Joy

Living in the Bay Area of California as a child there was a neighborhood church who played the bells on Saturdays and Sundays.  The church was just an old building really, no charm in it or the grounds.  But the beauty it shared with us is something I treasure still to this day.  I would wake up early on Saturday mornings and climb into our treehouse so I could see more of the sunrise and listen with pure delight to the morning's song.  It was absolutely peaceful.  On Sunday evenings it would play several songs and my family would sit on the patio and just listen.  One weekend the bells didn't play.  My mom knew something was wrong and took me and my brother to this little church to find out that the old pastor was dying.  He went home to be with the Lord a few days later.  Many hundreds of people came to his funeral, the little church could not hold them all.  Most never attended his church but they loved the beauty he shared with us.  He said he wanted people to know that God loves them and He does, all of us, there are no exceptions.  

Each of us have God-given gifts to share...so share it, give it all away.  People need your kind words, a smile, your thoughtfulness so they too can know God loves them, because He does.  

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The beauty of The Old Parsonage in Little Bredy, Dorset @mccormickcharlie was featured in the May issue of @countrylivinguk and brought these sweet memories back.  #regram from @clivenichols 

🌿🌷It's the weekend! 

 I hope its lovely sweet friends. 🌷🌿

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Collections: Intentional Living - Living with what you love & Beautiful Instagram accounts to follow.

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Blue and White is always timeless and it never looks better then when gathered in a collection.  This beautiful glass front cabinet of @verandahhouse showcases a lovely gathering of items.  

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There are some wonderful Instagram accounts who live with what they love and mix in their collections into the everyday:  @jennyroseinnes  @m.o.endres  @stampsandstamps  @karenkeysar  @hautedownsouth

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Intentional Living with items we love and collect or have been given to us, brings life to our homes, creativity to how we want to live and inspiration to those we share it with.

Happy Monday sweet friends!  

You are so loved by God!

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Weekend Chic Video: At Home with Designer Isabel López-Quesada

"My main idea, and usually regardless of the project, is authenticity."

~Isabel López-Quesada

This Weekend Chic is a combination of design and a video showcasing the designer's personal home in her own voice... which is absolutely divine.    @Zarahome and @Nowness featured a video of Madrid designer Isabel López-Quesada in her own voice and design philosophy and videoed in her home.  I have viewed this video probably 20 times.  I #havethisthingwithlight and designer López-Quesada has built her home so it's filled with light.   I love that it is in Spanish with English subtitles, it brings warmth, charm, inspiration and authenticity.  

Enjoy!   

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Her new book: Isabel López-Quesada AT HOME is beautiful and personal as it showcases her designs in her various homes.  I believe how you feel in your home is more important than the individual items or their pedigree.  It should feel like you, your tastes, what's important to you, and how you want to live.

This beautiful video and her book will inspire you to live beautifully your way.

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Video Produced by: @maximilliagram 

Photos: @isabellopezquesada #onetofollow

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Early Spring: Intentional Living - Pursuing Beauty in the Everyday

Early Spring in Angélique's Lovely Greenhouse @country.chique

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If you are like me and don't have a greenhouse: buy tulips, plant them in pots with green moss covering the soil, placing them on antique or vintage dessert plates, and group them on your dining room table, or an outdoor windowsill so their pretty colors peak through your shutters, placing the potted tulips in a basket with some tea and bring it to your neighbor, hairdresser or someone who is recovering from an illness.  No matter who you bring them to it will brighten their day and yours.  Of course planting them in mass is always stunning...

Intentional Living is pursuing beauty in the everyday.

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Intentional Living: Weekday Mornings

A lovely table scape of green cabbage-ware and yellow lemons and daffodils...and what a beautiful view out her door by @melissa_penfold.  

Build in time for intentional living during the weekday mornings, to use a pretty plate and cup and sit near an open window if it's warm enough, even for 5 minutes while you eat your toast and listen to the birds sing or feel the breeze.  Or set a lovely table the night before and have your coffee or tea amongst this pampering setting.  Turn on some classical music or a favorite inspirational podcast, have a mini devotional time or pen in a gratitude journal.  Setting the tone and mood in the right direction for the entire day.  

It is amazing the difference it makes to add in intentional living to our busy week.  

I appreciate you, you add beauty and kindness and your God-given gifts to the world around you!

Happy Tuesday my friends...

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