Notes From the Nest
Wow, what a week! Â To be honest, I’m recovering a bit from whiplash. Â Haha! Â Between wrapping up the Haven conference, spending a few days hunting for and loading up great vintage finds on the World’s Longest Yard Sale, and coming home to set up my classroom for the year, it’s been a lot. Â However, all great things and such a fun way to wrap up the summer break!
I hope you enjoy the Notes From Our Nest this week!
Around Our Nest:
- I’ll be sorting through and cleaning our finds from the World’s Longest Yard Sale for awhile. Â However, I got so much inspiration and can’t wait to start showing you some ideas I have to start transitioning from summer into early fall decorating around our nest.
- Local friends, stay tuned! Â I’ll be doing a vintage pop up sale here at “our nest” pretty soon!
- Teacher work days start tomorrow for me…hard to believe. Â Summer flew by. Â At the same time, we did a LOT this summer and we are so thankful for all of the fun memories and opportunities we had!
- The kids start back to school on Wednesday! Â Backpacks are ready, uniforms hanging, and clean new school shoes are lined up. Â Here we go! Â Mixed feelings, for sure, but overall, our kids enjoy school and I’m so thankful it isn’t a battle to get going with the year!

Around the ‘Gram This Week:
- I had so much fun sharing our World’s Longest Yard Sale, aka 127 Sale, in my Instagram stories this week. Â The best part was chatting with you all in DMs and hearing your favorite things too! Â I saved it all in my highlights if you missed it!
- Over on THIS post, I shared my favorite finds. Â You can definitely watch for these being used around our own home this fall!
- Then, as we are gearing up for the start of the school year, I love to spend some time just getting our home feeling settled and ready for the big transition from summer into the school year. Â On THIS post, you can find 5 things I think are important for creating an intentional home environment for my family!


Around the Blog This Week:
- THIS blog post goes into detail about 5 things I enjoy doing around our home in order to try and create a really welcoming, calm, and happy home environment for my family. Â Of course, there are many more things that could be added, but this is a good list to get started with. Â Hopefully it provides some inspiration for you as well!
- Even though the World’s Longest Yard Sale 2023 has ended, save THIS blog post for details and start making plans now to go next year! Â It is SO MUCH FUN!

Around the Storefront This Week:
It’s been a fun week around the storefront. Â I haven’t gotten around to sharing all of my new finds yet, but I’ve ordered some FUN stuff this week! Â It’s getting me excited to start transitioning our home from the summer coastal look to a more everyday style. Â Of course, just a few, super subtle hints of early fall too.
Don’t worry. Â There won’t be a pumpkin explosion here for quite awhile still! Â Haha!
Here are some of the top sellers over on my storefront this week:
- Okay, I’m the top purchaser of these throw pillow covers. Â Haha! Â But I’m obsessed with them! Â Talk about cozy! Â I just had to go ahead and share them with you.
- This gauzy table runner was one of my top 10 sellers from 2022 and it was again this week too. Â For $10, you can see why! Â I used this table runner for almost every fall, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and winter tablescape. Â It is gorgeous and looks amazing layered as well. Â Also, it comes in different colors. Â I ordered the “nude” color for a little darker option this fall!
- You all are continuing to stock up on this super realistic, 36″ Norfolk pine branch. Â You are SO SMART! Â It is almost half the price HERE and I can almost guarantee the price will start to increase once we get into fall. Â Stick a few of these in a great vessel and you’ll have people touching it to see if it’s real this fall and winter! Â Promise!
- My kids literally thanked me out loud this week for using THIS label maker. Â What?!?! Â No more making fun of Mom for labeling everything. Â Instead, it’s so quick and easy to put things away and find them again. Â It’s been a big win for me! Â Plus, it’s ON SALE!
- Keep all the water bottles tidy and organized with this ORGANIZER! Â It was on sale this week (remember to watch for my daily deal updates!). Â We love ours and it works hard for us, especially during the school year. Â Under $15 and works so well!
You can check this list on my storefront. Â I update it daily with favorite deals that I think you’ll love too!
Coming Up This Week Around the Nest:
August is going to be such a fun month and I have so many things I hope to share soon! Â Here are a few things coming up this week:
- Favorite, EASY crockpot meals that our whole family loves
- How to create a “drop zone” area for all that school stuff (or your own bags, jackets, umbrellas, etc. too)
- Tips for making the back to school transition a little bit easier for everyone
- Tour of my classroom…it’s so adorable and I can’t wait to share!
- First day of school 2023!
Inspiration Around the Nest This Week:
As always, I love to share some inspiration from some of my favorites! Â Check out these posts for more inspiration for YOUR nest!
Inspiration Around the Nest This Week:
Follow along with Kim at Shiplap and Shells for master gardening tips! Someday, SOMEDAY, I will have a garden, and when I do, I want Kim’s help!
Her flowers & photography are gorgeous. Check them out here!
Inspiration Around the Nest This Week:
Then, for a post I may just bookmark & save for the whole year, check out Heidi at Eleanor Rose Home. Her Anthropologie dupes are golden!
Inspiration Around the Nest This Week:
It was so fun meeting Renae at Haven this year. Her ideas to add vintage charm to your living room will inspire you!
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Thanks for being here! Â I always say, I’m so blessed with such a wonderful community here at Robyn’s French Nest. Â I appreciate each of you so much!
I hope you have a really great week (maybe a little less crazy than ours will be) and I can’t wait to see you around the nest this week for all the fun coming up!

Blessings,
I can’t wait to see all of your new treasure. What fun! I hope you have a wonderful week going back to work. Hugs and blessings to you
You are so sweet! We had a great time hunting….now back to work!
Robyn