tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75105449970643020742024-03-16T15:08:47.070+08:00Inspired By Felicity BlogThe Backroom BlogInspired By Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200383439978867118noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510544997064302074.post-48759844177959244142013-07-28T08:04:00.000+08:002013-07-28T08:04:24.166+08:00Felicity's Birthday<div style="text-align: center;">
Our baby girl turned 3!<br />
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Due to a crazy amount of things going on at the same time as her birthday, I didn't have time to make the kind of party I wanted to. </div>
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I used a lot of things that I had previously made for other parties and put together a quick get-together at the park.</div>
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It seems like our sweet girl was just born yesterday, and now, she's so grown up. She's turning into such a sweet, independent and strong minded little girl - I'm so proud of her.<br />
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Even though it wasn't what I wanted it to be, Felicity loved it, so that's all that matters.</div>
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The wreath hanging in the background was a grapevine wreath I had lying around with greenery wrapped around it. I just took a bunch of flower heads with rhinestones and attached them to it.</div>
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For Felicity's shirt I just got a plain tank top and tied a bunch of different colors of glittered tulle around the top of the sleeve to add some cute color and of course, the colorful wool hair clip is from <a href="http://www.inspiredbyfelicity.com/">my line</a>.</div>
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It is impossible for me to believe that Felicity is big enough to be getting a bike for her birthday! It's still a little bit too tall for her, but she'll be riding it in no time.</div>
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In case you're new to the blog, here's links to her previous parties:</div>
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<a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/06/felicitys-girly-vintage-birthday-party.html">Felicity's 2nd Birthday Party</a></div>
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<a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/04/felicitys-easter-tea-party.html">Felicity's Easter Tea Party</a></div>
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<a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/02/felicitys-valentine-party.html">Felicity's Valentine Party</a></div>
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<a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-visit-from-mad-hatter.html">Felicity's little party with the Mad Hatter</a><br />
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I'm also having a "Share it to Win it" giveaway for a Petti Romper and Top Hat Fascinator on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Inspired-By-Felicity/102641803108212">Facebook page</a>.<br />
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Well I told you that we are growing our first garden this summer, using the square foot gardening method. <br />
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I just wanted to update that we are still loving our garden and overall, everything is doing great!</div>
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I have learned that organic gardening is not easy. I hand pick squash bugs every morning and stay on constant patrol for aphids.</div>
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At one point, when the squash bugs were multiplying so quickly I could barely keep up with them, I considered using a pesticide from my local garden center, but at the last minute I changed my mind, and reminded myself how that went against all my beliefs. I did end up losing two butternut squash plants, but I'm still glad I didn't resort to pesticide use so at least I can feel confident in the safety of the squash I do end up with.</div>
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We've started the process of pulling up some of the summer crops, like bush beans, to make way for the Fall plantings of greens, pumpkins, corn and carrots.</div>
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It's a baby watermelon! I'm just hoping Felicity doesn't get excited and pick it off as she has done a few other things.</div>
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Having a garden has given me the chance to try things I never have before, like pickled green tomatoes. </div>
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I had heard of pickled green tomatoes and was curious what they tasted like, so this week I decided to pull a few green tomatoes and make some.</div>
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You don't actually have to "can" these. You just put the ingredients in the jar, put the lid on and throw them in the fridge and supposedly they will last for a couple months.</div>
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I followed <a href="http://thedelicioustruth.blogspot.com/2011/10/two-easy-refrigerator-pickle-recipes.html">this recipe.</a> They turned out pretty tasty. </div>
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My next experiment will be with making some spicy pickled cucumbers and peppers. Like the tomatoes, I'm not going to do the "real canning" thing, but just do the refrigerator canning.</div>
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There are a few new designs available in our shop.</div>
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Including, these <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.com/item_161/Pink-Lace-Petti-Romper.htm">pink petti rompers</a> &<a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.com/item_128/Mad-Hatter-Pink-Top-Hat-Fascinator.htm"> top hats</a>.....</div>
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and <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.com/item_159/Black-Petti-Romper.htm">black petti rompers</a> & <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.com/item_81/Black-Gray-Feather-Beanie-choose-hat-color.htm">feather beanie hats</a>.....</div>
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and my new favorite..... black & pink <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.com/category_1/Headbands.htm">elegant satin headbands</a>!</div>
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-Pamela</div>
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Keep going, keep going!</div>
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There's no time to wait!</div>
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No time for rest!</div>
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We have to get to the tea party, and of course, we must look our best!</div>
