old bag . . . new pillow

I found this old canvas pumpkin bag in with my Halloween decorations.  I decided to cut it apart . . . add some pompom trim . . . and make a pillow out of it.  I like how it turned out and it looks great with my other pumpkin pillow.  Fun . . . simple . . . and I always love turning something old into something new.  

random stuff on shelves

Every year when we start back to work, our school district has a Business Support charge.  We usually have a motivational speaker, lunch, and they bring in vendors so we can also shop . . . so each year I buy some little thing.  There is one lady that makes very unique necklaces, but her selection wasn't as good this year. 

I did find these earring that I thought were cute.

And this bottle.  Just a bottle with a cute key . . . I could have done this myself, but there is an owl on the bottle that made it just too cool to pass up. 

You can sort of see it here.  I believe she said it was a brand of medicine, and the ones with the owls are sort of hard to find.  It will be great for Halloween - but I had to find a place for it on a shelf right away.

She used this rubber stamp on her packaging . . . love it!

So setting the bottle on a shelf . . . led me to dusting the shelf . . . which led me to another shelf . . . which led to me looking at all the things on my shelves . . . (if you give a mouse a cookie) . . . so I had to take some pictures of some of my favorite stuff.

Some of the bears that Richard has given me over the years.  My favorite ones are the baseball bears.

I have put a lot of my Boyd Bear stuff away for awhile . . . but keep some of my favorite stuff out. 

I was looking at these pictures when I dusted . . . amazing how I can see the boys.  Luke tends to look more like me, and Jake looks more like Richard . . . at least when they were small.  I love these two pictures.

I am sure I posted about this felted pumpkin head doll before.  We took up a trip up to Petaluma last year and went to Halloween and Vine 

If you like Halloween like I do it is worth going and Petaluma is wonderful.  Richard mentioned it the other day . . . so I am thinking we may go again.

My mom made this little pillow out of the shirt that Richard wore when we got married . . .

This teapot was a gift from Richard a couple of years ago . . . I like it on the shelf where it sits, but it tends to catch cranes more than tea.  I have to be better about using it.

All this posting of things that Mom gave me and stuff that I like has me thinking I have way too much stuff . . . especially when I have to dust it.  :)

Having a wonderful day!

 . . . remember to SMILE!

Pillow Talk

I haven't gotten many decorations out for the 4th of July.  I think it sort of snuck up on me this year.  I did pull out the pillows that my mom made for me . . . so I have a little red, white, and blue going on.  It got me thinking about pillows  . . . so around the house . . .

I have these pillows out on the patio for summer.  Go Redbirds!  The red pillow in the back is one that I made out of an old jacket of Richards.

If I remember right - I bought this pink polka dot pillow to use for a baby shower that I gave.  It always seems to get moved around . . . right now it sits on top of my old suitcases.

I think I keep this pillow because it reminds me of my mom . . . the detail is very pretty up close and sort of old fashioned looking.

Here's a little red pillow I made and decorated with a doily and some buttons.  That has been ages ago . . . I was going to get rid of it, but it seems to be the perfect backrest for these little bears. 

When I start taking pictures of things like this . . . it makes me realize that I have a lot of stuff in my house . . . but it's my stuff and I like it and most of it I am sentimental about . . .

 . . . like this little pillow.  It was the first gift that Richard gave me when we started dating.  The man new what I liked - even way back then.