French Music Box

Since the last day of Summer is only two days away, the time has come to begin moving into a different season.

The magnolias  of Summer on the French Armoire in the living room have just been replaced by  burgundy, rusty orange and faded green for Fall.

The Armoire has  three mirrored doors and houses an ancient television which is rarely used and a CD player (I’m so old-fashioned) with a Bose system.

I listen to my favorites, an eclectic mix, and refer to the Armoire as my  Music Box.

I will be listening tomorrow as I  move onto the next project.

Please join me for Potpourri Friday  and a Giveaway!

Until next time,  Honey
Linking to:
The Shabby Creek Cottage
My Romantic Home
Funky Junk Interiors
Between Naps on the Porch
 Decor to Adore

Sunday Special Edition #1

The First Edition  of Sunday Special Edition features Fall décor, crafts and ideas from Potpourri Parties #1 and #2!

 Sarah at Alderberry Hill has a unique take on a book page wreath with a Fall twist!

Mary at Mary’s Meanderings created an adorable tea-stained coffee filter wreath for a mere  50-cents!

Teresa at Our Southern Country Home and Farm  claims she is not a tablescaper!

Terry at These Peas Taste Funny  (how many times have you heard that line?)  made the cutest harvest candle with a tutorial!

Becca at Adventures in Decorating shows off her  elegant decorating skills with Fall décor ideas!

 Nancy, at Nancy’s Daily Dish  gives us some creative ideas in her Early Fall tablescape.

If you were featured today, please grab the feature button on the sidebar!

I hope you enjoyed   the Fall Inspiration  of the First Edition of Sunday Special Edition!

Potpourri Friday Party #3 is still in progress and link up for Potpourri Friday #4 will begin on Thursday afternoon.

Until next time, Honey

  

Potpourri Party #3 & Giveaway

Each of you made last week’s party a wonderful success.   Congratulations to all for your  wonderful inspiration!  I learn so much from  you!

All  171 of you! 

Hope you all  will  come again and bring a friend!

You  are  appreciated!

I have this gorgeous Brown Transferware Pitcher because of Pat of Gypsy Heart!

Isn’t she beautiful?   You can read about her  here or at the link below.

Now for some samples of  Your Inspiration!

  Sylvia of Sylvia’s Simple Life has a fabulous collection of vintage linens  with a lovely story of trust to go along with it!

 

  Defining  Designs takes a dining  room from drab to fab!

  Music inspired Julie and Sharon  of Vintage Shabby Chicks when they rehabbed a table.

 

  Maury of A Fubuless Home walks us through a  detailed update of a Powder Room, featuring a hand-painted stencil.

  The always fabulous Vanna  of Delusions of Grandeur   gives a Living Room tour that  is a treat for the eyes!

  Rosemary of   Villabarnes   transforms a chandelier from plain to spectacular.

 

  And Rosemary, of  Ozma of Odds thrills once again with her  feminine, tricked out  Seaside Chariot creation!

Thanks to all of you who shared your inspiration  last week!    If you were featured today, please grab the feature button on the sidebar!

 

The winner of the $25.00  Your Choice Gift Certificate is Ginger of Savannah Granny!  

 

New Giveaway

This weeks giveaway is  Nell Hill’s book Feather Your Nest ,  and a grain-sack inspired kitchen towel!

  

 

 

How to Enter

Please leave a separate comment for each Entry.
1.  Be a Friend and Follower of 2805 via Google Connect.  Let me know if you are a new follower or if you are already a follower.
2.  Leave a comment.
3.  Post about the Giveaway.
4.  Link up to Potpourri Friday Party #2.  This counts as two entries!

Party Guidelines:
1.  Be a friend and follower of  2805 via Google Connect.
2.  Please post the Party Button, located on  the sidebar, or a text link back so that  others can join in the Party Fun. You must have a link back to this party or my party button in your post.  If you find your link deleted then  a link back to this party was not in your post.  Just add a link  to your post and try again.
3.  Since Potpourri is a mixture or assortment, you may link up your creative posts on décor, gardening,  DIY projects,  crafts,  recipes,  thrifty finds,  or photography, etc.  Potpourri is a mixture or assortment.
4.  Please link the url of the specific post which you are linking, not the url for your blog.
5.  Please turn off your  Word Verification.  Google does a very good job of catching spam. 
6.  Please stay a while, visit other guests, just as you would at any other party, leave some comment love (we all love comments!)  and perhaps make a few new friends while you are here!