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Press forward and onward, through the field we proceed,</div>
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then follow the winding path through the trees,</div>
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until finally, there it is, just like we dreamed......</div>
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It's a mad tea party,</div>
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For me and for you,</div>
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Oh, and some of Felicity's friends will be joining us soon too! </div>
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You see, the Mad Hatter is Felicity's distant friend,</div>
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Since he<a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-visit-from-mad-hatter.html"> visited last year</a>, he said he'd reappear, although we didn't know when.....</div>
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but there is no doubt, here he has been......</div>
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There's sweets and treats!</div>
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even the furs babies can join, if they'll behave.... </div>
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We have a <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.com/category_19/Petti-Rompers.htm">Lace Petti Rompers</a> on sale for $6.99 this week!<br />
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Our backyard has become my getaway this summer. When I'm stressed and feel overwhelmed I can go outside and admire my new garden and I'm instantly happy!</div>
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Our garden has become not only my favorite spot, but one f Felicity's favorite places to spend time this summer as well, it seems like we are constantly out here working and playing.</div>
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We have used the square foot gardening method. It allows you to grow a ton of food in a small space, and so far it seems to be working great for us.</div>
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Felicity LOVES the garden and helps work in it everyday. I'm so happy for this and love all that she is learning every day by watching the seeds she planted grow up!</div>
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Adorable little arms that shoot out from bean, cucumber, & butternut squash vines and reach out and grip tightly onto anything they can find.</div>
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and creatures.... oh, all the creatures! Some good and some bad, but we are managing to live in harmony with them all and let nature take care of things herself.</div>
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You can google "square foot gardening" and find lots of resources to start growing, there are also some great books. It takes a lot of planning, but it's worth it!</div>
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I'll keep updating about our gardening project through the summer. Can't wait to see what happens as things continue to grow and change!</div>
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Felicity and I would like to wish all of our readers in the U.S. a very happy Independence Day!</div>
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Above is Felicity modeling our new <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.com/category_19/Petti-Rompers.htm">petti rompers</a> and<a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.com/item_147/Colorful-Glittery-Feather-Headband.htm"> colorful headband style</a>.</div>
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..... and here is another beautiful little girl modeling our <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.com/item_128/Mad-Hatter-Pink-Top-Hat-Fascinator.htm">top hat fascinators</a>.</div>
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I've been working on 4th of July hair bows, which has resulted in red, white & blue ribbon scraps all over the place, so I decided to gather some up and make a quick, simple 4th of July wreath.</div>
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I took out all the "Springy" stuff (leaving just the greenery on it) and got some of this red mesh that had been stuffed in the closet since I took it off the <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2013/01/valentine-tree-road-trip-part-three.html">Valentine's Day Tree</a>....</div>
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When I hung it on the door, Felicity exclaimed, "Oh Momma, that's beautiful.... I'm sooooo proud of you!"</div>
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Our Momma cat went into labor last night, it is her first litter, and she really didn't know what to do. She actually tried to give birth in my lap! Finally I managed to get her off my lap and she ended up having them in our bedroom, just right out in the open, which of course, is unusual for cats.</div>
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All of the cats except one already have homes waiting for them when they are weaned..... I don't know what Felicity will do when she realizes they are leaving. We might let her keep one to make giving the others up easier.</div>
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I just got this photo of Felicity and I uploaded and edited, it was taken last month and I love it because with me being the one taking the photos, there's rarely ever a decent photo of the two of us together.</div>
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Last, here's a picture of a sweet little girl modeling one of our<a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.com/item_127/Vintage-Pink-White-Rolled-Headband.htm"> vintage headband styles</a>!</div>
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We are growing a garden this year for the first time and I will share pictures soon, as well as pics of Felicity's birthday party and I have all kinds of projects on deck to do and share soon too, so check back regularly.<br />
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Last weekend I was a vendor at the Magnolia Festival in Durant, OK.<br />
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If you come by my house while I'm gone to a show you'll find there are no curtains hanging in the windows, no living room rug, now dinning room birdcage or table clothes, no shelves in Felicity's room and no drawers in the desk!<br />
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I just decided today to paint the wood inside this frame with chalkboard paint, then I can write the price of each bow in chalk directly above it at the next show.</div>
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The display above was a last minute put together thing. I bought a plain wooden used frame from someone the day before the show and Felicity and I painted it and made this clip display with it.</div>
