My Summer Vacation

This year on my summer vacation, I did lots of things. I gazed at this hunk of masculinity.

Pulled a Fussy at the beach with my hat.

Traveled like the Beverly Hillbillies.

Made an Apple turnover.

Didn’t read these.

Made these.

I even redid this project. A few of you tasteful readers showed me your hutch and shelves where you used this harlequin pattern and I’ve been jealous ever since. Make yourself known in the comments you talented souls and feel free to leave a link to your posts about it. I’ve got your blogs bookmarked somewhere deep in that apple turnover so I cannot give you the credit you are due!

And I didn’t even fret about all the seams and unmatching paper you can see when you look too closely. Hopefully the photos of my boys and old house will be captivating enough to hold the attention away from my inpatient installation of scrapbook paper. Oh, and yes, it’s ok to get out your pumpkins now, it’s August!

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Home exists to serve people, not the other way around.

The size of your house doesn’t dictate the size of your hospitality.

Home should be the safest place on earth to take a risk.

Unique style always trumps trends.

Cozy doesn’t have to mean cluttered.

Minimal doesn’t have to mean cold.

It doesn’t have to be complicated to be festive.

It doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful.