tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25410447707069122352024-02-20T08:13:32.737-05:003 little MiraclesLaura Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820002602481423676noreply@blogger.comBlogger909125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541044770706912235.post-49248860267705437392017-01-31T11:40:00.001-05:002017-01-31T11:40:36.404-05:00Mary & Martha {Monthly Specials}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Laura Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820002602481423676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541044770706912235.post-33967488357522181202016-07-29T10:48:00.001-04:002016-07-29T10:57:12.312-04:00Living in the &<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">People see the Ampersand symbol on our Mary&Martha products and wonder what is that all about?</span></div>
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The<span style="font-size: x-large;"> &</span> in our slogan Living in the <span style="font-size: x-large;">&</span> refers to</div>
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Having Faith AND Works</div>
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its about being a Mary AND a Martha</div>
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its about having a heart for God AND serving people practically in our world today.</div>
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When you see an <span style="font-size: x-large;">&</span> it should remind you to keep you mind focused on eternal things</div>
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like relationships and to serve others through the details like Martha did for Jesus.</div>
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our focus should be on eternal things</div>
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and let it remind you can do that through serving others.</div>
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Laura Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820002602481423676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541044770706912235.post-56107539865579226882016-07-28T10:32:00.001-04:002016-07-28T10:32:36.552-04:00Mary & Martha Fall Product Preview<div style="text-align: center;">
Coming August 1st our gorgeous Mary & Martha product line will be expanding to more than 50+ products in our Fall 2016 Catalog. I want to help you and your friends to buy products that help you to welcome, serve & connect. </div>
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Here are just a FEW of our new products</div>
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Joy Nested Ceramic Bowls (set of 3) #16221 - $56</div>
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Mango Wood His Abundance Wooden Tiered Server #89544 - $99</div>
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Personalized wooden 17 1/2" Lazy Susan #16214 - $120</div>
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Overflowing Pitcher with the message "The joy of the Lord will fill you to overflowing" </div>
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#16223 - $38</div>
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New Mercies Cup and Saucer set (holds 12 oz.) #16224 - $26</div>
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His Goodness Lazy Susan with the message " May His goodness surround us. May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us. Psalm 90:17" - $68</div>
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Give Thanks Wooden Pedestal with the message </div>
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"Give thanks to the Lord for He is good! Psalm 106:1: #16240 - $52 </div>
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featured along with our NEW Gather Together Wooden Cake Topper #106235 - $18</div>
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Our August Hostess and Customer Specials are AMAZING and you can take advantage of these great deals starting August 1st. Contact me via my facebook page @lauraannmaryandmartha or visit my personal consultant webpage at http://www.mymaryandmartha.com/lauracole</div>
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If you would like more information about Mary & Martha I would love to share more with you about how you too can invest in your own business and walk through the door of possibilities. Mary & Martha is a place where you can grow your business & faith together while also growing a sisterhood of woman of faith around you in this business. It truly is an amazing experience! </div>
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Laura Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820002602481423676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541044770706912235.post-50052238613299817022016-07-03T22:12:00.002-04:002016-07-05T21:03:05.336-04:00Inspiring Feminine Office Spaces<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
When I am trying to create an office niche for myself, of course, I want to create a space that inspires my creativity and speaks to my feminine side. </div>
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In reality, I have a very small square footprint to work within and the space I have to work with for office space has to work for both my husband and myself (but I am the one who uses it primarily). </div>
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BUT if I was specifically looking to design a space just for me, then I would choose to have bright space with sleek creative organization systems.</div>
