tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18730502515386219552024-03-05T07:32:46.788-06:00Theresa Playing Housetheresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-57098994672636222742015-03-16T17:00:00.000-05:002015-03-16T17:00:00.626-05:00Peter Rabbit & Family Hopping My WayI was told that Peter Rabbit, Mopsy, Flopsy, Cottontail, and Mother Rabbit were headed my way. In order to make them feel welcome, I decorated my home just for them! I have had a lot of fun "playing house" with Easter decorating this past spring break. Lots of photos...enjoy. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Ann of On Sutton Place blog, I totally copied her idea for the bunny nest <br />centerpiece. I had all the items, except greenery which I bought, to create. </td></tr>
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Spring is trying to stretch its way into our neighborhood. Bradford Pears are blooming--signs of daffodils and tulips coming up in our flower beds. We're fluffing the patio -- put up the patio curtains, and I purchased new chair cushions. I have a new outdoor rug for the front porch but it is supposed to rain this week, so I will wait to put it out. <br />
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Wishing you a Happy Easter! Theresatheresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-8526896115834319522015-02-14T17:34:00.000-06:002015-02-14T17:34:55.870-06:00Happy Valentine's DayHaving Meghan and Sara over for dinner tonight. We are planning ribs, potatoes and salad. I made FROM SCRATCH I might add, "Mrs. Kelton's German Chocolate Cake." It's unlike a traditional German chocolate cake - no pecans or coconuts in the icing - it has coffee in the icing. Wanted to celebrate with a special table setting for everyone!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The container of flowers was purchased from one of my on-line stores. It's green metal<br />and I am happy with how it pulls the green out of the rug under the table. </td></tr>
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And as a bonus for viewing/updating what I've done at the house:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Added this coral quilt to the bed. I like the color punch it's giving this winter.</td></tr>
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Hope your day or weekend was filled with chocolate and flowers, with a swish of red everywhere!<br />
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THERESAtheresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-51807845024889110302015-02-06T17:00:00.000-06:002015-02-06T17:00:05.089-06:00A Tree Grows in Prosper & a Ph.DLarry was thrilled recently when his Christmas present finally arrived. Yes, it was the end of January but that didn't matter. The winter is a good time to plant a tree. <br />
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We had a flower bed made directly across from the patio and 3 den windows. Right in the center the tree was planted. It was a 45 gallon Eagleston Holly. The Mockingbirds have already spotted the red berries. We have dwarf nandinas, pansies and dusty miller planted. The pansies will make way for some spring flowers later on. We added stone edging to the back flower bed and added the same in the front beds. We currently have pansies, dusty miller, and kale in the front with some daffodils yet to peak out of the ground. Left to do - add 2 wire trellis to the back area against the fence for flowering vines this spring and plant caladiums in the front and back (probably May). <br />
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We love walking by the den windows and looking out to the back yard now. I was interrupted while writing this post to help Larry hang his new bird feeder - thanks kids! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">flower pot to the right is the wind gauge and rain gauge; the pot will be planted with a<br />
flower of some kind in the spring.<br />
Sure looks like winter - brown grass,, leafless trees by the creek</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side view of flower bed<br />
There is a tree toward the street and one just behind my shadow on the other corner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken from inside looking out. <br />
Thanks to Carol's Bloomers of Anna, TX for the new view!</td></tr>
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How do you jump from a new tree in your yard to a Ph.D? Well, our son graduated from Texas A and M, College Station, TX, with his Ph.D. in Forestry this past December. Just a few photos...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad and Mom are proud parents. The graduation regalia is impressive.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His sister as well as my other family members attended graduation. Thanks<br />
for your loving support of his achievement.</td></tr>
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2014 was a busy, happy year. Looking forward to 2015 and hoping to blog a little more than I have been. <br />
As for the letter "J" - it would have been about our dog, Jasper. Let's just say I will let that letter pass and leave it be in his memory. <br />
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THERESAtheresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-26895667513756037572014-12-08T12:17:00.001-06:002014-12-08T12:18:07.872-06:00ICE My husband and I just returned from an overnight stay at the Gaylord in Grapevine, TX, which included tickets to the "ICE" show featuring "Frosty the Snowman." <br />
