Dreaming of a Farmhouse

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2014-08-06T12:01:00.002-07:00

Wow! It has been soooo long. I hope you all are doing well. We have been living in Kingwood, TX since October while my husband is in England. He came home in June and we had a wonderful visit, we surprised Reagan by his homecoming and she was so happy, she cried!

As many of you military wives that may be reading this know, as soon as he leaves it will break! Soooo many things broke including our computer, which still isn't working. So I took a loooong blog break. I have done sooo many projects and am working on a few right now to make our apartment feel like home...until we move again soon.

So, in the meantime I hope you will find me and follow me on Facebook...Dreaming of a Farmhouse.

Michele

Some exciting news!!!!

2013-08-04T10:58:00.003-07:00

So as you may have noticed I haven't been blogging in some time.
Things have been super busy in our home. My husband recently got orders to a most wonderful place!

That's right...England!!!!!!

His report date is November.

Unfortunately after much discussion the kids and I have decided not to accompany him. It was an extremely difficult decision.

Having to share custody of my son with my ex-husband the best thing for us is to move back home.

We will plan a vacation there to visit him and tour the beautiful countries as well as a much dreamed about trip to France!

We have been super busy here going through rooms, the attic and garage just donating and throwing out stuff. It feels incredible!

I did manage to squeeze in a couple projects.

I stenciled this galvanized pail before we left for vacation in June. I love the way it turned out.

Lastly, I have been wanting a grainsack lamp shade for ever! Since I haven't been able to find one that I love at a reasonable cost, I grabbed my craft paint and made my own version.

Please excuse the poor quality of photo I just snapped it with my cellphone in a hurry.

I hope you will please excuse my blogging absence while we prepare for the move.

I will still find the time to stalk your blogs ;)

Hope you all are having a great summer!

Michele

Going on vacation!

2013-06-08T20:58:00.004-07:00

Hi all, I hope everyone is having a good weekend. I was hoping to share what I worked on last week but we've had rain all week. Today is the only day it didn't rain....but I didn't snap a picture because I was busy doing last minute cleaning and packing.
We are going to Houston to visit family for a couple weeks and most importantly I get to see my baby boy and bring him back home! I have missed him sooooo much.

He spent the school year with his dad since his dad is deployed all the time he was finally able to spend a good amount of time with him.

See y'all in a couple weeks!!

Bedside vignette (bedroom update)

2013-06-03T18:18:00.000-07:00

I know you're probably tired of seeing this room but what I was planning to post didn't work out because it's been raining outside.

A couple weeks ago I was playing in my room and thought I'd change up the vignette on my nightstand.

Below is the before:

After:

I propped the toile tray against the wall instead of placing books on it. I thought it is much prettier to look at.

Replaced the Mackenzie Child's pitcher for a more natural vase.

I bought a cheap votive candle holder from walmart and with my trusty glue gun wrapped jute webbing around it. I made a few more also.

We had another dresser on this side of the room but I decided to try this vintage French hamper like basket as a nightstand. I'm still searching for an alabaster lamp.

I'm contemplating stenciling some numbers on it....

I bought a seagrass rug for the end of the bed but not too sure if I like it yet. Maybe once I replace the chairs at the end of the bed.

I hope all of you had a great weekend, ours was full of fun!!! I will share before the end of the week, plus a quick cute project I did yesterday morning...it took longer for me to take everything out then to actually do it! LOL

We are leaving for Houston in 5 days and I can't wait to see my son and bring him back home!!!

Michele

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Confit pot and cheese platter!!!

2013-05-28T16:20:00.003-07:00

I finally bought a confit pot!!!! After having a love affair for years. I purchased it off etsy and it shipped from France in less than 2 weeks all bundled up and waiting for me to unwrap!

I read somewhere you can't have just one and oh how right they were. It was quite pricey so I'll probably wait a awhile to buy another, unless I find one for a really great price.

First I had it beside the stove holding utensils.

Then I placed my butter platter underneath.

