tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292548217234136352024-03-18T14:58:27.434-05:00I Have A Big Story To TellLori Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732477644774479536noreply@blogger.comBlogger634125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729254821723413635.post-29395459001830906052014-07-23T00:20:00.002-05:002014-07-23T00:20:38.242-05:00Heave-Ho-the-Hutch!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>R</b></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">emember when <a href="http://abigstory.blogspot.com/2014/07/pillow-talk.html">I told you last week</a> about the new piece of furniture I unexpectedly got? I replaced an old buffet that I had for over 30 years with this piece. It is all wood, already painted white and already distressed. Clearly there was (an invisible) neon sign with an arrow and the blinking word "Lori" by this monstrous piece when it was sitting forlornly in the store! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I'm not even sure what it is called. I think it qualifies as a sideboard, a step-back and a hutch. It is so perfect for my wall that I'll just call it dreamy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> People have asked, and yes, I do plan to change the dishes per season. And yes, I cannot wait! And as my son suggested, it is perfect for holding lots of food for family gatherings. It will be put to good use. In the meantime I put part of my trusty classic blue and white dish collection up to bat first. I figured it was a good summer style, and blue and white is always a winner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> As is my style, there is no style! I like to mix and match and randomly display. I like it best that way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I used a bunch of the various sizes, kinds and colors of blue and white....with a spout. Sometimes they are teapots, sometimes gravy boats, sometimes creamers and sometimes small pitchers. But they had in common their spouts/ladles and their colors. If you'll notice I sat the Blue Willow teapot on an upended cheapola glass candlestick base to give it some heighth separate from the gravy boat. In real life, you cannot even see the candle holder. Notice the little pic to the left? That is a picture I took a couple of years ago, I then ran it through my Waterlogue app and had it printed on cardstock. I need to frame it now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Of course, I need to do a lot of things. Time is ticking and school will be starting very soon! But finding this piece, definitely made it a happy summer for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The top and the bottom are actually two different pieces. When I went to pick it up, I was alone since my husband and all my sons were at work. Also, we don't own a pickup, so I had to try and fit it into my small SUVish type car. I keep a measuring tape in my purse, so I measured the two parts of the hutch the night we found it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">At seven feet long, I knew it was going to take up every inch of the space in the back of my car. I actually got another piece of furniture that night as well (which I will show you later this week). So when I went to pick up the pieces, I told the store manager that I had to start with the lightest piece and work my way to the heaviest piece, since I was going to be unloading these ALL BY MYSELF!! Not only that, but I had to make three trips to get the furniture! One for the piece you haven't seen and two trips (one for the top and one for the bottom) of the big sideboard! Crazzzzzy!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Not only that, but the store was not in the town in which I live, so I had to drive to the other town to get all three pieces! So I ended up making three round trips to pick it all up. And yes, it was one of our 100 degree Oklahoma days. (It was NOT during the cool weather from last week). Also, since these pieces were from a department store, and they had used them as display pieces, there was not really anyone there for "loading" purposes. So the store manager, a very skinny skinny young man (think Don Knotts/Barney Fife) and myself loaded the first two pieces up. I took the piece you haven't seen first. When I got home, I backed up into our driveway, and unloaded the piece under our carport. It really wasn't too bad. Less than 100 pounds I would say. I then took things out of the garage and stacked in front of my furniture prize (so no one would drive by and load-er-up!!). I then got back in the car and headed out for piece #2. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Next the manager and I (and the dweepy little man) (said in my nice voice), loaded up the bottom part of the hutch. We had to put the front two seats COMPLETELY forward, so that the piece would fit. Ummmm, I am 5'11. That was a TOUGH ride home, let me tell you!! Then I had to wrestle the base of this piece out and put it on the driveway, under the carport, with the other piece. Then I had to "cover it up" with other obstacles too.(I was sweating by now.) I then put my seat back in regular position and went back for piece #3! When I got back, I found out the store manager had gone to lunch. Oh my gosh. That meant that Dweepy Man and I had to load the heaviest piece (the top) by myself. (I chose to take the heaviest last, that way I could just leave it in the car until my Hubs and sons could help. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Well, where there is a will, there is a way. I recruited a couple of women sales ladies to help me and the Dweepster heave-ho it into the back of my car. I was going to get it in my car no matter what! It was wedged in and was not going anywhere. I then wedged myself into the front seat and headed for home with the last load. (All the time I was worried that some unknown person would take my other furniture from the back of my carport....and hidden behind everything I could find!!) Finally, to make a long story longer, a couple of my sons and the Hubs got it all in the house for me that night. I could finally sleep easy! Ha! And that my friends, is how the Sideboard-stepback-cupboard-hutch-dreamy came to live at my house! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">P.S. You are lucky I left out the part about circling the parking lot of the store over and over again, just waiting to get a front row parking spot so that we didn't have to carry the furniture as far!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I looked around at the other furniture the store had for sale and spotted the price tag on most pieces. I could not find a price tag on the sideboard. Then upon closer examination, I started to think that the piece was actually a display model.....That was sitting right smack dab in the middle of the other furniture. A nice young salesman asked me if I needed any help. I told him I needed to know the price on the sideboard. He said it wasn't for sale, but was indeed a display piece. I had already thought, "Hmmmm...This store has about a million and a half dishes. Why would they NOT be using this piece to display some of them?" So, I asked the nice young salesman to go and ask his manager how much the piece was. The nice young man (very polite I might add) assured me it was not for sale. I convinced him that if he wanted me to quit bugging him that he really should go and ask his manager. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">While the polite young man was finding the manager, I pulled out my handy-dandy tape measure from my purse and began measuring the piece. It was 7 feet long. It was solid wood (NO MDF!!). It was already painted antique white and distressed. It came apart in two pieces, so it would be easier to move. It was perfect!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The nice young man came back to me and told me that I was right and it was indeed for sale. (I heard the angels singing.) I was ecstatic. I asked him how much. He had not thought to ask that question (!!!!?????!!!!!). So he went off again to find the manager (which I would later find out was actually the assistant manager). He came back and told me that it was either $330 or $350. The manager was gone and the assistant could not remember the price. I had already told myself that I would not go higher than $1200.00 Hahahahaha!!! (Like I could afford that!!). I told the polite young man that it was now officially <b>SOLD</b>, and that I would be glad to pay the full $350 and call it even. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The polite young man left and this time he just brought the assistant manager back with him! (He was catching on!!) I told her that without a doubt I wanted the piece and I would be glad to pay the entire $350.00 right then and there. About this time, my Hubs finally found me in the store. I told him I had just purchased the giant sideboard. He looked me in the eye and said, <i>"Good"</i>. </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> Really.</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> <i>"Good"</i>. Then <i>"okay"</i>. </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Really, just</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> <i>"Okay"</i>. I said to him, <i>"I was prepared to chain myself to this piece if you had said no. What made you say yes so easily?"</i> And his simple answer was, <i>"It looks just like you. It looks like something you</i> <i>would love."</i> Ohhhhh emmmmm geeeeee!!! See what being married for years does for a couple???? Then AFTER he had said <i>"Good"</i> and <i>"okay"</i> I told him the price. He too was astounded. Then the assistant manager told us the bad news. We could only buy it when the real manager was there. And he was off the next day. I was going to have to wait 36 hours before I could pay for, and take the piece home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I about croaked!! I made her write out two big signs that said <b>SOLD</b> with my name on them and tape them to the piece. I asked her to go and call the manager at home and tell him I had bought it, but she would not do that! She did make sure the signs were taped down well and she assured me the piece would be fine. She pointed out that it had sat there for several days and no one else had even realized it was for sale. So I begrudgingly left hoping and praying it would still be there 36 hours later, waiting for me to come back! I finally did find the pillow section and got several new pillows too!! (And they have NOT helped my sleep yet, by the way!!) In the meantime, on the way home I was talking a mile a minute. Literally. I decided I would take out the buffet we had had for 30 years (and it was old when we got it!) and put the sideboard in its place. </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">(The buffet is pictured in the second picture above from an old photo. Look how much more room the sideboard takes up!)</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> So, I have been playing around with the massive piece. Yes, it was still there 36 hours later when I showed up first thing that morning. I have no doubt I will rearrange it a million times, but for now I have it styled for summer. Those pictures I will share later this week. The above picture is however a sneak peek. And that my friends is the story of how a person goes in to buy a bed pillow and comes out with a 7 foot long sideboard!! </span></div>
Lori Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732477644774479536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729254821723413635.post-43896567436581705972014-07-06T01:21:00.001-05:002014-07-06T01:21:09.039-05:00Venerate Vintage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">All that hullabaloo leads me to the point of the post: This long vintage piece of patriotic fabric I was gifted some 20 years ago. In our Kansas home, the front foyer was decorated in reds and blues and vintage flags and campaign buttons. One of my daughters had a best friend whose mother owned a cute little shop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">One day my daughter's friend brought me the long piece of fabric from her mother's stash. She assured me it was okay with her mother that I have it. I loved the piece, which I knew was old when I got it 20 years ago. I found out years later that the girls mother probably did not okay the gift I was given, but also probably never knew it was gone. I have loved it for 20 years. In our home in Kansas it was draped above the stairway window. (To which I cannot find a picture.) At our home here, I have used it several different ways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Lola sat in the upstairs hallway in front of a collage of patriotic pictures. It was a perfect place for Lola and her vintage banner. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Last year I used it to drape our 6 foot long mantel. I twisted and draped it until it looked natural like one might find on an old gazebo or podium. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The fabric, some type of vintage cotton, is a mix between a rough linen and a fine burlap. It is rather stiff and that makes it easy to drape. I have actually washed the piece before. (!!!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> It washed up just fine. Just like many old things, it is hardy and ready to serve for many more years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> There are some faded spots in it, but they were there when the fabric became mine and I think it just adds to the beauty of the piece. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This year the vintage fabric served yet another purpose. One of my sons is engaged and his wedding date is the 4th of July...2015. We set out to take some engagement pictures around our little town. I knew there was a place downtown that had an antique fence with a rock wall in front of it for sitting. I knew the vintage banner would be perfect to be subtly seen behind the 4th of July couple. And it was. </span></div>
