Awards, Reader Projects, & Giveaways

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful weekend!  As I said Friday, winter weather is headed our way, but hasn't started yet.  Our son is on his way home and will thankfully miss the snow. Thank you for keeping him in your thoughts. As a side note, Mr. and I are headed to Nashville, TN tomorrow and we will be going through a bit of winter weather. He is going on business and I am going along for the ride. The grandparents are coming to spoil stay with the boys.  This will be our first time away in I don't know how long and we are both looking forward to it, bad weather or not.

Anyway, on to thanking my blogging friends...

When I started this little blog, I had no idea how many sweet people I would virtually meet.  Recently, I was awarded with a stylish blogger award.  While I don't usually participate in awards, but I did want to sincerely thank the sweet ladies who gave them to me and share their links so you can pay them a visit.

Courtney - A Thoughtful Place

Anne - Bird/Like

Teresa - Splendid Sass

Thank you!

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I always like to share reader projects with you and I recently received a few of pictures and links that I thought you would enjoy.

 Jane made window treatments and reupholstered a chair using drop cloths.

The green trim was such a great idea to add a bit of color.  Love it!

This is a project that I have on my loooong to-do list, but something tells me that my first pass at slip covers may not turn out this good.  Great job Jane and thank you for emailing me these pictures!

Jaime, from the blog That's My Letter, recovered her wingback chairs with drop cloths.

She even added this pretty trim detail that gave the chairs a feminine twist.  Didn't she do a great job?  To learn more about Jaime's chairs, go here.

Jaime did another project that was inspired by the burlap table runner tutorial. 
She made a runner for her mantle and you can learn more about it here. 

Thanks again for sharing these great projects! 
If you have a cottage and vine inspired project that you would like to share email me at cottageandvine@triad.rr.com

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We are celebrating the new year with a series of giveaways.

  The first giveaway started Friday with Fabulous But Frugal. 

Be sure to stop by tomorrow and Tuesday to see the new giveaways. 

You are going to love them!!

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Welcome to my newest sponsor Chatter Box Art!!!

More information to follow.