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Come to a Flag Day Tea!

June 24, 2023June 24, 2023 French Ethereal

Welcome, dear friends, to a Flag Day Tea! Flag Day is June 14th each year, for anyone who may not know this. I know I didn’t until moving to Texas. It wasn’t something that was celebrated much in California, I guess. Here in Texas, though. Flag Day is big deal! So, let’s celebrate with a nice tea luncheon…

The history of Flag Day

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day. On August 3, 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress. Flag Day is not an official federal holiday.
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I shared how the table was set in a previous post, so today I’d like to share my friends!

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Potluck Tea

Why a potluck tea? Well, that way the hostess don’t have to do all of the heavy lifting creating food. I am not a cook by any stretch, so this frees me up to focus on making what I bake really well!

New friend Linda lives not too far away from my house and we met when she subbed in the library for my librarian (my boss) for a week. We became fast friends! Here she is coming up to the door. (I just happened to have my phone/camera in hand so snapped a quick pic!)

Here is everyone!

Linda took this photograph. From left to right, my mother-in-law Gini, myself, my boss Anna, and Heather who is our library technician. I enjoy working with everyone at school so much! The school motto is that we are a family, and I have to say it makes a HUGE difference feeling loved and appreciated where you work. 💜

We talked about work naturally, but also what all we were doing in the future, our summer plans. It was fun to introduce my mother-in-love to some of my friends so she could make some new friends!

Lunch is served!

I’ve been using the program Canva to make Pinterest pins for a number of years now. So for this tea, I thought I’d try my hand at invitations to text everyone. It also became our menu. This was really fun for me!

I used the Johnson Bros. pinkish red china with the farmers bringing in their harvested wheat to set the table. The red fits with our patriotic theme. Little flags were scattered around the table and the little roosters were brought out to add their pretty feathers.

We had scones as our first course, and I set the smaller red transferware salad plates on top of these larger dinner plates. For fun, at the end of the scones course, the ladies looked underneath to see if they had the magic blue painter’s tape stuck on the bottom. If they did, they won a prize of a pair of patriotic star earrings or a tin of tea!

For the remaining lunch menu, we had zucchini quiche, cucumber tea sandwiches, a refreshing fruit salad with blackberries, chocolate pêtit fours, and lemon poppyseed cake served with the last of the black tea I brought back from France. Yum!!!

The napkins underneath each placesetting were gifts for everyone to take home. Everyone had a nice time and thought we should do this again!

As part of hosting, I was able to use my English teacart again, too! It is one of the pieces I picked up at at thrift shop over in Cambridgeshire when visiting my brother and his family with my kids back during Easter/spring break 2005. Gene brought it back with his household goods when they moved back Stateside later that summer. Another friend stopped by and camped at their homesite the next year and brought it back to California for me.

Friendships are a wonderful thing! I’m so glad Covid restrictions are through! It was a lovely day to share with friends.

I hope you’ve enjoyed our little tea and can use some of these ideas as inspiration for a patriotic tea of your own.

Happy tea,

Barb 🙂

Home Decor, Tablescapes

Setting a Patriotic Tea Table

June 16, 2023June 16, 2023 French Ethereal

Hello, friends! Today I’m sharing how I put this patriotic tea table together for our Flag Day Tea. I’ll share that post in a few days but this turned out way better than I hoped, so cute! I wanted to share this post first, in case you are getting ready for upcoming summer holidays.

Let’s prep!

Layering the table

First, I began with laying a heavy white tablecloth. I think this heavy linen was a thrift shop find; one I found in California back when I hosted a lot of teas.

Next, I layered on four adorable Texas flag terry kitchen towels I found somewhere this winter, maybe Home Goods??

They were perfect to go with the Patriotic Blue Jean Placemats I made a couple of years ago! OH! Do you give out tea towels as gifts? If you don’t, try it. I’ve been finding really fun toweling over the years and it seems I might be the only person out there who gives out tea towels, and we always need new ones. 🙂

Flowers!

