Something To Talk About Link Party #12

As Bonnie Raitt may say...

let's give them

SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT

It's party #12 and it's live!

Here's what I've been up to:

Here are the most clicked links from last week's party:

Most Clicked Features

Prodigal Pieces - Box Camera Dresser Ikea Rast Hack

Honey and Roses - How To Makeover a Pine Bookcase

Duct Tape and Denim - Paint Picnic Basket

Vintage Paint and More - Hydrangeas

DD's Cottage - Giving a Tray a Beach Shabby Makeover

Chasing Quaintness - In the Bedroom

The Altered Past is proud to feature:

The Freshman Cook's Southern Grilled Cheese!  Who doesn't love a yummy grilled cheese and this one's over the top!

Noting Grace's How to add Vintage Style to Your Hutch

Love this beautiful hutch!

We would love to connect with you on social media! 

Vicki and Jennifer from 2 Bees in a Pod || Facebook || Instagram || Pinterest || Twitter

CoCo from The Crowned Goat || Facebook || Instagram || Pinterest

Lisa from Concord Cottage || Facebook || Instagram || Pinterest || Twitter

Angie from The Altered Past || Facebook || Instagram || Pinterest 

Karen from Karen's Up On The Hill || Facebook || Instagram || Pinterest 

Karin from Art is Beauty || Facebook || Instagram || Pinterest || Twitter

Party Rules…please don't link and run :) 

1  Please link to a specific post on your blog, not your blog's home page. You may link up to 3 posts!

2  Please leave a comment for your host.

3  Cultivate new relationships…visit a couple of blogs and leave comments.

4  No Etsy stores, giveaways or link parties.

5  We would love a link back to one of our blogs with a text link or party button.

6 By submitting a link, you’re giving us permission and granting us the right to feature your project and photos on this blog, website and on social media.  Proper credit and a link back to your post will always be given. The Altered Past is not responsible for stolen images or the misuse by others who have found your image through TheAlteredPast.blogspot.com.

7 Each week, a few of our favorites will be featured on all five of our blogs.  Features will also be pinned to our Pinterest Party Board  for even more exposure!  If you were featured, be sure to grab a button!

Thank you so much for stopping by and for linking up with us!

If you were featured last week, don't forget to grab a button!

An InLinkz Link-up

Love The Home You Have by Melissa Michaels

Do you dream about having the perfect home? I do.  I think mine started back when I was in elementary school and we took a trip to Asheville, North Carolina (one of my favorite cities), to visit Biltmore House.  Talk about an eye-opening moment.  I remember it.  I couldn't believe how big and how beautiful it was.  It had a room for everything.  Literally, everything had its own room...fruits and veggies, own room...meats, own room...gardening, own room...hunting, own room...guests, own WING, hello?!  That was officially the beginning of the house bug for me.  And, I haven't recovered yet.

So, fast forward 30, uh, many years and becoming an actual homeowner.  My husband and I have bought and sold houses over the past 25 years.  Our first as a young married couple, just looking for what we could afford and call our own.  A zero-lot line house with 2 bedrooms and 1 bath and the place we brought home our first daughter.  It became too small, very quickly.  Between that home and our current large home with 8 acres in the country, we've owned many sizes and kinds.  

Each was my dream home even though none of them were the same.  What do I mean?  Well, I wasn't certain myself until I read Melissa Michael's book, Love The Home You Have.   Melissa, of The Inspired Room blog, puts into words how most of us feel about our dream home and how we can actually have that home right where we are now.  
                                       

Some of you are probably like me and struggle with being content with my home when the grass always appears greener on the other side of the fence.  To quote Melissa, "the grass is greener where it's watered."  

"Studying why I love beautiful things challenges me to see them as works of art and not as impossible dreams...it inspires me to recreate it in my own way, in my own four walls, and within my ability and means."  

Yes!  That's it!  Finding inspiration and using it to create our dream home within our means.  

Back to Biltmore House, which I've visited several times since elementary school, what I found as inspiration from it was its ability to host guests, hold parties and events, provide a place to relax.  Ok!  That's manageable in the home I have.  I can't quite throw a bowling party in my basement but we have hosted guests, threw birthday parties, wedding showers, and holidays that were a lot of fun.  

It really is about finding inspiration and then using it to make your current home what you want it to be.  

That's just a taste of Love The Home You Have.  It offers so much more.  It includes a 31-day challenge that would be perfect for a ladies' group to do together!  

If you're interested in purchasing Melissa's book, you can find it here:

Love The Home You Have 

(affiliate link)

Ok, I'm getting back to my copy of the book.  I've got more notes to make.

Thanks for stopping by and God bless!

Angie

I was provided a free copy of the book to help spread the word.  All opinions are mine.  The affiliate link, should you purchase through it, would provide The Altered Past with a few pennies :)  

Yes! It's Easy to Grow Your Own Food

Whether your thumb is green or brown, like mine, you can grow some of your own food.  

