My Spring Mantle 2013

Hello everyone! I hope your having a nice evening, I took some pictures today because although it’s cold out the sun was shining!
I’m so ready for capris and flip flops aren’t you?
I knew I bought the two wicker trays at the church sale for something and for $3.00 I didn’t go wrong! I placed the cloche on the mantle too along with the new, little suitcase.



The eggs are about 30 some years old, I made them in ceramics class and the moss ball I found at Walmart…the last one they had!

The rabbit is from TJMax, they had a smaller one but I thought the bigger one would look better up there!

The egg cup is from Target with a Dollar Tree egg, looks how it sparkles in the mirror!

I tied some of my Baker’s twine around this box, it’s the blue kind!


Now for this picture…do you think the burlap lampshade with the red going around it looks better or the plain one that I changed it to? I just can’t decide!

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments, I’m slowly but surely getting around to answering or commenting on your blogs:0
P.S. I’m still loving my Ektorp:)
I’ll be at these party’s:

Flaunt it Friday @ Chic on  Shoestring Decorating
The Inspiration Gallery @ The Craftberry Bush
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage
Be Inspired @ Common Ground
Show and Tell @ My Romantic Home
Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest

It’s a Spring Thing Blog Hop @ Simply Klassic Home

 

 

Rondell♥

 

We Are Having a Wedding in June

Here we are last Saturday at the bridal shop getting measured for the dresses! Sydney, Alex and Samantha!

Nicholas is in the wedding too! Here he had just woke up!

With the dresses on, not the colors that they will be wearing though!

Syd is turning into such a young lady, just can’t believe it.

They are all growing up right before my eyes!

Samantha Rondell yes, that’s her name♥

My son’s daughter Alex such a sweetie!

I think they had a good time trying on dresses.
Beautiful dresses, both brides and prom goers were there so it was a very busy day for the bridal shop!

He was such a good boy!

Thanks for stopping by I so enjoyed sharing my Saturday with you!

Rondell♥

Can You Say Ektorp?

I’m so excited to show you my brand new Ektorp sofa with the white slipcover! I so love it, my dream come true! Here it is!


The slipcovers were so easy to put on too, I worked yesterday so Stush and his brother went to Ikea to purchase it, when I got home it was put together but he said “I wasn’t putting the slipcovers on”, that’s okay, I wanted to do that myself anyway:) I think I may change the lamp shade though and raise the one long picture higher.

Closer look oh, and do you like the new apple green pillows?

Then I got to messing with my stepback cupboard!

The newer things are the faux plants on top and the Nate Berkus basket that I got for $10.00.

I think I need to put more white plates in it after seeing this picture.

Yesterday my daughter and I stopped in Ikea just to look around…warning never go to there on Saturdays the place was packed! The lines to check out were so long of a wait, my daughter said it looked like a herd of cattle, there just wasn’t a place to stop, no wonder the buggies can go sideways.
I did buy some Gerber flowers and the vase! Also the black and white pillow on the sofa to the left.

Love the beading around it!

I hope you liked the couch, I know I do and one thing I really love about it is that I can change it to another of their slipcovers, they had a beautiful gray one but I’m happy with the white for now!
I’ll be joining these parties today:

 

The Scoop @ Cedar Hill Ranch

Spotlight Saturday @ Classy Clutter
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style
Tabletop Tuesday @ A Stroll Thur Life
Make it Pretty Monday @ The Dedicated House
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm
Sunday Showcase Party @ Under the Tab
Tuesdays at Our Home @ Our Home Away From Home
Budget Decorating @ Creative Cane Cabin
le and Dreaming

Centerpiece Wednesday @ The Style Sisters



Rondell♥

Snowstorm and Tulips

Seems like winter just didn’t want to leave just yet, I woke up to this yesterday morning!

But then I looked into the diningroom and knew spring was just around the corner… I just had to have patience!

Thanks goodness for pretty flowers and the color green so that we can have our homes ready for the first day when we look outside our window and see some new leaves on the trees and flowers being sold to plant in the yard!

I watched Nicholas today, he now says Gammy, so cute how he says it…a good day!

I also cleaned this corner out, I just don’t want the room to be cluttered, so to me this looks better! Still looking for a rug too, just don’t know what kind to get…patterned or plain or even a color!

TGIF, well almost, hope you have a wonderful weekend, supposed to be 50 here on Saturday, can’t wait!
Thanks for stopping by and for you wonderful comments, always appreciate it!
Here are the parties I’ll be at:
Inspiration Gallery @ The Craftberry Bush
Be Inspired @ Common Ground
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage
Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home
Grace at Home @ Imparting Grace
Show and Tell @ My Romantic Home
Flaunt it Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring Decorating

Rondell♥

Bringing in a Little Bit of Green

Hello everyone! Snowed last night and the night before but you know what I noticed? By noon it’s all gone! Yay!!! I’ve seen robin’s all about so I know SPRING is so, so near! That’s why I’ve started bringing in the green!
While in North Carolina I visited Target in Winston Salem, of course I loved it, went back again matter a fact! On this trip I found this rug on clearance for $14.98. I’ve been looking for one in the apple green color, that’s what I call this color. I think it looks so springy don’t you?


