tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34533691386981723652024-03-13T04:01:02.656-07:00Home is Where the Heart isElizabeth and Gary http://www.blogger.com/profile/15849231608931954395noreply@blogger.comBlogger242125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453369138698172365.post-28158609666245173042015-08-23T17:22:00.000-07:002015-08-27T22:00:44.924-07:00Summer at Charlevoix Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Monday Everyone! I was MIA for the last month, it seems just when I get back into the groove of blogging, I was called away again. <br />
Gary and I spent the last month everyday at his parents home, cleaning and shinning every nick-nak and groove and cranny of every hutch and corner of their home. We even had the interior fully painted, hung new blinds and had the curtains cleaned, floor installed in master bathroom and kitchen tile steamed cleaned. I even managed to sew curtains and valences for the family room and kitchen. They now have a sparkling clean home to enjoy once more. <br />
I hope to pick up where I left off and start my weekly posts. <br />
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So Many moons ago I started to make this black and white quilt for our daughter Desire', but as life is not always smooth I was unable to work on the quilt as much as I wanted. I was bound and determined to complete this quilt, even though many times I wanted to give up. <br />
I think it has been by far the hardest quilt challenge for me since I started quilting. The quilt has 5 blocks and of course trim pieces and binding.<br />
When I first saw the quilt pattern in (Quilter's World June 2011 issue), I thought it looked easy. Well I sure fooled myself I stopped counting the pieces after 1,852 . <br />
I am so happy I stuck to it and completed the quilt (Summer at Charlevoix) <br />
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The quilt fits a queen size bed, I laid it over my king size bed for pictures.<br />
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Desire' has a queen size black sleigh bed and the quilt looks so pretty with her furniture.<br />
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I had some leftover fabric so I thought pillows would be a fun and playful touch to add to the bed. <br />
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Love you to the moon and Back is Desire' and Paul's favorite saying. I think its so sweet! I surprised them with the embroidered pillows. <br />
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Have a wonderful week everyone! <br />
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Happy Monday ! Are you like me and love to have a pretty tea kettle on the stove? <br />
I had been wanting a MacKenzie-Childs tea pot for so long, and when my birthday rolled along in March, Gary asked me what I would like. I of course answered I'm not sure, I don't need anything..<br />
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But, while shopping one day we ran into a beautiful shop that sold MacKenzie Childs, and to my delight the tea pot of my dreams gleamed from across the store right at me..., I ran over to this sweet Flower Market Blue kettle as fast as my little 4'11 body could run, OH yes I did ! .... and said with a big smile " Gary this is want I want for my birthday" <br />
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And here she sits all day long every day. I even bring out a few of my three footed tea cups every now and then to serve tea.<br />
Many of you know my love for three legged teacups, I have been collecting them for years. <br />
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So tell me what stays on your stove all day every day?. <br />
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Hope this week brings you joy! <br />
Elizabeth Elizabeth and Gary http://www.blogger.com/profile/15849231608931954395noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453369138698172365.post-56399758608471803682015-07-08T02:32:00.000-07:002015-07-08T09:23:10.070-07:00Where do I Begin Where do I begin, I know its been a very long time since I've posted. At last post I had been sharing with you a home Gary and I purchased and renovated. Shortly after renovation we put the house up for sale and in the escrow process of the sale of the home my beloved Dad passed away unexpectedly, this was a shock to our family that broke our hearts. <br />
Many of you know my sister passed away also very unexpectedly so the pain of her death and then Dads was just so sad , it left me pondering about what was important in life at this time and it was helping my Mom get through another lose. <br />
I have a amazing and loving brother and husband that has been there everyday to help. <br />
My blog needed to take the back burner. During the time I have been away I have received a few personal notes asking about where I have been, I can't tell you how sweet and thoughtful this was and without you knowing what was going on in my life you reached out to me. I thank you from the bottom of my heart!. <br />
I'm back now and feel ready to blog again. Thank you dear friends and all of you that have hung in there with me and did not stop reading my blog. <br />
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So for my first Post of 2015 ( a little late LOL) <br />
I would like to share with you the home Gary and I purchased brand new !, our first new home ever (well we did have a brand new condo once) this is a house. <br />
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We moved into our home in Dec. The builders had landscaped a standard front yard, Gary and I know the house needed some charm and definitely needed shutters. Paul our daughters boyfriend who I have written about in many posts, is an amazing carpenter! told us he would build our shutters for us. I kinda knew what I wanted but needed to find a picture so Pinterest was my go to website to find just that. <br />
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These were the ticket! So Paul began to design our shutters to look like these little beauties.<br />
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And here they are<br />
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Gary lent a hand while Paul was installing. <br />
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I was smiling from ear to ear at these lovely shutters, they couldn't be more perfect!<br />
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Many of you who live in California know our state is in a drought, the storage of water has us all on high alert and we have been changing our landscape to help with the drought, we have added more rock and taken out some of the grass in the front yard. Later I will show the back yard and the ways we have landscape to help with the water shortage. <br />
Paul, Gary and I thought the house still needed more, so Paul and Gary said lets put shutters over all the X's, so that is what we did. <br />
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Now our track home looks more custom and softens all the rock. I can't wait for all the trees to grow and the landscape to mature. <br />
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Thank you again for hanging in there with me, I look forward to visiting with you all. I have really missed you! <br />
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Elizabeth and Gary http://www.blogger.com/profile/15849231608931954395noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453369138698172365.post-18599050393013420112014-08-17T23:46:00.002-07:002014-08-21T18:44:07.779-07:00English Ivy Lace Door Panel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good, Good Monday Morning to you! I hope everyone is well and happy! First off I want to thank everyone for all your sweet and wonderful comments on our Daughters Wedding to Seth. Bernadette read your comments and was smiling from ear to ear! <br />
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I am a bit behind on my visits to you, but I do have a really good excuse, I opened on ETSY Shop! and it took me for ever! I mean for ever! I thought I would never get done. I named the shop Designs by Auntie Em. I am still making things and adding as I complete the items. I listed the ETSY on my side bar, so if you'd like to take a peek I would love for you to. <br />
I know many of you have shops on ETSY how is it going for you? <br />
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Now on to my post about "Lace"<br />
A few posts back I shared our laundry room with you and the door that leads to it. During remolding Gary and I choose a glass door, that at time seemed to be the right choice, until I ran into it (I'm a bit clumsy LOL)<br />
Smack into the glass, I was not happy...<br />
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So to remedy my clumsiness and for my love of lace, Gary put up a lace door panel for me and I love it!! It almost matches my lace window curtains. I tried to find and order a door panel to match them, but no such luck. <br />
I did find the English Ivy pattern from Heritage Lace and its a pretty darn close match.<br />
The light changes many times during the day so the light shining through the lace gives the lace different appearances throughout the day. <br />
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A before shot without lace curtain<br />
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And now with lace curtain<br />
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The lace looks light and airy in this picture with all the light<br />
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A look from inside the laundry room<br />
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A few close ups of the pretty English Ivy and Lace door panel<br />
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Even the trim is pretty I think. I have always been found of lace and so this curtain makes my heart sing and the best thing is, I will not run smack into the door again!!! LOL <br />
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Good Monday Morning everyone!<br />
We had a Wedding! Our youngest daughter Bernadette married her honey Seth on April 19, 2014 Easter weekend. They wanted a small quiet and intimate wedding. Instead of a large wedding, they used their wedding funds to buy a home and start their lives together.<br />
So 36 of us gathered together in Lake Tahoe Zephyr Cove, NV.<br />
To celebrate their marriage.<br />
With Bernadette's dearest friend from childhood at hand to capture the special moments, we now have beautiful photos and memories to last a lifetime (Thank you Jaclynn)<br />
If you live in California and are looking for a amazing wedding, engagement, party or baby photographer our family highly recommends <i><a href="http://jaclynnreneephotography.smugmug.com/The-lady-behind-the-lens-" target="_blank">JRP Jaclynn Renee Photography</a></i> <i> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JaclynnReneePhotography" target="_blank">Jaclynn Renne Photography Facebook</a></i><br />
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All photo's were taken by Jaclynn, This photo was taken on the dock at Zephyr Cove. Its a private dock, Bernadette and Seth rented a beautiful home in Zephyr Cove where they were married by Bernadette's cousin (my niece Amber).<br />
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Jaclynn had Seth turn around so he could not see Bernadette walking the deck for their first wedding look.<br />
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It was a fresh clear beautiful day April 19 Th.<br />