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My new flower clip display, sticks in a plant holder!</div>
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Check out this super cute shabby painted cement floor in my newest retailer's boutique, "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/tortoiseandthehair?fref=ts">The Tortoise & The Hair</a>" in Ozark, Alabama.</div>
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First let me show you the rest of the super cute place and then I'll get back to the painted cement floor thing.</div>
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The shop is an adorable children's boutique in the front, with a cute kid's spa in the back! </div>
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Isn't that the cutest idea?</div>
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They also have some really cute shabby painted furniture display pieces. </div>
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Check out these little girl pedicure stations! Felicity was pretty fascinated by them.</div>
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and there's the sweetest little area for doing hair cuts....... </div>
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I also love the cute paint job on the back wall..... so adorable.</div>
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Oh, and here is Felicity having a bit of a meltdown on their cute cement floor, because you see, when your sales assistant is a temperamental two year old this is the kind of stuff you put up with during your work day. </div>
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I love their painted cement so much that now I want to do it so bad myself.</div>
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We are planning to build a house in the next few years and now I'm thinking I need painted concrete floors throughout the whole thing!</div>
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Here are some other cute painted concrete floors that are giving me some inspiration:</div>
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This bathroom floor is the only shiny painted concrete floor that I did like...</div>
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Do you have a painted concrete floor, or know someone who does?<br />
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Our trees gifted us with a generous amount of Pecans this year. It was so exciting going out every morning and gathering them up, but shelling them was not fun at all.</div>
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I knew Felicity and I would need snacks on our road trip, but I didn't want to spend a lot of money on junk so before we left we made a bunch of simple candied pecans to take on the road.</div>
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Felicity and I are still having lots of fun visiting Alabama. I found these super cute flip flops for $4 at a Charlotte Russo store1</div>
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.... and we have another new Alabama retailer in Ozark, AL. I will have a full tour of the boutique later this week. I don't have all the photos edited yet, but here's one of my little sales assistant having a bit of a melt-down on their cute painted cement floor!</div>
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The day Felicity and I were supposed to leave on our road trip there was a winter storm that moved through our traveling path so we had to stay home an extra day. We decided to spend the day transforming our Christmas Tree (that we still hadn't taken down), into a Valentine Tree.</div>
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The only thing we had to buy was a $1 package of paper doilies. All the other decorations we made from things around the house.</div>
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For garland we used scraps of lace and ribbon and then cut up strips of fabric to go with the leftover red mesh we used at Christmas.</div>
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We made a few other garlands with sheet music and twine. I'm definitely going to find lots of uses for those, even after we take down the tree.</div>
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We also hung some paper medallions that I had made last year for decorations at <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2013/01/valentine-party-road-trip-party-two.html">Felicity's Valentine Party</a>. I clipped on a few of Felicity's pink, red and white satin flower hair clips as well. </div>
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I couldn't figure out what to use for the tree topper and then finally decided to pull out some dyed coffee filter flowers I made last year for <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/04/felicitys-easter-tea-party.html">Felicity's Easter Party </a>and attached them to the top of the tree.</div>
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We like the tree so much that I think we will make this a tradition every year. It's so much work getting the tree down out of the attic and setting it up every year, that I think we might as well find a way to enjoy it for more than one month =)</div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b>{ ROAD TRIP - PART THREE }</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Although I still have not figured out exactly what "Roll Tide" means, I know it has to do with football here, but still don't understand what it actually MEANS..... </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">People here certainly take the phrase seriously though, I actually saw it mowed into someone's yard yesterday - and it's not even football season!</span></div>
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We visited this cute children's store called "Kids Korner" in Enterprise, Alabama and are delighted that they're going to be carrying part of my line now! </div>
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Enterprise has a really cute old downtown with this brick road and old fountain at the center of it. I just LOVE it!</div>
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While we were on the road we came across this cotton field, it was so pretty, just a field of cotton nearly as far as you could see.</div>
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Since most of you are new to my blog, you probably were not around last year when I showed the pics from Felicity's V-Day party, so I thought I would share some of the photos, including some I didn't show last year.</div>
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Felicity had her cousins over and they had a fabulous time being all fancy, having a brunch that included french toast, chocolate fondue and a punch fountain.</div>
