Some outside fun

Today's visit with my sister Rachel will take us on a tour of her outside decor. We both love to decorate...inside and out. We get that from our Mom. She was forever crafting and sewing and creating different design scapes for the house....inside and out. If she had a thought about something in wood, she would draw it and Daddy would be able to make it. I never really thought about it until I was asked about creative talent in the family. I guess Mom and Dad were both very created. Me and Rachel inherited our home decorating thoughts from Mom and my brother's got Daddy's talents for making things with wood. 

Today we will feature Rachel's outdoor areas. She has a big front porch across the front of the house. Then there is a walkway that goes by the side of the house with a small sitting area that leads around back to her back deck. So sit back and enjoy some of her unique ways of welcoming fall to her home.

Fall featuring Rachel

Today's blog is brought to you from my sister Rachel's house. This is her favorite time of year and she goes all out to decorate for fall. Since she collects Fiesta dishes in some amazing fall colors, you will see a lot of them popping up today. She takes the simplest things like her stack of plates in her china cabinet and simply adds a pumpkin on top for a whole new fall festive appeal.

A simple pumpkin place beside another set of dishes.

Of course she is going to have a big collection of cups. She loves her coffee and loves an assortment of cups. 

I just love her Fiestaware.

This display to welcome fall is adorable. 

I have a table similar to this one. I am finishing up my decor this week. 

A cute centerpiece.

I love the centerpiece on this table too.

More pumpkins simply set among her everyday decor to add that fall feeling.

A closeup of the pumpkin floral centerpiece.

She has purchased one of the new Pyrex holiday patterns. She got the little monsters. It's too cute. 

  

She sent me a pic of her BOO plate from Kroger's so I had to run out and get one because they are too cute. They were just $1.00.

She uses her for bananas. Mine is being used for Little Debbie snack cakes. Can you guess which one of us is the better eater?

That's it for Rachel interior fall design today. Stop back by tomorrow when we will feature her outside decor. Her front porch makes you want to sit down with a good book and a cup of hot chocolate. Hope you all have a great day!

Winding down

When I got back from vacation, I went straight back to work the next day. I am off today which means I can get my fall stuff out (finally) and catch up on decorating. Tomorrow launches my Fall Foto Launch of some amazing decor from friends and family. But today is my last posting from my finds from the beach that I wanted to share with you. The first one being this adorable little ghost. He will be a good addition to my Halloween decor.

I have been looking and looking for a valance for my small bathroom window that had blue & tan and would go with my shower curtain that is blue, tan, and sea shells. It's a beach theme room and I found these large napkins that I am going to try to use to sew together and make a valance. We'll see. 

I want to do a small Christmas tree in every room but how do you do that in a beach bathroom. Easy when you find a cute little shell tree at the beach.

I love boxes and tins for Christmas. My new favorites.

Picked up my annual new Christmas coffee cup for .99 cents.

But my thrill came when I found the vintage Pyrex mixing bowls that go with my new mixer I got for my birthday. These are normally about $40 for the set and I found them for $21.

I have a friend who is wanting to collect Pyrex. In one of my pay-it-forward moments, I bought this little piece for $5 for her to start her collection.

The reason I was paying it forward is because another friend (we all three work together) said her Mamaw gave her some Pyrex and she didn't want it so she gave it to me. EEK! It is two pieces of the Friendship pattern that I have been wanting so bad. This is a hard to find pattern because it is one of the most popular. I got these for FREE! You gotta love great friends!

Well, that's it. Stay tuned tomorrow to start our tour of homes with my families and friends fall decor.

Happy birthday to my grandson

Today my baby grandson turns 7. It is so hard to believe. 

He has had personality plus since the day he was born.

Always laughing, always happy. He brings so much joy just by being around him.

He's our star baseball player. He loves the game. He plays every chance he gets and I think he would stay up all night and play if they would let him. 

You point a camera and ask him to smile and you never know what you will get. 

He's such a character that he keeps me laughing at all his antics and quips. I never know what he is going to say.

We got to spend one or two days together every week this summer along with his sister and cousin and we have had the best summer I have had in years. 

His was picked up by a travel team of 7 years old even though he was only 6 at the time they tried him out. They have won championship after championship all year. He is so amazing for his age. I see a great future for him in baseball.

Their team took it all the way to #1. They recently won the 8u belt challenge in Kingsport, TN and found out they are the USSSA #1 ranked 7u team in the country. No one he is always smiling.

Happy birthday, Colby James. Mamaw loves you very, very much and is so proud of you!