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Create - Share - Inspire {Link Party #14}

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Hello and welcome to our Create - Share - Inspired Link party, hosted by myself,  A Burst of Beautiful  and  Tidbits . We are so Happy to have you here! Every week we are blown away by all of your projects and always look forward to see what you share next. Livening up our Living Room  //  How to make doing the dishes more enjoyable Watercolor Ribbon Tutorial | How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets Ruffle Pillow Sham Tutorial || Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe How to make a wood tray by Love of Home Valentine Sweetheart Straws by Boxwood Avenue Dresser Makeover  by D.D.'s Cottage and Design She Shed Cottage by Flower Patch Farmhouse If you were featured don't forget to grab our button! Here are a few common link party courtesies we would ask that you keep in mind. Link to a specific post, not your home page. If you want to be featured, please link back to our party (in your post or on a specific link party page you have set up. Don't add links that promote shops, giveaway

How to make Doing the Dishes more Enjoyable

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Who likes doing the Dishes? Anyone? Anyone? Not Me!  Dishes are such a never ending chore at our house. I end up with a sink full of dishes every evening and it always feels like such an annoying task that takes up my precious time.  Well at the beginning of the year I decided to try and make the best out of doing the dishes.  I have to do them anyway, why not try to enjoy it? So after making a few changes, I now almost look forward to my evening ritual of doing the dishes.....Almost :) I wanted to share with you a few simple things that have made doing the dishes a little more enjoyable for me, and maybe you will want to try them too. - Enjoy some alone time The first thing I do is wait for the family to finish their supper and head on downstairs to play. I now have a few minutes of alone time. I like to take this time to clear my mind and relax. Now I do have my boys help with the dishes every once in a while because it's important that they help out. But most of the time I like

Livening up our Living Room & Tips on how you can Liven up your Spaces too.

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Hello Friends!  How's it going? I'm so glad you stop by today because I wanted to share with you how I've livened up our living room to give it a fresh new look. I also hope that I can inspire you in some way or another with my simple tips on how you can liven up your spaces too. Tip #1 Start from scratch Once I took down all of our Christmas decorations, I was left with an empty canvas.  All that was left in this room was basically just the furniture. The mantel, gallery ledges, and coffee table were pretty much all empty. This allowed me to give the whole room a fresh new start.  Tip #2 Change up your decor  Starting from scratch, I then slowly started introducing new decor to the room.  Now when I say new decor, I don't mean I went out and bought a bunch of stuff, instead I gathered things from around the house that I may have forgotten about. By using what you already have and placing it in a new spot, it can make your decor feel fresh and new again.  However, it is

Create - Share - Inspire {Link Party #13}

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Hello and welcome to our Create - Share - Inspired Link party, hosted by myself,  A Burst of Beautiful  and  Tidbits . We are so Happy to have you here! I Painted Our Kitchen Tile Backspash! //  Valentines Heart Doily Wreath Chocolate Banana Brownies Kids Being Kids Photo Project || DIY Leather Journal Cover || White Winter Living Room Free Printable Recipe Cards by Boxwood Avenue Beetroot Risotto by Strength and Sunshine Midwinter Blues by Ranger 911   Cozy Winter Living Room by Rustic and Woven If you were featured don't forget to grab our button! Here are a few common link party courtesies we would ask that you keep in mind. Link to a specific post, not your home page. If you want to be featured, please link back to our party (in your post or on a specific link party page you have set up. Don't add links that promote shops, giveaways, or link parties. Visit and comment other links! We all love that! The Party runs from Thursdays @ 8:00 pm EST until Sundays @ 8:00 p