Displaying kids art.....

If you look closely at the photos in my last post, you will see this small cabinet

sitting on the bottom shelf in our great room.....

This pretty little cabinet holds special treasures.....

my children's 3D art made in school over the years....

You know, those pinch pots and clay animals.....

including cute little owls!

Besides making your little artists feel super special, showing

your special collection in a pretty cabinet is a great way

to personalize your home! My cabinet happens to be a new

reproduction {made to look old} but I see lots of small

cabinets at antiques stores and flea markets that could also

make a great "gallery space"!

Stylin my junk.....

First, let's address the elephant in the room.....

To all those named and/or who commented as 'anonymous' that I 

offended when I posted the Toby Keith video, I am sorry....

This is my blog and technically I have the right to post whatever I darn well please.

If for some reason it offends you to know that I am a 'fiscal conservative'

{the words I am assuming offended you}, you don't have to come

here, and I am ok with that.  It's a free country.

If for some reason you were offended by my use of capitalization, I am also

sorry......if you stick around long enough you will learn

that I tend to over capitalize, under-punctuate, italicize when it "feels right", bold for emphasis,

and commit other random acts

of grammatical errors on a regular basis.

I am who I am and felt inspired to share a video, of a song

that I was totally digging at that moment.  Will I probably do it again?

Heck yea!  'Cause I am not one to play it safe, hide behind the 'neutral' zone on

MY blog {oops, there I go again!}.  I find there is integrity in honesty and 

because I am a big girl, I can take the consequences.  It's not as if

I am selling anything here.  I don't for one minute take for granted those

who come here to read my drivel and cheer on my decorating and family

adventures.  I love the opportunities and friendships that blogging

has brought into my life.  I truly feel blessed by those who offered their support,

and even those who were critical and even Martha Stewart!

So let's return to our regularly scheduled programming, shall we?

Bookshelves flank {hungry for steak anyone?}, each side of the fireplace in our great room.

Styling these can be tricky.

I am lucky 'cause I have LOTS of stuff, or 'junk' some might call it.

But my junk is meaningful to ME, things that belonged to my grandmother, old clocks 

set to the times my children were born {which was mentioned in the feature

on my collections in Flea Market Style magazine - on newsstands now},

books, decorative objects etc...

While the objects on these shelves have pretty much stayed the same since 

moving in five months ago, I did some 'tweaking' last week.

And then I remembered I was a blogger and took some

pictures!!!

And now I share them with you.......

In the not so distant future I would like to put some grass cloth 

wallpaper on the back of the bookshelves to give them some texture...

'cause I like the way the sea fans do that now.....

image from here

Wishing you all a very happy weekend!
PEACE OUT!

Made in America

Confession time......

I am a HUGE country music fan.....

I don't like what I see happening to my country.....

{yep, that's what I said}

I am what you might call a fiscal conservative and have a 

HUGE problem with our current 'leadership'......

I have been listening to this song from a great American,

Toby Keith and it reminds me of all the things I love about

America....the REAL America, like regular folks who

work hard for a living, want the government to get

out of their business, don't take our freedoms for granted,

love the values and principles this country was founded on.......

Take a listen and tell me if you don't get goose bumps.....

Ok, off my soap box for tonight.