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<br />Lori Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732477644774479536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729254821723413635.post-81482246203517390912014-06-22T12:15:00.003-05:002014-06-24T12:33:21.814-05:00SUPER Simple Savory Summer Strawberry Pie!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> My Hubs has longed loved this pie. If we were every anywhere that it was offered, he chose it. I looked at it (quite wrong by the way), like it was some kind of congealed blob on a crust. But last week I opened up my freezer to get something out and I saw two Marie Callender (deep dish) pie crusts still sitting there.....Like they had for months. It has been my mission this summer to get rid of some of the things that are sitting in the freezer. So I cooked up the pie crusts. I also had plenty of strawberries, so I googled up strawberry pie recipes. The recipe (formerly known as the) congealed blob came up many times. So I figured why not? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And I could hear the Hallelujiah Chorus! It will now be my go-to pie in the summer. I put on<a href="http://instagram.com/lorifergusonlucas"> Instagram </a> that it takes me longer to blow-dry my hair than it did to make those two pies. That is a true statement. Well we enjoyed one of the pies and shared the other with some deserving people. (They probably think I worked all morning on making it!) Even though I know I am the last person in America to make this, I will share the recipe with you. No doubt you have all ingredients sitting in your kitchen! Enjoy!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1 cup sugar</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">4 Tbs. strawberry jello powder (one small box makes two pies)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>I </b></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">don't really plan on taking off from writing posts, but life happens and I usually have to pick something to put on the back burner and blogging is usually it. Then like most things you put off, the longer you put it off, the harder it is to get around to doing it. That is where I am. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Then I tell myself that it's not like it matters anyway. I see some of the homes we look at every day in Blogland and my humble abode does not stack up. That's not a pity party. That is just reality. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">In the meantime, Life (yes, I meant it as a proper noun) has been changing around here. Some by choice, some notsomuch. To begin with, two of our sons graduated from college on the same day with the same degree (Industrial Safety). When you're the parents of five children and those are the last two to get through college, it is a BIG DEAL. Oh happy day. One of my daughters will complete her MBA by the end of the year. That will be another BIG DEAL.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> We are going to be grandparents again. This will be the third one in 2 1/2 years. Again, Oh Happy DAY!! We have so much fun with Leightyn and Behr. Baby #3 will be the little brother or sister of Leightyn. We will find out in August whether we get another girl or boy. Not that it matters to anyone, but it just makes pre-shopping easier!! Leightyn and Behr were both born on March 12, a year apart. This baby is due on January 14. MAYbe he/she can make it here January 12th and we can keep those 12's up (That is also the birthday of the Hubs late grandfather). OR maybe it will be born on January 13th, which is my birthday (and my son-in-law's)! Or maybe it will be born January 10th, which is my son's birthday (and the father of the baby). Or maybe it will be born on January 3rd, and it can be born on my daughter's birthday (Behr's mom). Or on the 4th, 6th or 15th, and on one of my nieces or nephew's special day! Get the picture? We have LOTS of January birthdays to celebrate. Maybe, just maybe he or she will want to arrive on their very own day! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">While I was doing the non-blog-writing-thing, I WAS giving end of the year state assessments. Unless you are a teacher, especially one that has to give the tests, you have NO IDEA how stressful that is....For the teacher and the students!! All of my students have to take them. In fact they have to take a literature/reading/grammar test as well as a separate writing test. I have about 100 students taking the tests. The writing tests have to be sent off to be graded and then added into the other test. But we do get a raw score on the lit/reading/grammar test. When the students are getting ready to push that last button to see their raw score there are a lot of anxious moments. I teach sophomore and junior English In Oklahoma, if they do not pass their 10th grade English test, they do not get to graduate from high school. They do get to retake it in December....or the next year (and the junior English test as well), but let me say, that is a LOT of pressure! Thankfully, my tests went well and my students excelled. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Speaking of work, my Hubs and I both have changed jobs. Really. At our age. Well I have written about it before, but for 12 years I commuted more than 100 miles per day. For the past six years, my Hubs and I have commuted together to the same school. He was the I.T. Director at the school. The six years before that, we still lived in Kansas. The Hubs commuted one way and I commuted another direction. What a deal (in all that bad Kansas weather too!!) But the Hubs has a new job completely out of the computer and education field. And it is close to home. And he has a company truck. My new job is at the high school in the town we live. It is 1 minute and 30 seconds from my home. The other day I went up to the school to get a book and it took me an entire 2 minutes!!!! You have no idea how good that sounds to me. It is ALWAYS hard to leave a school though. Bonds are made with other faculty and so many students, but the idea of gaining two extra hours in my day of non-commute time was something I could not pass up. So come August, I'll have a new classroom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">We have also entertained lots of family and friends this spring. In March we had a double-birthday party for the babies with 55 people in attendance. It was a carnival theme, so we served carnival food with all the trimmings. We even rented a bounce house for the kiddos to use. There were plenty of adults in it as well! In April we hosted Easter with 30+ people. In May we had a big party for our college grads with 30 or 40 people. We love to open the house to our guests, feed them and sit around and visit. Family and friends are important to us, and that is the reason we moved back from Kansas six years ago. We knew we would never get "do-over" years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My Hubs mother has Alzheimer's. What a horrible, horrible disease. In her career as an oil company exec, she had to do all sorts of calculating and complex number problems. Now even the slightest bit of (coin) change gets her mixed up. It is a disease that strips away a person's dignity....and does so quickly. The Hubs and I spend a lot of time fixing meals to take to her, and going to visit her. She is still in her home with her husband, but we worry that things could change any day on that front. I try to make her meals nutritious, but easy to warm up. I try to make sure I include things I know she loved to eat. My sister-in-law lives right down the street from my MIL, so she gets the brunt of the duty of checking on her. We do try to relieve her as often as possible. It's another one of those things, that unless you have had to live or take care of someone with Alzheimer's you really can't understand how even the smallest thing becomes the biggest obstacle. Thank goodness for the good days! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I also have not sat around twiddling my thumbs on my "free" time. I have painted three rooms in my home...including all the woodwork. We put up the antique fence in the front of our house. We planted lots of new plants. We are working on the backyard and also painting two more rooms. I have also painted a couple of pieces of furniture and have several pieces in my summer to-do list. This week I am working on sewing curtains for one of the rooms I painted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And since this is officially "flag week", I would be remiss if I had not included pics of the outside of our house. Each year I put up our flags, swags and garland a day or two before Memorial Day(when these pics were taken) and take it down about two weeks after the 4th of July. I know, I know. That's a long time to keep it up. But honestly, I love it. I have always lived in homes that had big front porches and the lent themselves to beautiful red/white and blue swags. This home even has the upper story and two side balconies, so I just go crazy, wild with all my patriotic decor. I even swag up the wooden fence and the antique fence we just put up out front! Personally, I think it makes an old (seen better days) house, look a little proud. I've said before that we live in the historic area of our little city and we are on the Trolley Tour. We have trolley's come by all day long each day. If I am sitting out front enjoying my front porch (and yes, I LOVE to do that) and the trolley comes by, I wave at everyone. If I have one of the grands with me the trolley operator will ring the bell. I see people in the trolley taking pics of the house, so I'll continue with my over-the-top-patriotic-spectacle! I like to think the house had to look something like this 90 years ago as well.</span> </div>
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Lori Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732477644774479536noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729254821723413635.post-69801006892598002182014-04-27T23:07:00.002-05:002014-04-29T14:07:28.476-05:00Tiptoe Through National Tulip Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">(Don't you wonder who gets to make up the occasions for these days?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> But since I love all things tulips, I am playing along. The tulips I am going to focus on are the tulip wreaths I like to create. I wrote about creating this one last year. <a href="http://abigstory.blogspot.com/2013/04/tulip-wreaths-and-glue-guns.html">You can find it here.</a> It is one of those tutorials, that is almost embarrassing to make into a tutorial. It is that easy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I have created about ten of these now. Many times I use the foam wreath (that I purchase with a coupon at Hobby Lobby). Sometimes I use just a simple grapevine wreath. The grapevine wreaths are usually a little smaller. Keep that in mind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> But always, yes always, I use tulips from Dollar General. That means that each bunch costs me $1. You can't beat that for tulips! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> If you look at that $1 bunch of tulips, you might think it looks a little cheapola. Or the green a little plasticy. Let me assure you that enmasse it is not more cheapola or plasticy, but actually quite cute. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Here is one I made with yellow tulips. I added some small tulip buds as well. I also added some white flower that has a yellow and black center. It needed something to break up all that yellow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> As you can see I used a twig wreath for this base. I just glued the flowers directly to the twig wreath. Between the hot glue and poking the stems in the twig wreath, I don't expect the flowers to be going anywhere. (And remember, I am in WINDY Oklahoma where the "wind comes sweeping down the plains"!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> You can see the three different types of flowers I used in this wreath. The basis for the wreath though are the tulips, glued down in a circle, all facing the same way. Theoretically, there are no tops or bottoms to the wreaths. Even with the bows. It is however you like it to look. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I gave this one to someone, and I included a green shamrock for St. Patty's Day, this Pier 1 bunny for Easter, and a cute little bluebird for spring. These are all Iphone pics, and I did not get any with the other add-ins. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I put the bow on the side and slipped the bunny down into the wreath. Here you see it with and without. You get the idea of what you can do! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> This is a different red tulip wreath than the one I made for my front door. This one has regular tulips and others that are very wide open. I had to buy both to have enough for the wreath, but I really like the look of it besides. Again, it is an Iphone pic and the only one I took. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The biggest problem I find in making these wreaths are finding enough tulips at Dollar General. I don't know if they just get a certain amount in, or if everyone is creating these. I do drive to two or three different locations to get enough at times. In the case of this wreath, I never did find enough of one color, so I made the wreath hot pink, yellow and orange. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> It ended up being one of my favorites. When I was looking for more tulips, I found these butterfly "picks" at Dollar General. They came in bunches just like the tulips. I cut the bunch(es) up and glued them all over the colorful wreath. It was very cute. (Go back up one picture and look at all the butterflies.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> During summer last year I kept the wreath up clear till August. I simply added flags to the bow area, to "summer" it up. This is the only wreath I have kept of all the ones I have made. They make wonderful gifts to give-away and can be personalized easily. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">If you use a coupon to buy the wreath, you are only out about $20 when you are finished.....That is even after buying massive amounts of tulips! I have seen these on Etsy for $100. (Don't forget to factor in hot-glue burns as well. OUCH!!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Despite the fact I used mainly Iphone pics, I hope you enjoyed our little tiptoe through the tulips. Happy National Tulip Day!</span></div>
