At The Picket Fence with Vanessa Hunt

Where Ideas for your Home Meet Inspiration for your Heart

Inspiration Friday No. 58 and a Giveaway!

 
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Spring is definitely in the air here at the Fence and we are so excited about all of the awesome ideas and inspirations we are seeing out there in Blogland!
But we are even more excited about sharing some Spring-time love with you, our friends, and offering you a chance to win another fabulous Giveaway!
This one comes to you from the incredibly talented Tahra of
 
Tahra’s Etsy shop, Designs by Tahra  is filled with so many gorgeous pieces of jewelry.
This is just a sampling of what you will find there!
Lime Green Jade, Amazonite Bracelet, Artisan Sterling Silver Beads
Apricot Quarts Earrings which dangle from a gorgeous bronze pendant.
Apricot Quartz Earrings, Onion Briolettes, Apatite Rondelles, Sterling Silver, Bronze, Wire Wrapped
Cherry Quartz Necklace Freshwater Pearl Sterling Silver Peachy Pink Wire Wrapped Bead Ball Chain
 
Sterling Silver Princess Necklace Hand Stamped Initial Amethyst
We really wanted to show you pictures of every single item in her shop because they are all so beautiful but we know you really want us to get to the
GIVEAWAY!!!

One lucky Picket Fence reader will win this absolutely gorgeous Labradorite faceted pear briolette pendant!


It is wire wrapped with oxidized sterling silver and suspended from an oxidized silver link and beautiful rolo chain. The necklace is 18 inches in length and the labradorite gemstone is 15mm x 10mm.
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 Isn’t that so fabulous?! Want to know how you can win it?
(Mandatory) 1. Visit Tahra’s Etsy Shop, Designs By Tahra, and come back to let us know which of her beautiful items was your favorite by leaving us a comment. (separate comment, 1 entry)
(Optional) 2. “Like” Designs By Tahra on Facebook and come back to let us know you did by leaving a comment. (separate comment, 1 entry)
(Optional) 3. Mention this Designs by Tahra Giveaway on Twitter or Facebook and come back to let us know you did by leaving a comment. (separate comment, 1 entry)
 
Giveaway to close on Wednesday April 4th at Midnight (EST) and is open to US residents only.
ALSO, Tahra is generously offering 10% off purchases for our friends here At The Picket Fence through the month of April…think Easter jewelry ladies!! grin! Just type in Tahra10 when checking out! 
Good luck!
 
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Now, how about checking out some of the amazing highlights from last week’s party?!!

INSPIRED ROOMS

Terry from Forever Decorating  gave her Master Bedroom a fresh coat of paint and shopped her own home to create this beautiful retreat!



We absolutely adored this room from Decorate With a Little Bit . It is so sunny and cheerful and proves that 2 decorating heads are better than one!





Our wonderful friend Ann from On Sutton Place shared her gorgeous Living Room Transformation and her talent for creating beautiful textiles is on display throughout the entire space!



MAKEOVERS

Kristin of Sophia’s Decor transformed a desk chair into this stunning creation complete with one of the most beautiful monograms we have ever seen!


Art is Beauty lived up to it’s name by transforming these “roadside rescue” cupboard doors into beautiful Vintage Inspired Art Pieces!


Kindra of At Home With K turned 3 old doors into this awesome couch and we love that she even left one of the knobs on for added charm and character!



CRAFTS AND CREATIONS

Evie of Brown Paper Packages  made these darling Decoupaged Eggs  and we can’t get enough of the bright beautiful colors!


The lovely Olga (a blogger from Greece!) showed us how to turn a large twig into this beautiful candle holder. Visit her at Stardust-Decor and Style to see how she did it!



We adore these Vintage Papercone Wreaths created by Rani of La Maison Jolie. The combination of tea stained music sheet and recycled brown paper is gorgeous! 


We loved this fun and unique DIY Easter Hat from Meeha Meeha! You’ll have to go over and see how she worked this hat into her decor!


RECIPES AND PARTIES

Spring is in the air and nothing announces the beginning of spring quite like daffodils! These Delightful Edible Daffodils created by Hollie of The Seven Year Cottage would be a delight to make and as Hollie puts it, “no shovel or bulbs required!”  

