The Wonders of Wire

Have you seen the wondrous things that 

she can do with wire?

Yep-just plain old wire…

(albeit french wire ;-)

I wonder if these come a wee bit bigger?

I am simply cuckoo for this cuckoo clock.

Check out De Beaux Souvenirs on Etsy.

Her talent and skill are breathtaking.

Wishing you a breathtaking evening.

Cristine

Snow Snow Go Away...

This is what it looked like in Colorado yesterday morning…

This is what it looks like today…

All gone ;-)

Hope your skies are just as blue.

Cristine 

Halloween Hello

I did not link this image and don't know who to give credit to :-(

Image from Dreamy Whites 

Image from The Three Sweet Peas

May your Halloween night 

bring 

more treats than tricks ;-)  

Cristine

Vintage Market Wannabe

Saturday was the perfect day for a yard sale…

Photo was taken after the rummaging began.
I can't believe how early those die hard yard salers are out ;-)

The weather was gorgeous...

and the people came in droves from 7 am until 2 pm.

Plastic was used to cover the wet grass…
I forgot to adjust the sprinkler system not to come on at 5 am…oops.

I met a lot of new neighbors and 

chatted with a few acquainted ones.  

Also a snapshot taken after the rummaging had begun.

I made a little bit of money…

The kids made a lot and loved every minute of it ;-)

They sold water...

(it started out cold but warmed as the day went on-

my son fretted when he had to reduce the price because of warming temperatures)

and gave away a free cookie with purchase-chocolate chip and snicker doodles.

I wanted my handsome husband to hang this chandelier from the
apple tree in our front yard but he had other ideas…
like it is easier to put  it on the plant hanger next to our front door …wink wink

When all was said and done…

(after 3 trips to Goodwill with the items that did not sell ;-)

I managed to clean out my house-

inventory my charitable donation

and exhaust myself to the point of collapsing ;-)

Next year… I think I'll shop instead.

Cristine 

Getting Ready for the First Annual Montclair Yard Sale

Tomorrow, October 1 

is the first annual 

(annual-if all goes well ;-)

Historic Montclair Garage/Yard Sale

I have A LOT of stuff to sell and with sunny skies in the forecast-

it should be a selltacular ;-)  day!

Hope there are sunny skies in your weekend.

Cristine 

Shed Serendipity

Photograph from Laura Casey Interiors

If I had three wishes…

one of them would surely be for a shed sanctuary.

Photograph from Sunset Magazine online

Heather Cameron

Photograph from smidgebox.blogspot.com

Photograph from Jeanne d'Arc

Photograph from Downeast.com

Photograph from Shed Chic by Sally Coulhard

Wishing you a sanctuary too.

If you want a change of scenery~wait 15 minutes

There is a file on my computer simply titled "Inspiration"

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I have gathered a series of images from blogs, magazines, websites and books 

and placed them in this folder.

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I then set up my computer to play a slideshow of these images

~changing pictures every 15 minutes~

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Now, when I am at work

-diligently trying to keep up with the present day's tasks-

I look over at my laptop screen and see...

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James Merrell

I love this image but again I don't have the exact source
If anyone knows who to give credit to-please let me know

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…this beautifully inspired imagery.

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Thank you to all of the wonderful sources of these magical photographs 
and 
for the amazing inspiration that they evoke.


Please click on source below each photograph to find the
talented people to whom these photographs belong.