A Little Red, White and Blue

It’s a bit quirky, not at all elaborate, and doesn’t scream the 4th of July,  but the sofa table behind my  patriotic sofa  is 

trying to blend some of the elements throughout the room 

to tie it all together.

Since the coffee table is having a

shell convention,  I  used a couple of shells

and starfish.

There are always books stacked around, so I used these beauties purchased from Angie at 

Knick of Time.  Love them!

What is this twisty thing?   At one time  this item  was in the Wisteria catalog and was also featured  on  a mantel in Veranda, though I cannot find the issue.  ( It was about $500).   Mine was purchased at the Warrington-Round Top show for a small percentage of the original price.

It is made from a type of seaweed  harvested in the Philippines.  

It is dried, twisted into shapes and baked.  

This one is mounted on a stand.

The vintage grain sack is a beauty!  It  is in   perfect condition and seems to be a type of vintage woven linen.  The tag that came with it says  “found in Hungary circa 1920".   A little patriotic flag banner was added .

A large blue transferware pitcher ,  a vintage crock  with blue print that I’ve owned for years, and a tall candlestick  complete the vignette.

  

The large fern in a  pedestal urn  sitting on the floor gives it balance.

I shopped the house for everything.

Wishing everyone a wonderful July and a festive

Independence Day.


Reminder:  Hope to see you at Potpourri Friday! 
 Link up begins on Thursday afternoon!

Until next time,

Honey


Linking to:
Savvy Southern Style
Between Naps on the Porch
Mod Vintage Life
A Stroll Thru Life
DIY by Design
At The Picket Fence

   Common Ground

   French Country Cottage

    Knick of Time Interiors

A Sunday Scripture

Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal

Until next time, Honey

Linking to:

Pin  the Tale on the Bloggy Party at Debbie-Doos
Macro Monday at Lisa's Chaos
The Dedicated House

Potpourri Friday #30

Hi  everyone!   Thank you so much for 
the great big 

“Welcome Back” 

you have given me in the past few days!  I have really missed everyone and feel a bit rusty joints  as I’m running late today.

Here is a rundown of my week:

A letter to you with a brief rundown of my

blog break.  More to come about my trip!

Hosted a seashell convention!

Played  with a  a picture  at Picmonkey:

And added some Patroitic touches in my 
living room.

Now for the Party! 

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2.  Please post the Party Button, located on  the sidebar, or a text link back to my blog in the body of your post .  If you find your link deleted, please up in a "link back"  and link up again.  Without a link back, you cannot be featured.
3.  Since Potpourri is a mixture or assortment, you may link up your creative posts on décor, gardening,  DIY projects,  crafts,  recipes,  thrifty finds,  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, please turn off your  Word Verification!  Pretty Please, With Sugar on It!

Since I’ve missed a lot, 
knock yourself out and 

show me your stuff!!!

Please stay a while,  visit with the other party guests, leave some comment love, and make some  new friends along the way!

Until next time, Honey

Hoping you will visit my Friday Friends! 

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

  

   

Patriotic Touch to the Living Room

My  living room/great room has taken on a Patriotic touch.  I was inspired by some of the pictures in various magazines, so the starting point was putting an antique quilt, made by my Grandmother, over the back of the sofa.

Then started layering on pillow, some of which came with the sofa, some of which I already had and added  a couple from World Market.

I left the seashell convention  in place, but made some changes to the sofa table.   Here is a hint.

Until next time, Honey

Linking to:


Savvy Southern Style
No Minimalist Here
The Charm of Home
French Country Cottage
At the Picket Fence
Common Ground
Stuff and Nonsense
How Sweet the Sound
Funky Junk Interiors
Between Naps On the Porch
DIY By Design

Would You Go Through This Door?

In my absence,  a lot of things have changed:   Everyone seems to have  fresh new faces, i.e. blog headers,  and blog looks, and some new locations.  Blogger has made changes and then there is Picmonkey.   I’m beginning to think everyone but me has had a 
“Lifestyle Life”,  as seen on TV.

Today I played at Picmonkey for a while, as if there was nothing else on my plate.  Using one of the pictures from my post of a couple of days ago, I applied  a few effects.

I always like black and white and sepia

Interesting.   But seriously, 

would you go through the door below?

 Just a reminder that Potpourri Friday returns this week.  Link up beings on Thursday afternoon.  Hope to see you there.

Until Thursday afternoon  or Friday,

Honey

Seashell Convention

Seashells – I adore them!   I can’t resist the urge to overload  my coffee table with them.  No holding back for me.  When it comes to seashells, I’m   “All  In”!

Again this year, we (my imaginary housekeeper) and  gathered them together for a Shell Convention!

A large silver clam shell was filled with beautiful, colorful shells.

More  collected shells went into a large apothecary jar.

Starfish went into another.

Using a bargain silver tray (about $2 a year or so ago),  a vintage crochet piece was layered along with a stack of blue books  to contrast with the white coral collected long ago.

Isn’t it delicate?

A coconut picked up by the sweetest little boy  many years ago brings back sweet memories.  When plucked from under the palm it was green.   Gradually it turned brown and was treated to a coat of poly.

You might have noticed the bottom book title is named  “Overboard”.   Published in  1977,  it is a blue water tale of a couple who begin an adventure that becomes terrifying when the husband awakes to find his wife missing.

Add a flicker of candlelight for a bit of nighttime ambiance.  

But something is missing…the beach.
Until next time, Honey

Linking to:
Savvy Southern Style
DIY by Design
Shabby Creek Cottage
The Charm of Home
French Country Cottage
At the Picket Fence
Stuff and Nonsense
Funky Junk Interiors
Boogieboard Cottage
Homemaker on a Dime

Dear Wonderful Friends

Dear sweet, wonderful friends.  I never, ever dreamed that I would be away from you for so long.  Thank you so much for  your kind and loving thoughts and prayers,  and your messages and emails while I was missing.   I know that you all have been busy,  creative and industrious  so I’ve missed a lot.

Here’s a quick rundown of what has gone on around 2805 since last we visited.  The bluebonnets bloomed and were glorious for the short time they lasted.

 We dodged a bullet  again.  Mr. 2805 took this picture of a funnel cloud  with his not-so-good phone, from our balcony.

 And, while I waited to see a “specialist”,  we grabbed a last minute cruise with maybe 10 days notice.  At the end  of the cruise, we had a rental car waiting and took an additional 10 day to do a couple of things on our “bucket list”.     Love it!   What else do you do while waiting around  six weeks to see a doctor?    May as well have some fun!   Where did we go?    I’ll let that be a mystery for a  few days!

 The flowers are blooming.

The  birds are chirping.

Other than that, I’ve had lots of   R& R  and am feeling 

much better!

My heart and prayers go out to all those affected by the forest fires, the new tropical storm, maybe soon to be hurricane Debbie, and to those of you undergoing  the unusual extreme heat in the Northeast.   Summer here has started with a bang…103 today.

My plans are to hold Potpourri Friday  this week, with link-up beginning on Thursday afternoon (if everyone is interested). 

Hey, I have a lot of catching up to do so get ready to  “show me your stuff”.

  

I’m so very happy to be back!  I’ve missed you a lot!

Until next time, Honey


Linking to How Sweet the Sound