Believe in Tomorrow

I do 'Believe in Tomorrow'!

Though this ChalkArt was not my original ideal...







I found this idea in a magazine recently

but forgot the name of the magazine. 
The trick to getting your chalk art to look dark and good is to wet the chalk for a second under running water. When you use this wet chalk, it will look pale and kind of weird, but as it dries right before your very eyes, it

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Gray French Dresser

I finally found a



  QUALITY

 (complete with dovetail drawers) 







little 





French styled dresser!





It looked a bit shabby...





So I worked my magic with AS Chalk Paint in French Linen, but lightened the paint with white.





Loving how it turned out with the white accents...





Then I had a garage sale and as three women were fighting over who was going to get to buy it,

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I Tried & FAILED...Sort Of!

Remember when I showed you how to use a Sharpie to decorate ceramic, then bake to set it? You can see the details of that post HERE. I made this winter banner out of a plate with this method...


 And a couple of more plates that I display in my home...





So, I decided that I wanted a kitchen spoon rest by my stove but not a regular kind...one fashioned with this method.


I came up with

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Map + Deer = Wall Art

My brain is in creative mode most all the time. And I wanted to make something unusual for my grown son, who lives in Kansas and is a hunter.




First, I came across a 1965 map of Kansas. You know the kind that your parents kept in their glovebox and they could pick up at gas stations! I knew I could do something with it for his new farmhouse.


I painted a deer head silhouette on the left side

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Spring Kitchen Shelves

Hello, hello ... anyone home?!

Yup, I'm guilty of blog neglect!  But, in my defense, as many of you know, our home is on the market, as we are moving from South Carolina back to Virginia.

And, because I've had to really "simplify" our home during the selling process, honestly, I've had nothing to share, and it's driving me crazy!  LOL!  I can't wait to get into a new home and start all over, sharing my madness every step of the way!

Before I start packing things up, I thought I'd share our simple kitchen shelves. The shelves that I painstakingly made ... I'm going to miss them!

Nothing fancy ... just simple pieces, like white plates and pitchers (all from HomeGoods)

And, whether it's pretty plates (also from Home Goods)

or, plastic bottles of Pellegrino ... color is mandatory for my Spring decor!

Faux green apples (Wal-Mart) popping against a simple silver platter (GoodWill), remind me that the warmer months are finally here! 

I hope that our future home (that we have yet to find) will have a special wall begging for a few shelves, too!  I just hope that I can remember how I made them!

Thanks so much, and I hope you'll join me on our new "adventures in decorating" once we have a new address!

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Gifts from the Heart!

I am back from a little vacation to see my son and his family...


A good friend of mine had a birthday and I wanted to do something special for her. We like most of the same things...antiques, flea markets, specialty stores, trash to treasures, thrift stores, garage sales, etc.


I took her to lunch then we shopped some of the quaint stores in Hannibal, Mo. which is right across the river from

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Why You NEED A Rug Pad!

There are 


5 main reasons



Why you NEED a


pad under your rug...


1.) Protection - Very important! A pad prevents dye transfer, marring, staining, and scratching to the floor or carpeting beneath.


A perfect example is from RugPadUSA.com, because their website makes it simple to choose the right pad for your flooring. After clicking the site, it simply asks the questions; Select Surface

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