Wednesday Words

"Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace. "

We've done a little canning this fall, not nearly like Great Grandma Carpenter and her Canning Club would have done! Here's a snap shot of her club - we can only imagine how much food they canned during the summer & fall!

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Shadows & Skulls

It's Shadow Shot Sunday...and we've got some scary skull shadows....ok, ok, it isn't really a skull, but a skull candle that we have in the store!

For some seriously cool shadows, visit Hey Harriet as she uses her noggin to display the best shadows in blog land.

Wishing you all a great week ahead!

Fall Has Arrived

Ahhh.... is not fall one of the best season's to decorate?
The first day of Open House was wonderful....the weather has cooled down a bit & leaves are starting to gather around.


As we closed up shop Friday night, we straightened, swept and fluffed things to be ready for the morning crowd. It was then, we went back and grabbed the camera to take some shots of the store..... to show you a few things that are new....these candles - well they smell sooo good they make your mouth water ~ pumpkin vanilla, caramelized pralines and harvest...it's no wonder!

Whooooo Whoooo! We just love our owl notepads...and these fantastic golden vintage doilies.



Eeeeek! Spiders - our favorite type.....decorative ones!








We sold a lot of these signs today. "Get Spooked" and "Trick or Treat"

Then there are these gorgeous berries - the perfect fall color!

{by the way...thanks for your well wishes for my son...it was a close race, but he pulled through... and won...."I" guess the "eyes" had it!}

Eye Candy...{oh ya - & An Open House}

What did you think it would be? Surly you MUST know us better than that by now!

All joking aside....we're back! And just in time too.....tomorrow starts our annual

Share the Bounty Fall Open House

Share the Bounty - 'cause we'd love for you to bring in a canned good item

{or lots o' items!} for the Gibsonburg Food Pantry

Fall Open House - 'cause it's fall y'all - and we'd love to show you all of the new things....and to of course see you're smiling faces!

It seems we had a cookie problem on the computer...but we took care of that!

But since we are on the subject of cookies....just you wait to see what mom has made for you -mmmmmmmm you'll love fall at The Summer Kitchen refreshment table....

but more on that later!

Since we weren't ready for the "cookie" problem to be over quite yet...

we hope you enjoyed our lovely candy eyeballs that my son used for his campaign

for student council president {...we know you're going to ask...there was a little paper

stuck to them that said: "Eye Pick Nick"}

Anyway... more serious {maybe not-so-serious too}, fun & fantastic pictures

of the store & all it's wonders will be up tomorrow!

Wednesday Words

Hello There!
We are still here...we are just having some difficulty posting pictures...so we thought we'd tell you to close your eyes and imagine a picture...no, no, now listen...we'd describe it with colorful adjectives - but, that would make it hard to read now wouldn't it - you know, the eyes being closed and everything!
So....this picture-less Wednesday Words is brought to you by our Wall Enhancers and Alphabet Images...over there on the right hand side (hey - you in Indiana....open your eyes back up!)
Anyway....here's your Wednesday Words:

"A computer once beat me at chess,

but it was no match for me at kick boxing."
~Emo Philips

Tempting girls....tempting!

It's Friday We're In Love....

That's right....it's Friday...we're in love - in love with Pantone's 2010 Spring Color Forecast!

Hurray! The new colors from Pantone have been named for Spring 2010. Listed below are the new colors to look for in both your wardrobe & you're home. Check out Pantone's online brochure for some great inspiration from designers.

Turquoise
Tomato Purée
Fusion Coral
Violet
Tuscany
Aurora
Amparo Blue
Pink Champagne
Dried Herb
Eucalyptus

We just love all of these new hues....although we've been quite smitten with Turquoise this year....we think there is room for Amparo Blue {a lot of fun can be had with that color!}

So....its' Friday & we're in love with Pantone's new colors....which color are YOU in love with?

Wednesday Words

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."

~B.F. Skinner

School is well on it's way here in Ohio, so we dug out a picture of Grandpa's 8th grade class - tough bunch 'eh?!! {That's him - the second one going up on the right hand side}

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Pickin' Purses

Isn't this cute?
My daughter got this purse from my mother-in-law several years ago



She absolutely loved carrying it all around and put all of her treasures in it. I've got to admit....I kind of liked it & thought of carrying it myself at times...

however, she took care of any notions of that! She wrote her name (in permanent ink, mind you!) right on the inside.

Of course, I cringed, because, you see, it is an Enid Collin's purse. Which, at the time, Country Home declared a "highly collectible" thing that month!

Oh well, it was her purse...right?


So, I visited Ebay and saw what was available for mommy's to carry, and found all sorts of lovely purses - but they always went over my budget! I had forgotten all about these delicious vintage purses until yesterday...


Karrie and I were shopping at the Maumee Antique Mall, and I spotted this... a vintage Enid Collins "Pavan" purse...mmmmm!



Dare I ask what the price is? YES - of course - always ask the price! Anyway, the price was right...and even better Karrie ended up getting it for my birthday & I am sooo excited!


Enid Collins has such an interesting history - I just love it because she was an entrepreneur and created beloved purses for women in the 1940's-1970's.

She was a Texas rancher's wife, and wanted to make some extra money to help her family make ends meet. She started making her leather and canvas bags and sold them sold in the gift shops of nearby dude ranches. Enid became a household name when Neiman Marcus placed their first order.