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For easy clean-up we used disposable plates but fancied them up by putting them on chargers with paper doilies in between. For the seating assignments we put each girl's initial on top of the plate.</div>
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I cannot believe it's been almost a year since we had this party. It feels like it was just a couple months ago.... time is flying by and my baby girl is growing up way too fast!</div>
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Felicity and I are still traveling around visiting children's stores. </div>
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Right now we're in Alabama and we're loving this state. Everyone we have met has been so friendly and the area we are in is really pretty.</div>
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On our road trip before we crossed over into Alabama we stopped in Gulfport, Mississippi so Felicity could see the ocean for the first time......</div>
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She loved it, but was really more interested in the sand than the water. It was so cold and her little nose was red, but she didn't care. She ran all over the beach and threw the biggest fit when we had to leave.</div>
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We will be visiting several stores around here over the next few days in hopes of bringing on even more new retailers of our "<a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.com/">Inspired By Felicity</a>" line!</div>
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<br />Inspired By Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200383439978867118noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510544997064302074.post-55739095438127084162013-01-18T21:35:00.001+08:002013-01-23T00:45:55.356+08:00Road Trip & Valentine Cards<div style="text-align: center;">
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Felicity and I have been road tripping across the South the last few days and have spent close to 20 hours in the car.</div>
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We started in Oklahoma and then went through Texas, where we hit some unexpected terrible sleet and icy roads, then made it to Louisiana, where we visited a fabulous children's store called "Life's Little Treasure's", which is now one of our newest retailers!</div>
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Felicity insisted on pulling in our bag of products to show them. </div>
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When we were in the back laying out show pieces to take their order, Felicity had to help lay everything out on the counter. She would lay things out perfectly and say, "Like this, Momma".</div>
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Of course she had to pull the bag back out too. She's such a good little sales assistant.</div>
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Although in her eyes, I'm pretty sure she is the boss and I am her sales assistant, or actually I may not even be her assistant, I may just be her mode of transportation.</div>
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Have you seen the show "Cajun Pawn Stars"? Well, the store is in Alexandria, Louisiana not far from our new retailer, so we had to drive down and check it out.</div>
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..... the ladies at the store recommended we eat at "Swamp Daddy's" so we tried it out. I didn't think Felicity would like it, but she loved it!</div>
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I'll share more photos from our trip as we go, but today I wanted to give you some Valentine's Day card inspiration!</div>
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Last year we made these cards using free printables from AFancifulTwist.com, by embellishing them with glitter and putting them on paper medallions (<a href="http://www.inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/02/paper-medallion-tutorial.html">tutorial here</a>) and little paper doilies. </div>
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You can still get these cards off her blog if you look through the <a href="http://afancifultwist.typepad.com/photos/free_treats/index.html">archives </a>or you can use her new printables she just put up today. I LOVE them!</div>
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Felicity and I love these and will definitely be making something cute with them this year!</div>
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Inspired By Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200383439978867118noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510544997064302074.post-17693779409330998292013-01-12T12:16:00.003+08:002013-01-22T00:42:27.521+08:00Winter Decor & A Cat BurglarEach year when I start taking down Christmas decorations I have little debates over what has to go because it's obviously Christmas and what gets to stay out a little longer as "winter" decor. <br />
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This year I'm leaving out my silver snowflakes on the pitcher of twigs.</div>
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Since the candle holder has snowflakes and nothing actually Christmasy is gets to stay out a bit longer too.</div>
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If you are looking for some other simple winter ideas, here are a few of my favs...</div>
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Sticks and pinecones spray painted white.</div>
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On another note I have to share the silliest story about what happened to me a few nights ago.</div>
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You may have noticed this turquoise frame display piece I used at my <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/11/an-affair-of-heart-in-tulsa.html">craft show</a> to display some hair pieces.......</div>
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I went over the whole thing with a couple coats of craft paint I had on hand.</div>
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Then to distress it a little I sanded some edges here and there and rubbed some Valspar Antiquing Glaze in a few spots and let it sit for a few seconds then rubbed it back off, leaving just a little behind. You can find the glaze at Lowes.</div>
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I just love it and when I am not using it at craft shows or parties I have it hanging in my studio and clip random this and that type things on it (magazine clippings, etc).</div>
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Inspired By Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200383439978867118noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510544997064302074.post-519155025516369012013-01-04T04:37:00.002+08:002013-01-04T06:34:42.802+08:00My One Little Word<div style="text-align: center;">
