Remember the pumpkins and holders from Texas?

Well, here they are again...

Only this time, they are in Florida....

 I am loving them on our deck...

Our neighbors were in town so it gave is a reason

to celebrate....

We had a great time!

Hope you are enjoying the fall as much as we are!

A Promise

I made a promise to myself

that the first order of business

today would be blogging.

I am keeping that

promise!

We have been doing a lot of this

since arriving at our condo in

Miramar Beach.

Can you blame us?

I do have some things to share,

so let's start today with the

below.....

Can you tell what this is? 

Many of you will recognize that it is

Pattern Tissue Paper 

from a vintage pattern.

 This is what it has been turned into...

A delicious looking very large flower!

The center is made out of

shredded sheet music...

My brain will not bring up the

correct word for what the center part

of the flower is really called.

Guess I should have googled it.

Here it is on my wall

framed with

a beautiful

vintage frame

painted

and 

distressed

with 

Annie Sloan

Old White

Chalk Paint.

Of course, it doesn't

look

quite like

this.

I almost wish 

it did!

I played with my

IPhone Snapseed AP

again.

Hope you have a  very promising day!

Oh My Goodness!

Well, what can I say?

No way can one do the antique show in TX in 2 days....

I tried...

Ran my legs blue....

BUT

Maybe a good thing I only had 2 days

Cause I got lots of wonderful

SmAllS.....no trailer....had to contain myself...smile...

I am going to post a lot of pictures without much commentary..

Tomorrow we have a 12 hour drive, if we decide

to try to make it in one day....

I will post more on what I bought and learned and smiled about in another post. For now, I will show pictures of where we stayed and some of my favorite displays and things... Will elaborate more later...

Round Top, TX

So hard to see the beauty of these Willow creations

holding flowers and pumpkins!

A closer up look of one of the Willow

containers that folds up and then spreads out to

hold a pumpkin or a flower pot..

Darling...

And speaking of darling......

I bought a bunch of clothes...

This is the dressing room....

inside a traveling mobile....

should have taken more pictures,

Do you know how hard it is to try to merge

two days into a week of antiquing at

Roundtop , TX?

Oh My...

But

I

Am

Grateful

For

Two

Days!

On Our Way To Florida!

We are on our way to Destin, Fl. for our two month stay there....

Our First night on the road brought us to this wonderful restaurant

that our friends, Jim and Barbara recommended. It is in El Paso, TX , so

I highly recommend it too, if you are ever in El Paso.

I asked Randy to get off in Odessa, TX and drive by his home in which he grew up...

We were sad that it did not look like it was being well cared for....

Do you recognize the high school name?

The book and the show was

Friday Night Lights....

my husbands high school...

and

yes

he

knew

some

of 

the 

real

people

depicted

in

the 

movie...

Me with Barbara, in front of my

favorite

restaurant

in the whole wide world.

It is in Midland, TX and they

have the best Chicken Fried Steak

I have ever eaten!

Randy loves the Grilled Quail and Etufe'.

Barbara's Fall Table

Love the light streaming inside.

Drove through Fredricksburg, TX to eat at

the best barbecue joint we have ever been to...

Do You SEE the sign...closed on Mondays...

This is Monday...    :(

But consequently, it led us here....

in Fayetteville, TX where we found

Jo's place...

Yum!

Now we are in New Ulm and tomorrow

 I will antique in Roundtop, TX

( another favorite )

And

Randy 

Will

Golf...

His Favorite

Ain't Life Grand

Spoken like a true Texan....

Which I am not but would be happy to be!

Roxie's New Dog Carrier

I can't wait to see Miss Roxie when we get

to Florida. She is the cutest little thing!

Brenda, her mom ( I pretend to be her 

Grandmother ) asked me about making her

a new carrier.

Yesterday, that is what the day was all about.

I was using my mom's sewing machine and right

in the middle of the project it crapped ( don't you love that word) out on me. I went straight to the laundry room and retrieved Aunt Mary Helen's 1942 singer sewing machine to finish the job. Luckily, last year, I had it totally serviced so it was ready to go... Isn't it cute? I have the case and even a card table that it will fit in. I might just have to set it up after the much newer machine went hay wire on me. Hate when that happens...

Anyway, on to the fun part...

 This is the front of the bag. I used new and old pieces of fabric, lace and Ric Rac. I had a darling picture of Miss Roxie so I used photo shop to erase out everything but her adorable face. This was the first time I had printed a photo on purchased, ready to go fabric lined with paper, so it easily goes through the printer.  I followed the directions on the package but obviously did not wait long enough to iron the piece, as her name smeared. The second time I did it, I put the printed piece in the dryer. The directions did not say you could do this, but I was in a hurry. It worked just fine.

 This is the back of the carrier...

Vintage doily and vintage button on top 

of new pink chenille and lots of vintage lace sewed on the top of the chenille. All of this was attached to the quilted fabric from which the base of the carrier is made.

The inside of the case is made out of that soft, soft, fluffy, fabric that feels delicious! It looks like little tiny roses everywhere.

 It is hard to tell from this picture but this is the removable bottom from the inside of the carrier. I thought it should be removable so the bag could be washed. The bottom piece has thick cardboard inside to hold the weight of the puppy.

Such a special carrier needed a special wrapping. I embellished a brown bag with many of the elements I used on the tote.

A close up of Miss Roxie. Isn't she adorable?!

A fun project for a fun lady!

Window Treatments

One of my favorite blogs

Funky Junk Interiors

is 

the 

inspiration

for

this

post!

Her theme for her Link Party

is unusual window treatments...

SO....

I just have to share some

more pictures of my

I love old linens of all kinds 

but

my heart

really

swells

when

I 

see

hand crocheted

or

knitted

table cloths

bedspreads

doilies

runners

well...

You

GET

the picture!

  I love using them as window treatments...

I don't care if they are in pristine condition

or if they have some wear

like the lines on my face

that help tell my story.

Of late, I am also enjoying my snapseeds app

on my IPhone...

Especially

the 

GRUNGE

look

 This is a look, from the outside,

of one of the pieces I used in

the living area, that you see above.

Grunge look above..

Natural look below..

Looking out of the dining area

with the curtains open..

The curtain on the above left

pulled closed.

And a runner used as a 

valence in the Master bath...

Which

also

leads

me

to

show

you

another

way

to

use

vintage

linens

My Shower Curtains around

my Claw foot Tub...

There's that Grunge Look Again!