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    "I have a bunch of boxes filled with photos. For years I have been printing without doing anything with them. I think I have been aiming a bit high. I wanted them to be categorized by dates in photo albums.  With caption to every photo stating place and date with a fun fact.

    So today I took a different approach on the project. I stopped thinking so much and just started. I choose the photos that I liked glued them in there and then a had Viola draw things in the book. How ever and whatever she wanted."

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    Sunny here: After much apartment decluttering, I have yet to go through boxes of paper and boxes of photos. DOS Family has such great timing to post this now. I have some free time this weekend and will make a fun album!

    I also have a huge (heavy!) box of photo albums just sitting in my office.

    What do you do with printed photos and photo albums?

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    I would love to have this cabinet in my home office – to hide away all those odds 'n ends. Heck, I'd like it in my office even if it were empty!

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    Cecilie is the talent behind Mint Studio and a talent at home decor as well!  I love all the cozy corners and the beautiful furniture and accents.  

     

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    images via mine venners hjem

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    Laura has a home in Denmark and was interviewed for the blog, Bloesem.  I love how she spends her time: "In the summer we love to bike around and spend time near the sea or in a green park. In the winter we like to wrap up and stay indoors; we light candles and get cosy on the sofa with a cup of tea."

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    It's an odd day here in Wisconsin:  heavy winds pushing my car around, rain that has the car skidding on puddles, then suddenly bright, bright sunshine pushing away the dark clouds.  Currently the sky looks like a "Simpsons show" sky – so blue with fluffy clouds.  Yet we are under a tornado watch.  I say "no more work and let's all relax in our homes with movies, books, candles, tea and blankets". 

     

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    What a cute kitchen with the rag rug.

    Hard to believe it's Monday. I don't know where the weekend went! Some of it was swimming with family at a hotel, volunteering at a ministry that offers meals, food pantry, vision/medical/dental clinics to those in need. Was volunteering with the junior high girls and they loved every minute of it and they worked so very hard! Sunday was spent recovering from the start of the weekend.

    Did your weekend go as planned?

  • Some pink inspiration for you this lovely Saturday morning!  Am soon off to a service project with my church girls (junior high age) and then some youth leaders and friends are coming to my place for dinner and a game night. 

    What will you be doing this weekend? 

     

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    photos by Swedish photographer magnus anesund

  • Happy Friday to you!

    This is from the blog, "stuff christians like" where the author, jon acuff, introduces this video of Zach Galifianakis getting the tables turned on him:

    "It’s Friday. A day for much, much mirth. With that in mind, I give you my new favorite video. Zach Galifianakis often creates a fake interview show called “Between 2 Ferns.” On it, he asks celebrities really awkward questions. For instance, to Bruce Willis he said, “Which one of your kids is your favorite? I bet it’s Ashton. Do you get his tweets? Do you ever call him and say “Got your tweets, good tweeting today.” He also told Bruce, “When you were making ‘The whole ten yards,’ were you afraid it might be too good?”

    Well recently, someone did the same thing to him. In this awesome video you see Zach confused at first at the horribleness of the interview and then he catches on and plays along perfectly. Because it’s on public TV they even beep out the one profanity, which is like TBS editing Sex and the City. Yahtzee! Check it out"

  • NIB - kitchen with microwave on a low counter-shelf

    Nora Lill has a clean, white home with some great ideas in it…like the kitchen above.  I would love a lower shelf as she has – for the microwave and a great big basket. 

    Then there's this cute childrens' play area:

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    NIB - play area and bedroom

    ….and some more white rooms.

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    all photos via NIB 

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    Jonna Klumpenaar's apartment is what I wish my apartment could be.  Realized this weekend that if there is a blank wall, I will put things against it (artwork, baskets, furniture..anything)….and if there's a bare counter or table, I will put just enough items on it to fill it from one end to the other in a line.  Guess who is hesitant to have white space in her home??? 

    Not Jonna – which is what I love about this place.  Plus all the color.  That yellow (custom made!) wardrobe is gorgeous!

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    These photos are from a house tour on the *new* Bloesem.  The design is beautiful.  I'm loving it all – down to the little pink flower next to each comment!

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  • Polly eltes photo via abigail ahern

    Am running around today with a ton to do, but seeing this photo has me wishing I was puttering around at home, baking banana bread, reading and possibly fitting in a nap!

    What are you up to today?


    Polly eltes photo from gallery two

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    images by polly eltes