I threw together my Thanksgiving table a few days early, using mostly thrift store finds and a few Wally World items (bought on clearance of course). I was so excited to take photos of it that I forgot the silverware and napkins! You'll have to eat with your fingers, I guess. I was going for...
Dreaming Of A Plastic Christmas
I've been finding all sorts of vintage plastic Christmas stuff at the thrift stores lately. I sort of enjoy the fake holly leaves and even faker berries. I find it a little kitschy and it brings back memories of a time when America was proud of its ability to mass produce plastic Christmas decor (a.k.a....
Making Chalkboard Art on PicMonkey
I've had a lot of questions about some of my chalkboard inspired headers. I actually created this one in Photoshop, but since quite a few of you use PicMonkey, I thought I'd show you how to do something similar in the PicMonkey program. PicMonkey Blackboard Art Tutorial: What you need to start off with is...
Vintage Libby Golden Foliage Glassware
What would be more perfect on the Thanksgiving table than a set of vintage Libby Golden Foliage glassware? This is my MIL's set and included a carrier, ice bucket and 7 out of 8 glasses. Since she was married in the late 1950's, I think this may have been a wedding gift. It has a...
Gurley, Gurley
When I was at a craft show this weekend, I unexpectedly ran across a crafter that had a few vintage items sitting out. I wasn't expecting ANYONE to have vintage items. At all. I was just attending the craft show to support the local community and to get out of the house on a dreary...
Black, Orange and Spooky For Halloween Decor
I love me some black and orange this time of year. Black and orange and I are joined at the hip. We go together like peas and carrots. Yessiree Bob, I like that color combo. Notice how I said this time of year though? After October 31st, I am pretty much ready to barf at...
A Walk In The Park
Life has not been a walk in the park this weekend. My son has had this damn cold for weeks and weeks. So long that I can't even remember when it started. Sometime around the beginning of school, I guess. Been to the doctor's three times for it, so took him back for the fourth...
Too Soon?
Is it too early to be talking about Christmas? In thrift stores, you sort of have to buy when you see it and this week my local thrift had put out a ton and a half of Christmas decor. I dug through it all (travel size bottles of Purell are my friend) and only came...
Orange and Turquoise for Fall Decor
When I was unpacking my Fall decor this year, I kept walking around the house with a handful of my fake-ola Fall leaves trying to find an appropriate vase to put them in. I wanted to use them in my Fall decor, but I had used them so often in past years that they just...