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I would love a clear organized desktop and in front of me a wall that I could pin inspiring images, swatches or have books close at hand and either a pink or white chair.</div>
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I hope these spaces inspire you as much as they inspire me. You can find these and more on my Pinterest boards <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/laura_h_cole/">HERE</a>.</div>
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We have lived the past 13 years with my parents in a 3 bedroom open floor plan space that provides us just the right amount of what we NEED in our part of the house, but not necessarily the storage space or the things we WANT. I could truly use a space for Homeschooling the boys and for running by photography business, which does involve a certain amount of laying stuff out to bundle and craft the final photo package, so right now I am having space and craft room envy. So as usual, I am going back to my design school roots and searching magazines, books, and the internet for inspiration and filling up <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/laura_h_cole/">my Pinterest boards</a> with my ideas. One of my favorite places to hunt on the internet is <a href="http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/2535964/thumbs/laura-coles-ideas">Houzz</a>, so many great ideas pooled together in one place and organized by category and who designed them.</div>
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By now you may have noticed I am drawn to very bright white natural lite spaces and this space has that and organization in spades.<br />
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This next one is a very warm space and VERY family friendly, in some ways the previous two spaces almost leave you feeling like you can't touch them because they are so clean looking but thisspace by Melinda Miles Interiors is a very easy going cozy space that you feel like the whole family can work in. </div>
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We removed our window seat to provide more space around our dining room table and provide us more flexibility int the arrangement of our dining table and hutch along with a small desk we plan on putting in there for one of our sons for homeschooling. BUT back to the dressing table and how THIS came about.</div>
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When I began work on taking apart our window seat, I recognized right away that the tops might be the same size as the dimensions I needed for the floating dressing table I wanted to build next to my dresser which I had recently painted. So I took some measurements and sure enough two of the lids would work to form the top and bottom. So with my drawings in hand my husband and I set out to put my drawings into reality and instead of going out for our 15th anniversary, we worked side by side and created something together.</div>
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FIRST we cut all the pieces to our desired sizes using recycled 3/4" plywood for all of the dressing table parts and (1) 2x4 cut into 3 desired lengths for our project to create the spine that would attach in to the studs of our wall thus making it a floating table.</div>
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NOW I will have to admit this part was NOT easy, much to our sorrow, the studs were not as easily located as we would have liked and as a result we had to use some anchors in some places we didn't anticipate having to use them, but believe me the end result is I could sit my five year old on this dressing table.</div>
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I still have to find a mirror and I have a few prints I plan to hang and the final touch will be updating the cushion to the bench. I am so happy with the result. There is a 4 inch compartment for my curling iron and holes toward the back for the cords to drop through so I don't have cords in my way. I also love the fact that I can now have my collection of milk glass back out in use and on display on my dressing table. When it is TRULY all dressed the way I want it I will go back and take more final pictures and post more.<br />
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Today I am going to start with the <b><a href="http://www.spreesy.com/3littleMiracles/94/promotionId/15225">Kasey Sweater</a></b>, which arrived yesterday this comes from a shop called the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brass.and.barrel/">Brass and Barrel</a>. The Kasey sweater is a loose fit, long sleeve, round neck, hi-low very light weight sweater. It has a dropped shoulder with rounded hems and a center back seam. The body is made of brushed hacci slub faric that is a very soft fuzzy texture, providing warmth and great drape. The sleeves are made with brushed hacci slub rib.</div>
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This sweater sells for $25.00 and currently is only available in small and medium. I am wearing a Large and it runs "roomy". I would say this is really a all season sweater, because the material is light enough that on cooler summer nights I would wear this with shorts down to the beach for a walk. Although there were some delays in the sweater arriving to me, the seller was very great with communication and kept me informed about restock and when my sweater was on its way, Great Shop to work with and many more great fashions!</div>
