Yay! New Curtains and Transformed Fireplace!

Hey y’all!   How is your summer going?   We have been having a mellow summer and I’m thankful for that.   Our oldest son, along with our eighteen year old and our twelve year left this morning to Houston and I’m missing them already.  They’ll be gone for a week only but I feel so lost.  Ugh!  I think I will keep myself busy by painting everything I had planned before summer! 

Today, I’d like to share with you the curtains that I found for the living room and my transformed fireplace. 

This window had no curtains for a while.  I wanted that perfect set of curtains.  :)

I found these curtains at JCP.  The gold curtains have a subtle sheen to them and the sheers are white with an embroidered design to them.   The color on the wall is called “Tobacco Road”

I added a red and gold tassel to each side.  I love the color combination of red and gold!

I think they match perfectly with my fireplace redo as well.

‘This is a “before” picture of the fireplace.  While I liked the mocha color, I didn’t think it looked good with the newly painted walls.  So out came the paintbrush and I proceeded to paint it! hee hee! :)

I painted the fireplace in Antique White by Behr.  I also dry brushed the same color (Tobacco Road) as the mantel on top of the Antique White. 

I’m linking this post to

CheapChicHome - Fabric Fun Thursday!

Between Naps On the Porch – Metamorphosis Monday

It’s So Very Cheri – It’s So Very Creative (On Monday)

My Frugal Family – Talented Tuesday

Domestically Speaking – Power of Paint (On Wednesday)

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!  Thank you for visiting my blog.  I truly appreciate everyone who stops by.  Thank you so much for taking time to leave a comment.   Thank you!

TA TA FOR NOW!

Sandra

 

Cloche Party!

Hello! Welcome to the Cloche party happening at  Marty's blog http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/.  I am so happy to be participating!  Please visit the link to her blog to see what everyone else is sharing with us!  This is the first time I use Blogger to write my posts.  I usually write my posts using Windows Live Writer so hopefully there are no mistakes in this post. 

My first cloche is this one.  I made this one at the beginning of spring and the flowers look just as pretty in the heat of summer. ha ha!

This petite cloche is sitting on top of my fireplace mantel.  I have little victorian looking roses in it. 

This one is also show casing a rose. :)

I used seashells in this one.  I also place the birds on top of the seashells. 

See the curtains?  I bought those for 9.99 at Ikea in Houston!  They were tab top curtains but I cut the tabs right off cause they didn't look right with the valance I have in the middle.  I like flowy white curtains in the spring and summer. :)

I hope you enjoyed the cloches I shared with ya! :) 

Did y'all check out the changes I made with our fireplace?  Check it out! http://mybellarose.blogspot.com/2010/07/changes-on-my-fireplace.html

Until next time,

TA TA FOR NOW!

Sandra

Changes on my Fireplace.

Hello everyone! How is your summer going? Today I am joining http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/ for Transformation Thursday!  Please visit this wonderful blog to see what everyone else is sharing with us.

Anyway,  I really hope y’all haven’t forgotten me.  Please accept my apology for not posting often.  I have been so busy with my husband and boys.  Our oldest son Jr is home for the summer from med school so we’ve been nonstop with him.  He won’t be able to come home next summer cause he’ll have to take classes in the summer too.  He is getting ready to do year two of med school!  I feel a little bit of melancholy when I think that he won’t be able to come like he did this year. 

I also feel a little bit “sad” if you will, cause I logged on to my blog and lost a follower.  Who could have left me?  I have to remember that it’s not about how many followers you have, is it? 

Anyway, I made a few changes on the fireplace.  You may remember that it used to be this color.  http://mybellarose.blogspot.com/2010/01/there-is-mantel-party.html

This is before:

 

And this is after:

I painted the mantel in Tobacco Road just like the walls.  The picture is from Kirklands. The “M”  and everything else is from Hobby Lobby.

I love it!

I love this picture!  I had been looking for something more scenic if that is a word and had seen another picture called “Country Bouquet” at Kirklands.  Well the picture was way too big for the fireplace.  I found this one and loved it just as much. 

Here is a close up of a little cloche I place on top of the mantel. :)

The color I used for the fireplace is called “Antique White” by Behr.  I then dry brushed tobacco road thru out the fireplace to give it that shaded look.  I also used a rag.  Can you see the shaded look?