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I can just hear Bernadette saying (Do you like my dress) I think his expression says it all.<br />
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Seth looks pretty darn handsome himself! Both worn gray, Bernadette's gown was light sliver and Seth's suit charcoal.<br />
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Sweet Love! As a wedding gift from Seth to Bernadette he presented her with the diamond posts she is wearing. Bernadette gave Seth a watch that she had engraved with words of love.<br />
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Bernadette's sister Desire' was her maid of honor. Seth had his brother Ben stand up for him as best man. On both bouquet's a picture of my sister Margo their Auntie hung from the stem. They both wanted her to be there (but lives in heaven) so what better way than to carry her photo.<br />
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A moment of peace and prayer.<br />
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I love Seth's face here, these two really are a great couple and complement each other ever so nicely.<br />
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A kiss for luck and were on our way......<br />
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I LOVE this picture !<br />
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The wedding took place at the home under the cherry blossom trees that were just staring to bloom... Here comes Desire' and Ben. Des carried the wedding bands. </div>
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I took these pics...can't you tell hehehee. I had special M&M's made in their favorite colors, Seth's color is blue and Bernadette's s green, I added the white for the wedding.<br />
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Hershey's Hugs and Kisses were added to the candy mix with stickers I made, and put on the bottom of the candy.<br />
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Jaclynn also shot these pictures of Desire' and her boyfriend Paul.<br />
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Photo's keep those special moments in time alive forever. What I love about Jaclynn's technique of photography is that its never over posed and the pictures are in real time and capture the feeling of the moment.<br />
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Enjoy your week!<br />
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Linking up with the following blog parties,<br />
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<a href="http://www.cozylittlehouse.com/2014/07/tweak-it-tuesday-99.html" target="_blank">Brenda-Cozy Little House-Tweak it Tuesday</a> <br />
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<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2014/07/wow-us-wednesdays-179.html" target="_blank">Kim-Savvy Southern Style-WOW Us Wednesday </a><br />
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<a href="http://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/2014/07/party-time-fnf.html#more" target="_blank">Courtney-French Country Cottage-Feathered Nest Friday</a><br />
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<br />Elizabeth and Gary http://www.blogger.com/profile/15849231608931954395noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453369138698172365.post-82147253112226015942014-07-05T17:54:00.000-07:002014-07-11T01:34:21.300-07:00Do you have a "Statement Chair" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Month of July! July is such a happy month that always makes me smile.<br />
July happens to be one of my favorite months of the year, because its my first born daughters birthday on July 11. <br />
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So to start off the month with my first post, I thought it would be fun to share and talk about two of my "statement chairs" I was recently contacted by "One Kings Lane" to help them introduce their "<a href="https://www.onekingslane.com/info/#.U7h5-vldWHc" target="_blank">Home Décor Resource</a>" guide, it has answers to questions like: Which era is your chair from? <br />
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One Kings Lane has written an article titled <a href="https://www.onekingslane.com/info/home/how-to-incorporate-statement-furniture-into-any-room/#.U7h9A_ldWHc" target="_blank">"How to Incorporate Statement Furniture Into Any Room"</a> What a fun read and very informative I thought. My chairs are definitely an accent to the rest of my room, we use every bit of furniture in our home. Gary and I love comfy, sit your fanny down and curl up in kind of furniture. <br />
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This rocking chair Gary and I found at our neighbors garage sale for $100 dollars, it was in such great shape expect for the seat that had been lovingly warn out. The wood has a beautiful grain to it with its original stain, we knew all it needed was reupholstering.<br />
While browsing One Kings Lane I came across an article on the <a href="https://www.onekingslane.com/info/home/the-history-of-rocking-chairs/#.U7iEdfldWHc" target="_blank">History of the Rocking Chair</a> I did not know that the rocking chair goes back as far as 1710 and that the rocking chair was distinctly American from the start. <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #6f6d68; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/24px Georgia, Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Times, "Times New Roman", serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">It was mostly used in one of two ways/places: for mothers and babies in nurseries, and for the elderly and invalids, in hospitals and mental facilities. </span><br />
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For the reupholstering we choose a blue wool tweed fabric. It really brighten up the chair and gave it new life! <br />
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Our Rocking Chair is from the 1960's we were told and purchased new at that time. The craftsmanship on the rocker is really beautiful. We believe our chair to be Mission Style. <br />
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What I love about statement chairs is that you can put them anywhere. Move them around to any cozy corner of your home. <br />
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I love the look and the feel of this piece in my room. I have moved it all the around the house. <br />
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Now for this sweet petite Victorian Parlor Chair. Gary and I found her at our local antique shop, she had already been re-dressed in this vibrant wool plaid (I think she looks a bit talkative) or as some would call " loud" all dressed in plaid. But I love her the way she is. <br />
I think we have a lot in common. She is short to the floor and very talkative. LOL <br />
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I can envision tea time, with an elegantly dress lady seated ever so graciously in this chair sharing stories of the day or maybe even stitching and sipping tea, or better yet hot coco. <br />
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The carving you see is so fine and pretty, but yet so simple in style. <br />
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The seat is wider in front and sits low to the floor. <br />
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Here she is sitting in style in the front room. <br />
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And again by a fireplace. This old gal gets around. <br />
I think if someone was to ask me what my decorating style is, I would have to say Cozy, Warm and hopefully inviting, with a large scoop of Cottage a pinch of French country and a dash of Farmhouse and Prairie. There is something about all decorating styles I love. <br />
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I hope you go over to visit One Kings Lane and use their the new Home Décor Resources guide, I enjoyed spending time browsing many of the article. Also the shopping, I have my eye on a few things....teeheehe. <br />
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Joining in with the following parties:<br />
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<a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/storybook-house-with-a-beautiful-garden/" target="_blank">Susan-Between Naps on the Porch-Metamorphosis Monday</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2014/07/make-it-pretty-monday-week-106.html" target="_blank">Kathryn-The Dedicated House-Make it Pretty Monday</a> <br />
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<a href="http://www.astrollthrulife.net/2014/07/224th-inspire-me-tuesday.html" target="_blank">Marty-A Stroll Thru Life-Inspire me Tuesday </a><br />
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<a href="http://www.cozylittlehouse.com/2014/07/tweak-it-tuesday-97.html" target="_blank">Brenda-Cozy Little House-Tweak it Tuesday</a> <br />
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<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2014/07/wow-us-wednesdays-177.html" target="_blank">Kim-Savvy Southern Style-WOW Us Wednesday</a><br />
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<a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2014/07/feathered-nest-friday_10.html" target="_blank">Courtney-French Country Cottage-Feathered Nest Friday</a><br />
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Good Morning Monday! And what a grand day it is to write a blog post. <br />
Busy hands, that is what I have had a lot of lately. Our family has been blessed with another baby on the way due in August. My niece is having a boy Mason Mark. <br />
So of course I went to work making blankets. <br />
Also a family friend is due to have a baby also in August (a girl). So today I thought I would share with you all a few baby gifts I have been creating. <br />
First off for baby girl no name yet Mommy and Daddy want to see her precious face before naming her (although I have been told Mommy and Daddy have two names picked out). <br />
I enjoy sewing blankets in flannel and fleece, the colors and patterns are so pretty now and there are so many amazing prints to choose from. I fell in love with the pastel colors and little leaves and flowers on this flannel. <br />
The baby girl sweater and booties are crochet and the pattern is from the book (Surprise Crochet Sweaters for Baby by Darla Sims). I use cotton yarn when making baby sweaters. <br />
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How I love polka dots! they are such happy little dots! and I love adding the little p.s. I love you tag. <br />
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The pattern for the blanket with the polka dot trim I found on line from (<a href="http://quiltingtutorials.com/basic-skills-techniques/binding-baby-quilt-receiving-blanket/" target="_blank">Missouri Star Quilt Company)</a> <br />
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Two fun blankets to sew in a few hours. I watch TV while I sew, do you? <br />
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Now for the blankets I made for my new nephew. I used the same pattern from Missouri Star Quilt Company. <br />
And there's Shiloh he looks like he jumped off the blanket LOL. He was sleeping and didn't like that I disturbed him, just look at his face expression LOL.<br />
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The puppies are so adorable I think. <br />
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A little knitted hat and booties. At first I left them kinda plain and then I thought they needed something, So I made a little M for the hat and changed out the booties ties from black to blue. <br />
