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Spring Thinning

On Sunday, me and D went on a little shopping spree. He needed suits for work and I, well, needed to work on my love/hate relationship with my summer wardrobe . . . and overall, I think it would be save to say that we won šŸ˜‰ HOWEVER, when we got home and examined our...

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MacGyvered Bedskirt

As I stated yesterday [lately] I’ve been experiencing these abrupt amounts of energy AND have been über productive, because, well, I’m using this sudden get-up-and-go for good and not evil. So much so [in fact] I actually managed to solve a problem right off my to-do...

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Blue Eye Brown Eye Calligraphy Workshop

Yesterday, I was able to do two things I’ve been dying to do: #1. Attend a workshop at the designlovefest studio. AND #2. Begin to learn calligraphy. (Lauren Essl, Me, & Bri Emery - Photo by Cortnee Brown) I guess you could say I killed two birds with one stone?...

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Before & After: Hairdresser Chair

Unknown territory can be a scary thing . . . especially when it comes to upholstery. This #beforeandafter is a hairdresser chair I recovered for my girlfriend, Mitzi, who has the best/most captivating/refreshing style of anyone else I know. I met her over two years...

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Frame Anything Into Wall Art

Besides books, wall art is a very easy way to help make a house a home. I love to take basically anything and border it up into just that = WALL ART! For example, this is a postcard from D’s college spring break experience that he’s been moving around all these years...

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Show Some Sweater Love

As you all know, I love me some sweaters. However, sweater weather is over for the next six ā€œsay it ain’t soā€ months šŸ™ So, yesterday, I decided it was time to finally put them away for another season . . . [Why, God?! WHY!] BUT not before I showed them a little love!...

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And The Hits Just Keep On Comin’

All right, LLM readers! Do you remember my post about National Record Store Day last April? It’s more than okay if you don’t because it took us this long to bring our vinyl dreams full circle. Why? Have you ever had one of those ā€œthis will be simpleā€ projects that...

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Before & After: Tufted Twins

Yoga has brought so many wonderful things into my life = including upholstery clients! These two lovelies above are the tufted twins I finished last week for my yoga instructor, Monique. She is my second Homebird Upholstery customer from Peace Love & Yoga and is a...

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Sunrise By Air Balloon

A little over a year ago, I purchased a coupon on one of those discount sites [GroupOn, Living Social, something like that!] for a couples' hot air balloon ride. Well, the dang thing almost expired on us! BUT [thankfully] I caught it just in time and the good people...

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