Dining Room November Decorations

I love November!

I really do. . .  I love the beautiful fall days

I love the colors of the season

I love Thanksgiving

My first child was born in November

In fact his birthday falls on Thanksgiving this year.

I have a special grandson that was also born in November.

I think November is a Celebration month

I celebrate my Gratitude for my many Blessings.

All month I write in my journal of every large and every small

thing that makes my life so happy and rich.

It is surprising how Gratitude has opened my mind and my heart!

Of course I celebrate by decorating!

Yes, I am still decorating

It is just a constant in my life. . .

 I love the oranges, golden yellow, browns, greens. . . . All the colors of the season

 I am having so much fun decorating my "sideboard"

my aunt and my cousin re-finished for me.

I think it looks so pretty with the oak in my dining room

 It has two areas that I am able to

decorate and do tablescapes

 I crocheted the doily several years ago.

It goes perfect on this sideboard.

 love,  love sunflowers

Did you know their little faces follow the sun?

And that is what I want to do. . . .

I want to follow The SON!

Mmmmm, I love sunflowers!

 The orange glass pedestal compost was a gift
when I got married

44 Years Ago.

It is a dear treasure to me

So there you have it my
November Decorations

for my Dining area.

There will be more to show later.

(Sorry for the long post and lots of pictures)

I will be linking this to the following Linky Parties:

Between Naps On The Porch/Metamorphis Monday

Cottage Instincts/Make It 4 Monday

Craft-O-Maniac

The DIY Show Off
The Girl Creative/Just Something I Whipped Up Monday
A Stroll Thru Life/Table Top Tuesday
Costal Charm/Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

First November Tablescape

Just pulled out the

November Decorations

And I am trying to figure out how

I want things to look.

I will be changing every day. . .

I know I am not the only one that does that. Am I?

I have so many Thanksgiving decorations . . . .

 And I love all of my decorations!

Some have been with me for a long long time

I am delighted every year when I open the storage box

It is like renewing old acquaintances!

 I like how the sunlight comes through my dining room window

in the November. . .

In the afternoon it lightens everything up so much.

 This little Turkey has been with me a long long time.

I just love her!

I made her many years ago, when my children were young.

 I don't know if I could do that good of a paint job now.

I haven't done detailed painting for so long.

 My table cloth was also made by me

I really like it also.

It is so full of color and so many different leaf prints.

I make most of my table clothes and table runners

 I found this oil painting at the thrift store (DI)

several weeks ago.

It is signed by someone and dated 1979

It was only $5.00

I just couldn't pass it up!

It goes well on my wall in the dining room

during the Autumn time.

So here you have it my Table scape for Today
I am sure I will be changing it.
I move things around all the time.
I will be adding this to several Linky Parties
Check my side bar for all the great bloggers
That Host these Parties
And Please Visit them.

November Thrifty Tuesday

I just can't believe it is November!

If October has 31 days

how come they went so fast?

It seems like there was only

10 Days in October!

Well, no sense lamenting over it

I just move forward. . .

Today after VOTING!

I went to the lumber store (HD) and the thrift store (DI)

I want to share my thrifty finds. . . with you

 Now that I am loving setting a pretty table,

I am always on the look for cute dishes, plates and bowls

(Oh, gosh, I have always loved collecting plates)

 My picture taking doesn't do justice
to  how pretty these bowls are

they are a creamy yellow. . .  they will go well with the plates

 I think this is "Jadeite"!

Martha Stewart collects it. 

I love it.

I don't find it very often at DI

(had to have it)

 Believe it or not I don't have a nice big glass
mixing/serving bowl

I have been in my own home for 44 years!

And all I have is "Tupperware" bowls. . !

$1.00 for my glass bowl.

(it is about time)

 My picture really doesn't do justice to this beautiful pink

The glass is such a dainty pink

I am thinking of some future day doing a pink table setting.

Here is my start

 Dainty little salt and pepper shakers .25 apiece

I don't have a cornucopia. .

So this 50 cent one is perfect for me

I am going to spray paint it.

Not sure what color yet.

I spent a total of $6.00 today at the thrift store.

I think I got some pretty nice things.

They are useful and I like them.