Delightful Daffodils, Daffodil Pops, Marshmallow Daffodils, Marshmallow Daffodil Pops, Edible Daffodils, Marshmallow Pops, Marshmallows, Yellow Candy Melts, Yellow Sugar Crystals, Yellow Cupcake Liners, Lollipop Sticks, Spring, Daffodils


This gorgeous plate of Spicy Tomato Bacon Spaghetti from The Kitchen is my Playground would be there perfect weekday meal for our families! I mean we all know everything is better with bacon on it! 


Peep! Peep! Who doesn’t love Peeps!? Dixie Delights hosted a Peeps Palooza including this gorgeous cake below as well as Peep Bunny-tinis! We kid you not! Now this is our kind of party!  


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INSPIRING STORIES

Barbara of 21 Rosemary Lane whisked us away to the “Emerald Isle” with incredible photos from her trip to Ireland. We’re thinking there needs to be a blogging conference there! Anyone with us?

If you were featured today (or have been featured in the past) please grab the featured at button code located in on our Buttons Page found under our header!

 
And don’t forget to hop on over on Monday to join in this fun party! You can grab your own Bunny Blog Hop Button to place on your blog from our sidebar.

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Are you following At The Picket Fence on Facebook? Don’t forget we feature many of your links during the week on our Facebook Page! If you’ve been featured there, grab a button as well! Thank you to everyone who shared so many fabulous posts with us last week! We appreciate you!
Now it’s time to share with us what has inspired you this week!
Thank you so much for joining us for Inspiration Friday at the Fence,
And…one last thing we want to share with you…Are you following us on

Pinterest

We sure hope so! BUT…We have a SPECIAL REQUEST of you, if you visit INSPIRATION FRIDAY and like to PIN the great projects you see here!


We are asking you to PRETTY PLEASE (with sugar on top) visit the ACTUAL PROJECT and PIN from there! PLEASE take that extra step to PIN from ORIGINAL SOURCES…it will make Pinterest a better place for all bloggers!  Now, if you like what you see here At The Picket Fence that WE create, then by all means pin away from here…we won’t mind! 😉

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

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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 on our Buttons Page found at top of blog) or a text link on your blog so others can join in the fun! (MANDATORY to be featured At The Picket Fence) Tutorial on how to link up a button: Blogging 101
  • Visit another guest. Please try and visit at least the link directly above and below you! We try to visit as many posts as we can but as Inspiration Friday grows sometimes we miss some and for that we apologize. It makes us feel good knowing others are visiting people as well! Thank you..it truly means a lot to us!
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Don’t forget to enter to win this awesome prize!!!

and the 10% off purchases for our friends here At The Picket Fence through the month of April. Just type in Tahra10 when checking out! 

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  9. Oh wow! What a gorgeous giveaway! I visited her etsy store. It’s hard to pick a favorite. Everything looks gorgeous, but the best one for me was “Hand Stamped Necklace, Child of the King, Sterling Silver, Freshwater Pearls”

    Just awesome 🙂

    xoxo
    Myric

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  17. Some awful nice features, girls! Bacon? Did someone say bacon? And pasta? OMGee, I could eat the whole dish! Then I would top it off with that luscious looking cupcake…. Oh, and I’m not a fan of Peeps! LOL probably the only one out there! ~ Sue

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  20. I check out her etsy shop and it’s just gorgeous. I just love the gemstone necklace. Thanks so much for hosting. You have some awesome features. I’m off to check some of them out in more detail.

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  23. I am so in love with that door couch. I have seen it several times now. I have so many spare doors around here, I can’t wait to try this out. Definitely on my list! Happy weekend girls! -K

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  24. Hi guys
    Thanks for hosting yOur partiy each week
    I am linking up from my iPad and it let me edit my post to create a link back. I am travelling and will link up when I get home . Albeit a little late.
    Have agreat weekend
    Carolyn

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  25. Thank you girls for hosting, and for the wonderful feature of the sun-filled front living room I linked. I got so excited about the feature I messed up my link this week, it’s a picture of a desk and chair and was supposed to be titled “Where do you sit to blog?” not ‘little brick cottage primed…that’s a different one. ha ha, oh well. Thank you very much! Little Bit

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  27. Since I am a huge lover of bracelets I would have to say that Boro Glass Bracelet is my favorite…just gorgeous! But th that being said I am keeping my fingers crossed for that fabulous pendant…I love this style of jewelry.