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I have done two posts on "H" and it dawned on me last night that I have the perfect subject for "I" in "ICE." As we southerns are prone to do, we want to be sure there is plenty of ice for our tea and other important drinks! We <strike>artfully arrange</strike> dump the cubes in our glass and pour the drink. Although one could say "ice" is not a play thing for the home, it is important: (1) when the storm takes down the electricity and food is going to spoil; (2) when the party is about to begin and you forgot to get <u>extra</u> ice; (3) when you need an ice pak for an injury, etc. Dallasites also fear ice - the kind that falls from the sky, usually overnight, prompting school cancellations and work delays. Dallas will shut down when there's an ice storm. <br />
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If one can have a "fond" memory of ice, I remember going with my Daddy to the local <u>ice house </u>to purchase a <u>block</u> of ice. Yes, a block of ice - one GIANT ice cube. We would stand at the dock and listen for it to slide down the shoot to the end. Then the workman would pick it up with big tongs and set it in the ice chest. I imagine we were purchasing a block for his fishing trip or, MAYBE, for hand cranked ice cream. <br />
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But on the the Gaylord and ICE... I didn't take photos within the show once I put on my gloves. The temperature inside the show was 9 degrees to keep the ice from melting. Toward the end I slipped off one glove to be able to tap my phone for a few photos. Enjoy. We thought the Gaylord was beautiful and definitely festive. There were a lot of families there using the opportunity for a beautiful backdrop for a Christmas card. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost ready to "suit up" </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Note these are colored blocks of ice</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toy soldier made of colored ice; note the size the blocks at the base (clear)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Huge nativity scene made of clear ice</td></tr>
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theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-16915069250748692772014-12-06T16:34:00.002-06:002014-12-06T16:35:21.575-06:00Deck the HallsI'm back - never abandoned the blog world - but reusing my blog to communicate with family and friends today. I skipped over "I" moving on to "H" for the season of decking the HALLS of your home. For a couple of days, I played house by decorating it for Christmas - HELLO RED! <br />
I have a lot of photos - some good - some okay. I promised Louise I'd post as soon as the sun came out, which it did today. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larry likes to read the newspaper at the table in the morning. To compromise I placed the<br />centerpiece vignette at the end of the table - out of the way. Silver balls with blue snowflakes<br />hanging at each window.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My newest collection - Vietri Old St. Nick dishes. Stocking hold flatware. Centerpiece arrangement is in a old sewing machine drawer. </td></tr>
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Thanks for visiting. Hope you enjoyed our home. <br />
I apologize for letting my few readers down. There really wasn't much going on I felt like blogging about. Mid-fall our wonderful dog, Jasper passed. That was particularly hard on us. <br />
We are looking forward to seasonal activities - a visit to the Gaylord in Grapevine, TX and the Dallas Arboretum for the 12 Days of Christmas night exhibits. Of course our neighborhood is lit up brightly and to copy a phrase, "it's beginning to look like Christmas!" <br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Theresa</span>theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-63352281231537239782014-08-23T12:54:00.000-05:002014-08-23T12:54:32.656-05:00Play things for Playing House - Letter H<b>Hobby - something that one likes to do or study in one's spare time; favorite pastime or avocation.</b> If your particular hobby requires any kind of equipment, you need a place to store it. If you are lucky, you have a room. If not, you have to find space somewhere in your home to store the scissors, glue, paper, ribbon, - I could go on and on - just it depends on your hobby. <br />
One of my favorite <i>play things in my home is a green cabinet,</i> inherited from my mother-in-law, which she used for her sewing supplies (her hobby for many, many years). The cabinet came from my father-in-law's office - an old fashion filing cabinet - discarded for being out of date. They painted it green; a color that is now trendy. The cabinet holds my supplies for my hobbies - such as they are. I have thought about repainting the cabinet, but the color is now current again and everyone likes "chippy" furniture. It is placed in my 2nd guest room where the sewing machine is set up all the time.<br />
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When the cabinet became ours, I cleaned it out some, but I left the spools and spools of thread, ribbons, rickrack, lace, and implements of sewing. I still had enough room in several drawers for what I wanted to store. <br />
I must admit before taking the photos for this blog, I organized the drawers and cleaned. (Found a few items I had forgotten about!) <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My bead drawer - baby food jars hold LOTS of beads.</td></tr>
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My favorite craft is to make/embellish gift tags. I have stored ribbons, stickers, paper tags, glue, flowers, buttons in the drawers. I can sew, thanks to my mother-in-law, who tried to teach me to make a dress using a pattern. I never got the hang of patterns. As they say, if you can sew a straight line, you can do this---that's me - straight line crafts. My ventures into sewing have included diaper bags, heart pin cushions, burp diapers, curtains, and garment repairs. This past Christmas I combined creating a gift paper tag and sewing. I sewed a paper design of a Ball jar on top of Christmas scrapbook paper. <br />
