Pretty Pumpkins // Decorating Pumpkins without Carving

<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The end of the year is almost upon us! Who else is surprised that tomorrow is October? Here in Houston, we are anxiously awaiting that first cool front, and our temperatures are expected to drop 10 degrees this weekend! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBDetEq6DsL_cqVl2rJzW0z_EsFUhxyiSCgrHt4oKFO2j0BdRM2FnaGU880yv_mhFDih8vcl2PT3ygIQ6bOvzUiVZ0OsKk6zen4Jq-xMK4L6u2-m69R3lpTLUEbZnCwiqFTszo5rqHS8/s1600/Honey+We're+Home+Pretty+Pumpkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBDetEq6DsL_cqVl2rJzW0z_EsFUhxyiSCgrHt4oKFO2j0BdRM2FnaGU880yv_mhFDih8vcl2PT3ygIQ6bOvzUiVZ0OsKk6zen4Jq-xMK4L6u2-m69R3lpTLUEbZnCwiqFTszo5rqHS8/s640/Honey+We're+Home+Pretty+Pumpkins.jpg" width="633" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">As a kid, I remember going to the pumpkin patch this time of year with my family </span><span style="font-size: large;">and picking out the perfect pumpkin and coming home and carving it with my Dad.  He would carefully cut the top off in a perfect circle and my brothers and I would dig out the guts and seeds.  Gooey goodness.  My Dad is an artist and so good at carving very creative faces into pumpkins.  I'm not so good.  I still think carving is a fun thing for the kiddos, but these days, I'm really intrigued by the </span><span style="font-size: large;">painted and embellished pumpkins.  </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love the different colors, patterns, and designs I'm seeing along with the typography pumpkins.  With paint, your pumpkin becomes a blank canvas that you can use to display your personality and particular design aesthetic. I've seen pumpkins colored with craft paint, spray paint, milk paint- you name it- and all colors of the rainbow. Glitter, nailhead trim, beads, sequins, and thumbtacks all become proper accessories for pumpkins. </span></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA25DR9GA5RIt6S1c3p4P9YrEUAQ_9K-Bt7MVRdsGPlgW1vxOPzXlcS6B9rGgVvzFHQpl7XINBZi0PFDiHSc6HIW4FjUmma5EfILF5fsAnYY2abxOCF29ytbND9lt1KK7326wLZpPRiBU/s1600/Honey+We're+Home+Pretty+Pumpkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA25DR9GA5RIt6S1c3p4P9YrEUAQ_9K-Bt7MVRdsGPlgW1vxOPzXlcS6B9rGgVvzFHQpl7XINBZi0PFDiHSc6HIW4FjUmma5EfILF5fsAnYY2abxOCF29ytbND9lt1KK7326wLZpPRiBU/s1600/Honey+We're+Home+Pretty+Pumpkins.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://alisaburke.blogspot.com/2010/10/pretty-painted-pumpkins-tutorial.html">1 // Alisa Burke</a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Pretty Pumpkins // Decorating Pumpkins without Carving

The end of the year is almost upon us! Who else is surprised that tomorrow is October? Here in Houston, we are anxiously awaiting that first...

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ON THE MENU MONDAY~ WEEK OF SEPT 30, 2013

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTzipY0xvqfCVbF0cSNq0d7IzDTuNEVZZPzEXqjqgB1rVv4RcXUSI5K4Pi2gk2LyPTfSZIPFhyphenhyphenSlUxB9payY0MXT7apWE4lSsJmGz-rCiVW2c6Q_HvDvR3iWiVQbNhglcRyf2ZYvMz_mm/s1600/OTMM+9-30-2013+stonegableblog+-+BLOG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTzipY0xvqfCVbF0cSNq0d7IzDTuNEVZZPzEXqjqgB1rVv4RcXUSI5K4Pi2gk2LyPTfSZIPFhyphenhyphenSlUxB9payY0MXT7apWE4lSsJmGz-rCiVW2c6Q_HvDvR3iWiVQbNhglcRyf2ZYvMz_mm/s640/OTMM+9-30-2013+stonegableblog+-+BLOG.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fall Around The House</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">begins today!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">12 CREATIVE Bloggers</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">12 Different Rooms Dressed Up For Fall</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>STOP BACK TOMORROW WHEN I'LL BE SHARING MY FALL KITCHEN!<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFA3eMwBBp7HqibnAg1jzDXPazSrIS88BVdj-c8bFLkdflMMZ1Rtzl1468o7zFUpIQD8ZHPns2g-ddhyphenhyphenyHcFtvtv6GhGkmncJspNiqOEDW3_qpdHGcaUaTJ4an2VVONkIT_9DoL0G00UC/s1600/1233360_654551594557876_859478896_n.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>See the blog list at the end of this post!<br /><br />Now here's whats ON THE MENU...<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">MONDAY</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/stonegableprintablerecipes/braised-pork-chops-in-a-rosemary-cream-sauce" target="_blank">BRAISED PORK CHOPS WITH ROSEMARY CREAM SAUCE</a><br />Mashed Potatoes<br /><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/stonegableprintablerecipes/roasted-carrots-from-the-kitchen-of-stonegable" target="_blank">ROASTED CARROTS</a></div><div><span style="background-color: floralwhite; 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HOW I BEGAN BLOGGING