(One of the purchases I made while on my blog break lol)

After staring at the kitchen table like this forever it seems.........(cheese platter another purchase over my break)

I brought the confit pot to the table and I think I like it here for now.

See those spots on the table ? Reagan spilled paint and I tried scrubbing it off. Eventually I will redo the stain on the table and probably paint the base with ASCP Graphite instead of the glossy spray paint we used a few years ago.

I LOVE this shot!

I hope y'all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

Michele

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A new lamp where I sleep

2013-04-30T19:48:00.004-07:00

Hi all! Thank you for the warm welcome back.

A few weeks ago I purchased this vintage alabaster lamp off ebay. I'm still searching for another for Justin's side of the bed. The burlap shade was in the attic from the lamp downstairs with the green shade.

It is gorgeous!!!

Kitty thinks so too.

I haven't made any changes to our room since the makeover. Ok I made one change, I brought the basket downstairs to store decorating books beside the couch and put the other chair. I would really love to find a upholstered settee for the end of the bed.

Beautiful warm glow

Another view from outside the hall.

I still need to have curtains made. I already have several yards of toile fabric that matches the comforter at the end of the bed. But I'm not ready to make the commitment yet LOL The same goes for the chairs at the end of the bed that I want to have reupholstered. It is so difficult making decisions regarding fabric. Do you have the same problem? I'm going crazy!!

Have a happy week!

Michele

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Antlers and my cozy corner

2013-04-16T18:50:00.000-07:00

I had an unexpected break but I'm back and I hope for good. I've missed blogging and my friends. Thank you to those that emailed me to see if all was good, I really appreciate it.

Sooo a while ago before I disappeared I shared my cozy corner with my new lamp....and I can't believe the pictures I shared of my magazines all ratty from little miss Reagan stepping on them. LOL

Before:

Several months ago I got tired of looking at them a mess, I straightened them and added more mags to keep them from sagging. I may or may not have bought a few more ;)

I had been thinking of adding antlers above the frame, finally did it and love it! I wish I had done it sooner.

I had the tablecloth made some time ago by a most kind lady on Etsy after I saw my sweet friend Kristi's of The Thrifty Gypsy. (She and I have the same taste and so many of the same things, its funny!)

I already had pillows in the same toile fabric so I thought it would look really great.

After:

I still haven't decided on curtains but the living room is finally starting to come together.

Mary Kay Crowley

2012-10-04T22:35:00.002-07:00

I LOVE Mary Kay Crowley, her paintings are gorgeous. You could live inside of them.

I shared one of the paintings I have of hers in my dining room post.

I only have a few right now, but there are several on my wish list. I stalk ebay often.

The large one in my dining room was a Mother's day gift. I ordered it from Mary Kay Crowley.

I chose and framed them myself.

The one below I bought on amazon for $20.

It hangs in the hall right off the kitchen.

The glare was crazy here since I had the windows down. The top one I ordered from MaryKayCrowley.
The other one I purchased off ebay for $20.

The top one if my favorite out of these, but my MOST favorite is Her Retreat! Maybe a Christmas present?

Y'all have a good weekend!
Michele <3

In the kitchen

2012-10-02T12:53:00.001-07:00

Hey y'all, happy fall! I am loving this weather, it is beautiful here. It is my favorite time of year and always will be! I have decided not to pull out all the decorations this year, I have sprinkled a little fall around the house and we did decorate the yard. I'll share that as soon as I finish!

I have been meaning to share the kitchen and a few new finds for it. So lets get to it!

I found this beautiful cement chicken on etsy and fell in LOVE, I adore all the chippiness.

Her mate is in the kitchen! He has quite a imperfections but is perfect to me.

I got the enamel bread box off ebay right after Christmas. I have one with green letters too!!!

The bread board is from Pottery Barn.

I added vintage teacups to my canisters several months ago.

Changed up the little vignette on my butter platter.

That cute little hen was a yard sale find.

The Mackenzie Childs teapot was a gift from my husband while he was deployed. (I don't remember if I shared it already)

I picked up some cute towels from Williams Sonoma while my sister was visiting.

