Simple Snapshots ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just a few snaps of a Fall afternoon taken last week ... I love the sun streaming into the sitting room:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pUON7pJWk36ajHre7ehvPUpePT3UGPRMHyLFdD8mTTjIAoZk009AndBV5Ue_Znd0ykPJZyqVB3HnHSQPy4J1G_3-ptGgP-DlinUGaXzqn4ihCb277hstTwqmHpqK5adsWkPG-subBJk/s1600/fallsittingsun2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pUON7pJWk36ajHre7ehvPUpePT3UGPRMHyLFdD8mTTjIAoZk009AndBV5Ue_Znd0ykPJZyqVB3HnHSQPy4J1G_3-ptGgP-DlinUGaXzqn4ihCb277hstTwqmHpqK5adsWkPG-subBJk/s640/fallsittingsun2.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Love how it highlights random leaves and branches ...</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHY4e-AT4vKy8JzwAtEANjnTytNebkIxKpGEZBDluqnUjYVBTdOVN8KsefQ1yiIx9affeJz3So60IFnAiD3zEJT3XI_lfzcSN9qu68eUh66P_9o2SFt1-aaK995dNYx5XMmuPUM16WjZE/s1600/fallsittingsun3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHY4e-AT4vKy8JzwAtEANjnTytNebkIxKpGEZBDluqnUjYVBTdOVN8KsefQ1yiIx9affeJz3So60IFnAiD3zEJT3XI_lfzcSN9qu68eUh66P_9o2SFt1-aaK995dNYx5XMmuPUM16WjZE/s640/fallsittingsun3.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and how it bounces the reflections of the mirrors onto the walls:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdypZs_6UA8pAZjBZ3AW8GnjOUkYLN9sPl3vQYMx3_Og7lz57rZ6O0Sd6bPP1x4KcU8PHauCRVQquPm5vV-UV4lVn2bM5_U-mqJiYUvjSFFx1_VC_Wb1aZud4-cOf61gU7xfKpvrhXwo/s1600/fallsittingsun1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdypZs_6UA8pAZjBZ3AW8GnjOUkYLN9sPl3vQYMx3_Og7lz57rZ6O0Sd6bPP1x4KcU8PHauCRVQquPm5vV-UV4lVn2bM5_U-mqJiYUvjSFFx1_VC_Wb1aZud4-cOf61gU7xfKpvrhXwo/s640/fallsittingsun1.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Wait until you see the sun reflecting off of the Christmas tree ornaments which are in here now ... yippee!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Have a great day, <br />everyone,</span></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/248/3B01215062574D4D6FFA221C1E7FF50B.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>

Simple Snapshots ...

Just a few snaps of a Fall afternoon taken last week ... I love the sun streaming into the sitting room: Love how it highlights random leave...

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Fall Dry Bar

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you believe that Thanksgiving is only a few short weeks away ?!  I can't ... where has this year gone ?!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I'd share part of our breakfast area today.  </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of you may remember that I painted our dry bar this past summer ... it went from this:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDe_l5XWo-ICEj3Ulll7IJTfXMHfxPj_mVKkd-xEexEkypK4WMQxX04aLUawr0Z9fpoWFVgMf91p70O5LCuAakSsT2HK_AKDlPWgUQLTatVqvofUA048i5Lbuab7Y84DKa_KIKXYZz2c/s1600/drybar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDe_l5XWo-ICEj3Ulll7IJTfXMHfxPj_mVKkd-xEexEkypK4WMQxX04aLUawr0Z9fpoWFVgMf91p70O5LCuAakSsT2HK_AKDlPWgUQLTatVqvofUA048i5Lbuab7Y84DKa_KIKXYZz2c/s400/drybar.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To <strong>THIS</strong> (I painted one coat of Annie Sloane's Old White chalk paint, followed by two coats of Chateaux Grey).  I then distressed it a bit and waxed (clear).  I also removed the center, glass doors to allow for more of a display area.  Here it is dressed for Fall:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjbes6Hvx_ONyUxLArXcrOZPBqXS0_G0FeDtJrLJvH0WJkaJ_R7M8qjXjCTbxIKGOWtG-nscBEfKR8hBpNcigcHUeqiIRtVEf5zyfErGxx9u54QyLJCrcGboLaXpR2ZZuNYYEK-9tpcg/s1600/falldrybaroverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjbes6Hvx_ONyUxLArXcrOZPBqXS0_G0FeDtJrLJvH0WJkaJ_R7M8qjXjCTbxIKGOWtG-nscBEfKR8hBpNcigcHUeqiIRtVEf5zyfErGxx9u54QyLJCrcGboLaXpR2ZZuNYYEK-9tpcg/s640/falldrybaroverall.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqVVsnNxaNEXYURYIheGCrIZOWTtoDrDi0j-WEYjYD48hweVA3TlfMV7qC9DcqhwreFVF9B5FPnJSRmF0d7SWzOSwfJIK057vc_jNkFRUPLymRDgh6Vyyzci3THAHcq9wOizA52WNZvc/s1600/falldrybarclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqVVsnNxaNEXYURYIheGCrIZOWTtoDrDi0j-WEYjYD48hweVA3TlfMV7qC9DcqhwreFVF9B5FPnJSRmF0d7SWzOSwfJIK057vc_jNkFRUPLymRDgh6Vyyzci3THAHcq9wOizA52WNZvc/s400/falldrybarclose.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My white ceramic roo from Home Goods (last year), nestled on raffia and a glass cake stand:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxSmbUYUOp5MaTdV1GqlBVLRMAkMeedFvp8wax5UZl0gQW9vLHORuIkMui3E5-T0pPEx3_MB9Lu8RuR8_Ri5vsJ3yo5594dMrEgHnIN2JoEQrHHnUoOpf0HWP905y1pij6PRgLBu8LTQ/s1600/falldrybarroo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxSmbUYUOp5MaTdV1GqlBVLRMAkMeedFvp8wax5UZl0gQW9vLHORuIkMui3E5-T0pPEx3_MB9Lu8RuR8_Ri5vsJ3yo5594dMrEgHnIN2JoEQrHHnUoOpf0HWP905y1pij6PRgLBu8LTQ/s400/falldrybarroo1.