Cardinals and Christmas in my Kitchen

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTk3hlxR4rdHM2kdwHgyS95_RmPwrW-o3RHanQL1mDIVtRv6u7mcUC96pBqIGi3gwCaNIgYf6SZf4NU8ZDdWrdc-aD3UaeZ9-h1NToihuOxTeig4P3PqE6d73BYyirZ2tcjpbxGE8tDg/s1600/cardinal.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTk3hlxR4rdHM2kdwHgyS95_RmPwrW-o3RHanQL1mDIVtRv6u7mcUC96pBqIGi3gwCaNIgYf6SZf4NU8ZDdWrdc-aD3UaeZ9-h1NToihuOxTeig4P3PqE6d73BYyirZ2tcjpbxGE8tDg/s640/cardinal.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I have always loved Cardinals!  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I remember when we first moved from California to Michigan </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and I saw my first Cardinal outside the window in the snow.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I was in love.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I took this picture last winter from my kitchen window.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you telephoto lens you kept me warm inside </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">while I snapped away.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This Cardinal hangs around in a tree right outside the kitchen </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">for most of the winter. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I watch him as I make coffee or do dishes.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">So I thought it was fitting that I filled my dish cabinet </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">in the kitchen with sweet little Cardinals </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">that I found last year at Target.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Besides, they fit my red and white decor and dishes perfectly.</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3iuuQaYN92vOyH5XRLx2PU0m7ejDUhKqD0Ja0DcMH0c7stDJaFDnxRohIIytBr7OpzIdGgZ5IhiBBkW0l16ktws4VM2h72G2g3q29pNYx0xAGG6jvKVJnAfwpvQXs5SQEUX7SWBJsLI/s1600/IMG_6466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3iuuQaYN92vOyH5XRLx2PU0m7ejDUhKqD0Ja0DcMH0c7stDJaFDnxRohIIytBr7OpzIdGgZ5IhiBBkW0l16ktws4VM2h72G2g3q29pNYx0xAGG6jvKVJnAfwpvQXs5SQEUX7SWBJsLI/s640/IMG_6466.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I haven't taken my red and white transferware </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">out of my dish cupboard since I found it </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">at an Estate Sale this summer.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I have found a few more pieces and I am always hunting.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjve_aqUg69o57zae7LCE8FQLhecw_sF85NSzjhxsLyKFPYR3X1754ZjrfIFja69gKLhLUo2YegOLTc4CQfNGBlng6su_Drnu9UcSinYIPBsYT521hmADiSbc7A36CBvG6117JcFGbE3Ug/s1600/IMG_6464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjve_aqUg69o57zae7LCE8FQLhecw_sF85NSzjhxsLyKFPYR3X1754ZjrfIFja69gKLhLUo2YegOLTc4CQfNGBlng6su_Drnu9UcSinYIPBsYT521hmADiSbc7A36CBvG6117JcFGbE3Ug/s640/IMG_6464.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I like to mix the old and the new, so I placed some </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">William's Sonoma dishes that I have </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">in with the red and white.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">These are the 12 days of Christmas salad plates.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kdLPSjsHU26fu0YAwW8yZTnLPOHG80Hyog0NSiK82ytP4UJ6a6zOWt7uiqO3u0w6Svou75pPjXbGROvlzw7nRhX9u0snbKDpcvo3jnpBzxJmdGFuInUqzuuLF0mYoEZwYRDf3wD7GTY/s1600/IMG_6454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kdLPSjsHU26fu0YAwW8yZTnLPOHG80Hyog0NSiK82ytP4UJ6a6zOWt7uiqO3u0w6Svou75pPjXbGROvlzw7nRhX9u0snbKDpcvo3jnpBzxJmdGFuInUqzuuLF0mYoEZwYRDf3wD7GTY/s640/IMG_6454.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">More "new" with the old.