tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55349630959668942622024-03-18T22:14:02.854-05:00This Yellow HouseAllie - This Yellow Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02638144128324002622noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534963095966894262.post-32979113673463614322013-10-14T23:04:00.002-05:002015-07-18T20:37:17.202-05:00Menu Planning Part 2<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm back with part two of how menu planning is going for me. I actually started planning for meals and cooking at home a couple weeks ago, but with blogging it seems like everything gets posted a little bit later than when it happened. So I just published a </span><a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2013/10/menu-planning.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">post</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> a few days ago about how I really don't like cooking and how we eat out way too much. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm happy to report that I am cooking at home <b>a lot more</b> now! The planning and organizing everything has helped me tremendously. I will admit we have still ate out a few times. I'm working on trying to break that habit tho!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I shared with ya'll the <a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2013/10/menu-planning.html" target="_blank">printable</a> I made for myself for meal planning and a shopping list. I really like using it a lot. Here's a picture I took of meal planning from last week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I thought I would share the <b>meal planning system</b> I'm working on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bought a really cute and colorful binder for our meal planning. I figured at least the binder would make me happy since cooking and grocery shopping isn't my favorite thing. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got some sheet protectors from Dollar Tree. I am in the process of printing out our favorite recipes to add to it. I also like the idea of a binder, because now if I see a recipe I like online or browsing Pinterest, I can print it out and stick it in there. I am going to organize the recipes a little better, maybe getting some page dividers, after I get more in there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been keeping our menu plan/shopping list handy in there so I can have it all in one place. I'm keeping the whole binder in the kitchen so when I think of something to add to it I can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the beginning phase of organizing our meal planning. I'm sure I will tweak things to have them work better. But as of right now, it really seems to be helping me! I am a person that needs a little organization to be productive with things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So now when 5 o clock rolls around, I don't have to frantically think of where I should go pick up food, I just start the meal I have wrote down.</span> This has really helped make our house feel more like "our <a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2013/09/31-days-of-making-house-into-our-castle.html" target="_blank">castle</a>".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>So how do ya'll do your meal planning? Do you have a certain system for it you love?</i></span><br />
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<br />Allie - This Yellow Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02638144128324002622noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534963095966894262.post-50335399441214941022013-10-13T19:27:00.002-05:002015-07-18T20:37:06.012-05:00Enjoying the little things...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This quote is one of my favorites. How true that is! As part of making our house into our castle, I've been trying to enjoy the "little" things more. Just writing this series has been very reflective for me and opened my eyes to how many things I have to cherish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And <b>none </b>of those things are material things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These precious moments we have with our families are really the <b>important </b>things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's funny all these seemingly <span style="font-size: large;">"little" </span>things are what makes my life so enjoyable and happy. And it is what helps make my house feel like our little <a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2013/09/31-days-of-making-house-into-our-castle.html" target="_blank">castle</a>.</span></div>
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Allie - This Yellow Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02638144128324002622noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534963095966894262.post-34844462195364724302013-10-11T20:48:00.000-05:002015-07-18T20:36:38.555-05:00Menu Planning <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One area of our lives that I </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">need </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to organize is our meals. I have a confession. Cooking is not really my thing. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like making desserts. But as far as cooking actual meals, I would rather be doing something else. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When it comes to meal time, <span style="font-size: large;">we eat out WAY too much</span>. We live close to a Mexican food place that I love. I think I could eat their food every single day if my husband would let me. It is that good. When I have a soft taco or sour cream chicken enchilada craving, I just pick up their food to take home for lunch or dinner. One of the ladies there started recognizing me and pretty much knows my order. Not a good thing!</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's just <span style="font-size: large;">so easy</span> to eat out for me. I was raised in a family that ate out all the time. My mom never really liked to cook. So eating out just feels normal to me. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So in my family now, there are days where I will just pick up food and bring it home. M</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">y family gets fed and I get to spend time doing things I like instead of cooking. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, it's <b>time for a change.</b> We just simply can't eat out this much anymore.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At a very recent doctor visit, my husband found out his cholesterol was too high. Which made me feel horrible. When I heard the doctor say that, I took it pretty personal. I know I'm not completely responsible for it. But since I am the person that is in charge of the majority of our meals, I felt pretty bad. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want my family to be healthy. We do pretty well in eating healthy snacks around the house <i>{my kids love fruits & veggies which I am thankful for}</i>. But, I know all the take out Mexican food cannot be good for us. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plus the money we spend eating out is just ridiculous. It's kind of funny. I think of myself as a pretty thrifty person. I <b>love </b>finding good bargains. I don't splurge too much on unnecessary things. I wait to purchase big items before I do all the research I can to find the lowest price.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So to make this house our castle, I am going to start getting better at menu planning and cut WAY back on eating out. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made this little menu planning and shopping list template to help me with this.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I put it on Google docs if anyone would like to print it for free. Just click <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4B6ygb0fHKVOGVTdm5UR3VzaHM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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</span> Allie - This Yellow Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02638144128324002622noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534963095966894262.post-58289301999947026492013-10-10T23:00:00.002-05:002015-07-18T20:36:17.877-05:00Treating Family Like Friends<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other day we had some friends coming over. So of course I was doing my usual routine for when company was coming over. It pretty much consists of me cleaning like a mad woman. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Is it just me or does it seem like your eyes get opened to everything wrong in your house the moment company is coming over?</span></i></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Like you literally see <b>every dust bunny</b> in the house the day before they arrive. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">So while I was in my mad dash cleaning the entire house, I came to a realization. <b>I was treating our company better than our family.