Peeking into the dining room.

Another view!

Hmmm.....I have an old chandy I found at a yard sale, with a little paint would look perfect over the table!!! Wish we could change that in military housing LOL

I ordered some of MMS milk paint in Tricycle red, but haven't tried it. I can't decide what I want to paint.

I hope y'all have a great week!

Michele <3

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Goodwill finds and a cozy spot

2012-09-11T23:37:00.001-07:00

I shared my framed needleprint the other day and my newest goodwill find was in the reflection.

When I saw that lamp it was LOVE at first sight.......but I didn't buy her. LOL Nope I walked past her for about a month cause I didn't have any cash on me.

You see it didn't occur to me to pull out some darn cash..nope, I almost lost her.

In fact I thought she had already sold because I didn't recall seeing her my last trip.

There she was....and I had cash! I called hubs (he was in the car with the girl) and asked him to stand in line to purchase her while I continued looking around.

She's pretty heavy for a dainty looking thing.

(don't worry I put a cord cover on that baby a few pictures down hah)

I purchased the rug from Overstock in February.

It is the same rug as Ms Kim over at Savvy Southern Style.
I brought the green velvet stool down that was found in my bedroom makeover.

The red check throw was purchased at Target a couple Christmas' ago.

Leopard pillow is from TJ Maxx.

I love the glow it puts out.

My framed needlepoint on the wall.

Looking into the dining area.

We got this crate at a barn sale a few years ago and it has been sitting in the garage since then.

Then one day "lightbulb" (y'all have seen Despicable Me, right?) haha

The cats had some fun with my magazines though...so excuse the poor display.

This is what it looks like today. Baby sleeping on table and all.

I've been working on this room for about a year. There are many changes I want to make.

Curtains, I can't decide what color or if I want to do a print.

The coffee table....

We have been trying to sell our huge wall entertainment center on Craigslist for a few months, we want something smaller.

I hope you enjoyed a look into our living area.

Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes and the sweet comments, I appreciate them all!

Have a good night!

Michele

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I'm 30...

2012-09-09T20:22:00.001-07:00

It isn't soooo bad turning 30. I was under the impression that my world would change for some reason, but the truth is I feel good. I have a wonderful family that loves me and I love greatly and I am in pretty good health so to speak. I have so many things to be thankful for and one of them is having another birthday.

My sister Crystal flew in from Texas for a week while Justin was TDY in Utah.

My sister's birthday is the day before mine and we have always shared our birthday's together (not always by choice hahaha) when we were younger we always shared birthdays and to be honest I didn't like it one bit. Always having to share and never having my "own day" but it was nice spending it together this year even if it was few days early.

We went to soooo many places and guess what, I didn't bring my camera. Shame on me!!!

We went to the outlets in Smithfield and I bought a Coach wallet and Reagan some pajamas and dresses from Carter's. We LOVE pjs in this house.

On another day I took her to the little town of Selma to go antiquing and have lunch at the Hula girl or something like that. Their milkshakes are yummy!

I came away with one treasure from that outing. This beautiful framed needlepoint for $24. I just loved the green in it with the gold frame.

I apologize about the glare, but hey if you look closely you can see the reflection of a recent goodwill find. LOL

We had a day specially planned for Reagan we took her to a pottery painting place in town and she painted a kitty. We also went to New Bern to an ice cream shop full of cow stuff (I can't remember the name) but there were cows everywhere. Afterwards we went across to the water and watched the ducks and walked around.

On her last day here we spent all day in Raleigh shopping. I got a bunch of cute shirts, an Eiffel tower charm for my Pandora bracelet and a pair of madden girl boots (from tj maxx) We had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and my dinner was delicious. We also made a trip to the Disney store for my girl and pre ordered Cinderella. Which comes out October 2nd and she got a little stuffed Cinderella doll.

As much as I wanted to stay up and chat most nights I was so exhausted from walking around all day I'd pass out on the couch!

My Birthday which was the 23rd was a quiet one. We had dinner at home and hubby ordered a yummy cake. I did go out and cut my hair though......what ya think?

