A Stranger In My Bed

My girls love Halloween, and love to play jokes on each other. I went into my bedroom last night to get ready for bed, and when I turned on the light, this is what I found in my bed! Scared me at first, but I had to admit it was pretty cool! Like the pink hat, and flip flops. lol!

Welcome Fall

Hello, and happy first day of fall!! Yippie!! Fall is one of my favorite seasons! I love the cool crisp air, and the changing of the leaves, the smell of burning fireplaces, ummmmmm.......... Now, I am a pink loving girl, but I do like the traditional colors of fall. Although I can't incorporate a lot of the fall colors inside my home, I can do so outside. I have a little area of my dining room, that I also can put fall colors. I am finding sooo many people are using more whites, creams, and browns in their fall decor. I love that too!

I just love how this gal decorated her corn stalks with pretty flowers.

This creative blogger over at http://hummadeedledee.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-sweet-sweater-pumpkin-tutorial.html made these adorable pumpkins out of sweaters. I just love all the textures she used. She has a tutorial on how she made them. I am on the hunt now for some cheap sweaters. Very sweet Deb!

Some people are getting creative with paint. Love these pumpkins painted in gold and copper!

I just love these romantic looking luminary jars. Check out how to make them herehttp://craftsbyamanda.com/2011/01/burlap-doily-luminaries-rustic-meets.html

Don't these looks so romantic all lit up? I can imagine these on a coffee table or mantle with fall decor around them. So pretty, cozy and romantic!

Love these containers all decked out with fall decor too! So easy. Just put your candle in a jar, and fill the space around it with acorns, nuts, or whatever your heart desires.

Love this too!

I am loving these french inspired pumpkins. Dang I can't remember where I saw them. They are decoupaged french pages on a foam pumpkins! I love them!

Loving all these carved pumpkins all lit up!

These cute Halloween decorations are from Kim over at http://kenward.blogspot.com/ The faces on the cats are a download from Martha Stewarts. Kim has the page on her site. I love how Kim did her own design on wooden spools. I want to make some of these chenile characters, but have to order the bumpy chenile stems. They are hard to find.

Kim made these from peat pots, and images from old cards. So cute!

How cute it this little cat on a domino? Love how she decorated them too. I found 2 sets of dominos at my thrift store this week for .75, so I plan on making some of them. As soon as fall arrives so do my crafting ideas.

Loving this pretty front porch

This picture came out way smaller than I expected, but I am not going to mess with it. I had so many problems with my blogger last week, and a sweet blog friend fixed it for me! I can't believe the generosity of people out there in blogland.

I will finish this post with this lovely collage of beautiful scenes of autumn. Wishing all of you a beautiful one! Thanks for coming by for a visit.

Happy Birthday to Me!!

Today is my birthday, and I am going to wear my Princess Crown! I am 49 AGAIN! Isn't this the prettiest cake, and no calories! I surely am going to have a piece of some kind of chocolate cake though!

The morning will start out with some garage sale shopping. It is the townwide garage sale in our neighboring town. Never know what kind of goodies you will find. I look so forward to this every year, even though sometimes I don't find much. I love the cool crisp mornings, and just the thrill of the hunt.

Have a great weekend, and thanks for coming by!

Vintage Things Thursday

Hello Ladies, and welcome to another Vintage Things Thursday, with our dear friend Suzanne over at http://coloradolady.blogspot.com/2011/09/vintage-thingie-thursday-vintage-tea.html Well, hurricane Irene left her mark here in our basement. We got about 4" of water. Luckily, as it started coming in, we were able to quickly get most of the items up off the floor. Some things did get wet, but nothing much to speak of. It could have been a lot worse. Hubby decided he needed to water proof the basement, plus it needed a good cleaning. So, in a way, in was kind of a good thing, because now the work is getting done! Yey!! We have a partially finished basement, and some wooden built in cabinets on one side. While hubby was cleaning out the cabinets, tucked way under a 2x4, he found these tucked underneath! These are vintage party hats, probably from the 50's or 60's, along with this sweet little plastic basket. Aren't they adorable?
Of course hubby loved the fireman one, because he is the fire chief of our town. They are in really nice condition, and the colors bright. I can't beleive they are in such nice condition. We have lived in this house for 33 yrs, and they have been there all this time, and who knows how long before that. I thought they were such a great find! I plan on putting them on e-bay. Thanks for coming by by for a visit, and don't forget to visit Susanne for more vintage fun! Let me just say, that my heart goes out to all the people who suffered much damage from this hurricane.

White Wednesday

Hi everyone, and welcome to White Wednesday! Today, I am sharing some random whites with you. Although I love pink, I am starting to like white and cream more and more. Simple, clean and crisp looking. Especially sheets! Ummm, yummy! This pretty Victorian dress is from a tea room I visited in Florida in May, with my friend Shari, called The Camellia Rose Tea Cottage. You can read about it here. I have coveted one of these dress forms for some time now.

Check out this gorgeous white ribbon rose made from The White Bench! I have made some of these for teacup pin cushions in a much smaller version. Just lovely!

