Monday, March 25, 2013
From Crappy to Adorable
Near the end of the sale, everything was half price. I kept walking pass this stool and finally said, why not. It was 50 cents. I also got a rocker for $1.00, you will see that in a later post.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Queen Palm Tree Flower
This flowering tree caught my eye because I had not seen this particular flowering palm before.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Lemons Blossom Tea Time
Sometime you just want to sit and have some quite time. What better way to do that than to fix a cup of tea, (my favorite is Earl Grey), something sweet and sunshine. After I had made these lemon blossom cakes for my husband to take to work, I decided to sit and enjoy one of them. I wanted to make sure they were good, right?
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Earl Gray
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Lemon Blossom tea cakes
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tea
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tea cups
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Easter TableScape
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Livingstone Daisy - MeZoo Trailing Red
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
All Things Bunny!
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Bunnies
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bunny pillows
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Easter Decorating
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Easter eggs
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Pillows
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Old window makes a great display!
My husband said, "this window is falling apart". He was kind of right. The one side was not so bad, but it was the other side that caught my eye. When I picked it up however, the paint and part of the window was coming off in my hands. For $1.00 I had to have it. I love old windows.
I didn't want to clean it up because I thought it might fall apart. Instead, I just use it as is.
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Bunnies
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cast iron bunny
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Easter decor
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Easter ideas
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flower garland
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old window
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paper garland
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shabby chic
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terracotta eggs
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trash to treasure
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wire basket
Friday, March 8, 2013
Pansies or Violets?
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annuals
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flowering plants
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flowers
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pansy
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viola tricolor
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violets
Monday, March 4, 2013
Springtime and Tulips
So I decided to start getting my Easter items out and begin decorating.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Yummy Key Lime Pie
Having a key lime tree could be the other reason for loving this pie. These trees produce hundreds of small key limes, which is necessary since it takes around 20-22 key limes to make one pie.
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cooking
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homemade
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key lime pie recipe
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key limes
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pie
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Crocheted Purse as a Vase
However, I did combine a vintage frame and a vintage crocheted purse into a vase so to speak. I found this frame at a yard sale just as is. They had painted it brown. I thought about repainting it but then decided to keep it for a while.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Kalanchoe Beauties
Must be a Kalanchoe kind of Friday!
There are many varieties and colors of Kalanchoes. Vanessa over at nifty thrifty things posted her Kalanchoe pictures at Floral Friday's and provided
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flowers
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Kalanchoe
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Rose Bud Kalanchoe
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Rose Kalanchoe
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Signs, Signs, Unusual Signs
I have never seen a speed limit sign that had 5 miles per hour on it. Maybe you have in your area!
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Red roses proclaim "I love you."
Red Roses Proclaim I Love You
They are the ultimate symbol of romantic love and enduring passion.
Florists say they can not keep enough roses in stock for Valentine's Day. In fact, it is estimated that about 2 billion dollars will be spent on flowers alone in 2013.
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love
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pink roses
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red roses
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rose symbols of love
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Valentine's Day
Friday, February 8, 2013
Valentine's Vignette
My husband says, "I can't let anything go to the land fill". Well, it really does bother me that so many items can be re-purposed and I am glad to do my part.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
From Dumpster to Pretty Lady
It didn't look like this when I rescued it however, but I really liked it and had to have it.
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cracked mirror
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dumpster item
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lace
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lady face
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sheet music
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trash to treasure
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vintage frame
Friday, February 1, 2013
The Starburst( or Shooting Star) is Exploding
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clerodendrum quadriloculare
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photos
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shooting star
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starburst
Monday, January 28, 2013
Baskets from the Junk Pile
First to be finished were the three planters. I have pictures of the two wicker types, but I don't know what happened to the third original picture.
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Decoupage prints
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mod podge.
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spray paint
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trash to treasure
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wicker baskets
Sunday, January 27, 2013
South Beach Dachshund Winterfest
Friday, January 25, 2013
Sunshine = Beautiful Pink Roses
A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you my variegated roses and mentioned I had two other roses beside my barn. Well, today, I want to share with you my pink roses by the barn.
Monday, January 21, 2013
A Cup of Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Don't you just hate it when you try a new chocolate chip cookie recipe and they are too flat or too crisp and you want them to be chewy? Well, I have a recipe that will give you those soft chewy cookies that you are looking for.
Most chocolate chip cookie recipes that I have seen use all butter.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Dollar Chair Make Over
Sometimes you find a piece of furniture that's a great price but you don't really need it. Then sometimes you find a piece of furniture that's a great price and you do NEED it. That's what happened to me.
Our other house north of Orlando, came with a dining room set. Nothing fancy but since I did 't want to buy a new one, we would make it work for now. Only problem was that it only had four chairs.
I wanted to find two chairs that would work with the set. They are rather simple, dark wood with black leather covered seats. Shouldn't be too hard to find something that works right?
Snowing in the North - Flowers Blooming in the South
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Florida flowers
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flowers
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ground orchids
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
A Cake Stand as a Vase?
Here is the story of how a pedestal cake stand became a vase.
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ground orchids
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heart tins
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heart-shaped place mat
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pedestal cake stand
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Roses
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Valentine's Day
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vase
Friday, January 11, 2013
Delicate Purple Flowers
For the first time since I moved here, one of my tropical plants, which I think might be a Ti plant (Cordyline fruticosa "Sherbert"), is blooming. It has these delicate purple flowers with white stamens with yellow tips. I was so excited to see it bloom and with such lovely flowers.
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Flowering Ti Sherbert
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purple flowers
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Ti plant
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Corner Night Stand
Refinished Corner Night Stand |
Loved the cut out design of this corner stand. As usual I was not sure where it would go, but I knew that I would find a spot for it.
It was white when I found it at a consignment store, but the white paint was peeling off in large chunks. The color under it was somewhere between Kelly green and Christmas green.
Again, I loved the piece, but not the green showing through and I didn't want to sand it and let the green show through. It looked like someone had used latex paint over oil based paint the way it peeled.
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clamps
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corner stand
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heat gun
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night stand
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refinished
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stripping furniture
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table with cut-out
Friday, January 4, 2013
Blooming Pink in Florida!
I have roses most of the year which is great. I have three planted on the side of my barn and they like it there. The colors include a variegated pink rose, a lavender rose and a red one.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Happy New Year Everyone !
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. It has gone by so fast, but the time spent with family and friends was great.
It is hard to believe that another year has come and gone. They say as you get older, time seems to fly by faster, I think they are right.
I only began my blog in late August, and I was so exciting hooking up with other bloggers and linking up to many wonderful link parties and so much inspiration from all of you.
Hopefully this new year will bring even greater growth in my blog and in myself. I have new projects planned and many projects that need to be finished.
I look forward to visiting with all of you and hope you will spend some time with me as well as I continue with my journey.
Best Wishes for a Happy New year!
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bloggers
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Happy New Year
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holiday ideas
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