Inspiration Friday Party No. 16!

Welcome! Notice anything different about the Fence this week?

 I (Vanessa) had to highjack this post for a bit to let you know that I had absolutely NOTHING to do with the fantastic facelift our little ol' blog received. All of the credit goes to my incredibly talented sister Heather!

Ok, so technically I did have SOMETHING to do with it...I said a lot of things like,

"Oh my goodness!"

"I love it, love it, love it!"

"You totally rock!" 

"It looks gorgeous!"

"I would totally hire you to do this if we weren't already blogging together!"

So, thank you sweet sister of mine!

And speaking of Heather, here is a little something she has been working on...

Ugh!  Is anyone as sick of the rain as we are around here?  I asked Bama Boy if he had moved us back to Seattle while I was sleeping cause our cloudy, rainy days here have reminded me so much of our weather when we were living there.  Don't get me wrong I LOVE Seattle...just not the cloudy, drizzly days so much.  So this endless rain has prevented us from getting our garden planted.  We have four large raised beds and we are some gardening fools around here.  Bama Boy even makes his own pickles!  I know pretty impressive right?...sorry he's taken ladies. ;)  Since planting has been put on hold and The Girl and I were craving to get our hands in some dirt, we decided we needed to go ahead and plant our annual herbs.  A few weeks ago I stumbled across this adorable wire basket thingy...literally stumbled.

It was smack in the middle of the aisle at Goodwill.  I think I bought it for a whopping budget busting $3.00, and had it sitting in the corner of the kitchen waiting for some inspiration on what to do with it.  Then as I was wandering through Ikea the other day I saw these

and an idea formed.  They would be perfect in the top basket of my wire basket thingy.  But, I knew they were too tall for the bottom two baskets so the hunt was on for two shallower galvanized buckets.  Lo and behold I found them at my newest obsession, Garden Ridge.

They were perfect! and cheap!  My favorite combination!  We headed off to Lowe's (sheeh! They should pay me for as many times as I mention them in a post) and purchased several of our favorite herbs. And we got to planting.

So cute!  But it needed just a little something extra

Much Better!

And because of the wonderful handle we can leave  our herbs outside or inside

Now that's a cute herb basket!...and one cute girl!

And now, onto the Inspiration Friday Features!

We were talking this week about how many amazing Paint Projects had been linked up at last week's party. So, that has become the theme for this week's Features. Let's just say that we are Painting the Picket Fence today!

Every week Vivienne from The V-Spot links up the most amazing projects! And this one was no exception. Would you believe that these tissue paper pom-poms have been spray painted? Neither did we!

Aren't those beautiful? We would have been too chicken to try this ourselves for fear of the paper falling apart. But not Vivienne! She went forth into unchartered territory so that we could all benefit from her courage with tissue paper. We thank you Vivienne!

Next up we have Kelsy from Trial and Style who linked up not one but TWO incredible paint projects.

 This gorgeous stencil treatment in their master bedroom.

And an amazing transformation of a laminate/mdf desk

This is one talented gal and you should definitely pay her a visit!

Our next paint project comes to us from Chris at Us and Them.

Would you believe those stripes are painted on?

Well, believe it! We are just loving the fabulous nautical vibe that was achieved here!

And finally we have Kadie from Seven Alive.

She took this everyday, run of the mill, hand-me-down TV tray

And transformed it into this darling Craft and Activity station for her kiddos!

Wouldn't this be perfect for long car rides? Or any car ride actually!

Thank you to everyone who linked up last week despite the Great Blogger Freeze of 2011!

We certainly appreciate each and every one of you and can't wait to see what you have been up to this week!

Please NOTE the NEW Inspiration Friday Buttons located in the sidebar with codes.  

Feel free to grab the NEW Featured At Button  if you were featured at today's party or during the week as a Facebook Feature!  We have started featuring several links during the week on our Facebook page, so make sure you join us over there to see if you are featured! (did we say the word feature enough?? grin.)

Thank you so much for joining us for Inspiration Friday at the Fence,

 When you are done linking up head over and party with the other Friday Party Friends

The lovely Courtney at French Country Cottage

Our beautiful friend Alison from Stuff and Nonsense

And the gracious Debra from Common Ground

Now all ya PARTY PEOPLE it's time to link on up...here's the rules!

•  Friend At The Picket Fence in some capacity
• Link Up any post you've written that has Inspired You and will Inspire Others-it can be a home improvement project, craft, recipe, story, devotional...if it inspires link it up!
• Be sure to link back to your original post and not just your url (main blog address)
• Please post our button (code in the sidebar) or a text link on your blog so others can join in the fun! (MANDATORY)
• Visit another guest Please try and visit at least the link directly above and below you!  We are trying so hard between writing posts, homeschooling, and taking care of our families..grin..to visit everyone's posts. Sometimes we miss one and for that we apologize.  It makes us feed good knowing others are visiting people as well!  Thank you..it truly means a lot to us! 

This Inspiration Friday is sponsored by

 Don't forget to enter our Etsy Giveaway still going on right now, where you could win one of La Famille At Home's Numbered Burlap Pillows featured in the May edition of Country Living Magazine!!  How cool is that?!