tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62785026991048261392024-03-05T19:17:59.593-08:00Acts of Liferachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-46319233217584719762012-05-13T09:02:00.003-07:002012-05-13T09:02:59.529-07:00Happy Mothers Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just wanted to wish all you wonderful Moms and Grandmoms a Happy
Mothers Day! I hope you all have a special day with your loved ones. I
feel so fortunate to have been blessed with 4 healthy beautiful children
that make everyday a special day.I Love you Autumn, Jadon, Cayla and
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Autumn, Jadon and Cayla, I couldn't have asked for better kids...Love them to pieces!</div>
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My sweet little man Cullen</div>
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The family at Disney March 2012 </div>
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My Mom and Me, I am eternally thankful to have been blessed with her as my mom. Love You Mom!</div>
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<br />rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-88235339542082934902012-01-12T19:44:00.000-08:002012-01-12T20:26:47.667-08:00Giveaway Winner and 2 Pleasant surprises!Well everyone the <a href="http://www.ramsign.com/">Ramsign</a> giveaway is over and we have a Winner! The winner of the Ramsign House # Plaque goes to....drum roll..<a href="http://housetalkn.blogspot.com/">.Kelly Rossow from housetalkn</a>. Congratulations Kelly, I hope you will love the Plaque! Thank you to everyone who entered my first giveaway...it won't be the last!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64YHk5vjamiCJTO2X0sX9qaiIaWbgXPwO_7rGN-mX7tD8GsVJd-6kMJVsJnmzNZNi8aq7NHA2BQnpPLlk_mzxuRYu-wa-xOsbrGGC86W2g1fbuYjGv8tx0p7clKjhbmQWYHI2vMPUUE7u/s1600/Liebsterblog-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64YHk5vjamiCJTO2X0sX9qaiIaWbgXPwO_7rGN-mX7tD8GsVJd-6kMJVsJnmzNZNi8aq7NHA2BQnpPLlk_mzxuRYu-wa-xOsbrGGC86W2g1fbuYjGv8tx0p7clKjhbmQWYHI2vMPUUE7u/s1600/Liebsterblog-1.jpg" /></a></div>Onto other things from this week, I was greatly surprised when I opened my email the other day to find an email from Tina @<a href="http://tinasplaceforthisandthat.blogspot.com/"> Tinas place for this and that</a> telling me she was giving me an award...the Liebster award! It brought a smile to my face to know that someone actually thought of me and my blog. Thank you so much Tina! :)<br />
However it doesn't end there! Tonight right before I went to write this post I opened my email to find another surprise! Tracey from <a href="http://breathingenglishair.blogspot.com/">Breathing English Air</a> has also just bestowed upon me the Liebster Blog award...I couldn't believe it..2 in 2 days! The funny thing about that was that Tracey is one of the blogs I was going to give the award to as well. So now I am not sure if that means I need to give it to 10 people since I received it twice I think I will stay with the 5. Here is what the Liebster Award means and what it's about. <br />
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<div align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This award is given to bloggers with less than 200 followers, in the hopes that it will bring many new friends/followers.<br />
Leibster is German and means 'dearest' or 'beloved but it can also mean 'favorite'. The idea of the Leibster award is to bring attention to blogs with less than 200 followers. So, in the spirit of good fun I am passing this award on to five other bloggers. Please stop by and visit them.<br />
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1. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.<br />
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2. Reveal your five picks for the award and let them know.<br />
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3. Post the award on your blog.<br />
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4. Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the blogshare-other bloggers.<br />
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5. Finally and the best rule of all..........have fun and spread the love!</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are my picks for the Liebster award in no specific order. I enjoy reading each of these blogs and hope you will give them a visit!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dreamingofafarmhouse.blogspot.com/2011/12/our-christmas-lights.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DreamingOfAFarmhouse+%28Dreaming+of+a+Farmhouse%29">Michelle @ Dreaming of a Farmhouse</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://breathingenglishair.blogspot.com/">Tracey @ Breathing English Air</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fourgenerationsoneroof.com/">Jessica @ Four Generations One Roof</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://stonehouseliving.blogspot.com/">Christine @ Stonehouse Living </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://daffodil-hill.blogspot.com/"> Suzanne @ Daffodil Hill</a><br />
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Lastly I recently won a giveaway over at Megans Lovely Blog<a href="http://splendid-design.blogspot.com/"> Splendid Design</a>. I won the book Cake Pops By Bakerella. It's a really fun book with so many cute ideas for different types of cake pops. My kids love all the pictures and we will be attempting to make some for Valentines day! Thanks again Megan for the book :)<br />
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Till next time,<br />
Rachel<br />
xoxo</div>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-44389404321041307532012-01-05T18:06:00.000-08:002012-01-05T18:16:45.534-08:00Ramsign European House # Plaque Giveaway<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIehGlXLlRmw0IrO5qg5gsISgkbuve2A2xP2jNlbvXTR9gmr51u_z2TPwg_VKoPgSlsH2We4Y9t3cMkW0Rl8yzL0DM2jYJIFINUE2V3tN9JxPfiGoJCdSXU34gk5-ZP9lbiCj6EpkN99X_/s1600/m12x16sif456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIehGlXLlRmw0IrO5qg5gsISgkbuve2A2xP2jNlbvXTR9gmr51u_z2TPwg_VKoPgSlsH2We4Y9t3cMkW0Rl8yzL0DM2jYJIFINUE2V3tN9JxPfiGoJCdSXU34gk5-ZP9lbiCj6EpkN99X_/s320/m12x16sif456.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Having a wonderful Giveaway for a European House Number Plaque made by <b><a href="http://www.ramsign.com/default.asp">Ramsign</a></b>...to enter the Giveaway go <b><a href="http://rachel-velazquez.blogspot.com/2012/01/give-awayand-its-from-europe.html">HERE!</a></b> The Giveaway will end on Jan.11th 2012. Hope you'll all enter for the chance to win, and thanks so much to those of you who already have.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RSZk9fK1xFZzrQMIR-nZZwPfZqskacDn8RN0T9i8eN4502nedR7le0DlF-eG6rtzfhA-SA9nmDH0RsLSU-e8L6MeFPPKYS5HRqRzMTJl-r3iKA71U1flfBJ_y51X3KmFg_TqfWnFQ5bj/s1600/l12%252C5dof2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RSZk9fK1xFZzrQMIR-nZZwPfZqskacDn8RN0T9i8eN4502nedR7le0DlF-eG6rtzfhA-SA9nmDH0RsLSU-e8L6MeFPPKYS5HRqRzMTJl-r3iKA71U1flfBJ_y51X3KmFg_TqfWnFQ5bj/s320/l12%252C5dof2.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am so excited to offer all of you this Give Away, and hope it is something you will like! Up for grabs is a new custom made European House number Plaque made by<a href="http://www.ramsign.com/housenumbers/"> RAMSIGN.</a> Ramsign is locate</span>d out of Denmark and specializes in making custom porcelain enamel house plaques and has been doing so since 1991. You will be able to choose from any house number plaque up to 5 numbers long. The name and address plaques are not a part of this give away. Whomever the winner is will have their name and email sent to Tezz Hagelin the Marketing Assistant at Ramsign and she<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: small;">will then contact you to find out the sign you wish to have. It will be made to order and shipped to you free of charge! I don't know about you but I know I have always loved the look of European house number plaques. They add character and European charm to the outside of your home. I hope you all will enter for the chance to win!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">-First Leave me a comment letting me know you are following my blog, if your not already following then become a new follower and let me know.<b><u> Mandatory</u></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">-For a second chance to win go visit the <a href="http://www.ramsign.com/default.asp">RAMSIGN</a> website, take a look at their house number plaques, then come back and let me know in another comment which one you would like to choose.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIoK3zgIub89bAUdySAlpRfar55HEy-KHxB9R1P580FrMtqDuMbpWB7JwA1GSqXZ3k7UZGqxAOgHIjYgQF_3WAwnvB0Sltqig7GgG1-qm8pC3hpZIxlz2njBoAeDVBmWGvgZiCzNwVE66x/s1600/h11x14dof213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">It's as easy as that! Hope you will join in for this Give Away, Best of Luck to you!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">The Give Away will end next Wednesday January 11th at 8pm Eastern Time! <br />
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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">xoxo</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rachel</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-90973799819698544412012-01-03T21:12:00.000-08:002012-01-05T20:12:46.820-08:00Thrift store Treasures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I don't know about you but I know I always love a trip to a good thrift mall, you never know what kind of surprises or disappointments await you lol. Yesterday the family and I headed out to one of the larger thrift malls in our area to see if we could find anything worth while, I happily found a couple of things that made it worth my while. I wanted to share them with you all...I always love to see the neat things people can find for a good deal. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have yet to clean up any of my Christmas Decor....I am probably one of the last people in blog land to still have it up! I suppose I will get around to it sometime this week...it just looks so pretty at night that I hate to get rid of all the lights. So you will see it yet again in these pics...sorry! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First find is this new lamp with the Harlequin lamp shade. I believe it is originally from kirklands...$13.00 and I love it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUTjEbkiFaHPNX-aOHEFvfGvNnJdEfonPNuvQnF0ooQ7Y47UteSNT9V7F-iCQvwEtkBjeqI8RF3jQOad1_BDgf4dG8hll9VzOlzhiL6WSHiAz9-QfMapa1F9HELB8IPIGMaN6tJ4vaPmM/s1600/0103121303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUTjEbkiFaHPNX-aOHEFvfGvNnJdEfonPNuvQnF0ooQ7Y47UteSNT9V7F-iCQvwEtkBjeqI8RF3jQOad1_BDgf4dG8hll9VzOlzhiL6WSHiAz9-QfMapa1F9HELB8IPIGMaN6tJ4vaPmM/s640/0103121303.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am not sure if I will leave it on that side of the buffet but I guess I will figure that all out when I take all the Christmas stuff down and re arrange it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5BuZY9uLfJSrx_fNdC80tbCUQBKAENnpAl5IVI9-h8Gr9maNxFUUgas2LudTycbDJzcg7g1fVsieJLKQgI86leFrivuHKSCHFTZkKWJ0yPkQS2scoNpAMfKviDjHSajt1sXpSrpu2P-R/s1600/0103121414.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5BuZY9uLfJSrx_fNdC80tbCUQBKAENnpAl5IVI9-h8Gr9maNxFUUgas2LudTycbDJzcg7g1fVsieJLKQgI86leFrivuHKSCHFTZkKWJ0yPkQS2scoNpAMfKviDjHSajt1sXpSrpu2P-R/s640/0103121414.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This here is an Angel that seems to be made of straw like fiber. I really liked the natural look of her and she reminds me of Holiday decorations from Germany. She was all of .13 cents! </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqVtyTo2GF6Hr4X8IlGg20AVS1ecqRMVp3NNMK1JzOSXMvI-QdTPGzjVlrNzB6LpUvkFVoefHaryU8dJuLX0sRSUerhyNXsbI93hC6NjxBwMMHdKVTH0qTDvOC_VOnK_YYWRH8yxABlrV/s1600/0103121327b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqVtyTo2GF6Hr4X8IlGg20AVS1ecqRMVp3NNMK1JzOSXMvI-QdTPGzjVlrNzB6LpUvkFVoefHaryU8dJuLX0sRSUerhyNXsbI93hC6NjxBwMMHdKVTH0qTDvOC_VOnK_YYWRH8yxABlrV/s640/0103121327b.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My next find was this set of 4 placements. They are reversible and I love red and white checks so these made me very happy! Total for the 4 was $3.00...I think the trees are so cute for Christmas time!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-hA_-8JSe4XXYOuf1RbmWYIMmC_u3dSFHsav1pVCk77oQCsDOsSsIn3gCwhKUbnxOn8xZ_XAa4OuIBdScfmArs2FQAyR8zPCg6rbm81yfNCOODCtGO2RsyHilA9TpGmYwt_FtiGyPx7T/s1600/0103121325b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-hA_-8JSe4XXYOuf1RbmWYIMmC_u3dSFHsav1pVCk77oQCsDOsSsIn3gCwhKUbnxOn8xZ_XAa4OuIBdScfmArs2FQAyR8zPCg6rbm81yfNCOODCtGO2RsyHilA9TpGmYwt_FtiGyPx7T/s640/0103121325b.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will use them on the plain checked side any time of year. I don't know if it's strange that these things make me so giddy and happy....but they do lol.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizm0JkVPhyphenhyphenybJ6ozY1eZcrJWixRMV_lwIRqzR7Lb8sPdm0C5CjNo7zWv6MyjI2mAD4U2RP3i_T7_9Imn5vvYHb2S116M2y9KLTwcZhoB9IHkdJ-mJP3GgfqbWKRN7MDlVDp8Kkqutbem40/s1600/0103121325c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizm0JkVPhyphenhyphenybJ6ozY1eZcrJWixRMV_lwIRqzR7Lb8sPdm0C5CjNo7zWv6MyjI2mAD4U2RP3i_T7_9Imn5vvYHb2S116M2y9KLTwcZhoB9IHkdJ-mJP3GgfqbWKRN7MDlVDp8Kkqutbem40/s640/0103121325c.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mr. Santa...I thought he was so neat...different, with a bit of folk art look to him. His arms move and he has the same image on the other side. He was .25 cents I can't wait to clean him up and use him next year! </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglXNrG7dsvzHs3H4GQFp8WSsHRZZ32w9HeibQazVm934dRu91qHUHpyk-fCFELt_9vJR5hXBENG57YnTpogcIxgTz7OedyZWINKtLqN1mAhrJELI5dd6NQFA5pNikOqrotO-bOpjeT2Xl/s1600/0103121324b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglXNrG7dsvzHs3H4GQFp8WSsHRZZ32w9HeibQazVm934dRu91qHUHpyk-fCFELt_9vJR5hXBENG57YnTpogcIxgTz7OedyZWINKtLqN1mAhrJELI5dd6NQFA5pNikOqrotO-bOpjeT2Xl/s640/0103121324b.