Fall Outside and Candlestick Making

Today was a picture perfect fall day around these parts….beautiful sunny weather with NO HUMIDITY which if you are from the south, is something to be proud of.     Hubby got some things out of the attic and I spent part of the afternoon putting some fall/halloween decorations outside.  

I took these pictures just after dark so I could see how it looks all lit up.      The lantern puts off a big glare but it looks really pretty in person.

The flower pot on its side was a roadside find.   It’s missing it’s base so I just turned it on it side and put a little pumpkin inside.   

 

On Saturday Shannon, Taylor & I did a little shopping.   Taylor wore her halloween costume (she says she’s a bat but I just don’t think of a bat when I see her outfit).

Around her neck is a little necklace with a pouch…inside the pouch are a few pumpkin seeds.    Her twin brother’s class went on a field trip to a local pumpkin patch on Friday and he brought her back the pumpkin seed necklace….isn’t that the sweetest thing?    Being twins, they have an unusually close bond.

And I finally got around to making those ever-popular Dollar Tree apocathary jars for Shannon’s sideboard.    I bought three of the candlesticks and three containers and just hot glued them together. 

 

Maybe not as great as Pottery Barn or Williams- Sonoma, but hey, for a total of $6.00, we’re pretty happy with them.    Shannon is going to use them on her sideboard with her fall decorations and then she can simply change out what she puts in them at Christmas….they would work for any season.    And so what if they break?    We’ll just make some more!

Have a safe and happy Monday!

Fall Decorating and Inspiration

Sitting here in hubby’s easy chair surfing the ‘net and watching S.C. beating Alabama (sorry ‘Bama fans, I’m an Auburn girl!) thinking I need to get some fall decorations out but too lazy so the best I can do is share some fall decorating I did in the past and also some inspirations photos.   

This is my front yard from last year….enjoy!

Now for some inspiration pictures I’ve shared before but I thought they were worth showing again..

(disclaimer:   I am unable to give credit for the photos so if they are yours please accept my apologies and let me know so I can give credit where credit is due)

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

All photos below are some I took in a shop window when I visited my friend in Andalusia last weekend….unfortunately the store had JUST closed so we weren’t able to go inside but judging from the storefront and peeking inside, it’s MY kind of place!

 

And these were at another store in the next block

Better go get something ready for supper before Auburn kicks off…..WAR EAGLE!

Demijohn Love

I didn’t even know what the “official” name of a demijohn was, I just called them pretty bottles with wicker or something unofficial like that.    Anyway, last fall when cleaning out mom’s house, I found a really interesting bottle that turned out to be a demijohn.     Lo and behold, I started seeing these all over the internet and especially on one of my favorite blogs – No Minimalist Here written by the very talented Sherry.    Recently, she hosted a giveaway of one of her demijohns and I won!      She sent it out to me and I couldn’t be more excited.   

She also included the sweetest little No. 2 tag along with a soft and squishy pumpkin and pear for a little fall decorating

Here are some of Sherry’s demijohns she collects and displays in her home:

And here’s the one she sent me, sitting proudly on top of my refrigerator with the one from my mom’s house:

 

 

 

 

I think this might have started a new obsession with demijohns!

I Won My First Prize!

I can’t tell you how excited I was this afternoon when Sherry at No Minimalist Here notified me that I had won her giveaway which is one of her own fabulous demijohns and a patchwork pumpkin! 

I never win anything and almost didn’t enter the contest.    However, I felt compelled to enter and left a comment saying that I am the proud owner of a demijohn I found when cleaning out mom’s house last fall.     Right now I’m using it in a vingette on top of my refrigerator but now that I’ll have two, I might have to start a small collection.

Thank you Sherry!    I can’t wait to receive my prizes!

Judy

Happy October 1st and Road Trip

Gosh, where did September go?    It seems the older I get the faster time goes!     To me, October ushers in the holiday season, and before you know it, Thanksgiving and Christmas will be upon us.    I love this time of year, with its color changing landscape, smells, and best of all (for us here in the sunny South) cooler temperatures!

Today I’m heading to L.A. (or Lower Alabama) for a much anticipated visit with my best friend, also named Judy.     Judy and I have been best friends over 30 years.     We don’t get to visit as much as we’d like as often as we’d like, so whenever we do get together, our time together is priceless.     She is a wonderful Southern cook and I’ve requested some of my favorite dishes to enjoy while I’m there…..think homemade chicken and dumplings, good ol’ cornbread, I’ll be making a peach cobbler, sweet tea….oh yeah, baby, my mouth is already watering.      Judy’s home is so, well, homey.     At the back of her house is a screened porch with wicker furniture where we plan to sit and sip wine after supper and catch up.    I’m so exited!

Here’s a few pics from some past visits:

View of her house front the driveway

 

The screened porch runs all along the back of  her house

Wicker chaise which her dog Precious claims as his own!    We’ll be at the other end in that fabulous porch swing

We will probably take out the golf cart for a ride around the neighborhood (come on now, a personalized tag for a golf cart?!)    What can I say….we are BIG Auburn fans!!

The two Judy’s at Guy Harveys at the Wharf – summer 2008

Happy October 1st and may your football team win this weekend.      WAR EAGLE!