Category: Popular Posts

  • {The Little Kitchen that Could!}

    Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! The kitchen transformation is complete!!!! Remember this? Here is the same space today! Hallelujah. My goals for this space were to open it up, make it brighter and breathe some whimsy into it by decorating with things we love. I know what you are thinking- “she said she couldn’t paint the cabinets!?” Well, I…

  • Dear Wynn {Your Birth Story}

    “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”Romans 15:4 Dear Wynn, I wanted to sit here tonight and write all of the details of the night you were born. I wanted to sit here with a…

  • The Harvest

    This is a lengthy post, but it contains important information on the future of this blog and future plans for our family, so I thank you for sticking with me until the end. * * * * * * * I heard a wonderful sermon this morning and it spoke right to my heart. Don’t…

  • Welcome to our New Old House!

    Hi friends! I am excited to be participating today in the Parade of Homes sponsored by blog Poppies at Play! Our new old house is the final stop on the virtual home tour! To my new visitors, welcome to Rare & Beautiful Treasures! I am glad you are here. My name is Erin and this…

  • Dear Wynn {The Birdhouse}

    Dear Wynn, I carried you in my heart for many years before I carried you inside my body, and now, in my arms. While you were in my heart, sweet boy, I talked to Jesus often. I prayed that he would send you down from heaven so that you could be my darling babe. And…

  • Our Master Bedroom on HGTV.com!

    Taking a time-out from the baby cuteness to admit that I have been keeping a big secret!! We were asked to submit photos to HGTV of our master bedroom to be included in an article on HGTV.com covering bedroom decorating ideas for any price-point. The article is now up on HGTV.com! and that means I…

  • There is No Place Like Home

    I believe this much is true: Every house has the potential to be a home. This is true whether you live in a castle, a McMansion, an apartment, a mobile home, or anything in between. It is not about the physical structure, it is about the heart and the attitude of those living within the…

  • High Water.

    I can only give you my word that every bit of this story is true. I woke up early on Saturday morning. I was planning to make the two hour drive north to my family’s farm to spend time with my parents, grandparents, and observe part of the harvest. I had a telephone call from…

  • Dear Birthday Boy,

    My Dearest A, Do you know that you were born into this world 6 years ago today? And that I remember your first breath? That I memorized the sound of your first cry and the feel of your tiny finger when it reached for mine? Did you know that it has been you and me,…