Before It's Too Late!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween, everyone!  Can you believe it's already here?  I canNOT!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you saw my house right now, you'd laugh because it's suffering a serious identity crisis!  The outside is decorated for Halloween ... the kitchen has the beginnings of Christmas ... and, the sitting room has Fall splashed around.  I almost feel sorry for it (and, me, lol)!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Before the leaves and pumpkins are put back into the Fall bins for another year, I snapped a few pics of our sitting room, dressed in blues, creams and pops of vibrant orange.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDO1C8Ay1smXfy5TExJal6Mw9jPQkJ5i8P-D5nRphmP_OUq4qWgytV7L4Fc71ZGv3iz7ZtKY4EP0LfhLFGixbKbGnFLqbYXKYuTCwqRuJqLNHY5XZxmdGDSvFHVxE91GjdG5wg7IfjQ/s640/fallsittingoverall.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Glass cloches are often my BFF when it comes to styling ... they're the perfect way to showcase ANYthing, aren't they?</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4biwex32PNHIqn39biJTeOYrfy719zZPan5gPSrr_sEYry2iJUVNMdylk2CzC1kmjjaStYgjstpublRd6C5PyKy9N2byp9w6QF9ujrYP7Swsy_Arz2qE2aBA9tMffVsU4MSpHk_RPQw/s1600/fallsittingpinecone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4biwex32PNHIqn39biJTeOYrfy719zZPan5gPSrr_sEYry2iJUVNMdylk2CzC1kmjjaStYgjstpublRd6C5PyKy9N2byp9w6QF9ujrYP7Swsy_Arz2qE2aBA9tMffVsU4MSpHk_RPQw/s640/fallsittingpinecone.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I spotted "Mr. Owl" at Michael's, I just *knew* he had to come home with me ... esPECIALLY since he was on sale (40% off)!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNUTPCrA12a9xQWA2CoHTsF3LiiFkw49XPynnrKrU1b07vbB9KEV98RWrXS2w4WKKXGKvZtUu9P9H4LblnxfhBp1XgvzBim8vfnlahS-0NQlNoPGcy1d4FWgORCAmBYuxfyPGh-bd8A/s640/fallsittingowl.jpg" width="360" /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once again ... another glass cloche to the rescue.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7i6EpCIQlzniaaQBgM50IqZQyxJ59Yirabei7B-RSBqd64s3-AmvSP9-RBknnLMos5ZiPcf_GWzsdpYPlPZxNaK2yus5u06GemAs7wCBT-_W9U4S1qNf_7s8UW3HC9AIt_ePDDU8yFA/s1600/fallsittingfall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7i6EpCIQlzniaaQBgM50IqZQyxJ59Yirabei7B-RSBqd64s3-AmvSP9-RBknnLMos5ZiPcf_GWzsdpYPlPZxNaK2yus5u06GemAs7wCBT-_W9U4S1qNf_7s8UW3HC9AIt_ePDDU8yFA/s640/fallsittingfall.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpO9cOC3gaL-vFK2CH0KlJL5b3JAaGG0cE8wQuDUyyGyxsFKbIn8WUKESEYTopURSP6aHuuPIiqSwhRdbxr2ClbUQRb9Qr_zLAyetVmwL_4HTkAgqG8lfti6ctrobw6zM3tOQ0QIw7Q/s1600/fallsittingpitcher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpO9cOC3gaL-vFK2CH0KlJL5b3JAaGG0cE8wQuDUyyGyxsFKbIn8WUKESEYTopURSP6aHuuPIiqSwhRdbxr2ClbUQRb9Qr_zLAyetVmwL_4HTkAgqG8lfti6ctrobw6zM3tOQ0QIw7Q/s640/fallsittingpitcher.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I still can't wait to change out our chandelier!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEW8Sb8u2-E1vU9g0xWXoGBi2HHkN8hf1U0ku0bUcf-lfvVXjPfQFcMj2JFAJMUcCYEHB9T-U1azH5Ig33qg6rxmbqTF94qb-wD91vfdI0l_YvyamEKJWQ8soWvUxRtwkWotuUSoibzQ/s1600/fallsittingside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEW8Sb8u2-E1vU9g0xWXoGBi2HHkN8hf1U0ku0bUcf-lfvVXjPfQFcMj2JFAJMUcCYEHB9T-U1azH5Ig33qg6rxmbqTF94qb-wD91vfdI0l_YvyamEKJWQ8soWvUxRtwkWotuUSoibzQ/s640/fallsittingside.