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Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts

Mar 2, 2012

Villabarnes Giveaway Winner



Rosemary at Villabarnes has been hosting some fabulous giveaways, and I am the lucky winner of her latest giveaway!  

Rosemary redesigned each item in this beautiful vignette which includes:  a hand painted box, bottle, two tags, vintage towel, and pillow.  Visit Rosemary at Villabarnes to see how she redesigned each item.  Her transformations are beautiful one-of-a-kind items.

Thank you, Rosemary!  I love each each item in this beautiful vignette!

Feb 26, 2012

Q & A with Rachel Ashwell at Shabby Chic



Susan at Between Naps on the Porch wrote a post about an article from Garden & Gun magazine, which featured a tour of Rachel Ashwell's Texas home and included a a fun Q&A with the designer and founder of the brand we know as "Shabby Chic."

Susan decided to answer the questionnaire herself and invited her readers to do likewise.  The following are my answers to the Q&A:

1. Favorite Cocktail:  Wine.
2. Favorite Getaway:   Anywhere I can hear the waves.
3. If you could meet anyone in the world, who would it be?   Jesus.
4. Daydream of the moment:?   To see the first flowers of spring.
5. Your personality in one word?   Contemplative.
6. Are you more garden or gun?   Garden.
7. If you were road-tripping, what's the one album you'd take with you?   Fleetwood Mac.
8. What are you reading?  One Thousand Gifts.
9. What do you want to do when you grow up?   Create beauty through design, photography, gardening, etc.
10. What is your greatest extravagance?   Mani/Pedis.   Guilty Pleasure?   Chocolate covered pretzels.
11. Favorite Southern Food?   Sweet potatoes.
12. Most treasured possession?   My wedding ring.
13. Favorite Southern name?   Samantha.
14. What talent would you most like to have?   To be a good photographer.
15. What's your current state of mind?   Thankful.

Now it's your turn!  Copy and paste the questions below into a comment and answer them in your comment.  If you're a blogger, you may wish to create a post with the questions and answers for your readers and ask how they would answer.  :)

Here are the questions...can't wait to read your answers!

1. Favorite Cocktail:
2. Favorite Getaway:
3. If you could meet anyone in the world, who would it be?
4. Daydream of the moment:?
5. Your personality in one word?
6. Are you more garden or gun?  .
7. If you were road-tripping, what's the one album you'd take with you?
8. What are you reading?
9. What do you want to do when you grow up?
10. What is your greatest extravagance?  Guilty Pleasure?
11. Favorite Southern Food?
12. Most treasured possession?
13. Favorite Southern name?
14. What talent would you most like to have?
15. What's your current state of mind?

Thanks for visiting!
 

Oct 4, 2011

Thank You for the Feature

Vicky from Decor & Harmony @ 4290 has a weekly Coast to Coast Creativity post in which she features a blog, and I was thrilled to see Wildwood Creek featured this week.  

Vicky has beautiful refinished and reupholstered furniture pieces and great tutorials.  Here is a look at a few of Vicky's makeovers.




Visit Vicky from Decor & Harmony @ 4290 for more inspiration.

Thanks for visiting.

Sep 12, 2011

Sara, You Are An Ironman!



She swam...



She rode...



She ran...




Congratulations, Sara, you are an Ironman!!!

This past weekend we had a fun time in Madison, WI to cheer on our niece, Sara, in the Ironman.  Sara participated in the Ironman for the second year in a row and had a great day.  Here are a few scenes from the day.




Aug 30, 2011

The Versatile Blogger Award




I was totally surprised and honored when Michelle from Faith, Trust and a Little Pixie Dust nominated me for The Versatile Blogger Award.  Thank you, Michelle!  Visit Michelle's blog for inspiration on everything from interior design, recipes, sewing and more.  The above photo is from Michelle's post regarding great tips for wall groupings.

After accepting The Versatile Blogger Award, the blogger must:
1.  Thank the person who gave the award and link back to them in the post.
2.  Share 7 things about yourself.
3.  Pass this award along to 10 recently discovered blogs.

I'd like to share a few of my favorite things:

Favorite seasons:  Spring and Fall
Favorite color:  Anything blue, green or aqua.
Favorite dessert:  Warm apple crisp with Butter Pecan Ice Cream
Favorite beverage:  Diet Dr. Pepper (I'm hopelessly hooked)
Favorite indulgence:  Mani/Pedi
Favorite movie:  Casablanca
Favorite book:  The Bible

I'd like to nominate the following bloggers for The Versatile Blogger Award.  It was really difficult to narrow the list down to 10 blogs!  There are so many inspiring blogs out there, but the following are some of my favorites.  Their subtitles are a great way to describe their blogs.



I know you'll enjoy these blogs as much as I do.



Thanks for visiting,