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My one little word for 2013 is "<b><i>Now</i></b>" </div>
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This word is significant to me right now for several reasons, and is an integral part of all of my personal and professional goals at the moment</div>
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I am terrible about wanting to do something, like call a new children's store about carrying my line, but then putting it off because I start to doubt myself or worry the store will hate my stuff </div>
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For 2013 I don't want to let myself make excuses to put off things concerning my business that could be done immediately. If I hear of a new store that I want to be in, I am going to make myself contact them immediately!</div>
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I'm also terrible about just procrastinating in both my personal life and with my business when it comes to doing things I don't enjoy.</div>
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I can wake up with the goal of getting the floors all steamed, but then I keep putting it off or I get distracted and venture off to other things and before I know it, the day is over and I haven't even touched the floors. In 2013 I don't want to let this happen. </div>
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If I notice the ceiling fans need to be cleaned, instead of saying, "I need to clean the fan soon", I am going to stop and do it "Now".</div>
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The other reason "Now" is my little word for 2013 is because I'm so guilty of not enjoying the moment and "the now" because I'm waiting for something that's about to happen or I'm anxious to get to the next stage.</div>
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When Felicity was a newborn baby, I couldn't wait for her to sit up, then once she could sit up I couldn't wait until she could crawl, and then once she began to crawl I immediately began working with her on walking. When I look back, I miss all those earlier stages she's passed and wish I would have enjoyed each stage more and taken in "the now" at that time instead of being so anxious for the next stage to come.</div>
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I'm going to keep my "word" in the back of my head in 2013 and reflect on it throughout the year and use it to remind myself to be the person I want to be in 2013!</div>
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Do you have a word or personal goal for 2013? If so I would love to know what it is!</div>
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<i>-Pamela</i></div>
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Inspired By Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200383439978867118noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510544997064302074.post-45392822662683045632012-12-30T06:09:00.000+08:002012-12-30T07:01:49.590+08:00My Top Post of 2012 & Some Christmas PhotosAs 2012 comes to an end I thought it would be fun to look back at my blog posts that got the most hits this year. Most of the hits came from Pinterest - thanks to everyone that Pinned my blog posts or shared them on Facebook!<br />
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1)<a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/03/food-friday-salt-vinegar-roasted-chick.html"> Salt & Vinegar Roasted Chick Peas</a> - This is one of my favorite simple snacks and when I shared it I was shocked at how popular it was, within a couple months it was pinned over 1,000 times. For my little blog that is a big deal!<br />
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2) <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-make-4-different-easy-coffee.html">How to Make 4 Easy Pom Balls from Coffee Filters</a></div>
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3) <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/03/roasted-chick-peas.html">Roasted Chick Peas</a> - I posted this before the Salt & Vinegar version and although it got a lot of hits, it was beat out by the salt & vnegar version.</div>
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4) <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/02/saturday-home-showcase-out-of-alabaster.html">Out of Alabaster Home Tour </a>- Fellow blogger, Lindsey, let me share a tour of her beautiful home and it turns out everyone else loved it as much as I did.<br />
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5) My <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-shabby-blue-white-dresser-makeover.html">Shabby Dresser Makeover</a> - Anytime I share something I've painted it makes me a bit nervous, wondering if people will hate it. But when people actually like what you've done, it feels great!</div>
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6) <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-coffee-filter-experience-what-you.html">My Coffee Filter Experience </a>- What I've Learned!</div>
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7) <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/06/story-of-my-mantle-that-only-i-love.html">The Story of My Mantle</a> - This is hands down my post favorite large piece in my house and I was thrilled to find out that you loved it too!</div>
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8) <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-little-dinning-room-is-finally.html">My Dinning Room Before & After</a> - I've actually changed so much just since this post, I should update it.</div>
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9) <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-visit-from-mad-hatter.html">A Visit From the Mad Hatter</a> - just a little fun & whimsy!</div>
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10) <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/04/felicitys-easter-tea-party.html">Felicity's Easter Tea Party</a> - I can't wait for what fun parties 2013 will bring around our house!</div>
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Just a few pics from our Christmas!</div>
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Felicity was big enough this year to really get all into it and it made it so much fun...</div>
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We had our first Christmas at my mom's house and took this picture together - Felicity had the cutest little skirt to wear over her leggings but the little stinker refused to wear it. (I love my mom, but as you can see, Christmas tree decorating isn't really her thing)</div>
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On the other hand, she can put together a really cute Christmas village.....</div>
