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And lastly, Lindsay from My Creative Days shares an awesome yard sale find! This chippy antique cupboard was a steal and is now put to good use as a tv stand. I’m itching to hit some yard sales now.
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And lastly, Lindsay from My Creative Days shares an awesome yard sale find! This chippy antique cupboard was a steal and is now put to good use as a tv stand. I’m itching to hit some yard sales now.
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Marian Parsons
Paint Enthusiast | Writer | Artist | Designer
I’m Marian, a painter, writer, and lover of all things creative. From art and antiques to home projects and everyday life, I share my journey in hopes of inspiring you to embrace your own creativity and make beauty in the spaces you live.
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One of the little tidbits I jotted down in my phone and then in my commonplace notebook (a place where I collect quotes, lyrics, words,

It’s been a minute since I had my sewing machines out. I had to reacquaint myself with winding the bobbins and getting the needles properly threaded, but I slowly figured it out. The funny thing is that I needed to wear reading glasses over my contacts to thread the needles

I realized once I started working on this post that I was chattier than I expected! I only posted twice on the blog this week and twice last week, and I think I’m feeling that! Writing and posting on this blog have been part of my creative process for over
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Marion, thanks for hosting!
Enjoy your snow day! Thanks for the opportunity to share! Take care.
Thanks Marian for all the great posts this week. Kids and fluffy white snow – a great mix. Thanks for Friday Favorites.
Joy
Thank you so much for the feature!!! Day = Made. 🙂
Thanks for this. Lots of Pretties this morning!
Thanks for the party! I always look forward to seeing the beautiful furniture makeovers submitted here.
lots going on over here looks like we all did some furniture painting
Hi Marian. I am one of those people who read all your posts, but never comment. However, today I wanted to let you know that I nominated you as my favorite blogger at:
http://www.saveur.com/article/contests/blog-awards-2015-nominate
Good luck and I hope others see this and spread the word!
Pam
Tired of the white stuff too…and I don’t mean paint either! It’s supposed to warm up in the 40-50’s next week in Northern IN, so we’ll be getting rid of quite a bit. Then it will be replaced with water & mud.
Hello Mariane! Hello kriste!
I just wanted to say a huge thank you for choosing me as one of your features this week 🙂
It is very uplifting to be “noticed” by you kriste 🙂 I enjoy browsing the inspiration every week and look forward to Friday mornings to see what everyone has been working on. Thank you again for always hosting such a fun party. I hope you have a warm and relaxing weekend!
Smiles!
Terry
I am sooooooooooooo sorry for misspelling your name Marion! I was voice texting it on my phone (because I’m not very quick with my fingers..) and I didn’t read the whole thing until i clicked send! it was too late! I couldn’t change it! I didn’t mean to offend! Whew! glad I caught it!
Thank you again for the feature…feels like winning the lottery 🙂
Smiles!
Terry
OH MY GOODNESS!!! seriously! STILL having issues spelling your name !!!! SUPER EMBARRASSED!!! I am REALLY sorry … I hope I can get it together soon 🙂 lol