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I filled a cream soup tureen with a few Fall picks ... you can see the *Menu* chalkboard peeking through in the back that I created out of black poster board and chalkpaint markers:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFuK5IQiJBoVgFIlNBexcYxM8K2g5AvqbRCCL2qSjEjGYDBJKZo_5jPtnZvIqjo4afq2YMlGOy9i6KWMNXJeQEcT1arbb-qZ8uJjdbfaKslo7DJj7k0TjAcr1OXWRIGmlWp2zuoRJToc/s1600/falldrybarmenu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFuK5IQiJBoVgFIlNBexcYxM8K2g5AvqbRCCL2qSjEjGYDBJKZo_5jPtnZvIqjo4afq2YMlGOy9i6KWMNXJeQEcT1arbb-qZ8uJjdbfaKslo7DJj7k0TjAcr1OXWRIGmlWp2zuoRJToc/s400/falldrybarmenu.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another one of the beautiful, handcrafted velvet pumpkins that I won in a giveaway hosted by a sweet blogging buddy, Lela:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokfGfQbVPb2iPlc2kMsCvQ_I0FrD2-ELWPVWiPuZAoq5iLoyUBojtME-M_FIkD6md1PsUH89os786WoOtGHd4mRs3HliXcTpdrIGL9S_ZPkKSPbC0-OuvdvC1eAEd7ZLKceDWjg6VNv8/s1600/falldrybarvelvet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokfGfQbVPb2iPlc2kMsCvQ_I0FrD2-ELWPVWiPuZAoq5iLoyUBojtME-M_FIkD6md1PsUH89os786WoOtGHd4mRs3HliXcTpdrIGL9S_ZPkKSPbC0-OuvdvC1eAEd7ZLKceDWjg6VNv8/s400/falldrybarvelvet.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Up above, the shelves have a few little pieces of Fall, too.  I recently bought the stainless "Give Us this Day our Daily Bread" piece from GoodWill for only $2!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsbAp8Vd_ZAHntD1e90QIHN4RBOrAGm5IyLdskA4tVv8k0JNR1kyJX3j7wZVoKkVtuLK11b8R7l3FfkMoUHSMMsduTLR0S7PV4p6yolE1cMZL-lhRHgQRykLtL_148UqOWPR7KM7isrU/s1600/falldrybarshelves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsbAp8Vd_ZAHntD1e90QIHN4RBOrAGm5IyLdskA4tVv8k0JNR1kyJX3j7wZVoKkVtuLK11b8R7l3FfkMoUHSMMsduTLR0S7PV4p6yolE1cMZL-lhRHgQRykLtL_148UqOWPR7KM7isrU/s640/falldrybarshelves.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Simplicity:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AzT8LIrZ-KIzV1-4tSbjOUwqdNvLOWEPrWxwTcoru51XweZkopal0nxR-uamFbFopaPuMjozdn_9XcTqsJpGMOj9s9tvAAmAyzcZeUbo1oPxgcRALvoaPlA8vLdugeclHMlvpnTNMaI/s1600/falldrybarpumpkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AzT8LIrZ-KIzV1-4tSbjOUwqdNvLOWEPrWxwTcoru51XweZkopal0nxR-uamFbFopaPuMjozdn_9XcTqsJpGMOj9s9tvAAmAyzcZeUbo1oPxgcRALvoaPlA8vLdugeclHMlvpnTNMaI/s400/falldrybarpumpkin.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, you may have spied my new rooster prints that I found at Kirkland's earlier this Spring ... perfect for Fall!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekOv06HAfixRF1KmlwASmm6ZxPC6WeMuUHZ2KfCF3uEZAoJVFvZAuISbGaXTB_nfPh8LDdBllTSiVvaBAPGRLeHv9baf-QZyQBLTCN-KKh9lqFTsCQH2oxqidbjbXonmLMzNGKRKQzSg/s1600/falldrybarroos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekOv06HAfixRF1KmlwASmm6ZxPC6WeMuUHZ2KfCF3uEZAoJVFvZAuISbGaXTB_nfPh8LDdBllTSiVvaBAPGRLeHv9baf-QZyQBLTCN-KKh9lqFTsCQH2oxqidbjbXonmLMzNGKRKQzSg/s400/falldrybarroos.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Admittedly, though, I have to laugh because this area no longer looks as it does in the above pictures ... it has already been transformed for Christmas!  And, I look forward to sharing it all with you soon!</span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the meantime, come</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> on over and play at these fabulous parties:</span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Dittle Dattle/<a href="http://dittledattle.blogspot.com/2011/11/amaze-me-monday-48.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DittleDattle+%28Dittle+Dattle%29">Amaze Me Monday</a></span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia/<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyUncommonSliceOfSuburbia/~3/B9W840NdE5w/tuesdays-treasures.html">Tuesday's Treasures</a></span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Coastal Charm/<a href="http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/2011/11/nifty-thrifty-tuesday-no87.html">Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays</a></span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">As always, thanks for stopping by!</span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/248/3B01215062574D4D6FFA221C1E7FF50B.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; 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Fall Dry Bar

Can you believe that Thanksgiving is only a few short weeks away ?!  I can't ... where has this year gone ?! I thought I'd share par...

