Hello!  Hope you’re enjoying this Easter weekend!  Today Abi and I joined forces yet again to bring you our picks for the best of the blogosphere this week. 

This garden table by Marianne at Songbird has me wanting to build a potting bench pronto.

Morgan at Pepper Design blog has a new mantel she stained and installed herself, love this new look!

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It’s another round of BOTB, this time I’m bringing you a few of my favorite finds from around blog land, plus a bunch spotted by another contributor.  Say hello to Abi from Gadding Gal!  She’s a DIY and travel loving gal after my own heart, and I’m so happy to bring Abi on board as a scout for bringing you the best of what’s going on in the blogosphere this past week.  Together, we compiled this list for you.  Let’s get started!

Easter is around the corner, how sweet are these fortune Easter eggs by Poppytalk?

Jessica of How About Orange crafted this creative compliment bunting.  It can’t help but lift the spirits! 

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Greetings and happy weekend!  I am trying out a fun new weekend series called “Best of the Blogosphere” or “BOTB” for short.  I better be careful not to mistype that ‘T’ !  This series will be a roundup of the best of home improvement and decorating that we see in blog land. 

When I say ‘we’ I mean I’m in cahoots with some new Contributive Writers recently brought on board.  Together with my accomplices, we will be scouring the internet, looking for the most inspiring and original creations!  We live for it, we love it, we can’t get enough of it.  And we will be bringing it to you!  Let’s kick if off shall we?

Have a look at these stylish yet functional built-in spice shelves over at Tidbits from the Tremaynes.  With some help from her handy dad, Mandi fashioned all the details, and then completes the look with her custom labeled spice jars.  Now we’re ready to fire up the power tools and take advantage of some space in the walls! 

We’re loving this simple sew tutorial for pillow shams over at Jilly & Mia. 

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I can’t believe this year is almost over, and come to think of it, an entire decade !   2009 has  flown by at record speed.  It’s true what they say, “The days are long but the years are short”, and boy do they get shorter every year !

Anyway, I thought I’d post a roundup of some of the non-holiday focused crafty and creative projects I’ve completed in this past year, especially for those friends who are new to this blog.  Last week was a roundup featuring thirty of my Before & Afters of 2009.  Check it out right here if you missed it. 

Now for the creative and crafty roundup !

This fabric covered headboard is surrounded by decorative painted trim for a romantic and feminine look in the bedroom.

This DIY jewelry tree is an eco chic way to display jewelry, inspired by Urban Outfitters.  It was featured on Casa Sugar.

This Ballard Designs inspired laundry room drying rack was a cinch to put together and the effort has paid off handsomely.  It dries all our delicates and sweaters.  Love it !  It was also featured on Apartment Therapy !

Inspired by Restoration Hardware, I framed some vintage skeleton keys I found at a local salvage shop. 

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