</b> Our family had been living in that messy, dust-bunnies-in-the-corner house. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">I love our friends, I do. But I love my family so much more! They deserve to be treated better than <i>{or at least as good as}</i> our company. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">A couple years ago I bought some really soft, nice bath towels. I put them rolled up pretty on our bathroom shelf and told my family they were for our overnight guests to use. Then they sat there. All the while my family was using our older and rougher towels. Then I thought to myself: <i>This is silly! We should be using those.</i> </span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We have some really close friends that we do think as family. When they come over they know to make themselves at home. I've been trying to make sure I <b>treat my family as good as I treat my friends.</b></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">This is something I'm working on and that I think will help <a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2013/09/31-days-of-making-house-into-our-castle.html" target="_blank">my goal of making our house feel like our castle.</a></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm gonna work on:</span></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><i><span style="background-color: white;">Making sure the house is as nice and clean as it would be if someone was coming over</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Having quality dinner time together, cooking yummy recipes and going the extra mile to make it special for them </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Putting their needs first and making sure they are nice and comfy at home</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Being as polite to them as I would our friends <span style="font-size: x-small;">{saying thank you, please, etc.}</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because if you think about it, the family living in our homes right now are the most special guests we will <i>ever </i>have. </span></span></span><script src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Allie - This Yellow Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02638144128324002622noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534963095966894262.post-38564153807974962012013-10-09T16:41:00.001-05:002015-07-18T20:36:04.497-05:00Organizing my bathroom drawer<span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a confession. I had a really really cluttered and horrible bathroom drawer. It drove me crazy. I really love the blogs that just keep things real. The ones that show the ugly truth. So I'm going to do the same and show you my dreadful before picture. Even tho it makes me want to cringe now. I look at it and wonder how did I live with it like that? <span style="font-size: large;">Yikes!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is what my bathroom drawer looked like before. <i>{Please don't judge me too hard, it's pretty bad!}</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a crazy mixture of makeup, hair products, nail polishes and so on. It's just chaos at its best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like I talked about <a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2013/10/decluttering-house-getting-ready.html" target="_blank">here</a>, I've been decluttering the entire house like crazy. I'm gone through every drawer and cabinet getting ready for a yard sale and to get clutter out of here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After decluttering the whole house, I'm now working on <b>organizing </b>the whole house. I feel like having a clean, tidy, no-clutter, everything-in-it's-place home will make our house feel like our castle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know I won't be able to organize every single area in our house during this series. So I decided to <b>first tackle the places that would affect us the most.</b> The most used places in the house. The bathroom drawers are something me and my husband use every day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decluttered them. I got rid of a ton of junk we didn't need in them. I cleaned them. Then I started thinking: <i>how could I organize them? And make them pretty while being functional?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had on hand a roll of black and white polka-dot wrapping paper I love that I got at Target. I decided to line the drawers with that. Then I found these very budget friendly hot pink bins from the Dollar Tree. I bought four in different sizes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So after using the wrapping paper I had on hand and the bins from Dollar Tree, I got an organized drawer</span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> for 4 bucks!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I still have to finish my husband's drawer. His wasn't near as cluttered as mine. I decided he probably would feel the pink bins and polka-dot liner would be a little too girly so I am going for more of a manly drawer for him. I also found him some bins for his at the Dollar Tree. They have some pretty good organizing tools there! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love my new drawer now. It has made my mornings so much easier. It's funny how the little things really do make a difference. <b>Everything has a place</b> and I can find everything so easy now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">I'm really feeling like a queen in her castle right now. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="color: #999999;">///</span><span style="color: #999999;">Thursday:</span> Thursdays are your days @ <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.52mantels.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">52 Mantels</a> / </span>Party Time @ <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.the36thavenue.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 36th Avenue</a> / </span><span style="line-height: 25px; text-align: center;">Live, Laugh, {Linky} Thursday @</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 25px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.livelaughrowe.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Live Laugh Rowe</a></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 25px; text-align: center;">/ </span><span style="line-height: 25px; text-align: center;">Pinterest Power Party @ </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 25px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thetaylor-house.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Taylor House</a>/</span>Link Party Thursday @ <a href="http://www.somewhatsimple.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Somewhat Simple</a>/ Keep Calm and Link up @ <a href="http://www.becomingmartha.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Becoming Martha</a>/Flaunt it Friday @ <a href="http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Chic On A Shoestring Decorating</a>/ </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 19.1875px;">Shine on Fridays @ </span><a href="http://www.oneartsymama.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">One Artsy Mama</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="color: #999999; line-height: 25px; text-align: center;">///</span><span style="color: #999999;">Friday:</span> Creative Inspirations Linky Party @ <a href="http://staceyembracingchange.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">E</span></a><a href="http://staceyembracingchange.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">mbracing Change</a> / Frugal Friday @ <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.shabbynest.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Shabby Nest</a> / </span>Show and Tell Friday @ <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">My Romantic Home</a> / </span>I'm Lovin' It Fridays @ <a href="http://tidymom.net/" style="color: #888888; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tidy Mom</a> / {What's Shakin'} link party @ <a href="http://www.shakentogetherlife.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">S</a><a href="http://www.shakentogetherlife.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">haken Together</a> / Funky Junk's Party Junk @ <a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Funky Junk Interiors</a>/Weekend wrapup party @ <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tatertots & Jello</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="color: #999999;">///Saturday</span>: Spotlight Saturday Link Party @ <a href="http://classyclutter.net/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Classy Clut</a><a href="http://classyclutter.net/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">ter</a> /Sundae Scoop @ <a href="http://www.iheartnaptime.net/" style="color: #a2c4c9; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">I heart nap time</a> / <span style="line-height: 18px;">Overflowing with creativity @ </span><a href="http://www.itsoverflowing.com/" style="color: #888888; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">It's overflowing</a> /Think Pink Saturdays @ <a href="http://www.flamingotoes.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Flamingo Toes</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="color: #999999;">///Sunday</span>: Nifty Thrifty Sunday @ <a href="http://www.niftythriftythings.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Nifty Thrifty </a>/Making the world Cuter Monday @ <a href="http://makingtheworldcuter.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Making the World Cuter </a> /CraftOManiac Monday @ <a href="http://craftomaniac.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CraftOManiac </a>/ Motivate me Monday @ <a href="http://craftskeepmesane.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Keeping it Simple</a></span><br />