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-V8iRkeOu4qEFMf7ftsaCnbsUMPLgvZxg6VhgT0xALt8ebDz-PMdTLv2sfNx95J29BXAld-OBxIY85RbIAbGDppA2wgELos-bHyTUuOZhELy12TBK7-Y8Q-Lv0QMF58OPASYMbpdOQ/s1600/fallsittingpumpkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-V8iRkeOu4qEFMf7ftsaCnbsUMPLgvZxg6VhgT0xALt8ebDz-PMdTLv2sfNx95J29BXAld-OBxIY85RbIAbGDppA2wgELos-bHyTUuOZhELy12TBK7-Y8Q-Lv0QMF58OPASYMbpdOQ/s400/fallsittingpumpkin.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Behind the loveseat, I added a sofa table recently picked up from a consignment shop.  You know I love having another place to add a few goodies:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaN66DwjNhiA8T4k59yEX1rHsdW9vKWVj6yogCHhuK1BqRQhQ53S4GHkiZYFyNg_kcT-hzoyNQ-TF2MK1du1r7Siq3qFmkf16RG22Q9toUSfD1qwKhqQhJ3QIPlP5LyR6JnrsSADCicg/s1600/fallsitting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaN66DwjNhiA8T4k59yEX1rHsdW9vKWVj6yogCHhuK1BqRQhQ53S4GHkiZYFyNg_kcT-hzoyNQ-TF2MK1du1r7Siq3qFmkf16RG22Q9toUSfD1qwKhqQhJ3QIPlP5LyR6JnrsSADCicg/s640/fallsitting.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJfAr_DHG0H1OUYZpDtmFx3FjPmsZh42odHEnDW6u6tWuYdLfcE7AEuRWJujjsM0MbiI4cXwFy3BZ9I2AWaY01ptUVzYVWtcaBE4WFpOe4UFpRFu3jGVVsAm9oY49CQVzbX7iJat1ew/s1600/fallsittingcoffee1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJfAr_DHG0H1OUYZpDtmFx3FjPmsZh42odHEnDW6u6tWuYdLfcE7AEuRWJujjsM0MbiI4cXwFy3BZ9I2AWaY01ptUVzYVWtcaBE4WFpOe4UFpRFu3jGVVsAm9oY49CQVzbX7iJat1ew/s640/fallsittingcoffee1.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More pieces of orange found its way to our accent chest, too.</span>  </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SWqsH_3BLwl8BINIoRZDJ7rgjipmlCNgDaiQcw7qNjj4WB27Kjg6qLvKY-8KmZsdsyVGmzfOA9M9U8y8vqzYpPXweWMhRTswr20R1ZQxdopyT0adRpxIk42ktJ_bTt_9iNCbqzl_Tg/s1600/fallsittingblue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SWqsH_3BLwl8BINIoRZDJ7rgjipmlCNgDaiQcw7qNjj4WB27Kjg6qLvKY-8KmZsdsyVGmzfOA9M9U8y8vqzYpPXweWMhRTswr20R1ZQxdopyT0adRpxIk42ktJ_bTt_9iNCbqzl_Tg/s640/fallsittingblue.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OXlUyiZDRXUHDnDm2HONDfWNOhPlUvGTpoL8oQJ41UcNotEAIzXKVTqgOheQgvHxicqbPJnGA6ohBArRsHs76Wy63_ghafeuoqKwYqff9L3egR7t5fWkshzTiAU7rK3gfXYHtdOoNA/s1600/fallsittingframe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OXlUyiZDRXUHDnDm2HONDfWNOhPlUvGTpoL8oQJ41UcNotEAIzXKVTqgOheQgvHxicqbPJnGA6ohBArRsHs76Wy63_ghafeuoqKwYqff9L3egR7t5fWkshzTiAU7rK3gfXYHtdOoNA/s400/fallsittingframe.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My favorite part of the day is when the afternoon sun shines in:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2SA7ByXwiLS2oYk0Rj8RhtKxUFuQhmk21A8Q7WvKKteRyeOrZv22B1Rc-kIwdEsCf5EngTGM8xpUyzM1_VVyn35_17XhO79Y45m0dGbk_ImM9bHTnaB-ey9XPU15Paro6Hu5i8o80Q/s1600/fallsittinglast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2SA7ByXwiLS2oYk0Rj8RhtKxUFuQhmk21A8Q7WvKKteRyeOrZv22B1Rc-kIwdEsCf5EngTGM8xpUyzM1_VVyn35_17XhO79Y45m0dGbk_ImM9bHTnaB-ey9XPU15Paro6Hu5i8o80Q/s640/fallsittinglast.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, tell me ... is your house suffering an identity crisis right now, too?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'm joinging:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Savvy Southern Style/<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2012/10/wow-us-wednesdays-90.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SavvySouthernStyle+%28Savvy+Southern+Style%29">WUW</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Before It's Too Late!