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdIQIHVvX-w-W4svvfXt8Q2PLFIm0x_WxwWFptD2-D1nt-C4cfcPW5mgxnK5UpNrL54U3u4AGmyFKQOCOsbILgV-1s8yfSI_kkoXD_IbXp-AJ_-EgySi8e-K8Lbm1q_02i9uskkvyPdwW/s1600/BLOG+How+I+started+blogging-+stonegableblog,com.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdIQIHVvX-w-W4svvfXt8Q2PLFIm0x_WxwWFptD2-D1nt-C4cfcPW5mgxnK5UpNrL54U3u4AGmyFKQOCOsbILgV-1s8yfSI_kkoXD_IbXp-AJ_-EgySi8e-K8Lbm1q_02i9uskkvyPdwW/s640/BLOG+How+I+started+blogging-+stonegableblog,com.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Blogging is a huge passion of mine! Can you tell? It's an outlet for my creativity... it feeds my need to decorate and cook and garden and write and learn... it also is in my teaching wheelhouse... and blogging let's this very social girl meet and interact with people all over the world.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Those are huge blessings... but they are not why I started blogging. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the real story...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This journey started five years ago...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My oldest child and only daughter, Jacqueline, had just married her college sweetheart Prince Charming (and I do mean, charming!) and he swept her away to Washington DC. The happy newlyweds settled on Capital Hill in a precious townhouse!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfuSdvJFADTTMQLcVdmOYnSsRo7jO-1D8wZNqEbZCxxtzquoe2aQMCTD4RGl_CYYgj6E9AjluljynHKNWO-ZZIyziq3vI8WncHqXQZKjGhcbR4lzqwM8KzDYZR-B5mGQcz9nlQeJQe9uFg/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_0399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfuSdvJFADTTMQLcVdmOYnSsRo7jO-1D8wZNqEbZCxxtzquoe2aQMCTD4RGl_CYYgj6E9AjluljynHKNWO-ZZIyziq3vI8WncHqXQZKjGhcbR4lzqwM8KzDYZR-B5mGQcz9nlQeJQe9uFg/s640/Copy+of+IMG_0399.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As Jacqueline set up housekeeping she would often call me and ask,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Mom, how do you make ..."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJA1ZsfsfJo3vMgd91TugUeOk2ds50q6-BOdvMriNsSmw1ldVlZRs9BgeURepOzz16_h2I8Ypu7PH9o8nhPgULT692YC4G6r3i8OXzFOOO-DTv2B4wGvMFnzud89Fxxeb3mI_Z07lQtwE/s640/Title+Page2+BLOG.png" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2012/04/stonegable-laundry-soap.html" target="_blank">LAUNDRY SOAP</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">OR</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Mom, what's the recipe for..."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqgpsMOd-_O8RodqK82aSnLedDTMHkiOkvA1gPcse8HJyKb9FVAh4QDr7QoGvLn-NwITHSY3iPoR5W3gFsE7MEYAyyVVAuEMSZrk8qJ0iSfxqVmYgnDy3ncIrnPvD1VyEMHgusXibe8T-/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_5531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqgpsMOd-_O8RodqK82aSnLedDTMHkiOkvA1gPcse8HJyKb9FVAh4QDr7QoGvLn-NwITHSY3iPoR5W3gFsE7MEYAyyVVAuEMSZrk8qJ0iSfxqVmYgnDy3ncIrnPvD1VyEMHgusXibe8T-/s640/Copy+of+IMG_5531.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2012/04/breakfast-cookies.html" target="_blank">STONEGABLE BREAKFAST COOKIES</a> Prince Charming loves</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">OR</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"How would you decorate..."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZlD96ssqDSoOq1qu_DbHbx09OdN4YLfXU6Ipa1W6ADkSeeRpoICbM8FFEnQZASGCM8QsxHLQQMQtD4z-i1XF1RVYOOb6CwwlutZ7RcCE85L7eKcehrO3goAto-JBlqXWXijAMOo2qNEM/s1600/IMG_1315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZlD96ssqDSoOq1qu_DbHbx09OdN4YLfXU6Ipa1W6ADkSeeRpoICbM8FFEnQZASGCM8QsxHLQQMQtD4z-i1XF1RVYOOb6CwwlutZ7RcCE85L7eKcehrO3goAto-JBlqXWXijAMOo2qNEM/s640/IMG_1315.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2012/10/fall-buffet.html" target="_blank">HARVEST BUFFET</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">OR</span><br /><br /><br />"Mama, I would like to make a ... just like yours"<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7EGI-pM-sax_PdK5eemnCn8IfiY20yqj6R2x2WG41TxmkCHZO3PNqBRu2ex6rMGh6w_N5ZU5-yR9_hdpjipNCtV3zlcLimbNLhLfWbxmGJqjo5V-3TZBuJVRM8FF-MTQkfmoIyzcCmXN/s640/BLOG+Placemat+Pillow+Title+Page+1+stonegableblog.com.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/09/how-to-make-pillow-from-placemat.html" target="_blank">PILLOW FROM A PLACEMAT</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">AND EVEN</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Mommy, how soon can you come down to .... I need your help"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_Qp-CrSMpqhuPfNrPzWyQBkzFlmd3gtlkf3YYGKRrcfIVsJWYR6HAI2FS3UXCDqdevJvIfcy_rRFZwMWFtjr-saruJM9NJXZsAN9-ACqq9tR2FzCJDQ-HmSo_06jnEvu9O1wcF_Fcw5z/s640/Paris+Grey+Painted+Buffet+Title+Page+-+BLOG.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/01/paris-grey-buffet.html" target="_blank">PARIS GREY BUFFET</a></span> we painted together for J's dining room.