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lastly I picked up this silver tray. I thought about using it in my bathroom to put some of my glass jars on but I also really like it in the dinning room. We shall see where it ends up. It has some nice etching on it, but it's hard to make out in the pics. This was $3.00 </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERM28dg9jrUjLk8jyCa4i_HPt7OG8rg_PLn3HFM8cA38DFQrp93MYRNN3hlUYwsE0GNC7x06loZHAh4UiIsP5FvNvA7aQkZ_0kwgbFxHiyMwXr-YUIzWJgIKdiizQf0z-k1TRbotVnP_U/s1600/0103121323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERM28dg9jrUjLk8jyCa4i_HPt7OG8rg_PLn3HFM8cA38DFQrp93MYRNN3hlUYwsE0GNC7x06loZHAh4UiIsP5FvNvA7aQkZ_0kwgbFxHiyMwXr-YUIzWJgIKdiizQf0z-k1TRbotVnP_U/s640/0103121323.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2JpCXiu_aMB0aZsvoLx9abwGNLJFLkBl_3mhyphenhyphenXNndteqDlT5RqaV07vBrOD3_AvF3YUiD-YkyZMFTwdU2CbBt6HoM61vyfdzEJT0gnifZ7jpVLvSz8795lrAGt9peGIhTmEZAmzfwbSI5/s1600/0103121322.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2JpCXiu_aMB0aZsvoLx9abwGNLJFLkBl_3mhyphenhyphenXNndteqDlT5RqaV07vBrOD3_AvF3YUiD-YkyZMFTwdU2CbBt6HoM61vyfdzEJT0gnifZ7jpVLvSz8795lrAGt9peGIhTmEZAmzfwbSI5/s640/0103121322.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Those were my Thrift mall scores...hope you enjoyed them as much as I do! This next picture was a gift from my hubby. It is a small French ceramic jug. It came from an old French Restaurant in France and was used to hold aged apple cider that came from the Normandy region. It's a neat little piece to have...I will be sure to find a good home for it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbGAeb7fNZnYYL9twoBf_-TS4dU-WOdmheepWrmLnBbbLgj954U28VGTFvM4QfFZIVlIXRBwoIk4XAmPV5QaAjJmrfFhPwyFqi8fMgPmPS01ZG4JL4M-CXFg7bXjco2JtzkhDOWleWCwy/s1600/0103121327a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbGAeb7fNZnYYL9twoBf_-TS4dU-WOdmheepWrmLnBbbLgj954U28VGTFvM4QfFZIVlIXRBwoIk4XAmPV5QaAjJmrfFhPwyFqi8fMgPmPS01ZG4JL4M-CXFg7bXjco2JtzkhDOWleWCwy/s640/0103121327a.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vtuYXLOdBpQ/TwPWpq7SxqI/AAAAAAAAA-g/ubhEw_RrPm0/s1600/0103121327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vtuYXLOdBpQ/TwPWpq7SxqI/AAAAAAAAA-g/ubhEw_RrPm0/s640/0103121327.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-esI36v_x2Go/TwPdpDZQdJI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/6UI0xTTtI6U/s1600/DSCN2718.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are some shots of the Dinning room at night with the glow of candles and my new lamp. The lamp really gives off a nice soft amber glow...I like it., just what I needed in there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMB9Xdx4PqQUZiCwx72QClBF6XfSzGJDb1z4WV4-kp6qZpGCleUsSsYSzWJP32mTTXMHDOaRGblzFEUD0OgRN2_XydG1A1QY0D-oia3xVZr2s6L6pHyGnGmGfaEu7Chy4U77v62kN_7IC/s1600/DSCN2717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMB9Xdx4PqQUZiCwx72QClBF6XfSzGJDb1z4WV4-kp6qZpGCleUsSsYSzWJP32mTTXMHDOaRGblzFEUD0OgRN2_XydG1A1QY0D-oia3xVZr2s6L6pHyGnGmGfaEu7Chy4U77v62kN_7IC/s640/DSCN2717.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love lighting the candles at night, the lantern is my favorite one...$16.00 not too shabby. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-esI36v_x2Go/TwPdpDZQdJI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/6UI0xTTtI6U/s1600/DSCN2718.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-esI36v_x2Go/TwPdpDZQdJI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/6UI0xTTtI6U/s640/DSCN2718.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I put the silver tray on the buffet....maybe I will keep it there with some candles in front of it to reflect the light. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_ORs9XDLHaBuq85F1h7VbTK3pQ-YrQhJG4YzGPbv1ex2g5mWJLgP_UitxDS4aD2mXTq1QaUZq29RxsHvXZMzoKkw050lTNj3Q-fTooLlNLI8avcx0PJf94zty-KJXRJN2LeEvHx3OPxa/s1600/DSCN2729.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_ORs9XDLHaBuq85F1h7VbTK3pQ-YrQhJG4YzGPbv1ex2g5mWJLgP_UitxDS4aD2mXTq1QaUZq29RxsHvXZMzoKkw050lTNj3Q-fTooLlNLI8avcx0PJf94zty-KJXRJN2LeEvHx3OPxa/s640/DSCN2729.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciFWNuyEpQZEFpcglKWr6x_slopNmcxnP-wXS8JkIvyfbhBby4LpL7Dt0Yu2BMcVcF1thrpgn-Tv4Gezb9Tjg-1mqIfF2fk8CH3FnmOVlrYkWwQi5s4bDSa0gvOesNvZ7pLzwm9mO4EU0/s1600/DSCN2725.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciFWNuyEpQZEFpcglKWr6x_slopNmcxnP-wXS8JkIvyfbhBby4LpL7Dt0Yu2BMcVcF1thrpgn-Tv4Gezb9Tjg-1mqIfF2fk8CH3FnmOVlrYkWwQi5s4bDSa0gvOesNvZ7pLzwm9mO4EU0/s640/DSCN2725.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglXNrG7dsvzHs3H4GQFp8WSsHRZZ32w9HeibQazVm934dRu91qHUHpyk-fCFELt_9vJR5hXBENG57YnTpogcIxgTz7OedyZWINKtLqN1mAhrJELI5dd6NQFA5pNikOqrotO-bOpjeT2Xl/s1600/0103121324b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Well that is it folks! Hope you made it through all the pics...and if you did thanks for sticking around. What have you found lately that was a bargain or made ya get all giddy?? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a good one,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Till next time,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rachel</div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo<br />
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<a href="http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com/2012/01/coffee-tea-or-me.html">Ivy and Elephants: What's it Wednesday </a><br />
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<a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2012/01/wow-us-wednesdays-47.html">Savvy Southern Style: Wow us Wednesdays </a><br />
<a href="http://thriftydecorating-nikkiw.blogspot.com/2012/01/thrifty-thursday-41.html">Thrifty Decorating:Thrifty Thursday </a><br />
<a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/2012/01/97th-table-top-tuesday.html">A Stroll Thru Life: Table Top Tuesday </a><br />
<a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2012/01/feathered-nest-fridayand-giveaway.html">French Country Cottage: Feathered Nest Friday </a><br />
<a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2012/01/show-and-tell-friday.html">My Romantic Home: Show and Tell Friday </a><br />
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This years Christmas Season has been quite a busy one! I am pretty sure that for the 3 weeks leading up to Christmas there was at least one person in our home that was sick. Between strep throat, colds, ear infections, and the baby needing breathing treatments for a chest cold I should have had a personal parking spot at the kids doctors office I was there so much! Thankfully <b><u>most </u></b>of that has past! <br />
<div style="text-align: center;">My eldest daughter turned 10 on Dec. 21st. I can't believe how fast she has grown up...it leaves me with many mixed emotions. I am not ready for her to be a teenager, I miss her being a little girl and knowing that she is just going to keep getting older makes me sad. But I am very proud of the young lady she has become and feel fortunate to get to be her Mom. We had a Birthday party/sleepover for her the weekend before Christmas, so that had me running around as well! Glad she enjoyed it :)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDYWhUlNIRJlg6ommJ45zrLjpi4YaBwvFlrZ8ymW12g0wlIlPRhIk3-w3mRMZLb6fJt_tnJlbmR6mwb5Hz9xk9kcs39WmpoBx0ty85YaGs2AgvkpyDBHPC1Rn1vYIH37ZLFikqKqDO1p_/s1600/DSCN2318.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDYWhUlNIRJlg6ommJ45zrLjpi4YaBwvFlrZ8ymW12g0wlIlPRhIk3-w3mRMZLb6fJt_tnJlbmR6mwb5Hz9xk9kcs39WmpoBx0ty85YaGs2AgvkpyDBHPC1Rn1vYIH37ZLFikqKqDO1p_/s400/DSCN2318.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My four year old son had his Christmas Concert for school at the Columbus Ga. art museum. It was the cutest thing. His pre-kindergarten class sang "Must be Santa" and did hand motions for all of the things they said about Santa. I wish I had pictures but we weren't aloud to take any in the museum. I have a DVD of it and love watching it...makes me tear up every time! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Then my kids all got a special surprise when their favorite Uncle (my youngest brother whose 18) came to spend Christmas with us! The kids were so happy to have their Uncle Craig here with them and I loved having him with us as well. He is such a big help, playing with the kids, cooking with me, running errands with me and the kids...it was a nice gift having him with us.<br />
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Cayla and her new Car from Santa! <br />
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Cullen wants a ride <br />
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Autumn and Uncle Craig playing Lets Dance...lots of fun! <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjor68rwz9iKLF15jaZx5Ecb3fEl_GZjVr026t2HHkk_9TfJea0jONbhpo244CMlC6VwVxuGeXSmQQmdqyeykQy3CBuJaP-N-HTh7-3DnispvLn5Igf1afQjqbziobBqjPqEp09Qs4bBZyq/s1600/DSCN2607.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjor68rwz9iKLF15jaZx5Ecb3fEl_GZjVr026t2HHkk_9TfJea0jONbhpo244CMlC6VwVxuGeXSmQQmdqyeykQy3CBuJaP-N-HTh7-3DnispvLn5Igf1afQjqbziobBqjPqEp09Qs4bBZyq/s320/DSCN2607.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">As for me, I love getting to have my hubby home with me for 2 weeks work free! That is a perk to being in the military...nice long leave for the holidays. I will be sad when he has to go back....I never tire of having him home with me :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now we are headed into the New Year, I am looking forward to seeing what 2012 has in store for my family and me. I am pretty sure a trip to Disney is in the works! What ever it may be I will be sure to keep you all updated.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div> Here are more Christmas pictures. It might be a bit much but I love pics!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Living Room~<br />
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The Christmas Sign I made out of scrap wood.<br />
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The Dinning Room~ <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season and wish you a Happy New Year! Thanks for following along with me. I have a Giveaway that will be coming up soon...so stay tuned for that! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">All the best,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rachel </div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo</div></div>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-66340384334990894262011-12-11T17:31:00.000-08:002011-12-22T17:34:49.383-08:00My new Pedestal....I'm in love!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Before I joined the world of blogging I never had any pedestals...or thought much of them for that matter! Now I have seen so many pretty pedestals and neat ideas for making pedestals that I am loving the whole pedestal thing. I have used cake plates and I recently bought a metal pedestal that I painted white...but I wanted something more. I had seen this pedestal on a blog...I can't remember which one...but it was the second time I saw it and I loved it. I was on the look out for one...they were made by Southern Living...which is now Willow house, either way it was a retired piece. So to ebay I went...and found a couple. They were priced kind of high but one was not too bad. I bid on it in the last 8 seconds and won! I am loving it...and so happy that I got it! I just say it's an early Christmas present ;) <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you all have a warm and cozy night,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Till next time,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rachel </div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Linking up with the following parties</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/2011/12/walking-in-wonderland-newbie-party.html">Newbie Monday @ Debbiedoos Blogging and Blabbing </a><br />
<a href="http://dittledattle.blogspot.com/2011/12/amaze-me-monday-53.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DittleDattle+%28Dittle+Dattle%29">Amaze me Monday @ Dittle Dattle </a><br />
<a href="http://www.homemakeronadime.com/2011/12/creative-bloggers-party-hop-121111.html">Homemaker on a Dime </a><br />
<a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2011/12/sunday-showcase-party-with-berricle.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20UnderTheTableAndDreaming%20%28Under%20The%20Table%20and%20Dreaming%29">Under the Table and Dreaming Sunday Showcase </a><br />
<a href="http://www.aholidayhaven.com/">Holiday Haven </a><br />
<a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/2011/12/94th-table-top-tuesday.html">Table Top Tuesday@ A Stroll Through Life </a><br />
<a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2011/12/wow-us-wednesdays-44.html">Wow us Wednesdays@Savvy Southern Style </a><br />