Here is another picture that shows the shades a little better. 

I have started to have a thing for swans here lately!  I found this one at Home Goods in San Antonio, Tx when we were there shopping for my Caddy! :)  She sure is graceful, isn’t she? :) 

Well I hope y’all enjoyed my fireplace changes. Like I told my hubby  “This is the last time I paint my fireplace!” Ha ha! 
My next post is about the curtains I bought.  I had also bought two faux wood blinds from JCP but when they arrived, one of them was damaged so I’m waiting for another one. 

Everyone have a wonderful Thursday!

TA TA FOR NOW!

Sandra

Dorky Me!!

I had ordered some faux wood blinds for my living room and dining room and was soooo excited to get that call from JCP that they had arrived.  Off I go in my purty red Cadillac (See my previous post please. :)http://mybellarose.blogspot.com/2010/06/hello-long-time-no-see.html) to pick them up.  Never once did I remember that the blinds are way too long to haul’em back in the car!  They measure 72 x 64!  OMGosh! Blond moment for me! No offense to the blonds. I’m a wanna be blond myself.  I totally forgot that I was not in my previous vehicle which was an Expedition!  The blinds  are like this big….see me measuring how wide they are? ha ha! And the trunk of the car is only this big…extending my hands out only a little bit.  I called hubby and asked him if he could pick them up when he gets out of work.  I’m sure they’ll fit in his big ole truck. ha ha! Can’t wait to install the blinds and the new curtains I just bought.  I’ll show you as soon as they are up.  I’ll have to beg my sweet hubby to put them up today before I leave tomorrow.  I’m going to Houston and meet up with our oldest, go shopping, and drive home Sunday just in time for 4th of July. :) 

If I don’t make another post tomorrow, I want everyone to have a wonderful Independence Day,  mes ami, mis amigas!

That means my friends! :) 

Blessings,

Sandra

Hello! Long Time No See!

Hi everyone! I hope y’all are having a wonderful summer! I have missed visiting with y’all and reading up on the blogs I follow:)  I hope to be able to reconnect with y’all again. :) Please forgive me for not being around.   I promise to hang around more often.  Really, I do!  I have been busy the last few weeks with our boys since they’ve been out from school for the summer.  I appreciate those of you who dropped lil notes of concern for me.  I truly appreciate it! :)  I’m getting over the pain in my shoulder which turned out to be shoulder bursitis.

Oh! Let me share my latest baby! After this baby, I will not be able to splurge on big purchases but it’s ok! I’m so happy!

This is my baby…. A 2010 CTS Caddy.  Of course I had to choose it in red!!  Luv it!!

Did I tell  you that I luv it? :)

Thanks for letting me share my lil baby! 

So what’s happening in your part of the world?

Have a wonderful Monday!

Sandra

 

My Little Chair Redo

 

Hi everyone!  I have to say that …..

“It's so hot that I have found out (the hard way) that my seat belt buckle could be used as a branding iron!”    I just got back from going into town and the thermostat said 115!!!  We are staying inside today!  And to top it off, I hurt my shoulder somehow.  Possibly a rotator cuff type of injury.  It was probably because I had picked up some heavy pine trees to plant.  My shoulder seems swollen compared to my other shoulder that does not hurt.  ugh  I am having to take Advil every four hours.  If it does not get better, I may have to go to the E.R. 

Anyway….

I love this little makeover.  I applied primer first and then spray painted it white.  After the paint dried, I used glaze to antique it.  I love the shabby look. 

I searched thru all of my photos to show you what the chair used to look like before.  Aaah, I love this picture.   My fall porch from last year. :)  Anyway, the chair used to be black and I love the way it looks in this photo. 

But for spring and summer, I decided to painted it white. 

I’m going to just sit inside my home and drink some iced cold tea.  Hoping that our weather will cool down a little bit soon.

TA TA FOR NOW!

Sandra

Nothing Like a Good Natural Snack.

So refreshing!