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Lori Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732477644774479536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729254821723413635.post-12095993046135117012014-04-22T23:31:00.002-05:002014-04-22T23:31:50.795-05:00All Hearts Come Home For Easter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>F</b></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">or Easter we hosted 24 adults and three children between the ages of 1 and 2. And it could not have been a better day. I worked hard to have the house be ready for the guests as well as having plenty of food. In all that, I did not take very many pictures before. You are seeing the afters! I do have a few food pictures I will post in a day or two though.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Among our guests was one of my best friends from my childhood. She brought her two beautiful daughters and her beautiful niece and great-niece who were visiting from Arizona. The niece is actually the daughter of one of my very best friends from childhood. (I wish she could have come from Arizona too! But it was fun hosting her two beauties.) Are you confused now? Well what is important is that the crew not only came, but also gifted me with the beautiful roses for inviting them. Not a bad deal! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The bunny parade is from the Meri Meri line. They can be found on Amazon if a shop near you doesn't carry them. The entire line is adorable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Although you can't tell, this table was set with green plates and pastel bunny salad plates. I set three tables, all with different dishes, but all in the Easter theme. Another table had cobalt blue plates and the orange carrots plates. The third table had white ironstone with blue and orange carrot plates (salad plates). You will see them in the last picture. Lots of fun tables.....OH, and I can't forget the kiddie table I set as well. I will try better next time to remember to take pics! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> This is also my end-of-the-school-year-state-testing-to-the-maximum-stress-season. Because of that, I kept things simple at home. When I come home from school during this testing period I am mentally wiped out. I figured the focus would be on the three cute babies we would have over and not on my decor. And I was right! In fact it is so simple, it is hard to really see what was on the mantle. I'll take you through it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> At one end is my all-time-favorite Easter picture. It is of my own five children. They were ages (almost) 1 through 8. I don't think I will ever take a picture I have loved more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This is from 1990, when we still used negatives. Of course I never kept track of something like that. I wish I did. I would love to have this picture in a big canvas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Simple urns that march down the mantle, holding a few eggs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">At the other end are a couple of antique Peter Rabbit books I have from the 1920's. The little plush rabbit was one of my daughters. He looks old though. (Possibly well loved!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The simple burlap garland I bought at Target this year for $5.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> This is EB (short for Easter Bunny). He has been hanging out at our family Easter's for 32 years. No lie. He was my oldest son Fielding's on his very first Easter. He has sported the same ribbon around his neck for that long too. If you will notice, he is as big as the wingback chair. I know, I know. Dorky. But after 32 years, we can't leave him in the basement come Easter now! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> One more dorkism...This little bunny is "only" about 26. He plugs in and lights up, although we have not done that in years. This big plastic guy has NOT got to come out in the last 10 years or so. But this year I brought it out and put him on our front porch. All three babies hugged that bunny to death. They talked to him, they pet him, they put their arms around him, they kissed him. Apparently he is not a dorky giant plastic bunny in a child's world! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Those Meri Meri bunnies come about eight (or more???) to a box. Well worth the investment. This guy was sitting on the entry table.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And finally, there was an urn just sitting in my dining room, so I plopped the fake grass into it with a couple of those oh-so-famous-Pier 1 bunnies. There were also several Easter eggs hiding in the grass, but those got "found" very quickly by the toddlers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> It took three dishwasher loads for me to get everything washed! I guess I could have washed by hand as well, but I didn't. You can see the green and blue dishes I used as well as the green goblets. I promise the table were pretty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I actually got TWO bouquets for hostess gifts! I hit the jackpot. You can see some of the salad plates under these flowers. Lots of fun stuff. But the day wasn't about the simple decor or the cute tables. It wasn't about the painters tape still on the trim in the dining room where I never finished!! Or the helium balloons still on the ceiling from a birthday party several weeks ago!! It was about family and good friends getting together to celebrate the fact that we are all believers and we know He Lives! It was a wonderful day.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Don't worry. I won''t write the entire post that way. But there are fun things you can do on this April Fool's Day with text! When I was writing the questions for my students, it occurred to me that a post about my letterpress table would be a good one for today. After all, the words on it are all written backwards. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">If you have read my blog before, perhaps you have seen this table. It started out a little forlorn. I had been looking for a good table with a lip around the edge. I knew that I wanted to make a letterpress table and the lip would help keep the blocks in order. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">These are the letterpress blocks. They come in all shapes and sizes and fonts. Just like our many fonts today, there are also many sizes and fonts for letterpress blocks. The different colors on the block are from the ink that has been rolled over them. A lot of times, the red is there to stay (which is fine with me!). To clean these blocks, the printers (back in the day) had a little jug filled with gasoline. It had a mesh circle on top that would press down and a small amount of gasoline would come up through the mesh. The printer would soak his rag with the gasoline and use it on the blocks to keep them clean and gunk free. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> My family has been in the newspaper and publishing business for almost a hundred years. (There IS a difference between newspapers and publishing by the way.) As a young girl I would see these letterpress blocks used all the time. I began collecting them at antique shows, long before Ebay. Then I collected them off Ebay. I used them for decorating fun, but I was just waiting on the perfect table. Finally, I had it and I poured out my bag(s) of letters one night and had fun. If you will notice, the letters are backwards. They are supposed to be. The word is laid out, the ink rolled on, the paper (or other) set on top and the weight rolled over the paper. Then when you pick up the print, your words are correct. Get it? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">You know the old idiom, "Mind your p's and q's"? Well now you understand what they meant. When building your words or lines, it is easy to naturally put the letter down as we know and see it. (I am the WORST at that!) Therefore the p's and q's could not be mixed! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> As you can see in the pictures, I set up names, places and things that are special to our family. I also put in special numbers. I laid them out and sat them on the table then gathered the extra letterpress blocks around them. There is TAYLOR3 (her birthday day) above. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Tim & Lori (above). Yes, I interchanged the fonts frequently. I had to because of the blocks I had. Plus it just makes it more fun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The SON from Ferguson. Sooners and Wucas. (Well I did Wucas for two reasons: 1. I was out of L's. 2. When my youngest son was little, he said his L's and W's. Therefore that made him Wuke Wucas. :) Since I had the other letters for Lucas, I figured why not make it Wucas? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Yes, I even included our beloved pets. Howie. (We've got them ALL on the table!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Notice the really big blocks, like the L and 1? Aren't the fractions fun? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I also have every single type of punctuation in the big size. An ode to the English teacher in me! This could be a comma or an apostrophe, depending on how it was used. Notice I did not put all the filler letters and numbers in the same direction either. I just filled to fill! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">In this picture (in the lower left corner) and the big block in the middle, are advertising blocks. I have lots of old advertising blocks as well. Many of the advertising blocks are brass and can be shined up beautifully.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Believe it or not, I need to start another table. Since I did this one, we had two grandbabies, Leightyn and Behr. One of my sons is engaged as well, so we need to add Tiffani. I thought it would be fun to begin another table, instead of trying to redo the original. I have already begun to store up more letters, numbers and advertising. If you plan on collecting them, be aware, the letterpress blocks are on wood. There are some metal pieces as well, but those were used in linotype machines. I have a few of those as well, but they are the tiny filler pieces. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Here it is after I cleaned it up, painted it and made a cute little chalkboard table out of it. It would have been great to keep it just like that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And I ended up with the table where all the words are backwards! Now you know why! Have a great April Fools Day. Or as I told my students.....¡ʎɐp sןooɟ ןıɹdɐ ʇɐǝɹb ɐ ǝʌɐɥ</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> So last night when I got home from teaching school all day---plus an evening of parent/teacher conferences, I wanted to make Abe (and Ike) a little treat. After all, it was almost Abe's birthday and the pair had been home alone for over 12 hours! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I had a couple of cute little dog bone cookie cutters I had bought in Target's dollar section at Christmas time, so I got them out and made the dogs some treats. The cookie cutters came with a recipe, so I just used that. I had everything but the whole wheat flour, but I did not mind getting back out to buy that for the pups. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The bone cookie cutter was just an average size and the recipe made 64 of these bones! That is a lot of treats. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I made the recipe exactly as the was called for, except the cooking time. The recipe said 40 minutes so the treats would be good and hard. I found that my treats were relatively hard much sooner. Like at about the 20-25 minute mark! Maybe it is my oven. But if you make these, keep that in mind. Twenty minutes was all we needed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Let me assure you, the treats were big hits. Abe is the type of dog that will eat anything. He will scarf it down. Ike is a little more of a gentleman. He will examine his food first, smell it, then eat with manners. Both of the presidents approved though, no matter how they downed the treats! I text pictures of the treats in the oven to my children. None of them rolled their eyes (or emoticons) at me. One of my daughters suggested I make a batch and take them to the local dog shelter in honor of my pups. That's a great idea. I text my parents the same pic, and they <i>did</i> think I was a little crazy! ha! Hey, I even thought (later) that a heart cookie cutter would have been cute for Valentine's Day....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">He and his wife had bought one of the beautiful old homes in town, and they had updated all the old windows. His wife, bless her, knew better than to just dump all the windows and put a call out on FB for someone to come and get them. And there I was, headed AWAY from where those windows were! Just my luck. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">But luck actually was on my side. Another friend lived just two doors away from my former student and I sent him up to his neighbor to retrieve a window. I told him <b>exactly</b> which window type I wanted (they had posted several kinds on FB). I specifically wanted one that was 8 big panes, white on one side and brown on the other. I have <i>such</i> good friends. They gave me the <b>exact</b> window I wanted and my other friend stored it in his garage until Christmas when one of my sons went to Kansas for a visit and brought it back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">When I originally staked claim to a window, I imagined it replacing the gold frame over the mantel on the gianormous mirror. But the window is so tall, that it actually extended about 3/4 of a pane beyond the giant mirror. So when looking at the mirror and window, it looked kind of weird when the mirror suddenly stopped at the top. Too bad it didn't work out though, because the mirror was creating a great reflection on the brown side of the window. Who knows, I might try it again sometime. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The window represents what I love about my home. It makes me think of that sweet student (now grown) that was one of my all-time favorites. It makes me think of his wise wife that knew the windows didn't belong in the landfill. It makes me think of one of my other favorite friends that walked up and got the window for me and stored it for four months. It makes me think of our wonderful years in Kansas. It makes me think of my son who hauled it all the way back for me and another son who moved it around for me every time I was trying it somewhere new. You can't get those memories from department store merchandise. ....Now I just need to get the giant wardrobe back down to Oklahoma that I bought (online) at a Hiawatha auction...<b>in October</b>!! (Yep, you guessed it...<i>another</i> friend is storing that for me!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b> L</b></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">ast night I shared the <a href="http://abigstory.blogspot.com/2014/01/souper-bowl-creamy-tomato-florentine.html">Creamy Tomato Florentine Soup</a> I made over the weekend. Well I also made Cheeseburger Soup for the first time. While the family all agreed that the Tomato Florentine Soup was great, my boys and the Hubs loved the Cheeseburger Soup. I'm sure it has nothing to do with all the cheese and hamburger versus tomatoes, spinach and cream. No, huh uh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Both of the soups made big hearty pots. Both would be delicious served to a big hungry crowd. It took me probably an hour (or less) to make both pots of soup from scratch. Plus, I made the croutons and brownies during that time as well. My point being, while both soups look like a lot of ingredients, they both could not be easier! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I have no idea why I plated it up and stage it on a LOVE towel. I should have put it on a big 'ole football towel! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I realize this is a little blurry, but these are the vegies as they sauted. In the words of my youngest son, who came in to check on me periodically, "Mom, what do carrots have to do with cheeseburgers anyway? I think you could have left those out!" This recipe, I followed exactly like it said to do.....And you KNOW I never do that! So yes, there are carrots in my Cheeseburger Soup! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Although the recipe did say to peel and cube potatoes, I opted to just use frozen hash browns in the cube size. They seemed to work just fine too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>1 pound ground beef, cooked and drained</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>1/2 cup chopped onion</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>3/4 cup shredded carrots (or in the words of Luke, "WHY?")</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>3/4 cup diced celery (Luke did not see that go in)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>1 Tsp. dried basil</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>3 TBS. chopped parsley</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>4 TBS. butter, divided</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>4 cups chicken broth</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>4 cups cubed potatoes</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>1/4 cup all-purpose flour ( I use Wondra)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>2 cups Velveeta, cubed</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>1 1/2 cups milk</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>1 Tsp. salt</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>1 Tsp. pepper</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>1/4 cup sour cream</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>In large pot add 1 TBS butter. Add onion, celery, carrots, parsley, and basil. Saute till tender. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Add the broth, potatoes and beef and bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked and tender. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Hint: I left my bag of hash-brown cubes in the fridge (vs. the freezer) the night and day before so they would not be frozen and not take so long to cook). </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>In small skillet melt remaining butter and add the flour. Cook and stir for 3 minutes or so until bubbly. Add to the soup and bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce heat. Stir in the cheese, milk, salt, pepper and sour cream. Cook and stir until the cheese melts. Let heat thoroughly. I served this with homemade croutons and shredded cheese. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The boys gave this soup a perfect score. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The recipe said the soup can be frozen. I had to laugh at that. We don't freeze many leftovers at our house. There are always (grown) children here to cart any (rare!!) leftovers away. If all the boys are home, there is no such thing as leftovers! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Which has always made this mama's heart very happy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> And just in case you missed the homemade croutons on yesterday's soup, here they are again. Since it was Cheeseburger Soup, I felt it only fitting that we should use a bun for the croutons. I had stale hot dog buns and chopped them up. I put them in a baking pan, added pats of butter and put them in a 350 degree oven to cook. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Buttered croutons. You could add garlic and/or onion salt to them before they cooked too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I don't know about where you live, but here in usually mild-in-the-winter-Oklahoma, they are saying we are in for a big bad week of cold weather. I assure you that both of the soup recipes will be pulled back out. They are quick and easy and make enough for a family. OR they would be SOUPER at a SUPER Bowl party! Enjoy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">She had shared a bite with me, and we sat there trying to figure out what all was in the soup. Finally we Googled it up and decided we each must make a batch on our own. She has yet to make hers, but she reassured me that hers would be fabulous. And I have no doubt. But in the meantime, I gathered all the ingredients for my version and proceeded to make several soups over the weekend. Since I loved this one so, it is the first to be posted! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My friend's soup was the basic Tomato Florentine. I looked at the different recipes I had Googled and combined several of them. THEN I proceeded to make my version creamy by adding in whipping cream. I just wanted you to be aware that there are MANY recipes out there for regular Tomato Florentine. In fact you could probably take my recipe and just not add the whipping cream. It is delicious both ways. I have included the directions for both varieties. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Creamy Tomato Florentine Soup</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>3 TBS Butter</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>3 TBS Butter</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1 clove garlic</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1 batch green onions, chopped. </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(I use all the green part too)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1 TBS dried basil</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1 can chicken broth</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2/3 cup vegetable juice </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(I used V8)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1 14.5 oz can Italian style tomatoes</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2 TBS sugar</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Handful of chopped parsley (optional)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black pepper to taste</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1 cup macaroni noodle</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2 cups Whipping cream or Half and Half</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1/2 cup frozen spinach</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">**************In a small skillet, melt <b>3 TBS butter</b> and <b>add the flour</b>. (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>I happen to use Wondra, because it is wonderful to </i></span>use for <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>gravies and bases. Flour works fine too.)</i></span> Stir this together until it boils and makes your base. It will be kind of pasty. If it gets too lumpy, don't be afraid to add a little chicken broth or milk. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I cook, there is no exactness.<b> Ever.</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After you have done that, let it sit to the side for a few minutes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In a big stock pan/dutch oven or whatever you want to call it, add the other<b> 3 TBS butter.</b> Let this melt and <b>add the chopped onions</b>. <b>Add the garlic and basil </b>as well. Saute until the onion is tender. This will smell heavenly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Add to this the chicken broth</b> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(I actually ended up using about 1 1/2 cans, because I had some left over from the other soup I made, so I just added it. It was not a problem. ) </span><b>Add the crushed tomatoes, the canned tomatoes,</b> <b>vegetable juice and the ketchup.</b> Stir well. Let simmer.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> (I tasted it at his point and realized why you needed to add the sugar. The sugar helps tame some of that acidic tomato taste.) </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Add the sugar</b>. (Add more if you think it needs it.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Add the parsley, black pepper and hot sauce</b> all to taste. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stir. Simmer. Taste.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">****************At this point, if you are going to make the regular Tomato Florentine, you would just <b>add your macaroni and spinach</b> and let cook for about 25 minutes. You would not need to make the base. Eat it up and enjoy. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">IF you are going to make it like the picture, keep cooking! </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is at this point that you<b> take your base in that small skillet and put it into the soup. </b> Whisk it up, so there are no lumps. Stir and let simmer a few minutes. <b>Add the whipping cream</b> now. Stir well. Let it thicken up. By now your soup should look delicious and just like the picture. Let it simmer and absorb all the flavors. I served mine with <b>homemade croutons and grated parmesan. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I used half of a box (see picture) of the frozen spinach. I just cut the package in half and put the frozen spinach right into the hot soup. I stirred it as it was breaking up, so that it would be completely cooked. Florentine means cooked with spinach, so I figured that was a key ingredient! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Also, it calls for macaroni noodles, which is just fine. But I always have to play around with recipes. I used the little corkscrew looking noodles (Radiatore) instead. Plus, because I cannot leave well enough alone, I added half a package of the 4-cheese Tortellini noodles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I ate this the night I made it, as well as the next two days for lunch. It is one of those soups that keeps getting better each time. I just warmed it up in the microwave the following two days, but it could be warmed on the stove as well. It could always be thinned down with more broth or cream. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> It would also be a great soup to make for Super Bowl Sunday. It would be Souper!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Those homemade croutons....They couldn't be easier. I had some stale hot dog buns. I literally just cut them up, put them in a baking pan and added several blobs of butter. I put them in the oven at 350 degrees and kept them in there until they were toasty. You can also sprinkle the bread with garlic and/or onion salt.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Sprinkle the croutons on top with some grated cheese and you have a great winter meal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Come back tomorrow and I will share the Cheeseburger Soup that I made. It was a man-pleaser for sure! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I still need to putty and paint the railing in the picture above. I need to just buckle down and spend a day during the weekend getting it all done. In the meantime, I am loving one of my favorite presents the Hubs got me for my birthday a few weeks ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> He got this cute little galvanized shelf in the plant part of Target. It works perfectly in our new kitchen. The wall light right above the shelf is also galvanized. I will need to put my cow pictures somewhere else.....Or else move the shelf. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">There are several places in the kitchen where the shelf would work, so I will probably play around and see which works best. I need to style the shelf as well. In the meantime, I'm just enjoying it's cuteness. These can also be <a href="http://www.target.com/p/threshold-two-tiered-plant-stand-galvanized-finish-12x16x14h/-/A-14715803#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=galvanized+">ordered online</a> from Target.</span></div>
