We Need A Little Christmas Now

I have been away from home and blogland for an entire week. We have been working on our home in South Georgia and I was too busy to blog. I'm back home now, although hubby is still there, and I decided to do just a little Christmas decorating this evening. So far, I've started on the dining room table and have done a couple of side tables. I hope to do more tomorrow.

I bought this little plate today at a thrift shop for fifty cents. It's Canterbury, Royal Daulton, England. The floral is a Kirkland's find from some time ago, the candle holder came from Sweet Tea Consignment Shop, and the angels and baby Jesus is a gift from my daughter and grandson from about 8 or 9 years ago. I think this makes a nice Christmas vignette.

Close up of the plate.

This runner was purchased at Dollar General for $5.00. It is about 6 ft long.

I found this cross last week at Michael's for $6.00 on clearance. It had been $14.99.

Napkins, 2/$3.50 at Walmart.

This nativity was purchased at Cracker Barrell about 9 years ago, Dollar Tree bird, painted porcelain white, framed artwork from a former neighbor. She cut it out by hand. Very delicate work. The table cloth was a small remnant from Walmart's bargain bin a couple of years ago for I think about $1.00.

Again, I'm just getting started, so I will be tweaking the dining room table, and still have to put up the tree. I'll share the wreaths on the doors with you in another post. Let's all have a Merry Christmas, and remember the reason we celebrate. As my granddaughter (4) told me this afternoon, "It's God's birthday". So sweet!

Thrifty Bookcase Makeover

About a year ago, I was working on a photo gallery area at the lake home. There is an area about 7x7 between the living room, and the hall bath. I bought a really inexpensive ($20.00) bookcase to use there to hold family photos. I hurriedly placed photos on it, and didn't think much about it. The last time we were at the lake, I was sitting there looking at how badly it looked, wondering what I could do to spruce it up a little. It had all colors/types of picture frames -red, pink floral, wood, brass, you name it! I remembered seeing adhesive shelf liner at the Dollar General the day before. So I made a quick trip back there, and bought one 9 ft. roll for less than $3.00. I know this is not an original idea and has been done by lots of people, but I wanted to show you anyway. First, I emptied out all the photos, pulled out the shelves, measured, and cut the paper to fit inside the bookcase. I also took all the photos out of the frames and w...

Stenciled Burlap Pillow

I just have to share my no sew pillow project. I had some burlap fabric in my fabric stash, and decided I would use it to cover a pillow. First, I found an old pillow I no longer use. I spread the burlap out on the floor and laid my pillow on it so I could cut the fabric big enough to cover it. I was so intent on the project, I didn't make any pictures of the process. Once the burlap was cut, I folded in the sides about an inch, and glued it down with Tacky Glue, pressing it down several times with my fingers. I did this all the way around the fabric, and laid it aside to dry over night. The Tacky Glue dries clear. My next step was to determine how I could lap the fabric over the cushion in an envelope fashion. I had tried to get my computer to print out a graphic that would show up on the burlap, but printer problems interfered with that plan, so I found the center, and stenciled it with the tree stencil I bought at Michael's. ...

Easter Blessings

In celebration of Holy Week and the Greatest Love of all . Wishing all of you a blessed Easter.

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