Make These Decorative Spheres

I love the look of these metal spheres.  These are for outside, but I have seen them on a smaller scale for decorating inside a house, and I just love the look.

 

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Make Your Own Lemon Extract

Well, it’s back to reality again after a fun weekend camping in the Adirondacks.  Today I made a “must-have” for your kitchen – especially if you enjoy cooking.   My mom has shown you how to DIY your own vanilla extract.  I have some in my cabinet which will be ready any day now!  I just learned you can also make your own lemon extract.  Anything lemon tastes especially good in the summer, and this easy extract will enhance the flavors even more.

 

Lemon

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Excuse Me While I Rant

Hi, everyone.  We hope you had a great week-end.  Jordan spent the week-end camping and kayaking in the Adirondacks, and I nursed Mr. Right who had some knee repair work done.  I have something on my mind today, and I am wondering if I am the only person out there with this situation.  First, I truly realize this is a first-world problem, and I am lucky to have it, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.

 

TV Wires 2

I can sum it up in ones word:  Wires

 

 

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Paleo Strawberry/Almond/Pea Salad for Everyone

I promise that you are going to want to hunt me down and give me a big, fat kiss after you eat this salad.  And the best thing is, it’s for everyone – even vegans.  You could put a spin on it like adding feta and shrimp, chicken, or salmon if you want it to be a main course that will serve all.  (Paleos will skip the feta).

 Paleo Salad w/ graphics

 Doesn’t it look yummy?  Come along, and I’ll share the recipe with you.

 

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My Latest Painting

Hey, I am thrilled to show you my latest painting.  It is still wet, but I wanted to show you.  I hope you like it.  I like to name my paintings, but so far, this one is nameless.  If you have any suggestions, please leave them in our comments section.  I have one little idea, but it might be inappropriate.

 

 

Cherry photo

This is the photo.  The back story is that I was eating away on this bowl of cherries a few weeks ago, and all of a sudden, I decided it might make a good painting.  So, I got out my camera and tripod and did a little photo session on the kitchen table top.  Now are you ready for the painting?

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DIY Decorative Magnets

Summer is here, and I did a quick project to add a little summer to my boring white refrigerator.

 

 

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New French Style Vignette

Last week when I was adding color to the hutch (here), I decided it was a good time to add a new vignette to the hutch’s counter top.  I went to my stash, pulled out some cute items, and got creative.

 

 

Hutch top 2

This is what I came up with.  Now let me tell you about it.

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Our New Rugs

Happy Monday.  I got a call from the 80′s last week, and they wanted their rugs back.  Sadly, I rolled them up and obliged, but first I made two awesome purchases.

 

 

new rug - table

We folded and bought two seagrass rugs for our great room.  This one you see is in the dining part of the room, obviously.

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Paleo Strawberry/Lime Scones

I am so excited to share this recipe with you today.  Mr. Right loves strawberries, and since it is official strawberry season here in Kentucky right now, I decided to make him a special treat.  I searched the web for a paleo scone recipe and landed on this one at Baking With Balance.  Her recipe called for lemon, but since I only had a lime, that ‘s what I used.

 

 Strawberry Scones

 

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Singing the Blues No More

 

When my decorator friend, Beth from The Lone Rearranger was here a few weeks ago for a get-together, she gave me some much-needed free advice on some tweaking.  I was singing the blues because I had become bored with the items in our kitchen hutch that I was constantly seeing through the glass-front doors.  Beth told me that all I needed to do was to add bits of color.

 

Hutch 13

And that’s just what I did.

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