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You know how tiny the baby is when we bring them home and the car seats seem to swallow then up so to speak, well I thought why not make a tiny blanket just to fit a car seat since a regular size receiver or blanket is just to much for a new born. I made a small crochet car seat blanket. <br />
I went on line and found the pattern for the <a href="http://thetoddlerwhisperer.blogspot.com/2012/02/free-crochet-pattern-football.html" target="_blank">(Football Embellishment here)</a><br />
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The crochet blanket is my own design.<br />
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My niece and her husband live in the S.F. bay area where the Oakland A's are very popular. They attend quite a few baseball games and bring along their 3 year old son, who has become quite the Fan! So as a gift for my 3 year old nephew Makai and his new baby brother Mason I made them a blanket to share while going to the games or watching from home. <br />
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I used fleece on one side and flannel on the other. Gary just bought me a new sewing machine and I just had a class on the embroidery functions. This was my first attempt at it. <br />
I used the Disney charactures since this little family also loves Disney land and often visits Mickey so this was a double gift they can use it at the games and while at Disney land. <br />
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And the last blanket for all the SF bay area peeps the SF 49er's ! I put the baby's name on it. Teehehe the 49er's are Mommy's team and the Oakland Raiders are Daddy's team ...I think I might make a Raider one for Daddy, but don't tell him OK....LOL <br />
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Oh ya, one more thing a little knitted hat in gold and red, the team colors of the NINERS! <br />
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I sure do enjoy making blankets of all sorts whether its a quilt, a sewn blanket, crochet or knitted. A home made blanket is like a big (Hug). <br />
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Update on Gary's Achilles Tendon Surgery - He is doing very well, had the original surgical cast bandage removed last Monday and a hard cast put on that he will wear for another 3.5 weeks a total of about 6 weeks in a cast. <br />
The incision was about 12 inches long and 40 staples. Poor guy! <br />
We rented a kneeling scooter for him to get around in so much easier, the wheel chair is just to heavy for me to lift in and out of the car ( I'm kinda wimpy) <br />
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Good Morning Monday! and the start of a new week! <br />
Thank you so much everyone for your help with trying to find my blog list. Magically my blog list reappeared on blogger, as blogs I follow so that was really cool...but when I tried to add a gadget and bring the blog list over to my side bar it was showing no listings.<br />
So I guess I will have to reenter all your beautiful blogs for them to show on my side bar. This is going to take me a while, but on the bright side they are still listed on blogger. <br />
I am going to seek out a professional before I try to do anything else all by little old myself ever, ever again...LOL <br />
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You all know how it is to move and get yourself resettled? and of course we all try to reuse our things, we will move and edit furniture many, many times before it feels right. Well this is the case with us too. I was looking back on the photos I had taken of the front room and you know what, it just didn't look right to me. Gary and decided the rug was just to small for the room. <br />
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The area rug we have I love, and have used<br />
it for the last 5 years, but it was not the right size for the new front room, it was time to look for a bigger rug.<br />
So off Gary and I went on the hunt for a new one.<br />
This is what we came up with, its a off white cream shag with multi shades of light beige's. Its very plush and soft to walk on. I would normally go with a patterned rug but this time opted for a more neutral colored rug.<br />
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You can see the difference in size here <br />
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In the before photo you can see the rug is small for the room it measures 5' x 7' <br />
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New rug is a 11' x 8', more better.<br />
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Since we were moving the rugs around we decided to move the buffet from under the front window to behind the sofa, also we added the floral rug and brought in the red and white checked bench seat from our bedroom. This is such a funny space that really has me bewildered on how to decorate it (with what we already have) We will see how long this arrangement lasts LOL ...<br />
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The round ottoman is now in the Master bedroom. I guess it just takes time to set up house, eventually everything will find its place.<br />
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Tomorrow Monday June 9th Gary is going into surgery to have two tares repaired in his Achilles tendon, the tendons are completely torn. He cannot stand or have any weight put on his foot for about 8 weeks. Poor guy!!!<br />
So if you do not hear from me right away please know, I will write you back. My new name will be Nurse Elizabeth aka Chauffeur Elizabeth. Its his right leg so no driving. <br />
We will hit up the grocery store later today to stock up on all his favorite treats.<br />
I feel so sorry for him, I think he might be hating life for a few weeks. <br />
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I had noticed that my list on my side bar was not showing all the blogs I follow, so I thought I could fix it and instead I deleted all the blogs....<br />
I am in tears, what should I do, can anyone help me get them back, or do I need to reenter all the blogs and re-follow?. <br />
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I have been blogging since 2008 so I had a lot of blogs I followed. <br />
I know some were not active but still had a URL that I wanted to keep. <br />
If your reading this please send me your URL and Blog name so I can start a new.<br />
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I am so mad at myself. As this happened to anyone else? <br />
I guess my lesson here is don't try to fix your own blog, let a professional do it! Elizabeth and Gary http://www.blogger.com/profile/15849231608931954395noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453369138698172365.post-24044138147186742882014-06-03T01:25:00.002-07:002014-06-05T20:08:09.230-07:00Teacup Guest Room <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm late, I'm late for a very important date! My Monday Post! tee hehe <br />
We had a very busy weekend Gary and I attended "A Celebration the life" for two very special ladies who now live in heaven. My Aunt who passed away at 99.5 years of life and a dear family friend at the age of 103. We will miss them dearly. <br />
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During our construction period we had the door closed off into the room that would become our guest room and had it moved into what would become the hallway. You can see to your left where the light is shining through was the original doorway and to your right the framing of the hallway and new doorway. Before as you entered the house you could see straight down the hall into the master bedroom and into the room that is now the guest room. <br />
So closing off the doorway and adding a hallway was our solution from privacy.<br />
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The green wall you see was the color of the previous room, also you can see the framing of the archway and the new doorway to the guest room. <br />
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Walls during the mudding process. Notice to your left the doorway is now gone. It took three days for the mud to dry.<br />
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You can see the front door and how the view is now with the wall.<br />
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After construction, see the new door to your right to the guest room the door to your left is our guest coat closet. <br />
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We had all new doors and hardware installed, trim and moldings too. <br />
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A home made heart that I made hangs on the door to welcome our guest and to show them they are loved. <br />
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Lets go in.....<br />
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The room is a standard 10x10 that holds a full size bed nicely. The dresser I refinished with Annie Slone paint, the dust ruffle is from Country Curtains, the quilt along with the pillows behind the bed that match the quilt I made, also the red and white bed throw I made. The red and white checked bolster my sister made for me. Makes for a cozy warm bed. <br />
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Before picture. <br />
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The had made Guest Cottage sign was designed by "Castle and Cottage Signs". <br />
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On top of the dresser is a vintage radio my sister n law gave to me (I love it) <br />
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A little flower to brighten up the most gloomy day and little tea cup. Do you see the little frog, I never take my decorating to seriously so why not have fun and throw in a little whimsy. <br />
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The night stand I used a white wash paint on. I purchased the red lamp shade and added the blue and white flower trim. You all know me I love to have fun with my decorating. <br />
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Under the side table there are magazine's and a candle, you never know when the electricity is going to go out!..<br />
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On top of the side table we have a few vintage items, a sliver bed warmer (that's a bit tarnished) and a sliver dish that I have one of my tea cups in...Also one of my favorite magazine "Cottage Journal". <br />
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The Cottage Journal is such a beautiful magazine, I really enjoy reading it, if you have not yet picked up this sweet little beauty of a read you really must...I know you are going to love it as much as I do! <br />
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Gary and I choose to have carpet installed in the guest room. <br />
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My beloved tea cups are now in the guest room. Remember in the "old" house I had them in the sitting room in my master bedroom. No room in the new master so the guest room was the place for them to shine. <br />
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I have two chairs in the room for our guests, if you are like "Gary" you can throw their cloths on it (hehehe) or if you are like me sit a spell look at the teacups while looking through a magazine.<br />
The embroidered pillow on the chair my sister and I made. My sister did all the hand embroidery and I made the pillow. This was for our 20th anniversary 18 years ago. <br />
