Fall In My Home...

Here are some snapshots of a little bit of fall sprinkled throughout our home. Enjoy.

Bunting or Home Run

This is a different post today....one that I hope will have you thinking, and aiming towards something you have been wanting to do....we all have dreams, hopes, wishes for ourselves. It is not necessarily about bigger and better, although everyone can strive to do better and live better. But, if your like me, always thinking and dreaming of that next move to make towards a goal or dream, then we must keep asking ourselves....what are we waiting for?


As we all know, time keeps moving, whether we want it to or not. And if we keep making excuses or are too afraid to jump towards the next move, somebody will jump right past us, and we'll be stuck wishing we would have jumped too.


This quote keeps coming to mind since I first read it last week....

Don't Bunt. Aim for Out of the Ballpark.

Hmmmm.....aim for out of the ballpark.....it may not always be a homerun, but what good is a bunt for me? We may advance someone else, but we're almost always guaranteed to be out.

I am aiming, I am striving towards the next jump.

Are you?

Get on up out of that comfy chair, and start aiming for out of the ballpark.

my little man, who is always aiming for out of the ballpark. :)

A New Penny Collectin' Pottery Piece

Good Monday Morning Friends. Are you all enjoying some nice fall weather? It is so beautiful right now in Pennsylvania, its eye candy at its finest! ;)


I am introducing you to a fairly new piece of Indian Trail Pottery. We made it in August, and we did a little introducing then on Facebook, but I never got the chance to blog about it.

So, let me introduce you to our new primitive piggy banks......


a very different look to a piggy. ;)



But, they are quite adorable with a honey jar shape to them.....


and a big slot to stuff your coins into.



Welcome Prim Piggy Banks!

Autumn

Spent a few days/evenings outside with camera in hand over the weekend....thought you would enjoy a few shots of a Pennsylvania fall starting to emerge.




Happy Tuesday!

Reed Diffusers~ Pottery Style

A little while back when a certain computer wasn't working, and a camera wasn't being put to work much, we had made some new pottery pieces and I never really took the time to share them with all of you.

My husband and I were throwing around ideas of some newer pieces that we wanted to try and at that same moment, I decided to have a facebook contest. I asked all my followers to shoot out some ideas of things that they would like to see done, and boy did we get back quite a response! It was fun to read all your great suggestions and ideas.....some we already were working on, and some ideas planted seeds for future references.

Well, we chose one that liked the idea of, and there was a winner! Karen Nevill was the grand prize winner, and she won exactly what she asked us to make....a reed diffuser!



I think these are perfect for not just a reed diffuser, but also a bud vase!
Karen-whenever you are ready to choose your glaze color, please let me know!!! :)


Come back again, there is a lot more to share....

Guess What I'll Be Doing This Week.....

With a BUNCH of acorns harvested,



and a very recent wool trip done, can you guess what I will be up to this week and weekend?


Howd ya guess???? :)


They're quite addicting~!

Faux White Glazed Pumpkins and More!

Last week I was able to do a little crafting. That's a big YAHOOOO for me. Nothing is more fun than being creative. And in the spirit of autumn, it was a little pumpkin project for my downstairs, which is decorated in all shades of whites with vintage pieces worked in here and there and LOTS of wood tones too.

So, instead of just using the little white boo pumpkins, I wanted something that would last for next year, and not have to be thrown out in a month because of it getting rotten. So, I found these for 97 cents a piece at walmart....quite metallic!




And then I transformed them into antiqued/white glazed pumpkins.


Super easy! Paint them white, give them 2 coats and let dry. Then, I used a coffee colored acrylic paint and watered it down pretty good, so it was runny when I applied it over the pumpkin. I immediately wiped it off with a paper towel, and made sure that it got good in around the grooves of the pumpkins. Let dry, and it's done.

I love their shape....so real looking!

I also made some pinecone garland with the most gorgeous colored ribbon....it is a very strange color~in some light it looks brown, but in other light it almost has a purple hue to it....I love it, whatever color it is. I did make a few of these for our open house and they all sold immediately! So, I had to make more for myself!

Love it on the wood door!

So, with the talk of fall....let me just say that it has finally hit here in Pa. Oh, very cool, cool temps right now and we are still getting a lot of rain. So, that makes things even cooler and damp. Well yesterday, we started up the fireplace for the first time this season......oh, so wonderful!

Yes, we were all feeling cozy and snuggled in yesterday.

And, as always, I am doing a little tweaking.....trying out these beautiful stained gourds as my centerpiece for this week! :)


So, what are you up to?