Please excuse the poor quality pics. I certainly am no photographer...especially with my phone haha!

It is growing on me...I really disliked it the first couple days. I'll be back soon to share where my "new" old lamp is and several finds that I haven't shared in months!

Sorry for rambling lol

Wishing you all a happy night!

Anniversary Dinner

2012-07-15T16:03:00.003-07:00

On Friday the 13th Justin and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. I made a nice dinner by candlelight.
I set a simple table for the two of us while dinner was cooking, nothing fancy.

We had bacon wrapped filet mignon, parmesan asparagus and mashed potatoes.

I set the kids up at the bar, but little one decided she was joining us at the table.

For dessert blackberry crisp and the best ice cream ever!!! (it finally made its way to Raleigh and we stocked up on a recent trip to the city!)

You can find the recipe for the blackberry vanilla crisp HERE. It is absolutely delicious.

Happy Anniversary hunny. I love you muches and looking forward to many more.

Michele <3

Revisiting the dining room

2012-07-10T21:16:00.002-07:00

So I don't think I've shared my dining room in some time. I haven't made many changes because well I've been pretty content with it and rather focus on other rooms in the house that really need help!

I say this is our dining room, but the reality is if we had an eat in kitchen this would be our breakfast area and I would purchase a much larger table....so there is plenty of room for the guests that we never have. :)

I got these kooboo chairs from World Market some time around January. I actually bought 4 of these, but I like mixed chairs around the table. I just wrapped an antique french postal bag around the cushion and on the other is a feedsack.

I added my new french chair. (Please ignore the armoire. I bought it at goodwill over the summer for Reagan's bedroom and since Justin was deployed it has been sitting here.) We will move it as soon as I get her bedroom together.

I still love my european grainsack as a table runner.

The cloche and Mackenzie Childs plate is home to some peach jam I made a couple weekends ago.

I flipped my red check pillows over to display red ticking.

The Mary Kay Crowley painting was a Mother's Day gift from Justin, I framed it myself. I love it, it is just fabulous! I first came across Mary Kay Crowley paintings from Kristi, The Thrifty Gypsy and fell in love I could live inside her paintings!

I hope you enjoyed my mini tour.

Michele <3

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Homemade Play dough

2012-07-08T15:56:00.002-07:00

I love making stuff with my kiddos, although lately we haven't done much. We Justin painted both of the kid's rooms and we moved Reagan to the bigger bedroom, since Jonathan will be going to his dad's house in Texas for the school year. (He leaves in 2 weeks :( and I am sad) Her room looks like a twister hit it, I'm hoping to have everything organized in a couple days.

I am also getting the house ready for my sister's visit in August....but in between all the laundry, rearranging and cleaning I squeezed a project in with the little ones.

I thought it was fun and I'm certain Reagan enjoyed it much more than Jonathan.

I let them choose what colors they wanted to make.

Reagan is working hard on her pink snowman.

She wanted me to take a picture of it.

Have fun with your kids today!

Ingredients:

1 C Flour
1 C Water
1/4 C Salt
1 TBSP Vegetable Oil
2 tsp Cream of Tarter
Food Coloring

Instructions

Mix together all the ingredients, except the food coloring, in a 2 quart saucepan. Cook over low/medium heat, stirring. Once it begins to thicken, add the food coloring. Continue stirring until the mixture is much thicker and begins to gather around the spoon.

Remove the dough onto wax paper or a plate to cool.

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Happy Fourth of July!

2012-07-04T09:15:00.001-07:00

Have a happy and safe 4th of July!
(Pictures are from last year)

My French Country"ish" finds

2012-07-02T10:12:00.001-07:00

I went to a couple yard sales a few weeks ago and came across these gorgeous chairs! I was smitten.

Ok to be honest with you I actually walked away from them to look around at some other stuff, until I saw a van full of ladies walk up the driveway...I ran back to the chairs and told the lady. I'll take them, $30 for both!

