And the thunder rolls…I can hear it! Almost 3 weeks of temperature’s in the 100′s and no rain. It is a small chance but hopefully! How have you been? Hopefully not as crazy as us. I will catch you all up to speed over the next week but I am too excited about Nikki and I’s FFF Friday Linkup ( we are thinking of a name for it still:/ Nikki has been doing furniture for awhile now. Most of you know we have a physical space at Restoration Emporium in the West Bottoms in Kansas City, MO where we sale our custom signs and furniture and some handmade-re purposed junk etc at.
We were talking yesterday and we feel God is moving on our hearts to focus on mommies and kiddo’s. Mom’s like me who really are on a budget. Choose not to use credit cards for whatever reason’s. Who want to have the “look” of high end furniture and accessories but really don’t have the money. We want the pieces to be above all FUNCTIONAL and yet FUN. A FRESH approach to bringing some HAPPY into our homes.
We will talk about all sorts of things on Fridays. How to begin to add all the small stuff that makes a house a home. Where to begin? What room?..when all the rooms are bare? It can all be so overwhelming when you aren’t a professional or have design background can’t it? Maybe you aren’t into home decor but want to just touch up a thing or two? That’s ok too. Just jump in with us and help us learn what YOU know.
We hope to help YOU learn as WE learn how to take junk or furniture pieces and turn them into something that makes YOU and your CHILD’s space a place that evokes a sense of belonging…and brings ear to ear smiles.
SO….
( sorry for the crazy color in this picture. Taken with my phone. Not the best I know:)
::MARK your CALENDARS::
each Friday beginning this Friday July 13…is that a good day;) we will share our projects with you. The projects will from little to BIG-inside to outside and everything in between. You never know what we will bring { wink..wink}
Mistakes and all girls. We hide nothing….this might be SCARY!
YOU are welcome to link up your projects in hopes that this can become a place of encouragement to help each other grown in confidence to JUST START!
TO TAKE SOME RISKS in decorating YOUR home. Our homes are where we want to come to to escape. To cocoon ourselves all up into happy and safe and FUN!
WE want to teach you all we have been learning:)
I will give you more of the details later in the week…so be on the LOOKout!
WE were freaking yesterday when Nikki painted the piece for our first linkup. BOY is it different…once we put the fabric with it though..it just popped! It is an amazingly sweet little piece that I am sure you will fall in love with.
It looks like rain so I need to go check our pool. I am adding the initial chemicals this morning. We finally got it filled–do you hear angels singing?? I will do a post on it very soon. It was a HUGE undertaking. While FREE…it was very HARD. We are finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel with it and I believe it will be a blessing for the rest of the summer.
Praying your Sunday be filled with deep breaths, a slowness of mind, eyes to see the beauty around you and a heart to take in the moments of TODAY
xoxo
Yay. That is a good idea. So awesome that you finished the pool. You are one good mama. Have a blessed day! xo
I sit back and read and smile.
And read and smile.
I am so fiercely proud of your girls.
I didn’t even have anything to do with anything………and don’t even know you personally………and here I sit.
Smilin and PROUD!
You HAVE been busy! That pool business sounds like craziness. I hope the balances easily and you all get to splash real soon!
I love your heart for sharing home. It is God’s fingerprints on you. He is all about home. Our homes here are preparation for our homes THERE!
You have a wonderful day, too!
I’m so excited about this! I have a heart for home and a budget as well, so this is right up my alley. Can’t wait to see pool pictures!
So excited you are starting a Friday Linky Party – Friday the 13th is a fine day to start – our God is so much bigger than any superstition!
On another note, we just moved into our “new” old home. I always love to jump in a pool after hours of gardening, and this home has one of those above ground Walmart type pools. I have been using it and enjoying it, but it does look rather cheesy. Wouldn’t you know, my mom calls me up and offers me her really nice (not from Walmart) above ground pool – For Free – We just have to take it down, transport it here, and put it back up again. I mentioned this to hubby, who said “No, how are we going to put up a pool?” I then proceeded to tell him about this blog where a woman, on her own, with the help of her kids, did just that. We are on our way this morning to pick up our “new” pool! Thanks for the encouragement Tiffini, that we can do things we don’t think we can! Have a great day – praying for you this morning.