Out on the Porch

I can't take credit for this one,

I totally stole it from my sister,

who stole it from Robin...

And mine is pretty lame in comparison to the one Robin

had at her wonderful Vintage Suitcase Open House a few weeks ago.

(can you see that cute plaid peeking out under all the awesome branches?)

Love this plaid from Thermos and Scotch Plaid

And it does seem like every post has some plaid in it this time of year...

maybe cause I'm just in love with it!

(Pinterest)

I haven't seen my sister's yet, 

but I'm sure it's way better than what I threw together.

Although, I DO have to say that this is REAL Holly

from my mega bushes in the back yard.

No faux here...

OK, the little trees are faux...

and the wreath...

and the green poinsettias...

But the Holly is real!

Things haven't changed too much since my 

pre-Thanksgiving makeover.

I just put my pumpkins out in the back for the critters to chew on.

There's one of my helpers at the front door.

I'm done, cause it is now way below freezing and I can't

stand to take any more pictures.

Brrrrrr...

See ya tomorrow for 

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Hope you've dragged out all that old stuff,

cause we're havin' a party!!

Joining in for the Porch Party at 

At the Picket Fence

and a little p.s.

Be sure and link up tomorrow for VIF,

'cause there's a cute little Santa Girl Necklace for a Give Away!

big hugs,

Change up for the Front Porch

My front porch was looking pretty sad. Thank goodness the yard guys made it by this week to trim the hedges and get rid of the tons of leaves that were piling up in the front yard. Our two trees out front are maples, and they don't drop their leaves until after a hard freeze. Good thing they decided to come down a little early this year, it was getting pretty deep out there.

(next three photos were taken a week ago)

Gee, looks a little neglected, huh?

Oh, and look who I found on the porch a few weeks ago.

He's one of the "regulars" around here.

But today, despite me having some sort of cold with laryngitis,

 I had to get out there and do something to clean things up, 

and add a little Thanksgiving to the mix. 

We found a couple of cute 4 ft. lit trees at Lowe's this week,

(yay, they were 50% off)

that had a "bronze" finish on the urns.

You know me, they had to be painted white,

so I did that yesterday, even though I was feeling yucky.

Are you guys like me?... sheesh, it's hard for me to slow down!

(especially with a holiday next week, I don't have time to be sick)

So, amidst coughing fits and wearing my old sweats with no make-up,

I was outside puttering, 

the whole time praying that no one would drive by...

I wanted to have some Christmas-y evergreens,

but still hang on to my perfectly good pumpkins 

that together would look "harvesty".

(Hope you all speak my decor language.)

So I dug thru my stash and found a fruit wreath,

added some extra evergreens,

then tied it with some of the new thinner burlap ribbon

 I found at Robin's Open House.

Faux Green Poinsettias,

first time I've seen these.

I retitred my black wagon for the season and used 

the harvest basket to house the remaining faux pumpkins.

Did you change up your porch decor for Thanksgiving?

linking up with:

Between Naps on the Porch

A Stroll thru Life

Coastal Charm

Have you entered the Give Away yet?

click here

xoxo,

Vintage Inspiration Friday:# 57 Fall Front Porch Inspiration

I have to tell ya,

decorating my porch sort of gives me fits.

I'm not sure what it is that does it.

Shaded, wide steps, small porch...

whatever it is, I never am satisfied with the outcome.

Here are some inspiration photos from Pinterest that I love.

You can see I go for the more "natural" look of mums and pumpkins...

I'll take the house that goes with this front porch!!!

I like this too, but I'd do "natural pumpkins" not metallic.

OK, so here's mine,

still a work in progress!

NEEDS MORE PUMPKINS AND MUMS!

WHERE'S THE LINE BETWEEN TASTEFUL AND TOO MUCH?

I'll be testing this hypothesis...

Click here to see more of my "porch-in-progress".

So now from last week's partiers:

Melinda from Alabaster Rose shows us that

decorating for Fall doesn't have to include orange pumpkins.

See her bedroom transition with this gorgeous ceiling tile and basket

The Pennington Point

shows us her wonderful Living Room with a Scripture wall.

Please run by and check out her complete post,

it's amazing!

Marianne of Country Glamour Home

decorates her favorite cupboard for Fall

Gail's Decorative Touch has a wonderful mantle shelf in her living room

love her use of black and neutrals for Fall Decor.

And Debbie from Confessions of a Plate Addict wows us again

 with her fab take-off on the Country Living pumpkins!!

I'm linking up with these great parties:

     

Hope you'll link up your Fabulous Fall Fun

Pretty Please, put a link back to Common Ground

within your post or a button picture with a link on the sidebar.

It's such a huge bummer to come visit and there's no sign of

this party anywhere on the blog!

thank you!!!

I'm having a terrible time leaving comments.

they keep disappearing.

I know I'm not the only one.

I get a notice that says my cookies are null for comment form resoration,

or something like that.

Any help would be appreciated.

(grrrrrrr....)

xoxo,

love you guys!