Easing into Fall

Hi all! I hope you are having  a wonderful Sunday, mine so far has been a relaxing one.

It’s been chilly here in Pa., mornings are colder then warm up little later in the day

…yes, Fall is in the air.

So I started to decorate some and decided to share some areas with you that I have done.

The cloche is on my shelves in the kitchen.

 

Love the shelves to decorate for any season.

A tiny part of my mantle…

 

Why does my mantle still give me problems, it’s white and deep enough with a chippy window on it. LOL

 

As I was decorating I was cleaning too, dusting my pottery I turned over a white bowl that my

husband had bought me for Christmas and held it up to the light to see the word McCoy on

the bottom what a nice surprise it was. Now I have 7 pieces of McCoy. There’s the white bowl and

the little blue vase I found at a garage sale this summer for .50 love the blue!

 

I love it all on my mom’s piecrust end table.

 

http://www.farmhousewares.com/kitchen.aspx

My new runner for my diningroom table I love the black stripe on it!

That’s about all I’ve been up to here, thanks so much for stopping by and a BIG hello to my newest followers.♥

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Chloe and Some Summer Switches

Hi everyone, I hope you are enjoying your Tuesday evening, we are having great weather… not hot…just right! My daughter and her family are in Ocean City, Maryland and she said it’s “Hot”!!! I’m glad she is having good weather and while they are there I’ve been watching sweet , little Chloe! She is so adorable and a smart little pup too.
Here she is on my white couch, you know I love her!

I took these pictures this evening so don’t mind the shadows, I’ll be watching Alex and Nicholas tomorrow so I know there won’t be time to take pictures plus having Chloe it will really be crazy around here.
I don’t know if I like the shade of gray here or not. I did distress it since I showed the last picture of it without hardware!

Since I have chalkboard paint on my hoosier and underneath my kitchen cabinets (I just finished the other side of the kitchen yesterday and I’ll show you in a later post) I decided to move the framed one in the diningroom out and use this picture instead…

I’ve been trying to do somethings differently with some color hopefully I’ll succeed, it’s such a giant puzzle to me sometimes, trying to tie everything together, is it like that for you? I do like the picture there though, I found it at the Salvation Army for $5.00 they had two more to go with it but the colors just weren’t right for my home so I didn’t get them.



My hutch is one thing that I have to get to, I think I have everything in there, that’s what summer does to you I guess! Just stuff it in.LOL

I did find a new basket at of all places Walmart I loved the finish on it and the liner for $9.97. I love how well it goes with my pottery collection too!
These are just some photos to show that I’m still decorating even though it’s been a busy and fun summer.

Thanks for stopping by I’m so glad to have you!
I’ll be at these parties:
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What We Accomplished Wednesday

June in Review

Hello everyone! I thought I’d better do a post because this summer has been so busy as I’m sure it has been for you too.  So this is my June Review:
I redid my mantle by adding the topiaries  that I got on sale at TJMaxx or Marshall’s, I can never remember which one.LOL

I did get hardware at Lowes but didn’t get a picture yet of it, I might change the paint on the washstand because I’m just not sure yet if I like it.


Found the cutest little cowboy boots to use as planters for $2.00.


I also started a new collection…McCoy Pottery, so far I have 3 McCoy and 1 Cookson and 1 USA. I love the colors and even the texture of the pottery and it’s a lot of fun to collect!


I also took the time finally to paint this file thing a ma bob! I just slapped some paint on it and called it a day!

Of course what kept us all busy was the wedding of these two! They will be home tomorrow, they flew from Aruba to Chicago to go to two Pirate games out there. I can’t believe the wedding is over, I think I’m still recouping from it!

I also did some Ball Jars by first painting them with chalkboard paint then painting a color over that. They turned out great but one thing I noticed was that it was hard to sand, the color just didn’t want to come off so I think it was the chalkboard paint!


Hope you all had a great holiday weekend, thanks for stopping by today!

Loven McCoy/USA Pottery @ Goodwill

Sometimes I go to Goodwill and find so much that I can’t buy it all and then there are those days when I come out of there empty handed. On only a couple days has this happened to me, coming out with something that I was hoping to find, well, this past Wednesday was one of those days where I found exactly what I was looking/hoping to find!!! I’ve always loved McCoy/USA pottery, it always reminds me of my mom and our back patio…
This isn’t a McCoy but the bottom is marked USA 455.

So I’ve decided to start collecting it, I’m missing those days of the hunt and I’ve decided to get back into it. I’m missing the flea markets and yardsales so I’m really looking forward to some Sundays for the flea markets and the weekends for yardsales! The route 40 two day yardsale will be soon can’t wait for that one too!
My blog will be getting a change here and maybe having a name change in the up coming weeks, I have to figure out some things yet…that’s why I took a blog break so that I could sit back and figure out what I wanted to do with my blog. I have some ideas so hopefully it will all work out and it might not happen until fall because it is finally spring here, yeah! and I so want to enjoy the warmer weather and the upcoming summer. I just wanted to let you know because I love having you come here to visit and read my ramblings.
_{I’ll keep you posted, pinky promise!}
I haven’t really thought of what I’ll buy as far as shape and color of the pottery because I really do love the different colors of them, I read where one woman only collects the white… making the hunt for them harder to find. I know when I was in North Carolina in the antique shop they weren’t cheap, so I hope in my wanderings I’ll get some good prices on them. This one was $2.99 just sitting on the shelf waiting for me! It’s a pretty raspberry shade, cute and delicate!
I have found two blogs who have a love for McCoy Pottery, Mary @ http://www.athomeonthebay.com/ and Liz @ http://mabelshouse.blogspot.com/ great blogs, I know you will love them too, so check them out! Plus if you know other blogs with this collection please let me know okay? I’d love to stop by!
I’ve missed each and everyone of you during my bloggy break, I never thought of quitting my blog but knew I was unhappy with it sooooo…I’ll be changing some things in the near future or maybe not till the end of summer!

I’ll be joining these great parties today!Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm
Make it Pretty Monday @ The Dedicated House
Monday Funday @ Creatively Living
Tuesday’s Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Inspire Me Tuesday @ At a Stroll Thur Life
The Scoop @ The Farmhouse Porch
Budget Decorating Party @ Creative Cain Cabin
Tuesday’s at Our Home @ Our S t

Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style