Do you like mercury glass? I do! I recently experimented with a technique to make my own mercury glass using a vase that I found in a trash pile. I love the look of the DIY Mercury Glass Vase that I created so much! Just before school was out, my friend Suzanne and I were…
Even though July 4 is still several weeks away, I can’t resist decorating early for this important holiday. Our front door has a new wreath for Independence Day, an Easy Patriotic Wreath that I crafted from fleece. Easy Patriotic Wreath I love to decorate our house patriotically for Memorial Day, Flag Day, July 4, and…
Yesterday I spent some time getting out my patriotic decorations and enjoyed decorating my living room. When I’m decorating for a holiday, I like seasonal pillows to put on the wing chairs that are in front of our fire place but I had no patriotic pillows. A quick fix to the problem was to make…
A new centerpiece was needed for my kitchen table so I gathered up vintage ball jars and insulators from my basement and arranged them on a vintage dough board. I really like the Vintage Ball Jar Centerpiece that I created. My Ball jars belonged to both of my grandmothers and were used for years and…
My fourth Rocksbox arrived last week, just in time for me to wear one of the pieces to school on the last day with kids. If you aren’t familiar with Rocksbox, after taking a style survey and completing a jewelry “wish list”, three pieces of jewelry are sent to you to wear for a…
I’ve been keeping a secret since last fall and I’ve been about to burst to let the cat out of the bag. If you’ve been reading my blog, you know that we have property at Smith Mountain Lake. After planning, planning, and some more planning, we are now in the process of building a lake…
The calendar doesn’t yet say that it is officially summer but for me it feels like summer because yesterday was the last day of school for my students. Yippee for them! After two teacher workdays, I’ll be shouting my own Yippee! when my summer break officially begins. Last weekend I spent the majority of Saturday…
This past weekend I had one goal, to make my deck and patio look nice for summer. I’m really late planting my containers this year, but I did manage to get them all planted before May was over. The fun part of getting my deck and patio looking nice for summer was selecting plants for…
Earlier this spring I pulled out the pots that I use on my deck for herbs and noticed that they were looking really worn. I gave the pots a makeover with paint and they now look as good as new! These pots are inexpensive ones that I purchased at Dollar General years and years ago. …
Next week I’m joining 23 blogging friends for a Welcome Home Summer Tour featuring beautiful products from Balsam Hill. Today I’m giving you a sneak peak of the Tuscan Urn Planter Pots that I’ll be filling with flowers for decor on our deck. It was so exciting to come home from school one afternoon to…
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Another month has passed and it’s time for another round of “Themed Furniture Makeovers”. Each month a group of friends challenge each other to makeover a piece of furniture with a theme. This month’s theme is small tables. In February my teacher assistant kindly gave me some of her aunt’s vintage things that other…