<a href="http://frommyfrontporchtoyours.blogspot.com/2011/12/treasure-hunt-thursday-36-highlights.html">From My Front Porch To Yours: Treasure Hunt Thursday </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-31042587682397931292011-12-09T20:25:00.000-08:002011-12-13T19:39:14.517-08:00Christmas at night in the Living roomThese last two weeks have kept me busy with Christmas shopping and Christmas decorating along with other things, and so I have not posted anything. I have been doing a lot of decorating but nothing was getting finished, it seems like I start on 3 rooms at once and then it takes me forever to get them all done. So I think I finally have the living room area done and wanted to share some pics of it at night time. That is my favorite time to sit on the couch, with all the Christmas lights lit and the candles lit...it looks so pretty and magical! For Christmas I have always loved to decorate with reds, greens, golds and silvers. I prefer the classic/traditional Christmas look...even though I love the natural look at Christmas time, I just can't go without my red and green! What are your favorite colors to use at Christmas time?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">All of our stockings are hung with care in hopes that St. Nick will put presents there. I don't have a fireplace to hang them by so they hang on the staircase. I got these at Pottery Barn a couple years back, and added the babies last year when we found out it was going to be a boy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzRTn9M8hyphenhyphenK_S9Q9IkNbecYznUzkT4fxjonDOrGkidGLSl4GIzQ-lSdt5yxvqFO7bGjDvw8XmoY1PbTrsFcidIaCgTRjwDLQ6hfX1ruEcBvPTO1YHhpfEjiZXY9HjsEmGJ2NLx-rn-UzM/s1600/DSCN2205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzRTn9M8hyphenhyphenK_S9Q9IkNbecYznUzkT4fxjonDOrGkidGLSl4GIzQ-lSdt5yxvqFO7bGjDvw8XmoY1PbTrsFcidIaCgTRjwDLQ6hfX1ruEcBvPTO1YHhpfEjiZXY9HjsEmGJ2NLx-rn-UzM/s400/DSCN2205.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The entryway. My new red and white checked rug that I picked up at Ikea last weekend. I love it for Christmas time! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXazaf3ILbHZnHyoZNOtPcUYAj-HsFKwbQ77WI8Aws72HTLQuhZ6ceoKNmuTb_foGKUMB3RWPxizltoqrJlGHX5j-hz6hBGklt-qH-Ib1-QP0qubOzdNvByTpXzzco_1xbrf3QnNr7T64/s1600/DSCN2208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXazaf3ILbHZnHyoZNOtPcUYAj-HsFKwbQ77WI8Aws72HTLQuhZ6ceoKNmuTb_foGKUMB3RWPxizltoqrJlGHX5j-hz6hBGklt-qH-Ib1-QP0qubOzdNvByTpXzzco_1xbrf3QnNr7T64/s400/DSCN2208.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Don't mind the top of the baby swing there....it has been bumped into the hallway since putting the tree up...that is how small the living room is! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlBFV8bh3HTToyk-aBxHivOsqC31xn84l6mE3ecbadkpXSkuOTDkmHpLLLa3azNYH0UVtfqbTr3QYSfbayDPD7j4KMNhe8GC_pJyE3u474BFp4RHb86sHDlBRqklOTaRr_TCKkyj4Wpe1/s1600/DSCN2210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlBFV8bh3HTToyk-aBxHivOsqC31xn84l6mE3ecbadkpXSkuOTDkmHpLLLa3azNYH0UVtfqbTr3QYSfbayDPD7j4KMNhe8GC_pJyE3u474BFp4RHb86sHDlBRqklOTaRr_TCKkyj4Wpe1/s400/DSCN2210.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> My entry hall table. I love these topiaries. I got them years ago in Germany and just added the lights today. It makes such a difference to them and adds lots more light to the hall way. The table and mirror are from JCPenny years back. I love how the tree can be seen in the mirror.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIWeuhQOsRKspiOiqTDa7uyZPNmyiNP2i1qJrXUE9FBc_B5cfyitTWQW61V4-fjwoyxS2hQ8xOw95A-PPyA3NG1JcXRHk9VMrqsHVPeD2Vf0xk6czEkS5A1h0h21E1N86E1wSiaUdL7f2/s1600/DSCN2207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIWeuhQOsRKspiOiqTDa7uyZPNmyiNP2i1qJrXUE9FBc_B5cfyitTWQW61V4-fjwoyxS2hQ8xOw95A-PPyA3NG1JcXRHk9VMrqsHVPeD2Vf0xk6czEkS5A1h0h21E1N86E1wSiaUdL7f2/s400/DSCN2207.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is my Ski coat rack. I picked this up at a flea market in Germany when we first moved there. They are red so I could not pass them up and I love how they were re purposed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCpt3GYTaedaDZDJ7uXXMxxdQmVVO41ohhkUHHBXKwnmVvStkUR-8oG9TjzWL4-dYcnERGi1FjeKbTxWQSdgI8FUwAwhZYR2rdt-vHvshJI3gUgCFyjliicrI37GEnfLBRwy8L8FpTq12/s1600/DSCN2209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCpt3GYTaedaDZDJ7uXXMxxdQmVVO41ohhkUHHBXKwnmVvStkUR-8oG9TjzWL4-dYcnERGi1FjeKbTxWQSdgI8FUwAwhZYR2rdt-vHvshJI3gUgCFyjliicrI37GEnfLBRwy8L8FpTq12/s400/DSCN2209.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Some German ornaments adorn the banister. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrqmRv6_XLPFAPPuaZcNcGXehIqgsdKTk7pJMG-GsBPi6QXKBhd2OPVM_JookOGoTY4ZPljvVT-uiuz8p8ccri-VNoMp0pdqVRnc1hgNK1pinnWMlqXHeLDLfewskTWqrLPquaAZPKF3E/s1600/DSCN2211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrqmRv6_XLPFAPPuaZcNcGXehIqgsdKTk7pJMG-GsBPi6QXKBhd2OPVM_JookOGoTY4ZPljvVT-uiuz8p8ccri-VNoMp0pdqVRnc1hgNK1pinnWMlqXHeLDLfewskTWqrLPquaAZPKF3E/s400/DSCN2211.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> More mirrors to reflect all the pretty lights</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJf5VtmaQm5bw_QSCbMa_gfVULurHXHLcAmYtwHO7cQL2SRib8WBDYNrnNbnFVyWEyp0fdfVm2VqRfySW3afkJmuedD6A-GiRO0zFcAC9DQzY1W-ynmPqHl7ZEk6sBnOQKEAEfcXF4UQwC/s1600/DSCN2193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJf5VtmaQm5bw_QSCbMa_gfVULurHXHLcAmYtwHO7cQL2SRib8WBDYNrnNbnFVyWEyp0fdfVm2VqRfySW3afkJmuedD6A-GiRO0zFcAC9DQzY1W-ynmPqHl7ZEk6sBnOQKEAEfcXF4UQwC/s400/DSCN2193.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The front porch getting decorated and a glimpse of the tree for passersby. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwU6xq26aF5cUELjqWh_-fPLUBWi_5s210929OMnGAFaoYMPtvMAT3woPg7wFJg1w0Qly5-Lr3Re8G1qTy6IdwjONdblgSHVxj7IcRY1joxwste1Mhda6cRlOj2S6gjV2yPEJ_TbJSg22j/s1600/DSCN2158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwU6xq26aF5cUELjqWh_-fPLUBWi_5s210929OMnGAFaoYMPtvMAT3woPg7wFJg1w0Qly5-Lr3Re8G1qTy6IdwjONdblgSHVxj7IcRY1joxwste1Mhda6cRlOj2S6gjV2yPEJ_TbJSg22j/s400/DSCN2158.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Our house...can you spy someone in my window?? The hubby was still hanging some lights on the roof!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLzYvA7CoOQvsNXBMX6lyf5iTXT4mpgTzISk4NmyJdxcxwco_fRFaVVA87XV95_70Xf_PiX79dfjP2nepfiD_3RJxoKY-mId5P2mYBH1hfBD_lH9CueVmvCSmxRtW7BDdN8Oy-k0-4MVc/s1600/DSCN2153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLzYvA7CoOQvsNXBMX6lyf5iTXT4mpgTzISk4NmyJdxcxwco_fRFaVVA87XV95_70Xf_PiX79dfjP2nepfiD_3RJxoKY-mId5P2mYBH1hfBD_lH9CueVmvCSmxRtW7BDdN8Oy-k0-4MVc/s400/DSCN2153.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I moved the picture that was hanging over the couch and put up this mirror that used to hang in my bedroom. It reflects the tree and candles so beautifully! It adds more depth to the room and is a great place to hang the new "believe" banner I made. I really like having the mirror there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpl1jS9p-VcTeRR6bgbO0CyKuAGgGJpCvL9CxED2X2tu2lJhaOTdqTv9wHKVDqFvTOgjjvYDng-2X0VAkYrGiG9o28J5VHOVUMtEVyQrdnMTO7eb9KUBcuD38KOJtzGQgt-UcVUOsHtHa/s1600/DSCN2166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpl1jS9p-VcTeRR6bgbO0CyKuAGgGJpCvL9CxED2X2tu2lJhaOTdqTv9wHKVDqFvTOgjjvYDng-2X0VAkYrGiG9o28J5VHOVUMtEVyQrdnMTO7eb9KUBcuD38KOJtzGQgt-UcVUOsHtHa/s400/DSCN2166.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is a hand blown glass ball luminary. It is from Czechoslovakia where they sell so many beautiful ornaments like this! It has a snowy village church on it that is hand painted. By far one of my favorite decorations. It did loose a little crescent shaped piece out of it when we moved stateside from Germany, but I am just glad it was still intact!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXhMnqnaYNl2e4Vo6dbQy0ybdGh1RXRAZuJ5iqb0J0juheuiV1161RNj3aJoFD5hZM-iaTqS6SSXOulpwzAvwAywmx8vPmLY7eMKQeHr0YYyhSi_P2u4pVlbs9FXDIfSvGSpN3Bnia4YG/s1600/DSCN2169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXhMnqnaYNl2e4Vo6dbQy0ybdGh1RXRAZuJ5iqb0J0juheuiV1161RNj3aJoFD5hZM-iaTqS6SSXOulpwzAvwAywmx8vPmLY7eMKQeHr0YYyhSi_P2u4pVlbs9FXDIfSvGSpN3Bnia4YG/s400/DSCN2169.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">That is the night tour of my living room @ Christmas time. Stay tuned for the dinning room tour coming soon! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by...I love to hear your comments and hope you'll come back soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Till next time,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rachel<br />
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</div>I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving. I wanted to share a quick post with you of my Thanksgiving table. My family and I had a really nice Thanksgiving together and even though we are not near the rest of my family we were able to have some Skype time with them. We also got to set up the Christmas tree..minus the decorations, I still need to pull them all out! Now I am so ready to go to bed but I wanted to get this post up before I crashed. So here are some pictures of our Thanksgiving!<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeW5nIl5qHxF9pGoxk9-h2XKxswZCbB05enZgM2EvIh3LxoJQr3xCUEAP1bnuTh-fG_ZU2XO-I7EwSOSPRFZgEZDeCRJ5HN8-fCaC2yXPvC7ikCn5gTa4k2Xzx9Q_11Tu_yiK8636aQlu/s1600/DSCN1963.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeW5nIl5qHxF9pGoxk9-h2XKxswZCbB05enZgM2EvIh3LxoJQr3xCUEAP1bnuTh-fG_ZU2XO-I7EwSOSPRFZgEZDeCRJ5HN8-fCaC2yXPvC7ikCn5gTa4k2Xzx9Q_11Tu_yiK8636aQlu/s400/DSCN1963.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I made the table runners last minute out of burlap and muslin. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2nQBOp5N6AzAfo-LmO4zQ19U4jGPrWJmGJ2TwmlhM5jGZWRPpI0zCyUhQVWpc0RkW50KkwKuykKBSt7r4W3xHJ5v1gKRs5Pxo0OAaJS66arPrIw0ymKMgltSQWAC9QbibLY_WNRfwKvd/s1600/DSCN1964.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2nQBOp5N6AzAfo-LmO4zQ19U4jGPrWJmGJ2TwmlhM5jGZWRPpI0zCyUhQVWpc0RkW50KkwKuykKBSt7r4W3xHJ5v1gKRs5Pxo0OAaJS66arPrIw0ymKMgltSQWAC9QbibLY_WNRfwKvd/s400/DSCN1964.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4Iy9I1QUSDFX7DgZDxVjjH29qXcWK6NDY29zjTQQVvSD-A18jZSRyPmqVAa2vhgtq220MDx8CAydvcYsdiflt-j0mkNvisyWiBzOVvH_uAXwPWqbcHdHm0ihgqdvf1UC3HgsrcXeJ7HZ/s1600/DSCN1966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4Iy9I1QUSDFX7DgZDxVjjH29qXcWK6NDY29zjTQQVvSD-A18jZSRyPmqVAa2vhgtq220MDx8CAydvcYsdiflt-j0mkNvisyWiBzOVvH_uAXwPWqbcHdHm0ihgqdvf1UC3HgsrcXeJ7HZ/s400/DSCN1966.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I painted my little orange pumpkins a gray blue color to match the big pumpkin better and then painted the letters on them followed by some wax. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu31XEd4l1r9VtdlzrS7JW_rdAunzSY6C8PYYrrdbzOQuZdhuxa-OnwPzESJCFR9_lVGrWXRXN2UhPucwCmOxVbzgME0sqsIW3ijeoC5FQC4HYFYWDoc_GH2YjqizGRzmvC3JoN1GKfCMD/s1600/DSCN1967.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu31XEd4l1r9VtdlzrS7JW_rdAunzSY6C8PYYrrdbzOQuZdhuxa-OnwPzESJCFR9_lVGrWXRXN2UhPucwCmOxVbzgME0sqsIW3ijeoC5FQC4HYFYWDoc_GH2YjqizGRzmvC3JoN1GKfCMD/s400/DSCN1967.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The white pedestal below is another project I just did. The pedestal was a silver aluminum so I painted it with ASCP in old white followed by some brown glaze. I love it now! The lanterns are a new purchase from Willow house..I really like those too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYY1AT18OVlaQ5XOFeeCiROKhKeQGLrljVMwkKz7bz4MBdBFlvBVOisNqN2Xs_LRzROCFRHc2jYHp0z9EO6uHe8RYy-peIjguuwlNG8FDWPxC8RjiZtDR63X6JMQidxKmrw79BJkCKBER9/s1600/DSCN1968.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYY1AT18OVlaQ5XOFeeCiROKhKeQGLrljVMwkKz7bz4MBdBFlvBVOisNqN2Xs_LRzROCFRHc2jYHp0z9EO6uHe8RYy-peIjguuwlNG8FDWPxC8RjiZtDR63X6JMQidxKmrw79BJkCKBER9/s400/DSCN1968.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuCLdWNXlrpSqdlZy5PpDD6BytOJdzp-IpLeBxbbosmIYvoiRqUsywC-YUbOw3r-1wOrROEh7loAxlVtntsVJr52-Rg_5-Bbh70zA1WMIdiJeRJtv8pYCf3XWFOdJNCuuA5cRnOOHGo5P/s1600/DSCN1969.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuCLdWNXlrpSqdlZy5PpDD6BytOJdzp-IpLeBxbbosmIYvoiRqUsywC-YUbOw3r-1wOrROEh7loAxlVtntsVJr52-Rg_5-Bbh70zA1WMIdiJeRJtv8pYCf3XWFOdJNCuuA5cRnOOHGo5P/s400/DSCN1969.JPG" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjObb98w1G0EYJl4JU6YRvI0jpcb80dTxiStTd3qBHs9J5M-Kg-9aqx0Uv9gUV1CODtSOM98nadmgZQJmRNxKRJOqVVZoLojRJfDTfOspm6-vFCHPZbxjYl6nGK98mPrJiencO6vS7tuf5/s1600/DSCN1970.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjObb98w1G0EYJl4JU6YRvI0jpcb80dTxiStTd3qBHs9J5M-Kg-9aqx0Uv9gUV1CODtSOM98nadmgZQJmRNxKRJOqVVZoLojRJfDTfOspm6-vFCHPZbxjYl6nGK98mPrJiencO6vS7tuf5/s400/DSCN1970.JPG" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEI6DmxaV7VLrCvzrepSkesX4SwihHLqZmXDLYvoucdujbOxgDSs_4Dg1wFQIVmUsFcKXp2vxqoxnI4_ZnYNueLJ4KeGoS1_ihNNijygNim9Aze61zcICFN693FE7FJ-rnrcCXvfcUn0hW/s1600/1123111255c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEI6DmxaV7VLrCvzrepSkesX4SwihHLqZmXDLYvoucdujbOxgDSs_4Dg1wFQIVmUsFcKXp2vxqoxnI4_ZnYNueLJ4KeGoS1_ihNNijygNim9Aze61zcICFN693FE7FJ-rnrcCXvfcUn0hW/s400/1123111255c.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is my thrifty find pitcher and feathers. My Grandmother loved peacock feathers, they were always scattered about her house...so this a little reminder of her :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RIhS59ydlGa6_HqkpaqRiWzgQV37sHa-k-2h1Iw1nutcLYrdd4u9OkcWlsZO_EV4UehBYYjjL2nOaB1J9MdxR215HLpLra2I-dIh6DHdpbVz1yYtzTKTFb6v7mJtNAzj7XGxlGEFkPqA/s1600/1123111255b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RIhS59ydlGa6_HqkpaqRiWzgQV37sHa-k-2h1Iw1nutcLYrdd4u9OkcWlsZO_EV4UehBYYjjL2nOaB1J9MdxR215HLpLra2I-dIh6DHdpbVz1yYtzTKTFb6v7mJtNAzj7XGxlGEFkPqA/s400/1123111255b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I painted the white pumpkin with more ASCP and added glaze to that as well. Not bad for a buck! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTbRt5ch-ei_gHg15SuE4EkvXNu1pwqtcax2bczJwX8nqsEaNiZrSjbirn3NJp9LvR7IRLcVFmnXCBIKIjWxHtZ5on9GEK9A_WaOJq3bcpR_kROkLQ6cDmN0e5Wb3-EHd3ADmk2pVA0rP/s1600/1123111255a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTbRt5ch-ei_gHg15SuE4EkvXNu1pwqtcax2bczJwX8nqsEaNiZrSjbirn3NJp9LvR7IRLcVFmnXCBIKIjWxHtZ5on9GEK9A_WaOJq3bcpR_kROkLQ6cDmN0e5Wb3-EHd3ADmk2pVA0rP/s400/1123111255a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5P49QTrveV8UaY2lP8WC1_Y1ZsxIqnNJx2IVwgUd4d6SJIIhKTcnpT9MMZ6XSH98fyoIqcRZy_HW-1F_oNOvhVpRE-UZqZOsutx1G3BzPwcLNgrGhEWdnHg724qCJVCsMXdPqfVgrlCs/s1600/1123111255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5P49QTrveV8UaY2lP8WC1_Y1ZsxIqnNJx2IVwgUd4d6SJIIhKTcnpT9MMZ6XSH98fyoIqcRZy_HW-1F_oNOvhVpRE-UZqZOsutx1G3BzPwcLNgrGhEWdnHg724qCJVCsMXdPqfVgrlCs/s400/1123111255.