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Lori Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732477644774479536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729254821723413635.post-76323836947251105502014-01-21T22:13:00.003-06:002014-01-29T20:44:00.217-06:00Mexican Cheesecake-Super Bowl Food<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">M</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">y friend Kim made this Mexican Cheesecake for my nephew's shower. Not only was it visually wonderful, it was absolutely great in the taste department as well. She got the recipe off of Pinterest. The cheesecake is not a sweet cheesecake, but more in the dip/appetizer variety. It makes a huge cheesecake and would be perfect for a Super Bowl party. Enjoy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">1 cup crushed tortilla chips</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">2 Tbsp. melted butter</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">3 (8-oz.) packages cream cheese, softened</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">1 cup ricotta cheese</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">4 eggs</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">10 oz. grated Cheddar cheese</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">1 (4.5-oz.) can chopped green chiles</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">Salt and pepper</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">1 cup sour cream</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">1/2 cup salsa or picante sauce</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">1. Combine tortilla chips and butter, and press into bottom of a lightly greased 9 inch springform pan. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">2. Beat cream cheese and ricotta with a mixer. Gradually add in eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Add in Cheddar cheese, green chiles, and, if desired, cilantro. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour cream cheese mixture into prepared crust.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; text-align: left;">3. Bake at 350° for 45 to 1 hour or until set. Remove from oven, and let cool 30 minutes before removing ring. Cool completely. Combine sour cream and salsa; spread over top of cooled cheesecake. Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Kim also topped hers with olives, peppers, tomatoes, and cheeses. It is versatile enough that you can add anything you want to the top. </span></div>
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Lori Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732477644774479536noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729254821723413635.post-32424431634942557572014-01-20T22:32:00.003-06:002014-01-21T21:46:58.340-06:00Chalking It Up...to a good time!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>Y</b></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">ou can "chalk this up" to another post of "latergrams". (Did you see where I explained that <a href="http://abigstory.blogspot.com/2014/01/painting-party.html"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a>?) But it was too cute not to post. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My nephew got married right before Thanksgiving. The ladies of our home town church threw a shower for him before the big day. There was all kinds of good food and lots of cute decorations. Since I did not ask the ladies if I could post their pictures, I have tried to not show their faces. I've tried to make the focus on the cute decorations and ideas the ladies carried out for the shower. The invitations looked like a chalkboard and then this folding chalkboard greeted us at the door to the church. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Then at every food station there were small chalkboards to tell the guests what was being served. Each chalkboard had a bejeweled burlap bow.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Speaking of cheesecakes, what about this cheesecake? It was a Mexican Cheesecake that was wonderful. Just the right amount of spicy. Come back tomorrow and I will share the recipe. This cheesecake was huge and fed a large crowd. It would be perfect for Super Bowl Sunday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> All the round tables (where the guests ate) were covered with a white table cloth and then topped with burlap. Each table held another chalkboard with verses from the Bible about love. Beside each chalkboard was also a jar (vase) with a single flower and a burlap and jewel wrap.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The shower was full of great ideas that could be used in many types of entertaining. The best part is that the chalkboards and flowers can either be given out as favors, or saved and used again for another party. That's my kind of decorating! </span></div>
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Lori Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732477644774479536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729254821723413635.post-27833542018780730902014-01-20T00:19:00.000-06:002014-01-21T21:36:41.940-06:00Painting Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>A</b></span><span style="font-size: large;">re you on Instagram? If so, you when you put up a pic that was not taken within the last day or so, you hashtag it as #latergram. Well this post is a #latergram. It is about a party my daughter Annie </span>(pictured on the right above)<span style="font-size: large;"> and I hosted in December, but you are just now getting the pics! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Have you seen, or better yet, been to, one of those painting parties that are all the rage right now? Many of them serve wine while you are painting. Annie and I had gone to one before Thanksgiving and wanted to go back for a Christmas painting. We recruited many of the females in our family to join. But in the meantime, Oklahoma, (and more importantly) our town, had a snow/ice storm and the Christmas painting party (downtown) was canceled. On the date they rescheduled it, many of us could not attend. So we decided to hold our own one Sunday afternoon in December. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> My Mom, my nieces, my daughters and my middle son's girlfriend and I all got together and had a great time. Annie and I had it all set up when they arrived. I even provided lunch for everyone. We just cleared off the dining room table, put some black plastic down and all gathered around. We had several sizes of canvases and lots of paints and brushes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I had run off several Christmas pictures that I found on the internet and from <a href="http://thegraphicsfairy.com/">Graphics Fairy</a>. I then put them on overhead paper and we copied them that way. At the real parties (with the wine), they provide you with a pattern and there is no overhead involved! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The overhead, that I purchased more than ten years ago at an auction, continues to come in handy. I think they make nice little home overheads now, but I'l continue to use this as long as it works. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> We did have one male that crashed the party. That would be my grandson Behr. (I guess he thought he could come, since it was a painting party and his name is Behr!!!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">We gabbed and painted, offered advice and actual help on each other's paintings, for several hours on that Sunday afternoon. It was nice to get together and just relax and have fun, when December can be so crazy busy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> All the "young girls" managed to paint at least two paintings. We had everything from manager scenes, to snowmen and several different styles of Santa. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My daughter Taylor, Behr's mom, painted a picture using Behr's handprint and footprint. That was a little tricky, but it will be cute the older (and bigger) he gets.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">As you can see, each person put their own unique spin on their painting. You can see my giant Pottery Barn Knockoff Santa in the background on the wall. I made that several years ago and you can read about it <a href="http://abigstory.blogspot.com/2011/12/santa-baby-canvas.html"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a>. You'll notice my niece Libby made a green PB knockoff above, and Coulter's girlfriend Tiffani made a similar pink version. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My Mother, also known as the Christmas Queen, painted a Santa (of course!) with a little help from Libby. She was quite proud of it and enjoyed her afternoon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">We are going to have another "Painting Party" again in the spring. This time we'll probably have a bigger crowd, now that they see all the fun we had. Really, my plan is to invite all my female cousins one day to a giant craft day at my house. I have the most talented family and I think it would be a great day. I am honing my ideas and hope to make it happen this summer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And I just had to show you this. Or at least kind of show you. My son Coulter is a big man with a bigger heart. He was over at our house that day, since his girlfriend participated too. We talked about how at the real painting party (the one with wine) we had individual easels to use. Annie and I had looked at them at Hob Lob, but to get as many as we needed, it was just not in our budget. So we just held our paintings and made-do. But on Christmas morning, Coulter arrived with his present for Annie. He had made her a half dozen easels himself. He made Tiffani (his girlfriend) her own as well. He told Annie he would make more too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I went through all my Christmas pics and I can't believe it, but I did not even take a picture of that great gift. So, I found the easels in some other pics and cropped it down and pointed an arrow towards them. You can (kind of) see about how big they are. Was that not the sweetest, most thoughtful gift? And, that is when the huge cold-front had parked upon Oklahoma. Coulter was out in our extremely cold garage just cutting and nailing away. So, next time we will have easels for each of us to use! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> While the pictures were fun, it was especially fun to just get together during the busy holiday season and laugh, eat, paint and just enjoy each other's company. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The older I get the more I understand, "It truly is the little things." You should copy our idea and host a painting party of your own! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">P.S. I went back later and added the words O' Holy Night in script to my painting. Very simple and sweet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Link to:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/">Wow Us Wednesday</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/">The Scoop</a></span><br />
<a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Metamorphosis Monday</a></div>
Lori Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732477644774479536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729254821723413635.post-91886078178977594992014-01-19T00:11:00.001-06:002014-01-21T21:26:36.171-06:00Everything AND the Kitchen Sink<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My new sink is even in its own island. Well it has to share the island with the dishwasher, but the sink still manages to be the star of the kitchen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Who would have thought the most used item in the kitchen would make me so happy? Let me just say that I went from the World's Smallest Kitchen Sink to the World's Biggest Kitchen Sink (all in my own mind you realize). Just look at the size of the sink though! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">One day I will do a post on the whole kitchen remodel, but I'll give you some highlights (or lowlights I'm sure the Hubs would say). When we moved into this house two years ago, the only thing in the kitchen were four cabinets (two upper and two lower) and a kitchen sink. The sink was an old (very-stained) white cast iron sink, double-bowl-no-garbage disposal and all of 5 (yes 5!!!!) inches deep. It was also only 22 inches wide. No typo's. You could basically get a couple of plates in it to wash them off...if you tilted the plates sideways! We started taking the kitchen apart one night, completely unplanned. In the pics above you can see where we are in the midst of taking the kitchen apart and putting the new kitchen back together. In the first three pics, the mini-sink is still hooked up so we could continue to use it, right up until we replaced it. Then if you will notice the fourth picture, the new sink base is in and it is ready for the new (and MUCH improved sink). I can't find a pic where we actually had the new sink in, but do have one somewhere. We (as in Hubs did the work and I told him what to do(!!!!)). Anyway, the sink was all the way in, but (luckily) we had not had the counter tops cut yet....and I looked at the new kitchen and it was <i>wonderful...</i>and I turned to the Hubs and said, "Ummm...How much work would it be to put the new kitchen sink right here (as I pointed to where the butcher block island was)...and make the island our new sink and the dishwaher?" (You can see where the dishwasher was already in above as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The Hubs looked at me and never even attempted to strangle me, beat me over the head, or duct tape my mouth. He just (calm as could be) answered, "It wouldn't be hard at all. It will just take a little time." I'm not even kidding. He had it ALL the way installed on the other wall and I asked him to move it. And he did. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> He moved the entire sink base to the middle, rerouted all the plumbing, moved the dishwasher, rerouted that plumbing and electricity, redid the garbage disposal AND built an entire case to go around it all. He framed the whole new island around the sink base and dishwasher, covered it in beadboard, trimmed it in great trim, and hid the new garbage disposal switch so the grandbabies could not find it. All without every muttering a word! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> He even picked out the faucet without my help. I told him what I was looking for and he bought one that he thought I would like. And I do! The new sink is He installed the countertops too. The sink now looks out at our front yard and our beautiful historic neighborhood. I can see the trolley drive by and all the neighbors as they go for their daily walks. It is wonderful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I was determined to get a single bowl sink this time. I wavered back and forth between a very dark gray (almost black) sink and a white one. I finally picked white, mainly because it was on sale. I have not regretted it. The bowl is <b>10</b> inches deep. That is right, TWICE as deep as my old mini-sink. This one is 22 x 33 inches wide. It is SO much bigger than the old one. At Thanksgiving and Christmas we piled it with the dishes of our large family and there was STILL room. The sink, faucet and counter tops were all purchased at <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_40255-10882-440194_0__?productId=3279866&Ntt=single+bowl+kitchen+sinks&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dsingle%2Bbowl%2Bkitchen%2Bsinks&facetInfo=">Lowe's</a>. They have a great selection of single bowl sinks. I think the 10 inch one is the deepest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> And it sits in the middle of the room. Which is just perfect. By moving the sink, it actually allowed us to put a couple of more cabinets in on the other side. Of course, nothing is ever easy, and we ended up moving the base cabinets all around from when we (thought) we had it finished, but it all worked out in the end. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And I am the proud owner of the World's Biggest Sink and the proud wife of the World's Most Patient Hubs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">(By the way, I still need to paint the new island. The Hubs finished it the night before Thanksgiving and it has been non-stop kitchen-activity since then. My goal is to get it painted before January is over.) (And those spots in the sink are reflections from the drain and faucet. No stains!) </span><br />