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Allie - This Yellow Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02638144128324002622noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534963095966894262.post-31254648990995354392013-10-08T23:18:00.000-05:002015-07-18T20:35:48.971-05:00What a castle means to me, a reminder, and a free printable<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been talking about castles lately on my blog. Like A LOT. So I thought it might be fun to explain a little more of what I think of when I refer to castle on my recent posts. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not referring to literal castles, like the ones built in different parts of Europe hundreds of years ago. <i>Although wouldn't that be so cool to live in one?</i> I've seen some pretty dreamy ones online but haven't yet had the pleasure to actually set foot in one. Maybe one day tho.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I refer to a castle, I'm thinking of a place that is a peaceful retreat. It is like our </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">fortified</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> structure away from some of the stresses in the world. I want it to be a place that we feel completely comfortable in. No clutter. Everything in it's place. No fussing over dumb things. Put your feet up, let your hair down kind of home.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can say that I am <span style="font-size: large;">definitely making progress</span> on making our house our "castle". I have been decluttering, getting ready for a yard sale and starting to organize like crazy. </span></span><br />
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</span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It never hurts to have a reminder of my goal tho right?</span></span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saw this saying somewhere <i>{sorry I don't have any idea who the author is}</i> and I loved it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Any home can be a castle when the King and Queen are in love." </span></span></div>
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</span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">I think it fits our home so good right now. I love my husband and my family so much. I want this home to be their castle. So it helps me <span style="font-size: large;">remember the whole reason</span> I am working hard on making our home more peaceful and comfortable. </span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided to make a print with the saying to hang in our house.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also made it where anyone can <span style="font-size: large;">download this printable for free</span> if anyone would like to. Just click <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4B6ygb0fHKVc1MtQlRYUzdtZE0/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> to download and print.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="color: #222222;">I am or will be sharing with these Awesome Parties:</span><br style="color: #222222; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #999999;">///Monday:</span> Monday Funday Link Party @ <a href="http://www.uncommondesignsonline.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Uncommon Designs</a> / Made by you Monday @ <a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Skip to my Lou</a> / Sunday Showcase @<a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/search/label/Link%20Parties" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Under the table and dreaming by Stephanie Lynn</a>/Take-a-Look Tuesday @ <span style="color: black; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sugar Bee Crafts</a> / </span>Get your Craft on Tuesday! @<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_707138761" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></a><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://todayscreativeblog.net/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Today's Creative Blo</span>g</a> / </span>Tutorials & Tips Party @ <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.homestoriesatoz.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Home Stories A2Z</a> </span></span><br style="color: #222222; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #999999;">///</span><span style="color: #999999; line-height: 18px;">Tuesday: </span>The Inspiration Board Link Party @ <span style="color: black; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://carolynshomework.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Carolyn's Homework</a> / </span>Share it link party @ <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://thewinthropchronicles.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Winthrop Chronicles</a> </span></span><br style="color: #222222; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #999999;">///</span><span style="color: #999999;">Wednesday:</span> <span style="text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://diybydesign.blogspot.com/2012/07/sizzle-into-summer-its-party-73.html" style="text-decoration: none;">F</a>all into Fall</span><span style="color: #222222;"> @ </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://diybydesign.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DIY By Design</a> / </span><span style="color: #222222;">Wow Us Wednesdays @</span><a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2013/04/wow-us-wednesdays-115.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;"> </span></a><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank">Savvy Southern Style</a></span><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank"> </a>/ We Did It! Wednesday @ </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.sew-much-ado.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Sew much ado</a> / </span><span style="color: #222222;">Transformation Thursdays @ </span><a href="http://www.theshabbycreekcottage.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Shabby Creek Cottage</a><span style="color: #222222;">/Hookin up with HOH @ </span><a href="http://www.houseofhepworths.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">House of Hepworths</a><span style="color: #222222;">/</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;">Whatever goes Wednesday @ </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Someday Crafts</a> / </span><span style="color: #222222;">Show and Share Wednesday @ </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.semihomemademom.com/" style="color: #888888; 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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">Today I wanted to share a story with y'all that I think about often. Just thinking about it helps me get in the mindset about how I can make my house to be our comfortable retreat (our castle-like home). </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">When I first got married nine years ago, I remember my husband had certain <span style="font-size: large;">"quirks"</span> that would irritate the life out of me. Like leaving dirty laundry on floor, dishes on table, and things like that. <i>(I know I might not be making him sound good here but he really is the most wonderful man!)</i> One thing he did that really irritated me was after I made our bed, he would lay or sit on it in the middle of the day.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">As silly as it sounds to me now, I remember getting so mad. I worked hard to make the bed <span style="font-size: large;">"just right"</span> then he would come afterwards and get a million wrinkles on it. I asked a friend around my moms age who had been married for many years if her husband ever did the same. She said he did. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">So I asked her <span style="font-size: large;"><i>"doesn't it bother you that he messes it up?"</i> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">And she told me, <i>"no not at all because I just pull the end of the bedspread a little and it's good as new. He was probably tired and it's his bed too."