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At that time I had also been intoduced to the wonderful world of blogs by a young friend. I found kindred spirits on those blogs. Women who loved what I loved and wrote about all-things-home. I felt like I had found a huge secret, underground community of<span style="font-size: large;"> nice women...</span> who shared their very best ideas and invited me into their homes too snoop around and take it all in. I really liked these women!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was sorta like finding the MOTHERSHIP! These were MY PEOPLE!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Lot's of them were great cooks... or master decoupage-ers.... or had cracked the secret of putting together stunning vignettes. And they were willing to share!!!! And not only share... but also encourage! I could just hear them... "You can do this, I just know you can. I'll be with you every step of the way!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">About a year into blog stalking and many many phone calls from my sweet Jacqueline consulting me on home issues... a lightbulb went off in my mind. Really, it was more like being struck with lightning!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why don't I start a blog. A blog just for Jacqueline!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">It would be about all-things-home. It would guide and encourage and show her all the things I do at home... at StoneGable.  I would blog about my very best recipes... and decor ideas... and diy's and gardening and such. I would pour into her life all my best...    It would be just like she was still here even though she was 2 1/2 hours away on a good traffic day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I could encourage her and love her through my words! I would let her know that she was doing a fabulous, incredible job being a wife and homekeeper and daughter.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I would write the blog like other blogger, to a larger audience, but it would really be for my Jacquie!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It took about a month for my blog, StoneGable, to go live. I was so nervous to hit the PUBLISH button for the first time. What if someone else would actually somehow find it. What would THEY think!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first week I blogged about...<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2009/10/fall-has-come-to-my-part-of-country.html" target="_blank">BAKED OATMEAL</a></span>... Jacqueline loves my Baked Oatmeal (she and Prince Charming will be home this weekend and I am having Baked Oatmeal for breakfast on Saturday)! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In those early blogging days I took pictures from a cheap point-and-shoot camera. And really had no idea what I was doing! No styling, no lighting, no frills... just lots of love!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivV4vje8ciAv8TfX9nnzQU7eyPRs6Fy2xzaXj6xascK9ombAE-9E1JFXcgcmWhc2aDS8Vh9DnwiDDLQVZtTqlVT-N-HD8LNbntI0nf7CLlyDI_3l8fQ5QHgwNk2Js863kduwd4I6F2BCo/s640/blog+10-1+2.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2009/10/fall-has-come-to-my-part-of-country.html" target="_blank">BAKED OATMEAL</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But there it was... my gift to my daughter. So she would always have a beloved family recipe at her fingertips.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I got 7 comments on that post... and an embarrassed fear gripped me... "Oh no! Someone found me"!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wasn't very long until my blog took on a life of it's own and I began to feel a part of the huge secret, underground community of<span style="font-size: large;"> nice women...</span> who shared their very best ideas and had invited me into their homes too snoop around and take it all in. I was actually ON the MOTHERSHIP with MY PEOPLE!<br /><br />As more and more people began to find and read my blog. I found a whole other community. A community of readers that were interested in what I had to share.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was still writing for Jacqueline, but now I was also writing for my readers... women a lot like me! And I began to love them and care about them and pray for them and want to share my best with them too! I now wanted to pour into their lives and let them know that they too... CAN DO IT!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">About a year into blogging I had another lightning bolt moment.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was like Laura Ingalles Wilder! What!  Really?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Laural Ingalles Wilder, author of  the LITTLE HOUSE books, began writing the famous series after she had retired. She was encouraged by her daughter to write about her life. She wrote about the simple and often hard times of a pioneer family in the mid 1800's and the changing world around them through the new century!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She wrote about her everyday life. Common things... and very interesting things to future generations.