The Farmhouse Porch

Monday, May 27, 2013

Welcome Back to The Scoop!

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We are...

Kelli and Kristi LollyJane

Anita Cedar Hill Ranch Linsey Farmhouse Porch

Samantha Crafty Texas Girls

This week our guest host is Amy from All Things Home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hello from a Tennessee girl with a strong southern accent.

I started my blog, All Things Home, almost three years ago with the help of my encouraging, computer savvy son. It began as a place to share my love of “home”. It continues to be that and hopefully more.

Three years ago I took a trip to Pennsylvania that changed a lot of who I was. During that trip, I fell completely in love with the simplicity and beauty of the Amish homesteads I was seeing. I returned home on a mission for change in my home and in my life.

My blog has become a place to share my love of timeless heirlooms. It is where I share how simple can be beautiful. I love searching for that “just right” treasure to bring home. I love thinking up stories in my mind of how a piece was once used in a farmhouse many years ago. What stories may have been told around an old farm table are fascinating to me.

I see beauty in things that other people may see as old and worn out. Rusty and chippy are beautiful to me and show me that something has been loved…loved a whole bunch.

Of all the treasures in my life, there is one that is far greater than all the others and that is my faith.

Faith, family, friends, and home are what All Things Home is all about.

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Thanks for joining us Amy!! Let's take a look at your creative projects, chosen from last week's party! "The Scoop" party features this week were by chosen by Anita of Cedar Hill Ranch.

Here are the features for this week - Back Porch Musings - Bouquets and Bell Jars

MT - Tails - The Big Huge News and Magic Fairies

Common Ground - What's Growing On

Natasha in Oz - Chai Tea Cookies

Shaken Together - Cupcake Bunting

Gourley Girl and Guy - Egg Basket Pendant Light

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Welcome to The Scoop Link Party!

Welcome to The Scoop, the weekly link party that features the scoop on the best posts from around the web.

As always, add your link to our blog and it automatically shows up on 5 amazing blogs. More exposure + less time = win win!

We are Linsey from Farmhouse Porch, Anita from Cedar Hill Ranch, Samantha from Crafty Texas Girls and Kelli & Kristi from Lolly Jane. Each week we highlight one of our favorite bloggers as a special guest host.

This week, please welcome Kristy from The Diary of Dave's Wife.

My real name is Kristy but you can Call me DavesWife. I am a Wife and Momma to One Funny Little Boy and a new Baby Boy! I {LOVE} them Dearly. I call Sunny Arizona {Home} & {Live} to create things with my own two hands. I {LOVE} the Color Red, and anything with Polk-a-dots, or Stripes.

I am a collector of pretty Shoes,

Preferably HIGH heels. I have a {GOOD} relationship with my power drill & I {Adore} spending time in My Kitchen Where I Whip up Yummy Things to share with my Friends and Family. The Diary of DavesWife is where I share it all. Here are just some of the awesome things you can find on Kristy's site!

Her Kitchenaide Mixer, Dottie

Blackberry Bars

Salted Caramel Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies

DIY Pelmet Box

Changing Pad Cover Changing Pad Cover Tutorial

Isn't Kristy the cutest? We were so happy she could co-host for The Scoop this week while enjoying her sweet bundle of boy while on maternity leave. We are now excited to share some of YOUR creative projects from last week’s party! Let’s take a look at this weeks features and please be sure to link back so we can feature you at the next party!

Nutella Swirl Brownies |Shaken Together

Lemon Sugar Scrub |A Pumpkin and a Princess

Faux Wire Basket |Laura's Crafty Life

Hello Sunshine Sign |The Cards We Drew

Table Top Flower Box |Harbour Breeze Home

Rustic Farmhouse Table |Rustique Restoration

Now it’s your turn. Link up on my blog, and your post shows up on 5 blogs!

Iced Tea...Texas Style

Howdy howdy! I hope you are all safe and sound and tornado free. As bloggers, we never know exactly where our audience is. You could be reading this in Alaska, Hong Kong or Moscow for all I know! That's such a neat concept.

I am in Houston,TX. And let me tell you...summer smacked us in the face this week! It went from mild to 90 overnight. The Dallas/ Fort Worth area is the place I call home. I still haven't mentally become a Houstonian. But I digress...

When the temps soar and the cicadas starts buzzing, there's only one drink for a true Texan. Iced tea of course! Setting up a drink station is one of the simplest and most elegant ways to entertain during the summer, and it's certainly not my original idea. All over Pinterest you can see the most beautiful and over the top drink stations (and cocoa stations, and candy stations...). But even when you're only having a few guests over, you can whip up a pared down version in no time. I like the idea of clearing off a piece of furniture away from the kitchen (where the crowds congregate during a get together) and setting out a "help yourself" drink buffet.

This is a very small and simple example. Perfect for a small get together. This is in my dining room on the hutch, but wouldn't it be wonderful on a big porch?

I bought some little chalkboard stands at a floral supply store on my recent trip to New Hampshire. I gathered just a few items that I had on hand. The lemons were left over from our crawfish boil this weekend, and the mint is from my garden.

Mint, lemon and sugar are just the basics. I love adding mango chunks or orange slices on a pretty plate too.

And isn't this dough bowl cute? It is from a great shop called Farmhouse Decor. Ladies...you MUST check out this online store!

I love the way the bowl has been distressed. Check it out!

You would never know that it isn't super old.

I've never seen anything like it in a store. It really is beautifully unique and well made.

I know I will be using this wonderful trencher for every season. Won't it be perfect for autumn, full of little white pumpkins, apples or acorns? Please go check out Farmhouse Decor. The owner is a a blogger too! Her name is Barb and she would be delighted to have you stop by HERE

I also did another painting recently. What do you think?