My Updated Blog

Hey guys, thanks for stopping by.  Thanks to the sweet Brenda over at My Cozy House, we were able to make the blog easier to read.  She took out some of the background color on the blog and helped me organize it a little more.  Plan to spend some time with her the first of the year to get some more things done.

Just wanted to shout out to Brenda for all the work she did with me yesterday to make it more user friendly. Hope you like the new changes.  Keep reading for more updates to come.

My FIND at the Thrift Store

At New Years 2014-2015 my husband and I were in Bainbridge, Georgia  visiting friends. While out shopping with the girls we wandered in the local Goodwill store.  After looking around for a little while, I noticed this lamp in the back of the store all alone on a shelf.  The  lamp was black and had chips all over it. I think it's made with a plaster material and is very heavy.

House and Meal Ready for Gourmet

Last year, November 2014 my husband and I hosted our gourmet group for a fall dinner. The preparation is always so much fun and when we host it takes about 2 months of thoughts and many list to get ready for the event.

The Old Chairs

My grandmother, Ruby Dean Carthledge Holland died when I was in my twenties. She left her household goods, her home and her land to her youngest son, Ernest. My father was next to the oldest son. When she died my dad didn't receive anything tangible from his childhood home, which he was fine with. But many years later, after his youngest brother passed away, my aunt and cousin gave me 4 chairs from my grandmothers things. She never had much to begin with.  She graduated from college, however, my grandfather, a wonderful man, was a dairy farmer and they raised seven boys and just worked hard all his life.

Our Sewing/Art Room

This post is one that I have wanted to do for a while but just now getting around to it.  Our space has been set up for some years now, but each day I spend in this room is glorious.  We love this space.

It used to be our son's bedroom but when he left home for military, college and later marriage it became my husband's and my room to be able to create anything we wanted in it.

We come and just let our minds wander and feel free to just be ourselves.  It really does release all the tensions of the day and we really don't ever want to leave. We wish it were bigger but so thankful God has given us the space to set it up whether small or large.  Here's what it looks like as you enter the room.....

Monogrammed Trash Can

I wanted to put a pic of one of my latest projects. I saw it at a local boutique when lunching with the girls at the price of $100.00. Well, that was just enough motivation to make me create my own. Here is the picture at the boutique. Top right with the monogram.

I came home and decided that I too could make one. Here is my hand at it. I think it turned out quite well.  What do you think?