Hope you will come back next week!

Until next time, Honey

Linking to:

Inspiration Friday At The Picket Fence

Home Sweet Home at The Charm of Home

Vintage Inspiration Friday at Common Ground

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home

Fridays Unfolded  at Stuff and Nonsense



P.S.

Just one more thing I have to share with you is I am having one of the “Real Housewives” days, but not like on television, but  real  “reality”.

We are having another power outage.  There was a 6-hour outage Monday afternoon.  It was 107.  Today, we are having another.  It began at 3 AM and is still out at 2 PM.  Our side of the alleyway is without power while the other side has power.  Workers tell me they have no idea when it will be back on because they can’t find the problem.  We have a very long extension cord running from the house behind us inro  back window of our house  to give me power for my computer and another from the internet box in the garage to the same power strip to get internet service. 

 Let’s Party!

Sweet Gypsy has my Heart

Recently, sweet Pat at Gypsy Heart  had a real

sweetheart of a giveaway.  It was a gift card to Nancy’s Daily Dish.

I applied the gift card to this fabulous  Brown Transferware pitcher. 

 Isn’t she adorable?    See her  floral pattern?

She has lots of curves!

Here is her handle,

Here is her spout!

She is a true beauty and I am delighted to own her. 

Now you know why  sweet  Gypsy has my Heart!

Thank you so much, Pat!

Please join us for Potpourri Friday!

Until next time, Honey

Linking to:

No Minimalist Here
From my Front Porch to Yours
Faded Charm

Wine Cork Decor

A picture in the September issue of Better Homes & Gardens caught my eye.  That will  be quick, easy  an uncomplicated  for the Copycat Challenge, I thought, except  that I don’t own a dark gold tablecloth or have a navy blue wall.

Never mind.  Improvise.

 Variation #1

 Variation #2

Better Homes & Gardens

It’s all about having fun!

Until next time, Honey

Hoping you will join us for Potpourri Friday!

Linking to:

Debbie-doos
Savvy Southern Style
My Romantic Home
Funky Junk Interiors
Under the Table and Dreaming
Coastal Charm

Flag Survives Firestorm

This is an interesting story!

Last Monday,  September 5,  I blogged about my niece’s home in Bastrop which burned down in the firestorm. Pictures and story here.   They received early notification about their home’s loss due to a neighbor  who lived across the street from them who is a law-enforcement officer and was present assisting the fire-fighters.

The above mention law-enforcement officer took these pictures of their home and emailed it to them.

The flag that hangs in front of their home

was virtually untouched.  

The flag was not  placed there after the fire,

nor was it photo shopped.

Tracy and her husband have not yet been allowed back into  their neighborhood to see  the destruction firsthand.   Bastrop fire officials are letting small groups of residents  return by appointment.  They will be allowed in for a short time on Thursday.

 A  television station in Austin has carried the story and the picture was in the Austin newspaper.  My hubby, Mr. 2805,  saw the story on a local  Dallas television station, and   it may have run on national television. 

The fire in Bastrop county has consumed 1500 homes,  34,000 acres, a pine forest, and is 70% contained.

The flag surviving the fire is a beacon of hope, and  this young family are people of faith. 

Until next time, Honey 

Tablescaping

Fall  décor items are all over the floor waiting to be put out, maybe a few new items are waiting to be purchased to fill in, but what am I really doing? 

While you in Blog  Land create beautiful tablescapes and table settings, 

 I am Pinteresting.

Whether your taste in tablescapes is subdued or sumptuous, get ready  for a few stylish ideas!

No need for commentary from me, just enjoy the inspiration.

  All photos from my Pinterest Page 

 

It's so difficult to start decorating for Fall when so far we have had 70 days above
200 100-degrees.  It is 103-degrees today,   and are expecting   105 tomorrow.  
Do you Pinterest?

Hope you will join us for:

Until next time,  Honey

 

Linking to:

A Stroll Thru Life
Savvy Southern Style
My Romantic Home
Funky Junk Interiors