My photo
A former middle school principal, I am blissfully enjoying retirement with the Headmaster! Thank you for visiting, commenting, and following!

30 September 2012

Song Without Words...Silent Sunday #2



Thanks be to God for providing this beautiful bounty for a recent table setting.
I hope that you will enjoy!
























Inspire Me Monday @ Create With Joy
Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage
Mop It Up Monday @ I Should Be Mopping The Floor
Debbiedoo's Newbie Party @ Debbiedoo's
Mosaic Monday @ The Little Red House
Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home

Sunday Showcase @ Under the Table and Dreaming

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm 
Time to Shine @ A Diamond in the Stuff 
Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life 
One Project at a Time @ A Bowl Full of Lemons
Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Show Me What Ya Got@Not JUST a Housewife
Be Inspired @ Elizabeth & Co.

Wordless Wednesday @ Create With Joy
What's It Wednesday @ Ivy and Elephants
Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style 
Show & Share @ Southern Lovely

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home
Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life

Potpourri Friday ~ 2805
Vintage Inspiration ~ Common Ground
It's Fall, Y'all~ Thrifty Decor Chick
Furniture Feature Friday ~ Miss Mustard Seed
Saturday Nite Special @ Funky Junk Interiors
Labels: , , , Posted by at 7 comments:

29 September 2012

PUMPKIN TIME!





They're everywhere!!

On carts...







At roadside stands...




And what variety!  The usual suspects...



All colors...





Sizes...



Textures...





So hard to decide!  I wanted them all!




A few did come home to our hearth.




Enjoy YOUR pumpkin picking!


I will be sharing with some of the following this week:

Inspire Me Monday @ Create With Joy
Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage
Mop It Up Monday @ I Should Be Mopping The Floor

Debbiedoo's Newbie Party @ Debbiedoo's
Mosaic Monday @ The Little Red House
Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm 
Time to Shine @ A Diamond in the Stuff 
Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life 
One Project at a Time @ A Bowl Full of Lemons
Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Show Me What Ya Got@Not JUST a Housewife
Be Inspired @ Elizabeth & Co.

Wordless Wednesday @ Create With Joy
What's It Wednesday @ Ivy and Elephants
Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style 

Show & Share @ Southern Lovely

Tips and Tutorials ~ Stone Gable
Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home
Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life

Potpourri Friday ~ 2805

Vintage Inspiration ~ Common Ground

It's Fall, Y'all~ Thrifty Decor Chick


Furniture Feature Friday ~ Miss Mustard Seed

Saturday Nite Special @ Funky Junk Interiors




Labels: Posted by at 13 comments:

25 September 2012

It's Orange Ticket Day!!

After picking up a couple of things today at my favorite resale shop (I'll post about those later), I discovered another one that I didn't know about.  Lots of stuff, but not as much 'vintage' as the other (but if you're about a size 4, they have wonderful fashions at ridiculously low prices...if only!).

Anyway, I zipped in quickly as I was en route home, and found this cute little thing:




See the orange price tag?



 A bargain for $6.00!



BUT WAIT!


At the checkout, imagine my excitement when I discovered that all orange ticket items were today half price!!!  So...Mr. Duck Tureen (at least a two quart duck), for $3.00, is now nesting with me!!!







Hope the day was as beautiful where you are as it was here!


I will be sharing with some of the following this week:

Inspire Me Monday @ Create With Joy
Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage
Mop It Up Monday @ I Should Be Mopping The Floor
Debbiedoo's Newbie Party @ Debbiedoo's
Mosaic Monday @ The Little Red House
Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm 
Time to Shine @ A Diamond in the Stuff 
Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life 
One Project at a Time @ A Bowl Full of Lemons
Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Show Me What Ya Got@Not JUST a Housewife
Be Inspired @ Elizabeth & Co.

Wordless Wednesday @ Create With Joy
What's It Wednesday @ Ivy and Elephants
Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style 
Show & Share @ Southern Lovely

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home
Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life

Potpourri Friday ~ 2805
Vintage Inspiration ~ Common Ground
It's Fall, Y'all~ Thrifty Decor Chick
Furniture Feature Friday ~ Miss Mustard Seed
Saturday Nite Special @ Funky Junk Interiors


Labels: , , Posted by at 17 comments:

Come Sit Under the Apple Tree!



On a beautiful morning in northeast Wisconsin, I decided to set a table under our very old and very large apple tree.



Here at our Wisconsin house/cottage, I have very little in the way of good china, but this set that I do have, with its rich jewel-tone colors, simply screams fall to me!




I took the really cheap and ugly old round table from the deck, hauled it out to the side yard, and covered it with a drop cloth.  Apples were literally falling all around me as I set up the table!  Instant table decor!

Aside from the colors, one reason I like this china is the ability to go monochromatic...








...or mix the colors (which is what I prefer)!











The runner has all the colors of the china (a happy coincidence)!




The centerpiece is a bunch of in-the-process-of-drying hydrangeas that I managed to save (there were lots of blossoms this year, but so little rain).  The colors are so pretty, even as they dry.




You are welcome to come by and sit under the apple tree; we'd love to have you!


China from The Winterthur Store (ages ago)
Stems from Kohl's
Runner from Pier One (ages ago)


I'll be visiting some of these great gatherings this week:

Inspire Me Monday @ Create With Joy
Make it Pretty Monday ~ The Dedicated House 
Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage
Mop It Up Monday @ I Should Be Mopping The Floor
Debbiedoo's Newbie Party @ Debbiedoo's
Mosaic Monday @ The Little Red House
Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home

Metamorphosis Monday ~ Between Naps on the Porch

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm 
Time to Shine @ A Diamond in the Stuff 
Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life 
Tuesday Link Party @ A Bowl Full of Lemons
Knick of Time Tuesday @ Knick of Time
Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Show Me What Ya Got@Not JUST a Housewife
Be Inspired @ Elizabeth & Co.
Centerpiece Wednesday ~ The Style Sisters
Wordless Wednesday @ Create With Joy
What's It Wednesday @ Ivy and Elephants
Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style
Let's Dish ~ Cuisine Kathleen 

Show and Tell @ Blue Cricket Design
Show & Share @ Southern Lovely
Saturday Nite Special @ Funky Junk Interiors








Labels: , , , , Posted by at 33 comments:

23 September 2012

Song Without Words...Silent Sunday #1

And God said, "Surprise!"


Brilliant sumac


Left face!


















Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage
Mop It Up Monday @ I Should Be Mopping The Floor
Debbiedoo's Newbie Party @ Debbiedoo's

Mosaic Monday @ The Little Red House
Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm 

Time to Shine @ A Diamond in the Stuff 

Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life 
Tuesday Link Party @ A Bowl Full of Lemons
Knick of Time Tuesday @ Knick of Time
Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Show Me What Ya Got@Not JUST a Housewife

Be Inspired @ Elizabeth & Co.
Wordless Wednesday @ Create With Joy
What's It Wednesday @ Ivy and Elephants



Labels: , , , Posted by at 16 comments:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)