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This is the <a href="http://www.spreesy.com/3littleMiracles/50/promotionId/17464">MUST HAVE Maxi dress</a> of the season comes form <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jujulaneboutique/">JuJu Lane Boutique</a>. Currently there are only 4 left 2 Navy Large and 2 Black Small, this sells for $30.00. I am wearing a size large, it is a little tight on the bust for me but not uncomfortable, the upside to that is I don't have to wear a bra with it, it keeps the girls in tight HAHAHA. It is long and for my 5'3" frame I may end up having the hem taken up a little before the spring season truly hits here in the south. But overall this dress is Super Comfortable and I know I am going to LOVE IT!! </div>
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Finally the <a href="http://www.spreesy.com/3littleMiracles/172/promotionId/15682">Emma Top</a>, I get SOOOOOO many compliments on this top when I wear it. This top comes from the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/avadycc/">Avadycc shop</a>, the shop owner is super awesome and took great care with my purchase, even calling to comfirm my purchase. Truly is one of my favorite tops of the season but it does run big and wish I had purchased it one size down, but alas stock was limited and XL was my only option. Presently stock is down to (1) medium left, and I don't imagine they will see a restock of this item at this point in the season.<br />
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You can see these and other fashions at my boutique at <a href="http://www.spreesy.com//3littleMiracles">3 little Miracles Boutique HERE</a> or on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/3littlemiraclesdi/">Instagram feed</a>. I'd love to hear feedback from you so leave comments below.</div>
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With Easter just a few short weeks away I am thinking a lot about what I will wear for Easter this year not only for church but for our annual family Easter photos and the spring-summer season. I have been blessed enough recently to be approached to be a fashion rep using my instagram and social media sights. The wonderful thing about doing this is that I get to choose the fashions that I place on my instagram feed and ultimatly within my boutique. SO with me thinking of Easter and Spring I am of course starting to think of cute fun Spring Like Dresses. I can't help myself, when the chill of winter begins to thaw out here in North Carolina, I start letting my toes peek out in sandles and checking out the spring fashions I want to add to my wardrobe.</div>
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Here are just a few of my favorite things.</div>
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This is called a "<a href="http://www.spreesy.com//3littleMiracles">Party Dress</a>" because it comes in 5 color options including, "blue" (that is what they call this), yellow, red, black and white. This dress is perfect for Spring and only priced at $23.95. Comes in size range S-XL </div>
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<a href="http://www.belk.com/AST/Main/Belk_Primary/PRD~15002506129M655/Tahari+ASL+Jacquard+Sheath+Dress.jsp?navPath=Women/Shop/Dresses/ShopByOccasion/Easter&ZZ%3C%3EtP=4294469012&fO=Category_Path%3A%2FBelk_Primary%2FWomen%2FDresses&ZZ_OPT=Y&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442578834&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302529735&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474398027408&bmUID=lcIAkHU&changeViewInd=y">Tahari Jacquard Sheath dress at Belk</a> priced at $128.00. This comes in sizes 2-16</div>
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I love this <a href="http://www.spreesy.com//3littleMiracles">Black and Yellow striped Vintage Rockabilly Dress priced at $44.00</a>, very classic and just LOVE the PoP of yellow at the bottom! This comes is sizes S-XXL</div>
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<a href="http://www.spreesy.com//3littleMiracles">High Waist Blue and White striped A-line skirt</a> priced at $42.00, perfect skirt for spring and summer gatherings. Comes in size range XS-XXL</div>
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<a href="http://www.spreesy.com//3littleMiracles">Back to Basic Black and White striped skirt</a> priced at $29.00, paired with a black tank like worn on the model or with a classic black silk shell, this skirt would be perfect for any occasion. This comes in sizes S-L</div>
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You can see more of my spring and summer picks on my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/laura_h_cole/my-style/">Pinterest My Style Page </a></div>
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Laura Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820002602481423676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541044770706912235.post-42561575706232592152016-03-04T13:29:00.001-05:002016-03-04T16:44:14.384-05:00How do they do it?? Fashion Bloggers PhotosI am stumped! I know there has to be a logical answer but I just don't get it how some fashion bloggers (bloggers period) manage to get these beautiful pictures of themselves that AREN'T selfies but true photographs. What do they do walk around with their own assistant of photographer all day long asking them to snap pictures of them crossing the street in a cute outfit, sitting on the bike or cooking in the kitchen???<br />