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Lori Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732477644774479536noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729254821723413635.post-89066877978045554652014-01-16T23:40:00.003-06:002014-01-21T21:29:58.608-06:00Hey Y'all<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I remember in high school our English teacher would have us say "Get ten men and send them anywhere." She would go over and over that with us, since most of us said, "Git tin min an' sind them anywhere(s)." She had her work cut out for herself trying to rope in our Okie drawl and twang. She told us that Kansas people have the perfect dialect. They don't have any accents and they enunciate their words perfectly. Well she had worked so hard with us on the "Get ten men and send them anywhere", that I never forgot that lesson. Nonetheless, when living in Kansas, I was still surprised when people would look at me with a funny look or a sly grin on their face when I would announce, "Hey ya'll" upon my arrival anywhere. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Remember when I showed you this<span style="color: #7f6000;"> <a href="http://abigstory.blogspot.com/2013/08/gold-diggin.html"><span style="color: #7f6000;">collage wall</span></a></span> that I did not plan out, but shopped the house spontaneously one afternoon and arranged the wall? Well ever since I did that wall, I knew I needed to do something on the other side of the door to "even it out" (at least somewhat). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> And because I had put gold accents on the left side, I wanted something gold to go on the right side as well. So one day while on the internet, I saw the print that said, "Hey ya'll" and I knew I had found the beginning of the right wall collage. (Here is the link to the print:</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/StephanieCreekmur?page=1">http://www.etsy.com/shop/StephanieCreekmur?page=1</a>). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I had an old frame that wasn't being used, so I spray painted it gold. I also had a white mat that wasn't being used, so I put that around the print. Then just because I was so anxious to get up the cute print, I put the (faux) matted print in the very gold frame and hung it up. If you look closely, you will see the mat is sitting on top of a piece of foam board that I used to back the entire project! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> My intentions are to get the print framed professionally. Really. But I hung it up in September and have not taken it down since. I thought the gold frame and the gold letters were too much when I put them together and now they have grown on me completely. When I do get it framed (professionally) I might just get a gold frame! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">But when you look at it (like above) I think it looks good. It kind of looks like a floating mat/print in a big frame. (I guess it looks like that, because it is!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Since the "Hey y'all" was so Oklahoma (and/or Southern) to me, I looked around for other things to hang around it, that would match the print. (Like how my typography with letters and numbers worked together on the other side.) I realize no one else thinks about these things when they are in my house, but </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> </b><span style="font-size: large;">know!! Once again shopped the house and came up with this Oklahoma flag that I kept under a glass dome. (It was originally a Christmas ornament.) I took a small white plate and painted the outside edge gold with Rub and Buff. I just glued the ornament to the plate. The other plate is one my Hubs and I got in New Orleans when the two of us were on vacation there many years ago. (It had the gold rim, so it got the nod!) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Then this past September I was lucky enough to be honored by the State at a banquet for a teaching honor. At the banquet I was given several gifts and a certificate from the State of Oklahoma. The certificate was nondescript. It was just a run-of-the-mill certificate. (Plus I really never considered putting up a certificate about myself in our (not-really-formal) living room. But I really liked the folder the certificate came in. It was navy and gold and had the embossed seal. So I decided to use it! I got another old frame out and painted it black. I then used Rub and Buff on the inside edge to put some gold into it. I spray painted the green mat with a gold paint. The green and gold together makes it a more muted gold, which I was really happy about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Then I just glued the folder (with the certificate still inside!) into the middle of the too-big mat. Once again I used white foam board behind the whole deal. You can see it a little around the edges of the folder. And once again, I thought I would leave that up until I came up with another picture to replace it. That was clear back in September and it still remains just like the day I nailed it up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Only my mother has asked me about my unusual "picture" and of course she was as proud as could be when I told her what it really was. HA! </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;">(Notice the box and the clean laundry that needs to be taken upstairs in the reflection? Real life.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">We have noticed as we have (slowly) decorated this house that many of the things we decorate with, reflect our Oklahoma roots. It was unintentional, but must be (subliminally) because of living away from our state for so long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Many of the rooms have Oklahoma items in them. Some times it might be pictures of the farm or the cattle, and sometimes it might be in a fabric that celebrates our Native American roots. So the fact that little collage ended up being an Oklahoma tribute is really not surprising. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">What is surprising is how quickly it all came together once I saw and purchased the print. Soooo, because I shopped the house and used old frames (and did it elcheapo) the whole wall only cost me $20. Not bad. Not bad at all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I really do intend to have the print framed professionally. And I really do intend to replace my certificate folder with some other Oklahoma picture or item. But until then, it stays as is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">When I look at the two walls on each side of the front door, I like that they are both collage walls, but not the same. They both have gold, but in different ways. Alike, but different. By the way, I took the pics at dusk one day and I noticed in some the gold looked a little bright. It is not. All the gold is very similar in color and is an old muted gold. I have been looking for a similar table to go on the right side of the wall. If I find one it would be great. If I don't, I am fine with that too. Hey y'all, it's just evolving, a little at a time! </span></div>
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Lori Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732477644774479536noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729254821723413635.post-598867151023345552013-12-30T00:13:00.001-06:002013-12-30T00:13:17.403-06:00New Years Glamour on the Mantel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>D</b></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">id you see my post from a couple of days ago when I showed you how to <a href="http://abigstory.blogspot.com/2013/12/auld-lang-syne-in-silver-and-gold.html"><span style="color: #7f6000;">set a great New Years</span></a> tablescape on a slim budget? Well I've moved the same elements to the fireplace. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Many people might not want to host a formal sit down dinner. Or they might have too many people for a decorated table. This mantelscape lets everyone enjoy the same elements, just on a different level. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I literally moved the decorations from the table, into the living room and on the mantel. (Hello me, mirror-photobomber.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I did add a little Christmas tinsel to the mantel. I only put a small piece in the middle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Depending upon the size of your mantel, you might have to take some of your table elements away, or add a few, such as I did with the damask-like candles. My mantel is almost 8 feet long. It take a lot to cover it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I still love the idea of a clock or clocks as the focal point of New Years decor. I have seen pictures where people had multiple clocks on the mantel. I love that idea too, but I just don't have that many cool clocks. (But I sure wish I did!!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I took all these pictures at night. Some with the lights on, and some with just the candlelight of the mantel. That way it would give you an idea of how things would look during a real New Years party. Keep that in mind when decorating!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">You want to be able to enjoy the beauty of your hard work in the dim light as well! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I used candle votives of different sizes and textures to put some of the Christmas bulbs on. I didn't want them all sitting at the same height!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I even pulled out some crystal salt-cellars to use to hold Christmas bulbs. (Do you know what a salt-cellar is?) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Unintentional decorating tip (especially using candles). Put your candles in front of a mirror and get twice the beauty!! (Unintentional because the gianormous mirror came with the house and I have a love/hate relationship with it!! Tonight it is a love relationship!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> See how I have used the same elements, just in a different place? I even used the curly tree ornaments and clipped them on to a little stand that is holding some round ornaments. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Look at all those candles!!! (But you know the secret now!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I think the key to this (cheap) glamour is concentrating on three (or four) colors and using many different shapes and textures in those color wheels. It just makes it interesting and fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Time's a wastin'! Have you gone after-Christmas shopping or gone through your Christmas bins? Just look at the fun you can have! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> You are bound to find a few treasures in that trove! Let's pretend again that you found a few but you need some additional help. Once again, I've come to your rescue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Every single item on this (faux) glam tablescape was bought at rock-bottom prices except for the big clock platter in the middle. That was gifted to me several years ago by my oldest son and his wife. I have used it in many tablescapes and mantelscapes since receiving it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Let me give you the low-down on recreating this table at a very low price so you too can throw your own dinner party. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I numbered some of the key elements in this tablescape and I will share with you how to recreate your own.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Number 1 are the three tiered cake stands. My mom bought me the set of three cakestands (complete with glass domes which I took off for the tablescape) for $2 each at a garage sale one of her friends was throwing. I use them in many ways besides holding food. This is one way. I know that places like Wal Mart and Target sell these sets frequently during the holidays for a pretty good deal. If you can't find them you can recreate the idea of a glass candlestick and glass plate from the dollar store. Buy your candlesticks at different heights for added drama. (Be sure and glue them together with E6000 glue!!