Getting Ready

I spent the last few days changing things around in the living room to get ready for Christmas decorations .

Here are the changes I made .

Before

After

Before

After

I am going to put the tree on this table. I painted the legs white and I like it better.

Before

This is the table by the window now.

After

And where did the shutters go ?

By the door of course .

Anything else you don’t see here , like the art work , is now residing in the guest room where everything that doesn’t fit somewhere else goes to live until I find a better home for it .

As you can see I couldn’t help myself , I Had to put out a few Christmas things.

( Thanks for the idea Jan .)

I’ll put out the rest the weekend after Thanksgiving , if I’m not to busy shopping .

So if she doesn’t decide to come today my grandbaby will be here tomorrow . Yeah !!!

Going to party with these great ladies

Debra at Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday,

Laurie Anna’s Vintage Home for Farmhouse Friday,

Courtney’s at French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday .

Another Coffee Filter Wreath

It’s been over a week since I last posted . I don’t really have an excuse , except I didn’t feel like I had much to say , and I haven’t done many projects.

I did manage to get one project done that I have been meaning to try, and I know everyone else has already done this , but since it is the only thing I have managed to get done I’m blogging about it .

So here it is…

I’ve hung it from a frame and set it on the mantel for now , I’m thinking of revamping the whole mantel , except for the writing on the wall , I will leave that. Just not sure what I want to do yet .

Going to start digging around my stash of stuff and see what I can find to change things up . I want to find something that I can decorate for Christmas that I will love.

Anyone have any bright ideas for me ?

We are waiting for my son’s first child to be born , she was due on the 9th , they are waiting till Friday morning , if she is not here by then they will induce labor . So by this next weekend I will be a Nanaw again to a sweet baby girl .

I will be linking up with

Faded Charm for White Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday

Girls Day Trip Get-away

Saturday , my partners in crime and I (Pam and Billie ) decided to take a day and do what we do best, shop and treasure hunt , and since Leola’s Garden and Antiques ( one of our favorite stores ) in Ozark , Mo. was having their Holiday open house , we decided that was a great place to start. I brought my camera and took lots of pictures. If I lived closer to this place I would so want to be one of these ladies that run this place. there is so much inspiration there and they are all so sweet. You can find my good blogging buddy Jan from Summer Sundays there sometimes too, she was there all weekend for the open house.

Me and Jan.

So here are some of he pictures I took , enjoy !

I love the cardinals for Christmas, and the bed springs for napkin holders .

Doesn’t it just make you drool ?

We hit a couple of the many antique and flea markets in Ozark and then went on to Springfield and hit the fabric stores. For the three of us you can’t get much better than antiques , junk, and fabric. We would take that over diamonds and pearls any day.

Wonderful day !

This Week’s Projects

All this week I have been watching my sweet baby Reed , who has been under the weather , and even though he is two months shy of it , has already hit the terrible twos. So it has been fun.

The good thing is he loves Sesame Street . He will sit or stand in his playpen for long periods of time watching it . which gives Nanaw a break , and time to get a few things done .

Here are a couple of things I was able to get done this week.

Remember awhile back when I showed you this ?

I found this unfinished cabinet door I had laying around and these hooks.

This is what I came up with…

Sorry this is not staged , I haven’t figured out where I’m going to put it yet . I want to put it in my bathroom , but have to do some rearranging to have room for it

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Can’t you see some fluffy towels on that top shelf thing ? Now that I am looking at it here , I am thinking it would look good with a graphic on that bottom panel above the hooks. What do you think ?

I painted it with homemade chalk paint , 1 cup paint , 2 tbls. un-sanded grout .

I used Behr’s Premium Plus flat paint in Cotton Whisper . There were so many pretty white shades I had a hard time making up my mind . ( I went with the name I liked the best ).

I used the same color to paint this keepsake box…

I’m going to add this to my Etsy shop today.

Linking with Miss Mustard Seed for Furniture Feature Friday

Small Burlap Project

Today I’m sharing a small ( easy ) burlap project.

A friend gave me this cool gallon jar , I thought it needed a little something , so I took a piece of burlap and added one of the little Citra Solv transfer samples I made the other day, stitched it together and made a sleeve for the jar.

Now I can use it to store something , not sure what yet , but something.

Any ideas ?

Makes a nice vignette with the basket I bought the other day.

That’s it , that’s all I got today !

Except these cute pictures of my grandkids when they came Trick or Treating last night.

Linking with Burlap Week at Whisperwood Cottage

and

White Wednesday at Faded Charm

Thanks for the parties ladies !

Beauty Surrounds Me

I just can’t let another day go by without sharing the beauty that is the Ozarks in the autumn.

I’ll let the photos do all the talking , and these pictures don’t do it justice .

Again , I am thanking God for placing me in this beautiful area at this time in my life !

I hope you are enjoying autumn where you are !

And have a Happy Halloween !

Fall Treasure Finds

Yesterday was a dreary drizzly day , but I felt like getting out and doing a little treasure hunting . So my buddy Billie and I hit the road . My blogging friend Glenda from My Country Heaven Cottage told me she was setting up a booth in a, new to me, antique and flea market in Branson, RZ’s Antiques and Flea Market .I didn’t have my camera with me so no pictures of her booth , maybe she’ll add some to her blog when she gets it finished . But it was nice visiting with her .

I did find this fantastic metal basket in that mall.

Look how great it looks with fall stuff in it !

It is painted brown , which is fine with fall stuff , but I think I may dry brush it with white before Christmas . I’m not sure what it was used for , but a man standing near where I picked it up said his guess was that it was for mechanics to wash parts in . Made sence to me cause it was by a bunch of old tools and man stuff .

Not going to hold man stuff anymore !

I also found , at another store , this fantastic rocking chair…

Can you believe it was already white with a green and pink seat cover , somebody knew I was coming !

The only thing wrong with it is the applique on the back is broken.

I think I can remove that and replace it with a new one. I will make a ruffley slip cover for the seat and a plush pillow for the back , and it will be perfect for rocking my grandbabies .

I found some cute napkins with cherries…

A red table cloth and two red check curtain panels which may become a valance over my sink window and curtains under the sink.

All in all a fun day . My sister was out of town so she didn’t get to go , I’ll have some new places to show her when she gets back.

By the way , in answer to some questions about my last post , Yes you can wash the Cita Solv transfers , after you heat set it with an iron.

Joining these great Parties.

Vintage Farm House Friday

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Feathered Nest Friday