As you set your table, don’t forget to pick up some flowers ~ either gathered from a field, from the grocery store (like these!), or cut from your own gardens.

I have been on a massive cleaning streak since school let out just before Memorial Day weekend, so while cleaning off the tops of window sills and the top of the book cases, I re-found the tall French-style ceramic pot to used here as a vase.

I picked up two of the same bouquets from Winco, our favorite grocery store, to make a really full bunch of flowers. I’m slow to the party, but I remember Courtney from French Country Cottage talking about using a double bouquet in a vase. It sure makes a bouquet look really full!!

Decorations

Looking around the house, I pulled out all of the RWB things I own to set this patriotic tablescape. I have these cute roosters I found at Buc-Ees gas station/convenience store emporium (they still carry them!) last year, so I pulled them out. They give this table the Texas farmhouse vibe I was going for.

I found these little body stickers, too, at Winco. Fun!!!

I added some flag picks to the table, also, plus a cute sign I found at Hobby Lobby.

Silverware and glassware

I thought about putting out short clear glassware that we have but then opted for my favorite Old Country Roses stemmed glasses instead. They have a large bowl and hold a good amount of water. Since our temps are in the mid-90’s now, I knew everyone coming to the tea would want water and lots of it!

Tea was on the menu (of course!) so I chose cups and saucers fitting the patriotic theme. I have just a few to choose from… 😉

I used a mix of Rogers Bros. silverplate (at my place setting) and pretty white handled stainless at the other four places.

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Final prepping

And that’s pretty much all there is to set and prep an easy Patriotic Tea Table! I did add small plates on top of the dinner plates the next day plus small pots filled with condiments.

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing how I set up this tablesetting. Stay tuned to see the actual Flag Day Tea coming up!

Enjoy,

Barb 🙂

DIY Projects, Home Decor

Share Your Style #391

June 15, 2023June 15, 2023 French Ethereal

Welcome, friends, to this week’s Share Your Style #391! Thank you for waiting an extra day for this post. With Flag Day just yesterday, Wednesday, June 14th, I have a whole host of patriotic post for you!

I am Barbara Chapman and I’d love it if you’d follow me here on my blog and on any of my other social media sites, too. Thank you!💜

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I personally have a number of posts to share with you this time (to make up for the many I haven’t shared in the past).

Happy Belated Flag Day!!! Time to bring out the patriotic decor and get some bbq on…

Let’s get to it…

***Here’s what I shared this past week at* *French Ethereal…***

Painting Our Living Room + A Beautiful Mess

It has been a week of highs and lows, as you can surmise with Yoda’s illness and then taking him to the vet… He was a good boy… 💜 Flag Day was also a day I had scheduled a tea at our house so I’ll share that post next week…

And here are this week’s featured posts…

Make a Gorgeous Patriotic Flag – Perfect for Farmhouse Decor ~ First up this week, **Niky from Life as a Leo Wife** celebrates our nations patriotic holidays with this star-spangled post!

**Debbie from Debbie-Dabble Blog** shares her patriotic decor in this post ~
Celebrating Our Country’s Birthday, 2023. Love it!!!

Chicken Parm Sandwich — **Estelle over at Homemade on a Weeknight** shared this yummy recipe for a
Chicken Parmesan Sandwich. Perfect for summer sandwiches celebrating our nation’s holidays. I am soooo there! ;)’

Loving **Debra from Common Ground**‘s post ~ Patriotic Colors on the Front Porch. Really pretty! Love the hydrangeas and those beautiful pillows!!!

bled — Newcomer **Victoria from World Travel** shares a photographic essay on
Lake Bled – Bledsko Jezero, Slovenia. Gorgeous scenery! A bucket list destination for a future vacation.

Portmeirion-botanic-garden-place-setting — **Debbee from Debbee’s Buzz** brings us this beautiful tablescape post ~
Botanic Garden Dishes: Floral & Butterfly Summer Table. Love the garden theme!