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As for the small cabinets sitting on top of my hobby cabinet, they will be discussed in some future posts. <br />
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<br />theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-55994494202012517722014-08-18T14:14:00.000-05:002014-08-23T12:49:20.302-05:00Play Things for Playing House - Letter GYou know when you were in school and gazing at the blackboard with the alphabet cards tacked above in a line, there wasn't that much space between the letters - capital G, lower case g - capital H, lower case h, etc. It seems as though I am having more space (time) between my letters of my playing things. I'm having trouble getting into the flow of the alphabet. BUT, do have today's post on G.<br />
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GARAGE sale chair (a little stretch)<br />
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My first purchase in a garage sale in Dallas was this $5.00 chair. The sweet little chair has been with me 42 years now, undergone multiple recoverings of the seat. I have to admit I've not ever been much of a devotee of garage sales. In the last 11 years, we've lived in neighborhoods that do not allow garage sales.<br />
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GRAPHIC PRINTS<br />
I have shown some of these to you in an earlier post, but I'm adding by showing the other prints we love in our home. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donna Howell Sickles - I love you - your artwork makes me HAPPY. We can only afford your prints. <br />
When in Santa Fe, we visit the galleries to see your latest. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AND while we're talking about chairs - well we were - this chair in the entry also came from an estate sale.<br />
It was the owner's father's chair he used in his dental office. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Three Graces by Linda Carter Holman<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Theresa</span>theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-25850384972371455682014-08-18T12:17:00.001-05:002014-08-18T12:18:24.041-05:00Updating Home TourIt took me all summer to get to this day, but I finally have some shots of the living room, kitchen and entry. I'm using my new camera, but for me lighting is always tricky. Since our living area faces south, and we have a significant patio roof line to shield from the southwest sun, it hard to get it right with the camera. <br />
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What IS my style? Hmmmmm, a little traditional, a little farmhouse, a little antique, a few quirky items thrown in, topped off with cowboy inspired artwork because, heh!, we live in Texas! It's warm, colorful, and our taste. Enjoy. <br />
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If you have any questions anything you see in the photos, just contact me. theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-33574713457154460742014-08-04T08:00:00.000-05:002014-08-04T08:00:05.072-05:00Flowers of Alaska - part 3OK, I finishing up with the 3 posts on flowers seen in Alaska. I will move on to the letter "G" in next post.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">love the purple petunias, but don't know what that adorable lavender flower is</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lavender in front of the Craigdarroch Castle, Victoria, Vancouver Island.</td></tr>
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Victoria is a city with beautiful yards and beautiful lush baskets hanging from lamp posts. The people and City take great pride in the flowers. Just couldn't get good shots through the window of a "speeding" tour bus. Move along folks, move along....<br />
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I will leave you with another non-flower photograph. Wonderful blue colors!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hubbard Glacier. Our "small" (640 passengers) ship was able to get this close.<br />
Unlike the Mendenhall Glacier, the Hubbard is not receding.</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">THERESA</span><br />
I don't have a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>G</b></span>lacier among my play things so I'll have to look around the house for a interesting "G" item.theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-22627436874812616452014-08-03T13:53:00.000-05:002014-08-03T13:53:00.185-05:00Flowers from Alaskan cruise - part 2Decided the divide up the number of photos of flowers; there's even a short 3rd post.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are from Icy Strait Point, Hoonah.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whoops did it again not a flower - ha -- view from walkway.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Bee let me take is photo as I passed. Notice rock coloration.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This could be bridal wreath. The red building in background is part<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes totally not a flower; the cat was curled up sleeping in the flower bed. He/she was pretty friendly; <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I believe this is a salmonberry bush. Bears love them. The white stuff is from a nearby silver leaf maple Larry thought.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved the nasturtiums.</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">THERESA</span>theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-54866483266240238212014-08-02T13:13:00.003-05:002014-08-02T14:20:46.912-05:00Flowers from Alaskan CruiseF is for Flowers. <br />
