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October 8, 2011

A word “for” our sponsors…

 
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Each month we will be sharing  our fabulous sponsors with you and some of their incredible talent through their products!  Among the many wonderful things that have happened since starting our journey with you, has been the opportunity to work with some amazing businesses. And we feel honored to be connected with such great companies!
Up first we’d like to introduce you to our newest sponsor. Not only is she a fabulous blogger she’s also become a dear friend! When Ann unveiled her new etsy shop, we were so impressed with her talent and attention to detail! We are so excited to have Ann and
joining us here At The Picket Fence!
Ann, has the most beautiful pillows and other linens for sale in her shop! Check out some of these beauties you can purchase right now!
Country French Linen Toile Pillow Cover Zipper Closure 20 x 20 Cream, Blue and Taupe Gold, Orange and Cinnamon reversible pillow cover zipper closure 20 x 20

Apple Green Christmas Stocking Cuffed Ribbon Hanger Lined 16 in. long Red Homespun and Red Ticking Christmas Stocking Cuffed Ribbon Hanger Lined 16 in. long

We’ll take one of each please!! Would you like one of Ann’s beautiful items? Well stay tuned because next week we will be hosting a giveaway from Sutton Place Designs for our friends here At The Picket Fence! Head over and visit Ann’s lovely shop to see all of the other lovely items she has for sale!
We were also excited to work with the next company a few weeks ago.  Maggie is the owner of
The Lime Bow -          Specialty Boutique
The Lime Bow and she’s only 17! We love the entrepreneurship  shown by this young lady and she’s extremely talented! Here are some of the bows from her Fall Collection:
 
and from her Christmas Collection:
 
You can see many of the other beautiful bows Maggie has for sale over at The Lime Bow!
 
We started working with this awesome company shortly after we launched and we think they are just fabulous!
Simple Stencil
The Simple Stencil has the most incredible stencils…truly something for everyone!
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both of us have used their stencils several times and we are so pleased with their product! If you’re looking for some great lettering for your walls or projects please check out The Simple Stencil!
We are always so impressed with the lovely items available at
unexpected Elegance
Unexpected Elegance specializes in vintage or antique items and create one of a kind pieces from the “unexpected!” Angela always has beautiful and “unexpected” items for sale in her shop.
 h a n d m a d e  Birch Napkin Rings with Metal Numbered Plaques
We love these homemade birch numbered napkin rings! They would be so beautiful among an autumn table setting!
Burlap Damask Handbag with Yellow Embellishments
We also think this jute/burlap bag is just lovey and so unique!
Visit Unexpected Elegance for even more lovely and unexpected items!
If you love all things vintage you’ll love The Old Block House Cherished Hearts Vintage
We just love these  beautiful grain sacks!
 
Old Blue Jar Ball Mason Quart - One Jar Rolling Pins Farm House Vintage Set of 2
and look at the lovely colors in these Ball jars and Rolling Pins! Just lovely!
You can find many more vintage items at Cherished Hearts Vintage!
Our next sponsor is so talented, but not only is Andrea from Signs by Andrea talented she’s a sweetheart too!
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When Heather admired a sign that Andrea had linked up to Inspiration Friday..Andrea sent it to her!! Um, hello…how sweet is that! Andrea has a sign to fit any need or budget and can even customize a sign for you.
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Here are some of the Fall signs that Andrea has available right now:
 
Visit Signs By Andrea to see all of the lovely signs she has available!
We were excited about the opportunity to work with two of our favorite online stores!
Joss & Main Dresses from Shabby Apple
If you are not a member of either of these fabulous retailers we invite you to visit them through our links in our sidebar under sponsors! 
We are so grateful for the privilege of not only working with these incredible companies but also for the friendships which have developed with them as a result.
Please pay these talented folks a visit and let them know the girls from the fence sent you!
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of At The Picket Fence we’d love to have you as part of our team! We are currently offering a special advertising rate for the remainder of the fall!

$5 for Fall

If you sign up to advertise with us anytime during October or November* for a 2 month commitment we will offer you a sidebar ad for $5 for each of the months, that’s $10 for two months of advertisement! If you are a current sponsor of At The Picket Fence you can also purchase this special price to add to the end of your current contract! That’s a great deal folks! *Two month time period will begin from day of payment.

