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Hello lovely friends! I hope this finds you having a wonderful weekend! We had a successful time of it last weekend working on the house, and were able to lay a new subfloor in our girls' room, not including the walk-in closet. {We did that yesterday.} No pretty pictures of this room...yet! Although I am liking even the new plywood floor a whole lot more than the carpet that was there!  But I

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Hello dear ones! I hope you are having a good week so far. :)  I don't know how you are, but it isn't even New Year's and I am already thinking about and planning Valentine's Day! And not only the actual day, but for weeks leading up to it!  Valentine's Day is BIG stuff here at my little nest, and preparation is in full swing! And one of the first things I think about is what is for breakfast on

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Hello dears! And Happy Weekend to you! I hope this Friday finds you doing well! :) Do you remember the faux fireplace my husband built for me in our master bedroom?  Well, I finished all the little details {trim, moulding, caulk...} and decorated it, so now I can finally show it to you! This project was inspired by The Twice Remembered Cottage, who also built their own faux

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Hello dear friends! I hope you have had a good week! :)   The giveaway of the book "Romantic Prairie Style" ended this morning, and so it is time to announce the winner! I so wish I could give each of you this book! Not just because it is a lovely book {though it is!} but because you are lovely people! :) I enjoyed reading your comments and thoughts on the book, and want to say thank you for

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Hello sweet friends! I hope your week has been a beautiful one so far! I thought that as it was getting closer to Valentine's Day, I would share this banner with you!  I shared this when I guest posted over at Attempting Aloha about this time last year, but never shared it here! However, it's such an easy little craft, I thought it would be a shame not to show it over here as well! I

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Hello dear friends! How are you? I hope this finds you doing well! :) To launch the new year, I have a little giveaway to share with you! Do you remember in the last post, me going on and on about a book? {This one.} Well, I bought an extra copy of it to give away, because it is such a lovely book! The photography is amazing, and each page is filled with lovely rooms and equally beautiful

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Hello friends! I hope you had a lovely New Year's weekend! Isn't the thought of a new year such a wonderful thought? It is like one big, mysterious adventure just waiting for us! I am so excited to see what the year will hold! :) I want to first thank you for your dear and thoughtful comments on my recent post concerning ideas for this blog. I was actually very nervous as I waited to hear what

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First off, a little disclaimer!   It is tradition to light the fifth candle on Christmas Day, which is what we do in our family. However, when posting on the Advent candles, I like to do this on the Sunday following Christmas Day. This way, each candle has its own day. And so we light the fifth and final candle today... This last candle is the most important, and this is the Jesus candle

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A very Happy {almost} New Year's to you all! I can't believe how quickly this year went by, how about you? This time of year usually brings about contemplation and refection in a lot of us, as we look back at the year we're leaving behind. I have been doing a lot of thinking for the past few months, about this blog and some changes I would like to make, if I could just be brave. ;)  There

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Merry Christmas!  I hope that this Christmas weekend has been a wonderful, and very blessed, one for each of you! Today marks the fourth Sunday of Advent, and we light the fourth candle... The Angel Candle And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus. He

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A very happy two days before Christmas to you all! I hope this finds you doing well! :) I have a cute little craft to show you for the kids, something to keep them busy while they wait for Christmas Day! This one is ideal for elementary school ages and older.   {Clothespin Reindeer}  What you'll need for each reindeer: 3 "no-roll" clothespins Two red sequins Green and red felt Ribbon to

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 Hi dear friends! I hope this last week before Christmas is going well for each of you! I am excited to have my friend Erin from Peony Wire Works here today to share her tutorial of an amazing ornament she came up with! Hello All!  I am so happy that Jenni asked me to do another ornament tutorial...she has started a new tradition for me and those I gift at Christmas time(so thank you Jenni!!

