Blogger Spotlight Home Tour: Art And Sand

April 28, 2013 By

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If you like bright primary colors, do I have a treat for you today! Art And Sand has quickly become one of my favorite blogs. You’re going to see why.

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Carol makes gorgeous collages. Something I’ve vowed to do more of.

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Her husband Steve is a very talented artist. But in my opinion, there are two artists in this house. Her canvas is the house.

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I can’t help smiling every time I visit Art And Sand. Her whimsical vignettes and love of color magically pulls me into her photos.

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I can almost imagine living in this little cottage by the sea.

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Enjoying her husband’s paintings gracing the walls.

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It’s as though I’m turning the pages of a magazine. Trying to make sure I take in every single thing.

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Just look at these sweet pillows she makes.

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This home is full of sun and fun and whimsy and love.

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In every nook and cranny.

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I hope you’ve enjoyed this tour of Art And Sand. And if you haven’t been there, sit down with a beverage and a snack and go feast your eyes. You will be there for awhile, I assure you!

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Blogger Spotlight Home Tour: Sunny Simple Life

April 7, 2013 By

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Elaine, who blogs at Sunny Simple Life, is one of those girls that you just know instinctively you’ll be great pals with. Right at the get-go.

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She has a handsome hubby that you can tell she’s still madly in love with, even after four daughters that go from ages 4 up into their twenties. That’s a great achievement in this day and age.

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Elaine always has pretty gardens with bright colors, such as her beloved sunshine yellow.

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And she’s even mama to some chickens.

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I’ve always coveted this couch. Elaine shares my love of color and toile. I love this combination.

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She’s very frugal and cooks a lot. She’s never wasteful with food.

She teaches us all how to stretch a dollar.

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She’s one of those fantastic mothers everyone wish they’d had. She’s got four lucky girls, I’m here to say. And I say it often.

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Her home is so cheerful. You can tell that love lives here. In every corner of every room.

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She is even lucky enough to have a husband who likes to create decorative vignettes. And he’s one big strapping handsome man too.

Elaine looks at him with such love and devotion, I am now sure that true love does really exist.

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And there’s that little yellow Keurig that once she got, I just had to have the red equivalent.

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I believe that Elaine is one of those women who was simply born to be a wife and mother and homemaker. She is proud to be all those things.

And I’m proud to call her friend.

Go over and visit Elaine and her children and chickens at Sunny Simple Life.

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Blogger Spotlight Home Tour: Creative Home Expressions

March 24, 2013 By

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Today we’re touring Creative Home Expressions. Kathy and her husband moved not too awful long ago. So she’s been decorating her new abode. I love what she’s done with her living room.

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And her gorgeous kitchen too.

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She’s brought out the Easter decor. Looks like a gardening rabbit.

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Kathy is talented at so many things. She decorates and she sews.

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She paints.

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She creates beautiful and creative vignettes.

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She displays her lovely collections with such thought given into every detail.

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Her new home is already very cozy.

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She puts out fresh flowers to celebrate the onset of spring.

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And she even remembers to leave something pretty hanging on the door knob.

I hope you enjoyed this tour of Kathy’s home at Creative Home Expressions.

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Blogger Spotlight Home Tours: Back Porch Musings

March 17, 2013 By

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As long as I’ve been blogging or reading blogs, there has been a Back Porch Musings.

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This blog’s writer, Pat, is a master at photography. So feast your eyes on these photos. They are the real deal.

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I once posted an interview I did with her about her photography skills. She is beyond good with a camera.

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Her style borders on traditional with a good dollop of sophistication mixed in.

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Though life gets in the way, and we have not communicated much of late, I will always consider Pat one of my first blogging friends. And mentors.

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She has a certain style that is refined and recognizable.

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She can set a table like nobody’s business. And it always looks so cozy you just want to sit down and chat.

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I have learned a lot over the years from watching and reading Back Porch Musings. I could always count on the fact that if Pat did or said something, then it was tasteful and beyond reproach.

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I’ve missed you, my blogging friend. We need to catch up. Your photos, somehow, get better and better. Just when I think you’ve reached the pinnacle of perfection, you surprise me.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this tour of Back Porch Musings. Pat is the epitome of graciousness and would, I’m sure, have cooked up one of her down home delicious dishes, and sat us down for a meal you wouldn’t soon forget.

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Blogger Spotlight Home Tour: Aiken House & Gardens

March 10, 2013 By

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There are few places in Blog Land that evokes more elegance and romance than does Aiken House & Gardens.

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Carolyn lives in a beautiful home on Prince Edward Island in Canada. She is married to her high school sweetheart. They have seven children, and nine grandchildren.

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Carolyn can style a space so enchanting you can’t stop going from post to post, seeking more.

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Her gardens are legendary. Some of the most gorgeous I’ve ever had occasion to glimpse on a blog.

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You can see for yourself where some of her pretty dishes are stored.

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She often has a feast of goodies to display. A feast for the eyes as well.

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I can only imagine what it would be like to stroll through her gardens, the scent of all these flowers drifting through the air.

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I’d ask if I could pick a bouquet to take with me.

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Or perhaps sit here with her and have a cup of tea.

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I hope you enjoyed touring Carolyn’s home at Aiken House & Gardens. I doubt you’d ever find one more beautiful or charming.

{Note: If you want to pin any of these images, please click back to her blog and pin from the original source. Thank you.}

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Blogger Spotlight Home Tour: Fox Hollow Cottage

March 3, 2013 By

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Shannon, of Fox Hollow Cottage, lives with her family and their two Maine Coon kitties in the Pacific Northwest.

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They are making their home in a 1920s cottage style bungalow.

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Shannon is super creative. Look what the girl can do with a plain can and a bottle.

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She knows how to find a bargain. And how to utilize it to make her house even more lovely.

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She brings cottage red into a bedroom. Oh, be still my heart!

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She’s obviously adept at organizing. What a gorgeous display.

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She can arrange vignettes that just make you smile to look at them.

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And she’s equally good at the art of display.

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Shannon painted this harlequin table. Isn’t it amazing?

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I love these rustic counters they constructed.

I hope you enjoyed this tour of Shannon’s lovely home as much as I did. She’s a very talented and creative blogger.

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Blogger Spotlight Home Tour: Confessions Of A Plate Addict

February 24, 2013 By

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 Today we’re visiting Debbie at Confessions Of A Plate Addict.

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  Debbie has a very skilled staff of pretty kitties that keep her

company as she makes gorgeous pillows, and transfers images,

and does decoupage projects.

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 I do believe that is why Debbie can run such a tight ship.

And oh, what a pretty home she has! Debbie leans toward all

things French.

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 Debbie is one of the bloggers I’ve known longest in the blogosphere. She keeps a steady

production line going of lovely handmade lovelies and gorgeous vignettes.

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She shares my love of decoupage, and is very gifted with this

art form.

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  Ah, and as the name implies, Debbie does love her dishes.

Don’t we all? She can set a table like nobody’s business, and

it always looks like it’s styled for a magazine spread.

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  She’s also quite the seamstress, and lends her creativity to

whatever the season calls for.

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 Now doesn’t this tableau just make you smile?

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 I love her choice of colors. Her way of putting things together.

The girl has style.

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I hope you’ve enjoyed this delightful tour of Debbie’s home.

The “staff” was so polite and helpful.

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