At The Picket Fence with Vanessa Hunt

Where Ideas for your Home Meet Inspiration for your Heart

Welcome to Inspiration Friday No. 61!

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Howdy party people!
Once again you did not make it easy for us to narrow down the amazing projects to feature this week. You would think you were all just a bunch of incredibly talented, creative, thoughtful, inspiring, and fabulous people or something! Winking smile

Last week announced the winner of the $25 credit to Curly Willow Collection 
and have yet to hear from her.
So, if your name is Nova (and it can’t just be a nickname that you suddenly came up with!), you are the winner and we are giving you until Monday to contact us before we pick another winner.
Hope we hear from you!

Before we jump into the highlights from last week’s party, we just wanted to take a second and let you know that we may be a little scarce around Blog-town for the next week or so.

Heather has some very important guests coming to her home next week.
They may or may not be bringing cameras to take photos of a certain room in her house.
And she may or may not be running around like a chicken with her head cut off getting ready for them to come. Oh, and these photos may or may not end up being seen by millions of readers. Just sayin’!
So, while she is frantically painting and putting on finishing touches, Vanessa is holding down the fort here at the Fence. Just know that we love ya even if we can’t visit as often!
And we promise to give you the full scoop on these pretty exciting happenings very soon!

 
Moving on, we are super excited to introduce you to our newest Sponsor!

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Uh oh…daily deals on DIY stuff??? This could be dangerous folks! Winking smile
Be sure to check out BlueMing Deals to see what kind of deal you’ll find today!

Now, are ya ready to see some features from last week? We are too!

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INSPIRED ROOMS

Sherry from Living in the Rain Garden shared her jaw-dropping Bathroom Renovation. This is one of those “you gotta see it to believe it” transformations and you will be amazed when you see how this room used to look!

 
Stacey from Conspicuous Style re-revealed her stunning Dining Room complete with new floors and wall color. This gal is just beyond talented and we would feel like we were in some swanky restaurant if we were eating dinner in that room!

 
 
MAKEOVERS

  Roeshel, a.k.a. The DIY Showoff, just never ceases to amaze us! Check out how she ended up using a thrift store chandelier. Yep. Turned it into a coffee table! So cool!

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We are so loving how Kim from Too Much Time on my Hands turned an old dresser into this one-of-a-kind garden planter! She didn’t even mind that her neighbors were looking at her like she was crazy! If they were DIY’ers they would have totally gotten it, right Kim?

 


CRAFTS AND CREATIONS
Look closely….can you guess what this mirror is made out of? Kristi from Addicted 2 Decorating showed us how to make this Chrysanthemum Mirror out of Plastic Spoons!!
Isn’t that just so neat?

From plastic spoons to dried lemons! Take a look at this beautiful Dried Lemon Wreath from Jenny at Days of Chalk and Chocolate. It looks so Spring-y!

Have you seen this Swing Set turned Fire Station from Michell at Girl in Air?? She is so incredibly creative and talented and we think her son is one blessed little guy! Michell is also becoming a local celebrity by sharing her talents in a monthly Craft Segment for a local news station.
We are so thrilled for you Michell!

RECIPES

  Lyuba of Will Cook for Smiles shared this recipe for Apple Pie Pancakes and when Vanessa’s son saw this up on the computer screen he immediately wanted to know when he would get to try them!
Soon, my boy, soon!

 
 Taryn from Design, Dining and Diapers shared this recipe for these yummy (and beautiful!)
We love finding ways to make the most out of our meals and this recipe for Deviled Ham from
With a Grateful Prayer and a Thankful Heart showed us how to get some more mileage from our leftover Easter ham!

 
INSPIRING STORIES

  This week we thought it would be fun to share an Inspiring Person with you rather than an Inspiring Story! Every week Abbie from 5 Days, 5 Ways shares with us the most incredible ideas for stretching a budget and repurposing pieces.
Like this idea for turning a skirt into a ruffled infinity scarf…

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and this one for reversible baby booties!

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But what we love most about her is that every week she also shares her heart…for God…for her family…and for her home. She is definitely the real deal in our book and we hope you will pay her a visit. We promise you will be inspired!
 
If you were featured today (or have been featured in the past) please grab the featured at button code located on our Buttons Page found under our header!
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!
Are you following us on
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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! Please pin from the ORIGINAL SOURCE and not our blog…unless it’s one of our own creations, then by all means pin away from here…we won’t mind! 😉
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:
Fridays Unfolded
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Now all ya PARTY PEOPLE it’s time to link on up…here’s some instructions for Inspiration Friday
  • 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!
    And while it’s not a requirement, we’d sure love ya to be following along with us in some capacity! Below are some great options!
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  9. Oh my goodness, ladies!

    I am totally tearing up (and blaming it on the pregnancy hormones!) over the incredibly sweet feature today. I didn’t even realize the party was open yet, and a friend gave me a heads-up about the feature, so I popped over expecting to see maybe one of my silly little projects and instead got a total blessing that honestly made my day (heck, weekend!).

    Y’all are the nicest, and I can’t thank you enough!

    ~Abbie

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  19. Congratulations to Heather! That’s exciting news! Can’t to see what magazine you’ll be featured in. And speaking of features, there’s some great ones from last week. I’ll be checking them out. Have a lovely weekend, ladies!! =)

    ~ Catie

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  26. Great features…Love the bath re-do as it looks so much like mine! and love, love Stacy’s dining room…exquisite!

    All the features today were so wonderful…so many talented and creative people.

    Thanks for hosting!…Have a wonderful weekend!

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  27. Wow, the competition is stiff! I did look at that bathroom before and after. And Roeshel’s Chandelier Coffee Table???? I love that outdoor dresser from Kim at Too Much Time, I am featuring it too! Thanks for the fabulous party, off to look at what else is here!

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  31. hi! i am your newest GFC follower! thank you so much for hosting such a fun party. my first link up with you is our dining room. maybe you can swing by to check it out.

    thank you again so much!
    samantha 🙂

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  32. Love the features! I still am amazed every day to see all of the talent and creativeness in Blogland! Thank you for hosting.
    be a sweetie,
    Shelia;)

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  38. That’s so exciting to be photographed for a magazine!!! Congratulations! And thank you so, so much or including my dining room in your features. It is an honor and means so much to me! xo
    Stacy

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  41. Such exciting news going on here 🙂 Looking forward to hearing/seeing more!

    Thanks for the feature and sharing so many awesome people and their creativity!

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  45. These have got to be the most fantastic features I’ve seen all month – they are stunning – I don’t know how I could have ever picked a favorite out of them. Can’t wait until we get more of our dining room done so we have projects to share again, this whole being sick has got me out of the groove!

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  52. Wow! I’ve been MIA from the party for a couple of weeks and judging by your incredible features, I sure have missed some amazing stuff! Can’t wait to catch up with everyone. Thanks so much for hosting Inspiration Friday every week. I always get the best tips, recipes and ideas. Hope you both have a totally outstanding weekend! ~Mary

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  55. Oh,what lovely features,I loved them all,especially the feature on Inspiring people and the ‘ruffled infinity scarf”.Thanks for hosting this lovely party I am joining in for the first time with my post on”Sketches in B/w”.I am your newest follower,would feel great if you would drop by mine.

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  59. Thanks so much for hosting! Love that spoon mirror – people are so darn creative! 😉 Oh and all the Facebook updates are amazing- magazine shoots and prom- ACK! – too much good stuff!! I’m so bad at status updates on my fb page – I really need to get better!

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