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Sunday Pinterest Party Featuring You {Week 7}

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Happy Sunday, my friends!  It’s time for the Pinterest Link Up Party!

Weekly Pinterest Link Up Party

Meet our team:
Allison from Two Thirty-Five Designs~Pinterest, Lindsay from Makely School For Girls~Pinterest, Kelly from Lily Pad Cottage~Pinterest, Adrianne from Dream Book Design~Pinterest, Jenelle from Nelle Creations~Pinterest, Sarah from Creative Ramblings~Pinterest, and Aimee from Captivating Corner~Pinterest.

If you missed the last few weeks, be sure to click here to find out what’s going on.

There were so many good pins from last week’s Pinterest Link Up Party that I ended up choosing three to feature!  The first is this DIY Clamshell Bowl that was pinned by Monica at Craftberry Bush.  My love of organically shaped bowls and trays is on super obsession high alert mode thanks to a webinar I watched last week from my friend Jackie, so this bowl caught my eye immediately.

clamshell bowl

Next up are these delicious indoor smores, pinned by Monica at Creative Gator.  I seriously want to try these out at the 4th of July BBQ that we are hosting next week for our friends and neighbors….

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How to Decorate With Color and Not Feel Like You Live Under the Big Top

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Earlier this year, I got an email from one of my sweet readers.  She told me about her love/hate relationship with color.  Sara said that she has a series of different colors throughout her house and she loves them all, but she was having a difficult time focusing on pulling it all together.  As she put it, “How do I focus and not make it look like [I live in] a circus?”

I have been thinking about that question ever since then.  Sara isn’t the first person who’s approached me with questions about using color effectively in a room, but she is the first one who phrased the question in that particular way…and I loved it.

So, as part of the blog hop series on “How to Decorate” that is being hosted by my friend Beth from Home Stories A to Z, I am finally sharing my thoughts on putting together a colorful homr that doesn’t look like it belongs under the Big Top.  And welcome if you are joining me for the first time as part of this blog hop from Rhoda’s blog, Southern Hospitality.  I’m glad you are here!

How to decorate with color and not feel like you live in a circus tent

I use color in a lot of big ways around my home.  My creativity thrives when I am surrounded by saturated hues, so I made it a point to bring that saturation into my home.  You will find a lot of bold patterns and bright colors in every room.  I always sort of feel like my color combinations and styling just sort of come to me.  But, as I took some time to really consider Sara’s question to me, I realized that there were some key guidelines that I subconsciously follow when putting together a room….

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