Happy Halloween, everyone!  Can you believe it's already here?  I canNOT!   If you saw my house right now, you'd laugh because it...

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Quick, Call the Exterminator!

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's right, friends, our mudroom has been taken over ... a-GAIN!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYSeuNdgR5I1lzPVsFspG4adBXroEZt_e93jYhDD1Os4tMivUdKLChoTkSZrh-pBkM1sFV3HJGg_basbhOCTZFrFQN6l7b4MDBkVACd85gNvmKG1akB1nsEh6zaKjmH9GmSlXX-KZRA/s1600/fallmudoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYSeuNdgR5I1lzPVsFspG4adBXroEZt_e93jYhDD1Os4tMivUdKLChoTkSZrh-pBkM1sFV3HJGg_basbhOCTZFrFQN6l7b4MDBkVACd85gNvmKG1akB1nsEh6zaKjmH9GmSlXX-KZRA/s640/fallmudoverall.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They're everywhere ...</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEpItIDk-iT9wqLtC3gxCnU6K9TmfYsElYzp0rrB3ydPs7fry2ypWh3eHlQPZGyy494oBbyon0-rdflc5g9NC5rJKhdC9j5_iaOL6BESrfejCMwFJu6Mq4OW6Qz3yzueYwA_ovgt2uA/s1600/fallmudother1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEpItIDk-iT9wqLtC3gxCnU6K9TmfYsElYzp0rrB3ydPs7fry2ypWh3eHlQPZGyy494oBbyon0-rdflc5g9NC5rJKhdC9j5_iaOL6BESrfejCMwFJu6Mq4OW6Qz3yzueYwA_ovgt2uA/s640/fallmudother1.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*sniffing out* the family ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBhCvKwCDnsLqhvtTmOAPyq_OLtJYU_6kL8skSf593fCap5s67RWDIjuQqwTUOIvT2MX5jOZunVZswWgAebiMoArQyY9qO4KaVdxUVVWtT_ZPRxOKpovT1ooSmCwwgd2u_AnkbOukOA/s1600/fallmudmicepics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBhCvKwCDnsLqhvtTmOAPyq_OLtJYU_6kL8skSf593fCap5s67RWDIjuQqwTUOIvT2MX5jOZunVZswWgAebiMoArQyY9qO4KaVdxUVVWtT_ZPRxOKpovT1ooSmCwwgd2u_AnkbOukOA/s640/fallmudmicepics.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">making themselves right at home in their little houses ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxHEQJjYvurEA4H8qIOrywwWrtnVhwnheWQ03Jo5eHAgoNviFkjTAdCQi7yD6-bs6_QLJKKvB-008Cqm_ZCv3ym2z04xNi4MYRWmMMk8VhH3hIlqSJmH09MI7P5BGPFGe6UfDFx0ZUgQ/s1600/fallmudmice1pg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxHEQJjYvurEA4H8qIOrywwWrtnVhwnheWQ03Jo5eHAgoNviFkjTAdCQi7yD6-bs6_QLJKKvB-008Cqm_ZCv3ym2z04xNi4MYRWmMMk8VhH3hIlqSJmH09MI7P5BGPFGe6UfDFx0ZUgQ/s400/fallmudmice1pg.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and, engaging in surprise attacks on us AND each other!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HcGSVuWQxfMlVIh5jjr38WOZyyoD4k_agWpRtKmYswk9bE69UniGYV84s0iPNVtjob8rO5-8vmv9Ra2fBRX-t6Sfr3qHC19Rm2Na4RZzJmP9nPqa6v7rYf3JN2ERpXIXWqGpso3XAg/s1600/fallmudmice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HcGSVuWQxfMlVIh5jjr38WOZyyoD4k_agWpRtKmYswk9bE69UniGYV84s0iPNVtjob8rO5-8vmv9Ra2fBRX-t6Sfr3qHC19Rm2Na4RZzJmP9nPqa6v7rYf3JN2ERpXIXWqGpso3XAg/s640/fallmudmice.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apparently, they aren't our only unwanted guests!  This crow stands perched on the soffit, ready to swoop down on his next victim at any moment!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQS-luu1b8cUyVSp9xixD6U7iGNKUx4DFlMZbeU0gCafeDpUm9XPDmmvWmrbD85neDGSR3T4CxInt5YK9-aPdbeQ2i0m7HZsO9mwbbqwNzCKsZj8HZsxydM2_A8Wc-MvJuf5hlDE34Q/s1600/fallmudcrow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQS-luu1b8cUyVSp9xixD6U7iGNKUx4DFlMZbeU0gCafeDpUm9XPDmmvWmrbD85neDGSR3T4CxInt5YK9-aPdbeQ2i0m7HZsO9mwbbqwNzCKsZj8HZsxydM2_A8Wc-MvJuf5hlDE34Q/s640/fallmudcrow.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even our "command central" has been taken over ... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmxqUerY1iKTwT4IsoP20qbF-lYyR77uQ65vozfa5AJSOBfHyt59P6cY_c-6I9WOHFyaIjwThJIwbrmLSadZj2SzLaNjA6lD9gM1nFYdWnHfqEOLT4h5BGoxVmOlghZJl51GPD-iEJQ/s1600/fallmuddesk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmxqUerY1iKTwT4IsoP20qbF-lYyR77uQ65vozfa5AJSOBfHyt59P6cY_c-6I9WOHFyaIjwThJIwbrmLSadZj2SzLaNjA6lD9gM1nFYdWnHfqEOLT4h5BGoxVmOlghZJl51GPD-iEJQ/s640/fallmuddesk.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we can't even go close to our candy corn (which, *per-abably* isn't a bad thing)!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGCQnUHmr2J3Wxxf0vQ3iiGhcu93nwO_9Ea8EILyYdsoE2rIckKaFW18fBNmGVbngNjH0Pv_y47NZhC_R_ImiUZw74vqzWlGzL8iJHsBiBzcXKLsEIxNxWo_iw6f2Yz-ED6LPZOTytQ/s1600/fallmudspider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGCQnUHmr2J3Wxxf0vQ3iiGhcu93nwO_9Ea8EILyYdsoE2rIckKaFW18fBNmGVbngNjH0Pv_y47NZhC_R_ImiUZw74vqzWlGzL8iJHsBiBzcXKLsEIxNxWo_iw6f2Yz-ED6LPZOTytQ/s640/fallmudspider.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, don't let "Miss Ezmeralda's" endearing smile fool you ... she's just waiting to pick a spell out of her book and cast it on you while you're folding laundry!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ug6LxwB2X7Hy0niXdlYnQfK1nc17RMjQwLdGsgR6jR_CyXGrIKIdqprAH-RIB17FvHaitX36rKG9w981St5dVPPozFx4_0OVXCq7o2yqy4CqnlBtXKFk88XtCvKIjy5xaA6h86LGng/s1600/fallmudwitch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ug6LxwB2X7Hy0niXdlYnQfK1nc17RMjQwLdGsgR6jR_CyXGrIKIdqprAH-RIB17FvHaitX36rKG9w981St5dVPPozFx4_0OVXCq7o2yqy4CqnlBtXKFk88XtCvKIjy5xaA6h86LGng/s640/fallmudwitch.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just look what she did to ME ... stitches, fangs and icky blood vessels, oh my!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PkhQIEzeiSNsctgLSHlqjBGek2Oc5axf4ZlmXda1GFJ5xy0QzaUS_s1vxHuM4GxW5VVm3El5VNV_UiN25LWD8Zpg5DxnqP88DpimA1_2brktxzALjdsUyhUqrYqVuPKBb8RsCCXewg/s1600/mescaryfin1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PkhQIEzeiSNsctgLSHlqjBGek2Oc5axf4ZlmXda1GFJ5xy0QzaUS_s1vxHuM4GxW5VVm3El5VNV_UiN25LWD8Zpg5DxnqP88DpimA1_2brktxzALjdsUyhUqrYqVuPKBb8RsCCXewg/s400/mescaryfin1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, we can forget about trying to escape ... just take a peek at what is out there waiting for us!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ko7BUg9UKKUIleCKQSbw9UmjgEzLw3ECt4HGM-F04Rx6ld0RqzSLescXJ2WAa1q_IVIJqSU9dx5duXaR-pDV422uHhWuYcEzju9oP2yjznFkz6gC-lHhwkrUoflFcKVURklOLNdh8Q/s1600/falloutspider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ko7BUg9UKKUIleCKQSbw9UmjgEzLw3ECt4HGM-F04Rx6ld0RqzSLescXJ2WAa1q_IVIJqSU9dx5duXaR-pDV422uHhWuYcEzju9oP2yjznFkz6gC-lHhwkrUoflFcKVURklOLNdh8Q/s640/falloutspider.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqdnCeF7EZuOHsXMgUggcuf2uFMclXfzPAighcLPTWJR43A1-V61KEZLr8U6NRFGXGOuJqVmM9dRbSumgdWzfw2T3GydGPtgwU6cieR0-RoFIWkkPTB1bOK3CLvXd1PQ-r1kx4Rd35g/s1600/falloutspider1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqdnCeF7EZuOHsXMgUggcuf2uFMclXfzPAighcLPTWJR43A1-V61KEZLr8U6NRFGXGOuJqVmM9dRbSumgdWzfw2T3GydGPtgwU6cieR0-RoFIWkkPTB1bOK3CLvXd1PQ-r1kx4Rd35g/s640/falloutspider1.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, tell me ... has *your* house been taken over by unwanted Halloween creatures?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Quick, Call the Exterminator!

That's right, friends, our mudroom has been taken over ... a-GAIN! They're everywhere ...   *sniffing out* the family ...     making...

