The Christmas season doesn’t start for me until I take the annual home tour in the historic Oakwood district of Raleigh.
I have done the Oakwood home tour every year, all twenty-three of them, living...Read More
Christmas Decor…for Free
I love to amass collections – bowls of balls (so to speak), Santas – everything looks better as a collection when decorating for the holidays. Nature provides a lot of Christmas decor…and I’m lucky to have a magnolia tree, holly trees and some nandina bushes in my yard. ...Read More
Raleigh is Mayberry: A Trip to the Flea Market
The Raleigh flea market always rates high on national lists of markets. There’s great “pickin” from furniture to dishes to collectibles and antiques. The prices are generally good, but if not, always negotiable. Owls are hot…
…and so are “hands”…
…and...Read More
Fall Inspiration: NC State Fair
Can you guess where I’ve been?
…a “bonsai” tutorial and garden sculptures from reused material…can you guess yet?
…lots of cute kids around…
…animal, vegetable, miracle…
…some...Read More
Fall Halloween Decorations
Okay…confession…before I went on this “crap-free” diet, I had amassed holiday trimmings…so here’s some of my autumnal crap…for better or worse…
Read MoreFinally Fall
Fall is in the air, especially now that it’s not ninety degrees every darn day. Went apple picking and to an art fair…both inspire my fall decor…
…our wagon is full of Cameos, Goldens and Pink Ladies…
…time...Read More
Sunday Salutation
Post-Soiree Sunday
Went to a lovely event benefiting this organization. I was in charge of silent auction decor so, inspired by my daughter’s craft from summer camp, we fashioned these paper flowers glued to painted sticks from my backyard…
The...Read More