For more information you can visit our Advertise With Us page or email us for specifics! We’d love to have you as a sponsor of At The Picket Fence!

And another big thank you to our lovely sponsors and to you our READERS for supporting At The Picket Fence by paying our sponsors a visit! We appreciate you!

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  1. Confessions of a Plate Addict says

    October 8, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    Beautiful things! There really are some creative ladies in blogland! Hope you are having a great weekend!…hugs…Debbie

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  2. Ann from On Sutton Place says

    October 8, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    Thanks for the plug girls! I consider both of you dear friends as well. It’s really nice of you to publish a post such as this. So appreciate it!

    Reply
  3. Judy says

    October 8, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    Those are all beautiful. I’m off to check out more of their stuff.

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  4. Jann Olson says

    October 9, 2011 at 3:43 AM

    Wonderful! There are some very talented ladies (and girls) out there!

    Reply

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I've been watching our cherry trees bloom for 12 y I've been watching our cherry trees bloom for 12 years now and every year I ohhhh and ahhhh over the blossoms like it's the first time I've ever seen them. I gush and I take photos (that look exactly like the ones I took the year before and the year before that) and I make my family come outside and look at them with me which you know they just LOVE to do. 😉 I think that is one of the main reasons why I love spring so much. On the one hand, it's predictable and yet, on the other hand, it still feels like such a surprise after the long months of barren branches.

And yesterday, as I was staring at the gorgeous blossoms for the umpteenth time, I couldn't help but think that I hope this is how I feel when our lives return to some semblance of normalcy.

I hope that the predictable feels special and that the typical feels anything but. I hope that I ohhh and ahhh over the simple things I've realized I've taken for granted. And, most of all, I hope that feeling doesn't go away for a very, very long time! 💗
Are you living with great expectation friends? Bec Are you living with great expectation friends? Because He is risen!

Happy Easter from my home to yours!
Lemon bars all ready for tomorrow! It’s going to Lemon bars all ready for tomorrow! It’s going to be a different kind of Easter for sure but some things don’t change. Have you been baking and getting ready for tomorrow? What’s one thing on your menu that you have to have every year?
If this is Good Friday, why doesn’t it feel so “good”? It all seems backward doesn’t it?

What could be good about the unspeakable pain he suffered? What could be good about the shame and betrayal?

Easter Sunday is so joyful, bright and cheery. Shouldn’t that be the day we call “good”? It just feels so much better!

But, I don’t know how to rejoice over His resurrection, unless I have felt the pain of His death. I have realized that in life the sweetest victories are the ones which were realized after a pain-filled journey.

And, so it is with Good Friday. I know there will be victory over death, but I can’t skip ahead in the story.

Jesus knew what was coming. He knew what he would experience. And he knew why he would go through it. He did it for me. He did it for you.

Do you know that? Have you felt it down in the very core of your soul? 
Sometimes it makes me squirm a bit. Why would anyone do that for me?

Well, because, I can’t do it for myself!

There is nothing I can do to earn that kind of love and mercy.

That is why it is called GRACE.

His grace is freely given. We don’t have to pay for it. He paid the price for us already.

Do you remember that movie from years ago called “Ransom”? A couple’s young son was kidnapped and the parents went to hell and back trying to find him and pay the “ransom” demanded by the kidnappers.

Well, Jesus is our “ransom”. (1 Timothy 2:6) His life was the payment.

Why is it called “Good Friday”? Because that wasn’t the end of the story….
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…It was just the beginning!
Raise your hand if there’s a table in your house Raise your hand if there’s a table in your house that’s become the landing zone for ALL THE THINGS! 🙋🏻‍♀️🤪 I’ve never been more thankful for our rarely used dining room table as it’s become command central for school books and laptops and games.

Where are things collecting in your house right now?
“Sighing, tears, frustration, anger.” Every si “Sighing, tears, frustration, anger.” Every single one of these emotions has made their way through our home in recent days and, my guess is, they have in your home too.

