Polka Dot Possibilities

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you enjoy a day with the ones you love and a feast of delicious food!

Isn't this just lovely? I think so. Simple, yet beautiful. I only get to enjoy the blooms a couple of times of year at most. It's so worth it! Hope you'll take time to enjoy something simply beautiful.

Mission Organization

I finally got my guest bedroom closet cleaned out and organized. It was quite a process. Certainly worth it, though. The closet has great built in shelves, perfect for all kinds of organizing containers. This closet will serve as my craft closet. Everything has a place and is easily accessible.

My favorite part of this project is this little nook I created. I put an old dresser on one side of the closet and made a cozy little space just for me.

Let the crafting begin!

Jackpot

That's what it felt like I won when I caught a few fall crafts on sale at Hobby Lobby this weekend. These goodies were marked 90% off. Can you believe it?!?! I was so excited, I actually forgot what I was originally looking for. What fun I'll have with all of this. And, I only spent about $7. I may do a couple of projects for Thanksgiving this week-I love last minute projects. I'll save the Halloween stuff for next year's projects. Oh, and if you look to the left side of the pic, you'll see some cute turkey napkins I snagged for $0.39. Just in time for Thanksgiving. Gobble is written along the side-too cute! If you have a Hobby Lobby near by, you may want to swing in and see what they have left.

Friday's Favorite

My front yard is home to this Japanese Maple. What a delight it is this time of year. Definitely a favorite! Happy Friday!

Toodle-oo Tailgating

At least for this season. Saturday marked the end of Auburn's home football games which means another season of tailgating is over. Tailgating is such a special tradition. We have been tailgating in the same spot for 5 years now. I was browsing old pics and came across this one from several years ago-from left to right-my hubby, me, my sista and my BIL (my hubby's brother).

Our tailgating group is made up of three main families and lots of guests from year to year. It's amazing how much things change each year. We've had engagements, graduations, marriages, and births. I love celebrating these occasions with our tailgating family. This past weekend we celebrated the engagement of our friends Ashley and Graham. Congrats, you two!

Good bye for now, tailgating spot. We'll see you next year!

Friday's Favorite

Flowers. I love flowers. My grandmother was a florist. I grew up watching her make beautiful arrangements and loving her magnificent creations. Recently, I took a floral arranging class to learn a little more about this art. It was so rewarding. I would like to think that my grandmother passed a little of her gift for floral arranging on to me. Here are of few of the arrangements I've made over the course of the past few months. Most of these arrangements are made from grocery store bouquets. A few of the arrangements I made during the summer from flowers in my yard.

My first arrangement from the floral arranging class-I don't know what was up with the tall shoot. It didn't seem so disproportional in real life.

Door arrangement made in the class-

Final arrangement made in class-I went to a wholesale floral store for this one and got a few of my favorites-Bells of Ireland, Ranunculus and Hypericum Berries