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Monday, November 7, 2011

Who says it's too early for a tree?

OK, maybe for a full blown Christmas Tree, but I get antsy to change up the Holiday decor, so one way to get a jumpstart is to bring in my two smallish trees. I like to start adding the evergreens, and bring in a more "woodsy" theme for Thanksgiving.

This little tree is wrapped in a burlap coffee bag from Germany

and is setting in my black goat cart in my Living Room right off the entry.

The "Help" loves burlap you know

(in the evening)

still tweaking...

How do you make the transition between Fall and Christmas?

Only thing is, you can't go in the basement because

I have ten open boxes of "stuff"

more of the transition coming...

And don't miss the Give Aways that are going on

over at Fishtail Cottage.

Tracie has one of my necklaces in the Give Away.

xoxo,

linking with,

Coastal Charm

Savvy Southern Sty le

A Stroll Thru Life

The French Cupboard

Primp

Very Merry Vintage Style

The Girl Creative

No Minimalist Here

French Country Cottage

Sunday, November 6, 2011

What's New in the Shop

These cooler days of Fall have me more productive in the studio,

so I thought I'd share what I've been adding to my Etsy Shop.

Some brass and zinc numbered tags are now hanging out

with my blinged keys.

I put together a little impromptu styling vignette

with an old celluloid covered jewelry box,

a frame of dried flowers and a small gold portrait frame.

One of my few hydrangeas of the year

that has the most amazing lavender color.

and a fragile old book entitled Religious Experience in Twelve Letters

dated 1826.

Vintage ladies watchfaces added to the key

and a new watch as part of the pendant.

The pendants are hanging from a 28 inch silver plate ball chain,

so there's no tarnishing.

Several of these have already been sold.

If you'd like something that's shown, just email me and

I'll try to put something together just for you.

Please be sure and label it "Jewelry" on the email.

It's never too soon to start thinking Christmas!

(this post is showing up in my most visited feed,

I'm no making jewelry at this time,

nor is my Etsy store open at this time.

thanks so much, Debra)

joining in with

xoxo,

Saturday, November 5, 2011

This and That

I had a few sets of photos I wanted to share, but they weren't very "blog worthy" by themselves, so hey, I just threw them all in this one "pot", kind of like a bloggy soup! These first ones are of my back deck a few weeks ago. This is what I see when I look out my kitchen window above my sink, so I like to have something interesting to view. Love this old vintage ice cream maker bucket on a vintage garden chair. The washed out blue and gold really speaks to me. I "planted" my mums this year in pots other than the store containers. Having extra soil around them has enabled them to stay nicer longer.