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The wall the counted cross stitch is hanging on is where the original doorway was, you see now where the new doorway is to your left. <br />
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The counted cross picture was stitched by me way back in 2002 when I didn't need glasses (tee hehe)<br />
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Oh how I adore my teacups! each and everyone of these sweet little babies just makes my heart sing a little off beat. <br />
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A tiny peek into my teacup world. <br />
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Up top of the teacup hutch is none other than a teapot lamp...hand crafted by Penny from "The Comforts of Home" I love this so much!. The cross stitch Sweet Dreams I found while shopping in a vintage antique shop and the little brown bunny my grands gave to me for a Mothers day a few years back (Mr. Bunny smells like chocolate ~ really he does )<br />
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The vintage chandelier I brought with me from our "old" house circa 1930. <br />
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Here's a before shot of the bedroom wall before the doorway was put on the right. <br />
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We love the new door way, its actually make the room feel bigger. <br />
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Another shot of the chandelier, it sure give a nice glow in the room. I took the pictures during the day, I wish you could see it at night its so pretty. <br />
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I know many of us really love our pillows..me too..<br />
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Home is where the Heart is pillow just seems fitting for the guest room and hey, its the name of our Blog so I had to have it ;)<br />
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The walls are painted Cozy Cottage, I use this color a lot its a very netrual soft creamy yellow. I really love it.<br />
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And more pillows!!!<br />
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Before shot of the closet wall.<br />
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After with new doors and trim. <br />
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Happy Monday! I thought for this weeks post I would share with you a bit of fun we are having with Shiloh. He was born December 31, 2012, Gary and I brought Shiloh home to live with us at 8 weeks old from the breeder, he is a Blue Merle Miniature Australian Shepherd who is commonly referred to as an "Aussie" . <br />
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Our little guy is now 16.5 months old and weights in at 17.3 pounds. Full of playfulness and love! His favorite thing to do is play hide and seek with his busy bone. <br />
The other day Gary had gone out to run a few errands while I stayed home to finish up on some sewing.<br />
Shiloh was quite and usually will be by my feet while I am sewing. I wandered out of the sewing room calling his name "Shiloh my little one....Where are you" he was so quiet, I looked everywhere for him, then I spotted him there he was, all I could see was his little face! <br />
"there you are I called out" I ran to grab my camera to try and capture the moment. <br />
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Ahaaa those sweet blue eyes of his!<br />
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Peek a boo I see you Shiloh..hehehe<br />
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And there he was hiding behind the buffet looking out the window, he was waiting for Gary to come back. Shiloh stayed there until Gary returned. <br />
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So this is how he dose it, jumps onto the ottoman and unto to window sil behind the buffett. <br />
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Busted little one, I see you and your nose prints all over the window! <br />
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And there he waits ever so patiently.<br />
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Half cat I say...hehehe<br />
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We have lots of nick names for Shiloh we also call him "Shi-Shi" The Shi-Shi is so loyal we waits and watches at the window every time Gary goes out. <br />
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He hears the car and jumps down and runs to the garage door. If he had a tail it would be waging! Shiloh will bend his body in half when he gets excited. <br />
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And Daddy's home! we have one very happy "Aussie" <br />
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Never thought I could love another dog as much as I did our last sweet doggie who passed away several years ago, but this little one has stolen my heart. He gives so much love and all he wants to do is play and give you big wet doggie kisses. Shiloh is also the protector and will definitely let us know when anyone is at the door. <br />
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On another note to my Husband, Dad, brother, sister, Nephew, cousin, Father n law, Uncle and friends, today I want to thank you and all our Vets and Military Men and Woman severing now and have served our country, So that we can live freely and feel safe. <br />
God Bless you all....Happy Memorial DayElizabeth and Gary http://www.blogger.com/profile/15849231608931954395noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453369138698172365.post-28529207378407090322014-05-18T18:23:00.000-07:002014-05-22T18:53:51.692-07:00Laundry & Powder Room Combo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Happy Monday Y'all! I hope everyone had a restful and fun weekend.<br />
Thank you to everyone who kindly left notes on last weeks post about the living room. I made a few new blog friends and I was able to visit blog friends that I hadn't visited ever since the move and remolding took place. I have really missed everyone! <br />
As promised from last Monday's post today I would share the room behind the kitchen. Its our laundry room and powder room combo. <br />
Lets go I am ready to show you, so come on in....<br />
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Before picture, the remolding consisted of replacing the flooring and duck covers, doors, lock sets, hardware, wood trim, paint, pluming, sink, faucet, electrical and potty. I guess you can say everything was replaced. <br />
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During construction, the new floor being laid with travertine tile. <br />
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The door leading into the laundry room and powder room was replaced with a glass door, I must tell you although it looks really cool to have the glass in the door...you have to remember when its closed, cuz well I kind-of ran into it, and hurt my nose...yep I did, not looking and "BAM" "SMACK" right into the door I went. <br />
Of course I blamed Gary, he was the one that closed the door and didn't tell me, so how was I to know it was closed, Right! That's my story.......<br />
We do have plans to have a stain glass made to put into the glass opening. <br />
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Lets go in and the door is OPEN...I'm nice enough to tell you when the door is open or closed..hehehe<br />
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Originally there was a sliding pocket door into the powder room, it did not close well so we thought about a sliding barn door. That was the ticket! For hardware we used a fence door handle. The door to the left leads out to the back yard.<br />
In the summer when the kids are over swimming this is going to be wonderful, no more running through the house wet when they have to go potty. They can come in this door and use the powder room. <br />
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The door to the right leads to the garage. <br />
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Bead board paneling and trim brightens up the space. Art by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/catherineholman" target="_blank">Catherine Holmen</a> <br />
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A closer look at the barn door hardware. Also the curtains you see to the left are revisable, I made them with a bright cheery floral on one side and other in polka-dots. They are simply rolled up and tied with a bow. <br />
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I bought a new washer and dryer for this space, the folks that purchased our last home also bought the washer and dryer. <br />
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The paint color we selected is called Ocean Air by Benjamin Moore. <br />
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Custom wood trim around all doorways. <br />
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The before photo of the sink and cabinet. It had been designed and built on a angle, also it closed off the room. It was a bit weird. <br />
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New sink with all shiny chrome fixtures. The sink has an industrial look to it. It gives more openness to the powder room and is working out great for us. Also the lock we used is a latch used for fencing, its a simple and inexpensive way for privacy while in the powder room.<br />
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New potty is manufactured by Toto. It fits very nicely behind the door. We did not want to see the potty sticking out into the doorway. It's tiny but effective! LoL<br />
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Before photo of potty. <br />
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After photo, the Toto potty has a slightly rounded tank and a self close lid (perfect for the boys)lol <br />
The sea-shell wreaths I made a few years back and was able to re-use them in the powder room. <br />
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Another before photo, the toilet paper holder was set into the wall now its a prettier more updated holder. <br />
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The mirror with frame dresses up the powder room and the lighting we choose was two crystal pendant lights in green that are halogen. They have such a pretty glow at night. I wish I could have captured it better for you. <br />
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One of my favorite pictures hangs in the powder room. To bring a smile to everyone who see's it. <br />
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So that's it the tour of the Laundry & Powder Room behind the kitchen. <br />
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Enjoy your week, see you all next Monday!<br />
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Happy Monday! I hope you all had a marvelous Mother's Day weekend.<br />
This week I'll take you into our living room, so welcome one and all its rather cozy so everyone squeeze in.<br />
Gary and I were able to use some of our furniture from our other home, not to sure if it really works or not but, for now we are living with what we have.<br />
We were thinking maybe a small sectional but Gary loves his recliner. I have seen sofa's with a recliner built in, they are pretty cool. <br />
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I changed out the slip over on my sofa from the blue jean denim fabric to the off white duck cotton. It's more summery and I do love the lighter fabric and airy feel of the room with this slip cover. <br />
