How Do I Love Thee

Oh Burlap Heart, Oh Burlap Heart, How do I love thee..... 

Let me count  say just some of thy ways.

   

Je taime

Wo ai ni

Ti amo

         Maim tumase pyara karata hum

Ich liebe dich

 Te Amo

  Ja tebya ljublju

But for me there's only one way to express my unending adoration and

devotion to you .....

I love you!

Oh My Burlap Heart, as much as I love thee, this may be the last time I get all fancy and take pictures on thy tree, that gave me thy Poison Ivy!! I do hope you understand.
You can click here for the Burlap Heart Wreath tutorial.

PS- If I stop itching long enough I will be back this week to share the tutorial on how to make the wreath.
PPS- In case you are wondering Translations in order: German, Spanish, Russian,French, Chinese, Italian,Hindi,English

Grateful for~

Cortaid and Benydral to help stop the itching

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I Didn't like Winter Until....

The Winter Season has always typically been my least favorite time of the year, until yesterday that is....

See, I am not a big fan of frigid temperatures, having to layer clothes to go outside or witnessing nature going dormant for a few months, well until yesterday.....

Tucked next to my birdbath here, my Camellia bush continues to shower me with beautiful color when other's refuse to or simply don't because it's too cold.

So as of yesterday, after being consumed by this beauty, I have changed my mind and will learn to like Winter only until my Camellia stops blooming it's vibrant pink petals with it's shiny green leaves or until Spring arrives, whichever comes first.

How about you, are you a big fan of the cold or ready to put your flip flops on?

Grateful for~

To be able to walk outside and see this beautiful bush when there is no other color around, even in the cold!

Things are "Heating Up" On Date Night!

I think the one thing that has changed more than anything since we had our kids, is Date Night. Not only are the occurrences more rare and treasured, but the locations have changed as well. Before kids it was fancy restaurants, concerts and movies. Heck I even wore make-up and my favorite skinny jeans and heels!   Now our favorite makeout date night spot is right here in our backyard.

Which isn't such a bad thing, I mean what's better than walking 10 steps out the back door to an environment that defines all the reasons that keep the sparks alive in our relationship.

Now my "hot" hunky date shows up with mums instead of red roses-but that's okay, he still makes my heart pitter patter.

And gourmet meals and wine have been traded in for gooey marshmallows and sticks, but that's okay I love smores. 

And the quiet more intimate affairs with soft music playing in the background are now shared with playful screams and the "other" loves of my life.

But that's okay too, I like these Date Nights much better!

What is your favorite Date Night spot?

Grateful for:

A loving husband

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My Southern Fall Porch

Fall is my most favorite time of the year, Seeing the abundance of color on the trees and feeling a chill in the air. I love the faint smell of campfires in the distance and stepping back into your favorite warm-ups after months of summer weather. 
Notice I did'nt say jeans! Afraid of that moment. Really Afraid!
During this time of the year we are outside 88.5% of the time. The other 11.5% we are either eating here or sleeping here.

We talk local high school football, what we are growing in the garden next year and the buzz about a new Walmart coming to the next town over.

I reckon thats why we moved out to the country, to escape the retail giants, even though the closest grocery store is only 32 miles down the road.

Imagine that, it's closer to gather some dried corn stalks then it is to get a gallon of milk.

We Southerners trade the traditional sweet tea for our favorite Fall Spirits and we sit wee into the night just chatting non-stop.

Heck, we don't have to travel far for an assortment of pumpkins picked right out of the neighbors garden

The cedar wood pedestals can be cut on any given day, except Sundays, if you just give us a hollar

And those grapevine wreaths that you are buying up in the city, we got the vines in the backyard, just got to twist em up.

Yup, we like our fall but love our Southern porches more!

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Is it Happily Ever After?

Before I get to the ending of my story it's only fair that I share how I met Mr.Rust Protector.

I wasn't pretty, I felt damaged and slightly neglected but he saw right through that and fell in love with my rusty spots anyways. Two even coats of the Copper Color Krylon Rust Protector is all it took. He had me at hello Spray Paint!
Trying desperately to gain my attention, he showered me with gifts of orange mums, pumpkins and candlelight.

I of course dressed in my finest linen pillows in 50 shades of cream, some burlap chair pads and my new embroidered fall pillow that I made especially for our first date. 

 Even my table inspired by Nature approves of the courtship and she usually doesn't think anyone is good enough for me!

Ahh..... bliss. A relationship that was meant to be! I couldn't possibly  think of anything else that could make me look this good. 

And to think all it took was some Krylon Rust Protector for these two to sit happily ever after!

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Fall Decor for the Side Door

 I love the Fall Season and want you to know that before you knock on my door and I answer. 

Typically it's all about decorating my front doors but since most of the house traffic comes to this door, I thought a little autumn love was in order.

  My yellow mums in bronze planters wait on the step with a message for my guests.

My Burlap wreath is hanging out this season over on this door. I have added a cooper letter and some fall embellishments. I hope nobody snatches the cooper letter, after all it is only spray painted but we won't tell the cooper thieves.

 A sweet burlap pillow adorned with the same flower that is on the wreath is on my chair, so I am comfy waiting for you to come down the driveway to visit. By the way, how long were you staying again?

 And a planter filled with autumn leaves and a pumpkin sit on top of a little orange stool.

 All obvious signs that Fall is here. Except there are no real pumpkins for 500 miles around. Where are you Mr. Pumpkin?

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My "Serenity" Deck gets a makeover

Welcome to my little place, tucked in the corner of my garden that's just mine.I call it my Serenity Deck. 

My little escape. It's where my kids send me for my "time outs". It's where the family knows they need to make a reservation in advance if mama is on the deck and they need me.

This weekend my little Oasis got a quick and inexpensive makeover. The makeover actually revolved around these $4.00 pillows. 

End of season sale pillows at the Home Depot and a $6.00 side table that I picked up at a garage sale.

What's cool about the table, is that the top is a removable tray so when I am in 'time out' I can move it around.

The chairs were freshened up as well with a few coats of Aqua Spray paint. They were looking a bit drab and beat. Certainly not something that I wanted to be sitting in during my moments of escape.

 When I do feel like having company( with a reservation of course), it makes a great spot for a date night with my husband. 
Or I can just sit here all day with my Restoration Hardware catalog and eat watermelon and pretend that I don't hear the kids screaming!

Can you believe the size of that thing? It may take me all day just to read it. Oh well.

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