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Once you have your glass tiers (or cakestands) fill them up with silver, gold, white or pearlized ornaments from Christmas. That's why I said you might find many treasures in your Christmas trove!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> As you can see, I spent $1.24 on each box of ornaments. I think there were 20 ornaments in each box. They come in various finishes (glitter, shiny, matte) so when all clumped together they look great. And honestly, they don't look like $1.24 (x2). But of course I am so proud of my bargain that I have to share. There are all kinds and colors of these ornaments left on shelves right now just waiting to be purchased!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> See how they look with candlelight? (Sigh)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Here you can see some of the various colors and textures that are thrown together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Next I used a (well used...and I should probably spring for a new one) party hat. As long as it doesn't have the year, you can use it from year to year. I just layered it on top of the giant clock plate for the center of the table. I added a few ornament balls around it as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Those hats can also be bought for a dollar (or under). It would be cute to have some of those party blow horns too, but I didn't have any, so I only went with what I had. Feel free to add those freely across the table. (Or at least at every place setting). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I had a Happy New Years "necklace" in silver too, so I strung it across the cakestands. I used several of these in the cakestands. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The fourth arrow in the pic (several above) points to the crystal wreath that the clock plate sits on. In reality it too is a Christmas wreath. Since it is faux crystal, I thought it lent it self well to the table. After I put it in the middle of the table, I put a glass cakestand in the middle of the wreath for the clock plate to sit evenly on. If you look closely you can see that. Again, you can improvise here. If you don't happen to have a crystal wreath, you could take a green wreath left over from Christmas and spray paint it whatever color you want. Or you could use fake snow on it and make it all white. Or one of those wreaths made from the ornaments would work out great too. (Buy more ornaments and make a centerpiece wreath!)</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> This wreath tends to shed "crystals" so I there have been many Christmases I never even get it out. It works out great for the tablescape though! You always have to be thinking outside of the norm!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The fifth arrows point to a curly-cue clipped to the head of every plate. I bought these in the Christmas tree ornament section at Wal-Mart after Christmas for 25 cents each. I thought they would be cute as napkin rings. In this case I put my napkins in the glasses, so I just clipped these on to the top of the chargers for extra sparkle and pizazz. I could have actually used them for name tags for the place settings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Go out now and look for those after Christmas ornament bargains! When I saw the little clip on these I knew they could be used for many tablescapes! I have these stored with my napkin rings by the way. They have never seen a tree branch!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The napkins I picked up for cents (again after Christmas) when I lived in Kansas, so I have had these for a while. I thought the silver circles went well with the whole tablescape theme of the circular clock, the round cakestands, the round ornaments, the round votive holders, plates, etc. I doubt anyone else picks up on the idea, but it makes me happy to think of this concentric table. I know there is that cute burlap with gold circles fabric that would be cute in this tablescape to recreate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The chargers were under 50 cents at Wal Mart. Also after Christmas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I used various white plates throughout the tablescape as well. Some had a silver rim and some were just old ironstone. It all works. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> In the arrow picture, I put an arrow on the votive candle, but I forgot to number it. I picked up these white votives at Tuesday morning several years ago. They have a gold glittery inside, so that when they are lit, they shine a bright gold. Again, something that could be replicated easily. (Be safe if you are using real candles.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> In addition to all the above hoopla, I added all sizes and kinds of crystal and very faux crystal candle holders. I sat some on the cakestands and the others around the table. I used silver, gold and white candles in the candlesticks. The tablecloth I used was a creamy colored one with silver threads that run through it. You guessed it, bought at an after Christmas sale at Target. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I took pictures both at night and during the day and the table looked equally as pretty in both settings. That is just what I was looking for! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> After Christmas last year I found Santa hats and mini stockings on sale for 75% off. As soon as I saw them, I knew they would make a great Santa table, and snatched up what I needed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I wasn't for sure what I would do with them, but I knew I had some cute Santa plates and bowls (also from Wal-Mart several years ago). I knew that something would come to mind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I found several rolls of the Santa belt ribbon in my Christmas stash. I had used it several years ago in some greenery and on presents as well. I still had plenty to work with and thought it would look cute as (very skinny) runners on a white (glittery) tablecloth. So that began the basis of my Santa table. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> You can see the cute little Santa bowls that match the Santa dessert or salad plates. With those plates taking center stage, I kept everything else plain and simple. And of course red and white!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The silver chargers are over ten years old and from the Dollar Store. The red dishes I use all the time and are part of a 100 piece set of plain red dishes my Hubs bought me one year. The white dishes are old ironstone that I have many piece of....and which very few match. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I used the (very cheap) new mini-stockings to hold all the utensils at each place setting. Perfecto! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I put one of the Santa hats on each chair. They would be great to use for a kids table just like this. Kids would love wearing these during dinner. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> My centerpiece was simply a Santa cookie jar sitting on a crystal cake stand, surrounded by red and white ornaments. It could not be more simple. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The napkins were so cute, but I could not put them in the stocking, because then you would not be able to see how cute they were. I could not put them on top of the Santa plate, because then we couldn't see the Santa. So I decided to stick them in the clear goblets, where they add some height to the tablescape and can be seen perfectly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Pretty cute considering there is not one expensive piece on the table! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Believe it or not, I even have two big Santa platters to match the plates and bowls. I wish Wal-Mart would come out with a line like this every year. I'm sure there are similar plates out there at other places as well though, if you really want Santa. I happen to LOVE Santa. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I set the rest of the napkins in the middle of my Merry Christmas plate. I bought that plate at Nell Hills many years ago. I would have loved to have that whole set, but alas, I could only afford a few pieces. So I bought a few pieces that could be used randomly, such as this. Believe it or not, I already had the Santa napkins in my stash as well. I believe I bought them at a Hallmark shop, but I have seen them online and know they can still be purchased. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> If you could not find similar ribbon, it would be fairly easy to replicate it with two different solid ribbons and a little paint. Or it would even be just as cute to make a big Santa belt runner. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The napkins might just be my favorite part of the whole table! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Here's the deal. I love Santa, and I tend to be on the look out (especially after Christmas) for anything cute and unique Santaish that I know I can actually use. These plates and bowls from Wal-Mart were very inexpensive, even buying eight or more of each. I love red and white, so I tend to buy solid things in those two colors. Buying solids allows me to mix and match in many different ways. </span></div>
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R<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">ibbon is something that can always be bought on sale. There are so many cute ribbon styles out there and you just have to think of different ways to use ribbons. The Santa belt ribbons would also look cute woven in the center of the table and the ends spreading out all four ways. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Just sitting here writing this, I already thought of two or three ways to improve this tablescape. (Such as weaving the ribbon, or adding cute red "branches" of ornaments (I already own) to the centerpiece. But isn't that the beauty of fun tablescapes? To create something fun and then make it even better!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">While this tablescape works for any part of Christmas, I thought it would be absolutely perfect for a "Breakfast with Santa" table. Hmmmm. That gives me some more ideas!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> do not do Black Friday. Except<b>*</b>. (You knew there would be an <b>*</b>, right?) You'll probably understand. I can't' wait to shop Black Friday for the poinsettias at Lowe's and Home Depot. They are 99 cents. You can't beat that. I buy en masse. As in a couple of dozen...or more. But when those .99 cent poinsettias are grouped together, just look at what you get!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">With enmassiveness (new word) in mind, I pulled out my Grammie's old poinsettia tablecloth. I have had the tablecloth pulled out for several years anyway and never pack it up with the rest of the Christmas stuff. It is a huge rectangular tablecloth, and I have had this idea for several years kicking around in my head that I should cut up (GASP!!!!) the tablecloth and make it into some wonderful poinsettia pillows. Then I would share those pillows with my sister and sister-in-law and some of my cousins. That way we could each have a piece of our Grammie and the tablecloth that she used for years at Christmas.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I still love that idea and truly want to do it. I just haven't been able...nor taken the time...to actually make that first cut. But, I decided that I would set a pretty table using the vintage cloth and take pictures....just in case.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The large tablecloth is over 50 years old and in great condition. It really would make some great pillows to share with the family. My mother inherited my Grammie's dining room set and the tablecloths that came with it. She passed the poinsettia cloth down to me, as she has many other Christmas cloths she uses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">So I used some of my .99 cent poinsettias, and pieces and parts of three different sets of dishes. The green goblets and the chargers are Wally World super-bargains. The crystal is mix and match sets as well. The napkins are Target (non-Christmas) from last year. The sterling was also my Grammie's and I thought it only fitting that I use it to set the table as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The large dinner plates are from Nell Hills, many years ago. The salad plates are part of a Target set, also many years ago. The red dishes are from a 100 piece set (!!!!) the Hubs surprised me with about 10 years ago. By mixing up different dish sets, you are not limited to one look, or a certain number of place-settings. It is my favorite way to set a table.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I waver between polished and beautiful silver or letting it tarnish some. Obviously right now, I am liking the more tarnished look! I know it is not for everyone. If it is not for you, then just look at the vibrant colors of the beautiful vintage cloth! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I saw this fake book (it opens but is hollow) at a garden center in Topeka years ago and bought it at an after-Christmas sale. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> For the poinsettia table, I made sure there were poinsettias all around the room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I feel like my .99 cent Black Friday poinsettias paid off well for my vintage poinsettia cloth tablescape. I love creating tablescapes with things I already have, but the real poinsettias definitely added to this table. If any of my cousins are reading this, feel free to weigh in on what you think of my idea about the poinsettia tablecloth/pillows! In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy it a few days as a tablecloth. I think my Grammie would love it (and wonder why I didn't have it pressed!!) </span></div>