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The pink open tulips on the counter were a Mother's day gift. How I adore tulips.<br />
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The Kincaid hangs nicely on this wall beside the sofa.<br />
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The beautiful red tulips were a gift from my Mom and Dad..I love the color, I only wish we could have tulips year round, I will have to enjoy every minute of these charming delicate flowers.<br />
Oh and just look who's in the picture again...yep i'ts Shiloh ( he follows me everywhere I go )<br />
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Here's a before photo looking towards the front door.<br />
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Larger view of the living room, It's very simple but comfortable for Gary and me.<br />
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Before photo of the fireplace wall, the previous homeowners had their TV in the corner. Ours did not fit and Gary wanted to add surround sound.<br />
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We removed the stone veneer fireplace and replaced it with the same brick we used in the kitchen and dinning room. Knocked out the wall and corner cabinet and extended the wall into the hallway, also creating a archway.<br />
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The new ceiling fan being installed, this is the coolest fan it so quite and cools down the room quickly. It reminds Gary of airplane propeller.<br />
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So this is how the TV was mounted above the fireplace, we had all the electrical installed before the brick was laid.<br />
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Installation of the gas fireplace, we had to have a gas line run.<br />
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Aw a nice and toasty warm fireplace. Very economical. The fireplace is an Enviro.<br />
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And Gary helping with the installation of the TV. As you can see in this photo the floors had just been laid. By the way Gary installed the wrong TV bracket, silly guy! but he did not want to redo it, it's holding just fine. We get a chuckle out of it.<br />
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We have TV, Gary is in his glory. Do you see who I see again?<br />
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Looking in from the front door. Hi Shiloh, I see you baby....<br />
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We are loving all the brick, it just seems so right for us.<br />
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The original artwork of the cottage homes, was painted by no other than Dwayne Hickman (Dobie Gillis).<br />
<span style="text-align: center;">We met him and his wife about six years ago at an art gallery. What a nice man.</span><br />
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Really! Shiloh again....<br />
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So I have to tell you a little story about the curtains. I will make it short, anyway Gary and went to JC Penny to purchase our roman shades because after looking at so many fabrics I fell in love with the fabric red floral toile. We only ordered the shades for the front windows.<br />
While out and about one day we stopped at one of my favorite fabric and rug stores and low and behold guess what we found? The same fabric as the roman shades!!!!!<br />
I was floored to say the least so I bought enough to make the curtains for the french doors. I lined the curtains due to the strong sun that hits mid day.<br />
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The picture composed by Dwayne Hickman is called 'The Cottage' This is Clint Eastwood's property near Carmel.<br />
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Before photo of slider door, now we have a french door<br />
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I am surrounded by brick and I am one happy girl.<br />
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Another before, the door you see leads to the laundry room and power room. I will be sharing this room with you next week.<br />
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View into the dinning room<br />
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The red chest is a buffet.<br />
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I love all the detail it has.<br />
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Look who thinks hes a kitty cat! Shiloh has taken to sitting on the ottoman and cat walking on the windowsill to look outside.<br />
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Or maybe he just wants to stop and smell the flowers.<br />
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Have a sweet week and may each day bring a smile.<br />
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Happy Monday! I want to say "Thank you" to each and everyone of you who so kindly left us a note on our kitchen post. You all are so sweet to us!<br />
This Monday we want to share with you our dinning room.Below are the before pictures, you will see that we removed two of the can-lights the ones in front and had a new electrical junction box installed in the ceiling so we could hang a chandelier.<br />
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Custom trim was added around the windows and doorway that leads to the kitchen, also the rug was removed and new flooring was installed.<br />
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In our last post I shared with you my love for brick and that we had used it in several rooms in our home. Another place besides the kitchen was in the dinning room. We had a brick mason install a brick wall as our focal wall.. the brick we used was 1/2 brick paver's.<br />
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In this picture the cement was still wet so the brick looked darker. I couldn't believe how many choices there are for brick, it was crazy with choices.<br />
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And Wall-La its done! We decided not to use the shutters that were in the dinning room after the windows were trimmed out the shutters no longer fit. I love roman shades so decided to have fabric shades made.<br />
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The door to the left leads to the kitchen. I was able to use my mirror and buffet table I had bought for our previous home. We purchased a new dinning table and chandelier.<br />
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The roman shades are made of a floral linen toile. The grandfather clock fit well in this little corner.<br />
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Here's the door way into the kitchen. The brick wall in the kitchen flows into the brick wall into the dinning room. Oil painting (Private Reserve) by Stiltz<br />
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A view of the dinning room from the kitchen.<br />
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Buffet table and dinning table. They are from different designers, but work well together.<br />
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The Yellow Cottage Picture is by Dwane Hickman (yep\Dobie Gillis)<br />
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The brick wall gives the house a kind of lofty cottage look I think...<br />
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The dinning room table was handcrafted by Simply Amish from the Aspen Trestle collection made in the USA.. I love the Arts & Crafts feel of the table and chairs. The chairs are so easy and comfortable to sit in.<br />
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A closer look at the roman shades.<br />
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The chandelier we choose was designed by Schonbek and is from the Madison Collection with handcut crystal made in the USA. I really love the mix of metal and crystal, its like wearing blue jeans with your diamond earrings. It gives our dinning room a touch of bling the ( diamond earrings) and the brick wall (blue jeans). I am a jean girl who always has her diamond earrings on...Yep that's me! bluejeans and diamonds. So why not have my dinning room comfortable and blingy LOL<br />
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From our living room the dinning room is visible in our open floor plan.<br />
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A little peek of the living room, next week I will show you all of the living room.<br />
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Since our last post of the kitchen we found these cute little bar stools. They tuck ever so nicely under the counter. Bar stools are from Pier One.<br />
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During all my picture taking Shiloh hardly budged from his bed, he was a tired baby after his bath. Shiloh brought his chewy to bed with him, how cute is he ( we are such proud puppy parents) love him!<br />
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Nite, Nite baby...<br />
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Aw such a sweet face, Shiloh was plum tuckered out!<br />
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Have a safe and happy week everyone.<br />
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<br />Elizabeth and Gary http://www.blogger.com/profile/15849231608931954395noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453369138698172365.post-68679445517929003312014-04-28T01:44:00.001-07:002014-05-01T21:14:08.716-07:00Heart Of The Home ~ Our Kitchen<br />
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Well Hello there! I am so sorry I have been absent from my blog for so long. So many changes have taken place. During the move and remolding our youngest daughter Bernadette became Mrs. Dinehart, just last weekend April 19, 2014. Gary and I are so pleased and love our new Son...I will show you pictures of the wedding very soon.<br />
Gary and I are also finely in our home and we wanted to share with you " The Heart of the Home" Our kitchen. This post is picture heavy (sorry) it was really hard for me to choose the right pictures to show you.<br />
The first two pictures are how our kitchen looks now, below are the before, during construction and then completion. <br />
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We chose mission style cabinets that were custom designed, GE Cafe appliances and a farm house sink.<br />
Gary and I love brick and wanted to incorporate it throughout our home. We used the brick as a back splash and behind the glass cabinets, to highlight the brick we had LED lights installed. The knobs and faucet are high polished chrome. Vintage drop lighting over the breakfast counter and can lighting in the ceiling.<br />
We used our go to paint colors that we have used before Cozy Cottage on the walls, Swiss Coffee for trim and ceiling, cabinets Dove White.<br />
There are pull outs in every cabinet and easy close doors and drawers.<br />
The counters are quartz in Polor White. I love our kitchen so much it's everything I ever dreamed of!<br />
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BEFORE Photos ~ We had the counters extended from 5ft to 8ft, removed the bulk ceiling and moved the refrigerator from the stove side and extended the counter over to the wall and added more cabinets. The refrigerator now is on the sink side.<br />
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DURING Construction<br />