A simple white rose, and elegant pearls dress up this pretty teacup! I have a pink wine glass, that someone special gave me many years ago, and I still have it on my dresser with pearls in it.

Gorgeous pretty bathroom vignette......

Next to pink roses, I love white ones too!

Oh, this is my dream kitchen! Love that table! This is so pretty, crisp, and clean. Check out the farmhouse sink. *sigh*

Oh, I love this gorgeous wedding dress. Gone are the days when I had that figure!

What can I say? I love this darling baby shoe. I think this one is courtesy of sweet Dawn over at The Feathered Nest. I plan on making some of these too. Don't forget to visit http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/2011/08/white-wednesday-115.html for more pretty whites! Thanks for coming by sweet friends!

Laundry Day

Now, I don't know about you, but there is just something I love about fresh laundry hanging outside on the line to dry blowing in the wind. I am all for new technology, and I am thankful for my dryer......but there is just something I love about freshly washed clothes on the line. It is almost therapeutic. I love this sweet little sampler, that I found hanging on the wall of someone's laundry room, and the saying is so true!

Love this sweet print by Maude Humphrey. It is entitled Laundry Day, and I have the switch plate in my kitchen.

I thought this little guy was so cute "hanging on the line"!

This line of clothes reminds me of being at my grandmas in Va. When I was about 10, and we vacationed there in the summer, I would help my grandma with the laundry. Mondays were laundry days, and she had an old wringer type washing machine. Then, we would take it out, and hang it in the sunshine to dry. I loved it then, and I love it now.

Putting fresh clean sheets on your bed, after they have blown dry on the line is heavenly. Ahhhh, the smell devine! With the birth of my first daughter in 1972, plastic diapers weren't perfected quite yet. I used the white cloth diapers. After I washed them, I would hang them on the line, and they were just so sweet smelling. Mr. Sunshine helped to make them snow white.

I don't hang towels on the line though. They come out feeling like sandpaper to me. Drying clothes on the line, also helps a little with the electric bill.

I love to hand wash delicates and hang them as well. Vintage linens come out wonderful when washed on delicate and hung in the sun to dry.

Hanging clothes on the line, seems to have become a thing of the past. People are much busier, and don't have the time. Young moms today have no clue about this wonderful relaxing pastime. Spring and fall are my favorite times for hanging out the laundry. The first beautiful day in spring, my windows are open, and the sheets on the line! When I do my fall cleaning, the curtains get washed and hung on the line. My whole house smells fresh and clean. I hope you enjoyed your visit today, and thanks for coming by!

Memory Jars

Hi there bloggerettes! It's time for some vintage fun over at http://coloradolady.blogspot.com/search/label/Vintage%20Thingies%20Thursdays Today, I want to talk about Memory Jars. Now, I can't take credit for this idea. I had seen some of these at a craft show this past weekend up in Pa. The ones I had seen were filled with vintage items of the past, such as these pictured here. What fun to look at these jars and see items that are no longer made today. Cats eye marbles, keys, a favorite beer or soda bottle cap, plastic soda bottle covers, a small bottle of Evening in Paris perfume, a glass food coloring bottle or a vintage tin that once held some type of medicine or candy. I was showing my daughter the plastic soda covers, and she thought they were bubble blowers. lol! (click on any picture to enlarge)

These are some items from my childhood home, that I have chosen to put into my kitchen memory jar. My moms aluminum measuring cups, icing decorator, cookie cutters, and measuring spoons. I also found some vintage cupcake toppers, vintage spice can, a bottle opener, vintage clothes pins, and a vintage ice cream scoop. I plan to include some other things, and a few recipe cards that my mom had written. I thought it would be a neat thing to put on my kitchen counter as a conversation piece.

I am using a gallon size jar for mine, but you can make it as large or small as you want to, depending on how many things you would like to display. I am still playing around with it, to get the things to display nicely. I discovered if you put a sturdy clear plastic cup in the middle on the bottom of the jar, it helped so things didn't kind of get lost in the middle. I put the cup upside down, and taped it to the bottom of the jar. This allowed me to stand things up a little better, and because the cup was clear, it didn't show.

The ideas for these jars are endless. You can make one with some vintage sewing items from your mom or grandma. Fill them with silly things that make you happy. Perhaps some childhood toys, like a duncan yo yo, or cracker jacks toys. Make one for a family member with fun things that they love. Scrabble pieces, chess pieces, dice, gambling tokens, bingo cards etc........ Include corks from a bottle of wine from a special occasion too.

You could even do one with vintage candies! That would be a fun gift too! I was able to find a lot of vintage candies in the 5 Below store, if any of you have those stores in your area. I even found little boxes of Chicklets!

This picture is courtesy of Martha Stewart. She shows how to make a memory jar from a special trip or vacation. This would be a fun project for the kids to make and display in their rooms. Include pictures of special places in your jars too. Another fun idea, is to write down special memories of things on slips of paper, to make a paper memory jar. Special holiday memories, something funny the kids said, a special gift someone gave you, a date with hubby, and the list goes on. I hope you enjoyed your visit, and don't forget to visit Suzanne for some more vintage fun! Thanks for coming by.

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