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Jeanne Winters: Inspiring Ideas For Your Life!

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I always love blogs that contain “eye candy” in the form of inspiring ideas, and Jeanne Winters: Inspiring Ideas for Your Home, Your Celebrations, Your Life is no exception!  It’s my special pleasure to introduce Jeanne Winters to you. Jeanne Winters is a wife, mother of two, artist, designer, and author of Inspirational Home: simple ideas for uplifting decor and craft. And get this: she has a gift collection called “Simply Inspiring” in Hallmark stores!  Her blog features creative ideas to infuse your home, celebrations and life with reflections of faith.

Tell us about your blog and how you’ve managed to fuse your business with your blog.
My blog, my art, my work – they’re all connected. I always have a zillion things going on, but they all share the same focus. And that is sharing positive, fun, encouraging messages visually. I show creative project ideas on my blog, I paint retro-looking, vintage-style uplifting signs which I sell in a number of venues included Etsy, and I design gifts and home accents for manufacturers.  At any given time one of these areas is taking most of my attention while the others hang back for a few. I have two little kiddos at home, so they are my real attention-getters!

What was the inspiration behind your blog?
I am an idea person. A decade ago I was overflowing with ideas for uplifting home decor and gifts. As I created things for my home I discovered other people really liked them. I came up with three ways to share them:  describe in a book, show on a website, sell in a store. I created an online store to sell the things I was able to have manufactured, but I also added a “free” section full of the ideas people could make for themselves. A few years after that was all rolling I got to do the book, Inspirational Home. When I later sold the business I lost my “idea outlet.” So, I decided to try out blogging!

What is your favorite project?
I love my inspiration board made out of a glass-paneled door! I love that my husband discovered it at the dump and dragged it home for me! VERY out of character. Ha! It took a couple years to find its home above my desk in my studio, but it now overflows with inspiring ephemera. I don’t care for clutter, but having all my goodies contained up there is perfectly peachy!

What is your best crafting tip that we can all benefit from?
Just go for it! Anyone can craft. Truly. There are levels of ability, but everyone can find something that fits their groove. And it’s a little rush to create something with your own hands. When I designed my book I created SIMPLE projects with the novice in mind. The pros can already look at anything and copy it. But those who want to try something fun and new can follow baby steps and come out with something competely custom and perfect for THEM. I love to see that excited sense of accomplishment when they’re done!! Oh, yes – and buy some tracing paper for your craft closet.

Favorite Posts:
My Ultimate Inspiration Board:  I LOVE this Inspiration Board that Jeanne Winters made from a flea market find!  (See photo above)
Valentine Idea Recap:  Jeanne Winters has a lot of holiday ideas!
Messy Boy Party”:  Parties! Gotta love ’em! This one makes Jeanne Winters sentimental.

About Alina Thomas

Alina is a Northern Virginia wedding photographer based out of Leesburg, VA. She has a passion for arts and design, and strives to express it through her work. She is creative at heart and loves nothing more than sharing her knowledge in photography with other Virginia wedding photographers on her blog each week. Alina loves being a new mom to her first-born and spending time with her husband who helps her run her businesses. Please feel free to follow her on: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest or Google+.

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  1. Working Mommy says

    I love projects like these…alas, I usually start more than I finish due to time or other circumstances.

    Hope you enjoyed your SITS day!

    ~WM

  2. Kat Eden says

    Happy SITS day Jeanne! Your pictures are stunning; I can’t wait to see the whole ‘shebang’ over at your blog 🙂

  6. AJ Nissa says

    Sounds wonderful! I have ideas flowing out of me lots of times, but I wish I had your motivation to get things done, and so magnificently well! Yay for you!!!

  7. jennice says

    I’m redecorating my room and its been hard because I share it with my three year old daughter. I want it reflect that a grown woman and a child inhabit the same room and hopefully I’ll be able to get a ew ideas from jeanne’s website.

  11. Lilu says

    Beaaautiful blog. I need one of those inspiration boards! (But first I need a bigger room with more wall space…)
    The cupcakes look yummy *__*

  16. Wyletter says

    I look forward to checking out Jeanne’s blog. I’m always on the look out for decor and crafting ideas. I hope that everyone has a great weekend.

  17. Far From Perfect MaMMa says

    I love the glass paneled door idea! Looks so easy. Heading over to check out the blog, although I have a sneaky suspicion I’m going to have another case of blog envy…or lack of ability envy! Thanks for the intro.

  27. Krystina says

    Eeeeeek!!! I love amazing inspiration like this!! These pictures alone are fabulous so I can only imagine what’s in store on her actual blog! It’s so true what a rush you get when you make something. Definitely heading to the blog right now!! 🙂

  30. Chic Working Mom says

    I wish I had that much creativity! I would’ve stepped right over that door. Everything I create is a very expected, obvious pretty. I’ll definitely be checking out her blog for home ideas since I’m still in full on decorating mode.

  33. Queen Mum says

    Humming birds = adorable….. The Ice cream cake looks super fun to make and yummy, I’m sure I will make that before summer is over…
    Great blog!

    xoxo

  34. Laurel says

    I always joke that places like Michaels give me hives. Utterly without the craft gene. Buuuuut … I love your stuff. Maybe I can ….:)

    • jeanne @ Inspiring Ideas says

      You CAN! You CAN! But only if you WANT to. 🙂 That’s why it’s fun for people like me when we do a group charity craft. We set it all up and craft all together. Some of the less crafty gals get the step by step and see how easy it really can be!

  35. Jerica says

    I have to say, not only am I impressed and delighted at seeing the crafty things you’ve been up to but I’m amazed and taken aback that you are able to make time for that, given your already very full life! Congratulations to you, you are an inspiration =)

  38. Patty says

    I love the metal bucket with the flowers in it! Beautiful and Classy, yet simple.
    I know I’ll be spending a lot of time on your blog 😉

    I love creating things myself. Although I am not THAT good, I do things that please me and therefore it makes me happy 🙂

  39. Eva Gallant says

    I am always amazed and impressed by people who can come up with clever craft ideas and actually see them through to fruition.

    Hope everyone has a great weekend, and that you stop by my blog and remember the troops.

  42. Caren with a "C" says

    I’d love to have the space, time, and money to craft as much as I really wanted to. Alas, homeschool is starting again and I won’t have much time to do anything.

  46. Dani @ OK, Dani says

    Lovely!!! I like how positive she is. I know i’m the opposite of crafty but reading that made me feel like I really could make something that doesnt suck! 🙂

    I love eye candy blogs oto.