Something Different

I was working on my kitchen lately changing the displays.  I had this one by the sink but did not think it looked  finished.  Then I picked up a few Fallish type pieces from Walmart and combined it with flowers I already had.  Now that looks a lot better and I think it is done.  

The jar on the left has brown sugar in it and the tall one in the back has spaghetti.  You don't usually put flowers in these but for now it is doing a good job as a flower vase.

One last thing to get this corner finished.

 One of a set of place mats will do for the 

finishing touch.  

 All of the items I have had for sometime already.

The tea set my daughters gave me two Christmas's ago.  They came from Cracker Barrel I understand.

The green

glass canisters were given to 

me a few years ago.  The flowers

came from Goodwill and the wheat and

cat tails I just picked up at Walmart for

$.99 each.

So for very little expense I have something

new to look at when I am 

working at the kitchen sink.

I am linking it up to Funky Junk Interior’s theme this week……things used as vases.

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Flowers Around My House

This is just a quick post to show you the flowers around my home both inside and outside.  I love flowers of all kinds those real and those not so real. 

I love to bring the flowers inside every chance

I get.  

Of course some are real and some

are not real but pretty

just the same.

Some are on tea cups and tea pots

and some are on fabric.

Flowers.......I love them no matter

where!!!!

I hope you enjoyed a little bit 

of the lovely flowers!

Just look around........you will see

them everywhere!

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Time For Changes

Today was a day of mixing work and pleasure.  As there was a need for cleaning today I also had a fun project I wanted to accomplish.  I wanted to  change out the display in the middle of the big coffee table in the front room.  It's quite a large table so it always requires a rather large type of display.

 I had already decided to use the large crystal pedestal jardiniere.  I could see in my mind 

grapes or something that would fall out of the top.  I went looking on Saturday around town at Ross, Goodwill and Marshall's for grapes.  There were no grapes but I did find these great globes of different textures that I liked.

 So they came home with me and now 

to find the rest of the items I could see in my 

mind for the display.  I remembered I had a bag of peat moss from previous projects.  That would 

make a good base to build on.  

After the globes were put

in I started looking around the house to see

what else would work.  

I spotted this and this........

.....and this flower and greenery together

in a vase.  Now that was starting to look like

what I wanted.  

It still needed more.  

So off to hunt the house for more.

The ivy was found in my sitting room

as part of another arrangement.  

So it left the one display and was

added to this one.  Okay looking

good but still not done.  I had these

black stones in a bag in the pantry

so they went round the bottom

for some contrast.

 The stones looked like

they should have an addition.

So off to look for a little something

I remembered I had.

I found him sitting rather lonely looking

in another room.

Now this little bird is helping

to add a little something cute

to this display.

While I was looking for the bird I

found this butterfly!

Okay.......I think that will do it.  

It came together pretty well

I believe.

The doily is one from my

large collection of vintage

pieces.  I like having lots of

them to choose from.

It's really quite fun to look around the house

in rooms and cupboards to see

what you can find to make something

come together.  With just

buying the textured globes I was

able to find enough things I already

had to complete the job.

Thanks for visiting with me today.  

I hope you enjoyed my fun

project that helped to make 

the house cleaning a little more fun!!

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Encouraging Words

Let me speak encouraging words when I can.  

Let me uplift someone when I am able!

Let me not miss the opportunity to find

beauty everywhere I look.

Let not a day go by that I fail to

smile at someone.

When all around us there is such sadness and

overwhelming problems.  Every where we

look and in all the things we listen to on television

and the radio, in newspapers and on the internet the 

darkness of the world invades our very

being.  

Let us choose to bring a smile, a positive word, an

affirming comment, an encouraging word.  It is in 

our power to find the beauty and share 

it with others.

So though there is darkness all around us

let us determine that it shall not take root

in us.  

Let us choose to bring the LIGHT to the world

and BEAUTY to every day!!

Think about such things!!
For nothing is impossible for our God and He
can use a willing vessel.......us!!

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