Shop At Home..........

Fall decorating ideas for a wedding shower:

The galvanized ice bucket is filled with wild flowers and leaves from shrubbery.  The pumpkin topiaries I redid and are very versatile. In front of those, a $1 'jeweled' pumpkin sitting on a tarnished silver candlestick. 

On each guest table was a little basket, scored from Pier 1 for $1.40 each.  Inside were some fall bedding plants, hidden with moss and a little Cinderella  (bride-to-be) slipper tucked in as a surprise. The sparkly netting is some wide Christmas wrap picked up at Sam's.

The fall pumpkin completed the simple centerpieces.

On the serving tables, each dessert was labeled with a little tag. Surprisingly, there were a lot of comments on that; people seemed to really enjoy knowing exactly what each food item was.

A simple picture of the couple put in a small frame on the serving table.  The plates were put in a wire basket.

Tissue poms were used to fill in empty spaces.  A variety of serving pieces were used, but all in the cream/white/brown colors, making it all cohesive. The different textures added a nice touch. LOVE was written out throughout the room with different types of letters.

Finally, when there is something in the room that does not match the 'decor', have fun with it!  The statue (below) was in the room so he got to become part of the party!

The purpose of this little post?

The shower was put on by three

bridesmaids on a budget.

Very little was bought for the shower,

as they "shopped at home" for the decor.

Simple desserts were made, but plated well.

Everything put together

made for a perfect shower!

I have linked this tablescape with Susan and a hundred other great ideas!

Orangeja Glad It's Fall?

Who said FALL had to be all about orange?  

Because of a personal college rivalry thing I have this strong dislike of the color orange. As in it's not on my favorites list. As in its not on my color list. Period. I don't mind it in the home of others, it's just not my thing.

  And wouldn't you know, God has quite a sense of humor. The house we live in has orange brick. Granted it is not bright orange, but any shade of orange is still orange in my book. Because we rent the house, there is not one thing I can do about The Orange Brick. Not good. But it was the only house that fit our needs when we moved. Ugh.

 So I try not to bring any more orange into my little world. I look for other colors to decorate with for fall.

Since Fall is all about the harvest, I thought my pitchfork and hoe would be perfect to stick into my giant grapevine wreath. I found both in the trash---I suspect because they have lost their poles. They have been put back to work!
 

There are so many beautiful colors of fall.  There are so many ways around orange....if you really want absolutely no orange.

Or you can be like me and try to overcome that orange-aversion and work in little pieces of (faded) orange here and there.
 

I mean if God can have a sense of humor about things, then certainly I can as well!

Simple Words to Live By...........

"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."


— Audrey Hepburn

Just enjoying a "Cousin Day" on a beautiful fall afternoon. You can certainly tell which cousin has the other three wrapped around her little finger, can't you?

I am linking this wonderful quote up to other great quotes at http://acottageindustry.typepad.com/

Tables are Turned....

When I was on vacation this summer I managed to go into a few furniture stores. 

 The store above, in Oxford, Mississippi, was so cute I was willing to just move into the store! I love the pear painting, the exposed brick wall and the down-filled loveseat.  The entire store was wonderful.

 Then we got to Seaside, Florida, and there was a store that made my heart beat faster.  I would have taken absolutely anything in the store....IF, I could have afforded anything in the store!  I took all these pictures (secretly) with my phone.  I have given this picture to one of my son's (that can weld) and told him that is what I want for Christmas.

Then there were these coffee tables (pictured above). In case you can't tell from my covert photo, there were two tables stacked on top of each other.  I was willing to just have one!

 Then there was this baby.  I have instructed all my sons that I want this table for Christmas.  I don't care if I put it inside or outside, I want this table. It is made out of pipe, plumbing parts and old boards. Surely my sons can figure this out!!!!  See that little price tag?  It was over $1200.00. Really. (Now you see why I was taking huggermugger pictures!!)

My sons think I have lost my mind because I think these industrial tables are so great.  Now I just have to convince them that they really are worth the build!

October Weekend