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One of my favorite bloggers is Chicago Style Blogger <a href="http://thefoxandshe.com/">the Fox and She</a>. I mostly follow her through her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thefoxandshe/">instagram feed</a> and LOVE what she posts through her feed there, which of course is a smaller view of blog posts most of the time. But I aspire to capture images like she does (I mean I know I am NOT any where in her league in regards to fashion sense) but I want to speak up for the mom style voice, the more conservative but still fashionable style. I don't have anywhere NEAR the budget that it takes to buy the pieces in her wardrobe but maybe I can find some knock-offs based on the pieces I love that Blair posts. But back to the issue at hand, I totally get how she captures images like this of her fabulous espadrilles that I LOVE so much.<br />
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BUT I don't get how she captures images like THIS . . .<br />
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Obviously, Blair didn't take the picture of herself, unless she has her camera set up on a tripod and timer. But what is the trick because I can't hire my own team and I think it would be wrong to start using my son who is homeschooling to start taking my pictures LOL. (By the way again I love this <a href="https://www.shopbop.com/peasant-dress-carolina-k/vp/v=1/1570391470.htm?extid=affprg_CJ_SB_US-4441350-rewardStyle&cvosrc=affiliate.cj.4441350">peasant dress</a> which of course is SOLD OUT and the purse I LOVE but I prefer it in Aqua). You can find more of Blair's amazing fashion style and where to buy her looks on <a href="http://liketoknow.it/foxandshe">LiketoKnow.it/foxandshe</a><br />
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Another of my favorite bloggers is Canadian fashion blogger Michelle of <a href="http://www.teachinfashion.com/">Teach in Fashion</a>. I really love her style sense, it is very classic and I really feel she has a very similar body type to mine so it is easier for me to imagine much of her fashion for myself. Again I obviously am aware of how Michelle captures images like this of herself in in bedroom mirror or sometimes in a changing room mirror with her smartphone.</div>
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But beautiful images like this (and one of my <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/eliza-j-check-cotton-poplin-shirtdress/4199879?contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=&origin=keywordsearch-personalizedsort&resultback=900&cm_ven=Linkshare&cm_cat=partner&cm_pla=15&cm_ite=1&siteId=QFGLnEolOWg-1bY9MvDWb9JEtE3SnN7qqg">favorite dresses</a> too at Nordstrom) I can only guess that she has someone who photographs her on a set schedule based on what she is blogging about.<br />
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You can see Michelle's wonderful fashion sense on her blog, on her instagram feed at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/teachinfashion/">@teachinfashion</a> or at <a href="http://liketoknow.it/teachinfashion">LiketoKNOWit/teachinfashion</a></div>
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<br />Laura Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820002602481423676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541044770706912235.post-70534908825961715362016-03-03T13:33:00.000-05:002016-03-03T14:07:06.836-05:00Masterbedroom in state of TransformationSeveral weeks ago I wrote a post about the reality of our bedroom <a href="http://lauras3littlemiracles.blogspot.com/2016/02/reality-vs-pinterest-and-life.html">HERE</a> and the dreams I have for it. The REALITY is that it has become a dumping ground for everyones things in our small home with little space for storage. The reality is that it is not much of a sanctuary of peace for my #Mr and I except when we are up on our bed talking to one another. So we are in the process of trying to change the reality just a little, to get rid of a lot of clutter and make our room our own again. We recognize that with the square footage that we have in our part of the home we still will need to have a working desk space in our room, but our goal is to make it more sleek and functional.<br />
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Here are some photos of our transformation in process.<br />
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We have painted our bedroom SW6477 Tidewater and the trim is high gloss enamel white along with the dresser(s).</div>
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We have had these dressers for almost 15 years now and purchased them originally from Lowe's and put a simple light honey stain one them when we first assembled them. They are solid wood, when I decided our room needed a major makeover I knew theses dressers were first on my list. We can not afford a lot, but paint and new knobs are within our budget and so I picked up the supplies and last week I began painting while our 2 younger Miracles were at school. I still have to paint #Mr's dresser but 1 down ;-) 1 more to go.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I found for the best result it was best to paint with door and cabinet small rollers and I did tape off with FROGTAPE (best stuff for painting period). The FROGTAPE gave me nice clean lines inside my drawers so I did not have to paint the whole interior of the drawers. I know that is lazy of me, but I use drawer liners anyway so I felt OK doing this. I also taped off the back panel of the dresser since it was not visible and would save me time in having a finished product.</span></div>