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It struck me that I too was writing for future generations. But they were MY generations! Just think... my grandchildren and great grandchildren and great great grandchildren would be able to see my life... my everyday life through my blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They might make one of my recipes and my very words will encourage them along the way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJk0vLdTDPfzHjzFWWms7t79u1iCeE-0mzyohZayQtDLRBH1iuxjcYehBjRDh1_CI3OMFGR275szGUEfqGlzEUIxyEd7rP11Nj-RCkX0h3FwickIhQ5E3uXGaHNmMxW7UOOpx9JJspDs/s640/Copy+of+IMG_5030.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2011/03/ina-gartens-perfect-roast-chicken-with.html" target="_blank">PERFECT ROAST CHICKEN</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> They could sit at the kitchen table and visit me through my blog!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFDrGND3rgeOIG7tVCU3zpIqYHP-ZeZ6YMpyq3I5MI26rPagR2mCewx4ezvWdP0r_KFbAvoU8P3gSGogsdlLKICzDFlY-QD2ICGh_NunsIbaa4j6Eqr49pODO6HJGpNs7SPHMt3Tucaw/s640/Copy+of+IMG_1305.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2012/09/favorite-roomstone-gable.html" target="_blank">MY FAVORITE ROOM FEATURE AT SSS</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They might even have one of the pieces of furniture I painted and be able to see and hear how I painted it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9SV0nQv-ukx-cgUOiSFqQCIvqTqVzffSdf18kiTNzGRrXC9aL70bS8n2Zy8XCcUZ5VcPK5I0v5u2b_bK-9YwUXAUwSdRtShuCUnZzNG_9L3-in4klK4PtgBrc5iBXMzL_iQSI4wPnZKP/s640/Copy+of+Creating+a+Wash+Title+Page~+Blog+(2).png" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/03/creating-color-wash-effect.html" target="_blank">CREATING A COLOR WASH</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They might learn about decorating in 2013 and catch my love of all-things-home!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtA00w8tLKx9c3SKuMPC41MHskpX_CilXaHnFPeEkl0ZQ7-ox89P4PJcVSY-o4QR8f9qeowdgFPfAY5YObc6cBBfJw_Fg42CpBhlNj3-CjSUrTY7Jeap_6RmzEIh_Pv_XJqKVRaQjsmY-z/s640/White+Pumpkns+In+The+Living+Room+Title+Page+stonegableblog+-+Copy.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/09/white-pumpkins-in-living-room_23.html" target="_blank">WHITE PUMPKINS IN THE LIVING ROOM</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And they might even learn about my silly sense of humor... and what their grandfather or great grandfather or great great grandfather calls my "LUCILLE BALL FACTOR"!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKlcXNw9XOlAFOOfdRYMGzA1I-ClQmajggU523dL6fA9YhiJq98XAa3010F3TsiYiqsac28HfRxIhXAyYQDcUKdrvrzpsAIRUEcbGzi7ZNJXfLlNX1fmOZ_qoNl19MsskVuYA0EteAvaqo/s640/First+Chair+Reveal+Title+Page+-+BLOG.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/04/one-painted-and-reupholstered-dining.html" target="_blank">ONE DINING ROOM CHAIR DONE!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My most prayerful hope is that they will read my Sunday Scriptures and hear how I love my Savior Jesus and share that same belief!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus" src="http://c472851.r51.cf0.rackcdn.com/rembrandt-an-the-face-of-jesus-pma-587.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">source- Rembrandt</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2011/11/s-part-of-international-blogging-event.html" target="_blank">MY EMMAUS ROAD</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I would have loved blogging if it was just a to give my creativity an outlet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I would have loved blogging if it was to impart the best-of-all-things-home and love on my precious daughter Jacqueline...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I would have loved blogging if it was to be part of the huge secret, underground community of<span style="font-size: large;"> nice women</span> and to be on the MOTHERSHIP of kindred spirits called bloggers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I would have loved blogging if it was just to care about and share with my beloved and faithful readers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I would have loved blogging if it was just to have my grandchildren and great grandchildren and and great great grandchildren hear my voice in my words and come to know me and my everyday life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But, blogging has created the perfect storm... with lightning and all!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It has given me all of this and more!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love blogging because of you... Jacquie and Abby and Mom and family... now and in the future... and friends and fellow kindred spirit bloggers and dear dear readers and anyone else who just happens to stumble across this page!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You are the reason I blog... and I am blessed!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