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Happy Sunday to each of you! I hope it was a lovely weekend for you as well. :) Today is the third week of Advent, and I finally got my little Advent arrangement put together. I say arrangement rather than wreath, because it isn't exactly in wreath form this year!  I saw something so gorgeous on a friend's blog that I had to replicate it. With all my heart...Deborah made a lovely and unique

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Hello sweet friends, and happy Friday to you! Now I am promised you a good Christmas cookie recipe...This is one for all of you chocolate lovers! It is a dream of a cookie, and it is not a complicated recipe at all. I found it a few years ago on the Country Living website, and it has been a favorite of our family ever since! Double-Chocolate Snowquakes 1-1/2 cups flour3/4 cup Dutch-processed

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Hello friends! I hope your week has been a good one! Are you ready for the weekend? I know I sure am! :) Well, recently I told you how I put in a new plywood subfloor in our room, and that I was going for wide wood planks, painted white! Well, last week I finished the floors and we were able to move our bed back into our room! And after two weeks of sleeping in the living room, we were so ready

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It has become a tradition in our family to light the candles on the Advent wreath each Christmas season. There are five weeks of Advent, and each week we light a new candle. We like to light them at dinner, while we sit around the table. As we are eating, we talk about what the week's candle means, and I share the Bible verse for that candle. Sharing this on my blog has also become a tradition,

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Hello dear friends! I hope your November is going well! I say this because it has been three weeks since I have blogged, and so I haven't wished you a happy November to you yet! :) I have been working on the master bedroom...still... It is going very well, and I am loving how it is turning out!  And just when you thought, "Well, how about that, she just may finish this room and show us

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 Hello friends! I hope you are each doing well tonight! :) Last night marked the end of our giveaway here at Beautiful Nest, and it's time to announce the winners of the new Gooseberry Patch bookazine:  Drum roll please... The first winner is Lisa, the 23rd entry:   Lisa said... I love the magic it still holds over my kids! I love the lights on trees and houses. I especially love the

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 Hello friends! {I hope this finds you having a lovely week so far!} We have been enjoying sunshine so far this week, and I'm crossing my fingers we might have some tomorrow, too! :)  I was shopping for our groceries today, and brought home fresh flowers, as I do most every week.  And I know it isn't spring, but I brought home tulips. If the truth be told, I usually buy tulips, all year round if

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Hi dear friends!  {I hope your weekend was a lovely one!} I don't know about you, but I'm thinking it is time for a giveaway! It has been a while since we have done one, but we have a few of them up our sleeve now! :)Once it is October, my thoughts always turn to Christmas...what we will be giving to our family and friends for Christmas, what recipes I want to bake, decorations I'd like to make.

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Hello sweet friends! I hope this finds you having a beautiful day! :) Now in the last post, I shared a yarn wreath with flowers made from doilies, and promised a tutorial on how to make them.  Although making these flowers is fairly straightforward, I found that showing it by photos was not. It is a wee bit tricky to show what is going on, but it is not a difficult flower to make. I took some

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 Happy Sunday to you! Was your weekend a good one? I hope it was! I want first to thank you for your comments on my last post~ they each meant so much to me! They truly did motivate me this weekend, and we got a lot done on the master bedroom. I feel so much better now, even about the plank ceiling! Somehow, it looks better to my eyes than it did before! So thank you for the extra push in the

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 Seriously.    My husband and I have been living in a construction site since April, also known as our master bedroom. The plank ceiling has been done since June, minus some caulking.  And while we are on the topic of our plank ceiling, I must confess I am not completely happy with how it turned out. True, I did it by myself, and had never, ever done something like it before. {And sometimes I am

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Hello there sweet friends! {I hope you had a lovely Monday!} Can you believe it is October? It is sad to see the summer go...However, with all of the fall inspiration I have seen around lately, I find I am definitely getting in the mood for fall! :) Now this past week I was having fun with monograms, and I still am! I still have another one I am planning on showing you if it turns out

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Well now...where were we? Oh yes... The last time you stopped by for a visit, I showed you my Glittered Monogram Wire Art. And I promised you more monograms, remember? Well, I have another for you! This one is my sister Belle's idea, and I had fun making it! {Framed Doily Monogram} I spray painted another canvas frame, only a larger one this time. {I used the 10 inch size.} In the

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