Nell Hills

If you have never heard of Mary Carol Garrity of Nell Hills you are missing out!! Next to Carolyne Roehm she is my favorite when it comes to seasonal decorating and party throwing. I found these pictures of a dining room table she did for Thanksgiving and loved the cream pumpkins.






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I immedieatly ran to my fall box and pulled out mine that I had spray painted last year.








And I am so totally copying this idea for my urns & lanterns for the front yard.



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Linking to: The Inspired Rooms 3rd Annual Fall Nesting Party

Why I dont carve pumpkins with children

So we attempted to carve our 1st pumpkin today. All was going well until my daughter decides to take the pulp and put it in the garden (the backyard) -(I dont have a garden-Im not Martha yall) anyway long story short- she talked her 2 year old brother into holding the trash bag so she could dump the guts into the bag.. yeah you know what happens next- toddler moves bag, guts go everywhere and Im on hands and knees cleaning up goop. *sigh*







the culprits.....

Fall nesting week

A wonderful blog called The Inspired Room is having Fall Nesting Week- so I thought I would post some more of my fall decor. I still have several boxes to pull out of the attic- but due the fact that I only have 8 more days till baby- it may not happen.

To see some of my other fall decor click on this post

DIY time

I have been on this major Do-it-Yourself craft kick thanks to my dear friend over at

http://www.wearethatfamily.com/

So here are some pictures of my latest projects. The first one is my attempt at a fall tassel-this was so much fun to make.

As you know I am also doing a makeover in my laundry room (which I will post this weekend) and I had these old silver boxes that I stored pictures, cards, craft stuff, etc..... they needed a serious make over so out came the black paint, scrapbook paper, and trim...... here's the before

and after.............................

and speaking of black paint. I am now obsessed with anything and everything black. It is amazing what a little black spray paint will do. These next two pictures are my latest spray paint jobs. One is a basket I got at Marshalls for $5 - it was bright pink- it now holds my dryer sheets. The other is a wrought iron key I got at Hobby Lobby for $7. It was this ugly gold and rust color- get out that little can of spray paint and ta-da!!

Something old into New

Ok so its time for fall---well not exactly but I am in the fall mood and wanted to start a fall project--I shopped the house (that's what you do when your broke) and found this urn that I bought at Target years ago 1/2 off at Christmas- it had pine cones and other Christmas decor in it. I later ripped that out and attached some moss and this grapevine ball.



Well now Im soooo over that I decided to paint it,






add more moss and attach this cute little pumpkin.









AND my sister is getting married this next year and her colors are black, ivory and green- so I may rip off the pumpkin and add a green moss ball on top (who knows!) the possibilities are endless!