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Although I staged the picture to show the final look, I DID NOT put anything on top of the dresser for about 2 days or close my drawers all the way for the same length of time in order to allow the paint to cure all the way. Although the paint was fully dry to the touch, paint cures at a different rate and if you place objects on un-cured paint or close drawers/cabinet doors fully, they will have a tendency to stick kinda ruining all the hard work you just did.<br />
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Here is the rest of the bedroom, I truly do love this color in our bedroom, it is a lighter version of the color we have painted in the living room, but it's like sleeping in the sky it is just so peaceful. We still have many things to fix and settle into place but we have a game plan<br />
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We got rid of the curtains at our bedroom doors and frosted the windows and we LOVE it!! Wish we had done this a long long time ago. We found the product on the spray paint aisle at Lowe's and I don't think we paid more then $5 for it. The only bad part was the fumes. I suffer horribly from migraines and when my husband frosted the door panes I was in bad shape already and add to it the fumes from the spray paint and I was out for a few days afterwards. My recommendation is that if you take on this project for yourself and have the option, take your doors off the hinges and move the project outside, if that isn't an option, wait until a warm day and open up the house WIDE. (My husband did FROGTAPE off the door so that the frosting wouldn't over spray onto everything.) Overall this project was very quick and took a matter of a couple of hours with the taping taking a majoring of that time.</div>
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Some of our other room goals, you may have noticed from the photos that we took down our curtains at the windows and we no longer have carpet on the floor. We plan to replace our window treatment with plantation shutters and long white curtains that go from floor to nearly the ceiling (the shutters are on order from <a href="http://overstock.com/">Overstock.com</a>). The carpet we will be replacing with two runners for either side of the bed. We have selected the <a href="http://www.target.com/p/threshold-suzani-accent-rug/-/A-17340648#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=suzani+rug">Suzani Rug from Target</a> (the pictures on their website are HORRIBLE for color) we plan on also using a larger area rug of this same design in the living room just outside our bedroom door.<br />
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So that is our room in progress. I told you I wouldn't hide or lie about what the reality of our life was like. There isn't any such thing as photoshop that can hide the truth of our storage issues. We just have to work through them, sell off some junk we no longer need, shred some papers we no longer need, and find new homes for things we still need. I used to have two plastic file cabinets on either side of the desk I built for my husband for his 40th birthday. Well I re purposed one of them for my sewing supply storage and moved it back to #R's closet for now until our closet is finished. The other file cabinet I literally broke down and created storage bins for my homeschool supply shelves (which I will show you in another post some time).<br />
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The next step in our bedroom besides painting #Mr's dresser is building a headboard based on my inspiration headboard in this image.<br />
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So keep coming back for more updates, hopefully this weekend we will make some more progress to show you something good.Laura Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820002602481423676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541044770706912235.post-76078082367348261992016-02-19T14:19:00.001-05:002016-02-19T14:19:30.764-05:00Being a Fashion Rep, Mom, Consultant. Teacher and Photogapher . . . . . Is it too many hats??Recently on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/3littlemiraclesdi/">Instagram</a> I was approached to use my Instagram feed to begin representing a fashion line on Spreesy. I weighed my options and thought it couldn't hurt for me to give it a go. I actually do LOVE much of the fashion I am representing through my instagram feed and I personally get to choose what I rep and put in my <a href="http://www.spreesy.com//3littleMiracles">Spreesy Store</a>, so I am not selecting pieces that don't represent my "mom" style. However, I am beginning to question am I doing too much and trying to wear too many hats. Should I be using my personal instagram feed or making separate feeds for the fashion line, my photography, and my personal life? OR even BIGGER question, you know the old saying, "Jack of all Trade Master of NONE" have I fallen into the pit of mastering none of what I do and just doing TOO MUCH?<br />
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As a mom of #3littleMiracles and stay at home mom for now, I just want to do my best to help provide for our children. Truth be told if I had my best option by children would be in a private Christian school and I would be working full time 9-5 in a interior design studio, that is my first passion. I hold two degrees (an Associate in Interior Design and a B.A. in Architecture) which for the past thirteen years have hung upon my walls to remind me of what was and what I hope to one day return to. For now I continue to help friends with their decor problems, redecorate my own home on a regular basis, keep abreast of current decor trends, and design furniture pieces for my own homes for my hubby to build in his spare time ;-).<br />