Style Imitating Art selection — **Sally from Within a World of My Own** shares Style Imitates Art: Mixing Prints and Shades of Blue for SIA: Taking in the Laundry. Wait until you see her fun skirt!

Patriotic Blog Hop — Our final post this week is from **Wendy at WM Design House** who shares
7 Free Dinner Party Printables; 4th of July Ideas. Fun!!!

Thank You so much to everyone who linked up this past week. A special thank you to everyone for always promoting Share Your Style on your blog and on your social media channels! I do see it when I stop by and I appreciate the love. 💜

If you’d like to follow my Share Your Style board on Pinterest I’d appreciate it, thank you! I do post all of the featured posts from each week’s SYS there plus usually other photos from those posts to my boards. 💜 Thanks so much!!! If you are new to French Ethereal, I hope you will think about subscribing to my blog.

Thank you for your thoughts, prayers and condolences,

Barb 💜

Home Decor, Tablescapes

Share Your Style #390

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 French Ethereal

Hello, dear friends! Welcome back to Share Your Style #390!! My cataract eye surgery went well and I am a week out now. I went to the 2nd post-op yesterday and the right eye is doing well. The incision is healed and I am seeing very well already.

As you may know, I chose to go with multi-focal lenses, and even with the quirky “seeing the lens rings” around halogen lights, the rest of the vision is so exceptional, it’s fine. What I mean is that the eye actually “sees” a reflection of the lens’ circular configuration. I also see light refracting off the lens when light comes in sideways. You get used to it. So, if you are looking to have cataract surgery soon, I highly recommend the multi-focal lenses for vision like you had as a kid! It’s worth the extra money… 🙂

I see only one moon again and stars look normal ~ no more long tails and starbursts around them! Yeah!!! Driving at night is great and now I don’t have to wear glasses. There is a bit of scarring on my left eye, the first eye done, so that will be lasered off at the end of June.

***This is the Mayor of Paris’ office building ~ part of last year’s wonderful trip to France with my daughter. 🙂

Well, I literally took two full weeks off from all blogging, so no posts this week for me. Instead, you get a little insight as to WHY I haven’t blogged much this year. My biggest news is that my husband will be moving to a new position with a new company after the July 4th holiday.

We have known since two weeks before Christmas (really great timing!) that the entire division of 90 people would be “softly laid off.” The company is moving the Reverse Logistics group from Texas to California (go figure!). Hubby doesn’t want to move back, nor could we afford it anymore (we weren’t doing well financially there, as it was anyway). On Zillow, our first and second homes show at $513,000 and $620,000, respectively. (Now if we could have sold at either of those prices…)

A bit devastating to me, since the last time Hubby was out of work, he was out of his usual work for two full years. He continued coaching pole vault and the final year he also was the head coach at our grown children’s high school. We had to sell our second home, but as it turned out living at Lake Skinner for a year as a camp host turned out to be a wonderful way to slowly say goodbye to our “hometown” of Murrieta, California. This linked post shares some of that last home and a little of Riverside County Parks – Lake Skinner, Winchester, California.

So it is definitely a huge God thing, a wonderful blessing!, that we won’t have to sell another home under duress. (We have only been here in Texas 6 1/2 years!) Hubby will get to use his coaching talents in a new way. This was something one of the interviewers was interested in as Mr. Ethereal coached for eight years while working his other jobs as well.

So, happily, I can truly relax this summer, and get back to wandering about, photographing life, and to blogging… Posts coming soon! 🙂

Let’s get to your wonderful posts!!

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And here are this week’s featured posts…

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First up this week we have Debbee of Debbee’s Buzz who shared a trip worthy of a lifetime ~ a visit to Sequoia National Park: Land of [America’s] Giants. Do check out her post! The trees are MASSIVE! <3

(*America added for our overseas friends!*)

It has been a few weeks now since Mother’s Day… I know you will tear up as you read this lovely post from **Sujatha from Crystal Grandeur** who reminisces about her mother ~ so heartfelt! Please enjoy this lovely table from her home in India ~ Mother’s Day Table with Lotus Flowers.

