Put a cork in it!

I laughed so hard when I saw this picture. You see... my mother in law and I like to get together for "wine-o-clock" (which basically means any time after 5pm) and I have a jar of corks and she wants to start a jar of corks, so when I saw this picture I called her and said there had been a change of plans. We need to drink up because we need to make some baseboards, LOL!


So then it got me thinking what other crafty things I could make with corks and I found some lovely ideas on Etsy.

I'm thinking everyone is going to get one of these this Christmas ;)

Tracy Porter Sale

You all know how much I love Tracy Porter! Well she is having a sale this weekend. 30% off jackets and sweaters and if you post about it your blog she will give you a $25 gift certificate. woohoo!



This is the latest Tracy Porter tunic that I got. I just love it and can't wait until it is cold enough here to wear it! It's still available on her website for $27!!



And here are a few of her latest designs that I must have!

Have a wonderful weekend!

French Feeling

I hope to find myself here this week, so you will understand my lack of posts, for the 3 of you that read them :)




I have had numerous conversations with a friend of mine trying to define our decorating style. It is a very difficult thing to do for me and also for her, being creative types. We like WAY too many things. This can be a bad thing in the grand scheme of designing because you don't want to be all over the map (no pun intended).

I do know this. I love French decor. I have never been to France, but it is definetely on my list of things to do in the next 5 years. In the meantime, I'm going to decorate my home with this in mind because I love the way it is aged, yet beautiful and relaxed. I don't want things to be too themed, but just to have a certain feel. Think collections, layering, nature.

And by the way, I have designated a new criteria for things that I bring into (or for that matter, keep in my home). They have to be INTERESTING. If they are not interesting, or tell a story or have a background I don't want them. Plain and simple. I think this might help to weed out all the extra nonsense.

A Gift Wrapped Life

Anyone who knows me knows that I fully believe in the mantra "Presentation is everything". I love to gift wrap, always have, always will. I think gift bags are of the devil and I know that gift bag "recycling" is the norm, but if you ever give me one don't expect to ever see it again. Trust me I am doing the environment a favor by getting rid of them. Of course I'm joking (sort of), but I really do love a perfectly wrapped present and I found the perfect blog to give you some tips and tricks on how to do it. You can thank me later....

A Gift Wrapped Life

They have collections available so that you can have your own private gift wrapping stash. Everyone needs one. And trust me you're going to need lots of ribbon!

Cute Little Acorn Patootie

I have discovered that acorns are about the cutest tiny little (non-living) thing in nature. Who knew? I discovered this on my recent trip to Northern Arizona. I don't get much exposure to natural wildlife and nature anymore, so this time I was on a mission to take it all in. Really LOOK around. Find the beauty in everything! But my favorite has got to be these precious little acorns. I first found them outside the cabin we were staying at. I would find a couple on the ground, but only a few that were still in tact.

They start out this green color on the trees...



and then turn to a nice caramel brown color. And I think this is typically when they fall off the tree.

By the time you find them on the ground they RARELY look like this. You will typically find 100 acorn tops lying around and 75 acorn bottoms lying around. How do I come up with this math scenerio you might ask? Well you pick up about 200 acorn tops and bottoms off the ground, you take them inside and you start gluing all the tops back on them, and you end up with way more tops then bottoms. Hey, I was just doing nature a favor. After all, this is what they are supposed to look like...

And my husband just drives me to Joanns to buy my a glue gun on vacation because this is something that I NEED to do. Good man.

(all pictures found on Flickr because frankly their photography is alot better than mine)