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 [...]

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! [...]

Hubby and I went to Polaris Fashion Place on the north end of Columbus on Saturday so that hubby could go to Lenscrafters for new eyeballs glasses. Whenever we are at Polaris, we try to stop in one of our favorite stores, The Great Indoors.  Love this place.  Everything you could imagine for home decor.  Lamps, [...]

First off, an apology.  I got so carried away with making this, that the tutorial is not as good as it should be.  If you have questions, feel free to ask in the comments and I will elaborate.  I also have to give the darling hubby credit for the general idea.  He is incredibly helpful [...]

Hope you are having (or had, depending on when you read this) a great weekend.  Here in Ohio it’s been sunny but cool, hovering around 50 degrees.  Time for another installment of treasures I’ve found at the thrift store. I stopped in my favorite church-run thrift store with just 15 minutes to spare before my [...]