My friend Anne at Fiona and Twig just did a blog post showing the amazing Magnolia Pearl Ranch that is for sale!! It is truly breathtaking!
There is also an awesome giveaway of 2 Magnolia Pearl outfits valued at almost $2,000! Oh my gosh!
Robin Brown and John Gray of Magnolia Pearl Clothing are selling their beautiful Ranch located in the Bandera countryside of the Texas Hill Country~ It is 38 acres with 3 complete homes, 18 external structures, 3 outdoor shower baths which are supplied by on demand hot water heaters ~
Among the many features of the 3 homes there are 25 chandeliers, iron beds, 3 clawfoot tubs, stone fireplaces and spacious porches as well as many outdoor structures like a chicken coop with a chandelier!
The interior ceilings are covered in antique tins from an abandoned movie theatre in New York City ~
This gorgeous property has been featured in numerous magazines as well as being the subject of a book published by Country Living ~
Make sure and stop by Fiona & Twig for many more pictures and the contact information ~ Enter to win the giveaway too!!
This year I wanted all of my Christmas decorating to be creams, burlap, mercury glass and greens ~
The challenge was to take things I had and kind of recreate them and also to use things that I had around my home already ~
We have an artificial tree but I wanted fresh greens for the awesome smell ~ I went to Lowes and they gave me cuttings that were just laying around from their fresh Christmas trees ~ It was awesome!! I left with an armload ~
Then I got some of my old glass ornaments and washed them in warm sudsy water to make them turn into a wonderful mercury glass ~
Next I took a wreath that was shoved in the attic and took off all the old decorations ~
Then I added clippings from the greens all over and used some hydrangea blossoms that were still on bushes ~ Then added some of the mercury balls that I had washed ~
This is our mantel with stocking for my precious grand babies ~
I am still using the hydrangeas that I showed you in this post ~ The colors have faded but they work great for my tree ~
My armful of greens helped create all of these simple little Christmas vignettes and it smells great!
My husband and I got to spend a week at the central coast of California visiting with family ~ That is where we are from so it is going home for us ~
When I go back I often am amazed at what I took for granted when we lived there ~ I just LOVE the beach and LOVE the mountains that you have to drive over to get to the beach ~
This is Avila Beach where I spent so many days in the summers~ I want to come spend a week just here now ❤
Who would have thought that swinging on the beach could be the most fun ever!!
I LOVE my mom and dad's house that is on a mountain that overlooks 3 towns ~
I LOVE driving the winding roads seeing the beautiful wineries and vineyards that are everywhere ~
Spending time in California with my family that lives there is just some of our best times!
This is my sister, Kim and I in Morro Bay~
Thankfully we get to go back a few times a year which is a blessing for sure!
We are so excited to start the Creatively Made Home e-course and wanted to share it with you!!
Creatively Made Home is an all new e-course about creating a home that reflects your heart in everyday living. It is about inspiring and encouraging you to create and style a home that you and your family love to live in...
This five week online course is hosted by 5 friends who want to help you to define your decorating style so that it is a true reflection of your heart.
Creatively Made Home is hosted by:
Tracey Leber
Sara Duckett
Kimberly Taylor
Jennifer Rizzo
and.....Jeanne Oliver
Here is the jam-packed schedule for the course:
* Each week you will have amazing truthful videos from not only the five teachers but other creative women.
* Each week we will take a room from one of YOU and all five women will give their suggestions telling you how they would transform the room with their style.
* There will be 50+ project videos. These will be incredible videos that include everything from gardening, cooking, gift giving and decorating.
* There will be written tips from each woman telling you how she starts a room, picks paint, fabrics, etc. You will learn where to start when putting your own home together.
* Tons of beautiful house photos from each of the five women.
* Videos that truly reflect what life is like in each of their homes. The stuff that life is really about.
* Each woman will share their own truthful journey about how they started making their home a reflection of their hearts.
* Each person registered will get an easy entertaining e-book to download.
It will contain go to recipes for beautiful and easy entertaining (they do go together), photos of table settings that take the stress out of having people over, favorite drinks and so much more (and their funniest entertaining story).
* There will be a private Facebook group to connect with other class members.
* There will be a once a week live discussion with one of the teachers!
* You will get printables and pdfs to keep and use again and again.
This course is about loving your home, loving your family and blessing those around you....and having fun doing it.
This course will lavish you with ideas, beauty, inspiration, joy and encouragement! Come and play house with us.
Class begins October 22. Registration is now open!
We are in baby heaven here in our homes with Kristin's son, Isaac who is 7 weeks and my other daughter Stephanie due now ❤
Stephanie is having a girl and is going to be a stay at home mommy so she is having fun creating with Kristin and I ~
Steph is making the sweetest vintage baby accessories and adding some other fun sweet things as well ~ Her facebook shop is named after her baby girl, Ellie Grace ~
Her creations are so precious and her prices are awesome so stop on by and say hi ~
The picture directly above is of a pacifier clip ~ We haven't seen a sweet vintage looking one anywhere and are loving this!
Congratulations to Sares from Loveleigh Treasures!! You won our giveaway to Heather's shop! We used a random number generator ~
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I am so very excited to be able to host a giveaway for Heather at Post Road Vintage!
Her blog and shop are absolutely gorgeous!!
Heather is a soon to be mom to six children and she is a wonderfully talented gal!
This is a little bit from Heather's blog about her ~
"I believe when we create a home for our story to shine, our souls to rest, and our families to come together, life is simpler… and better. I am inspired to help you create this warm and safe spot in your own heart and home. My goal is to help you find joy and creativity in life’s perfect imperfections and to inspire you to create a home that is a reflection of you. {Beautiful + Unique }" ~
These are some of the beautiful products on her website ~
You can receive a $50 gift certificate for anything in her shop by winning this giveaway!
You get an entry for each of the following ~
* Signing up for her free beautiful online magazine "Homebound" ~
Kristin and I have been busy busy with our website the last couple of weeks!!
But ... in between the busyness there are babies coming very soon!!
Kristin's baby boy, Isaac's room, is in a vintage airplane theme ~ She wanted to use one of her husband, James' photographs, but wanted it to look old ~
This is a quick step by step but you can get more detailed instructions on her family blog ~
First we got the picture laser printed at Staples in a 20x30 inch size ~ Then we went to Home Depot and had them cut a piece of wood in to 2 pieces 10 x30 inches ~
Place the 2 pieces of wood side by side ( we attached it together at the end but you can do that step ahead of time )~ Then brush on Acrylic Gel Medium and spread pretty generously ~ Place your paper with the image face down and smooth out ~ We had a couple of wrinkles and actually it ended up adding to the vintage look ~
Let it sit overnight ~ Then dampen the paper with a wet cloth ~ When the paper looks wet rub with your fingers and the paper kind of rolls off ~ Kristin cracked me up because her fingers didn't have finger prints or something because she was having issues with this step ~
You can keep dampening the paper when it dries out until it is all rubbed off ~ Some of the paper was left and it ended up grabbing the stain and looked good ~
Next Kristin stained over the entire piece ~ Then she sanded the edges and rubbed the edges with Pigment ink with a sponge ~
Lastly we waxed it with Annie Sloan clear wax but you can also use Mod Podge to seal it ~
After it dried the wood was attached together on the back with metal flat brackets ~
The whole project cost less than $30 ~
It turned out great and looks awesome in Isaac's room !!!