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Fall in the Kitchen!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!  Do you have your bucket of candy ready by the front door?  Are you dressing up?  Jax can't wait to turn into Batman!  John and I won't be dressing up tonight ... we had our fun this past weekend at a fabulous party hosted by our great neighbors.  Can you guess who we are?!  The super cool stick on bling letters on my purse should give you a hint.  LOL</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZmnNpxETZ24qgMYQ69XgEVAIbNfwzgUV1t78YkbPy7-hbBnt6pT-siUdJEvqvCytDp2kOZ1MVb1aJ_kU4FqD4MG_xnl4RYsHP_ypqV6na7-Rx2IKOSc14CJHRWwT3ww4pNeHa_o3bDI/s1600/halloween.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZmnNpxETZ24qgMYQ69XgEVAIbNfwzgUV1t78YkbPy7-hbBnt6pT-siUdJEvqvCytDp2kOZ1MVb1aJ_kU4FqD4MG_xnl4RYsHP_ypqV6na7-Rx2IKOSc14CJHRWwT3ww4pNeHa_o3bDI/s640/halloween.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I'd inundate you with our Fall kitchen today ... hope you're not busy because I've included a *la-hot* of pics:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGxaCiZlqFlfBbKyEQYOaDUs39KklWooO3TN4UxaV9hxM9osIWR75oPl2K-H-Y8CznLWFulldKSPXEMw4DLyWrKH3y_Rsuq3v8E4Qc0JN-p5ngZPjoO1tMglyI1fUoZlcXbekZR86kd4/s1600/fallkitchenoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGxaCiZlqFlfBbKyEQYOaDUs39KklWooO3TN4UxaV9hxM9osIWR75oPl2K-H-Y8CznLWFulldKSPXEMw4DLyWrKH3y_Rsuq3v8E4Qc0JN-p5ngZPjoO1tMglyI1fUoZlcXbekZR86kd4/s640/fallkitchenoverall.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love adding huge arrangements to the island and thought a copper vase might be a nice Fall accent, too (found at Home Goods):</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQsiIjcd6r0AYDNVpwMED711pTrp_ZUwqBJqnG0dCH4w1-3MPWW1Aty7C4LIYyBYCWbGpFcwgU8DECShPGLGI-QIJMPB3TGL6jfP13jv6anZVXtEgAcgWWEfjXLzugOFouOM1xShAVq4/s1600/fallkitchenislandclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQsiIjcd6r0AYDNVpwMED711pTrp_ZUwqBJqnG0dCH4w1-3MPWW1Aty7C4LIYyBYCWbGpFcwgU8DECShPGLGI-QIJMPB3TGL6jfP13jv6anZVXtEgAcgWWEfjXLzugOFouOM1xShAVq4/s400/fallkitchenislandclose.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A glass vase I had on hand holds a battery operated candle that I wrapped in twine and nestled in corn.  In the background, you can see a simple lantern filled with pumpkins, guords and leaves:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJFLBa6n3RYIlzVxlaTnsPpiIl8aE_tubsJYv0wUvCN-x7HjT92n6BJ5Cl5G-7rFAK25LKHAjlU_iPJHzLNgBkHvs08TVKf19MJjlbhPEVkJNHDQHSxC66Z7aG5K3pcTCdUJSAkuatlw/s1600/fallkitchenislandcandle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJFLBa6n3RYIlzVxlaTnsPpiIl8aE_tubsJYv0wUvCN-x7HjT92n6BJ5Cl5G-7rFAK25LKHAjlU_iPJHzLNgBkHvs08TVKf19MJjlbhPEVkJNHDQHSxC66Z7aG5K3pcTCdUJSAkuatlw/s400/fallkitchenislandcandle.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Splashes of Fall fill this side of the kitchen, too:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBsK-Wj3cOylPb5vlnUtCLwMB3yijZmtpdzpdKxqfwdTZqDWdIf0iyMBZ3kftjNByniBZ853DYWonCoaYp6EzyOmUhdmnV4n9ojPMA7Y8kkEd5IMgqoHfNHNA-2MxpbJuVG02gCNg_SE/s1600/fallkitchenleft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBsK-Wj3cOylPb5vlnUtCLwMB3yijZmtpdzpdKxqfwdTZqDWdIf0iyMBZ3kftjNByniBZ853DYWonCoaYp6EzyOmUhdmnV4n9ojPMA7Y8kkEd5IMgqoHfNHNA-2MxpbJuVG02gCNg_SE/s640/fallkitchenleft.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used my fancy schmancy cheap-o craft scissors (from Michaels) to cut labels for the canisters ... I then wrote on them with my chalkpaint markers and attached them with just a drop of hot glue:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionZl2hAV9jrd8GAO9meJSN9foxx8YUwc_OJQibU__LNwzYmj7M_08O84JssIh_jJEFhMcuVOROSM3nC9mU9eHiwks8NoCHUEBog8nacl7RDOZh4bFNNcnIodO776NqpyFtQvEi2tzMpg/s1600/fallkitchencanisters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionZl2hAV9jrd8GAO9meJSN9foxx8YUwc_OJQibU__LNwzYmj7M_08O84JssIh_jJEFhMcuVOROSM3nC9mU9eHiwks8NoCHUEBog8nacl7RDOZh4bFNNcnIodO776NqpyFtQvEi2tzMpg/s400/fallkitchencanisters.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, of course, you *have* to have a yummy candle burning!  My faves are by Slatkin & Co. (from Bath and Body Works) ... currently burning "Spice."  Bath and Body works also now sells these cute metal candle holders with many different holiday versions to choose from ...