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we all are...there is always someone who has to make a silly face, it wouldn't be a family pic without it! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfLvZGxXPWGjWrPgxPdmDCu_SO_tTvzYSuIh6QZ3IcYsLAXGECuhtrhdKMhx3kVwTU5784y0DUQc6O2POy5pY1yjj_Fb328EfPtdZmPNGTmlA9eiwhWavaooukiwub92cUofSXXcb6Uxm/s1600/DSCN1974.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfLvZGxXPWGjWrPgxPdmDCu_SO_tTvzYSuIh6QZ3IcYsLAXGECuhtrhdKMhx3kVwTU5784y0DUQc6O2POy5pY1yjj_Fb328EfPtdZmPNGTmlA9eiwhWavaooukiwub92cUofSXXcb6Uxm/s400/DSCN1974.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Thanksgiving from our Family to Yours~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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My next trip took me to one of my Favorite Junk shops here in town. I picked up a couple of things there...I always find so many neat things that I would love to bring home with me. I picked out a small white pitcher, I plan on using that for Thanksgiving. Then I found a small bundle of Peacock feathers...actually my daughter found them..for a dollar...those will be on my table this week as well!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">My favorite thing though was a large metal tray with two sweet bunny rabbits on it. I LOVE it for spring time and Easter, for $5.00 I had to have it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxB6l_h0f-NNNa4Z90rs_PKpzRGQC86PG5g93HPlw2g0qGMcLw3MJAXlOWpyK64-0z0Fq9_-4D8PjsRKCynGK1F7bkSroUB5poLFWYwjRc1VzOiwHvAdtYndWhAt_axyyl7l6ezl4uEy0/s1600/DSCN1902.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxB6l_h0f-NNNa4Z90rs_PKpzRGQC86PG5g93HPlw2g0qGMcLw3MJAXlOWpyK64-0z0Fq9_-4D8PjsRKCynGK1F7bkSroUB5poLFWYwjRc1VzOiwHvAdtYndWhAt_axyyl7l6ezl4uEy0/s400/DSCN1902.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtWmCc0YQ8Yqik6kM7Iu8iqWOXTc9KXQE2SEZaGoDrbczzfZkCAzt2fhERD_Uv4-lnO72cgdWIoc-hi6KJ0FLT-dmllbgyBPeGpr6ygyeoWbC4iZGm2oHtR4YOPYDmHsxJxOXOrvilW6B/s1600/DSCN1901.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtWmCc0YQ8Yqik6kM7Iu8iqWOXTc9KXQE2SEZaGoDrbczzfZkCAzt2fhERD_Uv4-lnO72cgdWIoc-hi6KJ0FLT-dmllbgyBPeGpr6ygyeoWbC4iZGm2oHtR4YOPYDmHsxJxOXOrvilW6B/s400/DSCN1901.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Last of all I had to run into Walmart to grab some bread and while I was there I figured I would take a gander at some home stuff. I was grabbing some candles when my hubby came to me with a box that had salt and pepper shakers in it. They were little brown acorns. I had told him that I had wanted to find little turkey salt and pepper shakers so he was looking for me. They didn't have any...neither did anywhere else I had looked, but when he saw the acorn ones he knew I would like them, and I did :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczTZ2ac_5FVFpsywglYiItISxiWg5QjM_0S48lwCfMjL7tO9u-jPf94khV4I83hzFWqHUgY2Bd7S7fOePUuVA5PD4NsvyN7sJcPHCWD7NBBjOgyMPGXOww-V_pRcBWaJjFwQ5r8qiKJ-u/s1600/DSCN1915.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczTZ2ac_5FVFpsywglYiItISxiWg5QjM_0S48lwCfMjL7tO9u-jPf94khV4I83hzFWqHUgY2Bd7S7fOePUuVA5PD4NsvyN7sJcPHCWD7NBBjOgyMPGXOww-V_pRcBWaJjFwQ5r8qiKJ-u/s400/DSCN1915.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the way to the check out aisles I took a detour at the kitchen section and found all their fall dishes from Better Homes and Gardens were on sale. I found a Turkey platter and some plates that I really liked....grabbed them up!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGawqqBp6C0mUanugp4pivjhDygBNVsnIVm_SedMqMotgdgTlML7BUxtYwnxeX24wlYR0RlWJROpO7ydoYh72X9GiK8cCZhydV_7Lu0NNNhbI9AmjCXZ5PBXFky3HBAaA-SfEiRGPNwyg/s1600/DSCN1912.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGawqqBp6C0mUanugp4pivjhDygBNVsnIVm_SedMqMotgdgTlML7BUxtYwnxeX24wlYR0RlWJROpO7ydoYh72X9GiK8cCZhydV_7Lu0NNNhbI9AmjCXZ5PBXFky3HBAaA-SfEiRGPNwyg/s400/DSCN1912.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZezxEzyJutYVJvMcRE2jLbEAH45V9BDeHnFIsUNOMf8X7gyuvdOyEnzQ62HouK2XSRUpcQKAX0VPdTiCv6xADZ4iI9cORskIJpXz5fwpWJ37ap5gr51oCHcn5yWR5AZCFUsP_KpkL0Yi8/s1600/DSCN1913.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZezxEzyJutYVJvMcRE2jLbEAH45V9BDeHnFIsUNOMf8X7gyuvdOyEnzQ62HouK2XSRUpcQKAX0VPdTiCv6xADZ4iI9cORskIJpXz5fwpWJ37ap5gr51oCHcn5yWR5AZCFUsP_KpkL0Yi8/s400/DSCN1913.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are napkin rings that I found as well...everything was marked down! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMP-CP-Cfcd6EhNYMStRrCbi9LHjXTz8OUM3cJt_SruNyiG0M8KUHLZtK-uGR_S45Y2k8h42b_pDd-Ta_64iYnyxfvKimipaYkhRvG2z8aowjZbXjsYqT7U1FMcKKWeD8FxW3ifaXxhW6/s1600/DSCN1920.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMP-CP-Cfcd6EhNYMStRrCbi9LHjXTz8OUM3cJt_SruNyiG0M8KUHLZtK-uGR_S45Y2k8h42b_pDd-Ta_64iYnyxfvKimipaYkhRvG2z8aowjZbXjsYqT7U1FMcKKWeD8FxW3ifaXxhW6/s400/DSCN1920.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I could have grabbed up all the cute pumpkin dishes they had too....but I thought it best not too. Now I am excited about putting together my table for Thanksgiving. I still have one more table runner to make, then I can start playing with all my goodies to see how I like them most! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnolsOC7iIhxaXdYwgtgeYxsuLgKZIMjTGbGmYGbijE5w-xMIOoDoU8IoW_ZtdTBFnZCpHdqCIZmrtcMt26pWY5Ex7hLUOFPcqL7yznS-4h4FxOGdhSWLA8hdFe7yHKZfULyC66N6ct1A/s1600/DSCN1911.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnolsOC7iIhxaXdYwgtgeYxsuLgKZIMjTGbGmYGbijE5w-xMIOoDoU8IoW_ZtdTBFnZCpHdqCIZmrtcMt26pWY5Ex7hLUOFPcqL7yznS-4h4FxOGdhSWLA8hdFe7yHKZfULyC66N6ct1A/s400/DSCN1911.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I hope you all had a good weekend...I know I am looking forward to this week. I love Thanksgiving and I am also excited to break out the Christmas decor shortly there after! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wish you all a happy week with family and friends,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rachel </div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo </div>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-17907596288166199872011-11-18T18:21:00.000-08:002011-11-18T18:21:56.464-08:006 months old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgqlvpaJGiaGMDwTrIKH0WQvrc02xXD5qe1FIWCuBC8oquwNwQ0tA7Kwl1qURpOlAuEyXTQQTPaSK2S6MM3i4kVHzy142HXyXrlV0slHF7P3xLHvxC9cyWaf0vYy6Ob_Ljsy5AfbDY3PX/s1600/baby+cullen+4+months+old.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgqlvpaJGiaGMDwTrIKH0WQvrc02xXD5qe1FIWCuBC8oquwNwQ0tA7Kwl1qURpOlAuEyXTQQTPaSK2S6MM3i4kVHzy142HXyXrlV0slHF7P3xLHvxC9cyWaf0vYy6Ob_Ljsy5AfbDY3PX/s400/baby+cullen+4+months+old.jpg" width="322" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Today my little man Cullen turned 6 months old! I love spending everyday with him...he can always bring a smile to my face :) The time goes by so fast when they are little, and it seems to go by faster with each child I have. He is our last baby so I am trying to enjoy it all while I can, before I know it he will be a big boy! Just wanted to share some recent pics of him. He is a little love bug, so happy and smiley. Cullen is such a joy to our family. We weren't expecting to have another baby when he came along, now I can't imagine a life without him. <br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMe1i9a2NNvtPwH_Q-vkwWoMMrb6Rbfotqra3MieMWhIQ0AjH90kQ3MqM95KcSvJ71WJrY1I8ZF80iTRtex9zw3OpnGzA3bc16wJI5-f2JohrrPoHB6kpIW39uHxM6ODuK8DmJwZx8Wrk/s1600/DSCN1821.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMe1i9a2NNvtPwH_Q-vkwWoMMrb6Rbfotqra3MieMWhIQ0AjH90kQ3MqM95KcSvJ71WJrY1I8ZF80iTRtex9zw3OpnGzA3bc16wJI5-f2JohrrPoHB6kpIW39uHxM6ODuK8DmJwZx8Wrk/s400/DSCN1821.JPG" width="263" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIWWEX7lt1T27wfFNmG4PcArL9oqvrj1ZCk2BqPJuCsPgYgYa1rlSsMH3LdQRbWI9fEtDqylttCaT2l5XaiWxmRNTgzkfR3ILVj-Jcetb_1WkSyreNG46Yuiem7oPGJFfK65wtSqYLkFE/s1600/DSCN1825.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIWWEX7lt1T27wfFNmG4PcArL9oqvrj1ZCk2BqPJuCsPgYgYa1rlSsMH3LdQRbWI9fEtDqylttCaT2l5XaiWxmRNTgzkfR3ILVj-Jcetb_1WkSyreNG46Yuiem7oPGJFfK65wtSqYLkFE/s400/DSCN1825.JPG" width="382" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijY4OMM-GuAXf9yUnfizs4-ugIihrTBvktxnGYnmzXZaVLEx8wkVnph6tM5hlhjrAaxdNQkM2G3aH59HydsDZNwbzocqCmeVrgx3h-8Pyl5lSRZT0N28_au5C-EgBtbQXRi7d5kTTOZt1k/s1600/DSCN1824.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijY4OMM-GuAXf9yUnfizs4-ugIihrTBvktxnGYnmzXZaVLEx8wkVnph6tM5hlhjrAaxdNQkM2G3aH59HydsDZNwbzocqCmeVrgx3h-8Pyl5lSRZT0N28_au5C-EgBtbQXRi7d5kTTOZt1k/s400/DSCN1824.JPG" width="272" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Love You Cullen!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLG_SrXtmMjCmWlHpHNsvtCfdFOeQoUtQ0CVrsg_0rfprdl-q06fq6AfbJ-9Wmt3HguPwWSswFxO3Rk6JCMZ3XzWaL4r0SrSNv7UiCXBnozLf49tq3sJAp1ACK-Jv5VPHOKd4HCnzlwlXF/s1600/DSCN1832.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLG_SrXtmMjCmWlHpHNsvtCfdFOeQoUtQ0CVrsg_0rfprdl-q06fq6AfbJ-9Wmt3HguPwWSswFxO3Rk6JCMZ3XzWaL4r0SrSNv7UiCXBnozLf49tq3sJAp1ACK-Jv5VPHOKd4HCnzlwlXF/s400/DSCN1832.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for Stopping on over!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hope you all have a great weekend,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rachel </div><div style="text-align: center;">XOXO</div>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-47705695024895357692011-11-17T20:22:00.000-08:002011-11-19T16:47:50.439-08:00Hot pink Bedroom! My daughters bedroom projectDo you ever feel like you have so many decorating projects going on at once that you get scatterbrained?? Well that is how I feel right now! I have so many little things here and there that I want to get done that I am having a hard time doing any of them. I keep a mental check list but I am starting to think I need to make a real check list so I have a visual of all the projects I want to do. Anyway here is a glimpse at one of my on going projects that has taken me entirely too long just to get it to the point that it's at now! My eldest daughters room. We started working on it last year, and then it came to a stand still. Being pregnant at the time not much seemed to get done around here, so now I am making up for about 7 months of doing nothing! LOL...oh well. Here are some pics of her room now. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt64oCqNEgEU7A-N8Dt2HMe631WWOg_V3UZ1PyErekB1qmqltqcApLFBdkLFJwQUbMNAma5lx_cjssuvB1Q9nka7fAU80jNWTxAqDn982mA8HkcID8vrQHWzUSbzylDnJV4ImIcrsbRghu/s1600/1321494711233.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt64oCqNEgEU7A-N8Dt2HMe631WWOg_V3UZ1PyErekB1qmqltqcApLFBdkLFJwQUbMNAma5lx_cjssuvB1Q9nka7fAU80jNWTxAqDn982mA8HkcID8vrQHWzUSbzylDnJV4ImIcrsbRghu/s400/1321494711233.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlb6gc3Q3sOy0N25Ie0cIp4zrd4gluxPuwk6SSPhlDDcQAtfpOLkRL6l7DXW7Kv-ACV6u-nO7Pe9fLCNqRNywpHfQQnLvdmvGc08mq7QK8t5DnglsOsewaHffcQrvzFftIEXGq8v1Yjw-k/s1600/1321494943757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlb6gc3Q3sOy0N25Ie0cIp4zrd4gluxPuwk6SSPhlDDcQAtfpOLkRL6l7DXW7Kv-ACV6u-nO7Pe9fLCNqRNywpHfQQnLvdmvGc08mq7QK8t5DnglsOsewaHffcQrvzFftIEXGq8v1Yjw-k/s400/1321494943757.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a mirror I bought at<a href="http://ginasjunkandantiques.blogspot.com/"> Gina's Junk</a> last year for around $28.00 It's hard to see all the detail in it because it was dark out when I took the pics, but it's a great mirror! </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDDqgtLbPBjK_N_LoWxcXZLDMWQJ0iRu1BwH1KJ4TqrJ8WOuMKtojSLF8asxcoc13YUJviqKEZL2qDlIi-tmo15gu3NiFcCukDb3V1euBgzRUrEk_gtxt5M2qujuV6dbOeLYLR-uq4MhJ/s1600/IMG_20111116_203013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDDqgtLbPBjK_N_LoWxcXZLDMWQJ0iRu1BwH1KJ4TqrJ8WOuMKtojSLF8asxcoc13YUJviqKEZL2qDlIi-tmo15gu3NiFcCukDb3V1euBgzRUrEk_gtxt5M2qujuV6dbOeLYLR-uq4MhJ/s400/IMG_20111116_203013.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I got this lamp on sale at TJ Maxx...it was the only one there and it just so happened to have an A on it. My daughters name is Autumn so it was perfect! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfVhqO2AUtRitgnl1fKfXV0EnUrP2qyBND-QdeFPJ6bd6xSDnTHYtL-deQGB6fp8QwFfa1cooLnj3P9FlUB85MhDFzLTU0DowWnWAvMI7WJgVoAtD9naTL7HDzsLkE_4a2MTS9_PYdNAY4/s1600/IMG_20111116_202828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfVhqO2AUtRitgnl1fKfXV0EnUrP2qyBND-QdeFPJ6bd6xSDnTHYtL-deQGB6fp8QwFfa1cooLnj3P9FlUB85MhDFzLTU0DowWnWAvMI7WJgVoAtD9naTL7HDzsLkE_4a2MTS9_PYdNAY4/s400/IMG_20111116_202828.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a little someone who loves to go in her sisters room... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3QmdDufmhu2FjJkQkjFz_OjIIL1ZO_-NCEAv8__-Z5UMeHrqmoWR0FJh2866iz1f9FZ6nIq9GCKDmifltdNc57lxLaI2lHCzhnbFs2fQbcCqSDokddOG3zx4p5Tmn-XuOD1NnTzDGrX9/s1600/IMG_20111116_202819.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3QmdDufmhu2FjJkQkjFz_OjIIL1ZO_-NCEAv8__-Z5UMeHrqmoWR0FJh2866iz1f9FZ6nIq9GCKDmifltdNc57lxLaI2lHCzhnbFs2fQbcCqSDokddOG3zx4p5Tmn-XuOD1NnTzDGrX9/s400/IMG_20111116_202819.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Chandy is from Lowes...I loved it, perfect fit for her room! I will have to get a better pic of it when it's light out. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicylKdagK8_Z55x6HW7kZ7B0Ihx9UeS0WB8oiNBAvakP7e8iGpXt3unS-lV4MsEv4gbXvGd2YgJrZMKAXaG11CYOiWbGKaXFHY0cUJwbVl16HNXwmPETWM5sXj7xi-6PaMRztFcfu95PW2/s1600/IMG_20111116_202944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicylKdagK8_Z55x6HW7kZ7B0Ihx9UeS0WB8oiNBAvakP7e8iGpXt3unS-lV4MsEv4gbXvGd2YgJrZMKAXaG11CYOiWbGKaXFHY0cUJwbVl16HNXwmPETWM5sXj7xi-6PaMRztFcfu95PW2/s400/IMG_20111116_202944.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">So that is Autumn's room as of now. There are still some more little things here and there I want to add to it. Who knows when that will happen...but when it does I will be sure to share it with you all! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Till next time,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rachel</div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo<br />
