Are you all happy it’s Friday? I love, love the weekend… the main reason being, our family is all together and no one is running of to school or work! To kick off the weekend, I want to share some beautiful and delicious pumpkin inspiration!

As part of my 14 Days of Pumpkin series, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite things pumpkiny from some fabulous bloggers!

 So, sit back, get your favorite cup of tea or latte and enjoy some of my very favorite pumpkin inspiration….

Pumpkin Chalkboard by Three Pixie Lane

Pretty Painted Pumpkins by Making It In The Mountains

Fall Subway Art Pumpkin by Canary Street Crafts

Pumpkin Parfait Recipe by On Sutton Street

House Number Pumpkins by Maison de Pax

Tiffany Inspired Painted Fall Pumpkin Crafts by Courtney

DIY Yarn Pumpkins from DIY Show Off

 Warm and Toasty Pumpkins by Jill Ruth & Co.

Chocolate Pumpkin Truffles by Place of My Taste

 And, last but not least of all, I had to include this beautiful picture and quote …

Image from Perfectly Imperfect Blog

Happy Weekend, my friends! As always, thank you SO much for stopping by!

-Kendra

Linking to these fabulous parties:

 Your Designs This Time, Time To Sparkle, On Display Thursdays, Tuesdays At Our Home, Motivational Monday, The Dedicated House, The Makers Link Party, Party In Your PJs, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Whimsy Wednesday, Moonlight and Mason Jars, Work It Wednesday, Pin Worthy Wednesday, Wednesday Roundup,  Artsy Fartsy Link Party, Inspire Me Please, Grace At Home, Creative Collection, Weekend Wind-down Party, Best of The Weekend,  Super Saturday, Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop, Share It Sunday, Talented Tuesdays, Weekend Wind Down Party,

Hello everyone and welcome back to another week of The Creative Corner! 

I’m so happy to be hosting The Creative Corner with some of my very talented blogging friends! If you aren’t following these talented ladies, be sure to stop by their blogs and social media and say hi! Our link up party is a place where bloggers link up their home décor, crafts, recipes and anything creative you’ve been up to! I love going through and checking out what you’ve been up to! I’m sure before we know it, we’ll start seeing lots of pumpkin recipes and DIYs and all things fall!!

Last week I shared The Easiest Way Ever To Update Your Front door and our new amazing Schlage lock!! In case you missed it, you can check it out here!

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Check out what my fellow bloggers and I have been up to this past week and pop on over to their blogs to see their features as well! 

Cherry Almond Bars from Joy In Our Home

My Obsession With Office Supplies Is Complete! from Curly Crafty Mom

Easy Strawberry Jam With Printable Labels from The DIY Mommy

Decorating The Hallway Corner from The Logbook

Using A Daily Planner To Stay Organized from The Southern Couture

DIY Upholstered Storage Ottoman from Anika’s DIY Life 

 Mini Peach Crisps from Lolly Jane Blog

Blue Berry Hand Pies from Growing Up Gables

Raspberry Buttermilk Slab Pie Recipe from Must Have Mom 

Ready to share what has been motivating you this past week?

• Limit three links per week and remember to link directly to your post, not your blog.
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Each week, your hosts will choose a post to feature from the previous week. If you want a chance at being featured, you must follow all of the hosts in someway. By linking up, you agree to let each host share your photo and link back to your site, as well as receive a weekly e-mail letting you know when the party is live. We will never give your e-mail or info to anyone, nor will we spam you! The Creative Corner link party goes live Sunday 5pm MST and ends Thursday at 4pm MST. 
 

Thank you so much for linking up with us! Can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to!

Happy Friday Friends!

I am so, so happy it’s the weekend! This back to school stuff can be tiring, especially for this Mama!

This week I was going through some pictures from this summer and decided I would share some with you. Every year, we spend a week in the mountains. No matter how many times I’ve been there, each trip back makes me stand back in awe. The beauty. The majesty. Just the absolute beautiful creation of God. So this post will mostly be pictures… hope you enjoy!

A refreshing dip in the crystal clear lake water!