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Just could not resist photographing the flowers while in port in several cities of Alaska. It must the the air or the WATER that keeps them so vivid. At this time of year in Dallas metroplex, flowers are hanging on barely due to the heat. <br />
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We took our new Canon camera and an extra battery but didn't realize that we had to take the battery charger. We only got 122 photographs of Alaska with our new camera BUT thank goodness for our iPhones which did a fair job in a pinch. <br />
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There are so many photos that they will be a part 2 for flowers!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AMAZED to see fern - lots and lots of ground moss.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not flowers I know, but if a tree falls in the forest it just lays there returning to dust.<br />
This was at the Saxmon Village.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Behind us, (me, Jan, and Skip) is the Mendenhall Glacier; the area where the following<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alaska has friendly folks; with the friendly daisy around.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This flowering shrub was causing its blooms to fly all over the area<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">THERESA</span>theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-26791759952265426422014-07-31T13:56:00.001-05:002014-07-31T13:58:02.777-05:00Play Things for Playing House - Letter F<br />
Ah, summer – the reason for FANS. Yes our home has a modern air conditioning system, but we still rely of fans almost year around. Keeps the air moving as they say….<br />
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We have fans in all but three rooms—dining room, the guest bath and hall bath. We purposely placed one in the master bath. <br />
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I cannot <i>play house</i> without a fan swirling above my head. It all began looonnng ago as a child when I was “made” to take a nap. I grew up in north Louisiana in the 50’s without air conditioning. Air conditioning was opening all windows (with screens) and especially opening those that cause cross ventilation. The attic fan at that time was a monster of a fan hidden in the attic (hence the term “attic fan”) with a large rectangular opening in the hallway. If you laid down in front of a window, after a hot, humid morning of playing outside, you listened to the “thump, thump, thump” of the fan’s motor and lazily watched the dust bunnies dance their dizzying dances. As children, you might not go to sleep, but if you did, you had a sweet nap with the whispering breeze flowing over you. <br />
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This is a photo of our first fan. We especially “designed” it with a business called The Fan Man in the late 70’s for our 1st home’s den. It has since been moved into four houses; IT moves along with us. This fan now circulates air in our master bedroom, pretty much non-stop. The other new fans we have were picked out at the lighting firm our builder guided us to for fixtures. Although I like them, they are “just” fans to my way of thinking, but not going to live without them!<br />
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If in the south, you found yourself without the benefit of an attic fan to keep you cool, you relied on tabletop fans, such as the ones in the following photo. Many a time I found my father in the garage, cleaning fish or painting lures, with a fan focused in his direction. I took a fan such as these to LSU with me in 1966. Oh yes, there was no air-conditioning yet in my dorm. Remember the scene in “Runaway Bride” where Julia Roberts is swaying in front of the oscillating fan? Been there, done that (although thank goodness not at my wedding), while dressed and waiting for a date to show up at the dorm! My Dad actually re-wired and painted the fan on the right. It WILL run.<br />
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I must apologize for being so long away from my blog. As you know, my son was married in June, and then we were able to take an Alaskan cruise for 10 days. There's always the excuse of daily life and part-time work! In the meantime, the next letter was “E” and for the life of me, I could not come up with an “e” play item in my house. So I skipped to “F” and we’re moving on! I took some beautiful shots of flowers while in Alaska. I think I’ll do a post on Flowers of Alaska. <br />
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theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-42869485825898025802014-07-01T06:00:00.000-05:002014-07-01T06:00:03.090-05:00Play Things for Playing House - Letter DD is for ducks in the den. Larry has been collecting ducks for several years. They are beautiful. In this home, the ducks landed in the bookcases surrounding the TV. <br />
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PS - I've added some den shots I found on my iPad to the home tour.</div>
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Have a good day - looking forward to the 4th - hamburgers, hot dogs, and fried apple pies!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful happy couple ready to cut the cake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their dancing boots for the reception. Notice rings on the toes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Groomsmen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy MARRIED couple. Notice white chapel in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taken on the porch of our rented cabin on the 7F Lodge grounds where the chapel is.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nighttime view of chapel at the 7F Lodge. The wedding was at 7:00 pm; but photographers wanted to get some with a candlelight look.</td></tr>
