As soon as the ladies left my house on the Thursday evening in late July from the Gatherings | Instagram 101 class, Laurel Donahoo and I started tossing around the idea of another Instagram class where she would take us to the next level, stepping up our Instagram game to greater heights. We thought how cool it would be to have this class at an off-sight location - somewhere besides my house since this would have been the third class Laurel had taught for Gatherings within j

FOURTH PIECE For those of you that are just now joining in on the fun, a little over a month ago, I asked you to help me decide on a painting to hang on an empty wall next to my fireplace in my den. This wall has been blank since we moved in almost 7 years ago. I think it is high time to change that, don't you? I am teaming up with Whit Geary @VIEWGALLERY, my Instagram followers, and the Gatherings girls to help me finally decide on the perfect piece. Before each Gathering

During a beach trip this past summer, I read a book where the idea of Glamping was introduced to me - camping with a glamorous side where you step outside of this hectic world into a world of peace and tranquility coupled with fun activities allowing you to do things you don't normally take time to do while spending the night tucked in luxurious yerts decorated from top to bottom and decked out with memory foam mattresses. I'm pretty sure that was a run-on sentence, but I jus

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THIRD PIECE Hey Ladies, it's that time again. For those of you that are just now joining in on the fun, about a month ago, I asked for your help in deciding which painting I should hang on an empty wall next to the fireplace in my den. This wall has been blank since we moved in almost 7 years ago. So I need your help on what you think looks best hanging. Please vote at the end of this page ... and make sure you go back and look at the other two pieces for comparison. I ha