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Linking up with the following Parties<br />
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<a href="http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/">Saturday Night Special@ Funky Junk Interiors </a></div>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-87306205129281514062011-11-15T20:43:00.000-08:002011-11-19T16:32:51.052-08:00A new goodie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I have seen many kitchen scales throughout blog land and the more I saw them the more I realized I had to have one! I was on the look out for one whenever I would hit up antique/thrift/junk shops...but I never had any luck. So one night I was telling my Hubby about it. I showed him <a href="http://dreamingofafarmhouse.blogspot.com/2011/11/vintage-scales-and-opinions.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DreamingOfAFarmhouse+%28Dreaming+of+a+Farmhouse%29">Michele's blog Dreaming of a farmhouse </a>and her post about her vintage scales. I loved her red scale and told him how I wish I could find a cool scale to use in our kitchen. Well when ever I tell my hubby that I want something but can't find it he always goes right to work looking for it online until he finds it....and finds it at a good price! So sure enough he starts pulling up vintage scales online and asking me what I was looking for...I told him I wanted something aged, chippy, and preferably a cool color. Low and behold this is what he found!!<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6p_8Z-9Ky06CZH87I0aeqlfnaO6bizZzCTYJdoNzVjfAIVRU3aJA-mqJOu2LoEw9WTZMmDCjpHuBssbgS-twPdZnlIJIv0j0GpXFtbnMCkqRcqoGprZ41DVnEvwsj4_5TaU8VOwMO7qR/s1600/DSCN1838.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6p_8Z-9Ky06CZH87I0aeqlfnaO6bizZzCTYJdoNzVjfAIVRU3aJA-mqJOu2LoEw9WTZMmDCjpHuBssbgS-twPdZnlIJIv0j0GpXFtbnMCkqRcqoGprZ41DVnEvwsj4_5TaU8VOwMO7qR/s400/DSCN1838.JPG" width="303" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgBLZvSUbWOHWyBRhSNjdzcc4KWPh_yfgy8a1kCdMXNBlBgpH9VEVO1-y1YUXWfcgpZAdOfB-O2O4KFyInkVVgKOmHhwFBgJd-xbc80QdMmYBc8ztA8XN5at9d5Yfxy57TwG8bn2urFXu/s1600/DSCN1850.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgBLZvSUbWOHWyBRhSNjdzcc4KWPh_yfgy8a1kCdMXNBlBgpH9VEVO1-y1YUXWfcgpZAdOfB-O2O4KFyInkVVgKOmHhwFBgJd-xbc80QdMmYBc8ztA8XN5at9d5Yfxy57TwG8bn2urFXu/s400/DSCN1850.JPG" width="301" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love it so much! The color is perfect...better then I had hoped for. The dial is pretty worn but I don't mind, I like it. The price was also oh so nice.....$15.00! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhhCwld7ICOAK3cWEZaQOD-All6oMntoV9hg5drhomt1KErMFyOd5Zzwclu438QicYqYGXRb6Zyl5qcGkcWKKdvk8NhR0f2NLOYSflmNIABp3Kadv9qBVuqREiNFe-x-FYRJ1FogmwnJI/s1600/DSCN1835.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhhCwld7ICOAK3cWEZaQOD-All6oMntoV9hg5drhomt1KErMFyOd5Zzwclu438QicYqYGXRb6Zyl5qcGkcWKKdvk8NhR0f2NLOYSflmNIABp3Kadv9qBVuqREiNFe-x-FYRJ1FogmwnJI/s400/DSCN1835.JPG" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicakycQPZmFv2iZOQW5E06KWY4H1IP7anmSzDpansynxQTv_g1D82pNSezTfLdIXGY5eqFuSl7s2sTIlMPuWxSQ00J5no_o8C-SAN6eBquzNX7bROkZi3v352bKfHXFWEEXeV_KMQz-GDt/s1600/DSCN1849.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicakycQPZmFv2iZOQW5E06KWY4H1IP7anmSzDpansynxQTv_g1D82pNSezTfLdIXGY5eqFuSl7s2sTIlMPuWxSQ00J5no_o8C-SAN6eBquzNX7bROkZi3v352bKfHXFWEEXeV_KMQz-GDt/s400/DSCN1849.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I am sure this scale will be used in many ways, but for now this is where she resides. I am so happy to have my own vintage scale, and thankful to my Love for finding it for me :) </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Till next time</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rachel~ </div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo<br />
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Joining the following parties<br />
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<a href="http://frommyfrontporchtoyours.blogspot.com/2011/11/treasure-hunt-thursday-32-highlights.html">Treasure Hunt Thursday @ From my Front Porch To Yours </a><br />
<a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2011/11/feathered-nest-friday_17.html">Feathered Nest Friday@French Country Cottage </a><br />
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<a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/11/show-and-tell-friday_17.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyRomanticHome+%28My+Romantic+Home%29">Show and Tell Friday@My Romantic Home </a><br />
<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/">Home Sweet Home Friday@The Charm of Home </a><br />
<a href="http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/2011/11/newbie-party-startedearly.html">Newbie Monday@Debbiedoos Blogging and Blabbing </a><br />
<a href="http://sugarandtrash.com/?p=755">Show and Share@Sugar and Trash </a></div>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-60956423702855236922011-11-06T19:36:00.000-08:002011-11-10T16:29:56.494-08:00My week in a nut shell<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmz6MfKxU16gPokTk2kJmI6M8yFsKuRCpU7nDMeqYnUhPmTbBulyp8qEEed09Ucaxx83FSwdiEDC-eGKVt3UNZHS9qKp_tJSw0_HFGpwRHeZ5ZmVS-B0CB23xOKaQqWOCjVhBEYXgD1ph1/s1600/DSCN1686.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
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I just saw that I made it to 50 followers! Might not a big deal to all you big bloggers out there but it's half way to 100 and that is a big deal to me! Thanks to all of you for following along with me...it means a lot to me and I love reading all your comments :) Now lets see if I can make it to 100!<br />
I haven't posted anything since Halloween, maybe because not much has been going on...(one kid with an ear infection another child throwing up,soccer games,hitting up after Halloween sales,taking down all the Halloween decorations,and all the regular day to day stuff!) at least not anything that I think would interest people ha! I did hit up one of my favorite shopping spots and found a couple things to bring home with me (I usually have a harder time NOT bringing home things so I was good and only picked 3 things!). I threw in a couple pictures of my kitchen...I don't think I have ever really shown my kitchen. I would say it's still a work in progress, but I guess the whole house is always a work in progress. There is always something to change or tweak...it would get boring if everything stayed the same all the time!<br />
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Here is a picture that caught my eye..I love pigs and sheep...and well any farm animal it seems. I also love England and the maps on this are places in England...so for $4.88 it came home with me.<br />
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Then I found this old Spool...I love things that are made of wood, especially if it is old and worn looking. I have seen these and always want to buy one but never did. $3.00 bought me this one. <br />
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Last but not least I had seen this wooden tool box a couple weeks ago when I went to this store and didn't buy it. I believe it was around $10.00 when I first saw it. I was excited to see it was still there and it was marked down to $6.88!! Needless to say I didn't hesitate on that purchase ;) I love the color blue it's painted and the detail of the handle. I also think adding the chalk board surface to it was a cool idea! <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is how I used the tool box...I filled it up with some dry lavender and added some faux hydrangeas, pears, some real pine cones and cinnamon sticks. I put some burlap in there as well. </div><br />
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</a></div>On another note I did have a chance to meet a fellow blog friend! Alison over at Classy Columbus Designs was so sweet and sent me an invite to her home for a girls nite. I really enjoyed meeting her and her friends, it was so nice to get out of the house without the kids! Alison has a lovely home and is very talented at decorating and crafting! You can check out her blog <a href="http://classycolumbusdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-page-canvas-tutorial-and-fabric.html">here </a>. <br />
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I think that is all for this past week...I have some more crafting that I will be doing this week and hopefully getting the house back on order after Halloween! Hope you all have a great week!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Hugs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rachel~</div>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-14688011560488420742011-10-30T18:00:00.000-07:002011-11-01T20:58:17.295-07:00Bedroom PillowA little while back I posted pics of some fabrics I had bought. I bought a black and white toile fabric that I was going to use to make some pillows for my bedroom. Today I made one of the pillows...with my moms help via the phone! I have never made a ruffle before so I had some questions about that and thankfully my mom had the answers! So I just wanted to share a pic with ya'll. I don't have any stuffing yet so I filled it with plastic bags to take a pic...it's not sewn shut. <br />
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I wanted to add some Halloween to the rooms. A friend of mine made bat cut outs and taped them up on her walls...I loved them and how cheap and easy it was sooo I went ahead and made a bunch as well! Love how they look and how they are all different from each other. This is in the dining room. I went a little crazy using the vampira scape effect on picnik lol.<br />
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I used the glass jar luminaries that the kids made for this arrangement. Added in some skulls and big blingy gems plus the new garland I got at Michaels. I thought it was cute with the little ghosts and candy corns on it..$3. why not?! <br />
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This is my Bat wall in the living room...it's hard to tell that the bats are sticking off of the wall above the horse...but they are. The kids really like them..it looks like they're flying! Oh and I love my crow perched on my wall plaque! <br />
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This room is upstairs. It is an open room that sits off of two of my kids rooms in the back of the house. It's small but works well for a small TV area. My love seat from Ikea is up there and an old armoire from pier 1 imports that I've had for years! The rug is from pottery barn and the black table was a thrift/junk find for $35. I got that last week. I plan on painting it with some ASCP...just haven't gotten to that yet! As you can see MORE bats lol. Sorry...I just really had fun making them!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Looking into the TV room from my sons bedroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizGBnAV64OXRq5XWSCmvBpXN-xtpdvu3KfOHW3TToZohsZBwuksWxJqJhP0Dxalrj-2Q-rbTrGrdsE1viCLY6XiMDocN5-OLhyNqAldgwXGRCjgqQe6_B3qujFg635fHoX4T1Rb2BmcXf/s1600/DSCN1652.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizGBnAV64OXRq5XWSCmvBpXN-xtpdvu3KfOHW3TToZohsZBwuksWxJqJhP0Dxalrj-2Q-rbTrGrdsE1viCLY6XiMDocN5-OLhyNqAldgwXGRCjgqQe6_B3qujFg635fHoX4T1Rb2BmcXf/s400/DSCN1652.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><br />
A vignette I put together using lots of my Grandmothers books and some things I had around the house. I purchased the cloth pumpkin on sale at Michaels and the white one I painted with ASCP old white. The birds were sent to me by a dear friend. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> More painted pumpkins, old books and one of the fabric pumpkins I made. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaIoeGyAl8ya2tBbwdFKDR9TUGMK9TNIwkPDjfxeZI7-499KI2wuKQW1LnQCS4P3xHnyIz_fCEJD43pvcS2qW0xsByyOLN0tuwidM4G3z2KQsEgPHhCZfNNFqCPodT5CSzWe5RANOEaH3/s1600/DSCN1610.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaIoeGyAl8ya2tBbwdFKDR9TUGMK9TNIwkPDjfxeZI7-499KI2wuKQW1LnQCS4P3xHnyIz_fCEJD43pvcS2qW0xsByyOLN0tuwidM4G3z2KQsEgPHhCZfNNFqCPodT5CSzWe5RANOEaH3/s400/DSCN1610.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
I love the shadow cast on the wall from the bats...very neat! The pillows I made seem to float around the house to different rooms...<br />
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Well that is a little of what I have been doing.....making lots of bats ha! Hope you enjoyed that long picture tour. Thanks for stopping by to take a looksey!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I will be linking up with <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/">Show and tell Friday @ My Romantic Home </a><br />
<a href="http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/">Open house party@ No Minimalist here </a><br />
