BUFFALO CHECK FOR THE LIBRARY

Hello everyone!

Yes! I am at it again! LOL

You already know things don't stay the same around here for too long. 

OUR THANKSGIVING BLESSING

Hello, dear friends!

Today, just a small tiny post to share with you our wonderful news. 

You see, our beautiful daughter-in-law had an ultrasound done four weeks ago to find out the baby's gender.

But, while this was happening, our son was back out at sea for a month long deployment.

She wanted to make sure they found out together, so since this was not possible at that time, she asked the doctor not to tell her and just put the results inside a sealed envelope so they could open it together when he got home.

Oooh, it has been a long month! LOL

We waited and waited and the envelope finally was opened this past weekend.

TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME #88 & FEATURES

Welcome to Tuesdays at Our Home! 

I am so happy you are here! :)

Can you all believe it is already Thanksgiving week?

My SIL will be hosting it this year an although I am helping her with a few dishes, my preparations this year 
for the celebration are minimal. 

With our busy schedules, I am very much looking forward to this family time.

Before I continue to the features, I would like to thank all of you for the great support you have been giving me 
with the weekly link party.

Last week was my biggest one yet! :) 

THANK YOU!

These are the highlights from last week Tuesdays at Our Home.

Laurel at The North End Loft shared a great tutorial on how she and her husband refinished their dinning room set.

Gorgeous!

Pat at Back Porch Musings  changed the look of her guest bedroom for Winter.

Sooo beautiful!

Julie at Restyle Relove redid a vintage sideboard.

I love this piece of furniture!

Dana at The Starfish Studio shared her gorgeous Thanksgiving tablescape.

Lisa at Texas Decor  made a beautiful Christmas chalkboard frame and you will never guess what she used.

So pretty!

Gail at Purple Hues and Me shared a tutorial on how to make gorgeous Christmas ornaments.

Edea at Edea Smith turned a simple mirror into a gorgeous addition to her bedroom.

Thank you again to all who took the time to participate!
 I always appreciate your visits and wonderful comments!

If you were featured, please feel free to grab a "featured button" from my sidebar.  

You will also be able to view all these post linked directly to the owner's blogs at my new Pinterest page.
 
No, lets see what you have been up to this week!

You can link up any posts that are home decor, gardening, crafting, painting, sewing, cooking or DIY related. 
 NO Etsy shops or link parties, please. 

 And although there is no other rules to join, I would love if you start following my blog. 

Have fun!

An InLinkz Link-up

MY FIRST CHRISTMAS CRAFT THIS YEAR

Happy Friday!

Can you believe next week is Thanksgiving?

I feel like this year time is just going by so fast and can not seem to be able to catch up. :)

Last year around this time I already had all my Christmas decor ready to go, this year I got NOTHING. LOL

Well, somehow, it will all get done.

Once again, I am a little concerned about decorating our mantle. I want to use some of the items from last year, but add a few new things also, so that is where I will be using this project.

A POWDER ROOM SIGN

Hello, everyone!

For the last couple of weeks I have been knee deep in home projects trying to get our home refreshed 
and ready for the upcoming holiday season.

New drapes have been made, Christmas decor is being planned and I am now in the process of painting some walls.

Yes, I am a little tired, but happy things are finally getting done.

Today I am sharing a small project I did a last week, a new sign for the powder room.

TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME #87 & FEATURES

Hello, everyone!

Welcome to Tuesdays at Our Home!

I hope you all had an excellent weekend.

Ours was nice and quite. And a little cold. 

Our temperatures have been in the 30's in the last few days, so it sure feels like the holidays are coming soon. 

The cold weather kept us at home.
I spent the weekend working on some items for 
my Etsy shop. I made vinyl jar labels, pillows, runners, placemats, well, just a bit of everything.

It is so hard to believe next week we will all celebrating Thanksgiving with our friends and family.

Where did the year go?

 Last week we had another wonderful party.

I think Christmas is starting to be on everyone's mind.

Lets take a look at some pretty features.

Ramon at RowHouse events  shared with us the gorgeous Christmas decorations 
they put together in the store where he works.

What an amazing Holiday display!

 Poppy at With a Dash of Color created a gorgeous Thanksgiving breakfast vignette.

 Colleen at Lemon Thistle shared with us her amazing kitchen renovation.

Just gorgeous!!!

 If you need some Thanksgiving table setting inspiration, then you have to go visit Ashley at 3 Little Greenwoods.

What a beautiful table!

 Patti at Old Things New  gave us a tour of her favorite room in her home. 

Gorgeous screened porch!

Susanne at New South Charm  shared with us a wonderful and very yummy recipe for Ambrosia salad.

 Jennie at The Diary of a Real Housewife shared a wonderful post with many, many recipes you can make 
on your crock pot during this holiday season.

Thank you again to all who took the time to participate!
 I always appreciate your visits and wonderful comments!

If you were featured, please feel free to grab a "featured button" from my sidebar.  

You will also be able to view all these post linked directly to the owner's blogs at my new Pinterest page.
 
No, lets see what you have been up to this week!

You can link up any posts that are home decor, gardening, crafting, painting, sewing, cooking or DIY related. 
 NO Etsy shops or link parties, please. 

 And although there is no other rules to join, I would love if you start following my blog. 

Have fun!

An InLinkz Link-up

AN OVERSEAS FEATURE

Hello dear friends.

Just a quick post to share with you a special feature of my craft room.

Laura at LE Designs, based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom has been kind enough to put together a beautiful post about my craft room and how it got to be what it is today.

Laura is the proud owner of a beautiful shop where she sells the luxury handmade stationary she makes.

Thank you again, Laura for this wonderful feature!

A NEW SPACE FOR THE COFFEE STATION

Good morning, friends!

