Top posts for 2012 {A Review}

Pallet Wood Sign with Tutorial

Painted Metal Chairs

Boy Bedroom Makeover

Old Chair Revamp

 Homemade Pretzels

 DIY Jute Vase

 Rainbow Cupcakes 

  Simple Gallery Wall

 Healthy Minestrone Soup

 Home Binder Organization Printables

See you in 2013!!
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Time to get organized!

Time to get organized. Check out my many FREE coordinated printables to meet your home organizing needs. Below are just a few examples! (here is a tutorial I put together on how I download the printables http://www.bloominghomestead.com/2012/12/time-to-get-organized.html )

 Free Binder Covers

Cleaning schedules

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

 2013 Printable calendars

 Medical Information quick sheet

 Weekly menu planners and shopping lists

 Wants, needs, sizes; Gift ideas; Family traditions

Week at a glance

Check out my other home binder {free} printables.

Our Week at a Glance
2013 Calendar
Daily Quick Clean
Weekly Cleaning 
Monthly Deep clean
Blogging Schedule
Important Dates
Family Traditions, Want lists, and Gift List Ideas
Binder Cover Sheets
Menu Planning Sheets
Phone & Address contact sheets
Medical & Prescription Info sheets

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Contact Sheet {Phone Numbers & Addresses} free printable

It's that time of year again when we are all ready to get organized for the upcoming year. This printable has been highly requested so enjoy! As with my other home organization printables, this address & Phone contact sheet coordinates with my other binder printables and the 2013 calendar.

 Go HERE to download this phone number and address contact printable.

Want to get organized? Check out my other home binder {free} printables.
 Our Week at a Glance
2013 Calendar
Daily Quick Clean
Weekly Cleaning 
Monthly Deep clean
Blogging Schedule
Important Dates
Family Traditions, Want lists, & Gift List Ideas
Binder Cover Sheets
Menu Planning Sheets

As always, personal use only. Please link back!

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Happy Holidays

We are so loving visiting with family right now, but I just wanted to wish you all Happy Holidays.

 The reason we celebrate this season...

 From our home to yours,

Boy Bedroom Reveal

Well, this is a long time coming! We have lived here for over a year and a half and I finally started working on my son's room. My son has a "Cowboy" bedroom, and he wanted to keep it cowboy themed so we just gave it a modern flair. Here is how my son's room was looking before we started this makeover:

 Yep, its a mess in these pictures...I knew I was going to be redoing everything so I let things go this week. Normally I tried to keep some order, but its difficult with no storage! We are fresh out of college so our furniture is quite sparse. While I love my beige walls...the way the sunlight hit his room for most of the day with the painted beige ceiling as well, created an almost peach cast. This didn't seem very "boy" so after I took everything out of his room I went paint shopping. Not gonna lie...it was a painful experience. I got my go to white ceiling paint...but choosing the perfect wall shade was tough! I bought so many samples before I finally found 'the one'.

So I got to work painting, white ceiling and grey walls. The wall color I chose was from Sherman Williams and it is called repose grey. I noticed an instant change in the feel of the room, in a good way. I was worried because grey sometimes seems so cold...but with all the warm accents in the room it balances well. Those of you who follow me on facebook already got a sneak of this a while back!

Here is the mostly finished product. It included a dresser that was gifted to me by my sister which I repainted and added new knobs, hand-sewn thick stripe curtains(my favorite!), painted shelves and signs, reclaimed headboard and toy chest from salvation army, and new bedding. Let me know what you think!

 I wanted the bedding to give a "pottery barn" feel, without the pottery barn price! I got this set on overstock for $100. I love the hand-stitched look.

I looked everywhere for thick striped white and navy curtains...and after looking and not being impressed, I decided to make my own. It took me a while, but I was able to add blackout fabric to the back lining which is so helpful to keep the light out of my son's room while he is sleeping since his room faces East. Loving the white ceiling too!

 Loving the bold lines and patterns!

Here is a close-up of some of the details. I am still working on the shelves...but overall I wanted to include his favorite things.

 Easy, cute storage.

And there ya have it...I'll post a few more in depth details about the room, but I hope you enjoyed this before and after. We just love how it turned out! Let me know what you think!

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Perfect Pecan Pie

Today I am sharing one of my favorite recipes. (I so meant to post this last week...but time got away from me...oops!) A crowd pleaser for sure! This is so delicious served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. To Die For! I am putting the recipe below and it is super easy. I usually hate pie crust, but ever since I found this recipe I am hooked. It is sooo yummy and flaky. I rolled out 1 crust and used the rest of the dough to cut out these cute leaves to adorn the edge of the pie crust(recipe makes 2 pie crusts). Soooo cute! I got this cutout in a set from Williams sonoma and they are awesome. I hope you try this out this holiday season, you won't be disappointed!

{Fall Favorites}

Sorry if this is a repost...I accidentally clicked publish before I typed the post. Oops! I just wanted to share some of my favorite fall projects &free printables from the past for my new readers!

One of my favorites: Our "blessings" Tree. We love filling it up each season. Click here to go the post with tutorial.

 Our Thankful book that we bring out this time of year and leave it sitting out to write our many blessings and thoughts each year! Click here to see more of this.

 An easy decor project that is so simple and beautiful. My "Give Thanks" frame. I love this! Click here to this post!

 This is a family favorite for sure. Our little turkey. We have a special family night each year where we take turns saying blessings while adding a feather to our little turkey until he is beautiful like our lives that are so richly blessed! Go here to see details. This is definitely a kid pleaser, and kinda fun for adults too! :)

  

Some beautiful free printables that make great gifts too! Go here to check these out.

Thankful Subway Art in multiple colors

 I hope you enjoy counting your "blessing" this year!

 

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Delicious Pumpkin Bars Recipe

I made these recently and they were super fabulous. I knew I had to share the recipe. You have to try them!

These were super easy, mix wet ingredients.

  

2013 Calendar {Free Printable}

This post is month late. To be honest, things have just gotten crazy and I kept waiting for things to settle down...but I doubt they ever will! I am finally posting the new 2013 Calendar printables that coordinate with all my other organization {free} printables.

My Bathroom Closet...

 Let's just say this has closet has been in a sorry state of affairs for quite a while now. It seems that it was the go to 'throw it' place. I had a few organizing containers...just waiting for me to organize and I finally made myself sit down and tackle this closet! Yep, here she is in all her glory. Notice the cotton balls and qtips? Wrinkled piles of beach and bath towels. As you can see this was driving me nuts! One of my biggest complaints about organization and looking pretty is functionality. Yes, I could have made this a gorgeous closet with apothecary jars and more beautiful containers that would have hid this stuff better...but for what purpose? I would have loved the look...but my husband would have had stuff scattered all over our vanity because if it takes him more than a minute to get something out...chances are he is never going to put it back away. This equals more work for me in the long run. So in our house we have to find that balance of cuteness...and practicality. So after an hour of taking everything out of the closet and starting from scratch here is the final product.

Menu Planning Printables

I created these at the beginning of the year and have been using them and loving them all year...only problem is I thought I had shared these before but apparently had not!