This is one of our kid’s favorite spot in the park. Red Rock Canyon is such a neat place to visit… you can walk along this little canyon for quite a long time. Sometimes the water gets fairly deep and it’s tricky to stay dry. It’s definitely our favorite spot ever to have a picnic … the views are out of this world!

There is so much beautiful drift wood that washes up on shore…

and these two had so much fun building all kinds of things with Daddy! Teepees big enough to sit in, a “log cabin”, and more!

We love to hike many of the beautiful trails in the mountains and this pictures shows you how touch this climb was! We were out of breath a couple of times! Glad we kept going though, because the view on top was ahhh-mazing…

The hike ends at the top of the mountain with a 360degree view! Here’s a view of the village of Waterton… the curvy lake on the top right corner of the picture leads into Glacier National Park in Montana.

Prince of Wales Hotel from the top…

There is ALWAYS a silly picture… or two… or three with this silly boy around!

High tea at the beautiful Prince of Wales Hotel…

A gorgeous day on the water…

 Do you live close to the mountains and get to visit them? Hope you have a very happy weekend! Thanks so much for coming by!

-Kendra

It is week 5 everybody!! Once more, welcome to my One Room Challenge update!

I can not believe we have 1 week to go!!! This is the first time I took part in Linda’s One Room Challenge and for those of you who might not be familiar with it, you basically do one room/space makeover in 6 weeks. It’s been tons of fun and hard work…. and sanding, and sanding, and hunting for specific items, but all in all, it’s made me get off my you-know-what and get working on our badly neglected master bedroom.

And next week at this time, I will proudly show you the MAKEOVER!!!!

The biggest part of our makeover was our dresser and two end tables. This past week, rain has interrupted our plans a couple times so I’m a little behind in that. Here is my fabulous husband to the rescue, sanding away quickly before a downpour started! So thankful I can always count on him!

It is now already primed and I am loving the color white on it already!!! I didn’t get a picture of it in white but you’ll have to come back next week to see the transformation!

Here is the board and batten headboard all done! Another feature I am totally loving! This picture shows three of my favorite things about this makeover. The headboard, chandelier and a sneak peak of the curtains. I couldn’t take a full shot of the curtains or bed… or anything in our room for that matter, as the drawers from the dresser are all over the place and the room looks like a hurricane blew through it! Next week, though at this time..

Finally, we have some lamps I love! I had found the bases for these right at the beginning of the challenge. I spray painted them white and then it was on to finding shades. I couldn’t find any I really liked and so I bought some material to cover just some plain white shades. But a couple days ago as I was looking around in Target these shades seemed to call out my name. They were grey (perfect) and kind of a woven textue (love!) and they were on clearance for super cheap! Anybody that knows me, will tell you I love, love scoring a good deal! Needless to say, I grabbed them!

It’s been fun shopping for accessories and can’t wait to decorate our room! Here’s a sneakpeak of some of the items I’ve found…

So, if you are looking for me this coming week, I will be no where else than right here at home! Thanks so much for coming by… I appreciate you following along and your support in this makeover!

Until next time,

Kendra

Good Morning Everyone!

Today I have something different to share with you! There’s a tour going around in “Blogland” where we get to share a little of ourselves. Krista from The Happy Housie nominated me. Basically you get nominated by someone, and then you nominate three other bloggers.

 A little bit about Krista… the first time I ever stumbled upon her blog, I was “in love”. Her home on a lake is such a happy, colorful place. She has amazing talent to mix colors and patterns… totally not something I’m comfortable doing, but she makes it look so easy and beautiful! She is also a blogger I look up to and has been there to answer many of my new-blogger questions. She is a real sweetheart and has encouraged me lots in this new journey and I’m so glad our paths crossed because of blogging! If you’ve never visited her blog, you need to check it out… I know you’ll love her as much as I do. Here is her Lake Cottage Style Summer House Tour Deck that I’ve been especially crushing on this summer!