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NOW, You're (Home)Talk'n...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">What </span>is it about Spring and Fall that makes so many of us want to declutter and organize?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Yes, friends, it’s that time of year when I feel the “urge to purge.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>And, in order to complete my mission, I’m constantly looking for ways to make sense of my home's chaos!</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span> </div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Enter HOMETALK!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">   You know ... t</span>he amazing online community where members can post their home projects … ask for opinions … and find creative and inventive ideas to implement into their own homes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>One of the many great elements of Hometalk is its “Clipboard” feature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>You can save (or “clip”) any project you see to refer to later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Annnnnd, your friends can follow your clipboard so that they may be inspired right along with you!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, speaking of clipboards … when my sweet and beyond talented friend, Karianne (from her “ohso” famous blog, </span><a href="http://www.thistlewoodfarms.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Thistlewood Farms</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">), asked if I’d create an “Organizational/Storage” clipboard to be shared on Hometalk's Facebook Page (and her fabulous </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/thistlewoodfarm?fref=ts"><span style="font-size: large;">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> page, as well), I, of course, said "yes," especially since organization is something I'm trying to conquer in our home as we speak!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">When you have a minute, simply click </span><a href="http://www.hometalk.com/adventuresindecorating/board/147482"><span style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> to visit my clipboard.  You just might be inspired by the incredibly organized pantry that has a place for ev.er.ee.thing; the awesome wall mounted storage made from crates and palettes; the shoe organizer created from simple molding; or the storage bins made from twine covered cardboard boxes (yes, cardboard boxes) ... I could go on and on!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFyJkOKqKw31piHH7Siq1P11FTsiOKqdQ1yyCZ5SjhSiUsYfkcAUa6iTORW5akvQS-3WynH3ZZmRMyqv3MRIe5l0gcayFQvqymW1bztR8bZQVXOSkNFysXmsddIY3C0tZ7sKuUbrKEw/s1600/hometalk.jpg" /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">And, while you're there, be sure to become a <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">member of Hometalk (if you aren't already) and start creating your own Clipboards that we can follow!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p>A</o:p>s always, thanks so much for stopping by!</span>  I'm off to finish taking pics of our Fall sitting room before it turns into our *Christmas* sitting room!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBV4eace8T-FZp37c8O0WQGwotyjVi3zGM1Lg4_3Tp_zjAmWPfuNfHeZsHXwzaF1v6GnZv1DgTTzRO8nyWfRYBO6HLCDHmZDNoKRUYuw0CTWP86xPMVWROrawoiNilHqwDMAfHhPm5A/s1600/fallsitting1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBV4eace8T-FZp37c8O0WQGwotyjVi3zGM1Lg4_3Tp_zjAmWPfuNfHeZsHXwzaF1v6GnZv1DgTTzRO8nyWfRYBO6HLCDHmZDNoKRUYuw0CTWP86xPMVWROrawoiNilHqwDMAfHhPm5A/s640/fallsitting1.jpg" width="360" /></a></div> </div></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/324/23F7A341254AC000A256EF1E6BE921AB.png" /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div></div>

NOW, You're (Home)Talk'n...