They had been her Mother's and her mom did the fleur de lis needle work. She said they were atleast 80 years old. The other chair hadn't been reuphostered yet but she gave me the finished needlework. I just need to find someone around here who can do it for me. The back of the chair is finished in a red velvet.

I picked up the vintage children's cookbooks for my little ones.

I LOVE the phone, I can't wait to hang it in my kitchen. I got that baby for $3.

It needs a little reworking. It receives calls, but doesn't ring, and you can't call out.

Look at this copper bathtub...*cough* I mean boiler.

Reagan thinks it is a bathtub LOL

I found it at one of my favorite antique shops in downtown Selma.

We have been busy here! Justin had his ALS graduation ceremony last Thursday (I will share pictures soon) and Friday was his Birthday.

We'll be celebrating our 5th wedding Anniversary in less than 2 weeks. A week after that Jonathan will go live with his dad for the school year and Justin will go to 7 lvl school for 2 weeks.

He'll be home for a short time and then he'll be TDY in Utah for a couple weeks.

While hubby is gone my older sister will be visiting from Houston, so in the mean time I will be getting our home visitor ready LOL

I'm so excited, while she is here we will celebrate our birthday's together (hers is the day before mine)

Sooooo I will be popping in and out!

I hope y'all are keeping cool! Have a happy and safe 4th of July.

Busy with blueberries

2012-06-15T10:18:00.001-07:00

Please excuse me from being MIA, Justin is graduating from ALS (Airman leadership school) in two weeks and I have been busy playing dress up. Luckily my friend Jennifer (also my neighbor) and I went to Raleigh last weekend and found dresses at our first stop! Her husband got promoted the same time mine did and they ended up in the same leadership class. Anywho I have been playing with my hair and makeup almost everyday hahaha.

A couple weekends ago we hit up a farmer's market stand and got the most delicious blueberries. My husband being curious contacted them and the next day was on a tour of their farm. LOL He and Jonathan picked a couple buckets of blueberries.

This is what my kitchen looked like for most of the weekend seeing as though he went out again the next day!!!

There were even blueberries still in the bucket and at the bar.

We picked stems, washed, dried, and bagged to put in the freezer.

Have I mentioned we have several blueberry bushes in our backyard...filled with berries!

Look at all those berries!

We're still waiting for the rest to ripen.

(excuse Reagan's bangs, we are growing them out so we can pin them to the side)

Our mama cat had kittens Memorial Day weekend.

Here is the most recent shot, all of their eyes are open and they're a little more mobile now.

It is difficult to see the black one, but it is adorable and so fluffy!

I hope y'all have an awesome weekend!

I was hoping to hit some yard sales, but we have to be somewhere in the A.M. so maybe we'll check out the flea market instead.

<3 Michele

Bedroom Details

2012-05-28T22:43:00.001-07:00

Thank you all for welcoming me back and the sweet comments on our bedroom makeover.
I still have some things I'd like to change up that I'll get to soon.
I had a few emails asking where I found the toile comforter and I promised to share with y'all where I found some stuff anyhow.

Our bedroom furniture is from the Antique roadshow collection, we purchased it almost 5 years ago right after we were married.

The monogrammed sheets, bonne nuit pillow, pick stitch quilt , ticking bed skirt, green check rug, pillar candles, and the drum shade all came from Pottery Barn! (LOVE me some PB!)

(You can find a similar version of the bonne nuit pillow on Ballards)

The vintage floral prints were found at a thrift store a few years ago and have been stored in the garage since that time LOL

The lamp was a Goodwill find. The transferware plate is my "coaster" for my nighttime water, also a thrifty find along with the tole tray that a few of my books are on.

The Mackenzie Childs pitcher was a gift from my husband.
The porcelain doll laying on top of the books was a gift from hubby's grandma on one of our trips back home.

Antique stool is one of my favorite etsy purchases! Little Miss Reagan uses it to climb up to kiss me in the morning if she is out of her bed.

A close up of the toile comforter. You can find it online at Neiman Marcus or Horchow.

It is pretty pricey. I stalked ebay for a while and came across this one, I paid $200 less than it is online and it was brand new.

