Wednesday, September 19, 2012

More Fall Inspiration...

Fall Open House, that was earlier this month.

I always look forward to their 
"vintage" take on Fall.

Enjoy...




 The theme this year was
"Under the Harvest Moon"


























































See ya tomorrow for Vintage Inspiration Friday,
xoxo,

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

"Through the French Door" and Give Away Winners...

I've been looking forward to the release of Carolyn Westbrook's new book, Through the French Door, since I heard she was working on it. If you have one of Carolyn's other beautiful books, then you know what I mean. Her first book, Carolyn Westbrook Home has been a "go-to" source of inspiration for me since I found it, and her second book The French Inspired Home, ignited a real love for French influences to be incorporated into my own home decor.

Here are a few photos from her latest book that was just released last week from CICO Publishers. So you lucky gals that have won this book from my Anniversary Give Away earlier this summer, I'll be getting it in the mail to you later this week.






















If you'd like to purchase any of Carolyn's wonderful design books, I have a direct link to Amazon on my sidebar. If you're like me and love a French inspired decor you'll want to have your own copy to enjoy.


And now for the winners of my 
Vintage Inspiration 2 Year Give Away
the winners are Cindy from Beaux R'eves,
 Congratulations gals, just email me your mailing addresses!



Thank you, 
to all you great people that come by each week to join the party,
love you bunches!

Let's Shop Monday Marketplace #30

One of my favorite things about Fall is all the great graphics, old and new, that we can use for decorating, gift giving, and just plain having some fun. When I saw this wonderful owl I knew you all would enjoy it too.


available from Creative Carmelina


Here are a few more great links from last week:

Obee Designs Wonderful Paris Bee Pillow




from My Wonderfully Made






from Knick of Time



And this great Grain Sack Apron
from On Sutton Place



Leslie Janson has the Sponsor Spotlight this week, with her gorgeous and creative one-of-a-kind repurposed vintage jewelry pieces and perfect for Fall, Vintage School Pennant Pillows. I love everything Leslie creates. You'll want to check out her fun Etsy Shop soon.











Time to link (up to three of) your in individual items from your Etsy Shops or Online Boutiques. Please only link up items that are for sale. You don't have to have a blog to link up, but if you do, I'd love for you to be a follower of Common Ground and hopefully grab the Monday Marketplace button on the sidebar to help spread the word.  This link is live all week, so be sure and check back in during the week for new listings! Thanks for coming by, now let's have some shopping fun...







Sunday, September 16, 2012

What's on the sideboard this month...

Happy Weekend Everyone...

This is a rainy and cool one here in SW Missouri. But after this year's extreme heat and drought it will be a long time before I complain about rainy and cool. nope...happy for the change in seasons here. I wanted to share a few more spaces around the house that I've been decorating for Fall, so a rainy gray day doesn't effect the hall sideboard. It's always gray and hard to photo since there isn't any natural light. I always feel like I have to start off with an apology for the photos. They're never very good because I have to have all the bright lights on just to get anything remotely usable. But here goes...





I changed out my galvanized flower bucket
 for a wheat sheaf and some Fall apples and pears.
(oooh, and I found this great burlap-y linen wired ribbon, too)









I added in a fruit lithograph from the early 1900's, to the vintage window hanging there. I love that old window as a backdrop to my seasonal displays. Actually, I have a pair of these old lithographs, companion pieces, but this is my favorite with all the Autumn fruit in still life. I bought them both for about $40 at an antique mall here. I think the frames were the deterrent for them not selling at a much higher price The frame had been painted gold, but I decided to distress them down, and then realized they had been white underneath. I like the finish much better now. White, but with some of the gold still showing.



Here's my latest velvet pumpkin baby that I bought yesterday; so yummy in a creamy antique white. It has the real pumpkin stem which I love.




Still using the old metal tray with fruit. 
Love these dark rich colors for Autumn.


and my wine crates...



As you can see, things didn't change a lot with my sideboard tweaking. Just changed out the sunflower theme for a more Fall feeling with the fruit, wheat, berries, and pumpkins.

(July 2012)

I noticed while I was out yesterday
 that the mum and pumpkin stand is opening, 
I'll be there soon!!!

xoxo,