Spice Drawer and Rack

Every time I cruise my Pinterest boards,

I keep seeing my GET ORGANIZED board and

say 'I gotta do that...'

Here's the photo of Barb's drawer

over at Turtles and Tails

Nice and organized. Sweet.

Finally, this one can be scratched off my 

to-do list ;-)

WE {daughter and I} made the change from upper cabinet to a spice drawer.  It was, "Mama, I can't tell what's in this cabinet!" I'll admit putting spice containers in front of each other was not a good idea. I'm mostly a salt n' pepper gal. But I'm not super big on lots of spices like she is, which justifies my procrastination.  I'm even trying to alphabetize them, but jar sizes kind of makes impossible.

Spices are now neatly tucked away in an unused drawer in my pine hutch cabinet...

(that formerly held loads of old bills and bank statements, old candles and plates.)

It also has a small built in spice rack on the main door, but the wood slats kind of hides the names of the spices. But, it's definitely an improvement.

Now I have to figure out what to put in my

NEW empty upper cabinet... a new spot for

the paper towels, or move the glasses closer to 

the refrigerator's ice maker?

Decisions, decisions.

Happy Friday, Y'all!

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Pot Rack Back Porch Lighting

Pot Rack Back Porch Lighting

I found this great pot rack this past fall at
a local arts and crafts festival, with this
specific purpose in mind... holding candles
on the back porch. We didn't wire the middle of the porch ceiling for lighting.

These came in this oval shape, but also in
round, which in retrospect, I wish I had gotten. I had to cut some wire to go over the bars to hold the candle jars. Had I gotten the round shape, I would have been able to use an old glass microwave plate. I'm always seeing them in the GW, SA, and thrift shops. 

I placed several old pickle and small canning jars, and a couple of old candle jars, on the wire and filled them with tea light candles.

The clear glass gives off a warm glow

against my freshly painted white ceiling. 

For a different effect, colored tumbler glasses could be used in pastels, and 

 reds and greens would be pretty for Christmas.

I just love the gentle glow, and psst - I'm
only using four tea lights! A quick stop 
by the $ store for a whole bag will 
ensure the perfect ambiance for a Friday night dinner on the back porch!

Did I mention I painted the back porch?
A crisp, bright white?

Happy Friday, Y'all!

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Spring Easter Double Sided Banner

Spring Easter Double Sided Banner

Better late than never, right? Where have I been?

Well, I'll get to that in a moment...

Here's a quick and easy banner you can make

to suit any occasion by using wooden letters and

the ever so versatile and indispensable burlap and twine. If you can't find the color of burlap  you want for your project, then you can certainly SPRAY PAINT IT!  This is a piece of

scrap burlap I used last July 4th. I spray painted the oyster colored burlap with periwinkle blue.

It will take a two or three coats to get your desired color depth, as it does soak up a little.

Pretty straight forward and simple process...

your triangles size will depend on your

letter size - I had intended to make the banner

to use ON the burlap wreath, but as you can see, I misjudged the letter size. So I just propped my wooden egg bunny in the wreath, and tacked the banner to the shelf. I didn't even paint the

letters, just hot glued them to both sides of the  six burlap triangles, which blends

nicely with the rustic burlap and twine.

So, the weekend BEFORE Easter weekend,

I got super sick, then a bad sinus infection

that week which for me, triggers migraines 

EVERY SINGLE DAY, plus a stomach bug. 

I've also aggravated my right hand/arm ulnar nerve. So, I basically missed EVERYTHING I had planned for Easter crafting, blogging, and cooking.  But it's still Spring, so I'll leave this banner up for a while.

Y'all take care!

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Georgia's Spring Time Blooms

Good Morning! I thought y'all might enjoy

some photos of the blooms in our yard.

This azalea bush decided to pop out in full bloom this year. The classic "Barbie" pink is my hubby's favorite.

I really don't have a favorite, but I love this pale

pink with the dark pink specks...

and of course the salmon color is lovely!

The white azaleas are always late to bloom for some reason.

And my camelias keep churning out beauties like this one.

A Bradford pear tree...

Half of my Paulownia tree died, but this half is so pretty with it's lavender blooms...

I'll soon have some more seed pods to play with.

 And Prince certainly enjoyed the afternoon  doing what he does best... lazing around.

Y'all have a wonderful day!

Twine Tied Burlap Wreath

Good Monday Morning, Y'all!

I hope everyone had a great St. Patty's Day.

Here is a burlap wreath I've been meaning to make, so when it clouded up yesterday, I dug out

my metal wreath base, burlap, and TWINE

and got right down to business.

I wanted to create a basic wreath that I can

add seasonal / whimsical attachments to.

There are so many burlap wreaths out there in Blogland and so many ways of making them. When I saw Amanda Brown's wreath base, (formerly known as My Heart's Desire), I marked it down on my To Make List... Yes, it's a LONG list that I'm not sure I'll ever get around to making ALL that I have either bookmarked or PINNED.

Here is Amanda Brown's Burlap Wreath

For my wreath, I chose to use twine to

attach the burlap (some folks use floral wire). 

I think the twine adds a bit more of a "country" feel to it. I also think using colored ribbon

would be a nice change up.

Basically, lay out your burlap and cut

roughly 5 inch strips. I didn't measure

but I used at least 3/4 yard, as I 

went around my metal wire base

with three rows of burlap.  You'll need

several strips of twine.  I cut mine about

4 - 5 inches long - you can go back and

snip off if you don't want yours to show

as much as mine does.

I wanted by burlap "puffs" to be larger and more loose than my Bubble Burlap Wreath. So, using the metal cross bars as my guide, I tied the twine cross wise to eliminate any loose up and down sliding. As I gathered the burlap, I tied onto the 1st and 2nd bars, 2nd and 3rd, and 3rd and 4th.

And I only tied on the burlap once in between the cross bar sections, to help keep the puffiness.

This was a quick and easy wreath to make!

I haven't decided if I'm going to add a

burlap bow or not, being I want to be seasonal.

I didn't get a chance to add the twine shamrock

I made as the paint was not drying fast enough,

and I surely didn't want to get green paint on my wreath... but here is a photo of it for next year.

Now it's time for me to pull out all the stops and get into EASTER decorating!

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