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Guest Post
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
My friends, yesterday was such a great day. Yesterday, I got my hands dirty with some revolutionary new DIY products from RustOleum (will share very soon). Yesterday, I ate gumbo. Twice. Both servings were a little bit spicy and a whole lotta heavenly. I am now obsessed with recreating that magical flavor at home.
Yesterday, I walked the streets of Nawlins. I savored beignets with café au lait. I walked every cobblestone street in the French Quarter from Decatur to Dauphine. I visited antique shops and drank a hurricane. Thankfully I drank the hurricane after I visited the antique shops and not the other way around, or I may have done some serious damage to my bank account. It was all so fantastic, I barely even noticed it was pouring rain.
Today, I’m headed home, but here to take the reins is the lovely Emily A. Clark! I had the pleasure of meeting Emily last November when I visited New York and have followed her blog ever since. Emily is an interior decorator with her own design business ~ she has amazing taste, and I absolutely love how she uses bold color in fearless ways. Emily is here to share a few tips on sprucing up your home for spring with intense pops of color.
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Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
Greetings friends! I’ve arrived safely in Nashville, y’all!! I love this place, they have rocking chairs in the airport while you wait for your luggage. Well that’s just down home southern hospitality if you ask me. The BBQ here is divine, and I can’t wait to head downtown to hear some live music later this week!
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So I had this great post for yesterday answering a reader’s question, “Should You Start a Blog?” and I worked on it for two hours and then. . . dun dun dun. . it disappeared into thin air. It’s lost somewhere in the stratosphere between the Grand Canyon and Dallas. Grrrr. It was the perfectly timed question given I’m at a blog conference this week, the same one I was at last year. I’ll do my best to recreate it later today. Pinky swear. .
Meanwhile, ooohhh goody goody, look who’s here today! Only one of my new favorites! Please welcome Ms. Shelley from House of Smiths. Take it away lovely lady.
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“Hello, my fellow Centsational readers,
Let me introduce myself :
I’m a proud Mom to three adorable girls, and am lucky enough to have a hubby who is as passionate about life, DIY’ing and making our “house” a HOME, as I am!
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Tags: Guest Post, house of smiths
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Monday, January 3rd, 2011
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Happy New Year ! Don’t you just love January? January always brings the promise of great things to come, the chance to turn the page and start fresh. Be it resolutions made, a checklist of personal goals, or simply a commitment to be “Better, Stronger, Faster…” (name that 70s TV show!)
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Yesterday I removed all that garland that was dried to a crisp and gave everything a good dose of clean. Nothing like starting the year with a clean slate, clean shelves, and countertops, right? And there’s nothing like posting a brand new calendar in the kitchen and cracking open a brand new daily planner too.
Despite the march of technology, the smart phones and the online organizing tools, I’m still completely old school when it comes to my own daily planner. In this modern world when so much is typed, I actually prefer the ‘chore’ of writing something down. I say it’s a lost art, like the handwritten heartfelt ‘Thank You’ note. I always say to anyone wanting to book me for anything, “If I don’t write it down, well darlin’, it just doesn’t happen.” So every year, I look for a new planner that is stylish enough to put on display when penciling in those commitments.
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Today I’ve invited my good friend Cristin of Simplified Bee to share her picks for the best (and chicest!) planners. I had the immense pleasure of rooming with Cristin when I traveled to NYC last fall, and we quickly became friends. Cristin has impeccable taste in design and is also a professional organizer, so who better to share the best planners for any gal-on-the-go who seeks to be both organized AND stylish!
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Take it away Cristin!
“Keeping a day planner is an essential time management tool and one that will help get 2011 off on the right foot. By logging appointments, schedule and important dates in a daily planner, you can reduce stress by knowing that you aren’t forgetting anything. When kept up-to-date, a planner allows you to find needed information quickly, prioritize effectively and schedule appointments immediately.
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Even though there are several great online calendar options, I enjoy writing down our household schedule in a good old fashion day planner. Today there are so many beautiful and chic options available in a variety of colors, prints, sizes, functionality and price.
Here’s my list of favorite planners for 2011:
Known for her fun, vivid Palm Beach inspired prints and patterns, Lilly Pulitzer offers a chic collection of daily agendas for 2011. This useful and unique planner features a 17 month agenda {August 2010 through 2011} and is complete with weekly & monthly calendar pages, dates to remember, contacts and notes. A large version {6 3/4" x 8 7/8" is $24.95 and includes stickers.
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Saturday, November 27th, 2010
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Today, I have a great tutorial for you from Brittany at Pretty Handy Girl. Brittany wanted the look of the Studio Wall Shelves from Pottery Barn, but didn’t want to spend $299 to achieve it, so she fashioned her own out of a ladder found at Habitat for Humanity Restore.
Brittany is a girl after my own heart, not afraid to wield power tools and use her ingenuity to create exactly what she wants! Please welcome Brittany as she tells how she built her very own ladder shelf unit. Take it away Brittany!
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“I know you’ve seen them at Pottery Barn, those adorable book shelves that look like ladders, but they are $299 a unit!
When I saw this ladder at the Habitat ReStore for $15 I knew it had the potential to fulfill my ladder shelf dreams.
I hauled the old ladder home and transformed it into shelves perfect for my home!
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