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Your votes are in... I'm currently writing to you from my dining room table/work space while our new roof is being installed overhead! {we had a leak + it was super old.} These are the types of home improvements that while necessary, aren't that glamorous. I'd much rather be sinking this small fortune into my new car fund or hard wood floors. But the roof won out!  Nellie girl is going nuts but don't worry, we have an escape plan to my friend Beverly's house if needed! And during the brief moments when the scraping and hammering stops, we're serenaded by their...

Lessons I learned from June... As someone who's still pretty new to this full-time small business ownership, I still have a lot to learn. And one of the biggest lessons from June was that I bit off more than I could chew.  Between my birthday sale and the mask + earring bundles with my girl Megan to the Coastal Collection launch and my Summer Soiree gift sets with my bestie, Heather, of Prince Designs, I pushed a lot of product in June. I know it and you know it.  And if there's one thing I've learned over the last  year or so, it's that you can't sell, sell, sell! You have...

I can't do it. Trust me, I've tried. Every time I attempt that trendy French tuck/half tuck/front tuck that all the cool kids are doing, I imagine I look as ridiculous as I feel and I chalk it up to another French tuck fail. Welcome to my soap box... If you're wondering what I'm talking about, reference the above model perfectly flaunting her French tuck. The other week I popped into my favorite Raleigh clothing boutique, The Flourish Market, and chatted with Megan who works in the shop. She's young and hip and so on trend so I valued her...

My 8 year old son, Davis, has been a busy little bee making necklaces right along side his mama! He's designed his little collection of necklaces by creating his own patterns and color palettes and his entrepreneurial spirit + his heart for the feeding the homeless is melting this mama's heart!  Sometimes I wonder if my kids even know I have a business and other times I wonder if I work too much! But in all the recent frenzy of me taking The Painted Pearl full-time, I've realized that they're seeing me hustle, with a whole lot of heart, for something...

There's nothing better than fresh cut flowers to brighten my day! The whole reason I have hydrangeas planted is so I can enjoy their blooms both in and outside of my home all summer long.  A few weeks ago I learned an easy and helpful hydrangea hack from my friend, Kimberly! My mind was blown when she showed us a simple way to resurrect wilted, week-old hydrangea blooms to give them new life for another week of beauty! With her gracious permission, I'm sharing it with you here!  Supplies you'll need: scissors + a bowl or sink full of cold...