Thursday, February 13, 2014

Rag Heart


I’ve seen these rag hearts all over the internet and Pinterest for years now and I’ve always wanted to make one, so finally I did. I bought the white muslin at Walmart at 1/2 a yard, ripped it down the side
cut to the length that I wanted and tied it on the wire I had shaped into a heart. Easy!
Look how cute.
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They look sweet anywhere I think.

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You can see I’ve been fooling around with the china cabinet by putting books on a shelf and I
think the rag heart just added to it.

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I love it and I’m so glad I took the time to do it, I’m working on another project so stay tuned for it.

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I knew this wouldn’t be the best picture but you can see how it looks outside without me going out in it! We are still having cold temps and had more snow yesterday, I saw on the news that my
southern friends might be getting hit again, my advice is just stay in if you really don’t have to go out.
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Keep warm and craft, I made the rag heart while we watched Captain Phillips
Saturday evening, what a great movie, I don’t think Tom Hanks ever made a
bad movie do you? And those Navy Seals…thank God for them.
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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Decor Art/Treasure Blue Chalkpaint

HI all, how are you? Has anyone babysat ,more than 2 times this week?LOL
It has been so cold …I read where some of you are at –40 below and I just
can’t imagine being that cold. At –2 degrees I’m shivering!
First I’d like to thank Jamie-So Much Better With Age for featuring my Valentine mantle
at Give Me the Goods linky party. Thanks so much Jamie!
For Christmas I had on my list a gift card for Home Depot so
that I could purchase the Décor Art Americana Chalkpaint.  I ordered
the chalkpaint named, Treasure, I really loved the blue for my washstand
that I was not liking at all in the white I had last painted it.
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I waxed the top with clear and the blue with the brown wax.
I really like the blue washstand in the foyer I think it needed it!
I do like the paint, it covered in two coats and went on smooth. The wax is very nice too
but I’m going to order a brush from them because I don’t think I did a good job with
the brown wax and cloth…maybe I’ll try it again.
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Hard to take a picture in my entryway because it is either to
light or to dark.
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I still have to fiddle around with it but wanted to show you what I’ve
been up to. The black hook laying there I think I’ll use on the wall, have to see about
that though.
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My husband was glad for a mirror to be back on the wall. Found the
cute owl at Kohl’s.
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I bought the handles at Target.
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I had this washstand painted blue a while ago but got the bug to paint it white with
black handles…didn’t like it at all so I went with a different color blue.
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That’s about all I’ve been up too lately besides watching kids, thanks for stopping by and
visiting my blog!
Show and Tell Friday
Rondell
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Bar Cart Styling

Hi everyone! Are you cold and tired of the white stuff yet, gee, this is supposed to go
on to next week, right now my iPhone is saying it’s 9 degrees. 
So I’m trying to keep busy inside since I can’t do anything outside.
Here is my diningroom table and entryway a few days ago
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Piles of stuff on the table and an empty entryway which I’ll be showing you soon, I’ve been
painting something for in there. First though I want to show you how I styled my bar cart,
they aren’t easy to decorate unless you just wanted to put liquor  and glasses on it.
Here is mine, hopefully I’m going shopping tomorrow if the weather permits and I’ll
be looking for a different lamp to use, somehow I just don’t think the chicken/rooster cuts it.
This is the way I styled it first, using what I had:
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So I fiddled with it for a couple days and came up with this:
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I wish I’d have thought to roll up and hide that cord…oh well, somewhere around here I have little
clips I bought for something like this.
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The little wine plates I bought at the church sale four for a dollar, I didn’t know what I was
going to do with them at the time but they sure came in handy here.
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The grainsack wine cover I found at William Sonoma on sale for $4.00 I couldn’t resist.
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Old and new wine corks fill a glass footed vase from a wedding.
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Wine glasses, milkglass cake plate and pink tulips finish it off.
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For my chalkboard which I put back in it’s place, I made a cute, little banner from scrap paper
I found at Tuesday Morning.
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I’ve been wanting to make one for a while now.
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Hope your keeping nice and warm where your at.
 