</i></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">Then it hit me. I had one of those<span style="font-size: large;"> a-ha</span> moments. I could fix the bed a lot faster than nagging at him and then I could just forget about it. It would <span style="font-size: large;">literally take two seconds</span> out of my day to fix the bedspread! And my dear husband could relax for a moment.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">I asked myself:<i> Why was I sweating the small stuff? Why was I not letting him enjoy his house and bed?</i> I was being way too much of a perfectionist. I was acting exactly opposite of how I want to be. I was nagging him over the dumbest of things.<span style="font-size: large;"> It really wasn't doing any of us any good.</span> So I try to remember that story when something in the house happens that may irritate me. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">I would rather have him in my home with me making messes, than not having him at all. </span></span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">The people I share my house with are the people I <span style="font-size: large;">love </span>the most. They love me. It's not like they ever try to make more work for me. But now if i see something needs to be put up, instead of nagging my hard working hubby, I just do it myself. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">I would rather my family feel <span style="font-size: large;">relaxed and comfy</span> instead of worried about messing up something. So now if my husband or one of my kids get on the bed after I make it, I just jump right on too and chat with them.<b> Letting go of stupid things really helps our house feel like the comfortable retreat castle-like home I want.</b></span></span>Allie - This Yellow Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02638144128324002622noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534963095966894262.post-37058150957539778582013-10-06T09:00:00.000-05:002013-10-06T09:00:04.759-05:00In the words of Jane...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jane Austin really knows her stuff. This quote is from Emma, which is my favorite book. It is such a good read!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am spending some time with the family today. I will be back with more of my series tomorrow. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!!</span></div>
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<br />Allie - This Yellow Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02638144128324002622noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534963095966894262.post-1691513724558103842013-10-05T10:27:00.001-05:002015-07-18T20:34:35.815-05:00How I don't want my house to feel<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey ya'll! I hope everyone is having a nice Saturday. For the weekends during this series, I'm going to make my posts short and sweet. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've talked about how I'm trying to make my house feel like my family's castle. I want our home to feel like our comfortable retreat from the rest of the world. One way I'm doing this is by getting rid of clutter. Making it simple. Getting it as tidy as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want my family to feel like they can <span style="font-size: large;">relax </span>in our home. When our friends come over I want them to feel like they can put up their feet and chill out with us. Our home is meant to be lived in and enjoyed.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think of that episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" where Marie takes off the plastic couch cover. Oh my goodness I crack up laughing every time I see this! This is a <span style="font-size: large;">prime example of how I DON'T want my house to feel. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Do one room at a time.</b> Don't move room to room decluttering. If you are anything like me, you might start pulling stuff out of a drawer in the kitchen, then decluttering the TV cabinet in the living room, then sorting some clothes out of the dresser. Before you know it the house will be an overwhelming big mess. <i>Not cool at all! </i>I tend to get sidetracked, so I follow the one room at a time rule to keep the house free from complete chaos. I even follow it one step further, before I move on to one part of a room, I finish the area of the room I working on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I start decluttering an area, I pull everything out and lay it on the ground. For example, I just decluttered the TV cabinet so I pulled out all the DVDs, wires, games, etc. I have my decluttering tools I mentioned yesterday handy. A laundry basket for things I need to find a good place for. An empty bin for things I to sell. A trash bag I put inside a collapsible laundry hamper for things to throw away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once I have these in place,<b> I go through each item one by one</b>. If I pick something up, I try to figure out which category it will go into right then. If it is something I will be selling, I go ahead and <b>mark the price on it right then too</b>. This saves me so much time and sanity when getting ready for my yard sale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Something that has been the greatest advice I've heard for decluttering: <b><span style="font-size: large;">be merciless.</span></b> It's hard to get rid of things you bought. You spent money on those things. You kinda sorta like those things. You may need it one day right? <span style="font-size: large;">Wrong!</span><i> {Ok well in a lot of cases}. </i>I have to show no mercy to my belongings when I'm decluttering. I can't keep everything and if I did....oh my what would my house look like?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I once heard to <b><span style="font-size: large;">view your house and square footage as precious</span></b>. I love that. We only have so many square footage in our houses, do we really want to fill it up with clutter? Or would we rather have a house with things we truly love and need? When our closets get too full of clothes, it's sometimes impossible to find that one dress that you love. I have been guilty of looking in an overcrowded closet and thinking "I have nothing to wear!". When we fill up our houses or closets with mediocre things, we can't see the things that are most precious to us. The decorating items that truly make us smile, the clothes that we love to wear, and so on. The point of all this babbling I'm doing right now is be merciless when it comes to getting rid of clutter and think of your square footage as precious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Simple questions but the answers tell a lot. Sometimes I keep things for the wrong reasons. When I really answer those questions truthfully I get rid of so much more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So those are the things that really help me declutter and simplify my house. I am still in the process of decluttering my home right now. I've gotten rid of so much junk by following those little tips! I really can't wait to share my progress and how my yard sale goes <i>{I have it planned for mid-October}</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh and I also found crazy things when I was decluttering that I am planning on sharing with ya'll. <i>Because everyone has a pair of Spice-Girl-like platform shoes in their closet from 1997 right? Anyone? Ok yeah just me! </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">Yesterday I talked about how clutter in the home really takes away the peace and relaxation a home should offer. So today I'm taking the clutter out! But <span style="font-size: large;">first</span> I do a few steps to get ready.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">I should start by saying I'm a big believer in <a href="http://www.flylady.net/" target="_blank">Flylady</a>. I love her cleaning systems and routines. It is something I would recommend to everyone! I think she is brilliant in doing 15 mins a day of getting rid of clutter. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">But today, I'm going to break the rules just a tad. Instead of 15 mins a day for a period of time gradually getting rid of the clutter in our home. <span style="font-size: large;">I'm going to make a day out of it.</span> I'm hoping after this major clutter haul I can incorporate her 15 mins decluttering a day into my schedule. But Today I'm doing this Allie style!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">I've started this day with treating myself to a Starbucks hot </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.166667;">Caffè Mocha. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">Put on my work clothes</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><i style="color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">{which is pretty much an old shirt, jeans and sneakers}. </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I decided to put on my apron too. It's a super cute one from <a href="http://www.flirtyaprons.com/" target="_blank">Flirty Aprons</a> and when I wear it I feel so domesticated plus the big pockets come in handy! Put my hair in a messy bun. Lit an amazing smelling candle. Turned on pandora. Then got my butt in gear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">That is what I long for... Another thing you may not know about me is that I <span style="font-size: large;">love</span> staying at hotels. <i>Why you ask? </i>They are <b>simple</b>. Think about it, you have a night stand with only a phone, clock and lamp on it. A dresser that has a TV. A desk with a simple notebook and pen. Fluffy pillows on an inviting bed just calling your name. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;"><span style="font-size: large;">No clutter staring you in the face. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">A hotel room is so <span style="font-size: large;">easy to keep clean and tidy</span> because we only have the things we truly need there. It is simple living at its best. That is why when I go to one I can relax so easy. Our family usually all gets in the king bed and we find a good movie to watch in a very uncluttered, tidy, clean and simple room. <i>*sigh*</i> Just thinking about it makes me wish I were on vacation in a hotel room right now!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">My goal is to make our house feel as <b>relaxing </b>as that hotel room. I want us to have our basic few things we need and be able to just spend time with the family without feeling this overwhelming guilt that I need to be cleaning.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">I don't know about y'all but my <i>"cleaning the house"</i> really just feels like carrying stuff from one room to the other. Really if you think about it sometimes <span style="font-size: large;">the stuff we buy is robbing us</span> of so much more valuable things. We have to spend so much time and energy cleaning, sorting, putting away and storing our "stuff". </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">Then when I feel overwhelmed by it all, I want to get away from the house so I end up going to Target. Where I just buy more "stuff" to clutter the house with. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;"><i>Please tell me I'm not the only one that does that??</i></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">Because of all this my house does not feel like the <span style="font-size: large;">relaxing and peaceful<b> CASTLE</b></span> I want it to.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">So for the next few days I'm going to be decluttering our entire house. I will be sharing about that and how I'm getting rid of all this "stuff"!</span></span></div>
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Life in <i>This Yellow House</i> has been busy as usual. We had a really fun summer. Our family went on our annual camping trip, played outside, rode bikes, swam, caught bugs {and frogs!}, got lots of iced Starbucks drinks {ok that was mostly me}, went to some fun parties, and just enjoyed every drop of summer we could.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's good to be back. :)</span>Allie - This Yellow Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02638144128324002622noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534963095966894262.post-85143175360491131172013-05-08T08:59:00.002-05:002013-05-13T07:48:21.446-05:00Scallop Art (using a circle punch)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey ya'll! So today I'm joining in on The Pinterest Challenge. If you've never heard of it before it is this fun challenge to create something you were inspired by on Pinterest. I love pinning things so to actually see them come to life is so much fun! Last year I made a <a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2012/07/flower-mirror-made-with-plastic-spoons.html" target="_blank">flower mirror using spoons</a>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This time I decided to tackle this cool thing I saw someone do with a circle punch. They punched out circles from colorful card stock paper and made it into art. Here is how mine turned out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm loving scallop prints right now! I really wanted to incorporate it in my living room in some way. So when I saw this awesome art on Pinterest, I knew I had to take my spin on it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really love the way it turned out! I borrowed the frame I used the other day for the <a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2013/05/free-new-shoes-song-printable-my-first.html" target="_blank">"New Shoes" printable I made</a> so I need to go get another frame for it. I love how easy this was and how it is so versatile I used these colors because they fit my living room well, but you could go with so many different ideas for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My boys love a song called "New Shoes" by <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">Paolo Nutini</span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">. It is so catchy and just a fun song to sing. I was looking for something that was personal to frame as art in our house. And this is one of those songs our whole family just loves. So I got on PicMonkey and made this printable.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really like the way it turned out. It makes me smile when I look at it. Which I love. I feel like our homes should be full of things that make us happy and reflect our personalities and this art really fits us well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">///Monday:</span> Monday Funday Link Party @ <a href="http://www.uncommondesignsonline.com/">Uncommon Designs</a> / Made by you Monday @ <a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/" target="_blank">Skip to my Lou</a> /</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunday Showcase @</span><a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/search/label/Link%20Parties" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> Under the table and dreaming by Stephanie Lynn</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">/</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take-a-Look Tuesday @ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/" target="_blank">Sugar Bee Crafts</a> / </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Get your Craft on Tuesday! @<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_707138761"><span style="color: black;"> </span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://todayscreativeblog.net/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Today's Creative Blo</span>g</a> / </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tutorials & Tips Party @ </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.homestoriesatoz.com/" target="_blank">Home Stories A2Z</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) <b>NARS Blush/ Bronzer Duos.</b> Oh my goodness. They make the best blush ever. If you can get past their weird names. So weird I'm not even gonna mention the names of the colors on here. I just bought my first NARS blush/bronzer duo from Sephora last Saturday. They are just so pretty. I can't get over them. I don't normally spend a lot of money on makeup so this was a real "splurge" for me. But, oh so worth it. And going makeup shopping with a couple of girlfriends makes it even more of a favorite thing for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2) <b>That my boys like Spiderman.</b> I seriously love that they are at an age where they like dressing up like superheros. I think it is the cutest thing ever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3) <b>Getting a box of party supplies in the mail</b>. This was taken a few weeks ago when I got some things for a kids' party we threw a few weeks back. Oh how fun is getting party stuff in the mail?! We were so excited. I think I was more excited than the kids! It's just fun mail. I love fun mail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4)<b> Survivor.</b> Have ya'll been watching that show? Oh I am so addicted. I've only watched the last couple of years but I am so hooked on it now. This season has been sooooo good. It is the top thing on my DVR list right now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5)<b> White bedding.</b> I'm a little obsessed with white bedding right now. It just draws you in doesn't it? My bedding on my bed right now is a dark purple and I'm dying to replace it with a fluffy white duvet cover like the one in this <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/hadley-ruched-duvet-cover-sham-white/?pkey=call-white-bed&" target="_blank">Pottery Barn picture</a>.....But, then I saw the price. A girl can dream tho right? I bet I could dream even better in a bed like this, ha! I'm just gonna have to start saving my pennies or start looking for something cheaper...</span></div>
