Something To Talk About Link Party #3

Happy Monday!  It's that time again!  Ready to give them

SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT!

We had a lot of awesome ideas shared last week.  Here's just a sample of them.

Features

Vicki and Jennifer's picks :   Vintage Bicycle Painted Side Table from Canary Street Crafts

DIY Entertainment Center Makeover With Chalk Paint from  The Painted Hinge

CoCo's picks:     Guest Bathroom Makeover  from Furniture-ology

Little Valentine Treat from Somewhat Quirky Design

Lisa's picks: Easy Plate Gallery Wall from What Meegan Makes

Industrial Light Fixture  from Snazzy Little Things

Angie's picks: Kate Spade Inspired Valentines Decor from blue i style

Valentine Chocolates with Cookie Butter  from The Freshman Cook

Bobbi's picks: Literary Valentines From Your Favorite Books from Daily Mayo

Creative Ideas For Organizing Craft Supplies and More from Postcards from the ridge

If you were featured, be sure to grab our "I was featured!" button!

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

1    Please link to a specific post on your blog, not your blog's home page.

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 to feature your project on our blogs and on social media.  Proper credit and a link back to your post will always be given.

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!!

God bless!

Angie

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Super Quick and Easy Valentine Gift

These are super quick and easy gifts to make this week for a teacher, co-worker, friends, whomever.   It's the ol' Sharpie dots trick ;)

Start with a plain white ceramic coffee mug and the cut-out shape of your choice.  I'm using the ever popular heart.  You can cut your shape out of a sticker page or plain paper with a bit of glue stick lightly added to the back.

Select the Sharpie colors you would like to use.  

Begin with one color and simply add dots around the edge of the cut out.  Then add more dots.

And add more and more dots, changing colors as you move away from the cut out.  Once you're happy with the amount of dots, remove the cut out and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.  

That's it!!  Once it's cooled, fill with your favorite candy and it's ready to give.

There are so many options for this technique.  My oldest made party favors for her friends using their initials on each cup.  What design would you do?

Thanks for stopping by and God bless!

Angie

I'm linking here:
THE STYLE SISTERS
JENNIFER RIZZO
HOME STORIES A TO Z
FROM MY FRONT PORCH TO YOURS

COMMON GROUND

HAVE A DAILY CUP OF MRS. OLSON
COASTAL CHARM'S NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY

FRIDAYS UNFOLDED

FEATHERED NEST FRIDAY

ONE MORE TIME EVENTS

TWIRL AND TAKE A BOW 
SAVVY SOUTHERN STYLE

STONEGABLE
UNDER THE TABLE AND DREAMING

A DELIGHTSOME LIFE
ART IS BEAUTY

CLEVER CHICKS BLOG HOP DIY SHOWOFF IT'S OVERFLOWING

THREE MANGO SEEDS

ELIZABETH JOAN DESIGNS

WEEKEND CRAFTS

PRETTY PINTASTIC PARTY
THOUGHTS FROM ALICE
HYMNS AND VERSES
MISS MUSTARD SEED
CONFESSIONS OF A PLATE ADDICT

Interview of a Lifetime

Yesterday I shared with you that I had recently attended the Nashville Antiques and Garden Show.  I, along with about 20 other bloggers, was invited by Nashville StyleBlueprint to preview the show as well as to meet several well-known designers, artists, and editors.

Hello, chance of a lifetime!  Y'all, I'm still questioning, "Did that really just happen?" 

Ok, snapping out of it, let me tell you who was there:  Suzanne Kasler, well-known interior designer from Atlanta, author, founder of Suzanne Kasler Design, and designer with Ballard Designs; Carolyn Englefield, editor of Veranda Magazine and author; Kreis Beall, founder of Blackberry Farm and Blackberry Design; Margot Shaw, editor of flower magazine; Michael Devine of Michael Devine Handpainted Fabrics; and Christopher Spitzmiller of Christopher Spitzmiller, Inc., Handmade Ceramic Lamps.

I'll admit.  I had to do a little research before the interview so I would be prepared.  And, I really had no idea once I knew more about each of them what exactly I wanted to ask them!  Here are these great, successful designers, artists, and editors, a chance to pick their brains and I was going blank.  Thankfully, the questions weren't up to me.  We did get a chance to ask personally and talk to each so I was able to collect my thoughts and ask.

This is after the panel interview.  We moved upstairs to a champagne reception to continue!

Here are some of the questions and their answers.

Q:  Where do you find inspiration for your design/work?

A:  The biggest majority of the interviewee said...PARIS!  (Enough said...I'm ready to go get inspired!)  A couple of others mentioned life, travel, and nature.  Carolyn Englefield quoted this about staying inspired.  "Beauty is everywhere.  Open your eyes wide enough to see it."  

Q:  Do you have a professional rule (or goal) that you've followed to get to where you are?

A:  Do what you love, follow your instincts. Carolyn Englefield
      Eliminate the hard decisions. and Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Till the good is better and 
      the better is best. Kreiss Beall
      To thine own self be true.  Michael Devine
      It's a narrative of yourself that you build.  Be authentic.  Margot Shaw

Q:  How do you measure the effectiveness of your brand?

A:  Word of mouth and exposure seemed to be the most common answer.  Bloggers have really
       helped in the area of sharing things their readers.

