Here are the new cupcake paintings I just finished yesterday!
It can be used on any print in the store!
The code is: TRUE LOVE (hurry because it won’t last long).
Nester has written the greatest step-by-step tassel ebook that I have ever seen. I bought and downloaded it yesterday. It’s full of wonderful photos and charming instructions.
(You know that Nester has a way with words!)
Here are some of the ways you can use the tassels you make for yourself or for the perfect gift!
Photo by Nesting Place
It’s only $10 and worth every penny. You can get your own here!
Rhoda at Southern Hospitality is hosting a Fall Inspiration Party! Here in Tennessee, fall is just starting to touch the leaves with color and the breezes are beginning to cool. Thank God for an end to the humidity!
I thought I’d share my mantel decorations for fall…
The mantle clock belongs to my Grandmother, who is living with us and the waterfall painting is an oil that I painted a few years ago. Being an artist, I’m so critical of my own work, but I’m actually very happy with how this painting turned out!
This wreath is proof you don’t have to start from scratch to make a pretty arrangement. I just added what I had to a store bought wreath.
In this aged copper urn, I made an arrangement of dark tan dahlias, red mum like flowers, dried hydrangea blossoms and pheasant feathers. I have always admired these pheasant feathers, so I’m so glad to finally have some!
Tip: To get tall pheasant feathers without breaking the budget; get small feathers and use floral tape to add them to floral stems. (Or just go with what you have and tape them to sticks or old silk flower stems!)
One of my favorite ways to celebrate to start of fall is to simmer cloves, cinnamon and orange slices in water on the stove. In just a few minutes the whole house smells so cozy!
What do you add to your home to make it feel like fall?
I’m having my 9 year-old use this poem as a way to practice his handwriting. James Whitcomb Riley is a family favorite around here. My Mother’s family is from Indiana and so is James Whitcomb Riley. The things that he writes about stirs a memory of quiet, meaningful country life, that all of us long for at times. Enjoy!
“When the Frost is on the Punkin”
by James Whitcomb Riley
WHEN the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin’ turkey-cock,
And the clackin’ of the guineys, and the cluckin’ of the hens,
And the rooster’s hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence;
O, it’s then the time a feller is a-feelin’ at his best,
With the risin’ sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,
As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the stock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
They’s something kindo’ harty-like about the atmusfere
When the heat of summer’s over and the coolin’ fall is here—
Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossoms on the trees,
And the mumble of the hummin’-birds and buzzin’ of the bees;
But the air’s so appetizin’; and the landscape through the haze
Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days
Is a pictur’ that no painter has the colorin’ to mock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
The husky, rusty russel of the tossels of the corn,
And the raspin’ of the tangled leaves as golden as the morn;
The stubble in the furries—kindo’ lonesome-like, but still
A-preachin’ sermuns to us of the barns they growed to fill;
The strawstack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed;
The hosses in theyr stalls below—the clover overhead!—
O, it sets my hart a-clickin’ like the tickin’ of a clock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
Then your apples all is gethered, and the ones a feller keeps
Is poured around the cellar-floor in red and yaller heaps;
And your cider-makin’s over, and your wimmern-folks is through
With theyr mince and apple-butter, and theyr souse and sausage too!…
I don’t know how to tell it—but ef such a thing could be
As the angels wantin’ boardin’, and they’d call around on me—
I’d want to ‘commodate ‘em—all the whole-indurin’ flock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
As we honor the brave men and women who have served our country, I thought you’d like to read these wonderful Memorial Day posts.
I’m joining in on the Thanksgiving fun going on at The Inspired Room, head on over and see all the great ideas everyone has posted!
Our family has enjoyed doing versions of the “thankful tree” for a long time. It’s really sweet to look back and see what everyone has written over the years.
This year we will be using leaf cutouts and hanging them on a small bare tree I’ve put into a planter.
Each person can write what they are thankful for and hang the leaf on the tree.
It really helps us to stay focused on why we are celebrating!
(I’ll be sure to take pictures of our Thanksgiving and show them to you as soon as I can.)
Since my parents moved we have started having all the extended family gatherings at our house.
So…I’m always really excited to find good resources on entertaining.
Here are a few articles that have been helpful:
When the busy holiday season starts one of the greatest blessings to a homemaker is the….CROCKPOT. Just spend twenty minutes in the morning to have a peaceful dinner later. Here are a few recipes that you’ll want to try.