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ANS4kIMOwr_7yPjTyZy5iuDjoQQAb6rNXimA5eXFYnTbGFxeaGdlfP3Q8C6ULqUHYvddyOy2HPcs8CfKkdtjqlQj0I5nm9m-dCd6pQqrEp1EOKdVd-gyo5QoY0_oS2k-INrp2wkJ-KQ/s1600/fallkitchenstovecandle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ANS4kIMOwr_7yPjTyZy5iuDjoQQAb6rNXimA5eXFYnTbGFxeaGdlfP3Q8C6ULqUHYvddyOy2HPcs8CfKkdtjqlQj0I5nm9m-dCd6pQqrEp1EOKdVd-gyo5QoY0_oS2k-INrp2wkJ-KQ/s400/fallkitchenstovecandle.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found this cute red roo at Kirkland's:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8cWn-qbqY6-V5xNwssPay1j1L5BkrJkuBQU0C-WcTXciBllRE_7bF8w4rMxQRX37sT2uTG0yHYLcCPlk86hmxco36P0__FR7ur4GfGdPNT2gt6SM2xGbcDI1wNqWFgXu7keQwGZZJGdU/s1600/fallkitchenredrooster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8cWn-qbqY6-V5xNwssPay1j1L5BkrJkuBQU0C-WcTXciBllRE_7bF8w4rMxQRX37sT2uTG0yHYLcCPlk86hmxco36P0__FR7ur4GfGdPNT2gt6SM2xGbcDI1wNqWFgXu7keQwGZZJGdU/s400/fallkitchenredrooster.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, up above, our soffit is filled with white pumpkins, wheat and muted Fall garland, which I tucked lights into, as well.  Love seeing it lit up at night:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSyPcOZfiFoA_Sp97SvKlxh_7dhkJtMdlDRxpQ3c6O4HRB4QXAVaFYKNp04yAAbSMOSeyCfymm4lYLODhws_s3IMW0-tBafRqkESCZ-rvoVVm875Ue9JLHXkwLQOhb-0xpDIHCAjqkng/s1600/fallkitchenharvest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSyPcOZfiFoA_Sp97SvKlxh_7dhkJtMdlDRxpQ3c6O4HRB4QXAVaFYKNp04yAAbSMOSeyCfymm4lYLODhws_s3IMW0-tBafRqkESCZ-rvoVVm875Ue9JLHXkwLQOhb-0xpDIHCAjqkng/s400/fallkitchenharvest.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Moving on around, another counter holds more Fall embellishments.  As you can see, here's another roo, but I've sadly suffocated this one in glass cloche (sorry, little fella):</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlEeDC0CindzA2AjPYBUMb45wrbzCO_2DCYKd1kINHDtnplopjiqd-Lc-UZN5zkrXeGqzFBJWvOwLyb3udZXA0F2-wvF59PKeEu5hK3hW706a5BRegEKv7SBdlQj1o6dW8W4Y32F7Tzo/s1600/fallkitchenroosterglass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlEeDC0CindzA2AjPYBUMb45wrbzCO_2DCYKd1kINHDtnplopjiqd-Lc-UZN5zkrXeGqzFBJWvOwLyb3udZXA0F2-wvF59PKeEu5hK3hW706a5BRegEKv7SBdlQj1o6dW8W4Y32F7Tzo/s400/fallkitchenroosterglass.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More canisters are filled with items and colors that remind me of Fall:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-n9BFhZffO0R6zsJSoq7ZjSxylftJCNixbZvzzLRlMgXYz2qxbKciTbS9pueXe1Uxb_XpGpUX5FyjbNltrm2yZhk2sZhvBuy78o_znkAz2UB26hMc3Gdy6SCpUROyYohlAIvIo_kACA/s1600/fallkitchencanisters1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-n9BFhZffO0R6zsJSoq7ZjSxylftJCNixbZvzzLRlMgXYz2qxbKciTbS9pueXe1Uxb_XpGpUX5FyjbNltrm2yZhk2sZhvBuy78o_znkAz2UB26hMc3Gdy6SCpUROyYohlAIvIo_kACA/s400/fallkitchencanisters1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, over on the other side, I'm SO loving my new DIY shelves!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIC1URdzPQ8FcudPkXIgPOn6EILP5Hr-jZTBUkzG-3IZ7LMQPZ_wwNMZ6o9Mdb1o0IDocWgQ93iL_5MO7sP0Q1jhVa1OtFB1rRyUjC1TlG8ECdQXoU0GagY66Q5MxZlS1eVxXl9Fyoz6g/s1600/fallkitchenshelves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIC1URdzPQ8FcudPkXIgPOn6EILP5Hr-jZTBUkzG-3IZ7LMQPZ_wwNMZ6o9Mdb1o0IDocWgQ93iL_5MO7sP0Q1jhVa1OtFB1rRyUjC1TlG8ECdQXoU0GagY66Q5MxZlS1eVxXl9Fyoz6g/s640/fallkitchenshelves.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yup, I've already re-tweaked the shelves since I first showed them to you last week (surprise, surprise):</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijb5k9LvKJEyShyphenhyphenSceAMR17xuXu6yw9F9svD0FO9MizVRfg-95wYYW3hY3LBmCQYWmr1BdyvswlAEqQVeyeiDnfKCMFM46rsGxeyd3vYU9ZxJXYt9Tr19oJVPskY5Jwpgz2uroUMTvY_Q/s1600/falllkitchenbottomshelf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijb5k9LvKJEyShyphenhyphenSceAMR17xuXu6yw9F9svD0FO9MizVRfg-95wYYW3hY3LBmCQYWmr1BdyvswlAEqQVeyeiDnfKCMFM46rsGxeyd3vYU9ZxJXYt9Tr19oJVPskY5Jwpgz2uroUMTvY_Q/s400/falllkitchenbottomshelf.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found the picture at GoodWill for $2!  