 1. What am I working on?

I usually have one hundred 5 or 6 projects on the go… and sometimes I struggle finishing them. That’s why this past April I jumped at the chance to participate in a one room challenge and makeover our Master Bedroom. It is so rewarding to actually finish a project. Currently, my husband and I are tackling our fireplace in the living room. Check out the before pictures here. It really has a weird/awkward mantle and we are going to install new tile, get rid of the oak and hopefully build a new mantle. Another area we’re working on (and almost complete) is our back yard (now, I know that’s not really part of our home, but for me the deck is one of the most important features of a home!) It has been an ongoing project for the last 2 years. This summer, we’ve added a covered deck, maintenance-free railing and laid some more sod. I hope to do a post on it when it’s all done!

One of the features in our Master Bedroom is this Board and Batten Headboard that my husband built!  

 2. How does my work differ from others of it’s genre?

Honestly, I’m not really sure about this one! I don’t know if my blog really stands out from many of the other fabulous ones out there. I guess, no two styles are alike and hopefully, as I continue blogging my own style and what I love will shine through from my blog.

 3 .Why do I write/create what I do?

I think one of the biggest reasons, aside from hopefully inspiring someone else, is to get some things crossed of our to-do list. Blogging is a fun way to document them all. Before we ever started this blog, I’d take before and after pictures of projects but they’d stay in a folder on the computer and we’d never do anything with them! Now, I get to write about them and show my readers that if we can do it, so can you!!! Plus, I have loved Pinterest from day 1! I love looking at all the inspiration on there and our blog is a place where I can write about and document some “pins” that I’ve actually tried!  I’ve also been reading blogs for 5 or 6 years now and often wished I could start my own and this past year, I finally dived in! I’m absolutely loving it so far!!

4. How does my writing/ creating process work?

Oh dear! I’m not sure how to explain this one…  Once I’ve settled on a project or recipe I’m going to make I think it through. And rethink it again. I figure out what supplies I’ll need, which ones I have to buy, when I’ll go to the store and when I’ll actually get down to working on it. Throughour the day, when I’m cooking or weeding or whenever else I have 5 minutes alone, I think about the writing process. But don’t get me wrong— the words don’t always flow easily when it’s finally time to sit down at the computer and write about it! ha! I also talk EVERYTHING over with my husband. His opinion matters more than anything and I love hearing his imput and suggestions. So, if I have a project in mind, I’ll share it with him and more often than not, he jumps in on the fun as well and we work together!

 And now I nominate these three fabulous ladies! I look forward to next Monday, August 25th, when they’ll share their Tour Through Blogland! 

Amy & Vicky from Canary Street Crafts

Probably one of the only mother/daughter team of bloggers that I know, I love following these talented ladies as they share all kinds of DIY projects. Amy recently redid her little boy’s bedroom in a Vintage Airplane Theme and you have to check it out if you haven’t seen it! They share family friendly recipes, home décor DIY, and seasonal projects. Amy is one of the sweetest ladies I’ve “met” in this blogging journey and is always so upbeat and positive! I know you’ll love their tour next week!

Tara from My Anything and Everything

 Tara is another blogger I’m happy to follow! Her blog has a wonderful mixture of everything, just like the name of it! Her Crate Coffee Table is one of my favorite project of hers, but also love the recipes and kids stuff she shares! Look forward to getting to know this talented lady even more as we blog along!

Amanda from Dwelling In Happiness

Amanda is a fairly new blogger and I’m so happy to have come across her blog! She has an adorable lil’ family and shares great tutorials like the DIY “Shower Thoughts” Towel Rack. I look forward to some more great projects from this sweet lady and excited to see how her blog grows!

Looking forward to your tours next week, ladies!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Kendra

Happy Friday!

 Hope you’ve all had a very lovely week! We are smack-dab in the middle of winter here… very cold, lots of snow, blustery and windy… perfect weather for working on some DIY projects!

Here’s what I’ve been up to this week…

Just wanted to let you know I’m over at my friend Kristi at Making It In The Mountain’s sharing this Coffee Table Tray Makeover: My $1 Garage Sale Find. Would love for you to come one over and check it out… I know you’ll enjoy her blog lots!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! 

