Fall is in the Air

Well it's still pretty warm but the leaves are changing colors and falling which makes for some beautiful drives! 

Came home to GA for two days and did something we've never ever done: Carved a Pumpkin!!!

Mom and I got a baby pumpkin for 70 some cents and a little carving kit. It turned out pretty well for the first time! Do you have any pumpkin carving stories you'd like to share?

                                                Pumpkin innards! and a whole lot of seeds!

                                                                            Success!

Mom and I got a baby pumpkin for 70 some cents and a little carving kit. It turned out pretty well for the first time! Do you have any pumpkin carving stories you'd like to share?

-Emily Schreck (i am home for Fall Break and using mom's computer, didn't realize it but was logged into mom's blog so here's to a guest entry!)

Jewlery Holders: Jewelry, jewelry everywhere!

Pin Holder

Necklaces, bracelets, rings, bits and pieces

Post earrings, hanging earrings, silver necklaces, gold necklaces, scarves

I have a lot of jewelry.  Most of it is not valuable, but I wear jewelry alot and even though I have a lot, I find myself looking for more!  I used to have it in plastic boxes, but the necklaces would get tangled and it was difficult to find just what I was looking for.  Sooo, I found some jewelry holder ideas online and decided to make a few of my own.  Of course, I found some supplies at the Goodwill.  One small picture frame to use for the post earrings, one long picture frame to use for the hanging pieces, and a canvas to use for the pins.  While I was at Goodwill, I also found some amazing things to use as jewelry holders.  I think the one is a cd case but it now houses all my hanging earrings.  I found 4 other metal things ( I don't know what they are supposed to be!) and they are holding my scarves, and silver and gold necklaces.  I hung several of these jewelry/scarf holders on the wall.  The one that I made for my necklaces was to heavy so it currently resides on a shelf in my closet.  I feel like I could hang it up, if I got Mike to do it, but it's fine where it is for now.  I also still need to hang up the pin one. 

Post earring holder:  Took out picture and glass from the frame.  Stapled window screen to the frame.  Trimmed the frame edge with some black leather flower trim.  Put the earrings in!

Peg board holder:  Took out picture and glass from frame.  Cut peg board to fit inside the frame.  Painted the peg board black.  Found two decorative knobs and a handle and screwed them to the board.   Hung bracelets on the knobs and necklacees on the handle.  Also used a few pegboard hooks for the rings and extra necklaces.  The little plastic container holds necklace pieces that didn't fit on chains.  This box used to hold nails.  I used goo gone to get rid of the label.  Washed it up.  Punched two holes in it.  Used gold brads that I painted silver to hold it in place on the peg board.  

These are not difficult projects and a lot of fun!

Fall in in the air

It has been beautiful weather here in Ga.  A nip in the air but sunny.  I am ready for pumpkins, baking, fires, and candles burning.  This year I would like to attempt carving a pumpkin.  I will save that for a later post.  Life has been busy with traveling to Columbia, as well as the mundane of everyday life, such as grocery shopping (one of my least favorite things to do), cleaning house, yardwork, etc.  The house in Columbia is coming along very slowly.  We painted the garage floor and closed the pool down this weekend.  I do believe that the garage finally smells better so that was encouraging.  I think the cool air probably helps as well.  Mike will go it alone this weekend, putting insulation under the house, repairng drywall, and fixing leaking pipes that occurred under the sink last week.  Seems like water, water everywhere sure has been the cause of much demolition and expense.  We picked out a tile to do in the kitchen and now we just have to wait and see if the floor guy thinks we can spare the wooden floors or not.  If not, we will have to tile the dining room and entry way.  A lot of work, but I think it will look nice in the end.  We will also probably have to tear up all the laminate floors in order to lay the carpet down.  It is exhausting to think about but I keep reminding myself that it has to end sometime, right?  Had a great birthday on Thursday.  All the kids at school sang happy birthday, I got a few hand made cards, and the best part was going to see "Wicked" at the Fox theater with my wonderful husband.  We had a good time out together.  We haven't been able to do that so much anymore because of all our house issues so it was a nice treat.  Here are a few pics to share of this and that:

Mike & I in front of Glinda's costume

"Wicked"!

Drying my herbs from the garden in the laundry room