HOW I BEGAN BLOGGING

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKmHjg7K4wvTU10mOx_uT_QN-V88u-nclFf1udFbWnAOhBfqvI7rMjg_AVjPr4phNDXBgI929yjeG9H0e_bpNVFsyeJU8JmwzVIpd_psUwMHHBbn8v6UCwAubtveOxHVWo7QyXUa1isJ3/s1600/BLOG+Fork+and+Spoon+Art+Title+Page.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKmHjg7K4wvTU10mOx_uT_QN-V88u-nclFf1udFbWnAOhBfqvI7rMjg_AVjPr4phNDXBgI929yjeG9H0e_bpNVFsyeJU8JmwzVIpd_psUwMHHBbn8v6UCwAubtveOxHVWo7QyXUa1isJ3/s640/BLOG+Fork+and+Spoon+Art+Title+Page.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you have art in your kitchen? Until now, I didn't. I really have no wall space in my kitchen. Lots and lots of cabinets, but no wall space.<br /><br />So, I had to think out of the box and use the sides of some of my cabinetry.<br /><br />Here's my first piece of kitchen wall art...<br /><a name='more'></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9i1LPt7Qly2EKzROTLfgLeF3uFo-MhBjLN7Lwcil397ZpIHX482XZ1u2zDzJBNaFWE8G7tpDoJPwUjUupR9NSu-ksui694OXiRyvctybbO7-EiFAVofnSKYh-0M-EbV2O9Z8LBV068wP/s1600/fork+and+spoon+on+the+island+-+stonetgableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9i1LPt7Qly2EKzROTLfgLeF3uFo-MhBjLN7Lwcil397ZpIHX482XZ1u2zDzJBNaFWE8G7tpDoJPwUjUupR9NSu-ksui694OXiRyvctybbO7-EiFAVofnSKYh-0M-EbV2O9Z8LBV068wP/s640/fork+and+spoon+on+the+island+-+stonetgableblog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><br />In keeping with a kitchen theme I found these stylized fork and spoon canvases at a local shop.<br /><br />They were a perfect fit for the end of my island. <br /><br />Because I have an outlet on that surface I fixed the fork and spoon to the end of the island with 3M Velcro strips. That way when I need the outlet I just pull off the art.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYDN4NGhmcF1JDLJY8f4EoVV22cDA561Z7yx_CQWxMvYftR1C0vwfrVJLVuqGL5afqXxDFphyV6aBshf9Jx5D5WQaDN4Jn6-2Jh88dIDxinpm0Ic7v0mbpL3lIpY3K5rsMxLTuHgdiBAG/s1600/spoon+and+fork+on+the+island+-stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYDN4NGhmcF1JDLJY8f4EoVV22cDA561Z7yx_CQWxMvYftR1C0vwfrVJLVuqGL5afqXxDFphyV6aBshf9Jx5D5WQaDN4Jn6-2Jh88dIDxinpm0Ic7v0mbpL3lIpY3K5rsMxLTuHgdiBAG/s640/spoon+and+fork+on+the+island+-stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />The new kitchen art works with the Vintage Silverware wall art I made to hang above the bar, not far away.<br /><br />Click <a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/09/vintage-silverware-wall-art-diy.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a> for a tutorial.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KccjAP8kdxDVWZKnvjVa5y9OaG0rI7agTWL06rr4jpp0hm2fwfyEkbbXt6QPmuffZ7jaNt0SRDc0VBgXRxS0Ir77rzkqWSKi9EL2-acqs8unxsUyaSmMX7t3CsPxjoTPkgEvKZrIdOFk/s640/vintage+silverware+wall+art+close+up+stonegableblog.com.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPO4l2fvrz-bAgxT0vf6py-Wb-nv0mFigvBEUkvupYM7kDFdBSYnbqziwcpqOQb1YnfYoU1kJTnSOds-kjRJAzZZPhilrvurFDwHnSUP9mSjkt6pzF_rednBSHhPSvr-N9sv0jvRepfdTL/s640/bar+vignette+stonegableblog.com.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I think the kitchen art is fun and interesting and here's the best part... I can easily change it! Because the fork and spoon were priced very reasonably I don't mind taking them down and putting up something new!<br /><br /> I'm thinking about a large black and white piece of subway art there for Christmas!<br /><br /><br />Now I'm looking for other unexpected places to hang art! What fun!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2v8BHQGPcI2zlVNMhqBbmg60wP0mzFRV9lu4cjeacVtScyFNwg839RVaoQ3v0q8I8I3L723mFYTqUlQilnVjc0dcWf_Z6-47IMDVRn4-YCmz4hn4-DTZoy5V0bMcLvDHUJhKqM7gOR-dZ/s1600/kitchen+with+fork+and+spoon+-+stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2v8BHQGPcI2zlVNMhqBbmg60wP0mzFRV9lu4cjeacVtScyFNwg839RVaoQ3v0q8I8I3L723mFYTqUlQilnVjc0dcWf_Z6-47IMDVRn4-YCmz4hn4-DTZoy5V0bMcLvDHUJhKqM7gOR-dZ/s640/kitchen+with+fork+and+spoon+-+stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />How about you? Do you have creative ways to hang art?<br /><br />Let's talk!</div><div><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Remember To..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgJShDHIon82PMJo9ObPREESrv5tFuC8AG2FroEUmyMCEdOQRzuK9QsxzQ8wru4_gHvrwJ2XDz4_gVBgtGAZ9dhc1etlhwBViSVJdRq8JWSGZ3dJQ8ZGnZA_MYxLShDxMkNviUcYixhob/s1600/Kitchen+Wall+Art+-+stonegableblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgJShDHIon82PMJo9ObPREESrv5tFuC8AG2FroEUmyMCEdOQRzuK9QsxzQ8wru4_gHvrwJ2XDz4_gVBgtGAZ9dhc1etlhwBViSVJdRq8JWSGZ3dJQ8ZGnZA_MYxLShDxMkNviUcYixhob/s400/Kitchen+Wall+Art+-+stonegableblog.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a></div></div></div>

KITCHEN ART

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<br><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy Friday! If you're looking for some weekend reading, you can check out these super popular pins I've pinned on <a href="http://pinterest.com/honeywerehome/boards/" style="color: #4d9699; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">my Pinterest boards</a> lately.  And for you bloggers, I also wrote a post about growing your blog with Pinterest that you can read <a href="http://honeywerehome.blogspot.com/2013/08/using-social-mediapinterest-to-grow.html" style="color: #4d9699; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a>.  </span></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Mini Tortilla Crust Pizzas</b> <b>via <a href="http://fabulousfoodblog.com/2013/01/16/mini-tortilla-crust-pizzas-super-easy-to-make-can-use-different-ingredients-including-low-carb-tortillas-load-up-with-veggies-great-idea/" target="_blank">Fabulous Food Blog</a>- 115 repins</b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">How good and easy do these look!  I think this is something even my picky 3-year old would like.  </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNEQAf1OZiPxcFO5ATlhECtGw7_-hPoAeSzZaTwTAQWxqUAGK_lN_Fst8NsTjb-E1EpU_Yr5BJ8TtBg59cOLc6NH1Nw5a96mtXl8J96QsvNQciyy9bSNLdT7z_Ly1YE1QGkdlR54ZoJs/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-09-26+at+4.22.50+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNEQAf1OZiPxcFO5ATlhECtGw7_-hPoAeSzZaTwTAQWxqUAGK_lN_Fst8NsTjb-E1EpU_Yr5BJ8TtBg59cOLc6NH1Nw5a96mtXl8J96QsvNQciyy9bSNLdT7z_Ly1YE1QGkdlR54ZoJs/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-09-26+at+4.22.50+PM.png"></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: #171717;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b></b></span></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.honeywerehome.com/2013/09/popular-pins_26.html#more">Read more »</a>