-Kendra

 Linking to these fabulous parties:

 Your Designs This Time, Time To Sparkle, On Display Thursdays, Tuesdays At Our Home, Motivational Monday, The Dedicated House, The Makers Link Party, Party In Your PJs, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Whimsy Wednesday, Moonlight and Mason Jars, Work It Wednesday, Pin Worthy Wednesday, Wednesday Roundup,  Artsy Fartsy Link Party, Inspire Me Please, Grace At Home, Creative Collection, Weekend Wind-down Party, Best of The Weekend,  Super Saturday, Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop, Share It Sunday, Talented Tuesdays, Pretty Pintastic Party, Think and Make Party,

I’m so excited to show you my End Table Makeover today!! I love how they turned out.

Last summer I rescued a set of them from our garage sale site. They were pretty banged up but I loved the size and style of them and immediately said yes, I’ll take them! I envisioned putting a basket on the bottom for magazines or books and stuff.

Here is what they looked like before…

Yes, they needed some serious TLC! The first things I did were, removing the piece of wood on the back, as it was pretty rotten. I also removed the wooden handle. I am loving glass knobs lately and could add them to all of our furniture! heehee! Take a peek at our dresser makeover here and see the pretty glass hardware!

The color I chose is Baby Aqua from Cloverdale paint. I have loved turquoise forever it seems. When I was a teenager growing up, my mom spray painted anything and everything in my room for me (and that was before Pinterest and the whole spray painting craze!!!!). I had turquoise lamps, picture frames, my wall unit, light switch plate, bedding, etc… ok, you get the idea! I still love turquoise, but didn’t want the end tables too dark. They are going in our family room in the basement and I wanted something to brighten up the space!

First, I gave them two coats of Primer and they looked better already…

And then two coats of Baby Aqua…

I picked up 2 pieces of MDF boards from Home Depot for the back. They are super cheap… something like $1.50 each. After my husband cut to the right size, I covered them with some Hallmark wrapping paper I picked up from Walmart 🙂

My husband then used a nail gun to fasten them to the back of the end tables.

Here is what they look like with the paper attached…

And just another shot…

If they were a little bigger, I’d keep them in our living room because I love how they turned out soo much!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Kendra

Linking to these parties: Work It Wednesday, Grace At Home, Penny Pinching Party, Adorned From Above, Crafty Frugal Home,

Hello friends! Welcome back to another week of The Creative Corner! Whether you’re here to share what you’ve been creating or you’re here for some inspiration… I’m so glad you stopped by!

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Early Summer Rustic Open Shelf Decor from Worthing Court

Ready to share what has been motivating you this past week?

• Limit three links per week and remember to link directly to your post, not your blog.
• Ready to share what has been motivating you this past week?Do not link stores, giveaways, or other link parties.
• Be sure to hop around some of the other posts that have been linked up to share the love and get motivated by what others have been up to.

Each week, your hosts will choose a post to feature from the previous week. If you want a chance at being featured, you must follow all of the hosts in someway. By linking up, you agree to let each host share your photo and link back to your site, as well as receive a weekly e-mail letting you know when the party is live. We will never give your e-mail or info to anyone, nor will we spam you! The Creative Corner link party goes live Sunday 7pm MST and ends Thursday at 4pm MST.

Can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to!!

Hello Friends!

Well, it’s that time again! If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you might remember that I participated in a One Room Challenge Makeover this past spring with a bunch of other fabulous bloggers and the host, Linda from Calling It Home. I tackled our Master Bedroom and we were so happy with how it turned out. In case you’re new to my blog, you can check out the final reveal here.

Even though I have so many other exciting projects and ideas on the go, I decided to do the ORC again this time around. I found with our Master Bedroom Makeover, it kept me motivated and held me accountable each week. There were nights we worked way past midnight but it felt so, so good to transform a room in 6 weeks. So here we go again…

 This time around, my husband and I are going to tackle our Laundry Room. I was seriously considering skipping the “before” pictures but to keep things real around here, I’ll show you! But please scroll through the pictures super quick!!! They are scary… but I guess that’s why we’re jumping on board and we hope to have some amazing results with this space!

