More testing...so sorry!

OK...I give up.

Some will work.

Some won't.

Moving on.

Williams Sonoma Pillows...nice.

side yard

Still trying to fix my problems... :)

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A quiet day

My hopes for a little after-Christmas shopping are gone.

My littlest one is sick.

He woke up with a stomach bug...I hope it is short lived.

He is so cute, I hate to see him down for long.

Soooo.

I think,

quite possibly,

I could sit and stare

at this kitchen all day.

(photo: Home Beautiful Magazine and Brown Button: Close to Home blog)

Paperwhite Envy

photo: walter chandoha

Most every year...

I plant paperwhites.

This year,

I blew them off.

Said I didn't have

the time or money.

I had other priorities.

But seeing these pictures..

gives me regret.

Because I love this part...

the just getting started.

Oh. So. Pretty.



photo: robbie caponetto

photo: robbie caponetto

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These are amazing.

This reminds me

of the

2nd Bridget Jones movie...

where she runs down the street

in her underwear while it is snowing.

(Stephanie Rogers.typepad)

I think

I'll check out

the paperwhites

at Smith & Hawken tomorrow.

They are usually 1/2 price

the day after Christmas.

But you have to get there early.

Maybe,

I will have

paperwhites

after all.

:)

Mental note to self...

(Country Homes & Interiors Nov 08)

Mental note to self:

Clean up coat rack area to resemble this.

Remove

15 pieces of outerwear,

3 backpacks,

2 dogleashes,

baseball caps,

pile of books

and

pile-o-shoes.

Add in

cool chair,

accessories.

fresh flowers

&

Wal-la. Done.

Lucky me.

I love to yard sale and I love thrift stores.

LOVE THEM!

I love finding something really cool.

I found these Portieux Vallerysthal blue opaline goblets recently. They were tucked way back on a shelf close to the floor. The tag indicated they had been there over a month.

A set of 18.

I went home and thought about them.

I did some research.

I watched a set of 8 sell on Ebay for $350.

I went back the next day with my fingers crossed.

They were waiting for me.

The sweet little old lady wrapped them up and put them in a box for me.

I handed her $18 and brought them home.

Not sure where I would use them...

I decided they looked perfect with my transferware.

I love the idea of using them on a tray like this.

I bet my friend Linda (aka Tropical Home)

could suggest a good drink to serve in them.

Photo: Peter Christiansen Valli

Shrimp on Grit Toast

This year for Thanksgiving

my sister-in-law

Amanda

made

Shrimp on Grits Toast.

Oh my.

So good.

Here she is...

"shaking things up".

She likes to put

her own spin on things.

Amanda...

you can spin these to me

any day of the week!

Check out the Paula Deen recipe here:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/cheesy-shrimp-on-grits-toast-recipe/index.html

Oooooooooh. My.

I have not been able to load pictures for several days...

operator error I'm sure!

(Photo: Architectural Digest)

This is Diane Keaton's kitchen...sigh.

Gorgeous.

I can only dream.

WoW

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Running on busy...

Country Living Magazine

Please...let me go to sleep and wake up tomorrow with this bedroom!

I love this bedroom.

Love, love, LOVE this bedroom.

I've already got the bedskirt,

the bedding

and the headboard without the black trim.

I think I'm 1/2 way there.

I wonder what color those walls are?

Hmmmmm.

Just what I need...more paint colors to think about.

After the holidays settle down...I'm going to focus on making this mine. :)

a lamp idea...

I've been watching the piece on the right.

At Pier 1.

It's on sale...$25 from $50.

It's big like these...

and this is what I'd like to do with them.

My store has 2 left.

It doesn't really "read" like the typical blue & white to me...

maybe it's more creamy

or maybe there just isn't as much blue.

Anyway :)

I like them.

Alot.

I'd like to have a table skirt made

out of some brown and white Lauri Smith fabric I have.

To cover an old cafe table I bought

at a yard sale recently for $5.

I think the blue pot on top would look perfect.

I've got them on hold until tomorrow.

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