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TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS #66

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9Qo_-Pp6JXSe-pYAVx2f_0cBNIU2BLtxLTg7aDS4yLDhd0poRNP0g_ViQboMyJBsWATl5mIkaDv5eu4nDGDY4RuTc32wxYbCDI50b5g_e9KEZnSA9qE-GXijoIXumRfCitc_-Q4C43E/s640/IMG_3198CC.jpg" width="604" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Welcome to...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS #66</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last week we had a fabulous turnout and lots and lots of incredible projects, fall decor, recipes and tidbits!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My "must-make" list just keeps getting bigger and bigger!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some examples of the great posts from last week...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Karen from SHABBY SWEET COTTAGE shared this beautiful rustic <a href="http://shabbysweetcottage.blogspot.com/2013/09/fall-wreath.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">FALL WREATH</span></b></a>. Love it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17pVdt3CE8fCHw7FaBNKqHxJ7zaMigzU7s5d3nCu8UaKqS1LCCLutrcQRDToTCvQxCjJyRla5kAycC5a5wW_23-wpnoop8CdmR7qLvQUaXN139mlqQDDFUK9_gbd3FkUrWURcwWvSenA/s640/IMG_3199AA.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Look at these creative <a href="http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com/2013/09/easy-no-sew-shirt-pumpkins.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">NO-SEW PUMPKINS</span></b></a> from Debbie at CONFESSIONS OF A PLATE ADDICT.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="CONFESSIONS OF A PLATE ADDICT No-Sew Shirt Pumpkins" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmIY3y5zVvliTM1wl1wXNSIEW_XMbCDAeQE_L9mi_umOpu4zjue3iYQglJCI4e6nBbMVaii5vTUeQxvCcogqP0yL9pVNqy7yLrOaHkqiS-T_zfUlU-zsRc6SDP_F0KW1mvUFg74KB6MEz/?imgmax=800" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have a boatload of family events this weekend and the beginning of the week, so I'm making Liz's <a href="http://www.lovegrowswild.com/2013/09/oatmeal-raisin-breakfast-cookie.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">OATMEAL RAISIN BREAKFAST COOKIES</span></b></a>. Head over to LOVE GROWS WILD and get the yummy recipe!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Oatmeal Raisin Breakfast Cookie Sandwiches are not only delicious, but packed full of nutrition too! Who wouldn't want cookies for breakfast? LoveGrowsWild.com" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCmq6_5q87NyG-rdclhHaS18oAFkJ-hJJQ-GbLA_l8kp5ZBhobl-l818D0AeXX9Hf_qJbWYIJV33bE4Fb06JR4Ux2-25wes_Om3EaCES4dmwudvJU0LLcjquEtwrfdAT_9X_09OFjM1wQ/s640/Oatmeal-Raisin-Breakfast-Cookie-Sandwiches-3.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is just the best idea from Mrs. Santos of THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE SANTOS FAMILY. She shared how she gave spring bulbs as <a href="http://santostimes.blogspot.com/2013/09/i-love-giving-presents.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>LITTLE PRESENTS</b></span></a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqiy_NRcDjiur4qtHXR_LbvSGfBZ-NIE1Ja7QW17KS8fta3KDCJWuYpksuYbH-cCuS9sQGIbyk9b8Dx5oS5fUTMO6LfbjfdVAbQA3zmQDvoFNtZVE8D4W8KnXRzjlt5AfUDaqxtiewPY/s640/IMG_4324.JPG" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jamie at BETTER WITH AGE made this easy and adorable <a href="http://www.somuchbetterwithage.com/2013/09/split-pea-wreath/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">SPLIT PEA WREATH</span></b></a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Split Pea Wreath www.somuchbetterwithage.com" src="http://www.somuchbetterwithage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/split-pea-wreath-3.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With a creative eye and just a few changes, Becca from ADVENTURES IN DECORATING now has a fabulous and festive <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://adventuresindecorating1.blogspot.com/2013/09/fall-sitting-room.html" target="_blank">FALL SITTING ROOM</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrIwgHrlhgbQ4Xy_0FTsBdccsthFk5xk5JEeD6_FvXGRURDnw5JljzdWML0ZGj3XoGIPUuTJy_1OAXMxWMOVuYdICxmUhEgYoAVLx5eUOApxwzJ1JvosoBnUtj94sFsWt4o6rU8wTtg/s640/fallsittingoverallw.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I know I'm eating lo-carb but these would be worth cheating... <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.debtfreespending.com/salted-caramel-pretzel-bark/" target="_blank">SALTED CARAMEL PRETZEL BARS</a> </span></b>from DEBT FREE THROUGH SPENDING.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Salted Caramel Pretzel Bark" height="426" src="http://www.debtfreespending.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Salted-Caramel-Pretzel-Bark.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This week I am sharing a very easy fall project...<a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/09/burlap-and-toile-acorns-diy.html" target="_blank">BURLAP AND TOILE ACORN DIY</a>. This is one of my favorite projects!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uS-M3j1WIm2DxLNN6HRsnGRkxsDjY8YxLUPHcMvSsxGnD7o7l6Kbt6RAoZ7cfCO2I-38Emw2__NMEGrFmwQJmMYoQhpDIR2LXoOJCUmy0gbEbptXK6lqOjJUDYNG2ILzsM4H04Ds87Bn/s640/BLOG+BURLAP+ACORN+DIY+TITLE+PAGE-+stonegableblog.com.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If you have been featured, please grab a "featured" button on my sidebar!</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06JxCJc6M80x6v9TaKTNQZMnKj1zBSoyN4QbiI3Zq_O5hHOMrSyRTvdnd4Ju-Mc6hGoccvAdbDlFeMuifZTt53faofDDBYCdyGt_Fl4VwXMM9FUbB3ibLgsWguP7Rma_S4R_mYSACMRmu/s200/TTT+Logo+-+Button.png" style="border-color: rgb(144, 150, 116); margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" /></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">* Please link your post using your <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">permalink</b></span></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">* Please<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> link back</b> to TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS<u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> in the body</i></u> of your post. 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TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS #66