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Wishing them much happiness in the days ahead in their life.<br />
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theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-21589817045277571812014-06-27T16:30:00.000-05:002014-06-27T16:30:00.181-05:00Happy 4th of JulyWe interrupt this blog in the midst of the alphabetical play things list to bring you a Happy 4th of July! I've been tablescaping and decorating outside on the patio. I decided that many neighborhood people see our patio on the corner as they walk their dog and moved what I might normally have done inside to the outside.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found the patriotic pencils at Target in the dollar section</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love the latest free printable from Ann of "On Sutton Place"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have 2 of the same wreaths now - one is hanging on the porch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'd add bottles of Coke to the case but they would boil and explode in the SW sun every afternoon! Larry's tomatoes are hanging in there (see toward the fence).</td></tr>
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<br />theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-14953403733783546572014-06-07T13:34:00.002-05:002014-06-07T13:36:54.406-05:00Home Tour BeginningI said once summer arrived and I was working only 2 days a week that I would start posting photos of our home. It's just a beginning. The light was okay for the rooms so I gave it a try. To take the tour click on "home tour" on the left. theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-9794488803991132802014-06-05T15:22:00.001-05:002014-06-05T16:19:16.595-05:00Play Things for Playing House - Letter "C"Cups, Cats, Candlesticks, and Curtain almost rolled into one. The cups, cats, and candlesticks are part of a small collection of pottery from an artist in Santa Fe. The pottery, <i>Rabbit Works</i>, was a husband and wife team at the time of purchases. I am not sure they are still producing their pottery.<br />
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<b>Cups</b> and Pitcher set showcases cats. <br />
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This serving plate also shows sweet <b>cats.</b><br />
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This sweet heart-shaped ceramic box was a gift from my husband, also with a <b>cat</b>. The cats have such sweet faces.<br />
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My <b>candlesticks, also by this same artist/potter, </b>are done with rabbits (another love) and are often used at Easter (no doubt)!<br />
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And the odd man out - a <b>curtain</b>. Our front door is made with three-fourths paned window. I chose that style as I like the light coming down our long entry hall. However, it doesn't do much for privacy. It was my husband's idea to add a curtain to the door with rods. The top anchors the curtain while the bottom has the rod pole in the curtain's pocket, but not anchored with brackets. There are brackets 1/4 down from the top to place the bottom rod so that the window is uncovered for light to come through. This probably would make more sense if you actually saw the door/curtain in person. It is a compromise for us. The curtain was made from the handy-dandy painter's cloth from Home Depot. In a hurry to post, tweaking the "hang." Bottom pole seems to make it hang "off." Yet, you can get a lot of fabric for so little money. <br />
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C is for cups, cats, candlesticks, and curtains. "SEE" you next time. Thanks for being patient readers to my infrequent posts. I have now transitioned to working two days a week. Hopefully now, with the digital camera in hand I can find time to post a little more. I'm learning on this camera; too many settings. I'm a point and shoot kinda girl! <br />
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sitting above her sink in her apartment kitchen. I have very fond memories of visiting her
and arriving to the smell of her “tea cake” cookies baking. Oh my oh my!
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obviously I am drawn to it. I’ve had
many everyday dish sets over our married life.
I finally received the Blue Willow dishes for everyday use. Even now, having moved on to Fiestaware’s
plain white dishes, I can’t let go of my blue and white set. In our new home, my collection settled into a
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another “B” collection, that “arrived” lately, is my
gathering of Bibles, previously owned by other family members. When downsizing (or sadly emptying) a grandparent
or parent's home you run across Bibles from shelves or cupboards. You’ll set them aside. What to do with them? Their end should not be at half-price stores,
or donations to agencies, and even to the church. They belonged to a family member; it’s hard
to let go. That family member carried
the Bible, held it in their lap, marked favorite verses, maybe shed a tear on a
page. So, I don’t let go. I have one belonging to my husband's
maternal great-grandmother. I have those
of parents, grandparents, my children, and even those of my youth. I suppose I am still gathering as my husband gave