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I'm always afraid of things looking too much like </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Grandma's house so I mix it up </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">until I find the right balance.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Crate and Barrel mixing bowls </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and an old Johnson Brother's platter pair well.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcG1L3tWd6DilAO-nnayGIgDzHk0SGRxk-pqxhcoWsNOkoB0k4-eRBiY6ctylWlB_scine_cDyIQprdYsdHMS5CzSgTg1uXxxdGJER8a1zDGBImoAwaYOZmWh8CfOIadqR9122thJPAk/s1600/IMG_6453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcG1L3tWd6DilAO-nnayGIgDzHk0SGRxk-pqxhcoWsNOkoB0k4-eRBiY6ctylWlB_scine_cDyIQprdYsdHMS5CzSgTg1uXxxdGJER8a1zDGBImoAwaYOZmWh8CfOIadqR9122thJPAk/s640/IMG_6453.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Just a little greenery and some fluffy snow </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and you get the Christmas feeling.</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFuf8ctS7CZSGCUBiddCfUlsf9kTiONJk16scqxX7TYB9GoCscxMXeoXHX1S75UXxdirEd0xTF2edfCIfLjPp1zutjvf77pIj6yvQkGbMI2-FOkEHWN6uA1K-GK4odmbl9GYsMwvvY0E/s1600/IMG_6455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFuf8ctS7CZSGCUBiddCfUlsf9kTiONJk16scqxX7TYB9GoCscxMXeoXHX1S75UXxdirEd0xTF2edfCIfLjPp1zutjvf77pIj6yvQkGbMI2-FOkEHWN6uA1K-GK4odmbl9GYsMwvvY0E/s640/IMG_6455.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Bs52HjsAOx7pG9dHg9dbLJKOjbvtQglpowlt-eLvnrJCwbIALhr_LtmXLJEUV4qDuNbScmGy2JBMihsuM9-9B_bVFsvwqoB4wj6GT34rOEGROhNfmOaNhs-V49zrMd1_AqLgLLNTHPU/s1600/IMG_6459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Bs52HjsAOx7pG9dHg9dbLJKOjbvtQglpowlt-eLvnrJCwbIALhr_LtmXLJEUV4qDuNbScmGy2JBMihsuM9-9B_bVFsvwqoB4wj6GT34rOEGROhNfmOaNhs-V49zrMd1_AqLgLLNTHPU/s640/IMG_6459.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Little mini stockings from the dollar bin at Target </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">mixed with a runner from an Estate Sale.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAdWj1x7eazfLE4-E4-I6aEaDmcFemMcB0UyvOSQj2D-v803FyTlS_vslanCDBLRgxxhKZFo1NrbxYS1pkQKwe9vlugF-LeLjAWnYmC_eZ_kFHrAg_CHB7AerIQDVorXiYJnjjCk99XY/s1600/IMG_6448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAdWj1x7eazfLE4-E4-I6aEaDmcFemMcB0UyvOSQj2D-v803FyTlS_vslanCDBLRgxxhKZFo1NrbxYS1pkQKwe9vlugF-LeLjAWnYmC_eZ_kFHrAg_CHB7AerIQDVorXiYJnjjCk99XY/s640/IMG_6448.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFuBHoBJxzPreJcvav2oDE2dcEosMJxBAnGxWVQoR3LIJk7ZE4OMhViATzWysJX4t4-9rB5uGT-vrF0nLPyr9R0qNCwWQR1y3riyMQngI9O6SzYZHUjuHcSKRbZ7RrEi4DN-K4pjE1Yo/s1600/IMG_6449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFuBHoBJxzPreJcvav2oDE2dcEosMJxBAnGxWVQoR3LIJk7ZE4OMhViATzWysJX4t4-9rB5uGT-vrF0nLPyr9R0qNCwWQR1y3riyMQngI9O6SzYZHUjuHcSKRbZ7RrEi4DN-K4pjE1Yo/s640/IMG_6449.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Vintage stockings hang below.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">My toile linens are wrapped up like a gift </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">with a green grosgrain bow.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMkhb3kuuv4gy1HU4zQ-XX_moIXDfwXOubvYOgecWRjudX-W4xHZn4CjfFT9xdSio7_LjYJVyIn2HLA6Sw5AUPzW-X-Z59v8OBxCBxLJzY9hOXzjZdJSnxIBgNWHPmcY2Zfl7C6ZZKWo/s1600/IMG_6440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMkhb3kuuv4gy1HU4zQ-XX_moIXDfwXOubvYOgecWRjudX-W4xHZn4CjfFT9xdSio7_LjYJVyIn2HLA6Sw5AUPzW-X-Z59v8OBxCBxLJzY9hOXzjZdJSnxIBgNWHPmcY2Zfl7C6ZZKWo/s640/IMG_6440.jpg" width="420" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I think it's going to be Christmas for a long time </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">in this dish cupboard!  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I love this arrangement.