Simple Holiday Entryway
Welcome to the blog today, Friends. I’m so happy you’re here to share in some more holiday decorating. I am really paring down this year and keeping things much simpler. The entryway to the house is one of the areas that is normally decorated to the “nines”. LOL However, I decided not to purchase any…
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End of November Thrift
Welcome Everyone to the Blog today. I’m so happy you’re here. I have a Goodwill Thrift Store shop and a couple of items from a local Thrift Store to share with you today. The last one for November. Can you believe December is just a couple of days away? You can see in the picture…
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Great Charcuterie and Pumpkin Pie
Welcome Friends to the Blog today. I’m so glad you stopped by. Thanksgiving is over and I hope you enjoyed your day as much as we did. I want to share with you two of the food items we had on that day. You can see from the picture above a diverse selection of foods…
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Christmas Signs and a Goose
Welcome to the Blog today. I’m so glad you’re here to visit with me. I’m a bit late getting this posted but it was a very busy day yesterday and I’m still catching up. I hope you are recovered from all the Thanksgiving festivities. We had a lovely Thanksgiving, ate too much turkey and dessert…
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The Month Before Christmas
“T’was the month before Christmas, when all through the house All creatures were stirring, including the mouse; (metaphorically speaking) No stockings were hung by the chimney with care, We hope St. Nicholas takes his time getting here. Welcome, Friends, I’m so happy you’re here to visit for awhile. It’s two days before Thanksgiving and I…
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Thrifting in mid-November
Welcome to the Blog today. I’m so glad you decided to stop by and visit. Can you believe it’s almost Thanksgiving? My thrifting has been a bit limited lately so I have just a small shop to share with you today. However, the items are quite nice and quite different from one another. You can…
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Holiday Decor in the Library Part 2
Welcome to the Blog today, Friends. I’m about to have a cup of tea and work on Holiday plans. So pour a cup of your favorite beverage, pull up a chair and join me in the Library for a little holiday decor reveal. This is one of my favorite places to sit and work on…
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Thrifted Transitional Tablescape
Welcome to the Blog today. I’m so happy you’re here. This is such an interesting time of year as we near Thanksgiving with the holiday season right behind. Sometimes it’s hard to know what kind of table to set. Are we still showing full Fall colors and settings or are we inching toward the after…
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Starting Holiday Decor in the Library
Welcome to the Blog today. I am so exited you are here. Thanksgiving is just a couple of weeks away and Christmas only days away. I am already behind in decorating for the holidays so I decided, rather than drive myself crazy with what I haven’t done, I am going to embrace the things I…
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Starting Holiday Decor
Welcome to the Blog today, Friends. I’m so glad you’re here to share in the very beginning of the holiday preparations. Bloggers are always preparing a month or so in advance for the next Holiday. I’ve always kept preparing for Christmas until after Thanksgiving but the last few years I’ve started earlier in November. If…
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Finding “That” Thrift Store Painting
Welcome to the Blog today, Friends. I am a big water color painting fan and when I’m in a Thrift Store I always look through the paintings to see what’s on offer. Last Fall I was redecorating the den and looking for some art that would work in that room. I rediscovered this painting by…
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Vintage Wooden Geese
Welcome to the Blog today. I’m so happy you decided to visit. Today I’m sharing with you some vintage geese and a duck that I found at Thrift Stores in the past couple of years. I’ve always loved these vintage pieces and being originally from Canada the goose holds a special place in my heart.…
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Storing Thrift Store China
Welcome to the Blog today. I’m so glad you’re here. I get a lot of questions about how and where I store the china that I pick-up at Thrift Stores. When I first started collecting it was pretty easy to find a space in the cupboards to store new pieces. As I continued collecting over…
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Shades of Rust Tablescape
Welcome, Everyone, to the blog today. I wanted to share this tablescape with you as we move further into Fall. The colors are a bit unusual as the tones are softer and tend towards rust and rose. From this view you can see the shades of browns, rusts and pinks that make up the majority…
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Best Pesto Ever
Pesto is such a fun and easy meal to make that speaks of Summer in it’s abundance. I like to make Pesto at the end of the season with the last of the Basil from the garden. I tried a new recipe the other day and I swear it is my new favorite pesto recipe.…
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A Little Vignette
Hello, Everyone, welcome to the Blog today as I share a small vignette for Fall with you. First a quick up-date. As many of you know I had to skip a few blogs last week due to illness. Feeling much better by Tuesday but my husband ended up in the hospital being admitted from the…
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Thrifting Candleholders
Welcome, Everyone, to the Blog today. So sorry I didn’t publish my usual schedule this past week. Unfortunately, I was quite ill and really unable to do anything but lie in bed or on the sofa. So back to normal, I hope, today. One of the first things I think I bought at a Thrift…
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Warm and Cozy Fall Tray
Welcome, Everyone, I’m so delighted you are here today to share this wonderful Fall Leaf Tray Hop with me. I’m excited for you to see this warm and cozy tray I’ve put together for you. Fall wouldn’t be complete without some great Autumn Decor and delicious hot soup to eat with your favorite person. Seasonal…
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More Organization
Welcome, Everyone, to the next installment on clean-out and organization. I am a bit of a crystal nut and I really like the “good stuff” but like most of you out there I can’t afford to spend $50 or more per glass of good crystal so I thrift store shop for crystal. Pretty much everything…
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Great Finds thrifting
Welcome to this week’s Thrift Shop. I’m so glad you’re here to take a look at some goodies I found this week. The Goodwill Last Chance Center was on my errand route this week so stopped in for a few minutes. It’s quite chaotic so I have to really gear up for a visit and…
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Dinner with Ghoulish Gourds
Welcome, welcome to the Blog today. I’m so happy you’re here to join me for a fun display of Halloween exuberance. This is a special holiday for many children and adults so pour a cup of your favorite beverage and join me as I share with you this Halloween Tablescape Blog. I wanted to put…
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Fall Zen in the Closet
Welcome to the Blog, today. I’m sitting here on the screen porch with a glass of wine in very pleasant weather for the first time in what seems like months. It’s been a very busy week as we sort through things, clearing out and generally making more space in the house. It’s time for a…
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First October Thrift
Welcome Everyone, I’m so glad you’re visiting today. I can’t wait to share this week’s finds with you as it was a pretty large and eclectic haul with mostly practical finds. So let’s get started. First up, I found these three simple black frames with glass for $1.50 each. They hold an 8 x 10…
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A Little Art Deco in Your Fall
Welcome, I’m so glad you are here visiting today. I have a little Art Deco on the agenda to lead us into Halloween and give a bit of a break from all the high intensity color of the season. I actually started out with a Fall tablescape in reds and oranges but went with this…
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Weekend Vintage Market
I love a good Vintage Market, don’t you? A beautiful Fall morning with cool temperatures and sunny skies and a field of Vendors located right next to a super great Vintage Market sounds like the perfect Fall activity. My Hubby and I met our Daughter at the market bright and early so we had plenty…
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