me a “study Bible” a few years back while I was in the throes of several Bible
study classes. It’s the best one for me
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before ancestry.com, there was the family Bible, bottom one. It was a wealth of information for the paternal side of the family.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Looking forward to the Letter C ---</span></span><br />
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As you may remember, my sister and I played house outside. We'd stake out our ground next the the garage under the pecan tree, laying out where the pretend walls would be, where the pretend front door would be, etc. We'd then start gathering <i>play things to go into the play house.</i> Fast forward, I'm still gathering, to the amazement of my husband who says this is supposed to be the "down sizing phase" of our lives! <br />
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My sister asked me to do a post about one of my collections, and I've
been pondering how to show my collections, furnishings, what-nots, home,
etc. via a post. I do plan to have photos of my rooms under a "Home
Tour" page, but that will have to wait until this summer after I
semi-retire in early June. In the meantime, I thought I could do short
posts about the "play things" in my for-real house. In order to have some
continuity to this idea, I decided to post alphabetically. Not sure
what I'll have for Q, X, and Z, but maybe an object in my home will pop up.<br />
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Let's start with <b>"A" for artwork</b> in the front entry. The posters are by Donna Howell-Sickles, and were purchased on various trips to Santa Fe. Ms. Howell-Sickles was a 2007 Inductee into the Hall of Fame at the National Cowgirl Museum of Fort Worth. When we moved into this home, we had the posters reframed and hung them together in our entry hall. I still have 2 that are not hung; no wall space. I love their happy smiles and the colors. I wanted a guest to see these and feel happiness; very welcoming. There are other pieces of cowboy artwork throughout the house although we don't consider our home "western" style or "ranch" decor. <br />
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The pillow was a collaboration between a coworker and myself. I had the t-shirt and idea to convert into a pillow. She had the know-how to make the pillow with the fringe and buckle (left bottom corner). I've enjoyed the t-shirt much longer since making it into a pillow.<br />
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I look forward to posting about my play things from A to Z. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">THERESA</span>theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-2631368351351607122014-05-08T09:48:00.000-05:002014-05-08T09:48:54.322-05:00Mothers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mother’s Day</span></span>
to those who have mothers with whom to celebrate and those who are mothers and
grandmothers. I have to admit that
Mother’s Day always causes me to have an achy heart. I miss my Mother; after 44 years, I miss my
Mother. I am being selfish. I wished she could have known her children’s
spouses, children, and grandchildren. I
wished she could have witnessed the good and the bad in our lives. I wished she could have witnessed the joys of
success in educational achievements. I
wished we could have spoiled her with gifts, affection, and love. She was gone too soon, and I wish we could
have known her more deeply. Most definitely I wish she knew my sister and I had moved beyond pretending to play house in the backyard with beautiful homes today of our own. They say, a
daughter eventually becomes friends with her mother; I ache for that. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 generations - My mother's mother in the background, my Mother with me (L) and my sister (R)</td></tr>
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following is a letter I wrote to family and friends in May 2000. I submitted it to Mary Engelbreit’s <i>Home Companion</i> magazine. It was too
short for an essay, but parts of it were published in the ME newsletter. Sadly, for ME fans, the magazine and newsletter are no
longer published.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>The color red always reminds me of my Mother. Mother said your wallet should be red so you
could always find it at the bottom of your handbag. You were sure to get your wish, she said, if
you could make a wish before a red bird on the ground took flight. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Mother decorated with the color red. The first bathroom in my memory was red,
accented with some type of black and white wainscoting. It was a tough bathroom to withstand the
traffic of a family of six. Perhaps it
was red so as to discourage dawdling.
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room with red paint would be a greater risk.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>When I was 7, our family purchased a red 1955
Chevrolet , bought a year after my brother was born and still owned when he was
in high school. I wonder if this red car
made her feel young and sporty rather than 42 and a mother of 4?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>I’ve never owned a red wallet. My hand often lingers over a red one, but
usually I buy a “safe” color. I decorate
my Christmas tree each year with red birds to represent the good luck they might
bring. I haven’t had a red bathroom or a
red car <u>yet</u>. I do find myself
cutting out magazine photos of red bedrooms and red accented living rooms. I do seem to have a passion for painting my
toenails red. I have red hair, now
fading with age to an ordinary brown.
