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{ Country Living Fair Recap }

September 18, 2013 by Fotini Filed Under: Country Living, Country Living Fair, country living magazine, diy, Editor and chief, repurposed, retro, vintage Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago I received an email from Hometalk inviting me to join them at the Country Living Fair Columbus, I was beyond thrilled! Honestly, I never knew or heard of the fair here so I was really looking forward to going! I invited my best friend to join in for the fun, so her and I made a date of it 😉

The weather couldn’t have been more perfect, very Fall-like! The fair took place in Ohio Village and was packed full of hundreds of vendors! There was truly something for everyone there! Vintage, retro, rustic, repurposed, handmade, you name it! I died and went to heaven for the day… There was so much to look at, I didn’t know where to start!

I naturally gravitated towards anything vintage and burlap. But there were plenty of items to peek my interest!

My favorite part of the day, though, was meeting some fabulous bloggers that I’ve been following online for sometime! That was really exciting and rewarding to meet them in person! We all had the pleasure of meeting Rachel DeScepper, the senior web editor of Country Living Magazine and Sarah Gray Miller the magazine’s editor in chief! Not to mention, Cari Cucksey from the show Cash & Cari!

The Country Living Fair travels across the entire U.S. so check out the website to see if and when there’s a fair coming near you!

{ Fab Pins of the Week }

September 13, 2013 by Fotini Filed Under: Country Living, Country Living Fair Columbus, dessert, diy, fab pins of the week, fall, fall decor, Pinterest, pumpkins, white pumpkins 2 Comments

Happy Friday!! After a short vacation last week, it’s taken me all week to recover! I’m so glad it’s the weekend 🙂 And I bet you are too! I’m so excited to get to do our annual Fall pictures today with a dear friend! I can’t wait to share those all with you!

This weeks inspiration, is of course none other than {FALL}! I just can’t get enough of it!

And the pins from this week are simply amazing ♥ ♥

I hope you enjoy!

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1. I just love how these pumpkins look! Not quite sure on the technique she used here, but you could easily create a similar effect using scrapbook paper and mod podge! These would make gorgeous place settings or centerpieces for your Holiday gathering.

2. Oh my, yumm!! This sounds splendid! Caramel Pumpkin Italian Cream Cake. This would be the perfect addition to any Fall get together or even Thanksgiving Dinner! It has a layer of caramel frosting, topped with a cream cheese frosting. This is a recipe you are going to want to try!

3. Would you believe me if I told you this chandelier picture used to be one of those ugly-brassy ones? Well, it was! Can you believe that? This is an amazingly simple transformation that just about anyone could do and it looks like an expensive piece! It’s the perfect touch to her formal dining room! Head over to Dear Lillie blog for the full tutorial and product information!

4. This picture just makes my heart happy 🙂 I love white pumpkins! One of my favorite things about Fall! This beautiful picture was taken at the 2012 Country Fair Columbus. I am super excited to be going there tomorrow and I can’t wait to keep you all up-to-date of the days happenings, so stay tuned!

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{ Country Living Fair Columbus }

September 2, 2013 by Fotini Filed Under: antiques, Columbus, Country Living, Country Living Fair, country living magazine, free tickets, magazine, vendors 2 Comments

Are you a magazine reader? If so, you’re probably familiar with Country Living Magazine, one of my all time favorites! I received an exciting email this week inviting me to attend the Country Living Fair here in Columbus the weekend of September 13-15. And today I’m super excited to have the chance to give one of my lucky, LOCAL viewers away a FREE set (2) of tickets for the weekend!!

You can read full Fair details here!

The weekend will be filled with great shopping, good food and even a meet and greet with the editors!!
I hope to see YOU there! Good luck 🙂

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{ Fab Pins of the Week }

November 30, 2012 by Fotini Filed Under: BHG, Christmas tree, Country Living, DIY crafts, fab pins of the week, glitter, Pinterest 2 Comments

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1. How stunning is this rustic Christmas tree? It dons custom tag ornaments with old family pictures and/or Bible verses, etc. I LOVE this idea, and have my own version I will be sharing with you next week!!

2. I adore this glitter reindeer silhouette from Crazy Wonderful! Be sure to head over and take a look at her entire entry way, it’s stunning!!

3. These “snow” covered white pine cones and with pops of red really caught my eye! This would look stunning hanging on my front door!

4. Love the simple-ness, yet sophistication of this living room! Perfect!

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