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Lori Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732477644774479536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729254821723413635.post-55145917618572201242013-11-18T14:57:00.002-06:002013-11-18T19:33:43.515-06:00Mr. Tom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> have this large concrete vintage turkey that I put out on my front sidewalk in the Fall. Yes, the entire Fall. Not just for Thanksgiving. To begin with, it takes two of my huge sons to haul it from the garage to the front sidewalk. It is one of the tasks that they least enjoy doing. It is about knee high (at the high-feather point), and weighs over 300 pounds. I found two of them in my hometown and fell in love with them. I thought they would be perfect for the middle of the Thanksgiving table. Ha! Joke was on me. I had thought they were some kind of plastic....not solid concrete! Oh my, they would collapse a Thanksgiving table. My mom has one and I have the other. So, Mr. Tom is relegated to my front sidewalk a couple of months of the year. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">But when you have something this "cute", it is nice to share it with others. (I realize that the term "cute" is completely relative!) So, using one of my photo-editing programs, I cropped down the pic of Mr. Tom. I then added a quote and the time of Thanksgiving dinner that we will be hosting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I had them printed off as a photo and used them for my Thanksgiving Dinner invitations. Because I did them this way, I could use it for an e-vite or snail mail them. I did both ways. Simple. Easy. Inexpensive. And best of all, everyone gets to see how "cute" Mr. Tom is! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">So I am posting a recipe I have posted before. These are pumpkin whoopie pies (or so named by me!). I actually made these in mini muffin pans. Easy to do! Just enjoy and celebrate this great, great day!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>½ cup of unsalted butter, softened </strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>¼ cups granulated sugar </strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>¾ cups dark brown sugar </strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>2 large eggs </strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>1 cup of pure solid pumpkin </strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>2 teaspoons of vanilla extract</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>8 oz of cream cheese, softened </strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>4 ounces of unsaled bitter, softened </strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>2 cups of powdered sugar </strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>1 teaspoon of vanilla </strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /><strong><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>1 tablespoon of milk</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>To Make the Cakes:</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Preheat oven to 375 degrees.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong> Mix together butter, sugar, and brown sugar until thoroughly combined and fluffy; about 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, until they are mixed well. Add vanilla and pumpkin until combined.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong> In a separate bowl, combine flour, pumpkin spice, baking soda, salt and baking powder.</strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Sift and stir into the pumpkin mixture until combined.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>use a mini muffin pan!! </strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong> Bake for 11-13 minutes until cake bounces back to the touch.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>To Make the Frosting:</strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Put the filling in on the bottom of one whoopie pie and put another whoopie</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on top for a whoopie pie!</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">That cinnamon in the frosting is SO good!</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><b>Come back tonight to see the progress on the house!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>O</b></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">n the very real chance that you did not read <a href="http://abigstory.blogspot.com/2013/10/t-minus-six-days.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">yesterday's post</span></a>, let me tell you that I am on a countdown to Saturday. I am on that countdown, because I am throwing a shower that day. And for some reason, we began so many projects all at once Some of them have nothing to do with the shower. Some of them were because we were waiting on cooler weather so we could get started. Realistically, I would like for things to be done by Saturday. Did I mention that the Hubs and I both work full time? And that we commute two hours per day? Gluttons for punishment is what we are!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">It may not seem like a lot, but we got a lot done today. I painted the part over the new door that had to be patched up, since our door was not as enormous as our window. When I got through and it was dry, you couldn't even tell that it wasn't part of the original wall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The Hubs and our son Luke got a lot of the new (to us) cabinets put back in. There are more to still put in, but we have decided this kitchen reno is going to be a three-part reno. We will get Phase 1 done by the shower. Phase 2 will involve buying some more cabinets, and we will do that soon. Phase 3 involves moving the sink and the stove and installing a set of double-ovens I bought, as well as electrical work. It's a big job, so we will probably not even start that until after the first of the year. It would be nice to get it all done at once, but we pay as we go, so we will have to save back up.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">By the end of the evening, the kitchen looked like this. I think we are getting our countertops on Wednesday or Thursday. We already have the new sink. We are still debating about the freshly stripped kitchen floor. It got the final coat of stripping today, then we had to take a hand sander around all the edges. We can't decide whether to stain the floor like the rest of the house ( a dark mahogany) or to checkerboard it. I'm leaning towards checkerboard. Of course. Because it is labor-intensive and all I have is time! ha! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">If you look closely, you can see that I got all the hinges on the cabinet doors. That was not hard to do, it just took a while. So when I was resting my feet, I was putting on hinges! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This has nothing to do with anything. I just found this knot-thing in the wood and I thought it looked like an owl. What do you think? (Regardless, he is getting either stained or painted over soon!!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">OK. Here is one of the other issues we are dealing with. I bought a huge (16-12.5) all wool carpet on Craigslist. It was in very good condition and even came with a thick pad. It had been rolled up for a little while and wrapped tightly in plastic. We rolled it out and put our furniture on it. Then during the week we started to get "bubbles" in the rug. (Our dog Abe, INSISTS on taking his toys to the middle of the living room each and every day. We take them back to his box and he brings them out one-by-one every day</span>.)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">So we moved all the furniture back off of the carpet, so the rug could "breath". That's what I read on the internet to do. So far, I don't see much difference. In the meantime, all the furniture is crammed on both ends of the room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Can you see the bubble in this picture? Do you think we need to take the pad out from under the rug? Good grief. Nothing is ever easy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Like my kitchen table in the middle of the yard? That's where it sat while we were stripping down the floor. At least now it has made its way to the carport. See that giant piece of wood platform? In reality it is a deck that will hook on to the house so that we can use our new kitchen door. The Hubs has been working on it little by little in the back yard over the last month or so. He tore out an ugly deck we had and completely remade this new deck using the salvaged wood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is so heavy we had to have two sons and the Hubs move it around to the new door. And even then, they just dragged it. By the end of the evening, it was standing, although it had not been cemented in yet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Plus, the Hubs will still have to make the railing and the stairs. I will stain it when it is all through. It will certainly help getting out our new kitchen door! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Then in the meantime this week, my sister VERY GENEROUSLY gave us her children's playset. Believe me when I tell you it came with every piece imaginable. Some of the pieces we don't even have connected yet, because our (grand)babies are only 19 months and 7 months. So we put on the swings we thought they would enjoy. It has a fireman's pole still to attach and all kinds of other swings. It also has a climbing wall, a sandbox (with cover) a rope ladder, and a telescope in the fort. Is that a kids dream or what? Yes, that ball attaches somewhere too, but that is for later. I just have it sitting in the for for now. That is our neighbors orange treehouse you can see in the background. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">In addition to building a new deck, the Hubs also built this huge table out of the salvaged wood. I am going to paint and distress it, but it is not on my pre-shower agenda. The table is big enough to seat our entire family.....And takes most of the males to move it! We need to get some chairs for it too.</span> (Notice the old fence we saved from the original yard landscaping?) </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My ever-generous sister also sent this cute picnic table for the (grand)babies as well. Her children could actually still fit at this table, but when she is ready to get rid of things, she does not waste time. We are the very lucky recipients of many of her hand-me-downs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Then my son gathered all the rocks we had from an old wall (that was doing nothing but weirdly sitting in the middle of the yard) that we tore down. For now he put them around the magnolia tree. He has plans on how he is going to make them in to a patio. We'll see. But he moved each one himself and they are beastly rocks. I do appreciate that, so that they are all in one place now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Speaking of the magnolia tree, while they are beautiful and oh-so-Southern, they can also be a pain. All those red seeds are from the tree. They also shed huge leaves and their pods. That's part of having the beautiful trees. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">So my same son that moved all those rocks and helped with the deck and the cabinets and the stripping and everything else we ask him to do, raked up and cleaned up the entire backyard. With all the new amenities in the back yard, he thought it needed some sprucing up as well. Those sacks are mainly twigs and leaves and pods from the magnolia. The yard looks good now, although we need to sod it now. I Facebooked that it was probably too late to do that, and my oldest son text me back what to plant and how to do it in the fall! ha! I wish he would come do it for me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Now moving on from the yard we worked on today, we also took everything out of the laundry room and tried (again) to strip those floors. This is the third time we have tried. What you see above is glue remnants (and a little linoleum). It must have been some kind of massive glue. We have tried everything and can not get it up. I caved today and said we will have to cover these floors. I had wanted to checkerboard the laundry room since we moved here, but it looks like that will never happen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">While we had everything outside, I repainted this storage piece that one of my sons's made in high school</span> . </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Then I started in on this dresser that is also in the laundry room. It is the only piece of anything that I tried to paint that will not hold chalk paint. I worked on painting it a little today, but still need to finish it. It is a giant, and I mean GIANT pain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I took these pics at midnight, so I had to use the flash. The freshly painted storage piece was put back in the laundry room. It looks much better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Because it is supposed to storm tonight, the sawhorses and work table that we had outside came in to the middle of the laundry room as well. That is only temporary though. There is that dresser mocking me, waiting on the rest of its paint job. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I took the chicken coops off from above the washer and dryer and put them on the storage piece my son made (for the time being). I am going to put one of the old kitchen cabinets above the washer and dryer. Right now it is sitting in the middle of the kitchen.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Let me leave you with how the dining room still looks. The stove and the cabinets around the stove are still in there. The dishes that go in the new (to use) cabinets need put up. The wall to the left still needs bead board. The rest of the bead board has been caulked and is ready for its final coat of paint. I plan to do that when I get home from school tomorrow. In the meantime I have to be out the door in 5 hours and I still have laundry to fold. T Minus 5 days and counting was a successful day, but man oh man, I still have a long way to go</span>! </div>
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