Consequently the word “red” has been on every document that I ever
completed to describe me, thanks to a gene pool from my Mother and Father. Red wallets, red birds, red cars, red rooms -
all of these red objects remind me of my mother. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Beyond her obviously liking the color red and
using it, she was an attractive woman with black hair, who loved to dress
well. One of my earliest memories was of
her in a red coat. The sight of a red
coat now triggers my thoughts of an early elementary room visit she made—time
has erased the reason why. All I
remember was my being so in awe of her beauty as she sat with all the other
mothers off to the side in rows in front of our lockers. She outshone them all as she sat there in her
red coat. How glad I was to look over,
when I was supposed to be paying attention, and see her there – for me.</i></span></span></div>
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have had a red handbag. I am still trying to
beat the red bird off the ground with my wishes. No red rooms to report! </span></span></div>
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Don’t you just love the idea of a “June Bride?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mother was a June bride; my mother-in-law
was a June Bride; and NOW, my son will be a “June Groom.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pausing for effect….</div>
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Yes, my son is getting married in June.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The marriage has been a long----long----time
in coming----12 years this August to be exact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Several major events happened along the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Groom met his fiancé in the fall semester of
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They both continued their studies at A&M, each achieving
a bachelor’s and master’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He decided to
pursue a doctor’s degree in Forestry staying on at A & M, and she moved to
Starkville MS and Mississippi State to pursue her veterinarian degree and has
two more years to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aside from their
studies, they loved A & M and its traditions and events, traveled, fished,
improved the Groom’s home, and handled jobs--he as a data analyst and she as a
vet tech.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life was busy.</div>
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Groom's Master's achieved; Bride's "Coating" ceremony for Vet School<br />
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This past fall the Groom’s parents and sister as well as the
Bride’s parents, sister, and grandmother were in on a little secret.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was finally going to be an official
engagement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ring was purchased, the
plan was laid out, secret emails were sent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Both sides of the family were to meet on the A & M
campus so that the Groom, Bride, and their sisters could have photos taken for
“Christmas presents” for their respective parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The December day was cold, blustery, rainy
and not at all what one wants for walking around the A & M campus – first
to the Student Center (closed for holidays), the Academic Building entrance, and
f.i.n.a.l.l.y the Century Tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Century Tree</i> is known for being
conducive to engagements (another Aggie tradition).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tree is a
very old oak with its limbs gracefully falling toward the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One walks under its branches and finds a
concrete bench – also conducive to the bride-to-be sitting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The Bride-to-be was not totally aware until
we reached <i>the tree</i> that she was about to become "a fiance'". Her loving patience had finally paid off! She had been a
trooper, walking in heels, without a jacket, shivering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had not worn her contacts and therefore once
at the tree, did not notice her parents, grandmother, and sister congregated
under a far limb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Groom quickly had
her sit, pulled out the ring and said the usual, “will you marry me?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a v.e.r.y happy moment and yes, it was
a long time in coming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their parents
were in the background so honored to witness the actual engagement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of photos were taken by the respective
sisters, but not obviously for Christmas presents. When we all came out from under
the tree, it was still cold, rainy and blustery, but now the atmosphere was
charged with anticipation and excitement for the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Here’s a love story whose telling in my post is dedicated the Bride & Groom as well as to
Karianne of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Thistlewood Farms</i> blog <a href="http://www.thistlewoodfarms.com/">www.thistlewoodfarms.com</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She loves a
good love story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also provides
project ideas that are doable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
wreath of silver frames idea was copied from her blog and made by me for the
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For the family and friends who live in Texas, or who will
travel to Texas, for a June wedding, pack your favorite fan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NOOO, not the kind you plug in, the kind you
hold!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s an outside wedding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THIS time, Mother Nature has been notified—dial
<u>down</u> the temperature a notch or two, no rain, a pleasant summer’s
evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PLEASE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-14108389545921142462014-04-24T17:00:00.000-05:002014-04-24T21:44:24.951-05:00Season of Jelly BeansAround our home lately we've had a lot of loose jelly beans, but quickly caught and popped into our mouths! From two projects I have enough leftover beans to last until July 4th. You see, when <i>playing house </i>I often take a moment (or two) for craft-i-ness.<br />
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The first project was copied from a blog called, <a href="http://theidearoom.net/">www.theidearoom.net</a> She has a lot of fun ideas and I check her blog daily.<br />
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I had to sacrifice a few calories to drink up all the Starbucks in order to have enough bottles for my Easter table and a few co-workers. Heh - what's 1800 calories? (The calendar page is a Linnea Design <a href="http://www.linneadesign.com/">www.linneadesign.com</a> and is not the right year; I just ADORE the drawing.)<br />
