Decor Vignette #24 ~ My Elegantly Sumptuous Luxe 4 Less Christmas Tree for 2011. Most of the decorations are from the Dollar Tree. They had some awesome and beautiful ornaments this year!!! I did add a few of the blue ornaments from the Midnight Clear [...]

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The DIY Christmas Decor Vignette #23 ~ Elegantly Sumptuous Luxe 4 Less candelabra I found for a steal at Goodwill. By now you should have discovered that I love my local Goodwill store. I could decorate a mansion pretty well with the things I find there. This candelabra is no exception. It was brass before…now [...]

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My DIY Elegantly Sumptuous Luxe 4 Less Christmas Decor Vignette #18 is an inexpensive way to get some glamour into your decorating scheme. I so wanted a large mirror over the mantle this year. Mirrors large enough to work here are very pricey indeed!! So I found this 30′ X 48′ frame at a yard [...]

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The DIY Christmas Decor Vignette #17 and Elegantly Sumptuous Luxe 4 Less idea today is magnolia leaves rimmed in silver. They turned out so amazingly awesome, it is one of my favorites this year.

It is very easy to do…you clip some branches of magnolia leaves and draw around the edges with a silver (or gold) [...]

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DIY Holiday Decorating Ideas, Christmas Decor Vignette #11,
Elegantly Sumptuous Luxe 4 Less
Re-Creation of Wooden Stockings from Country Living
I am a consummate DIY re-creator…if I see something I want, but cannot afford or find, I set about making my own version. When I first saw this image of antique wooden sock forms used as a [...]

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The Elmer’s Looks for Less Challenge
Lucky for me, Elmer’s is challenging some of their favorite bloggers to participate in The Elmer’s Looks for Less Challenge.  I was given a mission to ‘recreate’ (I love to recreate) a quality décor item for my home with Elmer’s products. Well, of course, I went straight to the Pottery [...]

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gratitude woven into your life like a tapestry ~ DIY acorn banner printable

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Oh how powerful gratitude is…I am proof of that statement.

This time last week I was a mess…emotionally, spiritually, financially. What a difference a week makes or even a moment in time. Gratitude is perhaps the most powerful of all feelings as it can manifest greatness even among ashes. Being grateful for what you have instead [...]

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Birthdays & Giveaways & Fun…Oh My

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It’s my birthday….a BIGGGGG birthday!!!
Lots of candles on the cake! Stay and have a piece…Remember the giveaway I am having that ends today…please go sign up to win this very beautiful piece of art…it is low entry, so your chances of winning are magnified!!!

found in my inbox this morning…
Happy Birrrrthday to Youuuu,
Happy Birrrrthday to [...]

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DIY Halloween Outdoor Decor ~ The Haunted Welcome Sign Tutorial #GlueNGlitter

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I love to decorate for Halloween, inside and out!!! This year’s outdoor decor became The Haunted Welcome. How do I think of these things? Well, I found some old tree branches with leaves still clinging to them…which started the ideas coming. I would make a haunted welcome forest just the size of children. See my [...]

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Is Your Color Centrifugal or Centripetal? ( Adventures in Color Theory )

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Recently, during our Color Muze segment, on Artistically Speaking Talk Show, we discussed the fascinating phenomenon of centrifugal and centripetal action and complexity, as color designer and expert Frank Mahnke, of the International Association of Color Consultants/Designers, terms it.
The concept of  centrifugal and centripetal action and complexity in this context,  is related to using [...]

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Ghosts of Furniture Past ~ ReImagine a Country French Chair

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Procrastinator’s Party
You know I have a hundred thousand ideas running around in my head at any point of time…these can cause me to put things off or delay the pleasure of completing a project or reimagining. So I have come up with an idea (of course) to remedy this…what I call a Procrastinator’s Party! In [...]

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DIY The Gilded Pumpkin Reigns Supreme at My House

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Wow oh Wow…I love these gilded pumpkins…this has to be one of the greatest autumnal decorating ideas ever! Okay, I am a little carried away, but decorators, DIYers, creatives and decorative painters the world over should be putting together a display for their living spaces. It is really quite simple to gild (apply gold leaf) [...]

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DIY Fall Spruce Up of Your Front Door with Color #DIY

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Your front door says a lot!!! It is an amazing place to show the world what surprises lie within your home. It sets the tone for guests when they arrive. Fall is a great time to spruce up your front door with a new coat of paint. I offered some amazing fall wreath ideas last [...]

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