<a href="http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/2011/09/trick-or-treat-link-party.html">The DIY Home Sweet Home Project </a></div>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-8048424924550265232011-10-14T06:55:00.000-07:002011-10-14T07:05:24.981-07:00A quickie.....project ;)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHymmRYcqDHPMiqJ16JmT1YZXYi3yY-pt4_B-wyiksSdnRXhsf65UzLb80BI_FAUq_RmSAcBqaCvXn_qRfkZw75abtlJVbyidK7rcxAKF5vpYFHOajGNxlzjNemoS18YH8UoJfM0B5SNRM/s1600/DSCN1540.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHymmRYcqDHPMiqJ16JmT1YZXYi3yY-pt4_B-wyiksSdnRXhsf65UzLb80BI_FAUq_RmSAcBqaCvXn_qRfkZw75abtlJVbyidK7rcxAKF5vpYFHOajGNxlzjNemoS18YH8UoJfM0B5SNRM/s400/DSCN1540.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lkhMwsAEQxh1Fn7lbEAtBpYJOpPe_IrJyh_hTdCE_ttOeLByg-8wGGQZdIKlJKGI3DQofaNH71w-kZztUUkDto06ObPOivQWKHCQDUXVb22URL5dPkLnZVLWNVst6w_M7Wu6AeMeGHzO/s1600/DSCN1538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div>I wanted to make a quick post for a pillow I just made to go on my bed. I had some muslin so I made a pillow out of it and used some acrylic craft paint to add stripes and my initials. It is simple and it was easy. I hope to make some more, just need to get more fabric. I think they could be a good gift idea..add your friends initials to them and voila a personalized pillow! My bedroom will be undergoing a makeover soon....it's a slow process but it will be happening. Stay tuned for more on that!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rachel~</span>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-58226178925355931572011-10-10T13:40:00.000-07:002011-10-29T10:18:57.813-07:00Craft happy weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I hope everyone had a great weekend! It was a good weekend for me, the weather was perfect fall weather. Rainy, cool, breezy...*sigh* that is perfect weather for me. I don't like hot sunny fall days...those are summer days to me, so I greatly appreciated the change. My kids and I did a lot of little craft projects this weekend, and incorporated them into our fall/Halloween decor. It's always so much fun to make decorations, it makes them feel more personal and special, plus you usually save some money ;) </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are the different fabric pumpkins the kids and I made. I found the tutorial <a href="http://classycolumbusdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/09/design-on-dime-fabric-pumpkins.html">here.</a> We also added bay leaves to them. I am happy with the way they turned out. I found myself going into the kitchen to do something and wound up making a pumpkin real quick! Very easy and fun :)</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqjqthBBotxo-Rx9lZqpefIwOddS2H5tIRXBUmDXft3a2ndB2r9MC3b_YGFh52q2eycqXIybdKTQFhCofU56if-LrTabPjYOkz1LoNNgYdh12Si_2H_FdCHnbxUAK0CXddtlNyGf47ZTs/s1600/DSCN1463.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqjqthBBotxo-Rx9lZqpefIwOddS2H5tIRXBUmDXft3a2ndB2r9MC3b_YGFh52q2eycqXIybdKTQFhCofU56if-LrTabPjYOkz1LoNNgYdh12Si_2H_FdCHnbxUAK0CXddtlNyGf47ZTs/s320/DSCN1463.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">This pumpkin is black and white gingham. I think it's my favorite one. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3l1qmQysEVj3U0is5_M4ZsStj6E_45K0D575jpg4OYNNvVOE-HCyGzzt3UDv9Q4ZHRudq3Fmy2giqdAiYqDUg4-2hHWdr1dDk14DoWUsIHKuyC38Sq38Wrav55NlZszxzk0n3po42d4zU/s1600/DSCN1473.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3l1qmQysEVj3U0is5_M4ZsStj6E_45K0D575jpg4OYNNvVOE-HCyGzzt3UDv9Q4ZHRudq3Fmy2giqdAiYqDUg4-2hHWdr1dDk14DoWUsIHKuyC38Sq38Wrav55NlZszxzk0n3po42d4zU/s320/DSCN1473.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Orange and black plaid pumpkin. I really like this fabric. It reminds me of my Grandmom.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2zuZfN86yzH3JtF3AEF2GQ5k6w7cLJak_JfX6PHKrVVeU8-8VD-jEq0zq5UD34lowrCBKKZye5BUORAJ1HBaY8Ze2SaASb9f2FrgQziPV9xVJrTnJ4ppLKOFlGoy1XxV0olEZz2Z5KQV/s1600/DSCN1477.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2zuZfN86yzH3JtF3AEF2GQ5k6w7cLJak_JfX6PHKrVVeU8-8VD-jEq0zq5UD34lowrCBKKZye5BUORAJ1HBaY8Ze2SaASb9f2FrgQziPV9xVJrTnJ4ppLKOFlGoy1XxV0olEZz2Z5KQV/s320/DSCN1477.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">I also made some burlap pennant banners. I LOVE how these came out! I am gonna make more for Thanksgiving. I used the old burlap coffee bean bag I bought at the antique mall. I ran some twine through it to hang it with.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKwk3qa93cC8PqmQPqXievcemdbl_tCGQSbSeBbYRPS0th5A2bCb_NOH_rwzNG2hqO_zKbyPQU2k-kNCeYjVmWn9Vdlb5N95Rg93OLvniR5bYUjelnDYvOaUA4rQ2UKndq0i-NToT_kO0/s1600/DSCN1486.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKwk3qa93cC8PqmQPqXievcemdbl_tCGQSbSeBbYRPS0th5A2bCb_NOH_rwzNG2hqO_zKbyPQU2k-kNCeYjVmWn9Vdlb5N95Rg93OLvniR5bYUjelnDYvOaUA4rQ2UKndq0i-NToT_kO0/s320/DSCN1486.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Here is another sign I made. I think they add a bit of cuteness to any decor! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCvVsVKaMRXHoj0fiA1Bnm1FYgHTHTlSdxMxvB5R6AnqzQjnwaqIHSRYI5C1YRyPg5gNGBJh-xs9PpMgkX9AuIUuK9CU3DV46UoVoupKDTufvEGCychcCVQ20_Z48_Mjv7hhT1VBg1EQ3/s1600/DSCN1504.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCvVsVKaMRXHoj0fiA1Bnm1FYgHTHTlSdxMxvB5R6AnqzQjnwaqIHSRYI5C1YRyPg5gNGBJh-xs9PpMgkX9AuIUuK9CU3DV46UoVoupKDTufvEGCychcCVQ20_Z48_Mjv7hhT1VBg1EQ3/s320/DSCN1504.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> I had some burlap left and wasn't sure what to do with it. So I asked my hubby and he said "why not make some little ghosts out of it". Why didn't I think of that!? So I did and I love them. I made three, and used up all the burlap. I cut a square about 10x10 in. and wadded up a ball of toilet paper for the head. Tied raffia around the neck and painted black eyes and a mouth. Took 5 min! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdKAPmm6X9YsHDt8IVfROWbv8gFheRRz0vQ2RpZW9W8q8pumKIGB9PgEYAmNchaQR0gIsCbrRnAxYJVLpokB6He-mstmIp92GS9kzMpRlOsCpRs393Uo0SMSk5IblXiInsKV5VOmzfP6Y/s1600/DSCN1506.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdKAPmm6X9YsHDt8IVfROWbv8gFheRRz0vQ2RpZW9W8q8pumKIGB9PgEYAmNchaQR0gIsCbrRnAxYJVLpokB6He-mstmIp92GS9kzMpRlOsCpRs393Uo0SMSk5IblXiInsKV5VOmzfP6Y/s320/DSCN1506.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">This one is a girl because she has some pink on her burlap. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzyBy9zbrMq0SEec5H8-J7ht6js2-NwzMvetli5vBjkO1QTIsi_qhjGZGBLVF3AVEvWIT03ZJI0QLFHi4fayXh7er421PniO8DlUtxDC92FJLFQ1uCPyhDoSiXL4MkygcL_yaBktXcBbHh/s1600/DSCN1514.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzyBy9zbrMq0SEec5H8-J7ht6js2-NwzMvetli5vBjkO1QTIsi_qhjGZGBLVF3AVEvWIT03ZJI0QLFHi4fayXh7er421PniO8DlUtxDC92FJLFQ1uCPyhDoSiXL4MkygcL_yaBktXcBbHh/s320/DSCN1514.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Our next project was an idea my mom had seen in a magazine. We took glass jars (pickles, jelly,peanut butter,)and washed them out. Then I got napkins and tissue paper at the Dollar Store and applied it with Mod Podge to the outside. We added a coat on top of it all, and that was it. The kids had a lot of fun with this one. They each made their own. There's one more little pumpkin that didn't make it into the pic...woops! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7WmecTpNLzEBvRajNtgeOhP-z61q1bQbq2dCTr0Gyn8-yw_VcW2V1auLKs_pqqUVzkxzY2gucIphRhLRJAtSLJmBeHJLAiX15Er1zS4J6p3LP1QviTO7Jqm9xf7e2kNGsecvwJW5ATDp/s1600/DSCN1528.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7WmecTpNLzEBvRajNtgeOhP-z61q1bQbq2dCTr0Gyn8-yw_VcW2V1auLKs_pqqUVzkxzY2gucIphRhLRJAtSLJmBeHJLAiX15Er1zS4J6p3LP1QviTO7Jqm9xf7e2kNGsecvwJW5ATDp/s320/DSCN1528.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">I spent some time throughout the weekend adding fall touches to the outside. I made this wreath last week. I bought a grape vine wreath for $2.50 at Hobby Lobby, some flowers and feathers. I just wedge them between the vines. I am by no means an advanced wreath maker! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRa0Es0Lygak3I2hTe3zspvbCM0Y-66N5ENcNApLC28rJLJ9vp3AkQTt2ajN_mg6mUUkQE0-LvkHccLp9leECYu4dTrW1bTHyDyR56aSamFXbUCT81RwG4RIA38PjRlaEHRR5X95rvKa-/s1600/DSCN1487.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRa0Es0Lygak3I2hTe3zspvbCM0Y-66N5ENcNApLC28rJLJ9vp3AkQTt2ajN_mg6mUUkQE0-LvkHccLp9leECYu4dTrW1bTHyDyR56aSamFXbUCT81RwG4RIA38PjRlaEHRR5X95rvKa-/s320/DSCN1487.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">I found this big pot of mixed mums for $10.00 at Walmart...the best price I have seen for that size. I put them on top of my apple crate and added some Indian corn, pumpkins and gourds. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMmvSKtB-ZDOuH8xAFnei9wpzVvwnjHh3f0PkSpspC38TsaQsjY3N3W2xLZMeUDol62VFaeSsrDeEvkiH0jVClCDpHk12oMhHoK-gM-_gHjfhnu0Y3hg0Jc72_EosuEJOQx2d9MgHafkz/s1600/DSCN1495.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMmvSKtB-ZDOuH8xAFnei9wpzVvwnjHh3f0PkSpspC38TsaQsjY3N3W2xLZMeUDol62VFaeSsrDeEvkiH0jVClCDpHk12oMhHoK-gM-_gHjfhnu0Y3hg0Jc72_EosuEJOQx2d9MgHafkz/s320/DSCN1495.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGw5lVenkL-wDT78O7ET92DveLbZNVZ47BojGt3HEo3YbmjgifCAQNhQBjVZCxpUcY-3C63V6y4n38Xk7WKfR8THV4ft_5fOgPhWHEopHVVeIhuTA_fL4jp75DAtI7qc9gaQI7SCqwrhX5/s1600/DSCN1492.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGw5lVenkL-wDT78O7ET92DveLbZNVZ47BojGt3HEo3YbmjgifCAQNhQBjVZCxpUcY-3C63V6y4n38Xk7WKfR8THV4ft_5fOgPhWHEopHVVeIhuTA_fL4jp75DAtI7qc9gaQI7SCqwrhX5/s320/DSCN1492.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> I love the colors of these mums!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_s9oBQ00uQldtEWUe23L616lRtwCBpfA4e4k10Sdyez4HYABTtgDvFJ8E86c1xVtixeNEu4frp_nfnWZ_vE_NxAI575c5UC48QLpWolFT4mqgPTZTp31oXFVajpemDjkbbzyfBmxC6iVf/s1600/DSCN1503.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_s9oBQ00uQldtEWUe23L616lRtwCBpfA4e4k10Sdyez4HYABTtgDvFJ8E86c1xVtixeNEu4frp_nfnWZ_vE_NxAI575c5UC48QLpWolFT4mqgPTZTp31oXFVajpemDjkbbzyfBmxC6iVf/s320/DSCN1503.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Mr. Scarecrow has been a part of our family for many years. He started to loose his hat and hair, but we fixed him! Hope he stays around for a couple more years.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qsHoBGoDcX_HIX80u6yhdVuLp7BY_SDvL6d6gYAvaUbjANYU39Y5lhNCIUAWjOhPOWSQphKfrChyIwY-dEH3VuAZsAHaX935MSH1ITpn_uT6TmGbGcUXL2OQQ-mD2KjzSJvserWx_O4u/s1600/DSCN1502.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qsHoBGoDcX_HIX80u6yhdVuLp7BY_SDvL6d6gYAvaUbjANYU39Y5lhNCIUAWjOhPOWSQphKfrChyIwY-dEH3VuAZsAHaX935MSH1ITpn_uT6TmGbGcUXL2OQQ-mD2KjzSJvserWx_O4u/s320/DSCN1502.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> A small tablescape I made with a fall flag, mums and my old bird house. I have it sitting on a terracotta pot and wrapped some burlap around it. I am digging burlap right now...if you haven't noticed. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7bIXrvFofPUurxTzS2jaEVAodq7AGS677BYAoeD7vn-LqhwCXMZFeuAye0xIPG3s0exW0mZFB_z0xPtdfXv7hLjv1qVpSWl-bZoTAz87i1F4_Ks6vQhFAIufawUlu6KWlOEFn0t6GtUB/s1600/DSCN1488.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7bIXrvFofPUurxTzS2jaEVAodq7AGS677BYAoeD7vn-LqhwCXMZFeuAye0xIPG3s0exW0mZFB_z0xPtdfXv7hLjv1qVpSWl-bZoTAz87i1F4_Ks6vQhFAIufawUlu6KWlOEFn0t6GtUB/s320/DSCN1488.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The side of the house. I have some flowers to plant here, just didn't get it done yet. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdqxH9MNkZrXp5hqAdi3tCmKO7BpL3wzyabI6uhZgJSLFaDYWjQuqP-rfi2l6gfQ_fZGFRT5jVL7w6Nentff_qs1L7mh4pirUcaZiQVHNlOCloOJTtyhgBoWdPRs_SF5-hAjSbrNX3vHi/s1600/DSCN1499.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdqxH9MNkZrXp5hqAdi3tCmKO7BpL3wzyabI6uhZgJSLFaDYWjQuqP-rfi2l6gfQ_fZGFRT5jVL7w6Nentff_qs1L7mh4pirUcaZiQVHNlOCloOJTtyhgBoWdPRs_SF5-hAjSbrNX3vHi/s320/DSCN1499.JPG" width="240" /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">I love sitting on the porch in the rocking chairs. The weather has been just right for that lately. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYqEkhfm7isG2sqI51M6R8NByNcOXeqKts1V_4Fw3QkeLvmmoL2huXUmHFDJgtmV_jv-ODp_M2MGhi1e-pI76mNTJZmNRv70Hckqj3R4_YiEX1-5Zdi1Ih_Ud78ouVnkMeMLKdAHUMDqz/s1600/DSCN1490.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYqEkhfm7isG2sqI51M6R8NByNcOXeqKts1V_4Fw3QkeLvmmoL2huXUmHFDJgtmV_jv-ODp_M2MGhi1e-pI76mNTJZmNRv70Hckqj3R4_YiEX1-5Zdi1Ih_Ud78ouVnkMeMLKdAHUMDqz/s320/DSCN1490.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/">Feathered nest Friday@ French country cottage</a><br />
<a href="http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/2011/09/trick-or-treat-link-party.html">Trick-or-Treat@ The DIY Home Sweet Home Project </a></div><a href="http://www.savvyseasons.com/"><br />
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<span id="goog_933114176"></span><span id="goog_933114177"></span>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-89460048222378474942011-10-06T21:50:00.000-07:002011-10-06T21:50:26.756-07:00Fun Fabric Finds<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today I took a little trip to Hobby Lobby to pick up some things for a couple projects I want to work on. I went to the fabric section and found some fabrics I want to use for making pumpkins. I found a tutorial <a href="http://classycolumbusdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/09/design-on-dime-fabric-pumpkins.html">here</a> for making cute and very easy fabric pumpkins. So these are the fabrics I picked out to make the pumpkins with. I will post pics once they're finished!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I saw this fabric while I was looking around and I really liked it. I think I am going to make some throw pillows for my bed out of it. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBEYfCDjiQPryH9_wlzMsQJN3CxY8nOc07n88aWKBFQoL4srZchc1KoGyTPjXDfCNYqhqlqzWNeas2NB9scsLDv0pQeHndQP14byI5-IvhVDu7XqMCX3YSE_FAjaisDO66Ofv6HPki1xS/s1600/DSCN1448.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBEYfCDjiQPryH9_wlzMsQJN3CxY8nOc07n88aWKBFQoL4srZchc1KoGyTPjXDfCNYqhqlqzWNeas2NB9scsLDv0pQeHndQP14byI5-IvhVDu7XqMCX3YSE_FAjaisDO66Ofv6HPki1xS/s320/DSCN1448.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I love the pattern on it, so pretty. Hopefully I will get around to making the pillows soon.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDaYcg7mKqnfd7tL0XrS2hF-Zw9wUyocPF-Jplm4BaF5OiuBt7p2aAOShGXz9nntBkZFudiHuVIJxWtSrPzwjY6ybwZ-tReBNF8h59vCFHDfg9zZFD2kgGpfSYg4dWYV-DKrkm9H4amQz/s1600/DSCN1450.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDaYcg7mKqnfd7tL0XrS2hF-Zw9wUyocPF-Jplm4BaF5OiuBt7p2aAOShGXz9nntBkZFudiHuVIJxWtSrPzwjY6ybwZ-tReBNF8h59vCFHDfg9zZFD2kgGpfSYg4dWYV-DKrkm9H4amQz/s320/DSCN1450.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just wanted to share that with ya.