 
 
 
Thanks for visiting and hope to hear from you !
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Monday, January 20, 2014

Valentines Mantle 2014

While cleaning and redecorating with what I have I decided just to go ahead and do the mantle for Valentine’s Day, have you did
yours yet? I did mine without spending a dime, all you see is what I’ve had from past Valentines Days.
I’ve kept my chippy window up too, I’m finding out that it makes a really nice backdrop for decorating so I hope I don’t get bored with it
to soon.
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I found these at Target a couple years ago and still like them.
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Also my sweater candle that Stush bought me for Christmas one year.
The small branches are from outside and I made the little bookpage garland…so
easy to do. Just cut a heart out on a page of a book and hot glue them on to
a length of twine.
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So there is my Valentine mantle for 2014, V Day will be here in less than a month!
 
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I hope your all having a great evening, here we are waiting to see who goes to the Super Bowl.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
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Saturday, January 18, 2014

My Favorite Bar Cart Pins



I was really lucky last Friday shopping with my friend… we stopped at Target just to look
around. Of course I’m always interested in the clearance prices on things so
I think we both scored, my friend with two neat black and white Nate Burkas
picture frames and moi with a bar cart for… get this $38.98 down from $129.00.
I have been looking for one and was just thrilled to find it, I had already seen
it online and loved it and could just picture it in my diningroom. Decorating it I think will be a little bit of a challenge so I
looked on Pinterest and found these pins that I liked the most.

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I’ll show you my bar cart when I’ve finished decorating it, my diningroom and foyer are a
mess with things taken off the walls and leaning against them, taking the Christmas décor down has really inspired me to decorate with what I already have, how about
you?








My Romantic Home…Show and Tell Friday


Have a great weekend!
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Thursday, January 9, 2014

Pittsburgh, Mt. Washington and Nicholas

Hello all you Eskimos out there, I’m sitting here with a throw over my lap (a new throw btw) like an old lady, I’m freezing’',
it’s 3 degrees out and I know we haven’t had this Artic freeze as long as some of you but I m tired of it
already. The kids had no school today and a 2 hour delay for tomorrow morning.
In my last post I mentioned that we went to Mt. Washington, I took some pictures and thought I’d share
a few with you.
This is the Point and where the 3 rivers meet Allegheny, Monongahela and the Ohio rivers.  At one
time there was a settlement on the Point also.
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This statue really impressed me as it was huge and made of bronze, it’s George Washington and
Seneca leader Guyasuta.
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You can see the bridges to the left, I think I count 3 of them.
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Then we all went for lunch at Mario’s on the Southside.
Really good food there and nice family atmosphere too. Then on to the movie where we viewed
American Hustle, very good but not what I expected. Jennifer Lawrence played a great part so
I’m anxious to see the Oscars this year to see if she’s nominated.
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Christmas was wonderful, we couldn’t wait for the kids to come, Nicholas loved his Thomas the Train riding toy that I
just couldn’t resist buying him.
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I’ll be babysitting him Thursday and I can’t wait to see him and get him to show me all his Christmas toys.
I’ve also been sick but I’m feeling a little better today.
I’ll be joining these parties:
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Top Ten in 2013

 
Hello everyone,
I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday and that your Christmas was a bright one.
Ours was great, the family is really growing, Nicholas was everything I was hoping he would be,
so cute with the gift opening. Yesterday we went to Pittsburgh, took pictures at Mt. Washington ate at
Mario’s on the South Side and then went to the movies to see American Hustle with Jennifer Lawrence.
I’ll post soon of our day with the pictures we took.
Well, everyone is doing their reviews so I thought I’d do mine for you too.
 
This post was No.1
Can You Say Extorp? ps. all the wrinkles fell out on their own.
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No.2
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No.3
Fall Livingroom Seems like yesterday doesn’t it?
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No.4
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No.5
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No.6
How Do You Like it Now? Still love them.
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No.7
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No.8
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No.9
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No. 10
so good for a New Years Eve Party, check it out!
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If I don’t get back on here by New Years Eve I want to wish you all a safe and healthy New Year!
Rondell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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