My Valentine Table

I don’t usually post my tablescapes because they aren’t nearly as elaborate as the ones posted at Between Naps on the Porch, but decided I would today. 

I am using my dessert holder as my centerpiece (a yard sale find).  I placed my antique milk glass dessert plates (a yard sale find)and place candles on each plate, one surrounded by soft pinks and reds antique Christmas balls (another yard sale find)and another candle surrounded by a chocolate strawberry and heart candle ring.  {Heart} it and I got it at a yard sale too. 

I also topped one plate with a antique wedding cake topper.  Okay, really it is the cake topper from my first wedding over 25 years ago, but I love it and cake toppers in general.  Hence another collection is starting. 

  I found this little silver dish at Goodwill for 1 buck and toss some strawberries in the dish and added my cloche to finish it off.

Scattered on the table you will find pieces of my pink depression glass (yard sale finds) that I use as serving dishes.

    

This is a little shot of my hutch decked out with white lights and soft pink floral springs, simple but oh so pretty.

After writing most of this I realize that if it weren’t for Yard Sales, I wouldn’t have this table.  Not to mention the White linen tablecloth and soft pink napkins are all from yard sales.  Wow!

Forgive the photography, I’m not to good behind the camera, but you get the idea.

If you want to see some wonderful great Tablescapes, hop on over to Susan’s Thursday Tablescape party.  You’ll be glad you did.

Spending some time

getting better organized.  This is a basic need in January/February  for me to get myself on the right track for the new year.  How bout you?  Why is it we all want a fresh start at the beginning of the new year?  I wanted to share some photos that I have collected over time as incentive to motivate me.  Take a little peek… (not sure where I found most of these.  Thought I did better at organizing them).  Guess that is something I should WORK on.  Here we will focus on the kitchen….

I really like the look of this “pot” cabinet, especially the place to keep cookie sheets and lids, these are my two biggest problem areas in my “pot” cabinet. How bout you?  Do you have a trick to try to get better organized?

Spices in the drawer.  I like this idea.

Silverware

what about a cabinet that you can use vertically.  Love the idea of cutting boards and platters.

A wonderful idea is to incorporate a piece of furniture to house your dishes…for easy access

I love this pantry. 

Okay, these are a few of the ideas that I ran across that I need to see if I can implement into my kitchen and pantry.

Do you have some great tips and ideas too?  if so, let me know.  I need all the help I can get.

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Sweets anyone?

I promised a to show you what I did with this little silver dish, that I picked up at the Goodwill yesterday for one dollar.  Yep!  {heart } it.  I couldn’t believe my luck when I saw it.  (I have been scouring shops for some little silver pieces, nothing big, just small pieces that I can use here and there and doesn’t take up lots a room)  Not sure about you, but I don’t have much more room for storage unless I really PURGE hard. 

Basically I just added a few strawberries like this….

Added a cloche like this…

And came up with some more eye candy for my Valentine Tablescape. 

So there you have my simple little project, nothing fancy, simple to do.

Hugs,

This is what I woke up to

Another winter wonderland.

Outside my back door

Another shot to the left in my yard, looking into the neighbors yard

Big pine tree in the front side yard.  Love this tree and it’s especially pretty with snow laying in the branches.Another shot of the tree, what do you think?  

So with this going on outside, wonder what will be going on  on the inside today.  Looks like a great day to stay home and get some crafts done. 

Now I know I said I would show you a little project that I did with my little silver dish…will be back later to show you.

Have a blessed and warm Wednesday.

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A little {heart} something

I threw together.  Everyone seems to be creating Valentine goodies and so I wanted to make something new.  But the supplies were limited, most stuff is packed away….so I went through my house looking for anything that I could find that I could make a little “crafty do”. 

Here is what I came up with. I took some Styrofoam hearts that I had just sitting around

and painted them pink.  *TIP- I inserted a toothpick in them so that I could get a even coat of paint on them, and then inserted them into oasis until they completely dried.

Next, I gathered my other goodies and this is what I came up with it….
1 vase
clear pebbles
1 white candle, (although I think it would pretty with a soft pink or red one)
painted hearts

 

Viola!!!

I apologize for the grainy pictures.  I still need to learn how to use my new handy dandy little camera.  Oh well, I still think you get the idea.

I’ll show you something tomorrow that uses my goodwill find.  Here’s a peek…

See ya then!

 

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Vanity Redo

Hi everyone, I hope you  had a wonderful weekend, I have had a great weekend spent at home and catching up on some projects.  I have a massive “to do” list that is in my “craft and redo” department.  One that I worked on this weekend, didn’t take long, basically I just shopped my house.  My favorite kind of shopping, because it requires spending no money.  Woohoo, hubby likes this type of shopping too. 

I decided I wanted to start in my bedroom and redo a little vanity I picked up at a antique shop this past summer for $45.00.  I have had all kinds of plans for it, but they all require doing some sewing and since I am NO SEW kinda girl, I had to do the second best thing.  Here is the the vanity sitting all alone and looking “sad”. The first thing I did was went to the linen closet and starting digging around to see what I had in there that might work to add some color.   Granted I could have grabbed the handy dandy black spray paint can, but decided against it, since the weather is really cold and I would have had to work in the garage.  And of course, I didn’t want to wait.  I wanted to do it NOW!  So I found a black curtain that I had picked up at Goodwill over the summer for pennies, just for  one of those JIC projects.  Well here is the finished product.  (sorry the picture is a bit grainy, I’m not a photographer)

I incorporated a black mirror that I picked up at a yard sale several years ago for $5 bucks,  I {heart} it. Can you believe I have had it in my bedroom closet since I got it. I think it makes a great mirror for the vanity, the gold pedestal mirror was a gift from my hubby several years ago.  It is a vintage. My vanity tray was a gift from my mom.  I have placed several little goodies that I have picked up over the years, a little crystal sugar dish holds my loose (daily jewelry) and my vintage lipstick holder.  Which I also picked up at a antique mall for like $3.00.  I have used two of my white milk glass stemware for my make up brushes and my mother-in-laws antique hat pins. 

I wish the picture would have came out better but you get the idea.  So what do you think? 

I’m linking this to:

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps On The Porch
Make It For Monday at Cottage Instincts
Make Your Monday at Twice Remembered
Just Something I Whipped Up at The Girl Creative
Motivate Me Mondays at Keeping it Simple
Making the World Cuter  Mondays at Making the World Cuter

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Recipe for Kindness

Fold two hands together
And express a dash of sorrow
Marinate it overnight
And work on it tomorrow.

Chop one grudge in tiny pieces
Add several cups of love
Dredge with a large sized smile
Mix with the ingredients above.

Dissolve the hate within you,
By doing a good deed
Cut in and help your friend
If he should be in need.

Stir in laughter, love an kindness
From the heart it has to come,
Toss with genuine forgiveness
And give your neighbor some.

The amount of people served
Will depend on you,
It can serve the whole wide world,
If you really want it to.