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Every bunny deserves a tail! The ears were pink chenille pipe cleaners folded and adhered with white electrician's tape (can't recall the blog that had the pipe cleaner idea as <a href="http://www.theidearoom.net/">www.theidearoom.net</a> jars had paper ears).<br />
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The lids were painted white and I added a tag printed out from www.theidearoom.net blog<br />
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The jelly beans were a combination of regular and tropical <i>Starburst</i>. <br />
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My next project acknowledges a parent's happy news. A co-worker announced that she was having a 2nd child and then later was excited to say that the baby would be a GIRL. I have given the baby bottle filled with jelly beans several times before to reflect whether the baby was to be a girl or a boy.<br />
These photos were hurriedly taken before leaving for work since I wanted to present it to my co-worker this morning. In other words, no time for bow fluffing. <br />
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The bottle can be purchased at a grocery store - with pink or blue caps. The ribbons I had on hand as well as the makings for a tag. Flavor of jelly beans is Cotton Candy. "D" stands for their last name.<br />
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Better shot showing the 2nd ribbon with the sweet baby footprints - also can be purchased in blue.<br />
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I think these are adorable, if I do say so myself. A gift such as this seem to say, "I'm excited FOR you!" Oh, these make fun gifts for the grandparents too! <br />
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The season of the jelly bean is ending. Jasper is kind-a sad as he likes the ones that hit the floor!<br />
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<br />theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-77517345983831478462014-04-10T17:00:00.000-05:002014-04-10T17:00:03.109-05:00Yardstick LoveWhy does one fall in love with an ordinary object? I'm talking about a yardstick - as <i>Webster's</i> describes it, <i>"noun: a graduated stick or rod one yard in length, used in measuring."</i> Or, the "ruler" one grabs when one has to measure more than 12 inches. One normally finds the yardstick hanging in the laundry room, or the garage, or the pantry closet, and if lucky to have, a sewing/craft room. It's a little forlorn, a little rough around the edges, marked with pencil, and paint splattered perhaps. But...it is ready to do the job whenever you are - no buttons to push, no levers to switch, lay it down and it's good to go. <br />
I remember when my crush began. It was a magazine photo of a half-bath with the walls on the bottom half covered - not horizontally mind you - but with side-by-side yardsticks. Yep, that was the fall. What a graphic colorful room!! I wonder if people entered the room, and forgot to come out - too much to read vertically!<br />
The crush was fed by the blogging world! Yardsticks are being used for covering footstools, folk art, boxes and so on and so on. Hmmmmmm, maybe I'm not alone....<br />
So my husband and I got busy. We started collecting yardsticks. I was surprised at the number I already had tucked away. My first project was to cover the tops of two metal yard tables. <br />
I was ready to play house on my outside, covered patio.<br />
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First I had to enlist the help of Larry's cousin, Bob. You see Bob has this fabulous woodworking shop. It's full of saws and machines and smells wonderfully of sawdust. Bob is a master with working in wood; he's created tables, frames, flag display boxes, and pedestals, to name a <u>few</u> items. Larry and I dropped off our yardsticks and tables, and Bob did his magic. The tables in a word are "awesome."<br />
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Not only did he create the tops out of our yardsticks, but inserted pieces of special kinds of wood and framed the top. <br />
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To point out a few of the sticks -<br />
Handy Dan - long gone home and garden center in Dallas - years before Home Depot and Lowe's<br />
Baton Rouge - where I went to LSU and my dear friend, Louise, still lives<br />
The Best Rule is to Save - need I say more??<br />
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Park Cities Baptist Church - where my marriage occurred <br />
Yardbirds of Texas - another pre-Home Depot store<br />
The Royal Standard - favorite shop in Baton Rouge<br />
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Here's a side view - the metal legs were sprayed painted black by Larry.</div>
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This transformation happened back in December. <i>The tables were better than I ever could have imagined. Thanks Bob!!! </i>The tables have been waiting for spring to arrive to be placed on the patio. Their intended purpose is no longer to measure, but to provide a colorful, graphic place to rest a drink. </div>
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PS - The pieces of yardsticks leftover? - stayed tuned - another project is brewing. </div>
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theresa2012ball@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899126222238691369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873050251538621955.post-40412583105411580152014-04-07T19:00:00.000-05:002014-04-10T14:11:32.752-05:00Closet TurnoverWhat do you look for as a sign of spring? Is it daffodils bowing in the breeze, forsythia bursting out in yellow splendor, or a robin hopping on the ground?<br />
For me, it's what I call "closet turnover." Spring has arrived when I can no longer stand my fall/winter clothes and devote a weekend to <b>closet turnover</b>. <br />
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This past Saturday morning, I played house.<br />
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What's behind sheet #1 in the below photo? Scary isn't it? Those are spring/summer clothes hiding behind the sheet thrown haphazardly over the clothes to protect them from dust.<br />
After a trip to Ikea, I had hanging clothes bags to protect and organize my clothes. (To give a shout out to <i>Container Store</i>, I DO have individual hanging bags from them for certain items.) <br />
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However, first comes the purging. One cannot have closet turnover without purge. Quite a pile of clothes to go to Goodwill this week. I also had an overflowing trash can holding the wire hangers that seem to multiple like bunnies in the closet. </div>
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All done! Nice and organized - for now. Spring/summer wardrobe in the ready. </div>
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Next up - ironing marathon.</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Enjoy Spring, Theresa</span></i></div>
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