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BURLAP AND TOILE ACORNS DIY

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uS-M3j1WIm2DxLNN6HRsnGRkxsDjY8YxLUPHcMvSsxGnD7o7l6Kbt6RAoZ7cfCO2I-38Emw2__NMEGrFmwQJmMYoQhpDIR2LXoOJCUmy0gbEbptXK6lqOjJUDYNG2ILzsM4H04Ds87Bn/s1600/BLOG+BURLAP+ACORN+DIY+TITLE+PAGE-+stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uS-M3j1WIm2DxLNN6HRsnGRkxsDjY8YxLUPHcMvSsxGnD7o7l6Kbt6RAoZ7cfCO2I-38Emw2__NMEGrFmwQJmMYoQhpDIR2LXoOJCUmy0gbEbptXK6lqOjJUDYNG2ILzsM4H04Ds87Bn/s640/BLOG+BURLAP+ACORN+DIY+TITLE+PAGE-+stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Did you ever see something and think it was so cute and adorable... and very chic and earthy at the same time... and made of nubby burlap...and you just had to make it!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes?...you know that experience? Good!  Well, that happened to me when I saw burlap acorns on pinterest.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I just had to make them... and tweak them a little... </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhej3c-_qSk7vNtGbKgN36I8wNzgJCAf1HfOk5MLH_B-4a7KK7fbXLL9qtsacfUWzKtFQ3GbZUtHNZRk1mPfFuFWsva6anfgIrwBeFr6YRaZrD3fX1mocl01NL4hs4mamc6u1L6yUpVLDTr/s1600/Burlap+Acorns-+closeup+-+stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhej3c-_qSk7vNtGbKgN36I8wNzgJCAf1HfOk5MLH_B-4a7KK7fbXLL9qtsacfUWzKtFQ3GbZUtHNZRk1mPfFuFWsva6anfgIrwBeFr6YRaZrD3fX1mocl01NL4hs4mamc6u1L6yUpVLDTr/s640/Burlap+Acorns-+closeup+-+stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was a really fun project. Very easy and fast! I made all 4 acorns in just over an hour. Of course, that does not count the time it took to treat the 3rd degree burn I got from my hot glue gun! But I digress...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzw-Rih_0GWz67KPWPWTb0Qw-WYk0xLnozMOThyGbeA_Iw1dMflUhneT7kcXub6EnE3R7etCk6f-r-NHM8z0ztRmQhoBc5LpifPttX-3ZC9vudKH6Ql9k06JybQRvhXMnNoTz5OwrZKV7u/s1600/Burlap+Acorns-+Title+Page+1+-stonegablebog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzw-Rih_0GWz67KPWPWTb0Qw-WYk0xLnozMOThyGbeA_Iw1dMflUhneT7kcXub6EnE3R7etCk6f-r-NHM8z0ztRmQhoBc5LpifPttX-3ZC9vudKH6Ql9k06JybQRvhXMnNoTz5OwrZKV7u/s640/Burlap+Acorns-+Title+Page+1+-stonegablebog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">STONEGABLE BURLAP AND TOILE ACORNS DIY</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNCgskCioQUGomw87M79guc0uJDVW_DSASBijzy_NcSU_ySIkkwePpiXO_73XwvrglojgQA8NpR6I47ZP8oyBqSS7vfn5_fVz6yJ2jg89wh7w_reeeW8HXm-PvtM0qNFsY31x8rjJGX2U/s1600/Burlap+Acorn+step+by+step-+stonegableblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNCgskCioQUGomw87M79guc0uJDVW_DSASBijzy_NcSU_ySIkkwePpiXO_73XwvrglojgQA8NpR6I47ZP8oyBqSS7vfn5_fVz6yJ2jg89wh7w_reeeW8HXm-PvtM0qNFsY31x8rjJGX2U/s640/Burlap+Acorn+step+by+step-+stonegableblog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">1.   Materials Needed</div><div style="text-align: center;">burlap</div><div style="text-align: center;">toile fabric</div><div style="text-align: center;">Styrofoam eggs</div><div style="text-align: center;">pinecones</div><div style="text-align: center;">small twigs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">2. Cut a circle of burlap large enough to  cover all but the top of the smaller end of the Styrofoam egg.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Put hot glue in the center of the burlap, place the large end of the egg on the center of the burlap and smooth the burlap to adhere to the egg. BE CAREFUL not to burn yourself (and you thought I was kidding about treating my burn!).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">3. Hot glue the burlap around the egg, smoothing it the best you can. The toile is not as forgiving as the burlap, so I made small folds here and there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">4. Cut apart the scales of the pinecones with sturdy scissors. Hot glue them in a circle near the small end of the egg.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Continue to glue the pinecone scales around the egg until you get to the top.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Push a small stick into the top of the styrofoam. Finish adding pinecone scales until the top of the egg is covered.