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How to Make A Wooden Wall Hanger

10/30/2017

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Disclosure: I was compensated for doing this post with product.  However, all the opinions stated here are my own. I only use products I love and would recommend to my viewers.
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It's my favorite time of the month, time for another edition of International Bloggers Club.  If you are new here, we are a group of friends from all over the world who get together every month to share our projects, compare notes and see how we do things in our corner of the world.  Last month we shared flat lays photo shoots, in my case one about Greece and the month before crafts with baskets.

This month we are going to work on projects with wood.  Now you all know that I had a big basement back in Greece with an endless supply of everything.  So it should come as no surprise to you that I also have a basement here in my new home.  This one also has quite a lot of stuff.  We shall see what I dig up in the coming months.  But for today we are going to work with a humble piece of wood.
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Sweet Inspiration Link Party #80

10/27/2017

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Welcome to our Eightieth Sweet Inspiration Link Party.

This was a special week for me as I got to share the news about my move to New York with you all and the reasons behind it. I hope you enjoyed the post and it gave you a bit of food for thought. Now I am going to take in some yard sales while the weather is still good. 

I hope you all have a great weekend!

We kindly ask that you do not add your link parties to the linkup, otherwise we will have to remove them. 
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​The party starts on Fridays 11am EST or 4 pm GMT and runs until Tuesday. By joining us every week you will be able to grow your blog and gather inspiration from so many others who link up to our party. We hope you will join us every week to share and inspire with your projects and creations.

We will be visiting all of you who link up with us and sharing, pinning all that good stuff. We really do appreciate your visits. ​​​​​
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A Trip with a one way ticket - Fantastic Fifty

10/25/2017

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I have been itching to write this post for about a month now. I wanted to let you all know about my decision to move to the US and why it's so fantastic to be fifty and over.  But before I get to it let me invite you all to visit with my Fantastic Fifty lady friends who are also participating in this fantastic blog hop. Their links are on the bottom of this post. 

We could say that this is a continuation of my blogging journey. Today I am going to talk to you about my recent move, my trip with a one way ticket. 
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How to Save an Old Laminate Table with Gel Stain

10/23/2017

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Disclosure: I was compensated for doing this post with product.  However, all the opinions stated here are my own. I only use products I love and would recommend to my viewers. 
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Once upon a time there was an old laminate table.  It folded out into a bigger table.  But the table, nice as it was had seen better days.  It was old and chipped and the sides were worn.  It was time to throw it out!  Oh wait, I'm a DIY blogger!  I can do this!!  Or at least I can try!! Cause I really don't know much more than you do. 

If you have an old piece of furniture don't despair!  I try to make lots of mistakes on my blog so you won't have to... gotta love that!  Today I managed to make very few mistakes! "wink"

But enough with the exclamation points, it's time to roll up our sleeves and show you how to save this old laminate table with gel stain!
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Sweet Inspiration Link Party #79

10/20/2017

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Welcome to our Seventy-Ninth Sweet Inspiration Link Party.

I got to go to Ground Zero this week. It was quite a sobering moment for me since I had also visited the Twin Towers right before we left for Greece 21 years ago. But more on that in the coming weeks. 

I hope you are all having a great weekend!

We kindly ask that you do not add your link parties to the linkup, otherwise we will have to remove them. 
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​The party starts on Fridays 11am EST or 4 pm GMT and runs until Tuesday. By joining us every week you will be able to grow your blog and gather inspiration from so many others who link up to our party. We hope you will join us every week to share and inspire with your projects and creations.

We will be visiting all of you who link up with us and sharing, pinning all that good stuff. We really do appreciate your visits. ​​​​​
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