Tea Towels from TJMaxx!

Also picked up this hand soap for the kitchen sink, it’s by Method and the design is from Orla Kiely…tomato vine, a very clean, fresh scent!

I found the owl tea light at Goodwill a while ago and he brings just the right amount of green to the counter top!

Yesterday I went shopping with my daughter, we stopped in TJMaxx and look what I found…rolls of Baker’s Twine in every color of the rainbow. All for $ 9.99, two rolls for each color…jackpot!!! Because I’ve really wanted some for a while! I found them right where you check out, you know where they put things as your waiting to be next in line?

What are you doing on this Monday afternoon? I’m cleaning because I watched my son’s 3 dog’s this weekend…can you say a handful? All very good dogs but the dog hair is something I would not want everyday:) Buster is enough!

I’ll be at these parties today:

Wow Us Wednesday
Table Top Tuesday
Creative Cain Cabin
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Six Days of Spring Party
Make it Pretty Monday
Tuesdays the Scoop

Rondell♥

The Start of Hanging Plates

SNS at Funky Junk Interiors is having a theme party called ~Decorating with Plates~ and since I’ve started to decorate with plates around my bookcase yesterday I thought I’d join in the fun!

The first plate I found was at a church sale and the 2nd is from TJMaxx on clearance for $2.00, I loved the black and white of it. The third one is an old platter that I think I found at the fleamarket a while ago.

I found the one below at the antique store for $1.99 in N.C. I loved the green pattern and the maker is Homer Laughlin and the name of the pattern is Pastoral.

I finally feel like decorating again, the tests came back negative thank God and you for yours prayers and good thoughts, they were the longest 7 days!

I almost forgot to show you the other treasure I found at the antique store, isn’t it neat? I’m thinking on painting it, I have saved a picture of one on Pinterest and plan on doing it soon.

Now for my first find at a yardsale this year, of course it was in N.C. but that’s okay the day was sunny but a little chilly but was so much fun to get out of the car and see “stuff”! I only paid a $1.00 but I just thought it was neat with the little lip on the rim to pour with.

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments too!

Rondell♥

Antique and Retail Finds

Hello everyone! I do apologize for not posting lately, I just haven’t felt like it to tell the truth. I still haven’t found out the results of the biopsy yet, I guess it takes more than a week for them to get the results back. I do love to blog just had to take a backseat with it.

We had so much fun in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Jennifer’s birthday surprise turned out great! The weather was chilly though and the day we were to leave there was an ice storm, not to bad but we had to put off leaving for home for a couple hours.

We did a fun visit while there… in Mount Airy, which is the home of Andy Griffith star of The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry RFD. Having grown up with Andy, Barney, Opie and Aunt Bea, I wanted to see the place that Andy fashioned his show from. I’ll do another post on it because there are just to many pictures that I took.:)

I will show you this one picture of the antique store I bought some neat things at. Two large floors of goodies!

I had a wonderful time there just looking around and the owners were very friendly as was anyone that we talked to that day.

Ok, this is what I found, nothing big or expensive.

I found this picture of a young lady, she just caught my eye, she was 20% off so I only paid $6.00 for it, the frame is old too so I thought I got a deal on her. Next is my very first doorknob, I don’t know if it’s brass or not, doesn’t matter, I guess this is a start of a collection for me because I can’t wait to fill a basket with them.

I’m so sorry I thought I had taken pictures of the other two things I found, one is from my first yardsale of the season in N.C., oh well, I guess I’ll just go on to the retail things I found and show you the others in my next post.

The pillow I found at Burlington and thought it would go nice in my office! Do you see what I did with all the Ball jars I have! I just piled them into a wire and burlap basket, now if I need one they are there.

I bought a new bulletin board at Marshall’s and gave the one I made to my daughter, mine just looked to small on this wall this one fills it up nicely.

I stacked my two suitcases, something I’ve never tried before, at the antique store I saw one for $25.00, I paid $5.00 for the brown one with college emblems on it at the flea market one year and the turquoise one a $1.00 at an estate sale.

The small suitcase I found at TJMaxx, I had seen it a while ago and was surprised to still see it there. I just fell in love with the blue, glass jar with the rope around it on clearance for $5.00.

The room is coming along, a lot of moving things here and there and just trying to get it right I guess. My next purchase will be anew rug for in here, I can’t have anything light because this is a high traffic area so I’m going to take my time with looking for one!

You will find me at these parties:

Show and Tell @ My Romantic Home

Flaunt it Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring

Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest

The Inspiration Gallery @ The Craftberry Bush

Be Inspired Friday @ Common Ground

Wow Us Monday @ Savvy Southern Style

Frugalicious Friday @ Finding Fabulous

Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog, I always appreciate it! I know I have a lot of friends I need to respond to but I do hope you understand why I haven’t been around.

 

Rondell♥