Yummy! Aaah, sitting in the porch enjoying a slice of watermelon after school. :)  It’s a serious job to eat a watermelon and spit the seeds, you know.  *wink*  Yep, the porch had seeds everywhere.  I got the hose and just cleaned everything up. :)

Is that a watermelon smile I see? :)

Mmmm! Watermelon!

I hope y’all are having a great day!  It is terribly hot in my little part of the world.  We are expecting temperature of 111 in the next couple of days!  Oh help me! I will have to get up super early to work in my yard! 

TA TA FOR NOW!

Sandra

 

Busy as a Bee! & Updates…

 

I hope y’all are having awesome weather and lots of fun times too!

I am linking this with Tootsie at Fertilizer Friday. 

I been busy as a bee

here from gardening , cleaning, to graduations, and just relaxing as well. 

I had been so so busy and would check in quickly on my favorite blogs right before I’d go to bed!  I hope y’all don’t forget me! ha ha!! 

I went shopping today for some plants and found a garden center that had their palm trees for 70% off!   I had to buy two of them and I planted these big babies!   They were so heavy!

Oh!  Check out the booboo I made!  I broke this pot from the bottom!  I bought this pot in Fredericksburg, Tx so I will have to make a trip soon to Fredericksburg *wink*  Hey I’ll take any excuse just to go there.   It is beautiful and just relaxing there.

  I also bought some hanging baskets for 5.88 each!  I picked three of those!    I placed two of them here for now.  I need to get a couple of liners though.  My rose bushes are definitely not thriving.  I still see green on them so hopefully they will make it.

 

Here is a close up of the hanging baskets.  I don’t even know what these plants are called??  The leaves feel really waxy and small pink flowers grow from this plant.  I was told that it is a great plant for full sun.  Hmm?  Any ideas?

These Geraniums are doing really great here! 

This is my little getaway in the morning and in the evening as the sun is setting. :)  Hmm?  I see a little space next to the window that I could add something like a pot of flowers.  hmmm?  :)

 

I had been asked by my wonderful blogger friends about my oldest son and how is med. school going.  Well……he finished first year!  He got thru all of the final exams with flying colors!   He said that this semester was the hardest for him though.  The reason it was hard is more of an emotional thing.  One of the classes he took was Neuro-Science and he had to learn about Alzheimer’s.   His grandpa (my father-in-law) was diagnosed, oh about three years ago.  You can imagine how hard it had to have been for my boy to learn about the different stages and so forth of Alzheimer’s. :)  He made it though and his grandma (my mother-in-law) is very proud of him, as we all are. :)

I also had a graduate from high school!  My third son graduated from high school and we are very proud of him!  His plans are to go to college for computer science.  He is really into computers and I know he will excel in this field! :) 

So there you have it:)  A little bit of updates.

I hope y’all are doing great.  Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Sandra

Outdoor Wild Flowers.

“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.” By Rachel Carson.

What a beautiful quote!  If you have time, read about Rachel Carson. 

I hope your Thursday is going great!  These are pictures I took on the way back from Houston.  I begged my oldest son to stop so that I could take some pictures for you all.

I need to make a post about Jr and how medical school is going!  He really deserves his own little post. :)

I didn’t see many bluebonnets.  

This is a pomegranate bush!  This was at a picnic area.  I wonder who eats the pomegranates? 

I hope you are enjoying some beautiful weather!  Our weather is very mild for a change! 

Blessings,

Sandra

You Made My Day!

 

How beautiful a day can be
When kindness touches it!
~George Elliston

This will be my Woohoo post. :)  I am linking with Marla at Always Nesting for Woohoo Wednesday!  Please visit her blog and check out the other participants joining in on this fun party!

Dear Sweet Marla!  Thank  you so much for this beautiful card!  You made my day!   Such a cheerful card!   A card conveys so much encouragement to the recipient and Marla your card did that!  Thank you!!!

I decided to display it next to my rose plate.  Hubby immediately noticed the card and asked “who sent the card?”  Of course I told him “My friend Marla did”   I love it!!!

I found this plate at an Estate Sale and paid only five dollars for it.  I had to have it!  The roses spoke to me!  “Please take us with you!” :) 

I am so blessed,

I am so thankful,

to be part of you wonderful bloggers!  I am touched by all the love!

Have a beautiful Wednesday! 

Blessings,

Sandra