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Rachel~ </span></div>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-30136629690834630032011-10-05T19:15:00.000-07:002011-10-10T06:48:22.467-07:00Small fall changes<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I said I would probably end up changing some stuff in my fall decor...and I did. I was in Walmart today and saw some really nice flower bushels for $5.00. I love fresh flowers so I picked some up and decided to use them with my new glass jar from the flea market. I like this arrangement much better for the dinning room table....what do you think? <a href="http://rachel-velazquez.blogspot.com/2011/10/some-fall-decor.html">Which one looks better?</a> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I used a scrap piece of muslin fabric I had to place it all on. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUOCM4bKDhvYc-BERE2LrL-JNXvgBJ0r9sLIaGC8J6tgR1n3LTwG1UqRr3yfHjOGeBHDhkcxefGTF8vUMWMIAXWmw6LDf9MZu5c93MCGGT5SYewIkod41xBiBY-oWF7mtxNzfR8KjheTw/s1600/DSCN1426.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUOCM4bKDhvYc-BERE2LrL-JNXvgBJ0r9sLIaGC8J6tgR1n3LTwG1UqRr3yfHjOGeBHDhkcxefGTF8vUMWMIAXWmw6LDf9MZu5c93MCGGT5SYewIkod41xBiBY-oWF7mtxNzfR8KjheTw/s320/DSCN1426.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I LOVE sunflowers...my favorite! Not bad for $5.00 </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCMY_pAgxyPA9Zflb8hXVkXHAGZzT6bf8R6FNsHtdTIh1FBjNXL-2KRkswy1NSrsejHAitkEUFBa2jIgHh2cSBDoz4Oy-76cu2EOximsvlBtuPXNZlUttaRzOojb9VyXUVlqU9NvuOMO5/s1600/DSCN1427.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCMY_pAgxyPA9Zflb8hXVkXHAGZzT6bf8R6FNsHtdTIh1FBjNXL-2KRkswy1NSrsejHAitkEUFBa2jIgHh2cSBDoz4Oy-76cu2EOximsvlBtuPXNZlUttaRzOojb9VyXUVlqU9NvuOMO5/s320/DSCN1427.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFWXTaL3V18ZciabJnG9Czuw823WYiZpDI6gwSIebofgo3ftqSj3Jc79meE0-AQB_8w965_R9hcBIZ3AlkvuevLfS6qaLqNcjzeFoLPDDK8jHCQ57wxNPLc8INRd_8F0JDuRbMGolLhs9/s1600/DSCN1422.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFWXTaL3V18ZciabJnG9Czuw823WYiZpDI6gwSIebofgo3ftqSj3Jc79meE0-AQB_8w965_R9hcBIZ3AlkvuevLfS6qaLqNcjzeFoLPDDK8jHCQ57wxNPLc8INRd_8F0JDuRbMGolLhs9/s320/DSCN1422.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My dinning room from the back door. It's an open kitchen dinning area. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4YGNVddhE-dbebM34MaEYFP4QUqDTG_fBDbheSh7_h54T1EdlEf-Iz3QcE8siewvClK6UhD9vXd5rzksFBGQrzY4KhY_K67SKy5R1qk_ifs7cF6HQi3SxfcNMOmLpUKbpJUufcviMMT6/s1600/DSCN1432.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4YGNVddhE-dbebM34MaEYFP4QUqDTG_fBDbheSh7_h54T1EdlEf-Iz3QcE8siewvClK6UhD9vXd5rzksFBGQrzY4KhY_K67SKy5R1qk_ifs7cF6HQi3SxfcNMOmLpUKbpJUufcviMMT6/s320/DSCN1432.JPG" width="320" /> </a><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I made this little arrangement with the old apple picking crate I got. I think this will find it's way outside soon. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEBiGykw2bQGcLFFQuz3shOH9fSrQP-hEWfa5O_xsQHztt1YcSbaa8aczX8ReGAm9ZpyTu7Rvgo8fOH-SP-ykNOp66ua5SbIUfSKNS2i_wATjGN0AQEapx_5aeuKeIHoeBrm1bPQqcJ-I/s1600/DSCN1419.JPG" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEBiGykw2bQGcLFFQuz3shOH9fSrQP-hEWfa5O_xsQHztt1YcSbaa8aczX8ReGAm9ZpyTu7Rvgo8fOH-SP-ykNOp66ua5SbIUfSKNS2i_wATjGN0AQEapx_5aeuKeIHoeBrm1bPQqcJ-I/s320/DSCN1419.JPG" width="240" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This is a small arrangement I made on the kitchen counter. I filled my ironstone tureen with some pine cones and acorns. I put out my sunflower plate and a ceramic pumpkin. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglEIKDIgujb2Iv3mTfwe5lhDgeCKqW142NYibry3525272jEZimrJlIIVS87nwxwC-tQWvVV1jwFz_udE5txdgItYf4131OmSLC2WZgAxSHJN6P690QM1gaREfWzUSjpbQCLhHdoLbMoeS/s1600/DSCN1437.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglEIKDIgujb2Iv3mTfwe5lhDgeCKqW142NYibry3525272jEZimrJlIIVS87nwxwC-tQWvVV1jwFz_udE5txdgItYf4131OmSLC2WZgAxSHJN6P690QM1gaREfWzUSjpbQCLhHdoLbMoeS/s320/DSCN1437.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We'll see if I change anything else later on...I'll let ya know if I do! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-28629618206231433962011-10-04T20:10:00.000-07:002011-10-14T07:07:47.185-07:00Some fall decor<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have been procrastinating putting up my fall decor...not for the lack of wanting to but due to the lack of knowing how I want to decorate! I have seen so many wonderful posts out there in blog land showing fall decor that I have become overwhelmed with it all lol. So I pulled out the decor I already had and went out and bought a couple things here and there. It sat on my table for a while, and I would stare at it...thinking of where to put it or how to arrange it. I would go to bed thinking about it, and actually dreamt about it! This weekend I decided to tackle fall decorating. I'm not sure if I will leave everything the way it is, I am sure I will change something or add something here or there, but for now I am content. Here are some photos! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is my buffet in the dinning room.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2raJhs6wjm189RXzc7uC233CQfWryodyD6h54gcThKKAXSNydPPCJYI0vvLyv7RaNNoHd7-4AUrx2qwo-YuqLPpklzsm0CmkdQNsiQgJdCO28s3KtiJxrSXsN8OeeqbGdytQuDheFhTHW/s1600/DSCN1348.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2raJhs6wjm189RXzc7uC233CQfWryodyD6h54gcThKKAXSNydPPCJYI0vvLyv7RaNNoHd7-4AUrx2qwo-YuqLPpklzsm0CmkdQNsiQgJdCO28s3KtiJxrSXsN8OeeqbGdytQuDheFhTHW/s320/DSCN1348.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I added some candle sticks, old books that my mom gave me and my candle snuffer that was part of a wedding gift. I put a cast iron bird with some acorns and pine cones under the cloche. I added in the new saucer plate that I just bought and some cinnamon sticks. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnfIrZpl0pJiZDwr5MbaEhGgGkxfZ_k-hLknloqU19At0oFeBb43gJHAQI3JbaOa67Yb9g3VFZjWKOsPc4aWw-4CXqQf9esBu0fOEiWsKJXOdniTK6rHoSvygqw9J03J138Rj4rWeFoPJ/s1600/DSCN1356.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnfIrZpl0pJiZDwr5MbaEhGgGkxfZ_k-hLknloqU19At0oFeBb43gJHAQI3JbaOa67Yb9g3VFZjWKOsPc4aWw-4CXqQf9esBu0fOEiWsKJXOdniTK6rHoSvygqw9J03J138Rj4rWeFoPJ/s320/DSCN1356.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These are candle sticks that I have accumulated from different vintage shops. Two are wood and the one on the far left is iron. I'm thinking that is the candle stick they are talking about in the Clue game..heavy!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nv24Em3tuuNEjFPSwcHHpi-hWKcW1UHfs9-7iidiI-s6OImdcbcsViEDTB0IDejtg_cPXRVG3a3vxoRmO4VcoDVH06NGXe7LnP1gHr-BLSJbAv88wf62tOg3-YGa2GJb9lpuvygDzc9H/s1600/DSCN1347.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nv24Em3tuuNEjFPSwcHHpi-hWKcW1UHfs9-7iidiI-s6OImdcbcsViEDTB0IDejtg_cPXRVG3a3vxoRmO4VcoDVH06NGXe7LnP1gHr-BLSJbAv88wf62tOg3-YGa2GJb9lpuvygDzc9H/s320/DSCN1347.JPG" width="240" /> </a> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDn_p30nLDmAePrVzTXzK_QbUwyhi7GDvs6_RJqYfWxrrrhu1J4IxGFfVSbentcnFOqYqHlZfN0IJswzFP44V7dzpPaSXYeNAoPsm4I7-QlvEndFyvZiT-eXK5Jf3q760SAlzRkmzdXwa/s1600/DSCN1322.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDn_p30nLDmAePrVzTXzK_QbUwyhi7GDvs6_RJqYfWxrrrhu1J4IxGFfVSbentcnFOqYqHlZfN0IJswzFP44V7dzpPaSXYeNAoPsm4I7-QlvEndFyvZiT-eXK5Jf3q760SAlzRkmzdXwa/s320/DSCN1322.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B6CqSMa7HHIV0d5Dh_ryiQsZ1-JsOGCMqlzsq4HBLHzlNzrZv8LWNbNYsa9cOwPnKBuTokGEfWPojW4MlTxso7t6qaef8VPb-eP5vcCGAmgz3UbJ8nvSGWP1CTqHkPhwYmXEW-Yjib7W/s1600/DSCN1329.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B6CqSMa7HHIV0d5Dh_ryiQsZ1-JsOGCMqlzsq4HBLHzlNzrZv8LWNbNYsa9cOwPnKBuTokGEfWPojW4MlTxso7t6qaef8VPb-eP5vcCGAmgz3UbJ8nvSGWP1CTqHkPhwYmXEW-Yjib7W/s320/DSCN1329.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is on the dinning table. I put mums in my clay pots, I found these at a little vintage shop that I love. I really like the earth tone color of the pots. I am not totally happy with the decor, I am going to change some of it once I go to the store. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTv1rmhqMeima5DAgt45I6H_sl3QyXkB5dZ7ndLk-p4FFNoXeOXn3vALTZUXlROAF6M9hKLGzrbkJBRv3xrWGjCJU6vgZ4e6eIi6Y1cN8EHA3CL2bl5Anx71GfKoYHa0-TknW3dRn__UsT/s1600/DSCN1414.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTv1rmhqMeima5DAgt45I6H_sl3QyXkB5dZ7ndLk-p4FFNoXeOXn3vALTZUXlROAF6M9hKLGzrbkJBRv3xrWGjCJU6vgZ4e6eIi6Y1cN8EHA3CL2bl5Anx71GfKoYHa0-TknW3dRn__UsT/s320/DSCN1414.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is the entry hall coming from the dinning room. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96NWbG7BpFIBvWUEWQc4xK2TNNKnfCfimLPM4xmMRcKoTK097m_8U5qKSSFwabnR2yFuv8Tm5rFPcs0E-pB2tCTwk3yzU4f4RKNZApeitHV1BqBgCidBVkFJnZogpZJE3hq54KFBoPatw/s1600/DSCN1367.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96NWbG7BpFIBvWUEWQc4xK2TNNKnfCfimLPM4xmMRcKoTK097m_8U5qKSSFwabnR2yFuv8Tm5rFPcs0E-pB2tCTwk3yzU4f4RKNZApeitHV1BqBgCidBVkFJnZogpZJE3hq54KFBoPatw/s320/DSCN1367.JPG" width="240" /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is headed into the kitchen/dinning room. This house is military housing, so there is only so much I can do with it, but I enjoy trying to make it our home. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopK75ihXpCv0Ru_VCkfozOFmW1Kx0rGigHwzC53PUasYZ6-lCOnlY9h2MwytfKELfDCNjnGnuI4S04V9-ZlT0Z4nNoQtsQyLB8_2SsTVKcOwYBJe_vgxPLEE1mZiR3V_jW5OGLIRmoMha/s1600/DSCN1362.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopK75ihXpCv0Ru_VCkfozOFmW1Kx0rGigHwzC53PUasYZ6-lCOnlY9h2MwytfKELfDCNjnGnuI4S04V9-ZlT0Z4nNoQtsQyLB8_2SsTVKcOwYBJe_vgxPLEE1mZiR3V_jW5OGLIRmoMha/s320/DSCN1362.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Here is the living room, which is a very small room! I wish my hubby would mount the t.v. on the wall so I could put some taller things on the cabinet....but I don't see that happening any time soon. I miss having a fireplace mantle to decorate...that is one thing that makes me sad about living in military housing.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmfDoTSa8kIGvLL4XsRspN2vwKyhV1I9TiSiwtY7z40pCLErntLnkEEFSKSrC4fLsMyYcTageYsp7-GzI__x9R5sRRfgN9pjj9vT5DHWzzK6rw_6Kk4WAje4ptVV1iS_t9U0KI9QRUXDJ/s1600/DSCN1375.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmfDoTSa8kIGvLL4XsRspN2vwKyhV1I9TiSiwtY7z40pCLErntLnkEEFSKSrC4fLsMyYcTageYsp7-GzI__x9R5sRRfgN9pjj9vT5DHWzzK6rw_6Kk4WAje4ptVV1iS_t9U0KI9QRUXDJ/s320/DSCN1375.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I put up my leaf garland, added in some pine cones, little pumpkins,and some of my favorite Halloween decorations. I also have a strand of orange lights in the leaves that I light up at night. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfJIQuVOskti9JuEy_faU6bBop9G1vuAwYVw56Yj0WKnMKblIaImdG2WAuy5be2KEPzKwPR4DNDKFAS4caNYjXu9gM-aDSk9NBE2F47GOJ7eFiG0CzwcTy8bU1IpEmyP3bY7_Hz8uH4oS/s1600/DSCN1395.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfJIQuVOskti9JuEy_faU6bBop9G1vuAwYVw56Yj0WKnMKblIaImdG2WAuy5be2KEPzKwPR4DNDKFAS4caNYjXu9gM-aDSk9NBE2F47GOJ7eFiG0CzwcTy8bU1IpEmyP3bY7_Hz8uH4oS/s320/DSCN1395.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My birdie, I love decorating with birds. There is another brown bird candle holder in there as well. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gjs5_1U44aU6WnMhWCRhriA6gWmMP8Ua8xnKK4vg49X_7HAMKktx9nPT46JJQsUYv6qwu82nWsplPIsUB3u9yi7gX70nzhuJ_iLahE4C2FAVG58mU4OT-mn_53yfFDAvLsFWjyIGBIfa/s1600/DSCN1371.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gjs5_1U44aU6WnMhWCRhriA6gWmMP8Ua8xnKK4vg49X_7HAMKktx9nPT46JJQsUYv6qwu82nWsplPIsUB3u9yi7gX70nzhuJ_iLahE4C2FAVG58mU4OT-mn_53yfFDAvLsFWjyIGBIfa/s320/DSCN1371.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This guy is my Gordie! He is one of my favorite decorations. I bought him years ago in Germany and he has broken through many moves, but Gorilla glue holds him together. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKBEu6qxV1t7x6Jo11YPzZU5BlRO6nQRFMo5lcLUo3ebDxLW6E8h0nVCsHlq-3gCNou4fnbys3S-o-6xnKpTk0LSIhHvUomuQ04X93_J8ly9cf8B2fB3OiadhdoMVAi-Y3gim6_GBnnns/s1600/DSCN1373.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKBEu6qxV1t7x6Jo11YPzZU5BlRO6nQRFMo5lcLUo3ebDxLW6E8h0nVCsHlq-3gCNou4fnbys3S-o-6xnKpTk0LSIhHvUomuQ04X93_J8ly9cf8B2fB3OiadhdoMVAi-Y3gim6_GBnnns/s320/DSCN1373.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I painted this pumpkin with chalk board paint and wrote the letters with chalk. The wooden pumpkin candle holder is from an orchard back home in PA. I love little stuff like that. The old books were my grandmothers. I keep those out year round. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5QO8uhrAuIp9GTqtLVoJjYIVNP-8pRKQ8bvFrqcowSDxDgo6kOpeAQ1Dpg7pDDPWNoVmNjMArYj4FSWlbACxZP1x1rzTmi1S-XNOsSqFuFQAvBKZILDM0VaPg8ZfdQ2_G13AbMBw65Z-/s1600/DSCN1370.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5QO8uhrAuIp9GTqtLVoJjYIVNP-8pRKQ8bvFrqcowSDxDgo6kOpeAQ1Dpg7pDDPWNoVmNjMArYj4FSWlbACxZP1x1rzTmi1S-XNOsSqFuFQAvBKZILDM0VaPg8ZfdQ2_G13AbMBw65Z-/s320/DSCN1370.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On this side table I added the new picture I just bought and put it on top of Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven books. Thought that was fitting ;) I added my wooden bird, some pumpkins, candles tied with twine, my little boo ghosts ( also from P.A.) and some books and willow balls in an old sewing machine table drawer. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-V3w07m6TJ4PnilF4Dw09VEIm6TwIzI9dXg_5ej7l9VhYDDu9TU4SpWL9fiWOayF2aMMhPTdwAmZAghJORIMtnB7HGUcrA8U709elBRd8-sR5PL2ffxGGXzt7bgLD56kX8A3BaKXwmKkr/s1600/DSCN1391.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-V3w07m6TJ4PnilF4Dw09VEIm6TwIzI9dXg_5ej7l9VhYDDu9TU4SpWL9fiWOayF2aMMhPTdwAmZAghJORIMtnB7HGUcrA8U709elBRd8-sR5PL2ffxGGXzt7bgLD56kX8A3BaKXwmKkr/s320/DSCN1391.