What is it about Spring and Fall that makes so many of us want to declutter and organize?   Yes, friends, it’s that time of year when I fee...

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She's Ready for Her Closeup!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Friday Eve!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the many fabulous things that I learned at the Southern Bloggers Conference this past weekend was that sometimes less is more when it comes to our words.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, to let the eye rest with clean space in between your thoughts.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sooo, that's what I'm going to attempt to do with this post.  But, you know what less words means, right?  MORE pictures!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm excited to share with you our revamped kitchen!  Come on in!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMamSDFkI7KS9be6a94khDaddh9rU1RwpQCNokNZrpP6-24RjCexcA7caw5WdvdjBEKYd53CZ7Noh0CAjWi0IY7sxUlWwxwlWzxTZmU7xUPRPRO9b0DJ-jF4itkXCq8KbnQkLNAlwBgA/s1600/kitchennewoverall,jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMamSDFkI7KS9be6a94khDaddh9rU1RwpQCNokNZrpP6-24RjCexcA7caw5WdvdjBEKYd53CZ7Noh0CAjWi0IY7sxUlWwxwlWzxTZmU7xUPRPRO9b0DJ-jF4itkXCq8KbnQkLNAlwBgA/s640/kitchennewoverall,jpg.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to our white and bright kitchen!  I can't tell you how much we love it!  Our walls are now BM Manchester Tan.  I painted the bottom cabinets (originally maple stained) to match the upper cabinets (that I painted white awhile back) ...</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLW5DHqAkirLy7kEK3dyMNgn9VEqKLapPmTQxKsNsHTOyuFXjlf_99eGsY5I55vbIS7XOJI1En137rjsM0bTQA-h4k4wai-Kuza3McEARLL453StIo-X5fFzn3ijoYO2D0jvnxCCR8A/s1600/kitchennewdoor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLW5DHqAkirLy7kEK3dyMNgn9VEqKLapPmTQxKsNsHTOyuFXjlf_99eGsY5I55vbIS7XOJI1En137rjsM0bTQA-h4k4wai-Kuza3McEARLL453StIo-X5fFzn3ijoYO2D0jvnxCCR8A/s640/kitchennewdoor.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we (meaning my husband and neighbor) added beadboard to the backsplash ...</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5c0eww-5vQQGADhonSO7S2Milb18F36hWPuUqRRGC0GhhbKQkXPX3MhtUfpFqnQKpWebQhDQeAEvZ5qfxA2bzzvRGPN_A4vrqo7tg8VBQ9deoyJZLfdiSRUiNLvhSVU7UiOGUOuJ9Pg/s1600/kitchennewcoffee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5c0eww-5vQQGADhonSO7S2Milb18F36hWPuUqRRGC0GhhbKQkXPX3MhtUfpFqnQKpWebQhDQeAEvZ5qfxA2bzzvRGPN_A4vrqo7tg8VBQ9deoyJZLfdiSRUiNLvhSVU7UiOGUOuJ9Pg/s640/kitchennewcoffee.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">new cup pulls were added to the drawers ...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_8DO-mjYQAfC-iniAMo5rbewGI3JrsXcnAKEecbLEB-gt1oY1BC9Rfq_PCtH_8AVjVvF6xB5a7zaiTxsQZ7xcniOx9BlLJ0wwZfVOlDnDULqadtBXqP2XZYAVOpPEaRtek3LvqfbxA/s1600/kitchennewknobs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_8DO-mjYQAfC-iniAMo5rbewGI3JrsXcnAKEecbLEB-gt1oY1BC9Rfq_PCtH_8AVjVvF6xB5a7zaiTxsQZ7xcniOx9BlLJ0wwZfVOlDnDULqadtBXqP2XZYAVOpPEaRtek3LvqfbxA/s640/kitchennewknobs.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and, we *finally* added support to our butcher block top island (which we should've done a year ago ... oops), by adding new farmhouse legs (which I painted and distressed to match the Chateaux Grey island)!