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<br />Allie - This Yellow Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02638144128324002622noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534963095966894262.post-11485576495553425972013-05-02T09:00:00.000-05:002013-05-13T07:48:57.835-05:00My ceiling fan makeover<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I eventually want to replace the fan with a pretty chandelier. But since I don't have the funds for a new light fixture at the moment, I decided to update the fan we have. I wanted to make it a little easier on the eyes while we had to live with it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start;">So first I took off the blades. I took apart most of it to take outside to paint. I did paint one part of it inside the house. I just made sure to tape it off really well and I laid an old blanket underneath to catch any drips just in case.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I gave everything a good cleaning before I painted. I used an oil rubbed bronze spray paint with a primer in it. <i>Goodbye brass!</i></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> Good riddance!</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once I had the blades off, I saw that the other side looked a lot better than what was originally showing on the fan. So I decided to attach them back with the dark side showing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then took a lamp shade I found at target a couple weeks ago. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><b>It was love at first sight with this lamp shade</b>. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start;">I took a wire hanger and tied it around it so it would stay on my fan. It really doesn't look too pretty when you look straight up. Thankfully it's over my table so you really can't see the inside unless you lean across the table and look up. I'm sure I could probably make it a lot prettier looking inside</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start;"> if I wanted to. And I probably will take it off and work with making it look better. I was just so excited to get it up there, ha! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Hey ya'll! I hope everyone had a good weekend! We had a pretty good weekend here. I got to spend some girl time with my friends Saturday evening and that was a lot of fun. We did some makeup shopping at Sephora. My hubby and his friend watched the kids for me. We have a friend that works there and she showed us some makeup tips. It was so much fun...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back to my post tho, like I mentioned in <a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2013/04/where-ive-been.html" target="_blank">my post Monday</a>, me and the hubs decided to join our friends in a "biggest loser" competition. It's been such a good decision for us. We are already pretty competitive people and this has helped our weight loss A LOT! Like I mentioned Monday, I've lost a total so far of 17 pounds and my husband has lost 30. We haven't weighed for about a week so I'm really hoping we lost even more than that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know there are a lot of different ways people do the "biggest loser" type of competition. The way we decided to it is splitting into 3 teams. We have 6 people to a team. We all weighed in on the same scale at a friend's house. We decided to take 3 months to compete. We each put in $10 a week. So in the end the group that loses the highest percentage wins the money.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've never done anything like this before, but it has been so cool. Our friends are all trying to eat healthier and working out. The support has been great. We are all doing different diets. My hubby and I decided to go with the weight watcher diet. We used to go to the meetings and all that before we had kids. We really liked it then. We decided to do it at home using the tools we already had. So we are doing the "old" points system. It works really well for us tho. We found an iphone app that has been so helpful. It's called itrack bites. I think it's only a couple of dollars but it is worth so much more than that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As far as what we are eating, I've been cooking at home a lot more. That has been an adjustment for me, because I love eating out so much. I had to get over my fear of the kitchen and just start cooking. I've found a lot of good recipes because of it. Here is my favorite I have found so far. It's spinach lasagna rolls I found on a blog. You can find the recipe <a href="http://lifeunexpectedadventuresofsahm.blogspot.com/2012/01/spiniach-lasagna-rolls-4-weight.html" target="_blank">here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorry about the iphone picture! I snapped it in a hurry a couple weeks ago when I made them. Those are only four "old" points each and they were incredible. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The dieting hasn't been too bad! In addition to eating better, me and my husband have been working out. He had physical therapy for his MS a couple months ago and we have been trying to stick to that routine. His physical therapist was so nice and showed me a lot of the work outs that would be good for my husband. Our gym also has a pool that we can do our workouts together in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm really loving this healthier lifestyle. It does make me mad that I didn't do it sooner. It's kind of shocking when I look at the food I was eating before all of this. When I see how many points or calories something is that I used to eat, it makes me sad. But, better late than never right? It's getting easier every day and I love having more energy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>So that's kind of whats going on with us in the dieting/working out department. I plan on writing another post about it when the Biggest Loser competition is over. I took some "before" pictures. If I'm brave enough I will share them when this is all over! :)</i></span></div>
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Hey ya'll! So today I thought I would share how I pack my suitcase. Having an organized suitcase helps me so much when we go out of town. And it's starting to be that time of year again where we go on vacations and little weekend getaways. We just went out of town last week and so I snapped a few pictures of how I like to pack my suitcase. </div>
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The first thing I do is <b>check the weather</b> of where I'm going. On this trip it was warm and sunny, so I packed capris, shorts and one pair of jeans for the drive home. I also packed a light jacket just in case the nights got chilly. Then I <b>pick a dominate color</b> that I use in all my outfits. I find it easier because my nail polish and purse will coordinate with all my outfits.</div>
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After I have my main color, I <b>lay out my outfits</b> and start piecing together my accessories. In our last trip I needed four outfits. I try to make it where I can wear the same shoes multiple times. </div>
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I then take my outfits of choice and use the large ziplock bags to combine them. I put the outfit, my undies <i>(you can't see them in the pictures because I hid them!)</i>, and my jewelry to wear with that outfit <b>all together in the baggie.</b> For my earrings, I use these little plastic baggies to keep them from getting lost. You can find them in the craft store in the jewelry making department. I actually use those to store my jewelry too. I might just have to share how I have my jewelry organized in a later post! </div>
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I love packing my suitcase like this. Getting dressed while I'm on vacation is just a no-brainer. I grab the bag for that day and everything I need is in there. It makes getting ready just so much <b>faster and easier</b>. </div>
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I also try to <b>get as much air out </b>of the baggies as I can. Everything fits in my suitcase so much better this way. Also not shown in the picture is a swimsuit. I always pack one just in case the hotel has a pool and the kids want to swim. We didn't have time to swim in the hotel's pool on this trip. But, if I didn't pack one, everyone would have probably wanted to, isn't that the way it always goes?</div>
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To make packing a little bit easier, I try to get caught up on the <b>laundry the day before</b> I pack. It makes picking out my outfits a lot easier. And I use <b>a list</b>. I am a big list person. I think I may have a list for everything in my life, ha! </div>
