At The Picket Fence with Vanessa Hunt

Where Ideas for your Home Meet Inspiration for your Heart

Welcome to Inspiration Friday No. 26!

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Before we kick off this week’s Inspiration Friday, we wanted to remind you of the $100!! Joss & Main giveaway we have going on here at the picket fence until this coming Monday! It couldn’t be easier to register for this giveaway and seriously…
who couldn’t use an extra $100 to buy something cool for their house?!
Now it’s time for another “copycat challenge” where we attempt to recreate one of the amazing projects shared with us at a previous Inspiration Friday party!
When Vanessa saw this darling tiered stand made out of burner covers and candlesticks, which was shared with us a couple of weeks ago by Libby from A Perfectly Crazy Life, she just knew she had to recreate it for her daughter’s upcoming Birthday Party.

All it took was one packet of Dollar Store burner covers in a lovely apple motif and 2 brass candlesticks pulled out of the closet where brass candlesticks go to die.

Some soft pink spray paint and Gorilla glue was all that was needed to finish off this easy peasy project!

This is just barely a sneak peek of what Vanessa will be sharing with you in the coming weeks from Lauren’s Tea Party Birthday. So stay tuned!!

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Now we know the stores (and some of you!!) already have Fall on the brain, but Summer is still in full swing around here and these next 2 features prove it!

First up we have Michelle from Michelle Paige who created this incredible Restoration Hardware Driftwood Mirror knock-off. We think this is absolutely gorgeous in all of it’s rusticness and Michelle even got her kids involved in this one!

Ok…so even though we are still in Summer mode, we couldn’t resist this next feature from the Beachcomber. Check out this absolutely darling Driftwood Christmas tree!

She also created an incredible driftwood jewelry holder that you must see!

Michelle from My Life as a Mrs. was determined to give her basic IKEA bookcase a little extra panache and we think she definitely succeeded with this makeover!

The gallery wall up above completes this fantastic transformation!

Patricia Ann shared with us how she transformed a table and chair set they have had for many years and gave it a whole new lease on life. Check out those gorgeous Frenchy slipcovers on the chairs!

And last but not least, Marianne from Country Glamour Home created this stunning tablescape on the porch of her beautiful home. The combination of green/black/white creates such a crisp and cool affect and we are pretty sure our invitation to sit down at this table must have gotten lost in the mail somehow…Right Marianne? 😉

If you were featured today (or have been featured in the past) please grab the featured at button located in our sidebar!

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,
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
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And the gracious Debra from Common Ground
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Be sure to head on over and visit Debra for the inaugural Design Challenge project featured during Vintage Inspiration Friday this week!


Not only are we sponsors of the Design Challenge but Heather’s dining room is the first project! Visit Common Ground and help Heather with her dining room re-do!

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 try to visit as many posts as we can but as Inspiration Friday grows and especially during the busy summer months, sometimes we miss some 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!
We would love to recommend this fabulous post over at Crafter Minds for a quick tutorial on partying at a linky party! We couldn’t say it better ourselves! “Linky Party Like a Dinner Party?”
This week’s Inspiration Friday is sponsored by

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  6. Hello Ladies! You’ve had a great week of posts and you picked some great features. I HAVE to make that tiered stand. Guess I’m heading out to the dollar store this evening. Oh I just thought, I’m going to put polka dots on mine!! I will definitely be sharing. : ) Have a great weekend. ~ Catie

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  10. I love the tiered trays! I will be making this:) Thanks for the inspiration! So many great ideas…so little time:( But, it is better to have more inspiration that we can handle, than not enough!

    Charlotte

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  14. I just love the tiered cupcake tray….I can even do that one! And thanks so much for featuring me! You are both such sweethearts!
    Marianne 🙂

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  15. Wow! Thanks so much for featuring my driftwood mirror! I so ned to make a tier and I think I need to try the driftwood Christmas tree! Thanks for all the inspiration!

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  18. Nice picks to highlight girls! Ya know, you just MISSED the opportunity to post that driftwood Xmas tree in July..then we would have really had a Christmas in July post~ I know most of these gals and am headed over to visit a couple more! xo Diana

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  22. Thanks for hosting this wonderful party! I liked up two projects (# 3 &4) and then finished a project today and decided to come link it up too. I hope that’s okay. If not, feel free to delete #4! 🙂

    I love your blog and your parties, thanks for hosting!

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  23. What a great project. I know I have some candle sticks around here some where. I can’t wait to hit the dollar store this weekend. That is a wonderful idea. Thanks for sharing and thanks for hosting this wonderful party.

    Paula

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  28. YOUR tiered tray looks awesome! I had to make mine so tall so I could fit all the fun cupcake toppers on the cupcakes 🙂 thanks for including it in the copycat challenge!

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  31. I love your blog and am a follower. As a new blogger myself, I’m linking up for the first time and look forward to many more. Thanks for hosting!

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  35. I love the tier cupcake holder! So cute and what a great idea, I can’t believe that you painted it though!.
    LOL!!
    Just kidding! I love the soft pink and the cupcakes look so good!!!!
    Enjoy your weekend girls!!
    xoxoxo

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  38. Thanks for hosting and sharing these great ideas. Love the cupcake stand & the tablesetting is beautiful. I’m going to check out how the driftwood mirror was made. Joining the party this week.

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