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When I showed my <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/12/my-christmas-home-tour.html">Christmas Home Tour</a> I forgot to include a pic of the front door with the wreath I made, so here it is - it's nothing fancy but I like it.</div>
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<br />Inspired By Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200383439978867118noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510544997064302074.post-20033037372251404632012-12-12T22:51:00.000+08:002012-12-17T20:52:06.684+08:00My Christmas Home Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hello, hello, please come on in and let me show you around!</div>
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This is the first year that Felicity has been big enough to help me decorate for Christmas and it has made it so much for fun this year having her there helping me, getting excited about everything we pulled out of the box and then running around the house searching for the perfect place to put each piece....</div>
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I love my Christmas tree full of both new ornaments we've been given each year as gifts and my vintage ornaments that were my Nanny's and Great-Grandmother's.</div>
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The pink ball with the silver Christmas trees is one of my favorite old ornaments that was my Nanny's...</div>
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and this pink stork is one of my favorite new ones. This was a gift when I was pregnant with Felicity at Christmas in 3 years ago.</div>
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The elves you see here and there were also made by my Nanny and were always out in her house when I was growing up, I love that Felicity now gets to grow up with them!</div>
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Felicity and I love going outside and collecting things from mother nature to bring inside to brighten up the house. </div>
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For some Christmas fresh greenery we went down the road and found some great evergreen trees on a fence line that we got a bunch of clipping from to bring home. </div>
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I love the the look the greenery adds to our Christmas decor and the fresh smell.... of course the best part is it's free! </div>
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We stuffed pieces of greenery here and there and everywhere....</div>
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The only problem has been trying to keep Felicity's kitten out of the stuff, she loves to jump up and play with it and has drug a couple pieces down onto the floor.</div>
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I'm still finding all sorts of fun decorative uses for our pecans as well. We have picked pecans off the ground this year until I am so sick of the things! I send Felicity out with a basket and she loves hunting for them and picking them up, I think it's as fun as hunting for Easter Eggs for her!</div>
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Of course, we had to put Felicity's hair bow on the calf and get a picture. We are just certain that livestock accessories will be the next big thing, so we want to stay ahead of the game!</div>
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I cannot believe this will be Felicity's third Christmas! This silly photo below was taken on her first Christmas and is still one of my favorite pictures of her....</div>
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Now this year she seems so big, running around helping me decorate the tree!</div>
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I hope we can make Christmas decorating together a tradition that will last as long as possible.</div>
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I also hope I can pass on to her my love of my vintage and antique pieces, like my grandmother's old Christmas ornaments.</div>
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We used some of my old ornaments to make a simple little centerpiece for the dinning room table this year.</div>
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Every year when I pull out these old pieces I feel so nostalgic, remembering always seeing these on my Nanny's tree as a kid... this year I actually shed a few tears, I'm a sap like that sometimes.</div>
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I wish I could say the silver tray I used for the centerpiece was some old family piece passed down, but it actually came from Goodwill. I paid a couple of dollars for it and it's one of my favorite Goodwill finds ever.</div>
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I love how the little flame of a candle suddenly makes everything so elegant!</div>
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Unfortunately our candles never stay lit long, because as soon as Felicity notices they are burning she blows them out =)</div>
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We've fancied up the rest of the house for Christmas and I really love how it looks. As soon as I get pictures finished of it all I will post them.</div>
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Also, you can still use the temporary discount code for our store <a href="http://www.inspiredbyfelicity.com/">www.InspiredByFelicity.com</a> and all orders at this point are still guaranteed to arrive by Christmas.</div>
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Felicity & I made these balsamic roasted Portabella Mushrooms from <a href="http://www.goodlifeeats.com/2011/10/balsamic-and-thyme-roasted-portabella-mushrooms.html">Good Life Eats</a> yesterday for lunch and they were delicious! I think I will be making them regularly now.</div>
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<i>{<a href="http://www.goodlifeeats.com/2011/10/balsamic-and-thyme-roasted-portabella-mushrooms.html">Click Here to go get the recipe from Good Life Eats</a>}</i></div>
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After reading about Felicity's little <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-visit-from-mad-hatter.html">mad tea party</a> my Niece wanted the Mad Hatter to throw a tea party for her. </div>
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So on her birthday the Mad Hatter and I got together in the woods and threw together a party in her honor.</div>
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The girls enjoyed tea and sweet treats. They played croquet and checkers, then ran around the woods in search of that elusive Mad Hatter.</div>
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Dogs were welcome at the party too, as long as they behaved!</div>
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I made the princess a crown and the Mad Hatter left a little note filled with tiny trinkets.</div>