Growing up, a lot of my summers were spent at my grandparents' 100-acre farm where my mother would help harvest food from the huge garden.  I remember getting to help pick the strawberries, dig potatoes, or pull ears of corn from the stalks.  To me, it was pretty magical.  My grandparents grew everything...beans, berries, potatoes, okra, tomatoes, corn, onions, and even grapes.  

I guess that's where my gardening bug started.  I've never been able to grow as big or as well as my grandparents but I've had several successes along the way.  Enough to know that it's pretty easy to grow your own food, regardless of the amount of area you have available!  In this post, I'm partnering with Hometalk to curate a list of great tips for growing your own food.  My personal tip on this list is for growing figs...talk about easy, they're pretty much maintenance free.  

Check out the many great tips on this Hometalk board.  You can access it HERE or by clicking on the graphic below!

I hope you click over to Hometalk and check out these 12 easy to grow foods.  Let me know if you grow your own foods or if this will be your first try!  I'd love to hear!

Thanks for stopping by and God bless!
Angie

Something To Talk About Link Party #11

WELCOME!  It's Party Time!!

What I've been up to

In case you missed it, I'm giving away a pair of tickets to the Country Living Fair in Nashville this month!  Be sure to visit the blog post HERE for your chance to win!  

Here are the posts from last week's party that were the most clicked by you!

Most Clicked Features

Chasing Quaintness - Hippity Hoppity

Mia Bella Passions - Upcycle Boring Old Baskets

REinvented - 5 favorite Spring DIY Projects

The Red Painted Cottage - Our Own Coffee Cafe

Little Vintage Cottage - Main Bathroom Re-Do

Somewhat Quirky Design - MMS Milk Paint Dried Lavender Over Mora

Nicer Than New - Dining Room Update: Granny to Fresh

The Altered Past is proud to feature:

The Seasoned Homemaker's link on How to Grow Your own veggies because it's that time of year and I'm ready to dig in the dirt!

and

My Kentucky Living shared her inspiration for a new floral arrangement...beautiful!!

We would love to connect with you on social media! 

Vicki and Jennifer from 2 Bees in a Pod || Facebook || Instagram || Pinterest || Twitter

CoCo from The Crowned Goat || Facebook || Instagram || Pinterest

Lisa from Concord Cottage || Facebook || Instagram || Pinterest || Twitter

Angie from The Altered Past || Facebook || Instagram || Pinterest 

Karen from Karen's Up On The Hill || Facebook || Instagram || Pinterest 

Karin from Art is Beauty || Facebook || Instagram || Pinterest || Twitter

Melody from My Passion For Decor || Facebook || Instagram || Pinterest 

Party Rules…please don't link and run :) 

1  Please link to a specific post on your blog, not your blog's home page. You may link up to 3 posts!

2  Please leave a comment for your host.

3  Cultivate new relationships…visit a couple of blogs and leave comments.

4  No Etsy stores, giveaways or link parties.

5  We would love a link back to one of our blogs with a text link or party button.

6 By submitting a link, you’re giving us permission and granting us the right to feature your project and photos on this blog, website and on social media.  Proper credit and a link back to your post will always be given. The Altered Past is not responsible for stolen images or the misuse by others who have found your image through TheAlteredPast.blogspot.com.

7 Each week, a few of our favorites will be featured on all five of our blogs.  Features will also be pinned to our Pinterest Party Board  for even more exposure!  If you were featured, be sure to grab a button!

Thank you so much for stopping by and for linking up with us!

If you were featured last week, don't forget to grab a button!

Let's get to linking!!  Thanks and God bless!!

An InLinkz Link-up

Country Living Fair in Nashville and a Giveaway!

Are ya'll ready for this??!!  Country Living Fair is coming to the Nashville area this month!  

Have you ever been to one of the Country Living Fairs?  They hold several across the country from spring through fall.  For the past two years, I've attended the one in Atlanta.  I can tell you from personal experience...THEY'RE AMAZING!!

Nashville's Country Living Fair will feature special guest Mike Wolfe of History Channel's American Pickers.  He's also a best-selling author and the creator/owner of Antique Archaeology. 

Along with Mike Wolfe, you'll find Cari Cucksey of HGTV's Cash & Cari.  Cari will have her own shop set up at the fair.  You can talk with her, see some of her great repurposed items, as well as purchase some for yourself.  She even has her own line of paint!

Ok, so enough telling you about the great things you'll find there...let's get to the important stuff.  Who'd like to win a pair of tickets?!  Thanks for Country Living, one of my readers will win a pair to the Nashville fair April 24-26!

Here's how:  

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good Luck!!  I hope to see you at the Nashville Country Living Fair!!

God bless!
Angie