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbvywa3Avqr1i3uZxAdQLBc33eiA3Uq38x8eJ-fHC6Cwy1-xe075H8LdP3aC-a5o-pcXJ0cvVKF-PXtGYJ8fGlR5GaGzBuuuGiPr4yB8oO40AOa4njHYtpduFB2YZaDVE9Hsl2oktyoUT/s1600/Burlap+Acorn+Top+finished-+stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbvywa3Avqr1i3uZxAdQLBc33eiA3Uq38x8eJ-fHC6Cwy1-xe075H8LdP3aC-a5o-pcXJ0cvVKF-PXtGYJ8fGlR5GaGzBuuuGiPr4yB8oO40AOa4njHYtpduFB2YZaDVE9Hsl2oktyoUT/s640/Burlap+Acorn+Top+finished-+stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">See what I mean...I bet you are thinking this is so cute and adorable... and very chic and earthy at the same time... and made of nubby burlap AND FRENCH TOILE...and now YOU can't wait to make them!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I know just how you feel!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswUFplopYCCmwY4sdN3r8KbcNj51gsEVNB82MAWMg5yPchxXBwkQiFj0bCFES2pwJuJBRRzTxmwJMHUy6Yjgkwb-I_6mf-FGitXOqbifzt1b0wcTnjiim9LZcqmU1x7Oat38uRCMj8bj4/s1600/Burlap+Acorn+with+stem-+stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswUFplopYCCmwY4sdN3r8KbcNj51gsEVNB82MAWMg5yPchxXBwkQiFj0bCFES2pwJuJBRRzTxmwJMHUy6Yjgkwb-I_6mf-FGitXOqbifzt1b0wcTnjiim9LZcqmU1x7Oat38uRCMj8bj4/s640/Burlap+Acorn+with+stem-+stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />The Fall Tour of Home is still going on! Make sure you stop by and see all the beautiful homes decked out for fall!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EbW3vQEh9FQmgENUYWGa7kGr_jFQgvIJqay2aKgFd_sm5IG3wcK1M-q3q1qiIIBu_iYCiBiCN1mdseyO_EXf8nqBWweDPllk4swG08DurA5H8BwdI0JmAzJSkjHs3UOlD1j-mDkTd5Bg/s1600/AllThingsHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EbW3vQEh9FQmgENUYWGa7kGr_jFQgvIJqay2aKgFd_sm5IG3wcK1M-q3q1qiIIBu_iYCiBiCN1mdseyO_EXf8nqBWweDPllk4swG08DurA5H8BwdI0JmAzJSkjHs3UOlD1j-mDkTd5Bg/s320/AllThingsHome.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; 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text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Wednesday, September 25</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.martysmusings.net/" target="_blank" title="Marty's Musings"><span style="font-size: large;">Marty's Musings</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cynthiaweber.com/a-button-tufted-life/" target="_blank" title="A Button Tufted Life"><span style="font-size: large;">A Button Tufted Life</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.akadesign.ca/" target="_blank" title="AKA Design"><span style="font-size: large;">AKA Design</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.decoradventures.com/" target="_blank" title="Decor Adventures"><span style="font-size: large;">Decor Adventures</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Confessions of a Plate Addict"><span style="font-size: large;">Confessions of a Plate Addict</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; 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text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Friday, September 27</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.settingforfour.com/" target="_blank" title="Setting for Four"><span style="font-size: large;">Setting for Four</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/" target="_blank" title="My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia"><span style="font-size: large;">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.impartinggrace.com/" target="_blank" title="Imparting Grace"><span style="font-size: large;">Imparting Grace</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://daisymaebelle.com/" target="_blank" title="DaisyMaeBelle"><span style="font-size: large;">DaisyMaeBelle</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://athomewiththebarkers.com/" target="_blank" title="At Home with the Barkers">At Home with the Barkers</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Enter to win this gorgeous hand painted<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://bit.ly/1aTPGkz"><span style="color: #666666;">Sarasota Chest</span></a></span> in Crème Brûlée from<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"> Somerset Bay</span>, a prize valued at $1,500. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=d1e2ebadef&view=att&th=1414aed42ea21a2f&attid=0.1.3&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The contest is open to U.S. residents only. </div></div>

BURLAP AND TOILE ACORNS DIY

Did you ever see something and think it was so cute and adorable... and very chic and earthy at the same time... and made of nubby burlap......

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