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 {Credits: Inspired by a lovely post written by my friend Michelle from Emerald Cove titled "If I had a beach house", which I enjoyed so much I have written my own version of this theme!} If I lived in a farmhouse, it wouldn't have to be perfect. Of course, we would want to avoid one that was too much of a fixer upper... {via google} But I wouldn't mind one that needed a little

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Hello friends! I wanted to say thank you for your response to my last post on my Blogger issues! I still haven't figured out why it is doing what it is! Hopefully the problem will just go away on its own? ;) But thank you much for letting me know you are not having the same problem when visiting here~ that is good news! :) I hope you have a good night! Blessings, Jenni

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Okay, by that blog title, you are probably wondering if I am a little confused regarding what time of year it is! But no, I know it isn't Christmas! :) Actually, I have a question for you: what are you seeing when you try to come to my blog? For the last two or three weeks, every time I try to go to my blog to work on a post, check comments, etc., my computer informs me that the server for

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A very happy Friday to each of you! So who's ready for the weekend? In my opinion, it couldn't have come soon enough! Not to say that this week was a bad one, but sometimes you are just extra thankful when it's finally the weekend!  ;) Now I said when I showed the flower craft for kids that I would be

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Hello friends! At last the weekend has come! I'm so glad! How about you? :) Now this particular weekend is extra special, because as you know, Sunday is Mother's Day. This is a great chance for kids to get creative and make something special for their moms, and grandmas, too! I needed to come up with a good Mother's Day craft to share with my youngest daughter's class, and when my first

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It is late into the night as I type this. I am watching over our newest offspring, waiting for the temperature in their little  coop to reach 90 degrees. After two and a half hours, it has finally reached 80!  But I really don't mind the late hour. I have wanted chickens for years now, and am smiling ear to ear as I watch them not sleep! Part of this is my fault, for

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Yet another weekend has flown by! I hope yours was a good one! I spent this weekend working more on the girls' room and staining the headboard my husband made for our room.  I played helper, but in the end he was really the one doing most all of the work! {But I watched closely because I have some serious furniture making aspirations!}  It was his gift to me for my birthday, and

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Hello friends! I hope your weekend has been beautiful so far! {Martha Stewart}  This weekend is an exciting one for me! NOT because I am turning 37~ aging itself has lost its excitement!~ but I am childlike in my love for birthdays, I admit it! {Martha Stewart} I love celebrating birthdays, and we make much ado about them in our little nest. This has transferred over to my

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Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Monday and that your weekend was good! :) We had a quiet weekend, which I was thrilled about! Spring break was very busy with activities and sleepovers, and then, of course, it was Easter weekend~ so it was nice to keep things simple this weekend. :) I even got to work some on the girls' room, which was nice... And speaking of the girls' room

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Happy Tuesday to you, dear friends! I hope you are doing well, and having a good week so far! :) I know I have been a bit scarce around these parts lately...We had a little crisis over here~ nothing at all life and death {thank goodness!} but enough to take some extra time and effort! :) BUT, in other news, David and I finished putting up the bead board ceiling almost two weeks ago! :) Yes, we

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Happy {almost} Friday to you, dear friends! I hope you are well!  I was shopping this week and saw this sweet potted plant: I have decided that I love shamrocks.  And I am loving the way it looks with this little wooden caddy I found at a nearly shop. :)  I must confess to giving St. Patrick's Day only a nod of acknowledgement in the past, mostly due to my not placing much weight on

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Hello sweet friends! How has your week been so far? I hope things are going well for you! :) Well now... If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know I enjoy trying my hand at home made cleaning supplies. What began as a deep and abiding love for baking soda and its many uses has become an addiction to coming up with new cleaning concoctions! It has been a lot of trial and error {

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 On this chilly winter's night, I am thinking of spring. No, I am longing for spring! And for the countless beautiful colors that come with spring, as well as with summer! I am quite partial to decorating with neutrals, but especially in the winter, I need a pop of color in my little cottage! They remind me that my favorite seasons are just around the corner...  A fresh bouquet of

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  Hello everyone! How has your week been? I hope it has been good! :) This past weekend was a little busy here, but we did manage to squeeze a few hours of work in on the girls' room. My husband made a new larger window sill for the girls, and put up some thick trim around the window to finish it off. We got 2/3 of the bead board up on the wall, too, and will  finish the rest of it this next

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I am loving this color more than ever... For years I had this gorgeous shade of blue with just a touch of lavender in our living room. Then I tried a grayish blue, which was also lovely. {We'll skim over the two color mistakes of mustard yellow and bright green, and the very short-lived butter yellow...These did not work well in the living room.} You see, I thought I was tired of blue. But

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Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you are each doing well, and that your week is off to a lovely start! Now on this particular day, I thought it might be rather fun to come up with a list of ten absolutely romantic movies.   I must confess, the first movie that came to mind was Sleepless In Seattle. I know, it is a predictable choice! But it deserves to be, don't you think? ;) It's such an

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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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