    Thank you for hosting and for the spotlighting the Images of Ireland I linked up last week. I am so with you on a conference there. I know would have absolutely no problem getting Mr. Rosemary Lane on board for that trip!!!

    Thank you again ladies and have a great weekend!

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  33. Sorry I missed last week’s party:( I’ll have to check out your featured picks; they look fantastic! Have a wonderful weekend, ladies!

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  42. Hello Ladies. I’m happy to be back and linking up for the first time in months and months. Even though I haven’t commented as often doesn’t mean I stopped following. You’ve always been one of my favorite blogs. : ) Thanks soo much for hosting. I hope to be back again next week. Have a great weekend.

    ~ Catie

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  43. Hi dear Vanessa & Heather ,
    It is such an inspiring place here from the giveaway to the great features . Thank you for giving me an opportunity to share my simple pleasure. The kind words that Vanessa wrote on my blog make me happy and grateful .

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  50. Thanks for hosting another amazing party!!! Gorgeous giveaway, gorgeous features, gorgeous blog! How could I go wrong ? 🙂
    Meegan@whatmeeganmakes

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  57. Morning Ladies! Ireland? Yes, please! It’s probably my favorite place on the planet and I’d go back in a heartbeat. Count me in! Thanks for sharing all of the fantastic features and thanks for hosting another great week of Inspiration Friday! Have an amazing weekend! ~Mary

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  60. Thank you so much for hosting this amazing party each week. You girls are AMAZING!! And thanks so much for helping me grow this week. You are the BEST!! I truly appreciate your friendship 🙂

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  61. Just love that peep cake. My sisters and I are always looking for the most outlandish peep creations, but this is the most elegant.

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  63. Thanks for hosting and for the wonderful giveaway. My favorite was the Sterling Silver Princess Necklace with Hand Stamped Initial and Amethyst Necklace that you showed. My granddaughter would love that one and I may have to get it for her.

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  72. Yay! The jewelries are so trendy and beautiful, plus the 10% discount ~ so irresistible. 🙂

    ~Lisha

    p.s. I found you through Lori’s blog at bleak2unique. I’m your newest linky follower! if you want you can linky follow me back at onehouseonecouple.blogzam.com 🙂

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  73. Hey guys! Thanks for hosting! My post is not too Spring-like “34K Granite Nightmare”, but I do hope it will help others realize mistakes happen and can cost lots. Following you and will be back for more! 🙂

    ~ Julie
    redheadcandecorate.com

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  74. Hi- thanks for hosting this great linky. This week I posted 14 USES FOR ORANGE PEELS AND A RECIPE FOR ORANGE OIL, 40 INGENIOUS USES FOR SALT and a HOT CROSS BUNS RECIPE. I have also included your linky in NMN’s directory.
    I am looking for wonderful creative bloggers to come share their posts at Seasonal Celebration Sunday over at Natural Mothers Network. And, I really hope that some of you will put Seasonal Celebration on your list linky parties to visit and link to, every Sunday/Monday! Here’s the link: https://naturalmothersnetwork.com
    Warmly,
    Rebecca x

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  76. OH MY GOSH!

    I just visited Tahra’s Etsy shop and wow- how can we choose a favorite?

    She does amazing work – and this is a super generous giveaway! Thank you!

    Please enter me. Unfortunately I am not a FB or Twitter gal – but I am an Etsy fan and a blogger!!

    My fav, though is the fresh watr pearl necklace, and right behind that is that Smokey Quartz Necklance……and I loved the Monogram M necklace she showed.

    Thanks for the discount, may be shopping for myself soon then, whee!!

    Thanks for a fun link party too. Well done.

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  77. Thank you for the linky party! I posted a Houndstooth Potholder How To and a Granny Square Afghan.

    I just checked out the Etsy shop for the giveaway and I love the Ruby Quartz Earrings Oxidized Sterling Silver Wire Wrapped. I only got my ears pierced a little over a year ago, so I am having fun building a my collection.

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