Too Many?

I was so excited to see my friend Susie at Bienvenue (haven't learned to set up a link yet, but you can find her to the left) selling her tassels. They are beautiful! She has plucked one of her tassels with a crown out for me and I am on pins and needles waiting for it. (Susie I hope you got my email)As I type that I realize I may have a problem. (I am also wishing for a few more from The Nester also at the left) So I excitedly tell husband that I am ordering new tassels and he replies (and I quote)...."Do you think you have too many?" I was speechless, so I smiled and said that would be like getting "too many" hugs from your children or having "too many " friends or "too many good hair days"...it's just not possible...then he was speechless. And that's how I play the That Was a Dumb Question game without saying "that was a dumb question." Happy Tassels to all of you...may you all have "too many". Paula

Only in Oklahoma

This is what my daughter and I passed on the way home from school today. We are avid Oklahoma Sooner fans so this was awesome. I knew when I built my dream home in the country 6 years ago that my children would have the opportunity to run free, enjoy nature, but learn some history...wow! Makes me proud to be an Okie. A Sooner schooner in our front yard..only in Oklahoma.

Slowly But Surely...

After staining the concrete on my back patio and buying new furniture last summer... I was done. I don't know maybe it was the stain fumes but I had hit a decorators block. Until today! I don't know maybe it was the sunshine and the birds singing but I went crazy. I tore through closets, out buildings, my garage, gathered all I could find and threw this together. (and didn't spend a dime I might add) I finally found a use for my grandfathers old tool box (that's it with the gloves and seed packets) all in all I am pretty happy with the outcome except I definately need a tree for the corner and so I am off to hunt one down..Have a creative day, Paula

12 Step Program Needed

I love The Nesting Place blog. She is so laid back and has a no nonsense attitude toward decorating. Go to her blog and read about her window "mistreatments". My problem is that I have a little problem (commonly referred to as obsessive compulsive disorder). I like to think of it this way...I am visually gifted...meaning that everything has to be visually perfect. I feel that reading her blog everyday is sort of the 1st step in my 12 step program to recovery. So this weekend I moved in this peice of furniture and it definately needed some softness, but I had no table runner in sight so I grabbed this fabric that I have had for 5 years and did a runner "mistreatment". I have every intention of getting it to my seamstress for some hemming and some yummy trim...told ya I was sick!!!!

Rainy Day Project

A friend of mine has started her own consignment business and was looking for a way to display the jewelry she will be selling. I told her to get me some old cabinet doors, scrapbook paper,old drawer pulls(which she will be adding later) and off to work I went. First the paint(only where the wood will show, no need to paint the whole peice) then some chocolate glaze (so fun to work with...thanks for the advice Rene'e)then some glue. By the 2nd one (pictured here) I figured out not so much glue to adhere the paper, let it dry, then glue over the top. My friend was given antique drawer knobs she will attach them and the jewelry will hang from them..too cute. So easy. The cabinet doors she found were awesome because they were sectioned off. If I can get some more I will do one for my daughters new room(birthday surprise) and paint one panel with chalk board paint, cover one with cork, then decoupage the other two to match her new bedding. I don't even scrapbook but I love the paper they offer, it's better than a wallpaper store!!! I will be doing myself a jewelry hanger for my closet makeover(I'll post about that ordeal at another time) I repainted and have gone "crown crazy". My closet now feels like another room in the house. I love it...but it's not done. Have a great day everyone!Paula

Yes... I Will Take Those...Thank You!

My mother-in-law was throwing away two of these pots because they were chipping and looking bad. I have been wanting a patio herb garden for a long time...here was my chance. I took them painted them my favorite "Tuscan" color and then took over the small slab of concrete on the side of my house. Voila... a herb garden! (Please pardon the trim around the side door that is on my lovely husbands honey do list.) So many of you ladies have given me inspiration with all of your great finds so I had to try something myself. I thank you, my husband thanks you, and his pocket book thanks you. Paula

"I'm Sorry...Did I Get Your Name?"

Am I dreaming? Just last night I tucked my daughter into bed and with a big popsicle smile and those chocolate drop eyes she said to me "Mommy can we have a picnic under our oak tree tomorrow?" I kissed that sweet chubby 2 year old cheek and said "of course we can Princess now go to sleep." Now here's where the story gets weird, I wake up this morning and a grown woman greets me with a smile and pours herself a cup of my coffee. (who does she think she is?) I'm standing there in disbelief when this woman asks me for money... "By the way, don't forget, I need $65.00" she says. "Um what for? " I reply. "For college application fees." Ok so now I am giving this stranger money...what gives? "Oh and don't forget we need to pick out graduation announcements" she says. Now this has gone on too long so I ask, "I'm sorry ...did I get your name?" This woman who is very beautiful, I might add says, "Very funny mom, I love you, see ya after school." She leaves. I'm left standing in my very quiet kitchen all alone when suddenly I realize what Kenny Chesney means when he sings "Don't Blink". Tomorrow she will have her Senior pictures taken and I will stand there and smile while I am dying inside, wishing for one more popsicle smile and teddy bear picnic. Paula