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Behind the door is a half bath and laundry room.<br />
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Gary is in the plaid shirt, Charlie is in the beige shirt he is our General contractor and Jeff wearing a black Tee shirt is our cabinet contractor. Measure five times cut once...<br />
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Ripping out the ceilings is such a messy job...<br />
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Cabinets being installed, before paint<br />
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Kevin wearing the brown tee shirt is our all around talented Lead contractor he did all the finish work also installed all the trim throughout our home and painted all the cabinets. I think he must have been very tired of Gary and I day after day bugging him with questions..and there's Jeff installing the cabinets he made for us. <br />
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Jeff surprised me with the slots in the cabinet above the refrigerator, they are nice and deep and hold all my long serving trays..Thank you Jeff!!<br />
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Jesus is the owner of Concept Marble by Design they are located in Stockton Calif. Such a great guy! his shop fabricated all the counters in the kitchen and bathrooms for us. We highly recommend him.<br />
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The brick during installation, we even had a brick wall laid in the dinning room. Also under the counter no scuff marks will show on this brick wall.<br />
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Countertop day!!! I was so excited! Things are coming along, you see the trim around the windows and the new french doors.<br />
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Appliance day the big daddy was being installed.<br />
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We have a Kitchen!<br />
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The glass window door leads to the half bath and laundry room I will show you pictures soon of this room.<br />
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I love love love the brick behind the cabinets it gives the kitchen a loft look.<br />
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The faucet is by Delta and is a touch tap faucet The flat chrome button on the left is the garbage disposal<br />
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We are still working on purchasing counter stools and furniture placement..but for now we are just so happy<br />
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Don't you just love Jeff's tee-shirt the logo Wood Butcher Inc. is his company's name.<br />
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And of course our little Australian Shepherd Shiloh kept watch day after day barking at everyone..he too is very happy to be in his house again.<br />
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Welcome to our New/Used home...Build in 1971 a 1,800 sq ft, 4 bedroom 2.5 bathroom, ranch style home. We are so pleased to share with you our new adventure, thank you for joining us.<br />
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This home was loved and lived in, it has seen many children and puppies grow up and families come and go. She is a good home with good bones and feels right to us. <br />
Every family that has lived in her has added their own touches and remolding to meet their family needs. <br />
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Now its our turn. Every week I will share with you the process of making this house "our" home. <br />
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View from the front door, as if you were at the front door looking in you can see straight down the hall into the Master bedroom <br />
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The green wall you see is the bedroom across from the room on the left in the photo below, between the two bedrooms is a coat closet. The living room is directly to the right of the front door. <br />
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The white cabinet was used by the previous owners for their TV and TV equipment. A nice cabinet but to small to accommodate our 56 inch TV. <br />
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There was carpet and tile throughout the house, and with Shiloh we know he might try to mark his spot since there were doggies that lived here previously, so the carpet had to be replaced (we will be having wood flooring installed) Behind the corner white cabinet is a closet the wall you see by the fireplace. </div>
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In order to rectify the problem of seeing down the hallway and into a bedroom from the front door and our TV being to big, a wall had to be built and the closet removed to add floor space in the family room. Also the fireplace brick had to be removed and redone in order for our TV to be mounted above the fireplace (Gary's choice of placement for the TV). Now demo begins.<br />
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Changing the location of the door in the green bedroom was first on the list <br />
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and ripping out the corner white cabinet and closet. Making the wall straight adding more space r in the living room. <br />
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Since we are also more working on remolding the kitchen and bathrooms we decided to have all the plumbing updated. No more galvanized metal pipes. Now they use plastic red and blue tubing for the water lines. <br />
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Planning with our contractor Charlie and one of his crew help us with the design of the wall to give much needed privacy down the hallway to the bedrooms. <br />
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A lovely round wall with a archway to enter into the hallway bedrooms. With the wall in place and the doorway changed from one of the front bedrooms we now have a closed hallway and much needed privacy.<br />
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Sub flooring was opened for the new plumbing! (men hard at work) <br />
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I know this photo looks so funny like a submarine, its the round wall with the sheet-rock<br />
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Skim coating has been applied to the surface of the new wall.<br />
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You can now see the wall coming to life, the wall is now straight. No more closet.<br />
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The little window will provide air flow in the hallway and also a fun little spot for a nick-nack, I was also thinking of a stain glass window, um I have some thinking to do about that.<br />
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The Ceiling was also re-textured due to moving lights and adding some new electrical. of course Gary had to have a new sound system so he reused the holes where the can lights were before to save money.<br />
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A new wall, I love how it's turning out! lots of skim coats and texture were applied. No more peeking into a bedroom from the front door (Yeah), Problem solved, thanks to Charlie our great contractor. <br />
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The bedroom to the left of the front door will be Gary's office and the coat closet is straight ahead. The other three bedrooms are now behind the wall.<br />
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On top of the new wall I thought might be a good place for vintage baskets or pottery, I just can't wait to start decorating. <br />
To close this post I thought I would show you what a tired camper looks like, that would be (me) lol hehehe puffy eyes and all.<br />
Yup this is real life, my life living in a trailer with Gary and our little dog. Every day we can see improvements and dream of the day we can unpack the POD. Aw just to sleep in my own bed again. <br />
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We just couldn't let another day go by without wishing you all a very Happy New Year! <br />
So much has happened and so many decision were made since my last post. <br />
Gary and I decided to sell our beloved home and move on to create another. <br />
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I know I said I would never move again, but after deep thought and many, many hours of sleepless nights, Gary and I decided the move was for the best (our retirement years). We placed a call to our friend Joe the owner of Big Island Movers and his side kick Scottie to assist in the heavy lifting and some fun along the way!<br />
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We packed up all our belonging and moved then into a pod and then all the fragile and breakables were taken over to my parents and brothers homes for safe keeping, to be unpacked when all the re-modeling has been completed in our new home. <br />
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Bye Bye comfy bed, comfy sofa, big TV and all my favorite quilts.......see you in two months.....<br />
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Let me back up to a few weeks ago, it just so happened that our neighbor who lives only six houses away from us was selling their home and since we love our neighborhood it made sense for us to stay in it. <br />
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We talked and shook hands and gave big hugs to our sweet neighbors to seal the deal, and so the house process began with selling our home and buying theirs......our neighbors also stayed in the "hood" moving into his childhood home a beautiful brick house. <br />
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Gary and I fell in love with the ranch style floor plan, a four bedroom two full bath home with a powder room, and a pool. <br />
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There were some awesome upgrades and re-modeling that had been done such as the standard 8ft ceiling had been raised and pitched. New electrical rewiring and pot lighting installed.<br />
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Our Contractor and friend Charlie Smith is heading up the construction. Updates needed were new bathrooms and a kitchen. We also designed a new hallway moving a door and replacing a few windows, also enlarging the master bathroom.<br />
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Gary and I decided to buy a new 15ft travel trailer to live in for while the house is under construction. The trailer is parked along side our house (we are campers now) Shiloh is getting use to it but has become over protective and has taken to barking and lunging at the work man (bad Shiloh) <br />
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(Bad Boy Shiloh) Just turned 1 on Dec. 31<br />
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I promise to be a better blogger, Thank you to all who have sent personal notes asking if we were OK. You all are darlings and we so appreciate your love and concern for us. <br />
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<br />Elizabeth and Gary http://www.blogger.com/profile/15849231608931954395noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453369138698172365.post-22173652857396104452013-08-12T18:09:00.000-07:002013-08-15T21:22:32.565-07:00Blue Picket Fence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Were BACK!! Wow was it a busy summer (did you wonder where I was) I missed you all very much.<br />
