The Versatile Blogger Award! For Me?

Tammy at Type A Decorating sent me over a Versatile Blogger award.

If you haven't checked Tammy's blog out, you need to!

She is crazy, she cracks me up!

She never stops!!

Tammy lives in Colorado too, so we are planning a road trip this summer

to meet Michelle at Shell's Shabby Shack.  Michelle is also in Colorado.

That should be FUN!

I Framed My Lavender

So remember the great Lavender I got last week........


I had this old frame.........

Ummmmm Jane has old frames, imagine that!

I just used some twine and tied my Lovely Lavender in the frame!

I decided to hang it on the hooks over the bed!

Changed the bedding to white....spring fever.

This pillow, Anthropolgie, on sale!!

SCORE!! 

Look how cute that looks........and it smells so good!

Of course The Boyfriend was upset I hung

dead flowers,

that could have bugs in them,

that could fall into his mouth at night

on his side of the bed.........

 And I told him.........he needed to sleep with his mouth shut!

Monday Parties


Making the World Cuter Follow Along
Between Naps On The Porch
The Girl Creative
Motivate Me Monday

Lavender Love..........

Look what I just got in the mail!!!

Can you guess where I bought this.......

Maria at Dreamy Whites

of course!

When I got home from work I could smell the box 

as I was getting out of my car!!!

I wish I knew how to do scratch and sniff on my pictures!!!!

The bottom of the box was filled with little Lavender flakes,

that's what I put in the dish.

It was packaged so pretty!!!

I ordered 2 bunches of Lavender.

This would really be a great gift for somebody!!  

Or yourself......

I'm telling you, it was a piece of art in the box!!!!

Spring is just around the corner.....

you know you want some!




Friday Party


Commonground

Stuff and Nonsense

THE GREAT COLORADO IKEA COUNTDOWN

So Lisa at Serendipity Chic and I were chatting 
and she asked me what was up with my IKEA!
I had also been chatting with Kindra, At Home With K 
( who went dumpster diving last night, 
you have got to read her post today, HILARIOUS!!!  )


Anyway I invited Kindra out for the Grand Opening!  
She's in Nebraska, which is close!


So it got me thinking, who else is close?
We could make a Blog Party out of it!!!
How fun would that be?

As you can see we have some time to plan........

The Colorado IKEA is located next to the Park Meadows Mall, 
in Lone Tree, CO.
There is a hotel 2 blocks away!


Has anybody ever gone to an IKEA Grand Opening?
Would we be taking our lives into our own hands?
Would we be trampled to death.......

Wednesday Party!

Savvy Southern Style

Faded Charm

More Grandma stuff !!! My Gram's Recipes........

So last week or the week before Amy at All Things Home 

did a post on how she displayed her Grandmother's handwritten receipts.

If you didn't see it, check it out

My Grandmothers Old Handwritten Receipts

I loved it!!!  What a great idea!!!

Amy and I chatted and told her how much I loved her idea!

If you haven't noticed my Gram and I were pretty close.

I miss her so much!  

I have her old recipe book and card file.

My Grandparents were from Des Moines, Iowa.

I'm not really sure how the 

Chicago Evening American Cook Book 

came into her hands.

But she showed it a lot of love..........

She had a bunch of recipes she cut from the paper and

her own recipe cards stuffed in here and her recipe box.

And then in the back she wrote a bunch of recipes!

Sooooooo, remember this from Christmas?

I ended up adding a lot of green branches to it and by Christmas it was full

of Christmas cards along with my vintage cards.

I dug it out of The Shed of Junk.........

Turned it to the other side......

Added some of Grams recipes, her old spice cans,

and some of her old kitchen stuff.........

Oh and I added a piece of trim for another little shelf

for the spice cans.

Gram also dated the back of the cards and added a comment

if it was good or not.

The dates are, 1929, 1934, 72 etc.

So cute!!!

Thanks Amy for such a great idea!!!!

Todays Linking Parties


Between Naps On The Porch

Making The World Cuter

Keeping It Simple

House In The Roses

Gram's Hankies, Why don't we carry them?

OK so I know in the age of disinfecting wipes, 

sanitary alcohol machines in public rest rooms,  

sanitary liquid soap....

we don't even have bar soap anymore!

But look,

 hankies were so lady like and so pretty

These were my Grandmother's 

Look how pretty......

This one I carried on my wedding day.......

my first wedding.......

(that's a whole other Oprah ladies)

And these,

Gram collected tooth pick holders!

She had a couple hundred!
She always had them in the window.

Anyway, back to hankies........

I am the queen of allergies,

I am allergic to air!

I carry packets of tissue in every purse.

I would never use a hankie with my nose it wouldn't be pretty....

but back then,

ladies wore hats, and gloves.....

Heeeey, maybe they were on to something with the gloves.....

I say bring back the hankie!

You with me??

**** insert cricket sound here****

Linking to 

Fades Charm Cottage White Wednesday


Savvy Southern Style

Tuesday Blog Par-tay!

Coastal Charm Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays

Hiding Computer Wires

When you live in a really old house,

electrical outlets can be a problem

The first half of my house was the original house,

so there isn't anywhere to plug things in.

So when I'm not on the computer we have this..........

When I am working on the computer

we have this..........

and this........

And this...........

 And I know this is not 

OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) 

Approved!!

I have almost taken out my computer few times!!!

Oh and on a side note........

I know......... he's iron, and weighs a ton!

Cutest pig EVER!

Back to my post........

Hobby Lobby 50% off!!!

Taaaa Daaaa!

Add some spring cuteness!!

And there you have it!

Hidden computer cords!

I wonder how long before Tim the cat tears that apart.....

Being the "green", Tree Hugger, Earth Muffin 
that I am!

This is what I use at the grocery store.

Waste Management..........classy!!

Next time baskets are 50% off 

I'm gettin me another one!

How cute would that basket, bag be over my shoulder!??

I'll have fresh flowers hanging out of it when I shop!

How New Yorkie, France, Italy of me!

Green bag has gotta go!

Carry on!

Thanks for stopping by!

Monday Parties:




Between Naps On The Porch

Keeping It Simple


The House In The Roses

The Things We Find Inside

Old Doors / Chicken Coop

Along with my obsession with old door knobs 

I have a thing for old doors too.

I use them for tables or just have them sitting in my yard...

more on that when it gets warm!

This is the door to my chicken coop!

Now that I'm looking at it.......

Sure looks ugly in the winter!

When it's "green" outside it looks much better!

Come on in and meet some of the girls!

This is Pearl.....

And this is Sweet Pea.

She likes to be held and rocked.

 She'll fall asleep in my arms.

Look closely at her eyes.....

Her eyes aren't like regular chicken eyes.

I think she's a very wise chicken.........

And, now she's done with me trying to get a picture of

her wise eyes.

I had 3 of these hens.

I called them 

The Supremes!

Unfortunately an evil fox........

Well........she doesn't like to talk about it.

And this is my buddy Rooster!

He loves to be held and follows me everywhere!

Most Roosters have a big red comb on top of their heads.......

Well, Rooster likes snow, 

he likes to be in the snow.....

and his comb got frost bit and fell off.

Now it looks like he has a crew cut!!

My hens lay white, brown, green and blue eggs!

There is nothing like real eggs! 

If you have never had farm fresh eggs you need to!

Farm fresh, range free, are the best!

Trust me, you will notice the difference!

Get yourself some chickens!

They are great pets and hilarious!!!

Watching a chicken run is the funniest thing ever!!