</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2tacynQiT3__EKkyFLDpS9QQbmZeaXBDDc0Szs589lN-rz-rvrY8k0bJW54ssmIrmblRo6iYaLUCD_WrgZnbomjneioMOdI3Tr_FzuhwE4E6_MLZA1kxCuh8HiPEdE2lWwVeSjA7dZk/s1600/IMG_6446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2tacynQiT3__EKkyFLDpS9QQbmZeaXBDDc0Szs589lN-rz-rvrY8k0bJW54ssmIrmblRo6iYaLUCD_WrgZnbomjneioMOdI3Tr_FzuhwE4E6_MLZA1kxCuh8HiPEdE2lWwVeSjA7dZk/s640/IMG_6446.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Of course you know that I decorated the top of the cabinet.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">More transferware in the lantern and an ironstone platter that I embellished by sticking letters onto it.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Don't worry they will wash off.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlXfM2J8KjQyQbn0mNP8JqmTRzmaYLgCMeCTIvF7sYHUljP_vcqdWti3UjkbU0dpjUUsy3XgjcyQKDaGefRcwhCA3etYGcsl7715T7WGxv4EV1G0JkVIcfNTIBvRUs3fuwlwWdXPtc7U/s1600/IMG_6439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlXfM2J8KjQyQbn0mNP8JqmTRzmaYLgCMeCTIvF7sYHUljP_vcqdWti3UjkbU0dpjUUsy3XgjcyQKDaGefRcwhCA3etYGcsl7715T7WGxv4EV1G0JkVIcfNTIBvRUs3fuwlwWdXPtc7U/s640/IMG_6439.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">My new olive bucket is filled with real and fake greens.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I tucked in a toile pillow for color.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I hung up my new transferware pieces </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">above replacing the green plates<span style="font-size: large;"> that <span style="font-size: large;">hung there.</span></span> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyR4nF-CZbWb0Dqb2LkGDsPVVAb5Gf87hk1u6kx7uUekQxq_BTyLw-vpdfCwXlLRczSgLEf_YoAAsOi6o8cn2lPMwVflasl0V_o-i7axpsBXdtrCuHyESqUWFYXng5AnNKPKuiR1blTw/s1600/IMG_6438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyR4nF-CZbWb0Dqb2LkGDsPVVAb5Gf87hk1u6kx7uUekQxq_BTyLw-vpdfCwXlLRczSgLEf_YoAAsOi6o8cn2lPMwVflasl0V_o-i7axpsBXdtrCuHyESqUWFYXng5AnNKPKuiR1blTw/s640/IMG_6438.jpg" width="312" /></a><br />Yep, that's a lid up there too!  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Well, sometimes you have to improvise right?  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">It's so pretty I can't let it sit in storage.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLoIQeMe3BVkpYnTJLYbHVoN9NrigxUSVXQiLZ9MBCjpaAv2dIwn2nRlpv0qRBNe42v5Khx3zUvThOFfv3ikx84DnFB-PN3SeaBecSPuwbvmVMNm04Mbla4SGkB3apI9KMF9z9iC1Aus/s1600/IMG_6445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLoIQeMe3BVkpYnTJLYbHVoN9NrigxUSVXQiLZ9MBCjpaAv2dIwn2nRlpv0qRBNe42v5Khx3zUvThOFfv3ikx84DnFB-PN3SeaBecSPuwbvmVMNm04Mbla4SGkB3apI9KMF9z9iC1Aus/s640/IMG_6445.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I hope your decorating is going well.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I loved having the music on and trimming the tree with Miss Beaux yesterday (OK, I had to bribe her with a Starbucks).  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">We had fun looking at all of the old ornaments </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and laughing together.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">That's what the season is all about right?  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Mixing the old and the new... </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and a few Cardinals too!