Q:  What are some things you see on the horizon, i.e. colors, styles, trends?

A:  (this is a compilation of their answers)  Prussian blue is a classic and is translatable across many
      design styles.  Paprika does seem to be emerging more.  As for style, bring those things that
      inspire back home but keep something familiar in the freshness.  People like to try new styles but
      they also like to recognize things from the past along with the fresh.  Go for updated classic.
      Style evolves.  When you respond to something, bring that in. - Suzanne Kasler

Several of the interviewees have written some beautiful books on design.  If you're interested in any of them, here is a link to Amazon.  This is an affiliate link. :)

The Altered Past on Amazon

           

       

       


I hope you've enjoyed the interview and will check out their books.  I have a couple already and have the rest on my wish list.  Thanks for stopping by and God bless!

Angie


I'm linking here:
THE STYLE SISTERS
JENNIFER RIZZO
HOME STORIES A TO Z
FROM MY FRONT PORCH TO YOURS

COMMON GROUND

HAVE A DAILY CUP OF MRS. OLSON
COASTAL CHARM'S NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY

FRIDAYS UNFOLDED

FEATHERED NEST FRIDAY

ONE MORE TIME EVENTS

TWIRL AND TAKE A BOW 
SAVVY SOUTHERN STYLE

STONEGABLE
UNDER THE TABLE AND DREAMING

A DELIGHTSOME LIFE
ART IS BEAUTY

CLEVER CHICKS BLOG HOP DIY SHOWOFF IT'S OVERFLOWING

THREE MANGO SEEDS

ELIZABETH JOAN DESIGNS

WEEKEND CRAFTS

PRETTY PINTASTIC PARTY
THOUGHTS FROM ALICE
HYMNS AND VERSES
MISS MUSTARD SEED
CONFESSIONS OF A PLATE ADDICT

Nashville Antiques and Garden Show 2015

This past week I was invited to attend the Nashville Antiques and Garden Show.  If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you probably saw my pics and tweets from it.  All I can say is if you've never been...go!  The booths and displays are absolutely gorgeous.  Definite eye candy!  

I'm not going to comment a lot during this post so just stroll along with me as we explore the booths.  

Beautiful floral display in the lobby as you enter.  

This was one huge piece of driftwood that was turned on its side to use as a console table.

Hello old, beautiful books.  Please come to my house and live...bring the shelves with you.

These were seriously cool blueprints of street signs.  They had lots of different ones.

Want this cow head!

Love this silver and moss display under glass.

How about this view of the booths from a room upstairs!  The group was invited upstairs to a champagne reception to meet Kreis Beall of Blackberry Farm, Suzanne Kasler of Suzanne Kasler Interiors (and you probably recognize her name from Ballard Design), Carolyn Englefield, editor of Veranda magazine,  Margot Shaw of Flower magazine, and a few others but I'll tell you more about the interview with them later this week.  They were very gracious in sharing about their design inspirations and more.

Thanks for stopping by.  Don't forget to check back for the interviews with the designs.

God bless!
Angie

I'm linking here:
THE STYLE SISTERS
JENNIFER RIZZO
HOME STORIES A TO Z
FROM MY FRONT PORCH TO YOURS

COMMON GROUND

HAVE A DAILY CUP OF MRS. OLSON
COASTAL CHARM'S NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY

FRIDAYS UNFOLDED

FEATHERED NEST FRIDAY

ONE MORE TIME EVENTS

TWIRL AND TAKE A BOW 
SAVVY SOUTHERN STYLE

STONEGABLE
UNDER THE TABLE AND DREAMING

A DELIGHTSOME LIFE
ART IS BEAUTY

CLEVER CHICKS BLOG HOP DIY SHOWOFF IT'S OVERFLOWING

THREE MANGO SEEDS

ELIZABETH JOAN DESIGNS

WEEKEND CRAFTS

PRETTY PINTASTIC PARTY
THOUGHTS FROM ALICE
HYMNS AND VERSES
MISS MUSTARD SEED
CONFESSIONS OF A PLATE ADDICT

Something To Talk About Link Party #2

Wow you guys!  The premiere of our Something To Talk About Link Party last week was amazing.  So many great ideas, recipes, and projects were shared.  It was pretty hard to pick one to feature.  (Glad we each got to pick a couple!)

Here are just some of the great things that were linked up last week.

Angie's picks: Turning Plain Cabinet Into Something  from Patina Paradise

                        Is This My Dining Room?  from Sandra's Ark

Vicki and Jennifer's picks : Valentine Memo Chalkboard  from Southern Couture

                Valentine Conversation Stones and Free Printable  from My Creative Days

CoCo's picks: DIY Valentine Banner    from Little Blue House By The Bay              

                       Pretty Cool Stool Makeover with MMSMP   from Past Present Patina

Lisa's picks: DIY Faux Brick Wall Reveal From My Front Porch to Yours

                     Bees Wax Candles  from All Things Heart and Home

Bobbi's picks: French Hutch with MMSMP and White Wax from Slightly Coastal  
                        Plank Wall in Master Bathroom from Bless'er House

If you were featured, be sure to grab our "I was featured!" button!

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

1    Please link to a specific post on your blog, not your blog's home page.

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 to feature your project on our blogs and on social media.  Proper credit and a link back to your post will always be given.

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!!

God bless!

Angie

An InLinkz Link-up