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Insta Friday at Everyday Beautiful

Here's a bit of what's going on at our house this week via grainy cell phone pics. I am linking up to Insta- Friday at Life Rearranged. You should too! It's fun!

I started out the week by getting my hair done by my bestie! got a little pink feather extension put in too! Its just little. Can you see it?

She just put a hair studio in her basement! This is the amazing penny wall and fireplace that they just put in! The cell phone pic definitely doesn't do it justice! Such a fun space to get pampered in!

My hubby and I spent a few days doing some *mini* upgrades on our new house. It all started with a trip to home depot for a sink sprayer.  We ended up buying a whole faucet, hardware for the cabinets in the kitchen and bathroom and a curtain rod, along with paint for the ourdoor trim around our front door. I will just show you the exciting stuff!

Hardware is Martha Stewart Bedford Canopy Pull in Brushed Nickel and Bedford Ribbon Pull and curtain rod is also Martha Stewart from Home Depot. Curtains are Pier One. The hardware is a brushed nickel but aged a bit! I can't seem to get enough of damask lately!

Here's a full shot. I need to figure out what I am going to do for art framing the patio window! 

Here is a pic of what was up there before! Blech!

Since I have been showing little pieces of our fall decor, here are a few more pumpkins that have found their home on the kitchen shelf. I just love little pumpkins and how easy they make fall decorating!

We also have all these squash from our farm share here on the table lookin' pretty but I need to find some new ways to cook them. I usually roast them which is good.  Do you have any yummy recipes for squash?

I had MOPS group this week at church where one of the ladies spoke about organization. It inspired me to start using the home management binder that I made about a month ago. {And it happens to match my curtains}! I got super cute printables from Clean Mama Printables on etsy and it's all ready to go now I just need to make sure I am am using it daily! More on that later!

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My week- Insta Friday at Everyday Beautiful

Here's a bit of what's going on at our house this week via grainy cell phone pics. I am linking up to Insta- Friday at Life Rearranged. You should too! It's fun!

My mums are in full bloom in front of each side of the garage! I love them!

To add some more fall decor around here I made a bittersweet wreath from some real bittersweet gathered at a friends house. I put it on the back/side door of the garage. It's small but it makes me smile!

Here is another pumpkin added to the kitchen area above my cookbooks!

We have continued our food adventures here!  I am so excited to be able to stock our pantry and freezer for the winter with fresh local organic food! We started out the weekend with a visit to the local farmers market and apple orchard and picked up another 1/2 bushel of tomatoes, 3 pounds of concord grapes, and 15 more pounds of apples along with some local beef and bacon for some winter soups. We started with the concord grapes.

They were so sweet. They smelled almost like grape soda. Sooo sweet!! We made low sugar grape jelly. Which both my hubby and I agreed was *way* too labor intensive and long. Next time we will stick to jam or preserves! We made tomato sauce out of the tomatos! Here are some of our helpers cranking the food mill. 

And drum roll please! I actally made something from Pinterest this week! Cut the top off my salt container which had ran out and it fits perfectly inside a wide mouth jar ring. Brilliant! Great for storing those bulk grains like my ground flax seed here!

Made a chicken pot pie for dinner tonight, and one for the freezer!

This is what it looks like after quiet time in my girls room! I don't think much resting was going on in that bed!:) Not sure why I even spend money on book shelves? At least the books are getting enjoyed. Right?

A few of you have said you wanted to see a few pics of the Shoppe and I promise to do some more of those soon! This is what my good sized entry way looks like many days around 5pm as my hubby is coming home. Sorry babe! Totally full of boxes, and bolts, and other stuff that was dropped off late afternoon! The UPS guy drops off boxes fairly late, like betweet 5 and 6 so they often sit there till after the kiddos are in bed or the next morning! We {my assistant and I} then process them in the morning!

So that's where the magic begins! I know, super exciting! I will post more pics of the Shoppe soon! Thanks for stopping by for insta friday! Leave a comment so i can hop on over to your blog!

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A Little Vintage Inspiration

Here is a little vintage collection inspiration via pinterest!

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My entryway coming together with a new canvas from Easy Canvas Prints and a {GIVEAWAY}

We moved into our new home 5 months ago and I have been slowly decorating. The entryway is one of the only rooms that is {almost} complete!  I have a feet/shoe theme going on with the pics and just got a really great canvas print from Easy Canvas Prints to round out the collection. 

I have pics from our engagement session, my baby's footprints from the hospital, art and prints from etsy, and other random shoe pics. I will do a full tour later!

I love pictures on canvas! My cute 8x10 from Easy Canvas Prints is printed on super high quality canvas!  I want to remember those cute little pink shoes forever! The colors are great and it only took about 5 minutes to order! Super easy!

 I have ordered canvases online before but I don't think any of them have had this extra metal hanger! Nice!

Do you want one for yourself? Like Easy Canvas Prints on Facebook and you will get 50% off your first order! Bonus!!

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Easy Canvas Prints would like to give an 8x10 to one lucky reader {open to those in the continental US}! Hooray!

How to win {each counts for 1 entry}:

1) Like Easy Canvas Prints on Facebook and come back here and leave a comment saying you did.

2)Follow Easy Canvas Prints on Twitter and come back here  and let us know you did.

3) tweet this for another entry:

Win a free Canvas from @fabricshoppe and @easycanvas here! http://bit.ly/3kBTL0 

Comments have been closed and #23Jennifer is the winner. Who, in full disclosure is a reader and happens to be my sister in law. So i included the random.org number to show this was chosen fairly! Thanks all for your entries! 

I heart crochet!

I am being inspired by these crochet items on pinterest today! I am a beginner crocheter and would love to make a retro-modern granny square afghan!

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Fall crafting- Bittersweet wreaths

I recently climbed a southern minnesota bluff with a few of my besties to make these lovely fall wreaths.  It was treacherous but well worth it.

 Christy (Stay tuned for an awesome future guest post!)

collecting the vines

Christy, Liz, me

If you happen to find bittersweet just twist vines in a circle and keep wrapping adding smaller pieces in to fill in gaps and add color where needed. You can make it as messy or perfect as you would like. It make our little apartment patio look cute if I do say so myself.

If you don't have time to make a fall or holiday wreath check out ProFlowers wreath collection. I like this one! Here is a promo code for a little discount on their festive wreaths! 

 

Featured Sewing Tutorial- Easter Peeps Bunting

Hosting an Easter party?  Make your guests smile with this adorable peeps bunting by Dana of Made!  Full tutorial found via V & CO! 

 

 

 

Featured Craft Tutorial-Deck of Cards Vintage Wall Decor

Wanna make these? Cathe Holden of Just Something I Made shows you how!  She scanned the graphics off an old deck of cards and is even sharing those with everyone in a free digital download! Thanks Cathe! Then just get out your canvas and mod podge away! Full tutorial here.

 

 

 
 

 

Design Crush- Vintage Frame Chalkboard

I love this! I always see some great old frames when I am thrifting around! What a great use of an old piece! Get yours from the Blue Bell Bazaar on Etsy! Found via d*s.