Published on Mother’s Day, this lovely tribute to the beauty of birds by **Debra from Common Ground** strikes a soft spot in my heart ~ Cottage Review: Vintage Birds. Lovely!

Recent newcomer **Sandi from Old New Green Redo** brings us this fun gardening post aptly named Midwest Gardening 2023: Way Back When ~ Ivy Tomato Cage Topiary. (I had a couple, too! Ivy grows great on them. 😉 )

Enchilada Casserole - Enchilada Cazuela / www.delightfulrepast.com — Longtime friend **Jean from Delightful Repast** shares her recipe for this mouthwatering dish ~ Enchilada Cazuela. Yes!!! Dinner tomorrow… :)’

**Coco from The Crowned Goat** brings us this easy peasy craft idea ~ How to Whitewash Terra Cotta Pots with Chalk Paint. Perfect for summer decorating, friends!

Tips and Tricks for Elevating Your Morning Routine-The Crowned Goat

For a double-header this week, CoCo also brings us this perfect-way-to-relax post ~ Simple Ways to Elevate Your Morning, part of her Celebrating Life series.

Wildflowers in a field — Last up this week we have DIY Wildflower Floral Arrangements ~ No Florist Needed by **Wendy at WM Design House.** Yes and yes!!!

Honorable Mention

Longtime blogger Amber from The Hungry Mountaineer shared this fun post about Bohemian Fashion Treasure-Hunting via Yucca Valley Thrifting. Love thrift shops!!! You get the best things there!!!

***Sorry this wouldn’t post up! The photos are fun and Yucca Valley is beautiful and warm during the day in January/February for camping/hiking. If you get the chance to visit, please enjoy!

I had no idea how emotional I was going to get writing this SYS post for you today… I have said to Charles several times that I just couldn’t go through losing another home… I loved the four years we lived in our two RV’s, but the walls are very thin and RV’s move in the wind and storms. There is something about a solid house which I personally need. It’s a deep longing and may have a lot to do with being a military child and living in 42 different homes over the years. Funny how this didn’t hit me until I was long grown!

It has taken a while but I have fallen in love with our little brick home, our manor house. <3

Thanks again, friends, for hanging in there with me! I truly appreciate your friendship and I do hope we can meet in person one day…

Love and hugs,

Barb 🙂

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Share Your Style #386

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 French Ethereal

Welcome, everyone, to this week’s Share Your Style #386!! Hard sometimes to believe that this party has been going on for me since #189, I think… 😉 How has your spring been so far? Ours has been unseasonally cool for April, but I am NOT complaining! I know summer’s heat is just around the corner. School is out in just over four weeks so I am running towards that goal, how about you?

I am Barbara Chapman and I’d love it if you’d follow me here on my blog and on any of my other social media sites, too. Thank you!💜

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Funny, I tried recently to shoot a new photograph of myself sitting on our living room sofa, but I couldn’t get the lighting right, I was off-center, the camera refused to focus… It was a hot mess! I’ve cut my hair since then so maybe I can try to “update” again soon. 😉 For now, you get a photo that is now almost seven years old. 😉

Let’s get this party started!

***Here’s what I shared this past week at* *French Ethereal…***

A Spring Basket for Our Shed Door ~ not part of the monthly Pinterest Challenge because I blew it, but published anyway!

And here are this week’s featured posts…

**Terrie from Decorate with Tip and More** shared How I Style My Kitchen Hutch . Love it!!! Love the bright pops of greenery against the soft greys and neutrals

Simply gorgeous!!! **Jeanne over at Selep Imaging** shared these lovelies in her post Lily of the Valley Flower Arrangement.