There used to be a rod that hung underneath the shelf but we’ve taken it down already. This is the space where my husband would love to build some lockers for the kids.

These pictures aren’t the greatest but the room is a little on the skinny side so it’s hard to photograph. When you first come in the door you’ll see to the left is a space where the rod used to hang and a shelf is above it. We also have a big closet by our front door to hang coats in so this space just gets used to store a million other little things. And as you can see, it gets very cluttered!

Now for some beautiful inspiration…

I’ve been searching Pinterest for quite some time, looking for inspiration for our laundry room. Most laundry rooms have white, black or grey washer and dryers and I was on the lookout for some red ones. Some days I wish ours were white (just for decorating purposes), but nevertheless, I love this set and we’ll try and decorate with this bold color. One of my favourite bloggers, Aniko from Place of My Taste, organized her laundry room earlier this year and I just love how it turned out! It is a bright and beautiful space and I’ll be aiming for  look that’s very similar.

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I love these lockers and they’d be perfect for the space before you get to the washer and dryer. I love the idea of having a space for each of our children to hang their coats, backpacks and shoes.

So here is The Plan of what we’d like to accomplish over the next 6 weeks:
 1. Get rid of rod and shelf and build lockers.

2. Get baskets for above lockers.

3. Get rid of shelving above washer and dryer and make some brighter, white open shelving.

4. New light fixture.

5. Find some pretty laundry room pictures or printables.

6. Find a rug for in front of washer and dryer.

Thank you so much for coming by and we hope you come check it out our progress each Thursday. It’ll go by very quickly I’m sure and I can’t wait to get started! Have a great week, y’all!!

Our Spring 2014 One Room Challenge  …

 And while you’re here, be sure to check out a fabulous contest a bunch of my blogging friends and I are doing! Today’s the last day to enter! Good luck!! (Check out a complete list of rules and details on my previous post here!)

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An easy and inexpensive way to add some pretty and inspirational décor to any room in your home!

Happy Wednesday friends!

It’s time once again for our #MonthlyDIYChallenge! I love teaming up with a few of my blogging friends the second Wednesday of every month for these challenges. We always have a theme to what we start out with and see what we can all come up with!

This month’s theme is sharpies and I have to admit, I was totally stumped at first. Don’t get me wrong, I have no idea what I’d do without my sharpie pens that I use every single day with my planner, but to create something using sharpies?

As soon as I got thinking seriously though, I came up with the idea of making a sign. You might remember we are currently living in a rental house while our home is under construction, and we are trying our best to make it feel like home without painting the front door, stenciling a lace accent wall or build some floating shelves for the bathrooms. While we’re only renting this place for 3 months, I knew from the beginning that I wanted it to feel like home. I’ve bought candles, a mum plant, a couple of real pumpkins and these cute faux pumpkins I shared a few weeks have all helped make it feel homey. And what other way to add a little bit more warmth than with a DIY sign!

Here’s what I used to make my sign:

• cloth of your choice (mine was cotton that resembles burlap)
• sharpie
• frame
• white paint

My material was fairly thin so it was easy to trace my lettering from underneath it. I used a pencil to trace it and then using my sharpie I colored the letters in.

 It wasn’t hard to decide that I wanted to use the word “blessed” for my artwork for this frame. I feel like as hard as these past two months have been, I know without a shadow of a doubt, I am blessed. Especially with all the homes and lives lost in the recent hurricane, I’m thankful I can go to bed at night and know I have my family by my side, a roof over my head and provision for every single need. We celebrated Thanksgiving this past weekend, and I’m thankful I was reminded over and over, that I am, indeed, very blessed!

And now here’s what my talented friends created using sharpies!

I also thought I’d share some of my favorite DIY challenges that we’ve done from the past…

Wood Slices |  Crates |Stencils | Clear Ornaments

Thanks so much for stopping by today and be sure to stop by tomorrow to see our week 2 progress of our Fall One Room Challenge!!