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I'm so in love with paper doilies. I've been finding so many uses for them lately, and on this day they were the perfect thing to fancy up some simple plastic plates. </div>
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There was a scrumptious Hello Kitty cake that was as delicious as it was cute.</div>
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There were photos displayed of the princess throughout her life.</div>
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Felicity enjoyed having the games all to herself while the big girls were running around the woods....</div>
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A lace tablecloth hanging at the back of the tent with a clock was the perfect finishing touch....</div>
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A <a href="http://inspiredbyfelicity.com/item_130/Pink-Lace-Feather-Hair-Clip.htm">Pink Lace & Feather Hair Clip</a></div>
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The final thing I have is a little discount code for you!</div>
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Use discount code "TeaParty" to get 35% off and a free hair bow at my shop: www.InspiredByFelicity.com</div>
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This will be valid all week!</div>
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<br />Inspired By Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200383439978867118noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510544997064302074.post-53811300172968139882012-11-27T10:52:00.002+08:002012-12-11T23:19:56.565+08:00"An Affair of the Heart" { My Gypsy Booth }<div style="text-align: center;">
Sorry I've been absent from blog land lately. I have been crazy busy with "life". </div>
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A week ago I was a vendor at "An Affair of the Heart" in Tulsa, OK. It is one of the largest shows of its kind in the Nation. It was crazy huge and intimidating, yet wonderful at the same time!<br />
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On set-up day, as we passed all the other awesome booths on our way to find my spot, my husband said, "Wow, these people came prepared to sale some stuff!" </div>
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They had display set-ups that cost thousands of dollars. </div>
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Their booths all looked like perfectly manicured little stores. </div>
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The parking lot was filled with fancy cargo trailers with logos and brand names painted on them. License plates from states all over the midwest.</div>
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....and there we were, with our pick-up truck loaded down with a bunch of this and that handmade display pieces and things taken from my home and borrowed from others!</div>
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Just looking at their booths made me feel like I was going to have a panic attack.</div>
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My breathing got heavier, my heart was racing and I didn't want to pull out my display for fear of being embarrassed to have my home-made inexpensive set-up being surrounded by all these "professionals".</div>
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Finally I just told myself, "Get over it! Stop comparing yourself to everyone else and get to work!"</div>
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My wonderful husband and even Felicity helped me put everything together.</div>
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As my booth came together piece by piece I was proud of it. It was not as fancy and elaborate as most of the others, but it was special, it was unique and most of all, it was ME and represented my product.</div>
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We hung fabric all around the sides of my booth. My husband referred to it as the "Gypsy" booth surrounded by uptight corporate stores. </div>
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The show ended up being a success and I met lots of wonderful people. But most of all I think I learned a valuable lesson about insecurities and comparing yourself to others. </div>
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My booth was not like the others, but it was me and it represented my product well and that's all I needed to do!</div>
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That's it for now. I have a cranky little girl that has been sitting in my lap while I write this and I need to go give her some attention! Have a wonderful week.</div>
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I really suck at baking, like really bad. The last three times I've tried to make basic chocolate chip cookies not a single one has turned out right, so I don't know what I was thinking when I agreed to try to make these fancy Salted Caramel Apple Cider Cupcakes with my sister.</div>
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The original recipe is from <a href="http://www.somethingswanky.com/2011/11/apple-cider-cupcakes-salted-caramel.html">Something Swanky</a></div>
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The actual cupcake muffins came out okay. The real problem we had was with the icing.</div>
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The recipe says to cream butter and shortening together then add powdered sugar and melted caramel. She warns in the recipe that blending the caramel into the icing can be "tricky". This should have been our first hint that we would screw it up.</div>
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The melted caramel was so hot that it was melting the butter as we tried to add it to the butter and shortening, (the recipe says that means your caramel is too hot). </div>
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So we waited a bit for the caramel to cool down. But then when we tried to add it to the butter/shortening combo, instead of blending in, the mixer was just dicing it into sticky chunks. </div>
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We went ahead and tried to put the chunky weird textured "icing" into the fancy icing thing (don't know what it's called) and tried to pipe it onto the cupcakes. </div>
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It didn't go so well because the texture of it just didn't work for pipping and little chunks of caramel kept getting stuck in the tip. So this is what we ended up with....</div>
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....as opposed to the beautiful cupcakes <a href="http://www.somethingswanky.com/2011/11/apple-cider-cupcakes-salted-caramel.html">Something Swanky</a> ended up with.</div>
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So what did I learn from this?</div>
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If you can't even bake basic chocolate chip cookies, do not attempt fancy cupcakes! </div>
