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A Fetching Friday Wish for Peace

Today’s Fetching Friday is centered on a wish for peace.

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Peace is essential to heart, soul, mind, and country.

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Hope and Peace Wall Art

We seek it, pray for it, will it, support it, encourage it, stand for it, speak out for it, imagine it, design and decorate around it, protest for it, inspire it, thrive from it, die for it, and fight for it.

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Elle Decor

Peace is a heartfelt feeling so many of us appreciate, embrace, salute, and earnestly desire for the world.

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“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits
of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

—Desmond Tutu

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Country Living

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“Peace is our gift to each other.”

— Elie Wiesel

iCanvas "John Lennon" by Aged Pixel Canvas Print

iCanvas “John Lennon” by Aged Pixel Canvas Print

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“Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace,
to live peace… Peace will be the last word of history.”

― Pope John Paul II

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“Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light
of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.”

— David O. McKay

Carl Vilhelm Holsøe (Danish, 1863–1935)

“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability
to handle conflict by peaceful means.”

—Ronald Reagan

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Mood of Silence

This wish for peace is not politically motivated, but one from the heart extended to each and every one of you.

I hope you have a wonderful Friday filled with love and beauty, joy at the signs of spring, and blessings of peace.

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The Essentials of Winter Care

Essentials of winter care help to protect and pamper care and maintenance.

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Bitter cold conditions aren’t only uncomfortable to deal with, they  wreak havoc with our skin.

We seek shelter in the warmth of our home only to have the dryness from indoor heat sources deny the skin of essential moisture.

Insult, meet injury.

This scenario reminds me of my trips to Las Vegas.

At first, the dry heat is tolerable.

Three days in and my skin is screaming for the humidity Louisiana is known for.

In order to win the war against dry skin, you must be armed for battle.

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My show and tell beauty regimen to defeat dry skin delivers soothing results and moisture rich relief without leaving an oily residue on the face, hands, body and feet.

Here is my list of the essentials of winter care.

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Options make the world go round, so the new go-to hand lotions making my essentials of winter care list is Love Beauty and Planet Rose Hand Cream for daytime use, and Burt’s Bees Almond and Milk Hand Cream for nighttime.

Love Beauty and Planet Rose Hand Cream smells so good, and the coverage is just right for day.

Burt’s Bees Almond and Milk Hand Cream is a bit heavier and perfect for conditioning winter hands.

Comfort, coverage, staying power, excellent price point, and protection with the added bonus of a pleasing scent.  Sold!

After trying all the rest I now have found the best foot cream in Gold Bond Softening Foot Cream.

For roughly (ha!) $6 you too can crack the code of dry, cracked feet.

Night of Olay Firming Cream is both my night and day cream.   It’s that good.

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L’Occitane Ultra Rich Body Cream.  Love the scent, the feel, the results.
This is one of only a few beauty products I have no problem splurging on.

Burt’s Bees Beeswax Lip Balm is a year round must have for chapped, dry lips.

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Jacobean Style Cabinets Designed and Made by Artichoke

Always aware of the importance of staying true to the all things house that make a home topic, let’s look at ways to pamper and protect wood furniture, wood cabinets, and wood doors from drying out due to dry indoor air.

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Oil-based wood conditioners are the essentials for winter care needed for protecting wood furniture, wood cabinets, and wood doors from drying out.

Applying a furniture oil such as Howard Feed-N-Wax or a quality lemon oil for fine wood penetrates wood and helps to retain moisture.

I do not suggest using an oil soap, wax or furniture polish that contains silicone.

Silicone based products promote build up and yellow discoloration, and therefore are not recommended.

Placement is also a consideration in preventing drying and fading.

Although often unavoidable due to design and space constraints, it is best not to place furniture near heating vents (drying) or in direct sunlight (drying and fading).

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Interior Designer Ninou Etienne of FusionD as featured by Design to Inspire

Don’t forget about pampering and protecting your leather home furnishings.

Leather is a natural product.

In order to maintain the natural beauty of the hide, I condition leather furnishings with leather conditioner at the start of winter.

Using a good leather conditioner will keep the leather soft and supple and the natural beauty of the  patina.

Leather Honey Leather Conditioner is my number one choice of leather conditioners.  It is non toxic, water repellent, controls mildew and leaves no oily residue.

I do recommend consulting the furnishings care label before using any conditioning product.

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Leather Honey Leather Conditioner

Winter is beautiful, but can be brutal.

Pamper and protect with the essentials of winter care.

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