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<i>So that's how I pack my suitcase, do ya'll have any tips to share for an organized suitcase? I would love to hear them in the comments!</i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*Before I start this post I wanted to say thank you so much to Brittany from <a href="http://britpins.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Confessions of a PinAholic</a>! She nominated me for the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I already told you about the party we had for my hubby's fantasy football draft party. It was a party we threw together on really short notice and on a tight budget. You can read all about those details <a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2012/09/decorating-for-football-party-really.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of our favorite parts of the whole party were the trophies. Yes trophies. I never thought we would make trophies but we did. We made them for fun. My man and his friends love trash talking each other about their teams and who will win and so on and so on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So every winner deserves a good trophy right? Ok well at least a temporary-home-made-one-until-they-all-pitch-in-to-buy-one trophy. So with lots of brainstorming between me and my husband. We came up with this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">'Cause we are the champions......of the world </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh yeah I totally just sang some Queen while I was typing this post. Ok anyways back to the trophy. Pretty sweet right? I know it's not some fancy-smancy trophy but for doing it in ONE day and using what we had to make it, I thought it turned out pretty cool. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the details on making it. The base is so easy. I made us a big block of wood by screwing little cut off pieces of a 2x4 together. Then we covered it with some of the astro turf rug that I used for the <a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2012/09/decorating-for-football-party-really.html" target="_blank">table cover</a>. We then took one of my husband's old <strike>toy football dolls</strike> action figures. And I spray painted that baby chrome. I wish I would have taken a before picture of the toy first. But here is the paint and primer I used. I loved the stuff. It made it so shiny!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was super easy to make too. They named him "The Tebow Toilet Bowl." No offense to Tebow fans out there! It just rhymed and sounded funny. Plus it's my husband's best friend's favorite player and they love teasing him about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To make this guy, I just spray painted another figure my husband didn't care about "messing up". And I found an empty oatmeal cantainer for the base. I painted it chrome, put a styrofoam block inside, stuck a wooden dowel in the center for the toilet paper to sit on. I then glued the figure to the top. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They had a lot of fun passing around the trophies and taking pictures with them. And of course there was the trash talk about who is going to be taking that trophy home this year. It was a super fun and easy project that we enjoyed doing a lot.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So is any of your husband's like mine and have boxes of <strike>toys</strike> collectible figures at home? My husband has so many sports figures its crazy!</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey ya'll! I am so happy to be starting a new week. Last week was just crazy, I wrote a short post about all that was going on <a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2012/08/a-quick-update-on-us.html" target="_blank">here</a> if you wanna catch up. I am so glad I'm doing 100 percent better after my food poisoning. My husband is still having a whole lot of trouble with his MS tho. We have been doing a lot of research and calling different doctors to help him. I really love how good he handles it all. He stays really upbeat and loves to joke around a lot still. And I know it's gotta stink not being able to get around very well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which brings me to the topic of my post today. Last weekend he was planning on going to his brother's house for a <span style="font-size: large;">fantasy football draft party</span>. He was having so much trouble walking tho, so we decided it would be easier to have everyone come to our house for it. I found out about the switch <span style="font-size: large;">the day before</span> the party. So my annoying "perfectionist" side got to work on cleaning the house. I even got out our carpet shampooer and went crazy cleaning the carpets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then once the house was clean, I started thinking about <span style="font-size: large;">how we could decorate for it</span>. I'm a complete dork when it comes to throwing parties. Even if it's a group of 12 guys who could care less about it, I still wanted to do it. It's fun. Plus I wanted to make my hubby's party special for him. He's gone through a lot lately and he needed something fun to do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I must confess first tho. <span style="font-size: large;">I was a bad blogger.</span> My pictures are really horrible and taken really fast. I almost didn't want to blog about this because the picture I took drove me crazy. I still cringe when I see it. This was taken before I straightened up everything on the table. And I didn't even get to take a picture with the food on the table. This was taken before it was really "complete".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was planning on taking better pictures of it "complete" but I was running out of time. I <span style="font-size: large;">barely got everything ready</span> when all the guys showed up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So here is what I did on really short notice and a small budget. I went to my favoritest place ever to get started. PINTEREST of course! And after searching Pinterest for some "pinspiration" I came up with a plan and ran to Lowe's, a craft store, and the grocery store to make it happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found an <span style="font-size: large;">astro turf type rug </span>at Lowe's. I first went to their garden center because I've heard before that they have big rolls of fake grass there that they can cut off as many yards as you need. But ours didn't. The lady at the garden center was really nice tho and once I told her what I needed she suggested I get a rug from the flooring department and cut it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />So I found a pretty good size area rug for about $18 that I cut in half. I figured it would be a good investment for all our football type parties we will be throwing in the future. It was my "splurge" for the party but also my favorite part. I found some<span style="font-size: large;"> white electrical tape</span> for a couple dollars that I bought to my <span style="font-size: large;">make "yard lines"</span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For our centerpiece for the food table, I grabbed a picture frame I was already using in our living room and <span style="font-size: large;">added a printout</span> of my husband's league logo <i>(yes he made it's own logo, they are really into this stuff!)</i> and under the logo the leagues divisions and teams. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the goal posts</span>, I bought some wooden dowels at the craft store. I cut them into the right sizes and glued them together. To be extra safe <i>(I really didn't want them falling apart in front of my husband's friends)</i> I went over the joints with the electrical tape I used for the stripes. I just wanted to hold it together as well as I could. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then painted them yellow and stuck them in two little round boxes with styrofoam balls in each. I found the little round boxes at the craft store for a couple bucks but you could also use little vases or cups of some sort. I covered the top of them with green felt and painted the boxes white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I filled 12 small orange <span style="font-size: large;">cups with french fries</span> so each guy could grab one. We also had buffalo style chicken bites to snack on. I used what we already had when it came to forks, plates, cups, and napkins. I bought some cheap football themed scrapbook paper to add to the table to dress it up a bit more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also made a banner, that I forgot to take a picture of! It was just a simple easy banner with the league name LFFL hanging above where we had <span style="font-size: large;">the trophies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes I said trophies. We are <span style="font-size: large;">that </span>dorky. We made some trophies for the winner and the loser. And I will fill ya'll in with all the details tomorrow!<br /><i><br />So are any of your husbands into the whole fantasy football thing? My hubby takes his pretty seriously. But I do have to admit, it was fun throwing a party for it lol</i></span></div>
