And then you have a whole bunch of talented people link up AMAZING creations to a party you co-host with your sister and you start squirming in your seat a little.


Where Ideas for your Home Meet Inspiration for your Heart
Cabbage
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Tuesday Treasures
I wanted to surprise him, so I had to do a lot of secret behind the scenes preparation. This involved finding a place for all four “children” to go, two who are human and two who are canine. And then, deciding where to take him…This is where we ended up
Champagne Mimosas
and Maple and Pecan Baked French Toast
Heather
Now it’s Vanessa’s turn to confess…
And then I entered the A.B. time period.
And had to live with the shame.
Not decorating for Valentine’s Day in Blogland makes me feel like I should go around wearing a Scarlet V on my shirt.
So this year, I tried. Only a little bit, mind you.
But maybe, just maybe, I will be able to break free from the shame and rip that Scarlet V right off…or even just half of it!
My daughter helped me pick out something for our front door.
She also has things like this around her home.
Her mom saved many of the Valentine’s cards Julie received as a child and Julie now uses them as garland hanging in her bay window.
And she tucks little things like this around her home.
When the batter is finished it is time to assemble. Ladle batter into ramekins filling to half way up side.
Happy Valentine’s to you!”
Thank you so much Julie for sharing with all of us just one of your incredible ideas for blessing your children as well as creating such a lovely AND loving home!
I was so inspired by this idea that I had to run over to Michael’s to see if I could find mailboxes for my own 2 little Valentine sweeties!
There were only 3 left and only one of them was red. Thank goodness for that! I never would have heard the end of it from my son if I had gotten him a pink or purple mailbox. I’m pretty sure that even putting Lego stickers on it wouldn’t have appeased him!
Julie will be visiting us often here At the Picket Fence. So, be sure to stay tuned for more of her amazing Ideas and Inspirations!
Thanks for stopping by “the Fence” today!
Vanessa
Linking to
Feathered Nest Friday
Stuff and Nonsense
Tuesday Treasures
I’ve been feeling some anxiety because I’ve noticed that the blogging world has started to burst forth in all it’s autumnal glory…like that..autumnal?? Great word isn’t it? We learned that studying Legend of Sleepy Hollow in a literature class I’m teaching…yes I teach too. I am homeschool mom…hear me roar.
In the collage above you can see that this project is more than simple to do. You literally just stack the hurricane top on the glass candle holder. You can use a small amount of hot glue to hold them together, or do like I did and use a little putty. That way, if I need to store them I can still take them apart. You can put candles in them as they are traditionally used or any type of decor. I will stack artificial lemons in these when not using them seasonally. I wanted to try a fun variation for my fireplace mantel. Something a little more chunky and with black. So I found two wooden candle pedestals at the Dollar Tree and started playing around with them, and came up with this:
I liked having a touch of the color black on my mantle, and I thought the thickness of the base went better with all of the chunky fruit and gourds. I already had in my bottomless bucket of fall decor all of the artificial fruit, and purchased the real pumpkin in the middle for $4 at Wal-Mart. I loved that it was a washed out orange and subdued.