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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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The next original art sale is tomorrow, Thursday, August 13, 2026, at 1:00 pm Eastern (New York) or noon for presale subscribers. If you subscribe

I need to preface this post by saying that I have always been a picky eater. I wasn’t a picky eater in that I wouldn’t try new things or that I didn’t like vegetables. I actually loved a lot of vegetables that most kids won’t touch. I could eat

Last week, I shared about the hand-me-down recliner I slipcovered. You can read about that HERE. A couple of weeks after I finished sewing the slipcover, I made a cover for the matching ottoman. I’ve shared here many times over the years that I don’t particularly enjoy sewing, but I
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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