Always up for a good read! **Jeanie from The Marmelade Gypsy** writes about four books she read here ~ The March Books. All good ones!! Do check out Jeanie’s post… 🙂

**Sandra from Come to Dinner at Eight** shares The Delights of Afternoon Tea on a Tray. Love it!!! Tea time is always after my heart. <3

**Jennifer from Curated by Jennifer** shared this fashion pairing as part of her post
Dress with Sweater Over It. Love these two pieces together!!

How to Make An Easy DIY Moss Frame Wall Art Gallery- A vintage picture frame covered with greem moss and decorated with pussy willows, ferns and a small clay pot with a birds nest inside. — How cute is this?!! **Wendy from WM Design House** shares How to Make a DIY Moss Frame Art Gallery. Totally fun way to repurpose a worn-out picture frame! Love it!!!

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Honorable Mention

Michelle from K’Mich Wedding Soiree Blog shared the prettiest jumpsuits which WOULD NOT let me copy and paste to my blog (not even through Pinterest, which will usually let me pick photos up). Nevertheless, I wanted to highlight Michelle’s post ~ This Gramma Vintage Style Are Ruling in 2022. She shared GORGEOUS “fashion oil painting style casual floral women style” pantsuits. Reminds me of a hot pink floral two piece set I had back in the 1990’s and a red corduroy jumpsuit I wore to school a lot in the late 1970’s… Do check out her post, friends!!!

And that’s it for this week, dear friends! I hope you have enjoyed this week’s featured posts…

Let’s party!

Barb 🙂

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Share Your Style #385

April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 French Ethereal

Welcome to this week’s Share Your Style #385, dear friends! I am so glad you are here as we have a really nice bunch of features to share with you…

I am Barbara Chapman and I’d love it if you’d follow me here on my blog and on any of my other social media sites, too. Thank you!💜

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No features from me this week! Last weekend was all about cleaning up the yard, clearing piles of leftover oak leaves and nuts (which have been in big piles for a couple of weeks), and laundry… ugh! Hubby was up in the attic looking to block where the evil rats had been getting into over winter. He vacuumed (while wearing protective gear) in the attic cleaning up “that yucky stuff.” Looking better! 🙂

So let’s get to this week’s features…

And here are this week’s featured posts…

First up this week is this DIY project lovingly redone by **Debra from Common Ground**. Such a nice job painting!! Favorite Antique Furniture: Sideboard Dressed for Spring.

**Debra** also scores in this double-header post ~ Peter Rabbit and Friends in the Cupboard. Just a little leftover fun from Easter… <3

**Esme from Esme Salon** shared this wonderful dessert ~ South African Microwave Milk Tart (Melktert) ~ love custard desserts!!!

dulce de leche brownies and a cup of tea in a white cup. — **Elizabeth from Pinecones & Acorns** shared this wonderful recipe for Dulce de Leche Brownies… I love recipes with dulce de leche and this looks just delicious!!!

**Kathryn from The Dedicated House** shared 7 Ways to Decorate Your Master Suite. Love how it turned out!!! So classy!

**Niky from The House on Silverado** shared this post which is sooo timely for summer’s coming heat ~ Setting Up an Automatic Watering System for an Outdoor Plants & Hanging Baskets.

Love this table from **Debbie at Debbie-Dabble** ~ Easter Tablescapes & Easter Wrap-Up. Love the rabbits and the Easter tree!!!

Oh my goodness! I LOVE this post as part of Style Imitating Art… **Sally from Within a World of My Own** created an outfit and her amazing DIY beaded jewelry ~ you need to go check out the beads she makes!
Styling a Tonal Column of Color for SIA: Redouté Roses + DIY Paper Bead Page to Bead Examples. Lovely inspiration!!!

10 images of spring front porch decor ideas — **Wendy from WM Design House** shared this great post ~
35 Simple & Easy Spring Front Porch Ideas. Great round-up!

Happy linking!