I really only wanted it for the chunky "beat up" frame, but decided to keep the pear art in there for now:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9vMdkjOKHfoOIL6u99tm33uVSrV60AbeuHv1XMlXEzV2V_UEW2acQnmUbP8xm5LGxQxdKx_CXNBilpHTlm9NX5LeS6-sut2D_WTUic5JC8wAgfnZCJIqfOZ_nhLrWYzUwIQ5IZaKzUY/s1600/fallkitchenshelfmid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9vMdkjOKHfoOIL6u99tm33uVSrV60AbeuHv1XMlXEzV2V_UEW2acQnmUbP8xm5LGxQxdKx_CXNBilpHTlm9NX5LeS6-sut2D_WTUic5JC8wAgfnZCJIqfOZ_nhLrWYzUwIQ5IZaKzUY/s400/fallkitchenshelfmid.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another Good Will score is the large, round wicker platter.  I bought 2 of them for $3!  I also decided to fill a cream pitcher with tall branches to balance the height of the items on the soffit on the other side:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3BIjIx4lX-VVHQuh9ccFu8lwD4T7SfKWeNdANqQ54JTrsfkgIUDhUnGV8J78G-waLGA2HWXpYkPxycNbZ8V0jKVJ4vT7U5yOzg89GP7QgBg6jBikrtzu6ue4Usadkd_tvAz2y7O-RnY/s1600/fallkitchenshelftop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3BIjIx4lX-VVHQuh9ccFu8lwD4T7SfKWeNdANqQ54JTrsfkgIUDhUnGV8J78G-waLGA2HWXpYkPxycNbZ8V0jKVJ4vT7U5yOzg89GP7QgBg6jBikrtzu6ue4Usadkd_tvAz2y7O-RnY/s400/fallkitchenshelftop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Down below on the counter is a simple vignette:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZGloqQVQEDUUJ-5n4wQVHF6H_iqotr_g6kcRlNWfWjxfURBIQF75MDYUxt-GFcJhffuLiO-mQWovR2T7S98TzS1ld5S9qegjuA4Bt8cW29QRW9E-yob_jlaPHiRfWaxA4eZNf7s6HlA/s1600/fallkitchenlamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZGloqQVQEDUUJ-5n4wQVHF6H_iqotr_g6kcRlNWfWjxfURBIQF75MDYUxt-GFcJhffuLiO-mQWovR2T7S98TzS1ld5S9qegjuA4Bt8cW29QRW9E-yob_jlaPHiRfWaxA4eZNf7s6HlA/s640/fallkitchenlamp.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPXwjXku1BH0-OaOPH9D9rsRqeXJ0wC8qLwDXfKfktfIU7wOdqcMOnXlqly6vn1AZdx5S6Dv5RYp0UWQt-rnNb9VxmaYePP6QYcBJHUUl8Rt3X45LiddBEWwgU0vEfmOhv6hwnZH_vIA/s1600/fallkitchenapple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPXwjXku1BH0-OaOPH9D9rsRqeXJ0wC8qLwDXfKfktfIU7wOdqcMOnXlqly6vn1AZdx5S6Dv5RYp0UWQt-rnNb9VxmaYePP6QYcBJHUUl8Rt3X45LiddBEWwgU0vEfmOhv6hwnZH_vIA/s400/fallkitchenapple.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You *know* I'm enjoying our new scale:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJo4fwPlYvoLbQWgsuKszgsGppASjSf3iWGASSLETalxFmN4mOk8LjFKhaQOYHOoqC-pc_JXHsiYW3DEc1iEJwLsDAyWTXDyojKZUC4SAtsOF560hE_ss4ZT9c66RHTiiKo1nkqKkpLA/s1600/fallkitchenscale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJo4fwPlYvoLbQWgsuKszgsGppASjSf3iWGASSLETalxFmN4mOk8LjFKhaQOYHOoqC-pc_JXHsiYW3DEc1iEJwLsDAyWTXDyojKZUC4SAtsOF560hE_ss4ZT9c66RHTiiKo1nkqKkpLA/s640/fallkitchenscale.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, a Fall kitchen wouldn't be complete without REAL flowers full of rich color (from my sweet hubby):</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QE5ypZJ6SVlaBCHgHXk-KH0pvOaYhtShR3Jc69fsjjBJovjueU0YvGhlq5Q4d7PvloUb7xfZhY1m8j3dZ6UTxBXE69TPmayHKIJGfVX0xijgLA5VL9ZIu8OY7Fs5Wr-uBpEraflyi3U/s1600/falllkitchenfreshflowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QE5ypZJ6SVlaBCHgHXk-KH0pvOaYhtShR3Jc69fsjjBJovjueU0YvGhlq5Q4d7PvloUb7xfZhY1m8j3dZ6UTxBXE69TPmayHKIJGfVX0xijgLA5VL9ZIu8OY7Fs5Wr-uBpEraflyi3U/s400/falllkitchenfreshflowers.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for visiting our Fall kitchen:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Cn_8d9h_Bwxe5_m7lCVmVvtTHCMdUlQTJ2R9nBlQ50Etiy_rmXsI3ISUaYyUL2F2ZE9Sayzb7HEUkiNjsorWO089Mz85ZGpVkZG8RuEj5am0AhEq-bd3uohb9qoDqIas5A29W8TB4Og/s1600/fallkitchengreat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Cn_8d9h_Bwxe5_m7lCVmVvtTHCMdUlQTJ2R9nBlQ50Etiy_rmXsI3ISUaYyUL2F2ZE9Sayzb7HEUkiNjsorWO089Mz85ZGpVkZG8RuEj5am0AhEq-bd3uohb9qoDqIas5A29W8TB4Og/s400/fallkitchengreat.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annnnnd:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYjZ0lqVhsAQoxSTE57-ebTyJcNkBpMvp9Bpohq_HXSgeubZvcMfGMrn9Hd-SSOBzzETswFDR5ZtslArJ41Fb6jRyZjnXSjY_33s8EQBHJEgnER4HrSWeEaqxPO4XpsqqpWvEhOh1_fU/s1600/fallpantrydoor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYjZ0lqVhsAQoxSTE57-ebTyJcNkBpMvp9Bpohq_HXSgeubZvcMfGMrn9Hd-SSOBzzETswFDR5ZtslArJ41Fb6jRyZjnXSjY_33s8EQBHJEgnER4HrSWeEaqxPO4XpsqqpWvEhOh1_fU/s640/fallpantrydoor.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Come on and join me at these wonderful linky parties:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Dittle Dattle/<a href="http://dittledattle.blogspot.com/2011/10/amaze-me-monday-47.