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My sister said she did see a caramel syrup (like you might put on ice-cream) and wondered if that would have worked better for us than trying to use the real melted caramel. I don't know.</div>
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Have you had any baking failures lately? Please tell me I'm not the only one.</div>
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Okay, I know I've been kind of absent on the blog lately. I am pretty overwhelmed right now getting ready for the "An Affair of the Heart" show in Tulsa, OK this month. It is one of the biggest shows in the nation and I've been working day and night to get prepared. But of course I've still had to find time to keep the house looking fresh and add a bit of Fall decor. Working on the house is a nice break from "work" every now and then.</div>
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I love gathering things from the outdoors to bring in. It's a combination of the fact that I like the natural look and that I'm frugal and love FREE home decor!</div>
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Felicity and I love gathering the acorns and pecans in the yard. Felicity is so into it now that whenever she goes outside she constantly looks at the ground watching for them, it's so cute.</div>
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Well, Felicity is wanting to go outside and play so we are heading outside for a while before I have to get down work today!</div>
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<i>Felicity & I had fun fixing up this costume with a black tulle tutu, leggings & shirt from Wal mart, and a fur collar and tail made from a marabou feather boa.</i></div>
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In my last post about my roadside gathering of wild flowers and weeds I showed a picture of what I did with this straw from a field.</div>
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I had an e-mail asking me to show exactly how I put it together to make it stand on it's own so here it is.....</div>
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I took a handful of straw and knocked it on the table until all the bottoms feel down where they all touched the table. </div>
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Then I held it tightly about 1/3 of the way down. Gripping it tightly higher up makes the bottom sprawl out.</div>
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I had my husband tightly tie the lace around it while I held it.</div>
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The straw is strong enough it will then hold itself up on a level surface.</div>
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After that I also made a little festive autumn banner for the mantle......</div>
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..... the new kitten was so happy I got all that stuff out for him to play with =)</div>
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I'm sad to report that the orange kitten died this week. He had health issues and we did everything we could to care for him for the two weeks we had him. After our second visit to the veterinarian last week he appeared to be a lot better, but then he died during the night.</div>
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The black kitty is healthy as can be though. Felicity is already trying to teach him to climb trees, it's so cute, I need to get some pics.</div>
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She still looks for the orange kitty though, which is sad, but at two there isn't any way to really explain to her what has happened so I just hope she will forget about it soon =(</div>
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Gathering little pieces of nature from the outdoors to bring inside is something I love.</div>
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I know you can buy lots of beautiful fresh flowers in the store, but that just isn't as fun to me as picking wildflowers from the fields and gathering acorns and pecans from the trees myself.</div>
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I've been anxiously awaiting the bounty of pecans from our trees. </div>
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The squirrels have already been swiping them, but there are plenty so I'm happy to share.</div>
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Some have already begun to fall but they are not ready to eat yet, although they do look cute in little dishes on the mantle.</div>
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Lots and lots of beautiful Solidago is growing along the fence lines down the road. About once a week I stop and cut a bunch to bring home.</div>
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The road sides and fields are also full of straw and dainty white flowers that I bring home when I can.</div>
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It all looks wonderful and "Fallish" (probably not a real word) in vases and jars together.</div>
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My sister and I were driving down the road yesterday when I spotted gigantic horse apples in the ditch. </div>
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I hollered STOP!</div>
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I got out to gather some to bring home for the mantle while my sister sat in the car shaking her head at me telling me to hurry up before someone saw us. </div>
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Unfortunately the horse apples were all rotten on the bottom. So I managed to talk my sister who is taller than me to help get some from the tree. She did it under protest. </div>
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She thinks I'm crazy and doesn't share my love of roadside gathering.</div>
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We managed to get a couple.</div>
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They look cute in the house.</div>
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I stuck one on my living room chest next to the little thing I fixed up with some lace and some straw I gathered from the roadside last week.</div>
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In addition to our pecan trees, we have a large tree that's been dropping acorns. Felicity loves going out and helping search for the ones that still have their cute tops on them.</div>
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We filled up this cute crystal glass this week. Now we will have to find another place to start putting them.</div>
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I just got all my Fall decorating done today and am hoping to get pictures edited and post them all later in the week.</div>
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