Spring is here and I am Grateful

How Ive yearned for longer days, time spent refreshing my home and countless hours being outdoors!  I've longed for the day my pear blossoms would bloom, birds would chirp and the smell of fresh cut grass engulfing my senses!  I've prayed for a farmhouse days on end, I reflect on what I have been given and what he provides me with on a daily basis and I am grateful! Grateful for the little 2 bedroom cottage that I have that provides me shelter, yet to small for a family of six  but still I am so thankful for all its imperfections!  Gratetful for our health, family and friends! Most of all I'm grateful for being able to call upon the Lord when I need him the most!    

                                                                    Rachel

                     

 Touches of Christmas around the house, hope to post a house tour, we shall see!! I'm so hesitant because I have an awful camera which explains the dull pics, sorry, hopefully I'll get a new one for Christmas!!

                                    IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS!

              This year I had a hard time deciding what look I wanted to go for, I basically decided that it would just be a mixture of what I love and what I had on hand at the time, with a little effort and discovering stuff you forgot you even had, Christmas decorating can be done with very little money!  I'm definitely not the cookie cutter type that runs out to the stores searching for that perfect ornament, I'd much rather create it or use the "junk" I have laying around, I'm sure most of you can relate, ha!!  I'll be back with more pics in the  next couple of days, for those of you who posted home tours, kudos to you on getting all your decorating done sooo fast and soo beautifully!!  I absolutely love Thoughts From Alice's home tour, if you've never been to her little blog, please make sure to stop in, I promise you won't be disappointed!!!


                                                           

                                      

Just stopping in to say I can't believe Thanksgiving is right around the corner, are you ready???  As for me I will be hosting Thanksgiving in my home and I'm pretty ecstatic but at the same time nervous, how am I going to fit several people into one tiny two bedroom home, as they say where there is a will there is a way!! I should be thankful for my tiny home but I long soo much for a farmhouse like so many of you, maybe one day!! Although I'm just a tad bit overcome with anxiety about decorating and if my home is up to par!!  We shall see in a few weeks, I'll come back and share if I succeeded or not, lol!!  Thanksgiving aside I am overly excited about decorating for Christmas, what are your thoughts, is it to early to decorate, I think it comes sooo fast and is over in a blink that I don't  want to wait until December!!  I guess to each his own and I see a rustic Christmas in the near future, meaning early November, lol, don't judge me!!!  Sharing with you a peek of my Christmas tree from last year! The other pic is of our last snowfall in our little Texas town, which those who know Texas we rarely have snow and when we do it's something spectacular, this was our little church covered with snow, beautiful isn't it??

                                                                      Till next time
                                                                         Rachel

October has come and almost gone, these days are flying by way too fast for me!!!! I love fall and want to cherish each moment of the season!!!  Most of my days are spent on something going on with the kids in school but I wouldn't have it any other way!  My oldest daughter and her volleyball team are district champs as of last night and are playoff bound, woo hoo!!!  My babies are my world and as busy and tired as I might be they are my reason to keep on keeping on!!!  Here are a few pics of my home ready for fall!!

                                                         God Bless and have a great day!!!
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Yay, its officially Fall!!  Ive been so inspired lately to create, even in 80-90 degree weather!! Fall is absolutely my favorite season of all!!!  I'm going to really try and blog once a week, I've missed all the inspiration!!  This adorable faux clock was made out of free pallets, I love the way it turned out!  I also put together this fall wreath, doesn't it look great hanging on this beautiful vintage shutter?? I'm going to try something new on my blog, I'll be listing items for sale and you will have the option to purchase, just shoot me a message that you would like to buy and my paypal account is set up on my blog or you can mail payment to my address to be shipped out to you!!  Thanks for stopping by and hope you'll take a look around!!

Wow, where has the time gone???  Feels really good to be back in the blogging world, especially when my favorite time of year is right around the corner, I'm sure a lot of you can relate!!!  That would be FALL, cant wait to share with you some changes I have made and to see all the inspiring photos everyone shares around this time!!




                                                               See you again soon with photos to share!!

Primitive Cabinet

Hi,

I wanted to show you the primitive cabinet I mentioned in my last post.  This beauty was found on a rainy day when I otherwise would have stayed home.   I'm so glad I decided to go because I found many treasures besides the cabinet and all for a very good price!   The old syrup crate was found a while back and I love it!   I've started filling the cabinet with my old ironstone but I still have quite a bit of space to fill up, which shouldn't take long    This is a short post so please enjoy the pics as much as I enjoy my new treasure!

                                                                      Have a blessed day,
                                                                              Rachel

Gallery Wall and Dining Area Sneak Peek

                 Gallery wall is almost done and some changes are being made.   More pics coming soon!!!

 

Talk to you soon,

Rachel

 

 

A Few More Pics From Our Home

I wanted to start off by thanking Amy Kinser from All Things Home for such sweet comments on my blog!  I've been following her blog for quite some time now and I was so excited to hear from her, thank you again, you definitely made my day!!  

I've been collecting ironstone the past few years and I was so excited to add these to my collection as well as this old box made of beadboard filled with my ironstone dishes, isn't she a beauty!

The picture below is in my bathroom which is so small and somewhat hard to decorate in because of the lack of space.

On another note I am going to be selling vintage items on my blog as well as some homemade items.  I will start off by posting pics of the items for sell as well as the cost.  I've created a paypal account to make it easier I hope on you all for purchasing, there will be a buy me now button posted on my blog for you to purchase the item of your choice.  As the items sell I will remove the option to buy from paypal.  I will also send an invoice with the email you provide through my paypal account.  If all runs smoothly with this system it will stay in place, please let me know if you encounter any problems along the way!

Summer break is approaching fast so I better get on the move and finish up all that I have planned before then!!   Have a great one my friends!


Talk to you soon,
Rachel

Vintage Inspired Birthday Party for my little love

Back in February I threw a vintage inspired birthday party for my youngest daughter Payslee, it turned out great and I was so excited that I was able to pull it off without much money or time!  Most of the things I had at home and some of them were from thrift shops.  They even ate ice cream out of the old fashioned ice cream glasses that I picked up for .50 a piece.  I found some pink and white soda straws at TJ Maxx and a vintage straw holder for 1.00 at the thrift store.  The pink and white petals were from the Dollar Tree.  She had a great time but I think I loved it more knowing that it was simple but so cute!!

A Few Pics of my home

I love to decorate and I look forward to sharing with you how I love to change things up a bit too often!!  I know some of you can relate!

The first pics are in my living/dining area which is one open area, I will be posting pics as soon as I finish painting and decorating over the next few weeks.  I started some projects and hope to have them finished before the kiddos get out for summer break.

New Beginnings

Hi and welcome to my little blog, I am so excited to start this new adventure and I hope to get to know some of you along the way!  I have a love for the old and vintage like so many of you!  Please join me as I share with you my journey to find what makes my house a home one vintage piece at a time!