Purse Alert!

Hi Everyone! No, I haven't fallen off the face of the Earth, but I STILL am in some sort of alternate universe where my house is in chaos, projects are half finished, and oh doodle, I have company coming on Thursday! Can this situation be saved by anyone except the "Lone Wallpaper Ranger" and a faithful wallpaper companion, or two?

Well, I'm not really complaining, just antsy to get the rest of the Dining Room done, before I go cuckoo and load a dumpster full of nic nacs and mismatched china!

So taking a break from insanity, I wanted to share some photos of a purse I purchased from

Daphne Nicole

She's having a give away too, so be sure and enter!!!

last week.  I had been stalking her blog and then her new website for weeks! I finally decided on one that is in neutrals, so it would "go with everything", which seems to be my new mantra for not only decorating, clothing, accessories, and now life in general. Is it age? Hmmmm....? Maybe I won't go there.

I could have posed with it and taken pictures, but good grief, it's almost 2:00 in the afternoon, and I'm still in my pajamas, so I'll save us all the embarrassment and just hang this cutie on my TV armoire door.

Honestly, I'm not lazy, just worked all weekend outside in cleaning up the pool area, washing outside furniture, planting, painting misc. "stuff", and generally being the energizer bunny. So today, I'm being a bum.

Enough about me, look at this darling specimen of vintage yumminess! The attention to detail! The handcraftsmanship, (whew, big word for, dang, this girl does great work!) Ooodles of vintage charm...a brooch, lace, fringe, oh golly I'm just in love with it!!!

You can have one too, just not one like mine,

since all are one-of-a-kind fabulousness!

So. Go. Check. Out. Daphne's wonderful creations! She will even let you have a hand in sharing your own ideas for creating something fabulous, just for yourself!

OK, got's to get on the ball around here!
Hey, I have more projects to start that I can only get half done.

Hope you are having a great week,

it's hotter than Texas here right now!

love you all!

Debra

Making Progress

I've been painting for 7 hours straight.

Hit the big honkin' breakfront,

so now I have to wait for my guys to move it.

(I'm prayin' here folks, my husband hurt his back

on our St. Louis trip carrying in some garden statuary,

and he's not thrilled with this idea)

Notice the orange mouse?

My helpers again.

 The green toile looks gaggy with this creamy cappucino,

but I have a sample of wallpaper in the lower left hand corner.

See? So I think it will be pretty when it all comes together.

Anyone up for washing 7 years of dust off my china and crystal?... didn't think so.

Remember when I said I didn't have anything major planned for redecorating?

cancel that...

See ya later.

love,

Debra

Next project please...

As a certain bbff said to me last night,

"Wallpaper?...you'll have to convince me."

I know, I know, wallpaper seems to have fallen out of fashion of late,

but I've always loved me a little wallpaper to set a mood.

The Dining Room is the only place in this house,

that you'll find it.

And that's below the chair railing.

And I seem to be on some kind of wild,

redecorating roll here...

to lighten up my world.

I still love the green and the toile,

but anyone else out there like me...

You just need a change every once in a while?

I'm holding the sample book up next to the chair rail

to get an idea of it next to the white woodwork.

and I just thought I'd throw in my Mother's Day

 gift from my St. Louis kids,

a Paris pillow from the new collection at Restoration Hardware.

OK. I'm off to order the wallpaper and matching paint.

Keep a good thought for me.

I tend to get in over my head at times.

I'm doing a two-fer this White Wednesday

hope you don't mind me being piggy.

Thanks Kathleen

So, this may take me a while,

as I have to strip the old paper off,

...paint,

and then wait for the paper to arrive.

I'll try to come up for air.

love,

Debra