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Allie - This Yellow Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02638144128324002622noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534963095966894262.post-88001011149475531152012-08-16T08:42:00.001-05:002012-08-16T08:43:14.102-05:00My thoughts on: HGTV Design Star All Stars Episode with The Facts of Life Set<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I thought it would be <span style="font-size: large;">fun</span> to write another post about the show Design Star like I did a few weeks back <a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2012/07/my-thoughts-on-hgtvs-design-star-color.html" target="_blank">here</a>. <i>*Please note this post has spoilers so if you aren't wanting to know who got voted off this week than don't read this.*</i> And I also want to clarify that I'm not affiliated with this show in any way, I just<span style="font-size: large;"> really like</span> the show. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So anyways now that I got all that clear! This season of <b>HGTV's Design Star</b> show is the <b>All Stars</b>. The four left in this episodes were <span style="font-size: large;">Hilari </span>from last season, <span style="font-size: large;">Leslie </span>from season 6, <span style="font-size: large;">Tom </span>from season 5 and <span style="font-size: large;">Dan </span>from season 4. I think it's been a lot of fun watching this season so far because I remember all the contestants from their seasons. If you can't already tell I really do love watching this show. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Some interesting parts of the room was the bookshelf. How fun is the ladder! I always love to see how people style their bookcases. Hilari did this and you can see all the books are facing the wrong direction with the inside pages showing. I've noticed this being done in a lot of places lately. It would be hard to find the book you want to read but it really does look <span style="font-size: large;">interesting </span>on the shelf like that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> At the end of the show it came down to Hilari and Dan. The judges voted Dan off because of that neon crazy green wall. I'm not sure who I am rooting for this season. I'm <span style="font-size: large;">leaning </span>more towards Hilari. She has a really fun personality and decorating taste. I think a show with her would be fun to watch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Oh and I also wanted to share something exciting. The season 3 winner Jennifer Bertrand is following me on twitter! Crazy right? It really made my day. I am so thrilled about that! </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>So did any of y'all watch this weeks show? I think I will now have The Facts of Life theme song stuck in my head all week! I would love to hear what you thought about this week's show...</i></span>Allie - This Yellow Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02638144128324002622noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534963095966894262.post-61286691087282647132012-08-01T08:30:00.003-05:002012-08-01T08:49:39.987-05:00Guest post: Natalie from NorthShore Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Hey ya'll! I am soooo excited to introduce my first guest post writer here at This Yellow House. Her name is Natalie and her blog is <a href="http://northshoredays.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">NorthShore Days</a>. She is a very sweet person with a wonderful blog! She has amazing tutorials on making jewelry and making creative things for the house. She also shares precious moments of her three adorable kids. I love reading her blog and I know you will too! </i></span></div>
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My name is Natalie and I blog over at <a href="http://northshoredays.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">NorthShore Days</a>. </div>
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am the lucky mum of 3 fantastic, adorable, mischievous and sometimes
downright naughty kiddos. I've been married to my Sean for nearly 14
years and we live on the beautiful NorthShore in Auckland, New Zealand.</div>
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Today I'm going to share my Beach Inspired Wire Ring.<br />
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About 2 months ago I made the <a href="http://northshoredays.blogspot.co.nz/2012/06/beach-inspired-bracelet.html" target="_blank">matching bracelet</a> to this ring and I also created a <a href="http://northshoredays.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/inspiration-cafe-ocean-shell-ring.html" target="_blank">shell ring</a>, just recently.</div>
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To make this ring you need <u style="color: #0c343d;">a largish bead with a fairly big hole </u> , <u style="color: #0c343d;">18-20 gauge jewelry wire</u>, <u><span style="color: #0c343d;">long nose pliers</span></u><span style="color: #0c343d;"></span>, and something to use as <u style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">a </span>measure for your finger size</u> (ideally you would use a ring mandrel, but the lid of my nail polish bottle worked perfectly)</div>
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First measure your finger with the wire and loop around the nail polish bottle lid.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seriously how easy was that? I love this ring and am on the hunt for similar sized beads to make a few more.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have an obsession. I am <span style="font-size: large;">in love with silhouettes</span>. When I see them on pinterest it's like they call out to me. There's something so enticing about them. They feel so classic and traditional yet so modern at the same time. Yeah I pretty much love them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;"><span style="background-color: white;">And you know I'm a sucker for sentimental art like you can see from <a href="http://www.thisyellowhouse.com/2012/04/using-my-childrens-scribbles-as-art-for.html" target="_blank">this post</a> a couple months ago when my kids helped me make a cool art piece for the house. So this week I decided to make their silhouettes.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; text-align: -webkit-auto;">My older boys were so easy.</span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;">My six month old boy, not as much. I don't think he ever stops moving! And he kept looking at me when I tried taking the picture. So I decided I'm gonna have to wait until a time my hubby is home to help me hold him. <i>So baby silhouette project coming later!</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;"><span style="background-color: white;">So are any of ya'll as obsessed with silhouettes as much as I am? If we had any pets I would so do their silhouettes too!</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey ya'll! How has summer been treating you? Ours has been really good so far...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not exaggerating either! It's been a crazy last couple of weeks. I feel like since my foot has healed I have <span style="font-size: large;">been going non-stop</span>. We went out of town last weekend to visit my BFF and her hubby. They just bought a new house and it was my first time seeing it. It was really nice! Their house has super cute curb appeal and a big spacious living room opened up to the kitchen. I loved it. We have been friends since we were 11 so it's so funny seeing us as homeowners with husbands and everything. We are just so grown up! hehe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really wish I would have taken more pictures of our whole trip. (*insert pouty sad face here*) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are about to have another SUPER BUSY week coming up. I feel so bad like I am neglecting my blog tho! Once we get to the middle of August I know things will slow waaaay down and I can focus more on the house and projects again.<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But as of right now, I'm enjoying summer with the kiddos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which brings me to my next question, would anyone like to <span style="font-size: large;">write a guest post</span> for This Yellow House? I have never done a guest post here before but I think I could figure it out. I would love to have posts on here about home design, crafts, decor and the like. But, if you have a really great recipe or something like that you would want to share, that would be cool too! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you think you might be interested, please e-mail me at allie@thisyellowhouse.com . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh and I never got a chance to write a post about this, but what did you guys think of the Design Star finale?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I figured Danielle would win and I thought she did a much better job at the camera challenge than Britnay did. Her whole concept for a show seemed to make more sense. Although again I liked Britnay's room much better. I just saw on twitter tho that Britnay was voted the fan favorite so she is now getting her show on HGTV's website. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So is that who you thought should win? And are ya'll gonna watch their new shows? I know I will be tuning in to see if I like them or not. </span></i></div>
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