Flag A Flyin'

Right now I'm loving my summer flag flying in the breeze! It is sporting lime green, hot pink and black with stripes and polka dots. Those colors are always a great combination. Yard decor at its best.!!!

Friday's Favorite

There is something wonderful about coming home to a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers. That is what happened yesterday. My sweet mama brought these zinnias to me from our local farmer's market. I put them in a vase and have been enjoying them so much-definitely a Friday Favorite! They are bright and happy and just perfect for the carefree days of summer. Hope you have a fabulous Friday!!!

Sister See

I'm going to try really, really hard to make this a weekly post. It won't be a formal tour of my sister's house, but each week, on Thursday, I'll try to show something from her house- a project we've completed, a piece of furniture we've refurbished, an object we've repurposed, a corner we've decorated and eventually a room we've finished. 

So, here's a little corner we decorated right away. It definitely was a team effort trying different pieces of art and other objects. It really helps when you have another pair of eyes and set of ideas. After playing with several arrangements, we settled on this. Even before all of the boxes were unpacked we had this corner all fixed up. That is the fun stuff, right?!? Of course, I'm sure it will change, but for now, I'm loving this little corner. It's so welcoming and cozy and just plain homey.

Hope you'll come back next week to see more from Sister's!

Back Porch Beautification

Yesterday, I promised to show you where this little tray found its new home. So, here's the scoop. This year, my goal has been to spruce up our back porch. We go through the back porch several times a day, so I wanted it to be appealing. 

I had been looking for a wicker chair and was super excited when I found one for 50% off. I already had the green pillows so I knew they'd be perfect with the chair. I got the small candle lanterns last year at Old Time Pottery for a few dollars and spray painted them green to match the pillows. I found the fern for 50% off. So, with all of that in place, I decided to paint the little tray to coordinate. I'm loving this little corner of our back porch now!

Tray Transformation

Whew, it has been awhile. I've been busy and hopefully will have some great new posts to prove it. Today I'm featuring a project that I completed a couple of weeks ago. When Sister was packing up, I came across this lovely little plastic tray we'd had a few years back. It was about to be tossed in the donate pile. So, I rescued it and moved it to my pile. By the way, I love it when Sister moves. I get all kinds of goodies. Anyway, here is what it looked liked before getting the special treatment.

After a couple of coats of green spray paint, I added our name and polka dots with a white paint pen. Of course, it is not suitable for use with food now. However, I have other plans for it. Here it is in all of its green glory. 

You'll have to stay tuned tomorrow to see where it found its new home on the back porch!

Happy Fourth of July!

I am proud to be an American. I am so thankful for all who serve and have served our great country to give us the freedom we celebrate today. God bless America, land that I love!!!

We're enjoying fireworks on the beach, good food and a wonderful time with family. Hope you have a happy day as well!

Changing and Rearranging

This past weekend, I needed to change things up a bit. Normally, our kitchen table is set with four place settings that include: a charger, dinner plate, salad plate and cloth napkin. Well, we used our kitchen table to serve our buffet style Sunday dinner so I had to clear off everything. The chargers are too large to fit in the cabinets so I had to get creative and find a home for them. I used this one as a tray on the counter. I liked it so much, it might just have a new home here.