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7Rvx7ShnIKE6g4XsbEMuKaEDdZ76jzhOgIrvwWc3F5evYVkualggNiJkKAK1edkp5c8vKn30Iow9Bs93A2cGIOuNNJGzwNykV289UtAej7PRL-4tkhkYWGzHqby_0J2v6mhWXhPhzA/s1600/kitchennewisland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7Rvx7ShnIKE6g4XsbEMuKaEDdZ76jzhOgIrvwWc3F5evYVkualggNiJkKAK1edkp5c8vKn30Iow9Bs93A2cGIOuNNJGzwNykV289UtAej7PRL-4tkhkYWGzHqby_0J2v6mhWXhPhzA/s640/kitchennewisland.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With our kitchen not getting any direct light, I can't tell you what a difference it has made in how "happy" this room now feels:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSw82Zzih5Bh-3jUWrG8i-QFf0Ena4E08LOdXbeg2_nUiMVIuE2rP4_TUr2zNK4kiivwRgoz2NV3tqBkvbuE2xmeSiO237PCXPafRYVgRFpDZUzMMBKZ4k5eqIp2kOfmEm0H6Xygxw2A/s1600/kitchennewbed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSw82Zzih5Bh-3jUWrG8i-QFf0Ena4E08LOdXbeg2_nUiMVIuE2rP4_TUr2zNK4kiivwRgoz2NV3tqBkvbuE2xmeSiO237PCXPafRYVgRFpDZUzMMBKZ4k5eqIp2kOfmEm0H6Xygxw2A/s640/kitchennewbed.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pretty white platters (from Home Goods) serve as simple, yet beautiful, *art* on the wall:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYgTjbVp5H2evpmVvWlZ0WpQQPCQcs49fpbg30aHktmJ06a_sAqYpHxF-5mdpaWOvOMBTRvWW_csbGQqsnO-XAA3l8qDJJ3uhHsCV9kEKc8nS5La3K_orOIXAecDlYaZXe3JtLO9bUQ/s1600/kitchennewplates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYgTjbVp5H2evpmVvWlZ0WpQQPCQcs49fpbg30aHktmJ06a_sAqYpHxF-5mdpaWOvOMBTRvWW_csbGQqsnO-XAA3l8qDJJ3uhHsCV9kEKc8nS5La3K_orOIXAecDlYaZXe3JtLO9bUQ/s640/kitchennewplates.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, white pitchers turn into a fun and functional place for utensils:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, this year, instead of using a Christmas tree, I decided to do a different take on our Fall family tree by adding branches (some of them lit) to a fleur-de-lis vase ... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-l65WZ-xcPZf8LDOw7skTm-imfoJ61rzY-nN5h1P8JaJZOiagmJ-NoqYOOAmG5Wt75Q96KaKKQ2INaC8pGnVrxqDGPqYi5dq6cXw4HIva9v5oGOlpvHRYrRor2K13LB8_RbVCwnRUw/s1600/kitchenfamilytree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-l65WZ-xcPZf8LDOw7skTm-imfoJ61rzY-nN5h1P8JaJZOiagmJ-NoqYOOAmG5Wt75Q96KaKKQ2INaC8pGnVrxqDGPqYi5dq6cXw4HIva9v5oGOlpvHRYrRor2K13LB8_RbVCwnRUw/s640/kitchenfamilytree.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and then clipping family photos and saying to the branches.  I love having it on the island so that our family is part of the "heart of our home" this time of year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5lbY9lB8HSmhQoh0RkfApSdzzgd22krgDBnkVVPwtemIPiK58eWXUgqGydZ50sKCOwE2RDcN6JSgxe_w2FyYacXgP6Y4XBcatDEZe7jIxrhGhDoyZLUFUx_9b41H2Ox3DSxKUjdy6w/s1600/kitchennewtreeclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5lbY9lB8HSmhQoh0RkfApSdzzgd22krgDBnkVVPwtemIPiK58eWXUgqGydZ50sKCOwE2RDcN6JSgxe_w2FyYacXgP6Y4XBcatDEZe7jIxrhGhDoyZLUFUx_9b41H2Ox3DSxKUjdy6w/s640/kitchennewtreeclose.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, tell me ... do you prefer less words and more pictures or more words and less pictures?  :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And, as always, thanks for stopping by!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'm joining:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Savvy Southern Style/<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2012/10/wow-us-wednesdays-90.html?showComment=1351706227584#c207819302189740167">WUW</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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She's Ready for Her Closeup!

