Pumpkins of all kinds!

Seen a few post lately about pumpkins.  

Bought a beautiful Heirloom pumpkin from a farmers market yesterday in Old Salem. 

 Love the velvet pumpkins with real stems that are on Pinterest.

Thought I would spend this great indian summer afternoon painting a pumpkin.

What a glorious day it has been!

Meet Winnie!

Winnie is casting her spells all over my art room!
I made Winnie the Witch almost 10 years ago.
This is an Eleanor Peace Bailey pattern.

I take her out every fall and let her add
 a bit of magic to the season!
She just makes me smile every time I look at her!

My new iPad!

My sweet husband bought me an iPad!  Too busy playing with it to do a real post!

Paper preserves

Made a little trip into Charlotte yesterday....Pottery Barn, j.jill, and Paper Source all provided the eye candy I needed to churn the creative juices today!

Paper Source had this cute paper and matching tea towel. 

 I just feel in love with the canning jar theme!

Bought both!

 This started out as a junked jewelry box from GW.  

I pulled out all the fake velvet from the inside and oriental fabric padded panels from the lid tops. 

I spray painted it with flat black and then distressed it a little.

I have had it prepped for a while, just didn't know what I was going to do with it!

 I have lined some of the box with the canning jar paper.

It is now a stamp box for my fruit and veggie stamps!

 The little bottom drawer holds an ink pad, tags, scissors, a pen, and the newest stamp in my collection. Which I also got at Paper Source!

I don't can things...

I don't grow things...

But I sure would like to make tags for those jars if I did!

Link Parties:
Sew Darn Crafty
funky junk interiors

Fired up fall front porch!

Southern Living was waiting for me in the mailbox yesterday.  

 Perused it this morning with a cup of coffee. 

 Page 60!

 Todays project!

 2 cans of Regal Red spray paint

+ 6 new plants

= Fired up fall front porch!

Brown pots are now red!

 The front door got painted yellow last summer.

Home Depot had everything I needed. 

 Can hardly wait to add the pumpkins in October!

Thanks, Southern Living, for the inspiration.

I had a wonderful Sunday! 

Taking a break...

I just sat down with a glass of sweet tea to take a little break.  How on earth can teacher workdays leave me so exhausted?  Students begin on Monday. I will be forgoing my daily blogging posts and Pinterest perusing and be back to my weekly Sunday morning post.  Oh, the withdrawal symptoms I am going to have!

Dorm Room: Sophomore Year

Moved my Maddie back to college for her second year today.  She was asked to be an orientation leader at the last minute, so she moved in about 9 days earlier than we were expecting.  Yesterday was a whirlwind of errands and packing of the car!  I didn't get the pictures I wanted to get of the room.  It was getting late and she had to get to the dining hall before it shut down.  Her roommate can't move in till next week so only half the room is done.  She was ready for us to leave anyway!  

 Head board was from last year. Just recovered with drop cloth fabric we stenciled and painted a monogram on.  It is attached with large wire ties around the regular legs of the bed frame.

 All of the embroidery hooped fabrics were reused this year as well as the wire bird memo holder.

I will get more pictures later!