Ideas to make your home brighter & your heart lighter
Say the word “sale” and I’m like a hungry zombie on the hunt for his next meal. Brains! Bargain! It can be a recipe for disaster. Many times, my judgment has been clouded by a good deal. And it’s not until I’m home that I realize that treasure was really trash. But not this time. [...]
Welcome to Day 2 of the Atta Girl Says 1-Year Blogiversary Giveaway Bonanza. Did you enter yesterday’s giveaway for a handmade basket made by my dad? If not, there’s still time. Now for today’s prize. It’s a fitting one indeed, since Miss Mustard Seed was one of those bloggers who inspired me to start Atta [...]
I’ve always been bugged by the placement of the thermostat in my formal living room. It’s smack dab in the middle of the wall below the staircase. Obviously when the builders installed it, they weren’t thinking about aesthetics. They placed it almost in the middle of the wall, meaning that when I hang art there, [...]
There was a time when I would have run in horror from a stencil. Visions of kitchsy country kitchens stenciled in forest green and mauve come to mind. But lately, I’ve come to embrace stencils. I’ve not used on on my walls just yet, but stencils are one of my favorite ways to add pizazz [...]
If you hang around here — or around me in real life — you know that I’m just a little bit obsessed with painted furniture. My garage looks like a cross between a thrift store and a paint supply store. Projects, paint and paintbrushes everywhere! Paint is like makeup. It can camouflage even the worst [...]
I’m getting very, very excited about receiving my initial shipment of Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint. That sample pack Marian sent made me fall in love with milk paint and Miss Mustard Seed’s beautiful color palette. To help my blogging friend, Kendall, celebrate her birthday, I am giving away a 6-color sample pack of Miss [...]
Do you ever go junking or yard sale shopping and find something that’s too good to pass up? Something that you buy, even though you’re not certain how you’ll use it? But the price is right. And you hand over the dollar, quarter, whatever that the seller is asking, like I did for this: What [...]
Exciting and busy, busy times here at Atta Girl Says. First, we opened our local retail space at Golden Antiques in Summerfield, N.C., then we found out we’d be among the first retailers nationwide to carry Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint. And because we didn’t have enough on our plate, we’ve opened an etsy shop. [...]
