Fall Decorations

Oh how I love fall. Even though it's a very short season here in Alabama, it is still my favorite. I wanted to show you my decorations for this year.

My cute little table centerpiece.

My table with my new curtains! Hooray I have a set of curtains in our eating area! You'll never guess what they're made of. Go on, guess... Ok, I'll tell you. They're bed sheets. I'm so proud of my curtains I made.

This is an arrangement I did last year. I just tweaked it a little bit and put it in a different container.

You can have so much pride in your house when the outside looks cute. Can you see my door?

Look! :) I got this cute idea from Thrifty Decor Chick.

Here's a closer look. I used a frame I already had. The previous owners left it. I didn't particularly like the fruit picture in it, so I gutted it. Then I hot glued some leaves I bought from Dollar General as randomly as I possibly could. (Which means I chose them very carefully to not have too many of the same color, lol.)

Now, the days are getting cooler and shorter, and I'm smelling the wonderful smell of our neighbors cranking up their fireplaces. And to top off everything, the hubby made Butternut Squash Soup.

It's officially fall now. :)

Just be you!
2 Corinthians 10:12

Happy Birthday to Me! :)

I'm a little late posting about this, but my birthday was Monday! Hooray! I had the first birthday party that I've had since....really middle school. And....I didn't take any pictures the whole night. Ugh. lol. We had 12 people plus Derf and I over Monday night. It was a lot of fun to get together with friends and just hang out. I was also toasted to. I felt so special. :D Really, I did. I ended up playing it off, because I'm not too good with things like that, especially in public. I tend to be more toward the modest side. And, now that I think back on it. I hope that everybody didn't feel slighted that I did play it off some.... :-/

I ended up making my own cake. It's ok. Derf was going to the night before, but we didn't have any eggs. Everybody was so surprised that I was making my own cake and then that I was cleaning up. lol. It's just what I do and how things were done while I was growing up, which is kinda sad now that I think about it.

Well, I don't want to make this a long post without pictures, so here's what to come later:

*birthday presents
*new porch furniture
*new shelves above computer....I hope they don't fall.

Oh, I'm having a house warming party on Saturday. So, I may be MIA for a while. And if you're wondering, yes, there will be pictures....lots of pictures. :D

Cork Board Jewelry Displays

Here's one of my latest projects. I've seen this on several blogs and knew it was a great idea for my jewelry. I like the way it gets to be displayed and not tangled in a box or something. These are just 4 cork boards wrapped with burlap cloth and a leather fabric I found in a clearance bin at (evil) walmart. I stapled it all with staples for paper. *Word of the wise: don't use a staple gun. The staples will go all the way through and puncture your hand when you try to put something on the board, and it slips and you try to catch it by slapping the board with your hand to find said staple. It's not fun.* Anyway, I hung them with some small picture nails on each corner. It's pretty neat if i say so myself. :)