Our summer was spent enjoying three beautiful happy weddings that Gary officiated at, our niece and two dear friends. <br />
We had a sad farewell to the passing of a dear Uncle, spending time and watching after our 8 year old grandson, my little brother was in the hospital for 16 days having emergency surgery. My Mom also having hand surgery. <br />
Did I tell you that our youngest daughter is engaged? we have been helping her and fiance' Seth plan their wedding. <br />
We also have been spending time with our mini Astralian Shepared Shiloh he is now 7 months old.<br />
In between all that we managed to have a cute little picket fence built around our front entry to our door. Gary found the fencing at a garage sale and what do you know we now have a new fence.<br />
Paul who is our oldest daughters boyfriend built and desinged it for us. <br />
Gary and I did all the painting (we wanted to help do something so it was painting)<br />
You know us we love color so we said to each other "go bold or go home...LOL LOL" so we choose to paint the gate blue to match the front door , the picket fence color is swiss coffee it matches the trim around on the house. Yellow, blue and white just a few of my favorite colors. <br />
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What's a gate without flowers, I love flowers!<br />
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Since we live on the corner we seem to get a lot of people trying to sell us "stuff" we really don't want and they seem to always knock during on our door during my favorite shows. <br />
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Our next on the Gary and Elizabeth To Do List is shutters on the outside of the windows and to brick the porch.<br />
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This gate is on the side of the driveway we kept it white as to blend into the rest of the fence. <br />
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On the porch we have our basket swing a fun place to curl up in.<br />
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'Grow trumpet vine grow' big and strong pleaseeeeezz.<br />
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Hello Mrs Bee don't sting me please. <br />
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We really love how the little white and blue picket fence added so much charm (we think) and our little dog Shiloh loves it too, he can poke his tiny nose out between the slats. <br />
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How was your summer?. <br />
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Sending you all a really tight hug and hoping and praying you are all happy and well. <br />
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Elizabeth and Gary XO<br />
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Hello! its been so long...please forgive my absence, retirement has been keeping me really busy!!. I just don't know where the time has gone. Thank you all so very much for all the sweet wishes on my retirement. <br />
Way back in the late 70's and 80's Gary and "loved" wallpaper and wallpapered almost every room in our home! yep we sure did...LOL <br />
I felt so sorry for the ones that had to rip it all off the walls when wallpaper went out of fashion. <br />
I have always loved wallpaper and wanted to use it again but not on every wall. <br />
While watching HGTV I saw a commercial about the new wallpaper line HGTV was sponsoring with Sherman Williams. <br />
I began dreaming of wallpaper in the entry and of course my curiosity got the better of me and I just had to go see for myself all the patterns of wallpaper. <br />
I fell in love with the bold red rose pattern when I first laied eyes on it and knew it was the one I wanted for the entry. <br />
Gary also liked the pattern and agreed it was the right choice for our home. <br />
So we ordered a double roll (that is how it was sold only in double rolls) we only needed one double roll it was enough to complete our entry and only papered 2/3 way up the wall. <br />
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This picture is a bit dark (sorry) but I wanted to show you more of the entry. I'm not very good at fixing the color on my photos. I guess I should take a photo class now that I am retired...( but I don't have time) hehehehehe. <br />
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So what have you all been up too?. <br />
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Joining in this week with the following blog parties. <br />
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<a href="http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2013/06/make-it-pretty-monday-week-53.html">Kathryn-The Dedicated House Make it Pretty Monday</a><br />
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<a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2013/06/fnf-party-time.html#more">Courtney- French Country Cottage Feathered Nest Friday </a><br />
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<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/2013/06/home-sweet-home-123.html">Sherry-The Charm of Home Home Sweet Home Party Fridays </a><br />
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I RETIRED!!! after 28 years at the same job I retired on April 1...yep April fools day LOL. It was a day full of tears as I said Good-By to wonderful co-workers and friends. I have so many special memories that I will hold close to my heart always. <br />
28 years is a lot of life spent with co-workers, you get used to seeing the same smiling faces everyday that greet you with a happy "Good Morning". <br />
I have been so lucky and blessed to have worked so many years at the same place with so many sweet and amazing people. <br />
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I can't believe I really retired, there has been so much to do! the paper work to move monies over to new retirement funds, meeting with our retirement investors and re-applying for medical....crazy I tell ya! I have been so busy with paper work. I think maybe its taking longer since I retired way before 62. <br />
My dear husband is 8 years older than me and he retired 18 months ago, he really pushed me to retire so we could spend time together enjoying life. I must admit I have been very nervous about retiring younger than 62 but I think I might just be getting used to it... <br />
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The month has just flown by with retiring and than we took a trip to Costa Rica, my sister n law and brother watched the "baby Shiloh" while we were away. Our little guy is growing up and getting into all kinds of mischief. <br />
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He loves his toys and chewies. Shiloh is so quite when he walks Gary put a bell on him so we would know where he was. Its so hard to be mad at him, he just looks up at you with his sweet baby blues and we melt.<br />
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The days have been busy with Shiloh and settling into retirement life. I'm sorry I have been MIA I have missed you all so much and now with retirement I will be able to read more and visit more!<br />
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XO Elizabeth Elizabeth and Gary http://www.blogger.com/profile/15849231608931954395noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453369138698172365.post-59940810961647744822013-03-10T21:19:00.000-07:002014-01-16T08:33:59.417-08:00Eight Pounds of Cuteness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here I am melting to peices, just look who stole my heart on Saturday and came home with Gary and me.. Meet Shilo a Miniature Australian Shepherd. Shilo is a Blue Merle, White and Copper adorable little boy with bright blue eyes. He is 10 weeks old and what a doll. Just a little ball of soft fluffy puppy fur. <br />
I know, I know I have always said no puppies on the sofa, "but" it was just for a few pictures and before I had run over to Pet-co to pick up a little bed for him. <br />
Shilo likes his bed and is getting use to it already. Miniature Australian shepherds will grow up to 18 inches tall and weigh in around 17 to 30 pounds. It looks like Shilo might weigh around 24 pounds according to the breeder. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-298Rv3p28Fw/UT1ParJST4I/AAAAAAAAFKo/XJ4w-A31LQg/s1600/47.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-298Rv3p28Fw/UT1ParJST4I/AAAAAAAAFKo/XJ4w-A31LQg/s1600/47.JPG" height="640" jsa="true" width="478" /></a><br />
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Look at his sweet little nose it's shaped like a heart! Aw<br />
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Gary has been wanting a puppy for a long time, I just couldn't agree. Our family dog Kona passed away around 4 years ago and I have not been ready to replace her. But then.......we went to see the pups on Saturday and that was all she wrote, I was done for, just one little cuddle from him under my neck and his sweet soft fur and blue eyes. Yep I done for I just melted into butter! <br />
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Oh NO we are not spoiled..LOL LOL, just taken a nap on Gary's lap<br />
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And a floppy ear<br />
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Silly puppy!!!<br />
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Aw its a puppy world, all tired out from playing. <br />
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We are just proud new puppy parents. Wooing and Awing over 8 pounds of cuteness. <br />
Gary is in L-O-V-E with this little guy, our family is too. Shilo is going to be so loved and so spoiled. <br />
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Have a sweet week everyone. Elizabeth and Gary http://www.blogger.com/profile/15849231608931954395noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453369138698172365.post-58984732882848601452013-03-03T21:54:00.000-08:002013-03-03T21:54:04.558-08:00Hutch in the Entryway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy first week of March everyone. Thank you so much for all your wonderfully sweet comments on our headboard and the lampshades. You all bring such joy to my heart. <br />
Its time for spring cleaning and re-arranging the furniture.<br />
The hutch top you are seeing was sitting out in the garage, I didn't know where to put it and then I thought why not try it in the entryway. I wasn't sure if would look to big for the space and at first we just had the bottom half of the hutch in the entry. But then there was the hutch top just sitting out in the garage collecting dust and truly it was in the way for Gary in the garage.<br />
So while my sister n law and brother n law were visiting, my brother n law asked me what he could do to help me and I said "do you think you and Gary could bring in the top half of the hutch so we could see what it would look like in the entry"<br />
well I knew this baby was not light and would take some muscle to lift it. But he said sure he would help so the guys brought the top in and us girls even lent a hand lifting it up high. <br />
I think I like it, and even if I didn't I don't think the boys would want to lift it down again LOL LOL. <br />
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Around the corner from the entry is our kitchen it faces the street. Does your kitchen face the street? It took me a while to get use the kitchen facing out to the street, but I really like it now. I can see all the pretty neighborhood trees blooming. Gary loves looking out at the trees and what is going on up front and sits down for his breakfast everyday for a view of the world.<br />