I will soon have my Thanksgiving Decorations all ready

to show you. . . .
I will be linking this post to some great Blog Parties
Hope you will visit them. . .
Costal Charm/Nifty-Thrifty Tuesday
House of Grace/Twice Owned Tuesday
Funky Junk/ Saturday Night Special Under $100
And a new Blog Party
A La Carte/Junkin Finds
Thank you so much to these great ladies for taking
the time to host.

Halloween 2010 Costumes

I can't close out October without

Showing-off my Granddaughters

Halloween Costumes
For 2010

So here they are. . . .

 This is the little Queen of Hearts (she is so dang cute)

 And this little sweetheart is a Witch
(gotta have a witch in the bunch)

All decked out in red is the She Devil (which she is not) 

 I think this little beauty is a Bride of a Monster (cute costume)

 Now here is the Dead Cheerleader (my pretty little blue eyed)

 All the little Granddaughters together.

Ready to go out in the neighborhood

They weren't gone too long because the

Little Queen of Hearts

and the

Little Witch

Got scared!

I made a sack of goodies for All the Grandkids

Even my three oldest (who are too old to trick or treat).

Isn't that what Grandma's are for

Spoil the Grandkids?

No matter what age?

(No pictures of the little Grandson, he is off with friends)!

(he was too busy filling his sack with goodies)

Don't ya just get a KICK out of HALLOWEEN?

Happy Halloween

Well, we are just about done with

October

And

Halloween

is soon here!

My little ghosts, goblins,witches and monsters

are all excited for the big day!

How about yours?

I can't reveal any costumes yet

(that will be after Halloween post)

But I can show you what last year was like. . .

Last year I had fairies, rock stars, pretty little witches, a lion, and Dracula. . . . 

 My little Fairy, Zada

 The Diva Rock Star, Sara

 This my adorable and lovable Lion

Maya

She is the cutest Lion I know!

 This is Jared, the only boy in the mix of little girls

I have two other grandsons, but they are much older

So my Jared hangs out with the girls cousins and his sister.

Oh, he is a cutie. . . .

Don't know for sure what he will be this year

Last I heard he wanted to be a "Dead Boy Scout"!

(It's a boy thing)

Sara, Zada, and Maya made me this cute little spider. . . . 

It will be a treasure, as all things the grand kids make are treasures to me. 

So, I wish you a safe, happy, fun

Halloween

Hope you and your "characters" are all safe!

Halloween Table Setting

I'm just so happy to share this

Table Setting

It is the first time I have done a

Table Setting (Tablescape)

For Bloggerville to see.

I hope you like it.

 I use to have lots of pretty table ware

But then I down-sized and many of my beautiful dishes I gave away.

Silly Me!

Soooooooooo,

I have started to collect again

 I find many of my plates and bowls at the thrift store

And I buy lots of things when department stores have them on sale.

I found these napkins and napkin rings 50% off

 My cute witch shoes are salt and pepper shakers

I just found them this year

(among my many collections are salt and pepper shakers)

 The pumpkin bowl I think is adorable.

So happy and cheerful

 The orange plates and the bowls are new

But the salad plate I found at DI (thrift store)

I have always loved a pretty table setting.

But, once my children grew up and my husband died

I just kind of lost my desire to "fuss" over a cute table setting

But,

You know what?

After visiting each week

Marty at A Stroll Thru Life/Table Top Tuesday

And

Susan at Between Naps On The Porch

And seeing all the great blogging gals that link up to their parties

I started to miss the days of decorating a table

So I think I am back to "fussing" over my table settings

It will take me a few times and I will be

back in the groove again.

Thanks to all of you gals that show your TABLESCAPES

I have visited many of your blogs

and

You inspire me!

My Friends The Ghosts

 I like GHOSTS!

But

I only like MY Ghosts!
The ghost in the photo above has been with me for 40 years.

I like him, well, maybe I love him. . . .

I made him, yep, I gave him life. . .

These little characters, crack me up!

They are so full of Ghostly personality. . . Aren't they the cutest?

They just add so much fun to my table decor.

I love them!

As far as Ghost love goes my Ghosts are my favorites.

They have been with me for a long, long time.

I am really attached to them.

At the end of October when I have to tell them good-bye

I kind of feel lonesome for a day or two without my

Ghost Friends,

But, then out comes my Turkey Buddies, and I feel good again.

( I know I am weird, I give life to inantimate things!)