Home Sweet Home....

What do you do to make your home

Welcoming 

whether it is for your family or friends?

Sweet sentiments 

are a good start....

Pictures of Family 

who have come before....

Lots of comfortable pillows on the bed

that say 

"rest here!"

A spot 

to put their things....

A room 

they can call 

all their own....

"If Home is where the heart is 

then may your Home be blessed . . . " 

~John McLeod 

It's begining to look a lot like Christmas...

 

'Tis a crazy(er) time of year for The Summer Kitchen Girls...

But we are finally trying to get a bit of holiday jingle going on at home all while we gear up for our Joyeux Noel Open House at the store this weekend.

Probably could have had much more in the way of decorating done if we wouldn't have taken the day off to shop... but those gifts won't buy themselves, right?;0)

The Embellishment Factor

When you look all day

at a ho-hum pillow, 

you might think that there has 

got

to be something you could do to take it from this.....

to This....

So, I took some old fabric we had 

cut it into strips, and fashioned it into a bow

I then put one of my vintage pins 

on it to hold it in place....

I sat it on top of my pillow...

already it looks better :)

I dug through the ribbon drawers and found 

a ribbon that would work!

I tied the ribbon around the pillow and after I knotted it

 and tacked it into place with my needle & thread.

Of course, 

I had to add a few more loops 

to make a nice full bow.  

Then I pinned the pin on top of it....

Voila!

What an exciting pillow I have now!

What will you Embellish?!!

Join us for some fun with 

Paula & Patti from Ivy & Elephants 

for their What's It Wednesday!

Decorating with Fall's Bounty

So glad you stopped by!

Take a look at the

BOUNTY

of fall....

Our hydrangeas 

were just gorgeous this year...

We just had to use them...

...along with some of the beautiful tree branches

and pumpkins from the farm down the road.

Adding a little Fall to the Home 

makes us happy....

....very Happy!!

Pumpkins by the Fireside

 It's a bit chilly out in northwest Ohio this week

and to the children's delight we 

decided to light a fire in the fireplace last night!

and since I finally decided to decorate the mantel

It was an opportune time to snap a few pictures....

A fire in October...

that is unheard of the 9 years we've lived here!

 But it was wonderful...

you can't help but love to hear the crackle of the wood!

oh...let's not forget the

WARMTH

of the room....that's the most important part!

Gather round everyone....

 Fall is in full swing!

Roses Last Hurrah

Took advantage of some beautiful fall weather to clean up the flower beds and look what greeted me... the last hurrah of roses for the year.

Goodnight sweet rose... we'll see you in the spring!

'Tis the last rose of summer
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone. Thomas Moore