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I LOVE Photography, and WILL continue doing it, but truth is it takes a LOT of money and studio space that I don't have and so I just don't foresee me being able to truly grow this business very well. In addition, I really need to get some formal training in photography. I have taken some online courses, book training and I have relied on my past course studies in interior and architectural design to understand spacial relationships and how I want to compose the images that I capture for clients when I have more formal shoots. But I just don't do enough location shoots for it to be lucrative enough for a full time income and let other things go. I LOVE doing it, love working with the clients, and I feel I do a pretty good job for the money I charge them. I am honest with them if I feel they have a job above the scope of what I can handle I refer them to a good friend of mine who studied photography and has a well established studio. I went most of 2015 without more then a handful of shoots, then suddenly in 2016 I have 3 shoots booked back to back without even trying and possibly a informal wedding and maternity shoot, go figure. I just can't plot this business but I do love it and will continue until God guides me full time to something else.<br />
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Working with Mary & Martha is something I am not really sure of. I got into it because I TRULY DO love the product and the message of the product and what the company stands for. Spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the number one thing and when we as Christians have an opportunity to share God's Word with others we need to do so, Mary & Martha has empowered woman with a chance to do that <span style="font-size: large;"><b>&</b></span> have a business at the same time. My slight hick-up with this is that I was in LOVE with the full product line that was in the 2015 Fall catalog, including a line of ceramic dinnerware that they had called the Grace & Gratitude Collection. I joined in late fall and shortly after I joined the announcement came out that this line was going to be discontinued from the Spring lineup. I was disappointed, but having done this kind of business before for almost 8 years with Southern Living at HOME I knew how this works and I eagerly awaited the reveal of new Spring products in 2016. To my disappointment when my box of catalogs arrived in February and I sat down with my much loved <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/257901516137283706/">heirloom mug</a> filled with hot tea and find that after combing over every page I am not thrilled and find few new products that I am EXCITED about. Do I still have products I love, YES!! Mary & Martha still has amazing products that are fantastic quality and speak God's Word into my life and my home, but I am disappointed that the Spring add in's aren't bringing in a FRESH style and excitement. The one BRIGHT spot for me was the Adventure ON line. So for now I keep trying to share Mary & Martha with others and see where God takes me with the journey.<br />
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As for the Instagram venture with Spreesy. As I said earlier I am really enjoying the fashion, more so now at this point in life then I would have 80+ pounds ago, but I am not sure yet if this will be a lucrative adventure or not either. I guess I am enjoying this so much because I was always hiding myself and not really able to wear fashionable clothing at over 260 pounds but with the weight loss I have a healthier figure and a better view of myself and want to look good for myself, my husband and my family. My taste still runs very conservative compared to other bloggers and there are some pieces that I would wear with leggings or add length to the skirt by letting out a hem once it arrives to me, but for the most part I love the pieces I have posted in my little corner of the Internet at <a href="http://www.spreesy.com//3littleMiracles">3 little Miracles Boutique</a>. Below I am wearing the <a href="http://www.spreesy.com/3littleMiracles/172/promotionId/15682">Emma top</a> that I purchased from my own shop, I love this top, it is super comfortable. I do wish they had a L(they only have a Medium left in stock), because these days I wear a 14-16 and this top runs large and this was sold as a XL and when it arrived the tag said 1X (which as a former 2xPLUS girl I know that is actually larger then a XL). Of course the Emma looks cuter on the model but I think I look pretty cute for a mom of #3littleMiracles.<br />
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So as you can tell I have some debates going on for what is the best "business" option for this homeschool mom. BUT either way life is good and God will provide the way and in the mean time I am happy doing what I do and learning and building my skills along the way.<br />