Happy Friday Eve!   One of the many fabulous things that I learned at the Southern Bloggers Conference this past weekend was that sometimes ...

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They're Baaaack!

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I woke up this morning realizing that I haven't bored you all lately with pics of just a few more of the crazy mesh wreaths that I've had the privilege of creating for others lately (*gasp*)!  So, here you go ... try not to doze off! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">"Go, Team, Go!"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixH3dRC-9gfWL6QIN4N-VgBr3ym7BdJSN7s4nvc266f5K3BNa6HDPdrxOOJfFtUfV0RtixR7kvKlSW4lCJsCOCXoD3fLRrJhJItVPgjxRDkasT0zo3MDUvHcm-R-M-62PgQstgygjTmQ/s1600/cowboys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixH3dRC-9gfWL6QIN4N-VgBr3ym7BdJSN7s4nvc266f5K3BNa6HDPdrxOOJfFtUfV0RtixR7kvKlSW4lCJsCOCXoD3fLRrJhJItVPgjxRDkasT0zo3MDUvHcm-R-M-62PgQstgygjTmQ/s640/cowboys.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I'm sheepishly a bit proud of the "BOO" wreath that I designed last year because it managed to find its way onto Pinterest and, because of that, several folks contacted me to have a little "BOO" on their doors this year, too.  What fun!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMedvBUsYEGLnNQiTTxaXDa-m_vMMyGAa7U3ss_mIRk4dBDApp3i0vVr5sbpKA0XbyRnzbAdBg7rpYn7gIE9BI_zzoZY0WRdS0caxNxMghSv8TMZIAYXMP3W8TKCPiw3wRF0W4y9Mbg/s1600/boowreath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMedvBUsYEGLnNQiTTxaXDa-m_vMMyGAa7U3ss_mIRk4dBDApp3i0vVr5sbpKA0XbyRnzbAdBg7rpYn7gIE9BI_zzoZY0WRdS0caxNxMghSv8TMZIAYXMP3W8TKCPiw3wRF0W4y9Mbg/s640/boowreath.jpg" width="566" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, I had to splash some Fall on our front door, too!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8K4BLhsqyGh4JrAYoGbiVAUza-kOFE9EvFuSZRGeRbRg42WtFGVyx52NVKS4AhlM2OrXH2KnTAohhrnb_AJqMYWyl4hSuJmbXyM37dWztuQVtefKFWuydbdOLDSF0wS6S0Cn8XYXIw/s1600/fallus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8K4BLhsqyGh4JrAYoGbiVAUza-kOFE9EvFuSZRGeRbRg42WtFGVyx52NVKS4AhlM2OrXH2KnTAohhrnb_AJqMYWyl4hSuJmbXyM37dWztuQVtefKFWuydbdOLDSF0wS6S0Cn8XYXIw/s640/fallus.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigLrkcvuUFUjnNTJpb1I-fx4UL6C_YfZ-4ffxRcudNnEokGQERBrGvz6YqOJSA-s9qlQfJwETypqw60b7oYSnHpAduPFXMPkPppau_pmHi_Qjmdc7vx4jMjwXxeF2g5BxTrPhKmitYA/s1600/fallwreatha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigLrkcvuUFUjnNTJpb1I-fx4UL6C_YfZ-4ffxRcudNnEokGQERBrGvz6YqOJSA-s9qlQfJwETypqw60b7oYSnHpAduPFXMPkPppau_pmHi_Qjmdc7vx4jMjwXxeF2g5BxTrPhKmitYA/s640/fallwreatha.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are you still with me?  All kidding aside, I'm beyond flattered and excited that folks across the country have trusted me to create a little fun for their doors!  I didn't expect this to turn into a little gig for me, but I'm going to enjoy it as long as I can ... hopefully, creating a website making it easier to share them all in one place for easier viewing and ordering! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Can't wait to start on Christmas orders!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks so much for stopping by!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><em><strong>Becca</strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>

They're Baaaack!

I woke up this morning realizing that I haven't bored you all lately with pics of just a few more of the crazy mesh wreaths that I'v...

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