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is my favorite fall picture. I bought it at the Kutztown fair in Pa. a couple years ago. The <a href="http://www.johnstevenslimited.com/">artist, John Stevens</a>, is local to Pennsylvania, he lives in the York area. This resides on my wall every fall...and is sadly replaced by another picture by the same artist in the winter. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFo8qZg4znPFSrTwggJdWmqmWLY2vcHZjAb7mkGAmPDB7XpSEX9km2xvwmnPjzptOwVniF1ttUWql_c_9xq-_hKsymmdsG9FPEi1hBFhjRsGv8lsaydA6T4fOYoJ1VUZUdjEqshdgbLSB/s1600/DSCN1176.JPG" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFo8qZg4znPFSrTwggJdWmqmWLY2vcHZjAb7mkGAmPDB7XpSEX9km2xvwmnPjzptOwVniF1ttUWql_c_9xq-_hKsymmdsG9FPEi1hBFhjRsGv8lsaydA6T4fOYoJ1VUZUdjEqshdgbLSB/s320/DSCN1176.JPG" width="240" /></a><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> So there ya have it, a look at some of my fall decor. I need to work on the outside now...hopefully I will get to that this weekend. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. I would love to hear your comments, suggestions and ideas. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Have a wonderful week!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rachel~ </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-74833716058300584502011-10-04T18:30:00.000-07:002011-10-14T07:07:08.250-07:00Fall fun weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMS2iZqH-l3goiZiw4qHHROIyi2cdEFyQNhT0XZqThlPgE_QPSfnxWbqMzdnznRfG_2R2vDOfOnuE4J-q0Fxi3aIWBDD7BykCkmwmftSpZns48KOyec9qFEUMrjdajdScXNC7wc5dELnk/s1600/DSCN1255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMS2iZqH-l3goiZiw4qHHROIyi2cdEFyQNhT0XZqThlPgE_QPSfnxWbqMzdnznRfG_2R2vDOfOnuE4J-q0Fxi3aIWBDD7BykCkmwmftSpZns48KOyec9qFEUMrjdajdScXNC7wc5dELnk/s400/DSCN1255.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This weekend was one of the first weekends that really felt like fall, 70's cool and breezy, perfect weather! The family and I went to the pumpkin patch and found some neat pumpkins. I love looking through all the different pumpkins, so many shapes, sizes and colors! I could just keep picking them...but then I would go home broke. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fIkceLTTWRyMiZzXFjrfpBdDLiqXKDyaEDFKBkcscphg407wDaZ89d8VWjh2zHMDXDl1U1NHVcnEO3fxFd9jmAI4GEgsoNWwf-boKsE8f8RpaUtF17uVkU-Xk0e9vN1AWKrWRuLhoCzZ/s1600/DSCN1227.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fIkceLTTWRyMiZzXFjrfpBdDLiqXKDyaEDFKBkcscphg407wDaZ89d8VWjh2zHMDXDl1U1NHVcnEO3fxFd9jmAI4GEgsoNWwf-boKsE8f8RpaUtF17uVkU-Xk0e9vN1AWKrWRuLhoCzZ/s400/DSCN1227.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT83kQdHXP6r0z3JX45bihVTqHePpeJqKoUs7McvO56psPyL68qZdUCNqo9Qstrf7xAjSqq8Cy59aF5sfkFyB9xL-IDqC5Q__ULuvT9ZSudHZjwg7NRDaEFaHqc5IgwC1ln25FXtQi-5OS/s1600/DSCN1226.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT83kQdHXP6r0z3JX45bihVTqHePpeJqKoUs7McvO56psPyL68qZdUCNqo9Qstrf7xAjSqq8Cy59aF5sfkFyB9xL-IDqC5Q__ULuvT9ZSudHZjwg7NRDaEFaHqc5IgwC1ln25FXtQi-5OS/s400/DSCN1226.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGW8BcGOab_R9lVycHGksXI4vfniZd0F6-KPIYND9QP79rWrBaE304xWaN_9w6ch6M1ButIGTdXQ4j5nieGk_lOBCKvIe6kUxD92GsqC69xE5rLPUGGlmNqATwGmvwmEncX6QGSnJERpGf/s1600/DSCN1266.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGW8BcGOab_R9lVycHGksXI4vfniZd0F6-KPIYND9QP79rWrBaE304xWaN_9w6ch6M1ButIGTdXQ4j5nieGk_lOBCKvIe6kUxD92GsqC69xE5rLPUGGlmNqATwGmvwmEncX6QGSnJERpGf/s400/DSCN1266.JPG" width="300" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There was this huge tree with rocking chairs and a swing under it, I could have sat there for hours. Perfect day. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09zHUDNF8mYA5Zjr2SbXnMTOH4lyQ6YFBh2bS9nh2EfUuluKcEarEmvhQi8eeFqmgpk-eg21SzVNTOiDLWBf_uVLZ6YfRMK8OwT5ypu5NpBLh_pZ1Soa-2-A_eZDQABtJMsaVaGrBYlWt/s1600/DSCN1276.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09zHUDNF8mYA5Zjr2SbXnMTOH4lyQ6YFBh2bS9nh2EfUuluKcEarEmvhQi8eeFqmgpk-eg21SzVNTOiDLWBf_uVLZ6YfRMK8OwT5ypu5NpBLh_pZ1Soa-2-A_eZDQABtJMsaVaGrBYlWt/s400/DSCN1276.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8oaYAJZj5RRztEbGZopjnHaE_xmfSsrd9ESAT4O3Zx4kNInyrQZEhYP5nP7gVYU61K5N-CThnW9rV7H_mVIM4A4Zsc2vuME89Otc5fGUR25o3zrfdFt7XjeC_nN1u26JTGxg_-esZx2M/s1600/DSCN1282.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8oaYAJZj5RRztEbGZopjnHaE_xmfSsrd9ESAT4O3Zx4kNInyrQZEhYP5nP7gVYU61K5N-CThnW9rV7H_mVIM4A4Zsc2vuME89Otc5fGUR25o3zrfdFt7XjeC_nN1u26JTGxg_-esZx2M/s400/DSCN1282.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After the pumpkin patch we headed to an antique mall. I found some pieces that I decided to bring on home with me! Here are some of the things that I got. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3iIVwFi4ss-8sQi7qlrb53mIEJ2EGM74eQTmIuq7i1bXpXDBAVfy1YW-g5DJV2hfpEzIT5OAmjF_LkuZNQeJbQUQu1Sgl3loOA1U0eghNLcdSd_TJKsC6amqS2F_pbC6SuUhFlSFvQMA2/s1600/DSCN1298.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3iIVwFi4ss-8sQi7qlrb53mIEJ2EGM74eQTmIuq7i1bXpXDBAVfy1YW-g5DJV2hfpEzIT5OAmjF_LkuZNQeJbQUQu1Sgl3loOA1U0eghNLcdSd_TJKsC6amqS2F_pbC6SuUhFlSFvQMA2/s400/DSCN1298.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> My hubby found this clock...$10.00! I couldn't belive it was so cheep! Love it!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvfuz2QXgfB5MCy4caWHTcn2jfSQStZ0mZcP1KxAvAiRk6cOn6DKABk6q4oQNd_lM0s-kpGXifm21D0gDdnNAJjhj1DaVZNMP0jiwq7BFN-GimmM3vXE5yt00Yy6KSINRcs57fHI3tBpQ/s1600/DSCN1296.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvfuz2QXgfB5MCy4caWHTcn2jfSQStZ0mZcP1KxAvAiRk6cOn6DKABk6q4oQNd_lM0s-kpGXifm21D0gDdnNAJjhj1DaVZNMP0jiwq7BFN-GimmM3vXE5yt00Yy6KSINRcs57fHI3tBpQ/s400/DSCN1296.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I found this burlap bag, not sure yet what I will use it for but $6 wasn't bad. I am sure I will find some project for it. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyh41IHfPUslVP-gHbD2bsC__vBql30z7QS_ycovUUNHuLuS9P8W_ebFUfFB9Y4fmvl27dlR-bIQOizhyphenhyphen2IzDuTtKFJ82jP2RSy31H56i47NNSfdiPj6vhvLYxrRYKcOHzbgBtbdATvji/s1600/DSCN1313.JPG" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyh41IHfPUslVP-gHbD2bsC__vBql30z7QS_ycovUUNHuLuS9P8W_ebFUfFB9Y4fmvl27dlR-bIQOizhyphenhyphen2IzDuTtKFJ82jP2RSy31H56i47NNSfdiPj6vhvLYxrRYKcOHzbgBtbdATvji/s400/DSCN1313.JPG" width="300" /></a><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This is a little plate saucer, that was $3.00. I really liked the picture on it. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZop8L_Oezkbjoy2VhtNbfCHJ9BnG0kJb35Wlac6b_q-c6-eyESA-wfpIKBxEvzKwyaYWENW2uh53wwvsbDzhlycEzDmBJfu9iHm9Qs8Zrbg27KEFMGERMECsmiDENHJzFCVVXaqMUcT-l/s1600/DSCN1304.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZop8L_Oezkbjoy2VhtNbfCHJ9BnG0kJb35Wlac6b_q-c6-eyESA-wfpIKBxEvzKwyaYWENW2uh53wwvsbDzhlycEzDmBJfu9iHm9Qs8Zrbg27KEFMGERMECsmiDENHJzFCVVXaqMUcT-l/s400/DSCN1304.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5fIihIP0rvAElpIklFbGqRGmsnZuRmjQQweeLnxKcAig3IwrnFUugm5czTbMmdlqqWHqf4qG9Gu7UXdAwfNNMTlPR6EH3eTzjrs1_9Vk5Zy1nV4-wtRxH7gYYSOg1cu6GXnTeXaq8s8z/s1600/DSCN1305.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5fIihIP0rvAElpIklFbGqRGmsnZuRmjQQweeLnxKcAig3IwrnFUugm5czTbMmdlqqWHqf4qG9Gu7UXdAwfNNMTlPR6EH3eTzjrs1_9Vk5Zy1nV4-wtRxH7gYYSOg1cu6GXnTeXaq8s8z/s400/DSCN1305.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I saw this picture and really liked the color in the tree. It reminds me of the New England states in the fall. So for $6.00 it was coming home with me. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaiUro1-t7raJ1Oxeo3nRuRXOkuW6fyKNiaUNByudnqbSO5MvfwI4nhlSda9ffjr3N4_gCQmOzKNCl4AajOqy298vKUFiRyKYbdldazs3fFM6d3651WPnvCTEeQSJp9LQulDWJpe8laOx/s1600/DSCN1306.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaiUro1-t7raJ1Oxeo3nRuRXOkuW6fyKNiaUNByudnqbSO5MvfwI4nhlSda9ffjr3N4_gCQmOzKNCl4AajOqy298vKUFiRyKYbdldazs3fFM6d3651WPnvCTEeQSJp9LQulDWJpe8laOx/s400/DSCN1306.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lastly is the cheese board and cloche. I painted it as soon as I got home. I did one coat of Old White and then I mixed some old white with my chalk board paint and did a coat of that. Sanded it down and that was that. I like the color it turned out. Might have to use it on something else as well!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4-htgmFu7Lbz2h_fHjbZgNqeuJ1ZKl7b7Y1Jzyx2SpNrEdZhh5zo741uBhLuo8yBDoC3iPe6CHJbxtp9v_GWH5a0iCcwUP6zfvtTd7-06zY2F4jdz-lu6IzuuQNaoX9IWTDCnLjv3LI1/s1600/DSCN1315.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4-htgmFu7Lbz2h_fHjbZgNqeuJ1ZKl7b7Y1Jzyx2SpNrEdZhh5zo741uBhLuo8yBDoC3iPe6CHJbxtp9v_GWH5a0iCcwUP6zfvtTd7-06zY2F4jdz-lu6IzuuQNaoX9IWTDCnLjv3LI1/s400/DSCN1315.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXSSizceJDt4rNI5rtNzqTnbPVIsMUBwfVQwedS0blzyHzmty0ohEJhSPmJx-F-ca-Q3KuJ76t6yui6akMR-30DQqS5-NAZt2CRu1WMgTQiqeugP-KNmd8aEnRwkBz_UW_OXw57Xx1Jfo/s1600/DSCN1314.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXSSizceJDt4rNI5rtNzqTnbPVIsMUBwfVQwedS0blzyHzmty0ohEJhSPmJx-F-ca-Q3KuJ76t6yui6akMR-30DQqS5-NAZt2CRu1WMgTQiqeugP-KNmd8aEnRwkBz_UW_OXw57Xx1Jfo/s400/DSCN1314.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well that was what I did this weekend. I used some of my new things to do some fall decorating. I will post about that in a little bit.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hope ya'll are having a good week! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18C4PwB5MS1-98SZUJ_97PRhyphenhyphenHOUKIrnPtA8R6ZzThOrUTodIhr0RjkJgwC-xhjhgH_mKEElWj6oTmpZxFSWUyozPGuXfLYRTFh2ybp6o2po2C1SCpnLasoWcy4Qe1QuKG3Pou5r9tq_1/s1600/DSCN1094.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18C4PwB5MS1-98SZUJ_97PRhyphenhyphenHOUKIrnPtA8R6ZzThOrUTodIhr0RjkJgwC-xhjhgH_mKEElWj6oTmpZxFSWUyozPGuXfLYRTFh2ybp6o2po2C1SCpnLasoWcy4Qe1QuKG3Pou5r9tq_1/s400/DSCN1094.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I bought some old shutters a while back and had them sitting around collecting dust. I knew I wanted to use them for something but I didn't quite know what. I decided to paint and stain one set of shutters for a project in my bedroom (which will be revealed later). I had them sitting in my living room waiting for me to take them upstairs (which can be days in this house). I was sitting there, looking at them and then I decided what I wanted to do with my other shutters.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is a fairly large picture over my couch but the rest of the wall seems so empty. I was never sure what else to put there....now I know...MY SHUTTERS!! </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So I painted them an olive green color, then I went over that with some ASCP in old white. I sanded them down to distress it some and went over them with a brown glaze.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjVsj3U_0R0iv_Kq_vX5J1QszvA2gKiUs-eGbsTfMOWsSVtmHuGvG0GekF84rQdPzBmZTWXaq5JOq1hkXdOHopwah4cqSv5xvwH2FeH67CURHcOUddcSqefL0g0jML5eBO4PFy8dLgNtl/s1600/DSCN1164.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjVsj3U_0R0iv_Kq_vX5J1QszvA2gKiUs-eGbsTfMOWsSVtmHuGvG0GekF84rQdPzBmZTWXaq5JOq1hkXdOHopwah4cqSv5xvwH2FeH67CURHcOUddcSqefL0g0jML5eBO4PFy8dLgNtl/s400/DSCN1164.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I am pretty happy with the way they turned out. I can use them to hang holiday decor on or whatever strikes my fancy. So for now I put some Halloween decor on them. I think it helps to fill in the space more, and I just love the look of shutters, so they make me happy :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rachel~</span>rachel@Acts of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444302070997672958noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278502699104826139.post-47208020045635514712011-09-21T19:15:00.000-07:002011-09-23T20:30:34.667-07:00popping out pillows<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last week I finally set up my sewing machine. It has been sitting in a garage/storage shed for over 5 years! I never seemed to have somewhere to put it, I would forget about it and we moved so much it just got shoved aside over and over again. Well it is finally set up and getting put to use! I am not a pro at sewing, I have sewn here and there at my moms, so I am having fun getting back into it. I decided I wanted to make some new throw pillows for the living room couch. I took a curtain panel I had that I wasn't using and decided to cut it up to make the pillows. I am really happy with the way they turned out (of course I had to call my mom a couple times to get it right) but now I know what I am doing for the next time.The toile pillows were an Ebay purchase, I can't take credit for those<b> ;)</b></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I used down feather pillow inserts that I already had....so this project cost me nothing. Gotta love that! </div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last but not least, I made another pillow out of a toy store bag that we bought when we lived in Germany. I had in lying around in my closet, we never used it anymore...sooo I thought why not make it a pillow for the kids. Now we can actually use it. I love that it's special to us and brings back good memories...a one of a kind piece</span> <b>:)</b> <br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wanted to leave you all with a Georgia night sky... </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeBEifsNrTtBZILRKRmNWQl-_lDPlp4P1PfHUnv_mOm91SHBSC2KJcj97RNIcI2w2S3UCStayPbu9Qtbff6LzxGbGN1-NY3D3mDBm0TiRozqH8fgGaVgmIlRt5OncUgTteZ_GXKjerCKH/s1600/DSCN1149.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeBEifsNrTtBZILRKRmNWQl-_lDPlp4P1PfHUnv_mOm91SHBSC2KJcj97RNIcI2w2S3UCStayPbu9Qtbff6LzxGbGN1-NY3D3mDBm0TiRozqH8fgGaVgmIlRt5OncUgTteZ_GXKjerCKH/s320/DSCN1149.JPG" width="320" /> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rachel~ </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'll be linking up with <a href="http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/2011/09/sns-100-pallets.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FKCcu+%28Funky+Junk+Interiors%29%20">funky junk interiors SNS party </a></span></span><br />
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