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God bless you ad yours on the journey!!Laura Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820002602481423676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541044770706912235.post-63557913750941352932016-02-04T20:00:00.000-05:002016-02-05T09:18:38.556-05:00White Bean, Spinach & Kielbasa SoupWhen I first saw this recipe come across my facebook feed shared by my niece from food blogger <a href="http://itsmysideoflife.com/">It's My Side of Life</a>, I started salivating into my cell phone and knew right away that it would soon be apart of one of our meals SOON. So here we are on a rainy Eastern North Carolina night and a busy one in our household with therapy in one direction and karate in another after school and the third child who will most certainly have homework to do. So I needed a meal that would be mostly ready to put to the table and I thought of this amazing looking soup and pulled all the ingredients from the pantry and freezer which I had purchased last week during our grocery shop for just such a night.<br />
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So while we had our busy homeschool day here around the house with our oldest #DJr, I stopped between my lessons to chop some ingredients, open some cans, fry some kielbasa in the skillet and throw it all into the crockpot to fill the house its beautiful aroma all day long and be ready to fill our belly's with yummo feelings after a busy day apart from one another.<br />
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Here are the ingredients from Melanie's original blog post:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: sans-serif , "arial"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.1px;">3/4 pound kielbasa (turkey or chicken work great if you don’t’ want to use beef!)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: sans-serif , "arial"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.1px;">2 cups chicken broth (vegetable broth works great in a pinch as well!)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: sans-serif , "arial"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.1px;">2 cloves of garlic</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: sans-serif , "arial"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.1px;">1 teaspoon dried oregano</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: sans-serif , "arial"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.1px;">1 tablespoon olive oil</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: sans-serif , "arial"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.1px;">2 cups Cannellini beans (you can use canned if needed make sure you rinse them as well)* see my suggestion above if using dry beans</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: sans-serif , "arial"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.1px;">Two medium sized tomatoes diced up really small, it should come to about 1 cup or more</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: sans-serif , "arial"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.1px;">6 cups baby spinach leaves</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: sans-serif , "arial"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.1px;">Freshly cracked pepper to taste</span><br />
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For our family I made a few alterations, we feed a family of 7 so I used a full 1 lb. of kielbasa to start with which is a full size link. In addition I used 4 cups of chicken broth because I used canned spinach (2)and as a result the soup was very thick and so I thinned it out with additional broth. Finally, I did not have any oregano on hand so I omitted this spice all together. If I had my ruthers and I had the availability of fresh ingredients I would opt for fresh spinach all the way although canned or frozen spinach is not a bad option in a pinch.<br />
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The kielbasa, tomatoes and garlic were the only things that needed chopping and so fixing this truly was very simple, especially the crockpot method, just put all of your ingredients into the crockpot on medium-high for 4 hours and you will have a delicious pot of soup to place at the table before your family. We served ours with a pan of cornbread, which my father loved dipping into his soup.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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Nutritional info put into My Fitness Pal:<br />
(I am not sure of how accurate this is when others compare at 221 calories)<br />
Calories for 8 servings: 178 per serving<br />
Total Fat: 12.0g<br />
Total Carb: 7.7g<br />
Protein: 12.6<br />
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*I scanned cans and chicken broth containers,<br />
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<br />Laura Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820002602481423676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541044770706912235.post-83908111789080708832016-02-04T15:17:00.001-05:002016-02-04T15:17:21.873-05:00Let My Life Be for Your Glory Woven in your Threads of GRACE<div style="text-align: center;">
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I am completely in love with a barn near our home</div>
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I am obsessed with the way that God plays with the light in this field each day and I want to find out who owns this so that I can do a family photo shoot and engagement shoots at this location. I just love this field and barn.</div>
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This is an overcast day and I STILL love the way the sky and field play around this bright red barn. You may see more of my friend in the near future because this is the time of season when the morning light is particularly wonderful on it.</div>
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