I did splurge on those euro shams though, also at Neiman Marcus or Horchow.

The french style chair I found on etsy, I want to have it reupholstered but can't decide what route to go. So for now I just put one of my favorite toile fabrics on it haha

Basket was a goodwill find and Kitty was a yard sale find, no lie!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
We certainly had an exciting one and our sweet Bella gave birth to 4 beautiful kitties around 3am Sunday.
I will share pictures soon!

Have a great week y'all!

Michele <3

I'm back with a bedroom makeover

2012-05-23T10:55:00.002-07:00

I can't believe I haven't blogged since December! My husband has been home from Afghanistan for a couple months now and we have just been spending time together. I didn't want to come back to blogging until he was back at work.

While my husband was deployed I made some changes to our bedroom. I didn't take any before pictures because I hadn't really done anything to our room.

Join me for a tour

My side of the bed

I still haven't decided on what to do with the drapes.

It needs to be dark in our room during the day when hubby is on mids and sleeps during the day.

Any thoughts?

I spy a kitty napping.

Our cats Kitty is the fluffy one and Bella is the little pregnant one.

We are expecting kitties any day now!

(We got Kitty fixed a couple weeks ago, after we realized Bella was pregnant)

I must say I LOVE our bedroom now, it is so cozy!

I am still trying to figure out how to accessorize my dresser and hubby's side of the bed.

Also what to do with the curtains and I would LOVE to paint our walls.

It feels good to be back!

I'll share all the details in a couple days.

Looking forward to visiting all of you.

Michele

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Our Christmas lights

2011-12-16T11:12:00.000-08:00

Good thing I uploaded these pictures right when I took them. Later that night while cleaning the kitchen and Reagan was sitting on the stool...playing with the camera. She broke it!!!!!
She pulled off the pieces around the lens and I can't even get it to close or turn off.
This is the third camera we've gone through. (I need to find the warranty paper to get it fixed)

We usually "light" up the whole house for Christmas, but since hubby is in Afghanistan and I'm not climbing on the roof or anything else this is what I came up with.

I really don't like "inflatables" but I put Santa up for Reagan, because she loves him!

I could not find my wreath. :/

I have two of these trees in urns, but couldn't find the other.

I did have the cords tucked in but the wind kept blowing the tree over.

I added lighted presents from TJ Maxx and some vintage Santa boots I got while in Houston last summer.

The vintage sled was an estate sale find by my husband.
I tied a Ballard designs wreath on it because I couldn't find my ice skates.

Another view of the yard.

We made Christmas cookies a few days ago (they're gone now)

Here is Reagan eating sugar....

Jonathan has a cold, so we don't know if we'll be going to Houston for Christmas.

If he's well by Sunday we will go. I hope so, I really don't want to spend Christmas here without my husband.

Merry Christmas y'all!

Michele

Christmas kitchen

2011-12-12T17:03:00.000-08:00

As most of you know we will be spending Christmas in Houston with our family, so I only pulled out a few things from the attic. Just to make it a little festive while we're home.

I shared my gingerbread tree with you already.

I simply added two candy canes, some burlap and ribbon to my rooster to make him a little festive.

Vintage Betty Crocker cookbook.

Tied some ribbons on the canisters.

This is my favorite rooster in the house.

I love this cookbook, there are so many great cookies and the pictures are great!

(yard sale find last year)

These wonderfully vintage Santa mugs were an estate sale find (last year) for $6 they were coming home with me.

The Mackenzie Childs tray was a gift from my husband in October.

I moved the red scale over here for now, draped it with a vintage Christmas towel and topped with one of the Santa mugs.

The figurines were a goodwill find a couple years ago.

Towels are from Cracker Barrel.

The next picture I decided to play around some.
Grabbed a rolling pin from my bouquet, a vintage pyrex bowl and apron.

Hopefully next year I'll be able to add to the gingerbread kitchen I'm dreaming of!
I'll be busy packing and cleaning for the next few days before we leave.

I hope y'all have a Merry Christmas.