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DittleDattle+%28Dittle+Dattle%29">Amaze Me Monday</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">BNOTP/<a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2011/10/string-lights-on-pergola-welcome-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BetweenNapsOnThePorch+%28BETWEEN+NAPS+ON+THE+PORCH%29">Metamorphosis Monday</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Coastal Charm/<a href="http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/2011/10/nifty-thrifty-tuesday-no86a-big.html">Nifty Thrifty Tuesday</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia/<a href="http://www.myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/2011/10/tuesdays-treasures_31.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyUncommonSliceOfSuburbia+%28My+Uncommon+Slice+of+Suburbia%29">Tuesday's Treasures</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Savvy Southern Style/<a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2011/11/wow-us-wednesdays-38.html">WUW</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">At the Picket Fence/<a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/2011/11/welcome-to-inspiration-friday-no-39.html">Inspiration Friday</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">2805/<a href="http://twenty-eight-0-five.blogspot.com/2011/11/potpourri-party-10.html">Potpourri Friday</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Common Ground/<a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/11/vintage-inspiration-friday-62.html?utm_source=BP_recent">Vintage Inspiration Friday</a></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Fall in the Kitchen!

Happy Halloween!  Do you have your bucket of candy ready by the front door?  Are you dressing up?  Jax can't wait to turn into Batman!  ...

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I Finally Got One!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Friday !!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of you may know that I've been looking for a vintage kitchen scale for-EVA!  I've scoured our local antique stores all summer ... looked online, but couldn't find one I liked anywhere.  Then, I realized why ... because my friend, Kim, at <a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/">Savvy Southern Style</a> has ALL of them!  LOL.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SEE ... look at those beauties on her soffit.  She probably put them up that high so that I couldn't sneak over and easily "snatch" one!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYXtwyPKY7Pog_T27JlAd0BowwogJlSgvHX0lkjBioyeYXwccYmCkRyHGrHsiNDONLbtbzp97JvBkzxVP_GL7cbyfQknDSjWa1QtDWak8KLVXGz12ZsF9_-y4wv6L4KoDi7yYLIytjG68/s1600/kimscales" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYXtwyPKY7Pog_T27JlAd0BowwogJlSgvHX0lkjBioyeYXwccYmCkRyHGrHsiNDONLbtbzp97JvBkzxVP_GL7cbyfQknDSjWa1QtDWak8KLVXGz12ZsF9_-y4wv6L4KoDi7yYLIytjG68/s400/kimscales" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Annnd, another (this one is my fave):</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudxtlLrxfl-DgRivdZaAoJHBbxTbYEAAf0_EtCW2C6Ll4xd_FoAG61DuAWSQYkI1EArv-8wedYpCOEfqsv4jFjcy7XOHp52J1-xRzEgq7tTydE4TUXAknBI4l3CEL7kwcZhkoF-KQP4A/s1600/kimscales1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudxtlLrxfl-DgRivdZaAoJHBbxTbYEAAf0_EtCW2C6Ll4xd_FoAG61DuAWSQYkI1EArv-8wedYpCOEfqsv4jFjcy7XOHp52J1-xRzEgq7tTydE4TUXAknBI4l3CEL7kwcZhkoF-KQP4A/s400/kimscales1" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And, wait, ... there's one more!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoJujgPARCGmreNQxfP5XH1fPBTN9nJV14U_FUXGI31HRDosrK3m0xDFP1zh7Q9tScgkiZBDTNzCOXLXFkAQllVu5cg18UaxywKt1oM2K3eEyWJDtbVHhfHDsfGVw8tSKwVv_T1KPVQ8/s1600/kimscales2" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoJujgPARCGmreNQxfP5XH1fPBTN9nJV14U_FUXGI31HRDosrK3m0xDFP1zh7Q9tScgkiZBDTNzCOXLXFkAQllVu5cg18UaxywKt1oM2K3eEyWJDtbVHhfHDsfGVw8tSKwVv_T1KPVQ8/s400/kimscales2" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I love her collection, for sure and, apparently, my subtle hints didn't work because one didn't show up in my mailbox with a Georgia postmark on it!  Darn.