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Ava’s story

(Photos compliments of Radiant Photography) Today my daughter turns 3. In honor of her, I'd like to tell you her story. It's not filled with tragedy or insurmountable circumstances. It's just a story of how one big God give this Mom the desires of her heart. I love Ava's story.…

November 25, 2010

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New chalkboard creation just in time for family dinner

I am thankful for garage sales where they sell pictures that I can buy for a quarter. I am thankful for chalkboard paint. I am thankful for glaze which makes all things prettier. And I am thankful for a husband who does all the cooking in our home. Have a…

November 24, 2010

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Time to ditch my gaudy gold pumpkins

My gaudy, gold, spray painted pumpkins really did last a long time on my front steps. But tonight was the end of the line. Weeks of sitting outside in the elements had taken it's toll..... Ewwwww.....scary looking. Even scarier was my…

November 22, 2010

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Fireplace makeover

Drab. Divine. Linking to the Power of Paint Party.

November 17, 2010

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A Gorgeous Black China Cabinet

My friend Samantha purchased this gorgeous stained hutch off of Craigslist. *This post may contain affiliate links for products I used & loved in this furniture makeover. (before) But, she got it home and felt like it looked like a piece in her Grandmother's house.So, we painted it black and…

November 15, 2010

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Is it possible to talk about running and bedazzling in the same post??

Some of my favorite girls and I recently ran the Kansas City Marathon on a relay team. We each ran a leg of the total 26.2 miles. We were running on behalf of my church, The Rock of KC for an organization called For the Silent. For the Silent wars…

November 9, 2010

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Glaze that WHITE fireplace!!!!!

One of the simplest, yet most dramatic, changes we make to many family rooms is painting fireplaces...... We just worked on this fireplace last week. We changed it from boring white... to a warm glazed beauty...... Ahhhhhhhhhh.....What a difference a little cream glaze makes! You can learn this same cream…

November 8, 2010

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An Easy Way to Modernize Blocky, Bulky Furniture with Furniture Feet

This may have been the world's ugliest end table. So ugly in fact, that these are the only "Before" shots that I can find of it. My darling husband found it at a thrift store for me for $2.99. He had "some ideas" on how to make it cuter. God…

November 1, 2010

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Adding architectural interest to your cabinets

Do you ever see things like this at Home Depot/Lowes and wonder what you could use them for?Or things like these rectangle trim pieces? Or these architectural pieces?Or even these wooden medallions?They are all usually found in the wood trim section and come unpainted. We have had several clients lately…

October 28, 2010

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You can have gaudy, gold pumpkins too!

Last year, I did this post on how I gold leafed some pumpkins for fall. They were so pretty, but they just took too much time. So this year, I decided to take a short cut and bought a can of metallic spray paint from Hobby Lobby. It's Krylon's "Gold…

October 18, 2010

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