</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves,</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">XO Cindy</span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i>linking up to:</i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i>Kim at<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank"> Savvy Southern Style </a></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><img class="CSS_LIGHTBOX_SCALED_IMAGE_IMG" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMMxpHJxx-Vbk0NIid3Agq9q-weExvWYJI0Nn63wXPPJf_OYlfmgh8o9_GkEqZe0tYfvUVlmC2flBp-NOWDtM4af5VvBCL8za-tQjVNAEs3eQ0WBuOulEotJ57NlGhHIIvfcJkIky-Ms/s400/Homespun+Christmas1+%281%29.png" style="height: 302px; width: 300px;" width="397" /> </i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Susan at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"> </a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Between Naps on the Porch</a></span></i></span></i></span></i></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></i></span></i></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Marty at <a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/">A Stroll Thru Life</a> for Tabletop Tuesday</span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Courtney at <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/">French Country Cottage</a> for Feathered Nest Friday<br />Heather and Vanessa at <a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/">At the Picket Fence</a> for Inspiration Friday <br />Debra at <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Common Ground</a> for Vintage Inspiration Friday</span><br />Sherry at<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/"> The Charm of Home</a> for Home Sweet Home Friday </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></i></span><i><i><b><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span>Jen at <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">Tatertots and Jello</a> for the Weekend Wrap-up Party </b></i> <br /></i><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>                                     <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Donna at <a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/">Funky Junk Interiors</a> for Saturday Nite Special</span></span></span></i></span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div></div>

Cardinals and Christmas in my Kitchen

I have always loved Cardinals!   I remember when we first moved from California to Michigan  and I saw my first Cardinal outside the window ...

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The Thrifty Gods Must Be Smiling Down On Me!

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I have scored the best bargains in the month of September!  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNNn2EffKPbDBP12mW-G_KUs5rexdyCmSDTNLn0M-__8fSm8zh9t7ZGOxYxH6-xJoy-4VSI8qTI2YbAbQE0q3DrL2uD9lhB08Hq8agrkbrKNyBMQAjnxQ_Yc-_0-VWNX8LOey2DwaoRc/s1600/IMG_5654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNNn2EffKPbDBP12mW-G_KUs5rexdyCmSDTNLn0M-__8fSm8zh9t7ZGOxYxH6-xJoy-4VSI8qTI2YbAbQE0q3DrL2uD9lhB08Hq8agrkbrKNyBMQAjnxQ_Yc-_0-VWNX8LOey2DwaoRc/s640/IMG_5654.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> My<span style="color: purple;"> <a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/09/estate-sale-find-of-year.html" target="_blank">Estate Sale Drapes, </a></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWunBQ3bT871gP0TAI7DnnUI6Ti__I99f7Ct791Uv5v3RQPdGn_61Q3399Jouo70bKNxYd3k3OU6XXyl1g47I2XU0cZHMoKdaQil_fwBHSID3q8fqs6VU2-UjPq-r7cyFUvQVPr5WTqI/s1600/IMG_5778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWunBQ3bT871gP0TAI7DnnUI6Ti__I99f7Ct791Uv5v3RQPdGn_61Q3399Jouo70bKNxYd3k3OU6XXyl1g47I2XU0cZHMoKdaQil_fwBHSID3q8fqs6VU2-UjPq-r7cyFUvQVPr5WTqI/s640/IMG_5778.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">My<span style="color: purple;"> </span><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/09/one-thing-leads-to-another.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">Pillow</span> </a>fabric (all ready cut and ready to sew), </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjvJ5IR9Mq_djDBwmvEqTmj7Y3urywPBc669jBNjeu4bCNXmqxXEKBeiDvcQ6ZmX2ot0Hhl6qXq74ugVvF1RTzLWjoP3gCcmuuty92jcbvSY_1zjLk2Hwd-GClZeXRKi7xY7-APeew5s/s1600/IMG_5817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjvJ5IR9Mq_djDBwmvEqTmj7Y3urywPBc669jBNjeu4bCNXmqxXEKBeiDvcQ6ZmX2ot0Hhl6qXq74ugVvF1RTzLWjoP3gCcmuuty92jcbvSY_1zjLk2Hwd-GClZeXRKi7xY7-APeew5s/s640/IMG_5817.