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I was thrilled to have *finally* found one on Ebay ... i</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">t's fairly large.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdxuNioRK1rvlSvphb6Fp8xJLa5Z2HGr9bg9ZwsDssT4HDgVV4R9qijqUvMEKpxuStJ4YRdHCcDMX5mAAYnkUgPtEvDLhBYS5RfgOzcoPxC8rQsCM1ZrCcH8H55nu4bSiK0ewkfWio8o/s1600/scale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdxuNioRK1rvlSvphb6Fp8xJLa5Z2HGr9bg9ZwsDssT4HDgVV4R9qijqUvMEKpxuStJ4YRdHCcDMX5mAAYnkUgPtEvDLhBYS5RfgOzcoPxC8rQsCM1ZrCcH8H55nu4bSiK0ewkfWio8o/s400/scale.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, I love its rustic look:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxNuC3QUaovuR2EFXus9bt1GcE6VpXQYPhI98VA-obQqx9_RDYV5XtIAbLHAbGp_D2-uvt6Jo8is5xiZZdYD3pRhXLbWCZSH8XmsOqe2C6hwe8-hhB1VVn7i0FoWmHQm-T64XEt_SHpM/s1600/scale1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxNuC3QUaovuR2EFXus9bt1GcE6VpXQYPhI98VA-obQqx9_RDYV5XtIAbLHAbGp_D2-uvt6Jo8is5xiZZdYD3pRhXLbWCZSH8XmsOqe2C6hwe8-hhB1VVn7i0FoWmHQm-T64XEt_SHpM/s400/scale1.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can't wait to add something fun on top and to find the perfect spot for it ...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/248/3B01215062574D4D6FFA221C1E7FF50B.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; 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I Finally Got One!

Happy Friday !! Some of you may know that I've been looking for a vintage kitchen scale for-EVA!  I've scoured our local antique sto...

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MAGIC TRICK REVEALED !!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other day, I showed you a "magic trick" of how we made our cabinet disappear.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It went from this:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48AX6kqi8zrEdwJzmn6Ho7ZzoitgLPP93vRkiODRlAGZnkOlOXc_DGe30t_ESNmKZh-2gZjCbQk2rMqA1M58vVAZVryWSyeffDjD6D5zxGkchBMR4hcL4cnf0uY8Mle4NopLUbwmSCiw/s1600/kitchencabsb4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48AX6kqi8zrEdwJzmn6Ho7ZzoitgLPP93vRkiODRlAGZnkOlOXc_DGe30t_ESNmKZh-2gZjCbQk2rMqA1M58vVAZVryWSyeffDjD6D5zxGkchBMR4hcL4cnf0uY8Mle4NopLUbwmSCiw/s640/kitchencabsb4.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To this ((*gasp*)):</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNp35k3pZn90jFP7DZoOD83NT86zb_nmEqbyOVa-Po5I7hMElYImqILdvX3pprEOpgzVtSP-FCmMmHLFVH9SbdYubdfTbggW-Hl7O6wgcO-1sGG00GbmgLnK2WN-a5iB-rAhEQmSchXlY/s1600/kitchencabafter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNp35k3pZn90jFP7DZoOD83NT86zb_nmEqbyOVa-Po5I7hMElYImqILdvX3pprEOpgzVtSP-FCmMmHLFVH9SbdYubdfTbggW-Hl7O6wgcO-1sGG00GbmgLnK2WN-a5iB-rAhEQmSchXlY/s400/kitchencabafter.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, ABRA CADABRA ... have a lookie now !!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyc7TUSD_2cden71LeMTP9u8_kbuvr8j-1FV0T5N8CB_HZznAc3ij3OWbVFZdkFMWT16o285wXPhL0YnbSpNQ0hioIm8kYmUJxsDGoJzhMcClpI-flar8iovd2Wis8MM0vbF34gkT7NQU/s1600/kitchenshelvesafter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyc7TUSD_2cden71LeMTP9u8_kbuvr8j-1FV0T5N8CB_HZznAc3ij3OWbVFZdkFMWT16o285wXPhL0YnbSpNQ0hioIm8kYmUJxsDGoJzhMcClpI-flar8iovd2Wis8MM0vbF34gkT7NQU/s640/kitchenshelvesafter.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I absolutely *lurve* about these shelves is that I built, painted and hung them all.by.myself!  Wooo Hooo ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7MQwqf4bxHCSYm5nIAfA1xB06KoyDLzWjsK8zCl2nzxfTxVk47v4wlM4xaJYUsFJcEuG9mPL1YCSzuwPtGMMCL98ag5Sz0EpyGDYYI1yfBgJFPLC-Nfl6F7LXRdWqZ_Nikr5BNvlfZo/s1600/kitchenshelvesclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7MQwqf4bxHCSYm5nIAfA1xB06KoyDLzWjsK8zCl2nzxfTxVk47v4wlM4xaJYUsFJcEuG9mPL1YCSzuwPtGMMCL98ag5Sz0EpyGDYYI1yfBgJFPLC-Nfl6F7LXRdWqZ_Nikr5BNvlfZo/s400/kitchenshelvesclose.