Just a quickie little post to share some of my thrift store finds… All four of these vintage Avon bottle Christmas ornaments were a whopping 25¢ each.  There were several others and now I’m kicking myself for not buying all of them.  But I only picked out the ones that fit with my copper [...]

  The hubby and I are not live tree people.  The first year together we bought a live tree.   Apparently neither one of us ever watered it and we both ended up with allergy issues.  Not one of our most favorite memories.  We’ve had artificial trees ever since. Three years ago when we bought [...]

  Hi and Welcome back. What a week this has been.  I had every intention of getting a post done last Tuesday, but that took a back seat to the water disaster in our finished basement.  (I posted here about the remodel.)  I spent a good part of the day going over the carpet with an extractor, [...]

  Welcome Back Folks!  It’s time again for Sunday’s Best Party co-hosted with Cathy at My 1929 Charmer. If you missed the Sunday’s Best Wrap Up Party yesterday, you can still check out the most viewed link and features here. Let’s see if we can break the 100 link mark this week.  Feel free to bring [...]

Yay!  We hit 100 links this week!!  Thank you soooo much for joining up and making the Sunday’s Best Party so much fun. The most viewed link this week came from Mimi at Messy Mimi.  Her berry pink bread box is so bright and cheerful.  Such a dramatic change from the ’70′s original.  Plus she’s [...]

When I mentioned (somewhere, I can’t remember) that I did my Christmas tree in copper and turquoise, the response was “Are you Arizonian?”.  Believe me when I say I’m really wishing I was in Arizona right now. Here in Ohio, the temp is hovering around 32 degrees.  Gives me a shiver just typing that.  Brrrr! [...]