Jack O Lanterns

I am not really a Halloween lover. I AM a fall decorator. I have great decor in my house during the fall. Halloween and harvest type of cute decor.

I am also a softy for cute little boys and jack-o-lanterns, especially when I did not have to put my hand in the pumpkin to get the icky guts out!

We went to family home evening and the little man had his friend Tim help him with his pumpkin---for the third year in a row! I am hoping that now that he is five I may never have to actually actively carve another pumpkin in my life! We may have to call on Tim for a few more years!
Isn't that middle pumpkin the cutest thing ever?

It's done!

I finished it!!!

I bought this kit last year and finally finished it. I love it. It turned out so cute. I am trying to create in my mind one for Christmas. I did some machine quilting---I probably need a different foot to do this very well but I still like how it turned out!!!

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

I DID IT!

I have finished finding furniture for my children's bedrooms! Don't worry they haven't been sleeping on the floor-they have just had a mish-mash /hodgepodge of bedroom furniture. I have never been able to stomach spending the money that nice bedroom furniture costs-but I was not willing to purchase cheap furniture at a store like Walmart or Target. I just feel like it really isn't that great of quality. So--needless to say, no furniture.

Enter KSL online classified ads. I went on a quest to find furniture. Two weeks and endless clicks of the mouse I found furniture for three bedrooms! Four beds(headboard/foot boards), three dressers, , one queen mattress and box spring, one twin box spring, two end tables, and a few trips with the trailer and we are finished! We have moved two old dressers-one was chopped up and the other moved to a closet. I have given away a metal daybed, a box spring, a dressing table/desk, twin frame, a bean bag, six banana chairs and a partridge in a pear tree!

I would still like to find a few accessories, particularly in A's room. Her dresser didn't come with a mirror so I would like to find something funky and also a cool bookcase. However, the big main pieces are done and they look fabulous!!!

Outside the Box

Another catch phrase that we hear often is "Outside the Box". Implying that we should try to think about things in different ways than what is always expected or the norm.

Well, I thought "outside the box" yesterday!

We were having a party for the Bishopric and the outgoing Elder's quorum presidency. I have been looking for a tablecloth for my new table. It is square. There are NO SQUARE TABLE CLOTHS! I have looked and looked. I went to the fabric store and looked at fabric for an hour and couldn't find anything that I loved enough to spend money on and then go and seam it. Regular fabric isn't big enough to fit across the table without seaming it.

As I was leaving Target I saw a fabulous striped shower curtain. I thought to myself "I wonder" so I looked at the dimensions. 72 in x 72 in. PERFECT! I brought it home and it is so bright and vibrant. Definately my Happy Colors(upcoming post).



So, here is my "Shower Curtain Tablecloth!" I love it!

What I Did Today!

This pile is what I should have been doing today.

Putting away all the Christmas decorations!

This is what I was actually doing today!

Shopping with my sweet friend Tina!

Miss A always says that when I go shopping with Tina I bring back stupid baskets and stuff. She likes it when I shop with Maggee because I bring HER clothes!

Well, today, I purchased some decorations for my large shelf. I need some frames for the pictures of my kids, they get lost on the white boards against the cream walls. However, it is a start to actually decorating my house after 6 1/2 years!

I'm keeping it!

I have been MIA! It seems that I have been extra busy this week.

I have had an exciting week. I finally found and purchased a new dining table. I have been looking at tables for the past 3-4 years. Yes, I realize that most people make a decision faster than this. I am still working on my procrastination problem. Back to the table--I love it! It was delivered on Tuesday. I waited for the delivery with great trepidation. I am well known for my ability to love something at the showroom and then once it is brought into my house I hate it. I have sent not one but two SETS of living room furniture back. So, my sweet hubby would not even look with me. He told me to do it by myself! When I told him I found the table he told me he wouldn't hold his breath! I asked him to take the old table apart so there was more room. He told me "I better wait to make sure I was going to keep the table because WHEN I sent it back we wouldn't have anywhere to sit to eat dinner!"

Well, the table IS Not going back! I Love IT! It is a huge change from our tiny little table. We did not all fit around this table. Yes we could put six plates but that was it! There was not enough room to put the food! It was also a really light table. Pale pine on top with white legs.

My new table is HUGE! It can seat EIGHT! I bought eight chairs because there are already six of us. If we have anyone over to eat there would need to be more chairs.

Here is a picture of my new table!