Pink Grapefruit Style

Clearly I'm Completely Insane

Since I'm hoping to turn this massive bolt of burlap and these prints into cute flower-trimmed porch curtains by Sunday.

Never mind that I h..a..t..e.. to sew. We have an open house planned on Sunday and lots of busyness has to be checked off the To Do list before then. Several friends have mentioned wanting to see our house since we've done a lot of fixing up. And I figured having everyone over on one day would keep me from having to pick up and clean multiple times for multiple visitors.

Fortunately for me the curtains are actually basically a cutting and iron-on project. But still. I think I was seduced by the cute colors of the fabrics...

and getting to buy Stitch Witchery type stuff. I'm thinking I've bitten off more than I can possibly chew. I blame my overzealousness mostly on the fact that I just like the rhyming fun of saying Stitch Witchery. I could go around the house bobbing my head side to side and saying that all day long. And what I bought isn't even called that but I think it's what my Grandma always calls it.

If nothing else I did get a cute little sign made to put on the front door and invite people in.

That's something.

Spooky Creepy Halloweeny

It's time for Spookapalooza, Take 2! It's hard to believe we've been having palooza parties for a year now. We finally got a date settled on (this coming Saturday) and this past weekend a fireplace makeover was on my list.

I won't show you the whole thing (in case my li'l niece and nephew spooks look over their Mama's shoulder while she's reading this at their house), but I tried to creep it up good.

In a bunch of stuff my Mom brought me a week or two ago was an old black umbrella and I had it set aside along with some old jars, a sly cat Halloween decoration from another junkin' haul my Aunt Jo brought me, and some newer decorations.

Now I just need to make sure I have enough Bingo prizes, ingredients for our baking adventures, and a nice (semi) scary movie to go with our popcorn.

Thank You Fairy Godmother Wherever You Are

Did you ever buy something at the flea market thinking it was pretty cool but not fully realizing just how truly great it was until you got it home and looked at it better? Such is the case with my fabulous, amazing, aged, crusty new/old urn.

I drug it home and washed it off and now its style and funky patina have me mesmerized. It's kind of silly but it almost makes me ill to think I might have hesitated, put it back down (huge $3 that it was), and walked away from it forever. And I'm certain it wouldn't have been there still if I really had hesitated and then gone back. Thank you flea market fairy godmother for giving me the good sense to buy it.

Photos of my Spookapalooza decorating tomorrow!

And I seriously should have done a giveaway. This is my 100th post. Maybe I'll shoot for my 112th or something.

See ya,

Holly 

DIY (Sort of) All Over the Place

Thank the heavens above - we have a new porch floor!

When we bought our house it came with a great screened porch on the front but it had never really been truly finished. It was carpeted with that nasty green Astro turfy carpet. And that had been down so many years it was just disgusting. Old - dusty - threadbare - ick. We lived with it for awhile but never ever went out there barefoot.

We tore it out a few months ago (that's our DIY contribution)...

 

Thinking it would be fairly easy to find new flooring that we would like. Unfortunately we forgot to figure in the fact that it gets very cold out there in the winter and might once in awhile get some rain on it from an open window or snowy shoes. We searched and searched and searched and finally (insert angel chorus here) found some magical vinyl that looks like laminate. It is WONDERFUL. It was installed in a blink one day...

And now we have this...

I was so ecstatic about how it looked I had to test it out making floor angels.

And in another little burst of DIY, Scott put the last coat of paint on my little vintage bookshelf over the weekend.

Isn't it the cutest thing!

And it's just perfect for the narrow little wall that needs something but not too much of something.

I'm off to sit down with my honey and have a Splenda cheesecake bar leftover from last night's supper. It was our 1st wedding anniversary so we had to have something sweet and special.

Holly

Christmas Came Early to Walnut Street

Courtesy of a kitty who felt a little embarrassed of getting a fall berry stuck to his nose and none too glad about getting his picture taken. Even if he did bear a striking resemblance to Rudolph.

Dang that static cling.