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> My Awesome <span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-new-doughbowlestate-sale-style.html" target="_blank">Dough Bowl </a></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrCkxe3Izjof_xwS2lnJTNUBXazmU_tK65s-GHIdgRJnfe7rXJbAyHYRlztCsmIeJ3vy9oumRtFSQ-Q3EjT5TLgdQsoHGg5PX8TXyfLeUCyky6gf5DZhko28F8IjM_PR3ljIWwzHM1JM/s1600/IMG_5844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrCkxe3Izjof_xwS2lnJTNUBXazmU_tK65s-GHIdgRJnfe7rXJbAyHYRlztCsmIeJ3vy9oumRtFSQ-Q3EjT5TLgdQsoHGg5PX8TXyfLeUCyky6gf5DZhko28F8IjM_PR3ljIWwzHM1JM/s640/IMG_5844.jpg" width="586" /></a> </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">You might have seen this in my Kitchen~Hearth Room Fall reveal yesterday.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">My very own <b>Olive Bucket!   </b></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIDWZIMWIhvDHhNnsjV3RiajWP3KM8dgidMWbmGYFPT93e1ntu5IQL1Tngg-nffyr7MS-Kae-2UjaOeF4nX2ccksq4r2z6Uw_GH-1CcYfx6wOtssmRUxHFXGIpPw30nm-yCEW3L-95w4/s1600/IMG_5819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIDWZIMWIhvDHhNnsjV3RiajWP3KM8dgidMWbmGYFPT93e1ntu5IQL1Tngg-nffyr7MS-Kae-2UjaOeF4nX2ccksq4r2z6Uw_GH-1CcYfx6wOtssmRUxHFXGIpPw30nm-yCEW3L-95w4/s640/IMG_5819.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Can you believe that I found it at Tuesday Morning?  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Of course Mr. Beaux just looked at it when he came home from work that day.  It was sitting on the floor in the mud room and he gave it that sideways glance and eye roll!   I know he doesn't understand the finer home furnishings like Burlap, chippy urn goodness, or rusty Olive Buckets like I do. </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-he5zJqG1yapxG99uUrlUotvvq6cLTfC7oo6kpX8dZJ3Uxr90QURW_6Hm9mF0yR9_CmJsSum2FrSrHsunrJukMUiWL0_ubbSbC4_LxYc1ss4rno-6jx1AJOqVjyRuThnQ87OI6O1kS8/s1600/IMG_5821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-he5zJqG1yapxG99uUrlUotvvq6cLTfC7oo6kpX8dZJ3Uxr90QURW_6Hm9mF0yR9_CmJsSum2FrSrHsunrJukMUiWL0_ubbSbC4_LxYc1ss4rno-6jx1AJOqVjyRuThnQ87OI6O1kS8/s640/IMG_5821.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  It's okay though because I know you are all getting your shoes on right now and heading over to Tuesday Morning because<b> <span style="font-size: x-large;">you</span> </b>understand.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And you love a bargain as much as I do!</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">XO Cindy</span></i></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Sharing at: </i></span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Kim at <a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank">SavvySouthern Style</a> for Wow Us Wednesdays  <br /> Judy at <a href="http://diybydesign.blogspot.com/">DIY by Design</a></span></span></i></span></span></i></span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><i><i><i>Donna at </i><a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/"><i>Funky Junk Interiors</i></a><i> for Saturday Nite Special</i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></i></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><i><i><i> </i></i></i></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i>Roeshel <span> </span>at </i><a href="http://diyshowoff.com/" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">DIY Showoff</span></i></a></span></div><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></i></span></span></i></span></span></div>

The Thrifty Gods Must Be Smiling Down On Me!

I have scored the best bargains in the month of September!    My Estate Sale Drapes,  My Pillow fabric (all ready cut and ready to sew),...

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