Michele

Gingerbread Kitchen Christmas tree

2011-12-10T15:58:00.000-08:00

Hey y'all.

Since we're not going to be here for Christmas this year I did minimal decorating.

Only decorating the kitchen a small bit.
I didn't want to lug the huge artificial tree from the attic, so I just used one of the kid's 3 footers that I usually put in their bedrooms and placed it on the kitchen bar.

Please excuse the sun.

I added red and white checked mesh to certain spots.

Love the mixer ornament! (Target)

Snowflake with cutter ornament from Cracker Barrel.

The gingerbread house is my FAVORITE ornament, I bought two but wish I bought more.

(Cracker Barrel)

Red and white candy striped ones came from Target a few years ago, wish I could find more of these.

I mixed them up with some vintage red ornaments.

My topper.

I cannot make a pretty bow to save my life LOL

I found these candy cane picks from Carolina Pottery, they are awesome!

My tree skirt is a vintage french towel.

Another view.

I have become obsessed with gingerbread over the past few years.

I bought most of them at Cracker Barrel, Target and at Kmart last year on clearance.

I definitely want to hit up CB, they have so many great gingerbread themed items.

Well I'll share the rest of my minimally decorated kitchen soon.

Have a good night!

Michele

An update to my update

2011-12-07T13:06:00.000-08:00

I want to thank all of you for your sweet comments and keeping my in your prayers.
I had several people email me taking the time to see how I was doing and I appreciate it so much. I also had a few email me asking if they had missed something confused by my mentioning my oncologist.
In June 09 while my husband was deployed to Afghanistan I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. I had surgery and found that the cancer had spread to both right and left pelvic lymphnodes. I had 5 rounds of chemotherapy, 40 rounds of external radiation and 5 rounds of internal radiation.
I have been in remission as of March 2010. The results of my latest scan showed no evidence of cancer, no enlarged lymphnodes, no bone issues. Just a collection of fluid where I had some cancer removed in my lymphnodes. I have lymphedema.in my right leg and have a problem with my leg draining fluid. My oncologist suggested I go back to physical therapy to get the fluid "moving"

I just wanted to keep y'all posted on what is going on. I've missed blogging and just needed a break.
I'll be back until next weekend when my kid's and I head to Houston to spend Christmas break with our family.

I finished painting the dresser in the entry, but haven't waxed or distressed it yet.

Here is a peak

The Mackenzie Childs candlesticks are a gift from my husband.

(I love them and I love you hubbykins)

I didn't pull out all of our Christmas decorations this year since we won't be here, but I did decorate my kitchen a little. I will share with y'all soon.

Michele <3

Update

2011-11-19T11:09:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to let y'all know that I saw my oncologist on Tuesday. He felt something so I had a scan on Friday. I should have the results by Tuesday.
I'm sorry I haven't visited or been up to blogging lately. I will feel so much better when I get some good results.

Michele

What I'm working on

2011-11-08T15:21:00.000-08:00

I finally starting painting the chest in the "foyer."

I need to keep my mind off of things so I'm trying to keep busy.
I've still got the drawers to do, but I've got to do those when Reagan is sleeping.

This is what it looked like yesterday after two coats of Old White.

Sorry for the quality of pictures, this little corner is so dark.

(This little corner has been a "hoarding" space for Reagan, she brings all her stuff over here while I paint)

This is what it looks like right now.

Chateau gray, my favorite!

Love this color.

(I am on the hunt for new drapes, I just can't decide what direction I want to go)

Hopefully I'll be done tomorrow, limited on time with little one running around.

Thanks y'all for the comments on the scales, for now the shelves look like this.

I haven't had time to move stuff around yet.

(I left the red one on the little table)

I will show y'all the chest as soon as I finish.

I've got an appointment with my oncologist next Tuesday and supposed to have a PET scan also for something I am terrified of. I'll have a CT scan in January when I see my radiation oncologist.

I just pray that everything is alright.

Y'all have a good night.

We are getting ready to eat chicken and dumplings!

Michele