In the Irish Mood

Because I will be hosting a Celtic themed party this weekend I am really getting into the St. Patrick's day mood. Now if you don't know who Celtic Thunder is let this video catch you up to speed. They are five swaggering hot men (well four men and a cute boy) from Ireland with amazing talent.



After we settle down we are going to watch John Wayne in "The Quiet Man." A cute movie a bout a boxer who moves back to Ireland from Amerrica and falls in love. It Ends with quite a remarkably long fight scene.

Ireland! Ireland! Together Standing Tall! Sholder to Sholder We'' Answer Ireland's Calll!

OK! Now that Valentines is over It's time to go raid the candy isles, get out your best green suit and top hat. My personal favorite holiday is coming next... St. Patrick's Day!!! Well maybe it's not my favorite holiday but I love Irish traditions. This weekend I will be hosting an Irish themed bachelorette party, so I'm really into the spirit of the holiday.

So in the middle of putting new floors in our living room, and trying to put together a garden, I will be trying to put together some ideas for an Irish themed party. It will be challenging because it seems the stores skipped St. Patrick's Day and went straight to Easter. Oh, well. we can pull it off. I will be posting my ideas when I can.

Happy Valentines Day!

Fat Tuesday GraphicsHope yours was a sweet one!

Spring is Comming!

Bloom my pretties!

Ohhhhh, my favorite smell...hyacinths.

I get a little excited when I see everything about to bloom. I can't wait till it's all in full bloom!

Remember this cute little tin? Well my husband didn't like it. It is going into his room of the house. Our living room is decorated with fishing stuff. Not exactly my idea but I'm going with it as best I can. Well I took my little tin bucket and painted the inside and the top of it black. Then I took some fabric that my husband picked out and has been begging me to use (one of those things where I dragged him over to the craft isle and he noticed this) and glued it to the bucket using spray adhesive.

There you go. Now it is manly enough that maybe he'll use it. The same concept could be used to cutesy it up. If it was all up to me it would be covered in polka dots and ribbon but then I think my husband wouldn't have wanted to use it and he wouldn't let me put it in his living room. One for the man!

Love a Giveaway!

So I came across Jeanne's awesome blog through Today's Creative blog. She is hosting a major giveaway! She is not just giving one little thing away, but FIVE HUGE GIFTS!

Can you believe she is giving one of these away! Even more unbelievable... She designed it!
She designed all this too! And she is giving away two of the products to a lucky reader!
The woman paints too! This is my favorite but someone will get to pick one for themselves!
And if you thought that is enough talent for one person guess what... She had a book too! Two people will receive a copy of her book!

Inspired yet? Go over to her blog and find out all the ways YOU can enter to win!

Centerpeice Party!

Cindy at My Romantic Home is hosting a centerpiece party for the month of February! There are many wonderful ideas for Valentine's Day centerpieces and tablescapes. I didn't really do any Valentine's Day decorating this year because we are about to be putting new floors in the living room and when that is over I will be hosting an Irish themed party for a friend who is getting married. So I kinda skipped to St. Patrick's Day even though it's not till next month. But I tried my luck (see, St. Patty's on the brain) at doing a Valentine centerpiece. Well folks.... this is about as good as it got. Like I said, I don't just have a lot of Valentine's Day stuff, but I think it came out kinda cute. Well... let's try something different....

I like this much better. So it doesn't exactly scream Valentines but I think is sweet and simple. I wish I had a white tablecloth. I love a grouping with different shades of white. My grandmother used to crochet these little doorknob covers. I used one over a little jar and put the rose in it. I think that is my favorite part of the centerpiece. Let me know which one you liked better.

Playing in the Yard

It was supposed to rain all day but it held out long enough to get outside for some little sunshine. Our first flowers are blooming! Look at how pretty these little rays of sunshine look! My hyacinths are starting to bud out but I didn't think to take any pictures.

My husband was hard at work preparing for our vegetable garden. We got some peas in the ground. We are still deciding on what all we plan to grow this year. I worked on edging around where I plan to put a couple of new flowerbeds in this year.
I also started on this project. I know it already looks cute, but it is going in our living room to help organize our bills. I found this on clearance at Hobby Lobby and decided I could change it up to match out decor. I'll show you more on that when I finnish it.

Some Historical Inspiration

So my friend and I decided we needed a girls day out. My husband had told me there was a historical house just a little ways from where I live so we decided to go check it out. The lady that was there said the last owner had no children and no heirs so she left the house to the City of Tyler to preserve it. I'm glad she did because it is a beautiful place.

I thought the front porch was really interesting because the ceiling and shutters are painted different colors. I love the robin's egg blue. But I think one of my favorite things about the house was the little kitchenette. It is the newest addition to the house and it is very small compared to the rest of the rooms, but isn't it so cute! It was blocked off so I couldn't get a good picture of the sink and old stove. But just trust me, it's all really cute.



Just look at the lace! I love the mismatched chairs. Everything else in the house was so perfectly placed. The little quirkiness was welcome.

The portrait is of the lady who last owned the house. I really liked the use of yellows white and gold. This was over a mantel. There is a fireplace in every room in the house, but this was my favorite one. The woman had some talent too! She painted an entire china set! The set is out on the table and makes great eye candy.

This is the table setting. Isn't it wonderful! I love the colors. We just wanted so bad to sit down and have a little tea party. I think if I had a set like this I would have a tea party every day!

Just look at the beautiful detail! It's so elegant!

This is a close up of the tea pot. Look at those salt and pepper shakers! Oh, so cute!!

The woman actually hated this ceiling. Her mom had it painted. It was covered by wall paper for years but was later discovered after the museum curator read an entry about it in her diary.

This is a close up. I was told that this painting is considered the original Tyler roses. Don't ask me what that means exactly but just ooh and ahhh like you do.

Now this baby belongs in my living room! This is called a square grand piano. I have never seen one before. It is not original to the house but it fits in all the same and I'm glad they put it there so I can covet it the rest of my life...because there is no way I could ever acquire one of these babies for myself.

And here we are on the nervereckingly steep and narrow stairs. If you look closely there are orbs around us. Kinda spooky huh. Well it's probably just dust. We had a great time and will probably go back again sometime because there were a lot of pictures i didn't take I wish I did. I was amazed they encouraged us to take pictures at all. I hope some of these pictures were a little inspiring. I have to get to my hubby now. He is going to starve if I don't start dinner very soon.

Sing Praises Sunday

Good morning. I got up before the sun this morning to enjoy the stillness. The critters are sleeping instead of their normal tearing through the house. The husband had to be at work at four this morning so I have the house to myself. I put on some Celtic folk music and sat down to a bowl of oatmeal. I wish I would get up every morning like this. The picture above is from a beautiful morning I spent with my husband on the lake last summer. It's mornings like this that you can really feel the Lord's preasence. In the stillness and the quiet He is there. Give Him the day and be blessed.
The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save;he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love;he will exult over you with loud singing.

Zephaniah 3: 17

Hello Little Bird

Hello little bird. I'm glad you have found your way here. I have enjoyed so many beautiful blogs and I have decided it was time I venture into making my own blog. I hope you join me as I feather my first nest with a little help from the husband.

And maybe we'll try a few little craft projects along the way. I love to be creative in my free time, though I haven't had much of that lately.

So here we go on a new adventure. I hope to meet new people and have a lot of fun together.

The cat wants a bird.