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Country Living Fair 2014–What I Saw, What Inspired & What I Bought!

Last Friday I took some time away from my desk and headed to the Country Living Fair at Stone Mountain Park with my gal pal Tina.  This is the 4th year that I’ve attended the fair and as usual, the fair was packed with people, fall inspiration and lots of vintage and vintage inspired items.  Here’s a look at what I…

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Inspiration {for blogging and life}

I’m deviating from my usual Saturday inspiration and design tip post to share another form of inspiration with you.  I am always working to be a better person, a better blogger and to grow my businesses and the universe must be tuned in to that because this week 4 great articles on blogging, business and life were in my inbox….

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Thanksgiving Table Decor Inspired by Paper Source

The other day I popped into Paper Source to pick up some of the wood leaves they sell for a gift wrapping project.  As I usually do when I go to Paper Source, I spent some time wandering around checking out all the cool stuff they have. Most of you probably think of Paper Source as  just a gift wrapping…

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The Anatomy of a Kitchen Island

  via Have you ever walked into someone’s kitchen or toured a model home kitchen and felt like the kitchen island was nothing more than a big box that took up space in the center of the room? I was in a kitchen recently and the island stood our like an eyesore.  There were no design details on the island and the…

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Fall Bed Linen Refresh

Every season I do a little refresh of the bed linens on our bed.  I like to change things up a bit to  reflect the colors of the season and how I’m feeling. With the onset of fall it was time for the pink and red pillows to move out and rich, warm colors to move in.

And The Winner Is…

via This is one of my favorite weeks on the entire year because this weekend the Country Living Fair comes to town. I can’t wait to check out this year’s stack of pumpkins and gourds, a signature statement that is at the entrance of the fair each year. via

Gift Giving–DIY Halloween Candy Box

I may have mentioned before that my mom is part of group of women that get together every month to play POKENO. They bet pennies and at the end of the day all of the pennies are collected and put in a large jar.  Around Christmas time the group gathers the pennies they’ve collected throughout the year and buy non-parishable food….

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On My Night Stand for Fall

Seeing what’s on someones nightstand is always interesting to me.  Books tell a lot about what a person’s interest, decorative accessories say a lot about a person’s style and photos capture a moment in a person’s life. The other evening I did a little rearranging of my nightstand, updated my reading stack and added a couple of new decorative elements…

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