by lisa rippy | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog
So, last night didn’t go quite as Rip and I had planned. My cousin is in town with her son and we had invited them to dinner. But as the day came to a close, after running here and there throughout our city’s capital building all day, (serving as a page...
by Libby Williams | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog
“When they saw the star they rejoiced with exceedingly great job.” Matthew 5:10 Ever feel like you need a star to guide you? I found myself driving home in the fog and drizzle of a dark and dreary night. All of a sudden; right inside a curve,...
by lisa rippy | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog
Happy Monday! I have another GIVEAWAY that I am very excited ’bout!! Last week, the giveaway was “Make Room for What You Love.” A book at the top of my favorites list so far for 2017! It’s Magnolia Market’s Decorative Tin Tray! Yes, the...
by lisa rippy | Jan 21, 2017 | Blog
Some New Year’s resolutions may already be wearing off, especially in ways that require us to be “well managers of time.” Maybe this little video will encourage us to be so thrilled, literally grateFUL for every minute of our day that we live (with...
by lisa rippy | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog
As soon as I pulled up to the house, I could hear a loud skill saw being used in the backyard. There was some commotion going on back there and I knew why! A wedding reception was going to be held at the bride’s home in just a few days and the father of the...
by Libby Williams | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog
“‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. Leviticus 2:19 We hear this word often in Christian circles; as well as in the media. (Community) How do we accomplish community? Webster...
by Libby Williams | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 There is cleaning out and then there is CLEANING OUT! My step mother passed away on December 27, 2016. Ruby was one of the cleanest, neatest...
by lisa rippy | Jan 17, 2017 | Blog
While organizing my home office Sunday, I came to my last box that needed to be worked through and found a folded piece of old newspaper. It was an article from August 13, 1999, when my daughter, Samantha Lane Cronk, had her bedroom spotlighted for its decor. There...
by lisa rippy | Jan 14, 2017 | Blog
If there was EVER a book on the market that read, page after page, as though someone had looked into my own HEART, into how I “do home” and how I “feel” about home, then penned what they saw, “Make Room for What You Love” would be...
by lisa rippy | Jan 12, 2017 | Blog
There are some projects you know will always be engraved in your heart, and working with the Smith family is definitely one of those “captured” moments in my career. This is a family we stumbled upon when Rip and I were looking at some land. We found Tom...
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