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Inside the hutch we have a few sentimental pieces that we enjoying using. <br />
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Now the front entry has been spring cleaned, I can now move on to the next room. Have you began any spring cleaning?.<br />
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Today is a very dear friends birthday....you might her <em><a href="http://apetitecottage.blogspot.com/">Ana from A Petite Cottage </a> </em><br />
<em>Happy Happy Birthday Ana, the world became a sweeter palace the day you were born. </em><br />
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Enjoy your week everyone, the weekends sure do fly by and then its back to work. I need more time in my days, I bet you do too. I hope your week is blessed with everthing that makes you happy. Elizabeth and Gary http://www.blogger.com/profile/15849231608931954395noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453369138698172365.post-11833514776398434672013-02-24T20:17:00.000-08:002013-02-28T20:20:39.962-08:00Chocolate Tree Leave Lampshade<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Monday to you the last Monday of the Month. Where did February go! <br />
Thank you so much everyone for all your kind and sweet comments on our headboard. It was overwhelming and really touched my heart. <br />
This week I would like to share our new lampshades with you. While browsing one of our favorite lighting stores in town, Gary and I saw these green lampshades that caught our eye, the green was so beautiful to us. <br />
While reading the tag we saw that the shade was made my hand with real cocoa (chocolate tree) leaves and was eco-friendly. <br />
Wow! we had never seen anything like it before. So what do I do?, well I smell the shade of course, the tag did say made with real cocoa. LOL, LOL. <br />
We had been wanting to find new colorful lampshades and when we saw these well you know (we had to buy them) and here they are in all their glory. <br />
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The lampshades that came with the lamp base were a basic white shade, nice but not us. We bought the lamps knowing that one day we would re-placed the shades. <br />
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You can see the cocoa leaves, I love the texture of the shade and the way it changes color with the light on and at night. I took these pictures this morning when the light was good. <br />
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Closer look at the lamp base.<br />
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We had a lovely day today, the house was filled with light! <br />
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Happy Monday! I am so excited to share with you my Christmas Present from hubby Gary and daughter Desire' boyfriend Paul. The first time I saw this hardboard was on <i><a href="http://theoldpaintedcottage.com/pages/MasterBedroom.htm">Jennifer Gray's blog</a></i> The Old Painted Cottage. I fell in love with it and have dreamed of one day re-creating it for our bedroom. <br />
We have a California King and finding the right headboard was always a hard thing for me, since I'm a cottage kind of girl and everything I saw was just to modern for me. <br />
I knew we would have to have something hand crafted and designed. I have talked about Paul before and how he has designed all the wood moulding's in our home and our kitchen banquet. Paul is a master wood-crafter. <br />
I showed him Jennifer's blog and photo's of what I wanted and had pictured in my mind. Gary told me he had spoken to Paul and he was going to build the headboard for me as a Christmas gift. I was so delighted! and could hardly wait.<br />
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We had the padded headboard made by our local upholstering shop. I had the perfect piece of fabric left over from a chair project I had worked on a few years ago. Thank goodness I had kept the leftover fabric it just happened to match the pleated blinds perfectly and there was just enough to use on the headboard. A little savings here and there is always a good thing. Right.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Abp1WkLkmc/USGi6GOlmAI/AAAAAAAAFE8/FKIqVFXYXhY/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Abp1WkLkmc/USGi6GOlmAI/AAAAAAAAFE8/FKIqVFXYXhY/s1600/3.JPG" height="480" uea="true" width="640" /></a><br />
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We recently added the pleated blinds to the french doors that lead out of our bedroom to the back yard pool. They have also added some warmth to the room. Remember the quilt I showed you that I was working on I posted about <i><a href="http://athomewithelizabethgary.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-new-year-to-create.html">here</a></i>, its done and I am so pleased how it turned out. <br />
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We had the headboard painted in swiss coffee from Kelly Moore, swiss coffee is always my go to color for trim and moulding's. <br />
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A few week's ago while driving back from shopping I spied a huge sign that read Estate Sale, my car makes fast and quick U-Turns when ever I see an Estate Sale sign. So anyway like any curious antique and anything vintage lover I parked my car and run ok, I walked inside and found this sliver bowl. Well you know the rest of the story this little sliver bowl was calling my name "Elizabeth buy me, take me home". I brought it home and shined her up and put one of my sweet little teacups inside and covered her with a little glass dome. My Brother and Sister N law bought this little tea cup for me at an Estate Sale and surprised me with it. <br />
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The quilt ~ I love the two star patterns and had so much fun playing with color and design for this quilt. Gary was such a sweetheart he took it over to my quilter while I was at work and he chose the design that was stitched on top. I think he did a great job choosing the perfect design. <br />
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The back, such a fun pattern and so cheerful. The Fabric is called Turn of the Centry by Exclusively Quilters.<br />
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Home made goodness, you know I adore anything home made, blankets to cuddle under and a home made headboard I couldn't be happier and I feel like a Queen sleeping in my big bed with the beautiful headboard "designed by Paul". Thank you Jennifer for your inspiration and the amazing headboard you made, that is what I love so much about blogging its the sharing of design and having someone take your idea and make it their own. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BVIFD55e7M4/USGkQ9RUNJI/AAAAAAAAFGk/VvDWIrSOYW8/s1600/15.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BVIFD55e7M4/USGkQ9RUNJI/AAAAAAAAFGk/VvDWIrSOYW8/s1600/15.JPG" height="480" uea="true" width="640" /></a><br />
The little sitting room in our bedroom also received a new window treatment. I think things are coming along splendidly. Only a couple more little things to do in this room. We have a new light fixture on order for over the bed. I will show you all just as soon as its installed. <br />
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Sharing today with the following Blog Parties;<br />
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<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2013/02/wow-us-wednesdays-106.html">Kim-Savvy Southern Style WOW us Wednesday </a><br />
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<a href="http://jannolson.blogspot.com/2013/02/share-your-cup-thursday-46.html">Jan-Have Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson Share you Cup Thursday</a><br />
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<a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2013/02/feathered-nest-friday_21.html">Courtney- French Country Cottage Feathered Nest Friday </a><br />
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<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/2013/02/home-sweet-home-107.html">Sherry-The Charm of Home Home Sweet Home Party Fridays </a><br />
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Happy Valentine week to you! Hope your week is full of LOVE, HUG's and KISSES. <br />
So many of you know Gary and I have been working on our kitchen since the day we moved in, not that it was in bad shape not at all, its just that it was not US. Our latest addition to the kitchen is "Shutters" I have wanted shutters ever since I first saw them and in my decorating mind I knew our kitchen was calling out for shutters. I had made so many curtains for the kitchen but still it was not the look I had hoped. We finally gave in and dug deep into our wallet and purchased shutters.<br />
Can you see me smiling from ear to ear! I love them so much. No more curtains, now I have so many curtains. I think I will make a quilt out of all the curtain fabric...LOL.<br />
So come along with me and I will show the new look in our kitchen.<br />
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The curtains one of the many I had made. <br />
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We also had a sky tube installed, boy does it give off great light during the day it floods the room with light, sometimes I think I have forgotten to turn the light off..LOL. We don't even have to use the lights at all during the day. I only turned then on to take the pictures. <br />
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The other day I wanted to try a new recipe called Kahlua Cake. I love Kahlua its so yummy I can drink it in coffee have it over ice or add a little milk. So so yummy, anyway where was I oh ya...the cake, so I baked a Kahlua Cake and the frosting was so good and creamy. The cake is not over sweet at all.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kC5n-9NPoVo/URh5bXy__7I/AAAAAAAAFD0/d53Msw9HIkk/s1600/37.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kC5n-9NPoVo/URh5bXy__7I/AAAAAAAAFD0/d53Msw9HIkk/s1600/37.JPG" height="464" jea="true" width="640" /></a><br />
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Gary put on the coffee and perked it to perfection and we enjoyed! </div>
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This week I will be joining in with the following linky parties. <br />
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<a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/office-chairs-for-the-home-office-desk/">Susan-Between Naps on the Porch metamorphosis Monday </a><br />
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<a href="http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2013/02/make-it-pretty-monday-week-36.html">Kathryn-The Dedicated House Make it Pretty Monday</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2013/02/wow-us-wednesdays-105.html">Kim-Savvy Southern Style WOW us Wednesday </a><br />
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<a href="http://jannolson.blogspot.com/2013/02/share-your-cup-thursday-45.html">Jan-Have Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson Share you Cup Thursday</a><br />
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<a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2013/02/feathered-nest-friday_14.html">Courtney- French Country Cottage Feathered Nest Friday </a><br />
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<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/2013/02/home-sweet-home-106.html">Sherry-The Charm of Home Home Sweet Home Party Fridays </a><br />
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