Show and Tell Friday

This is one of the prettiest new additions to our home...



My wedding bouquet!

My dear friend Allison Smith whisked my bouquet away after our wedding (while we were on our honeymoon!) and had it preserved for me. Didn't it do well? I think it's just beautiful. I have my eye set on a bell jar I saw at a gift shop in Prattville, AL and we are going down to see our family next weekend in Montgomery...I'm going to try to figure out a way to make that bell jar mine!

Have a happy happy Halloween weekend, friends!

Much Love,
C

Wedding Wall

Ever since Caleb and I begin moving our things into our little apartment, we began visualizing a large display of black and white pictures of our wedding on the wall to the right side of our bed.

At last! It is done!

At first I bought itty bitty flimsy frames from the Dollar Store. These looked AWFUL. They were far too small, there wasn't near enough of them and the minute Caleb brushed up against the wall, one jumped off of its nail and smashed to bits on the floor. They were attractive, generally speaking, but they probably did look very much like Dollar Store frames when it came down to it. This is a perfectly acceptable trait when displaying small pictures in a group...maybe on a tabletop. But Caleb convinced me that these particular frames absolutely would not do.

We then got some gorgeous black frames and I am very very pleased with the result!



Not my best picture, but hopefully it gives a good idea.

Cold and rainy night and we have to be up at 4:30 am for class!!

To bed, friends. To bed.

Much Love!

My Wedding Fans!

Look familiar, anyone?!

Can you believe this? In Martha Stewart's latest Wedding Magazine!!

We did this! Back in June!

How fun...

Rainy Tuesday

What a great day it has been!
DownLine hosted a women's luncheon to drum up interest in the big women's conference coming up in February (keynote speaker Kay Arthur!). I helped with linens and such from work and I think everything was a huge success!

It is rainy like crazy right now and I'm desperately wishing I had a peppermint mocha to tie me over to 5 pm.

Caleb and I did some fun updates last night on the little apartment! I plan to post pictures this evening. He is so creative! Sometimes I have to reign him in a little but he never runs out of ideas.

Check out Nesting Place today. LOVE her fall pedestal idea.

What's your favorite fall decoration? I would love to gather more ideas.

Hopefully be back tonight with some pics!

Much Love,
C

First Tablescape

The garage sale is over!! We are so thrilled...and we made a little money, too. So everything turned out just fine, we met some nice people, and as hoped, the weather was great.

Caleb and I had a busy day but we did find a little time to do a little work on this here blog. As you may have noticed, my incredibly talented husband did a design for my title! So pretty! And I set up my first tablescape to post! My husband is so kind has been very patient and kind today.

I like this tablescape a lot because it gives me a lovely way to showcase some carnival glass that Mimi (grandmother) has given me. The candy dishes are made of colorful glass in amber and emerald green and they add a little height and shimmer to the table. I also got to use some antique silk napkins from Spain (passed down through Mimi as well) that I have never used before. I love the delicate fringe around the edges. The green glass coffee cups came from Germany and were given to me by a dear friend from the theatre, Lisa Hayes.

The red and green table linen is a small cloth I made to cover up a vintage poster that is lacquered onto our table. The design is fun and bright but I have found that there are definitely times when I would rather have a more formal table setting and so this small linen works nicely. It's hard to see but the green border is a sage grosgrain ribbon. It's not exquisitely made but it does the trick!


Pumpkins and some small glass candle holders really pull off the centerpiece, I think. I bought the candle holders at Michael's on sale for $0.79 and the flowers were from a bouquet that I dried several months ago. So inexpensive! And I love using handed down things that have been given to me...they reminded me of people I love every time I pass the table.

I'm really enjoying decorating our little apartment on a dime. Budgets birth creativity! It's so rewarding to see a home come together with things you already have only now rearranged.

I've also included a picture of our bedroom. It's my favorite place in our house, I think. We still have some work to do on it, but I think it's really cozy.

That's all for now!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures. I can't wait to post more!

Have a great day, friends.

New Dishes!

It is driving me crazy that I don't have any photos updated yet!

Last night I swung by the nearest TJMAXX and landed some gorgeous red willow dishes massively discounted. I got an dinner plates for 6 and I cannot wait to pair them with the antique milk glass appetizers that are still hidden away in my hope chest. Should be perfect for the holidays!

I'm starting to view all of extraneous decor in my house as possibilities for centerpieces these days. The nice ladies from Between Naps on the Porch and Life at Home are becoming inspirations.

Unfortunately, the excitment of my weekend is becoming somewhat weakened by the looming garage sale. Hopefully it will at least be beautiful outside and we'll make some green!

Tonight is date night with husband and maybe at some point this weekend some hardcore scrapping on my wedding album.

Hope your hearts are happy this weekend!

Here's hoping I return soon with some pictures from home...

Irony and a Jacket

My husband splurged and bought me an adorable jacket this week.
I cannot believe he did it....there was no good reason apparent, other than his absolute sweetness. It's gorgeous. I'll post a picture soon.
Of course it warmed up today a bit, so the new jacket remains hanging on a door knob in our living room...I like to think of it as new autumnal decor.

This is the weekend of our fall yard sale! I'm dreading it with every fiber of my being, but hopefully we'll have some success and a bit of cash in our pocket at the end of the day (not to mention, the ultimate relief of being a little less burdened down by earthly accumulations). My vote is that we do something deliciously fun afterwards to make up for getting up early on a Saturday. Like a child, I apparently need to bribe myself with treats after each unpleasant experience. I need to get over that habit pronto.

I made a yummy hot chocolate mix this past weekend (will post the recipe soon!) and whipped up a Duncan Hines spice cake with cream cheese frosting. So easy and yummy! Smells amazing while it bakes so make it right before company comes over.

Can't wait to be at home in my pjs this evening! DL started at 5:45 am this morning....amazing study on God's unconditional covenants and Moses....but I am tuckered out!