Tuesday Display Chain



Gable House Musings

 Happy Spring!! What a perfect day to start the Display Chain back up and what a perfect theme thought up by Amy! Thanks to you both!!
Click on link above to take you to the beginning of Misi's display chain.

Well, I finally dragged out my tote for Easter/Spring. I didn't put too much out but I did find some lambs for todays theme. :)

 I found this lamb mold at a flea market last year. I was SO happy! I put him in a basket surrounded by green angel vine (?) and threw a few prim eggs and carrots around him. Instant centerpiece for my Dining Room table.

I found a few little ornament chocolate molds in the shape of lambs, rabbits and hens. They fit perfect on my little tree.

Well, that's my contribution for this week's theme. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Click link above to head on over to the beginning see what everyone else has posted!
Have a great Tuesday!

What's keeping me busy ;)

Hi! Still not much going on around here. I did buy a new fun gadget that has been keeping me a tad busy. I have wanted one of these kind of things for awhile now but never splurged on one till now. :)

I probably still wouldn't have one but my hubby found a "paper" gift certificate from 1996 that he gave his late father for Christmas. I feel it's a gift from his father. I got my NOOK Tablet for under $150. It also has the web on it. :)
What has been keeping me busy is I have finally started reading the Twilight series.

I have seen the movies but I have no clue how it ends. I can't wait to finish. I am on the 3rd book (almost finished) and I've only had this not even 2 weeks! ;)

Anyway, it has been so nice here the past few days. The temps are in the mid 60s but the wind is horrendous! I wanted to get out and clean but it can't be done. :(
I did get the winter greens packed away and brought out my red adirondeck chairs and black rocker for my porch.
I haven't done any Easter decorating yet inside, but I have brought out a FEW of my spring flowers.

 Lilacs from Gable House Goodes

 Robin pinkeep from Gettysburg Homestead

Prim bird from a shop in town

I still have a tote of things I still need to get out...maybe in a few days when I am done reading! ;)
Have a wonderful weekend!

Oops, sorry! ;)

I tried to send a game request to my BIL via iPhone and I guess I accidentally created a post! Not sure how I did that!Well if any of you gals/guys want to start a game, I'm in! ;)

I haven't posted lately...nothing new is happening. I started working in retail again just before the holidays. I really don't mind it at all. I wasn't super happy working in an office.

I haven't decorated for Valentines Day. I got my small bin down...looked at it...brought it right back up. Not feeling my decorations anymore.

I have been playing around with my mantel, trying out new looks. I want to tear it off and make a chunkier one but trying to talk hubby into changing anything in the house is like pulling teeth with him.

 He thinks our horrid kitchen floor is original to the house and won't let me change it. No...the gorgeous hardwood that is underneath this is original!!

 I also have been thinking about changing out this cabinet. I'm not feeling the magazines in it. I'm open to suggestions on what to do with it.

Thanks! Have a great night!

My "new" bowl rack

I wanted to show you a redo I did to my Living Room bowl rack. I'm telling you, I have done many things to this bowl rack...it had wire to keep the bowls in...didn't care for that, I strung gourds on the wire to give more depth...didn't care for that, I made a wooden rail in place of the wire...liked that, now I had my daughter's boyfriend create a colonial top for the rack...I'm thinking it looks a tad like a crown but it's staying.
Here it is all ready for me to paint...

 I placed it on top of the rack to see if it fit...

 I then removed it for painting and stained it to look like it was one piece.

 I'm really liking it! He did a great job on it!

So if you have a piece that you want to make look a little more colonial, try creating a "top" and marrying the two pieces. :)
Maybe make yours not look like a crown though..;)

Giveaway Winner ☺

Thank you all so much for all your comments on the start of my decorating! I hesitate to post pics of the rest of my decorating because I have a little boy who just loves his forts and car shows! See what I mean?

 The cushions are ALWAYS off the couch and usually a blanket is draped over it while he plays with his cars. :)
I did get my tree up and decorated. Very simple and somewhat monochromatic.

 I kept the topper off this year. My daughter bought her own 6 ft tree and is using my hat for her topper.
I found a letter tucked in this pillow that Scott wrote for Santa. Can you guess what he wants? It starts with a C!

So, sorry I haven't posted anymore pics from around the house. I have been working until 1 am and I am just too tired to do any cleaning/straightening in the morning. By the time its clean, the lighting isn't the best anymore...
OK, Thank You all for entering my giveaway! I see I surpassed my 300 followers! Yippee!
The winner of the giveaway is Wanda from Gatherings! Congrats Wanda! I'll need your address to get your prizes to you! I hope you enjoy them!
I wish you all a Wonderful Holiday Season! I am really enjoying all the inspiration here and on Facebook!

♪ It's Beginning To Look Alot Like Christmas ♫

I have put away all my fall decorations and started to pull out my Christmas decorations. I still don't have the tree up yet, that I do last. I like to do it in 3 stages...4 if you count the basement, but that's manland so I don't count it! ;)
The first stage is finding places to put the decorations around the house. How come I can never remember where I put things last year? I have little pieces of greenery packed away that looks like it should be thrown out, but NO I used it in a display somewhere in the house...
Stage 2 is putting up the tree and decorating it and then Stage 3 is the outside. Those will be in the next few days.
Here are just a few pics from around the house...
Some greens around my bedroom sconces.

 My bedroom night table.

 On my dresser...

 Living Room side table

 Mantel display. The lights look extra bright in this picture, you can't even see the fruit garland...they really aren't this bright in person. :( 

 My fake cookie display for Santa. Scott made me promise to swap it out for real milk and cookies on Christmas Eve!

 I'm waiting on a few candle rings for this sconce.

 Simple stove board display

 So, I really downsized my decorations...AGAIN and it still took me 8 hours to do. 
I had these 2 fellas for sale, but decided to do a giveaway instead since I am just 3 people away from 300.

 If you would like me to put your name in for the drawing, let me know in this post. I will draw a name on December 1, Thursday.
Thank you all for following my blog! I am extremely grateful to each and every one of you!!

"Framed In" Cont...

Well, I promised to show you my "frame" when it came in from a few posts ago. During Misi's Display Chain, we were to show you our "Framed In" project style. I had ordered a colonial style mirror, minus the mirror, and wanted to frame my colonial portrait above my bed. I chose a lovely scrolled type frame and I am just thrilled with how it turned out!
Before:

 After:

I loved my portrait before but now, like I said, I am THRILLED with it!
Not sure if you can tell, but the portrait is a bit wider than the opening where the mirror would slide in. I had to use heavy duty tape to secure the portrait to the frame. The picture is wrapped around a wooden canvas frame and I didn't want to risk removing all the staples and actually stapling it to the new frame...so the new frame kind of floats off the wall a bit. I'm fine with it and I can change out the picture IF I ever want to. I love that picture though, it reminds me of my kiddos and our kitty. :)
My "other" framed in is doing quite nicely too. We are having the hallway painted tomorrow morning, so that area where the old whole house fan was will be painted a warm neutral color matching the walls and hallway. I will save that for another post because it will look very different too. I finally tackled painting all the frames to match. I am happy with how they turned out.
Well, I am off to take my son to preschool now. Hope everyone has a great day!