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I couldn't wait to get them finished so that I could *play* by adding a few things I already had on hand (of course, I'm nowhere near done tweaking):</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCmuG3WAIu7-w2wWijl5hXrgJp2y7NteLdjIZoNIlYk3I1PZ9yExVK8JSqtVHgoymLYrd1LBLFtEtH4MSQXlYrM9JFICItmAsYT4ycvRri7VxJNTqLN0O8zr9f09ZfviZYFT6aPgfIvQ/s1600/kitchenshelvestop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCmuG3WAIu7-w2wWijl5hXrgJp2y7NteLdjIZoNIlYk3I1PZ9yExVK8JSqtVHgoymLYrd1LBLFtEtH4MSQXlYrM9JFICItmAsYT4ycvRri7VxJNTqLN0O8zr9f09ZfviZYFT6aPgfIvQ/s400/kitchenshelvestop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bOlYs2LyASsq7WDNCtYQa5zdHM8GJlROcvwCQTEM7PO9QsGGONYitAxQVVoOkjxWEUsAQESQaSMTfwCraT_B_C4Ri0LkEVXbYtUTlIjWy0hyphenhyphen2aIwLWQBLTLhPHxJk0svlPvb0vczJ44/s1600/kitchenshelvesglass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bOlYs2LyASsq7WDNCtYQa5zdHM8GJlROcvwCQTEM7PO9QsGGONYitAxQVVoOkjxWEUsAQESQaSMTfwCraT_B_C4Ri0LkEVXbYtUTlIjWy0hyphenhyphen2aIwLWQBLTLhPHxJk0svlPvb0vczJ44/s640/kitchenshelvesglass.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiysaHniojJEPpQwctHH74oYe0iV6WQW0pGhRwSOI9mux7C-KpXrfv-5JOcJsnnlmILek77__4O6gzlvYEAgfvAOQ0seldwI3RhRKL2__NkEcLzlYm9jUcFFpGbza7ed1nSEYi0NloCgFc/s1600/kitchenshelvesroo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiysaHniojJEPpQwctHH74oYe0iV6WQW0pGhRwSOI9mux7C-KpXrfv-5JOcJsnnlmILek77__4O6gzlvYEAgfvAOQ0seldwI3RhRKL2__NkEcLzlYm9jUcFFpGbza7ed1nSEYi0NloCgFc/s400/kitchenshelvesroo.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was so excited to add two of the five absolutely gorgeous velvet pumpkins that I won in a giveaway hosted by my sweet and super talented friend, Lela!  She handcrafted these beauties herself (complete with real pumpkin stems).  She has a fabulous blog, which is, unfortunately, private ... BUT, I'm hoping one of these days, I'll convince her to go public so that you all can enjoy her stunning Tuscan home!  Thanks again, Lela ... so excited to have won!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUOZBXh_W0DJ092_yPkY6gPEN9mucyUm4ABo9KgAjiMJvnbypC2qpx-XV-sFtgVWRwwXThQI6NBNWBMmN3mnYxZyWcIwwFU1dZO5VTPiX-5CaczqAo_cFyswti9SHZgEbx0sLMcpPUQs/s1600/kitchenshelvespumpkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUOZBXh_W0DJ092_yPkY6gPEN9mucyUm4ABo9KgAjiMJvnbypC2qpx-XV-sFtgVWRwwXThQI6NBNWBMmN3mnYxZyWcIwwFU1dZO5VTPiX-5CaczqAo_cFyswti9SHZgEbx0sLMcpPUQs/s640/kitchenshelvespumpkins.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReoqJFgj44NUBKTE7m4ac1AnhUZI2qBV5n8IXFxGabyHNE6yCEfuXt2N9QGVHfPlHnLQ9KJBz-Hpzrg9QjA-oJapCvKrfVG6QXShGmSVOKHWzTXUsl6Xra42YDOJjhwOJiYW6Lj1nZ48/s1600/kitchenshelvesfamily.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReoqJFgj44NUBKTE7m4ac1AnhUZI2qBV5n8IXFxGabyHNE6yCEfuXt2N9QGVHfPlHnLQ9KJBz-Hpzrg9QjA-oJapCvKrfVG6QXShGmSVOKHWzTXUsl6Xra42YDOJjhwOJiYW6Lj1nZ48/s400/kitchenshelvesfamily.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lastly, I placed my engraved cheese knives from PB, along with generic stemware in my glass canister for something different:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinR92eec3TM6ZaSxpke9qRcEnbEo48DVa9flM4hFYBRQodPLVfhSQivKrECR0vSO56Wo40PBo9lK0qO0s-pnOdYyYRV7EdDuEHfqLS2nxs0iDGeQXRALXqXzSP59fT21vCNTx_y39wGl4/s1600/kitchenshelvessilver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinR92eec3TM6ZaSxpke9qRcEnbEo48DVa9flM4hFYBRQodPLVfhSQivKrECR0vSO56Wo40PBo9lK0qO0s-pnOdYyYRV7EdDuEHfqLS2nxs0iDGeQXRALXqXzSP59fT21vCNTx_y39wGl4/s640/kitchenshelvessilver.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm so excited how it has opened the space up, too!  I'll be back soon to share the details of how I built them (in the meantime, please say a little prayer that they all don't fall apart and come crashing down).  LOL!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks for stopping by ... and, come join me at these FUN parties:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Savvy Southern Style/<a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/wow-us-wednesdays-37.html">WUW</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia/<a href="http://www.myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/2011/10/tuesdays-treasures_31.html?showComment=1320156385782#c6017979300304429209">Tuesday's Treasures</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coastal Charm/<a href="http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/2011/10/nifty-thrifty-tuesday-no86a-big.html">Nifty Thrifty Tuesday</a></span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/248/3B01215062574D4D6FFA221C1E7FF50B.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>

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