Showing posts with label Sunday Favorites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sunday Favorites. Show all posts

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Bedding, Curtains, and Whine...




My Springy Laura Ashley Sheets.


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Thank you to Sweet Chari for hosting Sunday Favorites. Please visit her over at


She has a list of all the other bloggers who are sharing some of their favorite posts.


So be sure to go and visit them too!


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This post was originally written on
August 16th 2009.

At that time I was "late" in trying to
finish up with my Spring/Summer
bedroom project.





Well... it is still not completed.

In fact I never even bothered to put
on the Winter Bedding, even though
this was one of the coldest, snowiest
winters here in Texas in years!


Anyway... here I am setting myself up
once again. I will do my darnest to
finish this one project. Really.

Nevermind that I have three chairs
sitting in the garage waiting to get
beautiful new dresses.

Or the wonderful GW pedestal kitchen
table that will one day be painted black,
or white... or maybe by the time I get
around to it, another color will be
the must have color.


Yes, I love to get ahead of myself.
Starting new projects (in my mind)
before finishing what's on hand.

I wish I could be like "Martha",
and have a whole entourage to actually
do all my projects for me.


I sooo want to be like the rest of you.
Posting on a daily basis with the most
wonderful, fantastic "finished" projects.

(How do you do it???)


Hmmm... maybe if I didn't spend so much
time visiting all of you, I would be doing
my own projects!?

(Don't worry folks, I am addicted to you!)



Hope your weekend is a good one!

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August 16, 2009

My Spring/Summer lamps.


As you may already know... I started a master bedroom bedding and window treatment redo two weeks ago. I have a perfectly fine Winter set, but I wanted a lighter feel for the warmer months.


So... here it is August already,
and I still haven't finished!!!

But... that's not the worst part...


Being the procrastinator that I am... I had not purchased all the panels that I needed. So of course Walmart decided to put the curtain panels on clearance ... and now they were all gone!!!

I had enough for the windows but I also wanted to make a bedskirt out of them. So I spent two days going to four different Walmarts before finding the necessary three panels.

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Now I just have to decide what kind of skirt I want. {I just tucked the window panel in between the mattress to get an idea of how it will look}



This picture shows
a gathered skirt
with vertical stripes.


This picture shows the stripes
going horizontally.

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I sure would appreciate any ideas or opinions from any of you talented ladies :)

I will make the skirt longer (20-23") so that it will come up higher and there will not be a gap where the coverlet and skirt meet. 

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Okay now... back to the curtains.


Yes!  I am cutting them in half.
I will explain later.





I have two narrow windows on either side of my king size bed and of course they are not centered...

{Yet another "thank you" to the builders}


Although my bedroom is not enormous (15x14) it is not as small as it appears in this picture. Those are not night stands... but good sized chests. I have a large armoire and a Secretary desk on wall opposite the bed.


I have extended the rod to give
the appearance of a larger,
 centered window.

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I had a pair of burgundy panels up already and just needed the  one panel for the middle. But... I still want it to have the look of two panels.

{or it would tend look look a shower curtain}

So I cut it down the middle and I may add a trim to the leading edge.


So this is what it looks like...so far.


I think the burgundy panels are
a bit too scrunched???







The bedskirt will finish the look.


I hope to get it done soon.
(before I change back to my Winter bedding...)

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Edit April 18, 2010:

I am obviously afflicted
with decorating ADD.


Sunday, March 28, 2010

Sunday Favorites and a New Dog!

Thank you to Sweet Chari for hosting Sunday Favorites. 
Please visit her over at Happy to Design.

Since Easter is just around the corner I wanted to post something that had lots of pretty Easter colors. 
I hope you all enjoy Easter!






Yummy for my Tummy???



Scrumptious looking Ice Cream
Sundaes, Brownies, Cupcakes,
Petit Fours and Chocolates!!!



All these goodies are a feast
for the eyes... not the tummies.
That's because they are not real!

My contribution to this weeks
Friday Foodie hosted by Gollum,
are beautiful Faux Food Goodies!

I know that I am cheating a
bit by not showing real food,
but that's better than actually
cheating on my diet!

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Cute as cute can be
Cupcakes!

 

Don't you just want to stick your
finger into that creamy frosting!?


and...


Little "tea cakes"
or as the French say...
Petit Fours!

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Frosted Brownies
to DIE for!!!


  

It's almost as if you
can "smell" them!


Boxed up and ready to go.

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There's more...



Ice Cream and little
frosted sugar cookies.


and...


Cake too!!!

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But there always has to be
candies... and chocolate
ones at that!!!


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Even candles... for what's a
table setting without candles?



Scented Cupcake Candles


Hershey's Syrup Candle


Hershey's Jar Candle
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I just LOVE all my pretty little
"Faux Goodies"

I have them all over the house,  

... and the best part is that
they never make me fat fatter!

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Note: As of yesterday there is only (1)
set of Easter candies left.


The mixed Pastel and Chocolate set (top).


I am now taking special orders
for Mothers Day!


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Also...


This is our newest fur baby.


His name is Buddy.

He had been waiting for me
at the animal shelter.




Buster was feeling lonely after
the recent loss of his friend.


He really missed his Weezie.
I told him I would get him a buddy.




Dear sweet Louise. 


Louise was 15 years old.






Buddy is about 1 year old and
a Lhasa Apso (?).

He loves to run and play.
He is a real sweetheart!




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Now please go and visit Chari's







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