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Posted on February 16, 2010 - by Estate Manager

Winter Days Inside

Family News
Winter Days Inside

The past month or so Hearthstone House has been mostly confined to inside play. Snow has come and gone twice and the temperatures are too cold for playing outside. We have been able to put all the Christmas toys to good use. The Bird is really into playing with her Barbies, Quadrilla set and Legos. [...]

Posted on January 9, 2010 - by Slade

Quadrillia Mania

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Quadrillia Mania

When we first moved to Atlanta, The Estate Manager dragged us out to this really cool toy and kids store in a part of town I still can’t find. They had lots really interesting toys and kids decor items. The one thing that stuck out was that they had a HUGE wooden-marble-set-up-gizmo-thing. The Bird was [...]

Posted on January 1, 2010 - by Estate Manager

Christmas Wrap Up

Family News
Christmas Wrap Up

Hearthstone House celebrated Christmas this year in both traditional and new ways this year. We of course made sugar cookies, partook in kids crafts, took our trip to the mall to see Santa and drove all over Atlanta looking at Christmas lights. Christmas Eve we went to church and then had dinner at Tasty China [...]

Posted on December 12, 2009 - by Estate Manager

Gingerbread House Play Date

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Gingerbread House Play Date

Fridays are usually the days that we schedule outings or play dates with friends. The Bird, Meebs and I were invited to our friend Kim’s house yesterday to play with Lydia and Thomas and work on gingerbread houses for the girls. Kim provided us with Wilton Gingerbread Kits and added some store bought candy to [...]

Posted on December 11, 2009 - by Estate Manager

Bird Sings in Choir

Family News

This week has been a furry of activity for The Bird with preparations for Christmas performances for church choir. She sang on Wednesday night to a packed house of parents, grandparents and siblings. She did really well and was not stage freight, I think it was because her buddy Chase was there. Mom and Dad [...]

Posted on November 11, 2009 - by Estate Manager

Macy’s Pink Pig

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Macy’s Pink Pig

Hearthstone House was invited to the sneak peak party for the Macy’s Pink Pig ride at Lenox Square Mall last week. The Pink Pig is an Atlanta tradition at Christmas time and started in 1953 at Rich’s Department Store. Many folks around here have stories of riding the famed Pink Pig as children and now [...]

Posted on November 2, 2009 - by Estate Manager

Videos of Meebs

Family News

Our little Meebs is growing into her personality and it is really fun to watch. This past week we were able to capture some moments of her on video. She is just starting to make friends of her own at the library and is also coloring with real enthusiasm.
At the library – for a pre [...]

Posted on October 18, 2009 - by Estate Manager

Fall Decorating on the Cheap

Design News
Fall Decorating on the Cheap

This week at Hearthstone House we have been very busy in preparations for fall. We made or reused items around the house and spent $5.00 total on supplies. I bought a wheat bundle and some small ornamental pumpkins from the grocery store.  I wanted to decorate for both Halloween and Thanksgiving with out breaking the [...]

Design Candy- Where the Wild Things Are
by Estate Manager on September 30, 2009
Where The Wild Things Are Puppets
by Estate Manager on September 29, 2009
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Crafts News

Gingerbread House Play Date

Fridays are usually the days that we schedule outings or play dates with friends. The Bird, Meebs and I were invited to our friend Kim’s house yesterday to play with Lydia and Thomas and work on gingerbread houses for the girls. Kim provided us with Wilton Gingerbread Kits and added some store bought candy to [...]

Crafts News

Where The Wild Things Are Puppets

And when he came to the place where the wild things are they roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.
This week we have been celebrating the release of Where The Wild Things Are. The Bird and I picked a copy of the book [...]

Crafts News

Back By Popular Demand- Book of Colors

I woke up this morning with several comments in my in box about a post I made from December 30, 2008. It was a book of colors, The Bird and I made with lunch bags, construction paper and magazine clippings. This was the first documented project I posted after getting the site as a Christmas [...]

Design News

Fall Decorating on the Cheap

This week at Hearthstone House we have been very busy in preparations for fall. We made or reused items around the house and spent $5.00 total on supplies. I bought a wheat bundle and some small ornamental pumpkins from the grocery store.  I wanted to decorate for both Halloween and Thanksgiving with out breaking the [...]

Design News

Design Candy- Where the Wild Things Are

After searching around the other day for party ideas for Where the Wild Things Are I was inspired to find and create a sample board based on the art direction from the new film. I wanted to try and capture the different elements of the story by using texture and color. Specifically I wanted to [...]

Design News

House Beautiful at ADAC

On Thursday this week, I was invited to attend House Beautiful’s Color Institute at the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center (ADAC). The event was open to local interior designers and magazine subscribers and the day was devoted to discussions on color trends, historical aspects of color and whats next. I wanted to share some of my [...]

Faith

Verse for the Week

Rest. Quiet. Stillness. It is hard to come by as a mom. When it happens take advantage of it and marinade in it.  My days are filled with many things but I long for rest both physically and mentally. How about you? How do you find it? Or do you create it by setting up [...]

Faith News

Verse for the Week

I found this today in book that my Dad gave me a while ago, called I ‘m a Good Mother by Gigi Schweikert. It struck a cord with me and reminded me to be thankful for what I have, even if it does not always look the way I want it.
“I Laugh”
I take my job [...]

Faith

Verse for the Week

Isaiah 66:13
13 As a mother comforts her child,
so will I comfort you;
and you will be comforted

Family News

Winter Days Inside

The past month or so Hearthstone House has been mostly confined to inside play. Snow has come and gone twice and the temperatures are too cold for playing outside. We have been able to put all the Christmas toys to good use. The Bird is really into playing with her Barbies, Quadrilla set and Legos. [...]

Family News

Christmas Wrap Up

Hearthstone House celebrated Christmas this year in both traditional and new ways this year. We of course made sugar cookies, partook in kids crafts, took our trip to the mall to see Santa and drove all over Atlanta looking at Christmas lights. Christmas Eve we went to church and then had dinner at Tasty China [...]

Family News

Bird Sings in Choir

This week has been a furry of activity for The Bird with preparations for Christmas performances for church choir. She sang on Wednesday night to a packed house of parents, grandparents and siblings. She did really well and was not stage freight, I think it was because her buddy Chase was there. Mom and Dad [...]

Family News

Winter Days Inside

The past month or so Hearthstone House has been mostly confined to inside play. Snow has come and gone twice and the temperatures are too cold for playing outside. We have been able to put all the Christmas toys to good use. The Bird is really into playing with her Barbies, Quadrilla set and Legos. [...]

News

Quadrillia Mania

When we first moved to Atlanta, The Estate Manager dragged us out to this really cool toy and kids store in a part of town I still can’t find. They had lots really interesting toys and kids decor items. The one thing that stuck out was that they had a HUGE wooden-marble-set-up-gizmo-thing. The Bird was [...]

Family News

Christmas Wrap Up

Hearthstone House celebrated Christmas this year in both traditional and new ways this year. We of course made sugar cookies, partook in kids crafts, took our trip to the mall to see Santa and drove all over Atlanta looking at Christmas lights. Christmas Eve we went to church and then had dinner at Tasty China [...]

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