I SO needed this reminder today from the new book ‘Adore’ by @sarahagertywrites.

Adoration isn’t just sitting at His feet gazing longingly with stars in my eyes. It’s bringing my fears and my sorrows and gray roots in my hair that desperately needs to be colored and my messy house and all of the things that threaten to send me over the edge right now and laying them down before Him, soaking up His word and His presence so that when I stand back up, I am changed for having spent the time adoring the ONE who is... Healer, comforter, peace-giver, deliverer, redeemer.

What do you need to bring to Him today? I’ll share mine in the comments and I’d love to hear from you too!
I’ve always loved evenings, but since this whole I’ve always loved evenings, but since this whole lockdown thing began, I’ve come to appreciate this time of day even more.

It feels the most...normal. Daytime is strange and foreign right now. My husband has taken over our home office, I’m suddenly taking over the responsibility of managing my kids’ distance learning and let me just say that teaching 7th grade algebra to my daughter is hugely ironic since I struggled with math all the way through school. I’m trying to do my own work but it feels utterly futile with the constant interruptions which take precedence right now. In the daytime, I’m constantly reminded of how upside down life feels.

But, in the evening, I cook dinner like I’ve always done and we gather around the table like we’ve always done and we laugh and tell stories and then clean up and play games or go on a walk or watch a show. And that feels SO gloriously normal.

So now I love evenings even more than I ever did before and I’m so grateful for this little chunk of time where the rhythms we established years ago are helping to sustain us now when so much of life feels outside of our control.

What feels ‘normal’ to you right now? Whatever it is, keep doing it. 🌿
When I was in college I would frequently call home When I was in college I would frequently call home and pour my heart out to my mom, sharing with her all that was happening in my life in that completely unfiltered way that you can talk with the person who potty trained you. These phone calls usually took place at night and my mom would patiently listen as I vented frustrations about professors, roommates, boyfriends and the food in the cafeteria. And, inevitably, they would end with my mom saying, “Everything seems worse when you’re tired. Try not to overthink things or make any major decisions tonight, especially when you are feeling emotional.” Dear friends, may I pass along this advice to you today?

If you don’t absolutely HAVE to make a decision right now, I want to encourage you to wait until life gets back to normal. If you are finding yourself over-analyzing relationships and family dynamics, I want to encourage you to remember that everything seems more dramatic when looked at under a microscope. And, let’s face it, being homebound with our loved ones non-stop makes us all feel like lab rats in an experiment.

If you are tempted to quit a job, start a business, start homeschooling permanently, stop homeschooling permanently, move to a new city, buy a farm, quit pursuing your dream, join a commune or make any other major life decision just…wait. Because, if it is in fact the right decision, it will be made even clearer once our lives return to their ‘regularly scheduled programming’. Instead, in this strange season, let’s all just take a deep, collective breath and let it out slowly, releasing the anxiety that threatens to overtake us. Let’s help each other maintain some perspective and not slip into a posture of over-thinking every little thing in our lives. Let’s remember that the enemy of our souls would love nothing more than to use this time when things feel dark to manipulate us into thinking that aspects of our lives are worse than they actually are.

My prayer for you in these days is that you will have the clarity to know what is true and that you will be filled with peace even while we live in this season of so many unknowns.
Raise your hand if you’re doing more baking thes Raise your hand if you’re doing more baking these days! 🙋🏻‍♀️ I’m trying to avoid gaining the #corona15 but my daughter and I LOVE baking together and it does help to pass the time plus it counts as a science lesson right?

If you’re able to find flour in the stores (for the love people please stop overbuying!) and you’re doing more baking at your house too you need to add this apricot bread to your list of new recipes to try!

Normally I’d point you to my blog for the directions but I’m going to do you a solid and leave the full recipe in the comments.

What have you baked so far during this time of social distancing? I’d love some new ideas!
There are a LOT of people out walking in our neigh There are a LOT of people out walking in our neighborhood right now (but still social distancing!) and she decided that she wanted to bring them some joy and put a smile on their face when they pass by our house. Also, the square with ‘say no to coronavirus’ is priceless. 😂 I just love her so much!
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