I just love to hear stories like this - don't you? You'll notice that Enid Collin's purses are quite fun and whimsical and easy to spot - great pieces of art to set around, as well as carry on your arm!

A Well Played Lamp

Well...
you've seen it all now, haven't you!

I played the clarinet in Jr. High and part of High School before switching over to the percussion section. So, naturally, I have this clarinet and it's time for my daughter to choose and instrument... "anything but the clarinet" I told her!

But what to do with my old clarinet? Sell it? Let a friends daughter borrow it to squawk and squeak all over the neighborhood? Well...this is it! We found this lamp on Ebay ~ I think the neighbors would like seeing this in the window ~ don't you? {can't be any worse than the neighbor's leg lamp down the street!}


Well...it's time for Junkin' Monday...with those crazy junkin' sisters over at Nice and Easy Antiques! Although we didn't get a junkin' moment in this past weekend, we did bring a funny idea - 'eh girls?

Shadows on White

Welcome to Shadow Shot Sunday! Well, we made it back from the S.C.R.A.P. show last weekend and got everything back together this week in the store. As we were ready to close up today, we saw some pretty shadows from our white and brown display in the back:
It's time to ease into the fall season... a perfect way is with some of our new brown transferware!
{Guaranteed to cast shadows in the right light!}

Now...be a dear and go visit our other Shadow Shooters at Hey Harriet - you're guaranteed to get your fill of shadows!

It's Friday...We're in Love!

It's Friday....we're in love!

Well, we know that we'll be in love! Last year we got Matthew Mead's Halloween magazine...and it made us scream with all of it's beautiful pictures & great ideas!

Well...here's the best part - Linda from Restyled Home has 5 copies to give away - so be sure to visit her and try your luck!

Check out Matthew Mead's newest Halloween magazine: Hundreds of Spooky Treats and Clever Crafts for the Best Holiday Ever! Beautiful photos of easy, creative and fun projects and straight-forward directions and patterns that will appeal to crafters of every age. On newstands now throughout the U.S. and Canada!

Endless Possibilities

1. It seems that we have magazines everywhere...yes, we are addicted, but we need to do research...but what to do after we tear out all the articles we need?
2. Whenever we need to send a note to someone, we never seem to have note cards!

Today on Design*Sponge we found the answer!
This argyle patterned note card has truly inspired us today! How about silhouettes of animals, trees, flowers. You could make your initials or some fun squiggly shapes...there are so many things you could do! This would be a great gift too....get the kiddies out and have them make some for their teachers, babysitters (just think how much the grandparents would love this!)
What else? Well, why not paste things on paper or canvas to make a piece of art with? The possibilities are endless - just look at the fun you can have with old magazines, making them into something so useful!

photo courtesy of Design*Sponge

Wednesday Words

"God made us cousins, because he knew our moms couldn’t handle us as sisters."

~Anonymous

Hee, hee, hee, hee! What a quote! Here we have cousin Stacy, Erin & Karrie....yes, we imagine this quote runs true for many girl cousins & their families!! Good times were always had when we would go to Grandma's house and know that the girls would be over!
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The Junkin' Motherload!

Hey! I'ts Junkin' Monday....and yes - we found the Junkin' Motherload!
Serious Junkin', requires some serious methods of getting all of that stuff into your vehicle!

Last week we were on a mission - coming home.... THIS was what I saw out of the rear view mirror....

THIS is what we saw when we looked behind us

The back of the van {we held our breath as we shut THAT door!}

The side doors....

Yes...like a bunch of clowns...THIS is what we fit into the van!


Join our favorite Junkin' Sisters over at Cottage Charm & Family Inspiration for Junkin' Monday....they've got great ideas & will make you think twice, for things you just might walk by....!!

Twisted Shadows

On this beautiful Labor Day weekend, we are set up in our booth at S.C.R.A.P. in Gibsonburg, OH. Here there are tractors galore, tractor pulls, demonstrations and so much more!

As we were walking along - we saw this old tractor auger and thought it would be a great shadow shot for you all!

For more twisted fun...visit Hey Harriet and join us for shadow fun! We have officially been addicted to shadows for a whole year now....talk about twisted ~ we haven't missed a one!

Enjoy your weekend!

Bye-Bye Brown....Hello Blue!

Today is Friday...and we're once again in love!

Our once brown wall....got a face lift this week as we patched holes, and prepped them for the new color....

Let's hear it for the blue!

First a coat all over the brown....

{Pittsburgh Paint's Cathedral Glass}

Then we color wash it with a darker shade of blue
{Pittsburgh Paint's Vining Ivy}
Then...a stencil pattern done by the talented Jill Otermat ~ faux finisher extraordinaire!


Just enough pattern...but not too busy to compete with pictures...

As you can see, this new wall completely changes the look of the hutch below! We are so excited...but enough of that...guess it's time to put the store back together so we can show you some new things!

It's Friday....what are you in love with today?

Wednesday Words

"Watermelon -- it's a good fruit. You eat, you drink, you wash your face."
~Enrico Caruso

More crazy fun family pictures...and fun quotes ~ have you ever heard this one? We hadn't! As always, Wednesday Words are brought to you by our Wall Enhancers. Whether it's our new Custom Alphabet Images, Engraved Matting, or our ever popular Vinyl Lettering - there's something for everyone there!!