Welcome to The Scoop!!! Time to Party!

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

web.

 

Stop by every Tuesday to link up and browse through the posts. You’ll always find great inspiration for projects and discover some new blog friends, too (: 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 Katie from Sweet Rose Studio:

I'm Katie: a wife to my high school sweetheart, momma to my two little crazies, an Oreo and Chapstick addict, and an all-around crafty type of girl. I have been friends with Kristi & Kelli since junior high and am happy to be guesting as this weeks host for The Scoop party! In fact, parties are kind of my forte.

I design and offer party printables to my readers like these pink & turquoise Cupcake Party tags created for my daughter's 3rd birthday.

Click here for my Cupcake Party printable post and here to see the fun Cupcake Party in action. My Fabulous Fabric Frames would fall under the pretties category of SWS; you can see the rest of my craft projects here.

I also offer freebie printables for holidays and year round decor like this one from Audrey Hepburn:

I enjoy making handmade gifts like this Pallet Love I created for my best friends wedding. It went crazy on Pinterest and was very popular with my readers so I've added it to my Etsy shop.

I enjoy cooking and baking tasty meals for my family and have to share the best french toast recipe ever!

Stop by right now to see my ongoing Project Life scrapbook posts where I'm capturing memories of my sweet children. To keep up with everything else that is Sweet Rose Studio, you find me on Pinterest, Twitter, and Facebook. Thank you for having me this week, ladies!

Isn’t Katie SO talented? Kelli and I have been good friends with her since junior high and spent this weekend at the SNAP blog conference rooming and playing with her and were just thrilled she could co-host for The Scoop this week! Now we are 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! Sweet dough lemon loaf | Twigg Studios Living room reveal | The Turquoise Home Chalkboard wall | Furniture-ology DIY Pallet clock | Sugarbee Crafts Chalk paint chippendale chair | Remodelando la Casa

Such pretty projects shared! Can't wait to see what you all have to show us this week!

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Weekend What-Nots in Candy Colors

I used to post about my shopping finds all of the time! Why did I stop? I so enjoy seeing what you guys find on your junkin' trips! I decided to snap a few shots and show ya'll what caught my eye this weekend while I was out and about. I also wanted to promote a great little shop to visit if you're ever in the North Houston area!

In this first photo there are two new things to show you. The first is this sweet oil on canvas vintage bird painting. It was 4.99 at Goodwill and I almost didn't get it...now I'm so glad that i did! The cottage-y pastels are so springy and airy. It just has a sunshine-y, happy feel to it don't you think?

 I swap out artwork in my house constantly! Why should we not? It's like watching the ever changing seasons out of your windows. I like to keep a stack of artwork and wall hangings in a closet, and rotate them often. You'll notice them more and "rediscover" the beauty in them whenever you get them out. It's great when you have neutral furniture too, like all white. As you see I've removed the brown and black accents and am in the process of replacing them with jadeite and kitsch vintage pastels. It's like sprinkling eye candy around the room! It's so refreshing, like a spring breeze fluttering through open windows.

Oh, almost forgot! The second thing I want you to look at in this pic above is that adorable little white bench. I bought that at Ellen's Timeless Treasures, in Humble,TX. She just returned from RoundTop (where she always sets up a booth) and she returned with lots of new goodies for her shop! This bench was about $30, which I thought was a great deal. Go check it out, and tell her the Farmhouse Porch sent ya!

Next up is this HUGE vintage paint by number painting! Got it dirt cheap too. It is sort of  an "out of my comfort zone" purchase. It needs to be in just the right spot to look "right" and not cheesy I think. I plan on painting that big frame, I'm not a fan of the groovy maple look. :D I think I'll paint it a color, probably a super pale pastel. 

It has a great timeworn, crackly patina. I'm a sucker for that!

 My last little find, in keeping with the retro pastel obsession, is this 1964 Joy of Cooking cookbook for $1. It's such a lovely shade of aqua! It's packed full of jell-o and pie recipes, and swanky drawings that look like Jane Jetson's hands kneading dough. 

Are you adding any spring fresh colors to your house lately? 

Hope your day is sunny, and filled with the sweet smell of honeysuckle and cut grass!

♥Linsey

Hopes, Dreams and Home Decor

Are you like me? Do your your daydreams and wishes influence every aspect of your life?

Let me explain. Sometimes I am scared that people I know in "real life" will read my blog...and laugh at me. I am the first to admit that in many ways that aren't apparent on the outside, I am an oddball. I love bluegrass music. I really want to go to a big bluegrass festival one of these days in the Ozarks. I dare not tell people though! People my age are still going to rock concerts and pubs for fun. I'll pass. :)

 I love anything from the depression...the music, the farmhouses, the cotton pickin', baptist hymn singin', biscuit crusted pie eatin', floral feedsack dress wearin' people and ways of a day gone by. My favorite hobby is quietly walking through shops full of old junk. And would I be politically incorrect if I said that I am usually the youngest antique-er at the thrift stores and old furniture auction? Not that I'm young...you know what I mean.

I have ALWAYS been an old soul. It's just who I am!

Yes...I really do love that term..."Old Soul". It describes me perfectly. I AM a VERY old soul. I appreciate the stories of the past and the toil, sweat,and GRIT of my ancestors before me. I have always felt the urge to connect to these stories of the past. And the best way to do that is to surround yourself with the "stuff" they used and treasured. To learn about how they lived. I feel like a weak person when I reflect on the chores and strife of living in the Dust Bowl. Could I handle even one day of it I wonder?

Life was hard. How did they cope?

Illustration by Miss Elliott for the book "Favorite Hymns for Children" c. 1942

How did my great grandmother make dinner? How did she tend to all of the washing and childcare and cooking that was required each day?

Excerpt from the book "Favorite Hymns for Children" c. 1942

I wish I could watch the bustling farmhouse kitchen before a family dinner. 

 Were the women of the house constantly wearing floral aprons dusted with the flour of biscuit and pie making? That is how I imagine them.

Apron via the Etsy shop "PassedBy"

I even have movies I watch for vintage inspiration. Two of my favorites are

Places in the Heart

and the black comedy "Paper Moon"

Photograph: Paramount/Kobal

Yeah...those movies are the closest I will get to going back in time and experiencing  rural life in the South during the depression.

Judging by the stories I've heard that's probably as close as a weenie like me should get anyways. :)

I'll stick to crafting and painting for today.

Shadow has the right idea!

Thanks for reading today, my fellow "Old Souls"!

♥Linsey

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