The Osage Oranges that have been adorning my dining room table for the last month have been slowly rotting, one by one. I took advantage of a free Saturday afternoon and glittered some of my dried gourds. If you are new to my blog, you can read about how I dry gourds here.I used three…
My great aunt lived in Mama’s Walnut Avenue house for years and years. When she moved out a few months ago, she was going to throw away these beautiful old table clothes. Luckily her granddaughter saw them and gave them to Mama because she knew that Mama would treasure them. My great aunt is 93…
Amanda from Serenity Now for Amanda tagged me with this Over the Top Award. Amanda is the most entertaining writer that I know. She also has great ideas for crafting and decorating and her blog is on my daily “must read” list. 1.Where is your cell phone? purse 2.Your hair? messy 3. Your mother? go…
Don’t throw out your gourds when you are ready to decorate for Christmas. Save them! I put mine on sheets of newspapers in my basement and let them dry until the next fall. I usually end up with a few that rot and those get composted. I’m always pleasantly surprised at how many dry and…
I have a gourd fetish. I can’t get enough of them this time of year. I’ve told you before that I dry them and save them from year to year. It’s nice to have plenty of dried ones on hand to use. Like these… Or these… I dried the big one in the front back…
Picture this….Virginia Tech…1989…a young co-ed pulls an almost all-nighter sewing by hand an Indian costume for Halloween. Does, “Picture This”, make you think of the Golden Girls? The costume has been worn several times over the years. The hand sewing worked like a charm! Being that the college student was an elementary education major, she…
Our tennis tournament weekend was a blast! Elsie and I won our first match, lost the second, and then won the third. Since we won the third match, we played for the “losers” championship and won. We were thrilled! Mr. SP and Keith ended up winning two matches and losing two matches. They were playing…
We are headed back to the beach this weekend for this: My friend, Elsie, is going with us to be my partner and our friends, Keith and Nicole, will meet us at the beach so that Mr. SP and Keith can play together. My mom, two of my aunts, and my uncle are also…
I have a quick and easy project to share. This is certainly not an original idea, I was inspired by the many pumpkin ideas that have been posted in blog land over the past few weeks. The best thing about this project is that I didn’t spend a dime. I had everything that I needed…
My mantel has been sporting a beach theme since we got back from the beach on July 4. Two and a half months of a beach look is enough. Fall is nearly here and it’s time for a change. The beach look: I started with some new artwork for over the fireplace. The fabric that…
Fall officially begins on Tuesday and the change of seasons is apparent around here. The leaves are starting to change, the temperatures are cooler, and the days are shorter. We spent our last summer Saturday on the lake. The day started out sunny, but quickly turned cloudy and cool. There was not a lot of…
I’m joining in on Amanda’s second Decorating Dilemmas Party with a dilemma of my own. I bought these chairs at an estate sale almost two years ago. I’ve yet to do one thing to improve them. In fact, they look worse now because they spent the summer of 2008 outside. I think that I paid…