Barb 🙂

Fashion, Home Decor

Share Your Style #384

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 French Ethereal

Welcome to this week’s Share Your Style #384, friends!! We have lots more springtime features to share with you today. Let’s get this party started!!

I am Barbara Chapman and I’d love it if you’d follow me here on my blog and on any of my other social media sites, too. Thank you!💜

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***Here’s what I shared this past week at* *French Ethereal…***

Evening Tea in the Garden ~ prompted by a visit to my mother-in-law’s beautiful roses!

And here are this week’s featured posts…

First up this week is this lovely spring tablescape by **MaryJo from Master”Pieces” of My Life** who has a number of gorgeous spring tables to share with you ~ 12 Spring Table Styling Ideas. Love all the pops of yellow! Stop on by!!

Here’s a fun craft idea from **Linda over at Paperseedlings** who shares how to make this beautiful card ~ Stamped Deer in a Clearing. Just lovely and ethereal…

**Wendy from WM Design House** shared some great ideas in this decorating post ~ Butler’s Pantry Design Ideas & Tips for Your Home. An extra space I’m sure we all wish we had!

**Michelle from K’Mich Wedding Soiree Blog** shared so many beautiful cloche ideas to use for upcoming wedding and bridal shower tables in this post ~
The Best Centerpiece Ideas You Need to Know. Gorgeous!!!

**Kathryn from The Dedicated House** brings us How Much Will It Cost to Paint the Interior of a House. As THE PAINTER of all of our houses, it adds up in a hurry! Great thoughts!!

an image of round Pecan balls covered in chocolate — Last entry for this week comes from **Esme from Esme Salon**. She shared her delicious recipe for 7 Ingredient No-Bake Pecan Balls. YUM!!!

Enjoy the party,

Barb 🙂

Gardening, Home Decor

Share Your Style #382

April 1, 2023April 2, 2023 French Ethereal

Welcome to this week’s Share Your Style #382 ~ a bit late this week (I haven’t been sleeping well; taking care of our very old dog takes its toll…), so… I thought I’d get the party up here on Saturday! I am soooo looking forward to your beautiful Easter and springtime posts!

I am Barbara Chapman and I’d love it if you’d follow me here on my blog and on any of my other social media sites, too. Thank you!💜

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Last weekend I was outside working on getting a few plants in the ground plus spreading mulch to protect all the plants’ roots from summer’s coming heat. I was BEAT but it is looking good so far! I will share that post soon. 😉

Just one post from me this week, and I was busy recovering from the weekend (plus, just going to work everyday at school as you know!) so I apologize for not getting SYS on time this Wednesday! I fell asleep by 7:00/7:30pm every night this week until Friday evening. I had a hard time visiting all of the folks on the Pinterest tour, too!

I don’t know if you all know, but I get up with our Yoda every night during the night to take care of his restroom needs, save him from whatever he has got himself stuck underneath (i.e. our bed, my dresser, behind the toilet, etc. — he has Dog Alzheimers), and get his bedding laundry going. We love him and it’s just what we do for our fur babies! 💜

So, let’s get this party started!!!

***Here’s what I shared this past week at* *French Ethereal…***

Two Spring Chair (Decorating) Ideas to Inspire ~ part of this month’s Pinterest Challenge hosted by Cindy of County Road 407. So fun!!!

And here are this week’s featured posts…

A Spring / Easter table setting including a nest of (candy) eggs sitting in a basket of raffia. www.redshuttercottage.com — First up this week is this fun post from newcomer **Kristine from Red Shutter Cottage** ~
A Whimsical Spring Tablescape ~ just adorable!!! (I’ll probably use this phrase a lot today!) Welcome, Kristine to the French Ethereal family! <3

I learned a new word today and here it is in **Sandra from Dinner at Eight**‘s cutest post for spring ~ A Fluffle of Bunnies! Just precious!!!

Pinterest container gardening ideas & inspo — **MaryJo over at Master”Pieces” of My Life** shared this lovely garden post ~
Container Gardening Ideas & Inspiration. Can’t wait for all the blooms!

