Built in Beds

I really like this open style - From Houzz

Place Card Rock

 

A rock and some wire, with a little creativity can create a wonderful place card holder, like these

 From Once Wed



From Aimee's Rock Works





 

From Dave Shilling

 

From Crescendoh

 

 

 









Barbed Wire Creations

Here are some fun designs with barbed wire - perfect for a rustic setting.

From Bunkhouse Originals

Chandelier from Spooky Home

My Favorite!  From The Dusty Raven Etsy Shop

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Delightful Gardens & Yards

As usual - savin' the look I love - for later.

From Simply Seleta

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A lovely garden door from HERE

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I also like this fence with pallet wood look from here
I'm not sure about the gate, but the fence portion works for me ... somewhere in my yard.

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Cute garden building from Estate Weddings and Events

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Check out the great post at Dishfunctional Designs - The Upcycled Garden
with several pictures of great outdoor looks. It's worth the look!
There are flowers, doors, gates, furniture pieces, and all sorts of things ..., like this bird house fence.

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 Wood from old crates create a fort big toy like this from Tip Junkie

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Decisions Determine Destiny

 

To make decisions wisely, courage is needed—the courage to say no, the courage to say yes. I plead with you to make a determination right now not to deviate from the path which will lead to our goal: eternal life with our Father in Heaven.

 

Full message from President Monson HERE

 

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Image from Spiritually Speaking

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“You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”

― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!

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You can know the right decisions to make each day through constant, sincere prayer.

 

Full message HERE

 

 

 

 



Barns & The Like

A barn house from Simply Seleta

- the garage has a great barn look, and love the sunroom on the other end.

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How about just a roof?  I could see this with canvas or linen curtains at each post.

From Ruffled

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A great look from HERE

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A beautiful white barn can be found HERE

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From Estate Weddings and Events

HERE

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How about a small barn tucked away in the trees surrounded by nature  - from Inspiration Lane


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I'm liking the gray weathered look like the little barn above and this one from HERE

Lemon Zucchini Bread

I'll be trying this!
Recipe from Barbara Bakes

Skookie Pans

It's Show and Tell Time!

This is not a paid advertisement - it's just a review of one of my favorite things.
This is one of those things that I'm grateful for, because it makes life a bit more fun in a simple way.

Skokie Pans

(small cast iron skillets)

We made them for our family reunion cookie contest!

We used our favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe ...

baked them ...

cooled them for a few minutes ...

topped them with ice cream ...

served them ...

ate them ... 

Gotta Love Em!

We won!



You might notice that we didn't drizzle ours with chocolate sauce like the box shows - but really, they are sweet enough without it. 

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Anemones

Anemones are beautiful white and black flowers.

Image from HERE (found with Google Search) 

I have always been intrigued with those flowers, so seeing this DIY was a joy.

Home Grown Made Anemones

Anemones DIY from Ruffled

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Mistakes?

“We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”

― Bob Ross

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!

Pillow

This is a pillow I saw a long time ago, before I knew to save the source, and now I can't find it.
I want to post is to remember it and hope to find it somewhere someday.

Color and Personality

Can't say I really believe this (hum! I wonder what color that would make me?) but I think it is kinda fun.  From The Perfect Palette 

Party Ideas

(Update - looking back on this post I found that it was "broken".  The links and photos were not working, so I did some research and found it again.  Most of the photos are exactly what I had originally saved, but there are a couple that I didn't know for sure, so I used what I liked this time. They might be something I posted somewhere else, so we see it twice, but I hope I haven't referred to something in a post I made since this post, saying that a look was here that now isn't here.  Sorry for the confusion!)

Marci Judkins has a great Celebrations Pinboard 

It includes things like these doily crowns

Great color schemes like this

Fun looks like this beach party

and this

  

and this - floating umbrellas

and this

and this

and this

Her board will have the links to each of these photos.

She also has a {Little B} Birthday Ideas Board

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An Aesop's Fable

Image from Search Quotes 



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The Dog and his Reflection

A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow footbridge, he happened to look down and saw himself reflected in the quiet water as if in a mirror. But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own.

If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a stupid Dog he had been.

It is very foolish to be greedy.

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Image found HERE

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Image from HERE

Newspaper Favor Bags

Here is a cute homemade favor bag I saw at Ticking and Toile

Little Drawer Organizers

It's Show and Tell Time!

This is not a paid advertisement - it's just a review of one of my favorite things.
This is one of those things that I'm grateful for, because it makes life a bit easier in simple ways.

One last thing in my scrapbooking arsenal (for this month anyway) that I include as one of my favorite things -
It's not expensive ..., It's nothing very unique ..., It comes in different sizes and colors ..., It's found most anywhere ..., 

Little Organizing Drawers!

Actually, I have a few of these in my home ...,

one in the garage with bolts and screws and nails and etc.,
one in in the mudroom tool closet with smaller screws, nails, hooks, etc.,
Sorry the photo is untouched, but those drawers are even worse - kinda very dusty, but I didn't think it was worth dumping and dusting each drawer for the photo or for any reason really!

and, one in the laundry room with craft supplies and little extras that I don't know what to do with - but can't throw them away ..., yet!

I just love little drawers and containers with see thru fronts - they allow me to see what I have and easily find what I'm looking for.

I still love the little drawers that don't have clear fronts, like these shown earlier, but I can't see what is inside them.


  They, for me, seem to be more decor than anything else.  Maybe someday I'll hang some tiny tags on the tiny knobs to show me what is inside each of the tiny drawers.
Actually, the drawers are empty for the moment, well, except for the top left - that drawer holds a few cards that came with the Willow Tree figurines I have. 
When I was redoing them I threw away or gave away most of the contents within the few drawers I had stuff in.  Hey, I hadn't seen them for months and didn't seem to miss them, nor could I figure out what I'd want that stuff for later.  That only works on occasion you know - I mean throwing stuff away. It made me happy! :)

Cute Boy Party

Cute ideas and a fun party look from Celebrations at Home
I didn't add all the photos, so click on the link above and take a look on her blog.