October Book List

Here are my October book choices.

I love reading all year long, 

but the chilly fall weather

sure does invite one to sit down

with a blanket and 

dive into a great book!

 I'm always looking for book titles

and I found this one on my local

public library's Facebook page!

 I've been on the preorder list

with Amazon for The Witches since late

summer.  My daughter's recent

honeymoon visit to Salem

has only peaked my interest in this book.

I'm a big fan of Brene Brown

and watch her on Oprah.

I love her candid but science

based advice in Daring Greatly.

This follow up book address what happens

after the fall & how to rise strong.

My September titles were:

Taming the Queen by Phillipa Gregory

The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

The MicroBiome Solution by Dr. Robynne Chutkan

All 3 were great reads I would highly recommend.

Halloween Kitchen

Is your house ready for Halloween?

I must admit other than my porch

we've been lacking in spooky decor this year.

 Wanting to punch up my kitchen I added

some touches around the sink.

Including a few pumpkins, soap and salt and pepper.

 If you'd like to grab a few items too they

are out at the booth at the Red Scooter.

Sometimes the entire house doesn't have

to scream Halloween, just some subtle touches.

Wishing you and yours a Happy and Safe Halloween!

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Vintage Thanksgiving Clipart

 For many years we have hosted my husband's 

side of the family for Thanksgiving.

Over the years as the family

has grown my ideas for

decorating and tablescapes

seating & buffets

have gotten creative.

For example hosting it in our

Living Room, which I wrote

about here in 2011.

 I'm already thinking about

this year's tables if we

are able to host.

 But even if we don't it's fun

to look at the vintage

Thanksgiving clipart!

 So many turkeys and corn ~

 leaves & pumpkins!

 I may use a few of these

for decorations.  Did you know

if you cut and paste the image

into a Word Document

you can take it to your 

local UPS or FedEx store

and they can enlarge

the image and make it into

a poster size mounted on foam core?

You could embellish it with gold paint pen

overlaying the lettering

or with ribbon around the edges.

I think that would look super cute

displayed in your foyer or 

on the buffet table

surrounded with some pumpkins

Indian corn or perhaps a potted mum 

from your grocer!

I think the acorn and the flower would make

adorable place cards too.

What are you working on for Thanksgiving?

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Halloween China Cabinet

I went by the booth on Saturday to 

update the Halloween display.

Wait what -what booth you say?

Well I am so happy to announce 

that I have returned to my 

old stomping grounds at

the Red Scooter Antique Mall

on Main Street in Taylorsville, Kentucky.

I will post more about the store later, 

but today let me share the Halloween goodness.

 Almost all of this was on my Beewitched Table

I shared with you last week.

And now it's available at the store!

 In addition I have some adorable soaps,

dish towels, invitations and other goodies.

 Fancy or casual I've got you covered

with plates, luncheon napkins,

cocktail napkins and drinkware.

 Be sure to decorate for your goblins

with burlap accent hats, table runners,

aprons and dish towels.

I'm planning on adding
to the cabinet with more
milkglass from my collection.

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Beewitching Table

Happy Halloween!
I'm joining the Witches
Halloween Party!

I setup this Beewitching table out on our 

back porch this weekend.

It's a combination of milk glass, burlap and lace.

With a few touches of ribbon and pumpkins.

I bought a set of 8 Victorian hat pins on Ebay

and thought they would go great with my witch theme.

I put four in the floral centerpiece -

see the heart shaped pin between the roses -and

four in the napkin rings!

I used black lace gloves to hold my black

and white flatware

 embellished with black

and white checked ribbon with a

Halloween sticker sentiment.

Hobnail milkglass was used for the goblets.

When I was checking the dish pantry I discovered

these adorable milk glass shooty,

which I thought would be great as placecard holders.

Burlap plate chargers, table runner and witches

hats add a modern touch to the milk glass.

And for my orange accent I used 

fire king salad plates

and saucers.

 Please read my post on

ribbon napkin rings

to see how I used ribbon, hat pins and stickers

to create these beewitching treats!

I had a lot of fun putting all these

touches together and hope you

enjoyed our Halloween on the Porch!

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Beewitched Ribbon Napkin Rings

On the first weekend in October I setup my Halloween 

table on the porch.  This year I went with a Beewitched theme

with all things lacy, vintage and victorian!

I will share the entire table with you later this week,

however I wanted to show the napkin rings today.

 I was so pleased with the way they turned out!

I started with my Great Aunt Helen's white cotton

lace napkins as the base. I thought it went nicely 

with the white milkglass on the table.

 Back in July I had ordered the Anna Griffin 

Endora Halloween paper crafting kit from HSN.

Included in that package were these adorable

die cut tags and 3D stickers.

 I found some gold burlap and black & white ribbon

in my ribbon stash and layered them together

to tie around the napkin.

 Next I placed one of the 3D stickers in the center

of the knot.  Then I inserted a Victorian vintage

black glass hat pin I bought on Ebay.

I thought the hat pins went 

along with the witchy feeling.

Don't all witches use hat pins for their millinery?

Join me later this week for more 

Beewitching Halloween 

fun out on the porch!

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