**Lori from Dining Delight** created this beautiful post ~ Inspiration for Decorating an Easter Brunch Buffet. Simply beautiful!!!

Stephanie from Steph Creates shared this sweet DIY Dollar Tree Birdhouse Decoration post. Love little birdhouses for decorating around the home!

**Lynne from Thrifting Wonderland** shared a sunny tableau here in her post Cheerful Tablescape. Love how Lynne uses thrifted items in her home!

And a huge CONGRATULATIONS to **DeeDee from Our Clover House** on a sweet bedding line affiliation ~ My New Bedding is Named After Me! Really pretty!!

Happy spring, y’all,

Barb 🙂

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Share Your Style #381

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 French Ethereal

Welcome everyone to this week’s Share Your Style #381! A little bunny fun to brighten our Easter month as we check out this week’s featured posts… 😉

I am Barbara Chapman and I’d love it if you’d follow me here on my blog and on any of my other social media sites, too. Thank you!💜

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***Here’s what I shared this past week at* *French Ethereal…***

Happy St. Patty’s Day to You! And a little leprechaun story for you. <3

And here are this week’s featured posts…

First up this week we have these super cute carrot pillows as part of **Debbie-Dabble Blog’s** post ~ Changing Seasons and Crafting. Fun!!!

Colorful Easter Table- Karins Kottage — **Karin from Karin’s Cottage** brings us this cheery Colorful Easter Vintage Tablescape. Love it!!!

**Katherine from The Dedicated House** brings us a little spring updating idea in her post ~ Is Your Home Ready for a Refresh? Review Ideas to Consider. Love this!!!

Homemade Mother's Day Treat Ideas — **Claire Justine** shared this beautiful tribute for all mothers as we approach the holiday soon ~ Homemade Mother’s Day Treat Ideas. Delicious!!

**Penny from Penny’s Treasures** shared her sweet entryway all decked out in spring decor ~ Simple Easter Entry & 1st Spring Blooms. Soooo pretty!!! (Love pinks…)

And doing a fun double-header, here is **Penny’s** massive storage solution for
How I Store My Spring & Easter Decor. I am totally impressed!! Question: How many bunnies do you think she has??? Love ’em all!!! 😉

Spring Porch Tour with Hydrangeas and Spring Containers-The Crowned Goat — **CoCo from The Crowned Goat** wows with this festive feast of florals in her post ~
Cottage Inspired Spring Porch Tour. Look at those hydrangeas!!!

**Niky from The House on Silverado** shared her lovely home in this
Spring Tour 2023: 7 Simple Steps to Invite Spring Inside. Lovely!!

**Meagan from Decorative Inspirations** shares a how-to in this DIY post ~
New Life to an Antique China Cabinet. Beautiful job!!!

Hoppy party, dear friends!

Barb 🙂

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Share Your Style #380

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 French Ethereal

Welcome back, friends! This week’s Share Your Style #380 is back after a two week hiatus. The first week I can’t even remember why I missed (exhaustion?), and last Wednesday I was recovering from eye surgery in the morning. So, instead of my usual photo I am sharing “Pirate Barb” with the eye patch I had to wear the first day ~ all day and night. Then I only had to wear it at nighttime. 😉

*I am Barbara Chapman and I’d love it if you’d follow me here on my blog and on any of my other social media sites, too. Thank you!💜*

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I apologize for not letting you all know I’d be off last week. I thought I’d feel good and be able to post that evening. I was home early enough from the surgery center, but I didn’t think about the effects of anesthesia on the body. I was sleeping pretty much all afternoon and evening as soon as I got home.

So, again, I apologize for not having SYS these past two weeks, but sometimes I just need some time off. 😉 And this evening, I was out planting veg in the garden and then critter-proofing the bin with lots of hardware cloth, chickenwire until 8:00p.m.

Better late than never! Let’s get this party started!! 🙂