Mosaic Monday

Enjoy another week of Mosaic's by joining me at http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/ There are many more where this came from!

Tablescape Thursday/Thrifty Thursday

Our family Thanksgiving table - set for 4. By Thanksgiving, it will

be metamorphed into a table for 10!

Peach colored napkins, made out of scraps of denim.
Napkin rings from the thrift shop - 50cents each.

Placemats discount at the end of the year.
Silverware from Grandma's - free.

Glass candle holders from Cracker Barrell 14.99 and 11.99, then 40% off.

Runner from the thrift shop - $3.00.

Fake fruit garage sales and auctions - cheap.

Fake shock of feed - $1.00

Pumpkins from the thrift shop $1.00 each.

Scattering of fall leaves from the thrift shop $1.00

Votives in the shape of pumpkins - Dollar General 50 cents each.

Pumpkin dessert plates - Dollar General 50 cents each.

Grape vine milk glass dishes - free from Mom.

Gold tone glass and goblets - from Duz soap - free in the 70's in laundry soap.

Heading on over to Susan's for more tablescapes, and to Leigh's for more thriftiness!

http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/

http://lbratina.blogspot.com/

Tablescape Thursday/Thrifty Thursday

I've learned a lot from studying the Nell Hill's decorating style and I'm hoping it will show in my tablescapes. I really think a lot of her stuff is wonderful, but some of it a bit over the top for me! Below is my table from a couple of weeks ago, now just a memory in photos.

The placemats were purchased at Garrity's and are large green leaves. They were purchased rolled up and are very easy to store.

The plastic fruit were purchased in a box of stuff at an auction for a dollar.

The striped hand towels brought so much color into the setting and are so pretty.

The plates are huge! They are 12" plates, and I got them at the thrift store for 50 cents each.

Saw the branch with green apples on it in a quaint little antique store, and had to have it. I have an awesome photo to put above my fireplace (that I don't have) with the branch to decorate the mantel.

My dollar store silverware works with just about everything.

The glasses are my cheapies that look hammered. I found the most awesome fake ice cubes in Atchison, Kansas when we were there for Nell Hill's open house.

Loved doing this post, hopefully I'm getting better at the tablescape fun. I always felt like it was lacking something. Can't wait to show you the one I did this last weekend. I think it's the best yet! Join me as I go over to Susan's and see her other tablescapes and also to Leigh's for more thrifty ideas!

http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/

http://lbratina.blogspot.com/

Mosaic Monday

Just a few of my fall photos made into a mosaic. Hope you all have a wonderful week and enjoy the beautiful fall weather. Please join me as I visit the Little Red House for more mosaic's.

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Show and Tell Friday

I have blogged about this shoe before, but I will again for Show and Tell. When I was young, I had a sister 4 years younger than I. When Mom and Dad would dress up to go out on Saturday night, Mom would come out in her pretty dress and a pair of red shoes. We would sit and stare at her and after they would leave - FIGHT over who got to wear the red shoes some day. I was sure that I would get to wear them FIRST, because I was the oldest. However, my sisters feet grew faster than mine and so I was terrified that she would get to wear them first. This became an ongoing joke, and when grown we still would tease each other about them. I was SO excited when my sister's feet were too big for the shoes! Not that either of us ever wore them, by the time our feet were big enough - they were out of style. We grew up, got married and moved away from home and forgot about the shoes. One day I got a package in the mail, and in it was the RIGHT red shoe with a silk flower arrangement in it. Mom had sent me the right shoe - because I am right handed, and my sister the left shoes - because she is left handed. I treasure that shoe to this day, and it's sitting on the dresser in my bedroom as I write this. That's my show and tell. Thanks for stopping by to visit, and please leave a comment if you have time. Go over to http://romantichome.blogspot.com/ for Show and Tell Friday.

Tablescape Thursday and the winner of the giveaway!!!!

Far from being my last, I have another tablescape from Nell Hill's. I wish I were going to be in KC this weekend, they are having a tablescape extravaganza at Briarcliff/Nell Hills. It's a little pricey, but I'm sure it would be worth it!

This tablescape used natural branches and stems, cut from trees with fall leaves on them, as well as some artificial ones sold at Nell Hill's. They are placed in HUGE grecian pitchers, I think you can see the handles on the lower photos. Each setting was mismatched silver trays, set on top of a velvet bordered placemat in dark green.

There are large velvet leaves in the middle of the table, and the sliver of silver you see in the top right hand, is actually the tail of a silver pheasant. The square plates are offset for emphasis, and the delft blue plate thrown in for a little surprise. The cloche's were all the same height and added a lot to the feel.

I just loved this setting, although it kind of breaks several of our "rules" that we grew up with - the height of the centerpiece is DEFINITELY too tall to see anyone other than your direct neighbor to the right/left. Mismatch was the name of the game on this table, and some people are still in the matchy/matchy phase! This tablescape is actually at Garrity's NOT Nell Hill's, but it's still Nell Hill's - all the way!

I had 97 followers on October 31, 2009 - with 12 of them who got extra chances. That makes for 109 in the drawing. I had the kids chose a number between 0-110 and they chose 68! So looking at my followers list - that means Blondie at "Blondie's Journal" won the drawing! Wohoo! If I can get an address - then I'll be able to put this signed book in the mail this weekend, otherwise - I'll have to wait. Congratulations to Blondie, I wish I could have met you in Chicago when I was there! and thanks so much to all of you for your comments, kindness, and most of all - FOLLOWING me! The giveaway has been so much fun, I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have! As late as I am posting today, I'm sure you've already been to Susan's at http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/, but if not - be sure and check out the other tablescapes.

Mosaic Monday!!!

This house sits on the north side of highway 36, in Phillips County, Kansas. In its time, it was a very beautiful, stately home sitting on a high hill. The owners refused to let anyone renovate it, so now it sits in severe disrepair. When you look around the rooms were quite large for the day (1800's) and had high ceilings. There are many details that were added, that are for looks only, and I will show more of those next week. The house is made of native limestone. I am going to do a post also of the limestone "harvesting" that was done in the early 1900's, later on.

Thanks for stoppy by, I'll be announcing the winner of my giveaway - hopefully today. I'm still babysitting in KC with G-kids, and am quite busy! The other mosaics can be see at the below address:

http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/