Christmas Drive-Bys

I've been carrying my camera with me everywhere lately...

the Christmas decorations have been so pretty.

While driving through Homewood, Alabama the other day,

I snapped a couple of pictures.

This door was lovely.

This house is one of my all-time favorites.

It sits on a corner and just looks oh-so-cozy tucked in among the shrubs.

Sorry I didn't get a full shot.

The wreath was the icing on the cake.

This house has been mentioned around blogland recently...look at all that china! :)



I had to keep driving as the yard-man was watching me and I felt like a total stalker. To check out the blog...go here.

Happy Holidays Sweet Blogland Friends!

Spring 09

Last week I went to a church sale and on my way home drove through a favorite neighborhood. Today, I'm going to pretend this is my house... :)

Another pretty one...

and this one has had a total make-over...the front is wowsa! (sorry, no pics of that) I snapped this because I liked the colors they used.

At my "real" house...we've been working on a little kitchen freshening-up. My husband has scraped the popcorn off the ceiling and painted it 1/4 strength, BM Woodlawn Blue. I think we are going to try something else...it's just not that exciting. You can see where it meets the full strength Woodlawn Blue on the walls. Not sure what we're going to do with the wall color...continue with it or do another shade of white. We've had this up several years and I'm very happy with it...but DH might be looking for a change.

The cabinets got a fresh coat of BM White Dove and now we are working on knobs. My original plan was to stain some wooden knobs a dark color, but I prefer the top lighter one...my husband's idea (because it is closer to the floor color).

I bought these cute framed recipes at the above mentioned church sale...4 for $1 each.

Can't decide whether or not I'm going to keep the plates up...

I bought these kalanchoe plants last week for $1.50 each at Brunos...my daughter added the artwork on my favorite $3 chalkboard from a FreeWill Baptist Church sale. The plant stand was $5 from an estate sale years and years ago. Funny how I can remember what I paid for things and where they came from. Most days I can't remember my own name. ;)

Thrift store I'm not sure what...need to paint the frame. I think it is in french and almost looks like a contents page for recipes.

Emma Bridgewater tins...25 cents each...thrift store.

I'm not exactly sure what the end result will be...but playing with all the elements I like helps me figure it all out. I have never been able to see the end result...it all depends on what I come across that inspires me.

The dogwoods are in full bloom around here...the view out my front door is gorgeous. Thank you sweet neighbors!

Re-thinking Southern Living Magazine

I may have to re-think letting my Southern Living subscription expire. Eleanor Griffin, who used to be Editor in Chief at Cottage Living...is now EIC at Southern Living. With pictures like this...I'm starting to get a little bit excited about what the possibilities might be.