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DIY Spring Refreshed Urn and Grow Your Google+ Circles

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Hey everyone!  Happy Wednesday! I flew home from Oregon last night.  I have been gone from Hubby for 20 days!  Whew!  That’s such a long time, isn’t it?  It has been the trip of a lifetime across the country and back then up to Oregon.  I am truly blessed.  Lots of pictures to come in the days ahead of all the sights and adventures from my trip.

But today, I am thrilled to share a simple, yet impacting change for Spring.  My DIY Spring Refreshed Urn.  Easy peasy and the cost???  Very little.  Awesome!  Let’s get started…

I found this lovely urn filled with flowers and grass for $5 on clearance at Wal-Mart years ago.  SCORE!  At the time I purchased it, it fit my style and taste.  Now, I have tried fitting in every room in the house, only because I really haven’t found a home for it.

I finally decided to pull it apart and use the urn.  I mean it’s a great urn, right?  SO, I NEEDED to use it somehow.  I think it already looks better.

Using a grapevine orb that I found thrifting for a dollar.  I am able to change the whole look of my urn.

What a difference!  Placing my “new” orb and urn with other thrifted and vintage components, I created a new, fresh look for spring.

Combining the candlesticks, wheat grass, vintage books tied with twine all sitting in a large wood tray is the exact look I was hoping for.

To finish things off I filled a wire basket with pine cones and the grass from the urn.  So cool and great for a Spring look!

It’s funny how I can have something so long, tried using it in every room and FINALLY pulled it apart and found a home for it!  I REALLY like when that happens.  I was able to change the urn to fit my style, as my style as changed, too.  Do YOU have something that you can do the same thing with??

Thanks for joining me today as I shared my Spring Refreshed Urn.  It is always a joy for me to share things and I ideas that make me smile.

Make it a wonderful Wednesday!

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Now, it’s time to join all of us tyo Grow Your Google+ Circles.  It’s a fun party with lots of growth.

Are you looking to grow your circles on Google+?  Do you want better SEO and increased website exposure? This is the place to be!  Welcome to the mommy is coocoo circles hop. *Update we’ve created a facebook group for Creative bloggers who google+.  Message me here with your email address if you would like to be in to the group. google+ link party, SEO, with mommy is coocoo

If you want to get coocoo with us on Google+:

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The Monday Blues-Mid-Winter Shelves

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Happy Monday!!  I’ve got the Monday Blues for my Mid-Winter Shelves today.  I always love the blues.  My kitchen shelves are one area that I like to change for every season in our home.  Plus, if you know me at all, you KNOW I always enjoy sharing my blues. I am excited to share the Monday Blues today.

I also shared my Mid-Winter shelves on From My Front Porch To Yours yesterday.  Pamela asked me to share “how I found my style”.  It was a REAL honor to be a part of her blog.  Please Pamela a visit and give her some blogging love.  She would be so happy I sent you.  Besides that-she has a fabulous blog!!

I am still out of town with lots of packing behind us.  Whew!  We are almost ready to make our trek across the country.  I hope you are following me on Instagram and my FB Page.  I am posting pictures and places of interest all along my trip.  The hashtag is: travelingwithmeegan.  It’s a lot of fun traveling with my daughter and her 4 children all the way to Georgia from Utah.  We actually hit the road early Tuesday morning.  Follow along as we see this gorgeous country!!

Now onto the Monday Blues Mid-Winter Shelves.

 

My Mid-Winter Shelves are filled with some of my favorite jars.  Most of them are vintage and original Ball Jars.  I also have 3 vintage milk bottles that help balance the shelves.

Hubby is the one that likes to collect milk bottles.  The milk bottle with orange printing is from a local dairy where we grew up in Southern California, Foothill Dairy.  So that is personal and nostalgic for us.  The ball jar with twine wrapped around the top is a thrift find that I found for $1.  Awesome sauce-right?

The scale on top is from my Grandma’s kitchen.  Yes, she actually used it.  I am happy to own it and have it in my own kitchen now.  I made my own Farmer’s Market sign.  My mom was so sweet to give me the 3 hook-lid Ball jars.  (She knows me well.)

The jar on the far right was given to me by Hubby about 30 years ago.  I didn’t even realize how much I liked vintage jars or bottles then.  But have kept it in our home ever since.  He knows me well, too (insert smile).

One last look at my Mid-Winter Shelves for today.  Pretty soon it will be time to set them up for Spring.  Time to get my creative juices going again, right?

Thanks for joining me today for the Monday Blues-Mid-Winter Shelves.  Do you have Mid-Winter decor in your home, too?  I hope you have been inspired, and enjoyed today’s post.

I am happy to be here every Monday for:

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Come back again tomorrow for a Guest Post from Amanda with Mommy is Coocoo.

Make it a blue Monday!

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The Monday Blues For Paint Palette

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I’ve got the Monday Blues for Paint Palette colors.  And I am happy to share them with you today.  It’s always enjoyable to browse through paint stores and aisles at the various colors of paint.  It’s probably one of my fave things to do, besides holding the grandbabies or to hold Hubby’s hand.

I think there are probably guidelines and interior design rules of how many colors you should/could have in your home.  And, if you know me at all, you KNOW I don’t like perfect things.  I like rustic, worn, and chippy, so I guess I don’t follow the interior design rules.  And I am JUST fine with that.

Why?  Well, because I am comfortable in my home, and if more than 3 colors make me smile, then that’s what I am going to use.  To me it’s all about being comfortable in your home.  Don’t you think so, too?

I share my makeovers and ideas with you all the time.  I thought it would be fun to show you the color palette for our home along with various pieces of furniture and accessories.

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1. Ocean Mist is from Clark and Kensington is the color of one wall in our living room.

2. Summer Sonnet  from Ace Hardware is painted on our bedroom wall and on my thrifted coffee table.

3. Antique Coral is one of the colors on our dining room set and my “bathroom” door.

4. Hint of Olive is from Clark and Kensington at Ace Hardware is on a wall in our TV Room/Office.

5. Snow Cap White is used it to is painted in every room in our home.

6. Shark Loop from Valspar in used on the dining room set and our thrifted buffet.

7. Teal Lake from BHG has been used a few times on makeovers such as my Floating Frame Gallery and my Beach Bench.

8. Another color I use quite often is: Turquoise Mist by Olympic Paint  I have painted several pieces of furniture and accessories using this color.

Often times I mix any one of these colors with white to bring a whole new level of color into our home.  It adds dimension and depth that way.

Turquoise Mist has a special place in my heart.  It is the first can of paint I bought to start transforming our home into a lighter, brighter place to live.  We when moved in our condo, here, everything we owned was dark green, bright red, gold, and even touches of purple.   It was awesome at the time we purchased it, but it was time for me to move on.

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These are the colors that make me smile.  They calm my spirit.  They work perfectly in our home.

What colors are your favorite?  What color calms YOUR soul??

Thanks for joining me today while I’ve got the Monday Blues for paint palette.

Make it a blue Monday!

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Book Page Labeled and Embellished Water Bottles

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Happy Saturday everyone!  It’s a great day isn’t it?  The sun is warm and shining here today.  There is still a cool breeze, but the sun feels oh, so good!

Yesterday I told you all about the Pinterest Party with Michaels and Hometalk.  Fun times!  I mentioned the water bottles that I made for each party attendee.  Welp, today I am going to tell HOW I made those Book Page Labeled and Embellished Water Bottles. How fun is that?

I bought 24 water bottles and took each label off.  There was still a little sticky glue on it, but that was okay.  Because I was going to hide it.

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