It looks like winter has finally arrived around here.We woke up today to a very surprising 38 degrees. 

Kind of funny since just Sunday we were in the high 80's.

But that's Texas for you!

I have been moving things around in my kitchen again,( I know you are not surprised) trying to clear the counter space a little and make room for the upcoming holidays meals and entertainment.

My butler's pantry sits unused half of the time, so I decided to put that space to good use.

Let me show you what I did, it is nothing fancy, but I think it will work better for our family and guests.

TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME #86 & FEATURES

Hello, everyone!

Welcome to Tuesdays at our home!

How was your weekend? Ours was wonderful!

Specially Saturday since we had a special girls night out.

We purchased these during the Summer time and we have been waiting very patiently. :)

And the day finally arrived!

 The Magestic Theater downtown on the River Walk looked amazing!

But of course, it just couldn't be an easy day. :)

We got caught downtown in bumper to bumper traffic.

It was so bad we couldn't even get to the parking garage.

Had to park six blocks down from the theater and literally run to make it on time. 

But it was all so worth it!
The play was gorgeous and after the run, the play and a little dancing :) we were exhausted. 
Here is a picture of a very tired "little me" at the end of the evening. LOL

We did nothing on Sunday but rest. :)

It sure was a fun evening.

Today, I am very late starting the party.

My husband has four days off and we have been in the streets all day doing a little shopping, soooo, before we start, lets take a look a the features from last week.

Lovely Livings shared her beautiful porch.

Amazing Fall display!

Creative Country Mom gave us a tour of her gorgeous front porch. 
Beautiful farmhouse!

My Love To Create shared a great tutorial on how to make your own Coca-Cola box.
Love this project!

Little Brags gave us a tour of her beautiful home decorated perfectly for Thanksgiving.

My Breezy Room shared her beautiful buffet remodel.
Love the new color!

 Decorated Chaos  shared a great tutorial on how to modify any lamp to fit your lampshade.
Great Information!

Thank you again to all who took the time to participate!
 I always appreciate your visits and wonderful comments!

If you were featured, please feel free to grab a "featured button" from my sidebar.  

You will also be able to view all these post linked directly to the owner's blogs at my new Pinterest page.
 
No, lets see what you have been up to this week!

You can link up any posts that are home decor, gardening, crafting, painting, sewing, cooking or DIY related. 
 NO Etsy shops or link parties, please. 

 And although there is no other rules to join, I would love if you start following my blog. 

Have fun!

An InLinkz Link-up

HOW TO MAKE A HEADER FOR YOUR BLOG USING PICMONKEY

Happy Friday!
 We are sure looking forward to the weekend around here. :)
We had a busy and very wet week in Texas. It has rained and rained and rained non stop, which has made 
our week just a bit harder than normal. We are just not used to rain around here.

Anyway, before the weekend starts, I want to share a tutorial on how to make a free header for your blog using the website PicMonkey. For most of you this may be old news, but if you are technology challenged like me, 
then this is good information. :)

CLOSET UPDATE

Good morning, friends.

Hope you are all having a great week!

If you all remember, over the Summer I spent a couple of days fixing up our coat closet, took it all apart, added shelving and a few things I had around the house and created a much more organized space for my family's daily use. You can find that post here.

TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME #85 & FEATURES

Welcome to Tuesdays at Our Home!

I hope you had a fabulous weekend. Mine was quite and restful, which it was very much needed.

All I did this weekend was to spend a couple of hours at Hobby Lobby buying a few craft supplies 
to start making some Christmas labels and cards.

Let me tell you, you can already tell the Holiday season is approaching. Sooo many people in the stores!

We spent the rest of the weekend at home just relaxing and enjoying our time together. 

Before I continue with this post and share with you the features from last week party, I would like to take a minute to thank everyone who entered my Fall giveaway.

Thank you!

And the winner is.....

a Rafflecopter giveaway Congratulations, Nellie!

I hope you enjoy the Fall gifts I put together for this giveaway. :)

Last week we had another marvelous party.

Amazing inspiration!

Here are some of the most viewed links.

Cristina at Remodelando La Casa shared with us how she turned an old table and chairs into a 
gorgeous breakfast table set for her home.

Shenita at Embellishments by SLR  had her home featured in this month's edition of 
the known magazine "Tuscan Home". Congratulations! So well deserved!

Kelly at Typically Simple made a gorgeous Fall picture frame.

Such a pretty and original idea!

Gail at Purple Hues & Me turned some simple glass jars into a beautiful display.

What a gorgeous project!

Kim at Exquisitely Unremarkable wrote a beautiful post about her feelings during a few days alone at home 
while her family went away on a trip.

I just LOVED this post! What a wonderful reminder of how important family is.

Elisha at Pneumatic Addict shared a wonderful tutorial on how to turned some very simple shelves 
into beautiful bookcases for your home.

Thank you again to all who took the time to participate!
 I always appreciate your visits and wonderful comments!

If you were featured, please feel free to grab a "featured button" from my sidebar.  

You will also be able to view all these post linked directly to the owner's blogs at my new Pinterest page.
 
No, lets see what you have been up to this week!

You can link up any posts that are home decor, gardening, crafting, painting, sewing, cooking or DIY related. 
 NO Etsy shops or link parties, please. 

 And although there is no other rules to join, I would love if you start following my blog. 

Have fun!

An InLinkz Link-up

GIVEAWAY IS ALMOST OVER!

Hello friends!

Just a quick post to remind you my Fall giveaway is coming to an end

If you haven't enter yet, you still have a little time left.

You can find the giveaway post here

Giveaway ends tomorrow, Monday, Nov. 3rd at 6:00 AM and I will announce the winner in the afternoon during 

Tuesdays at Our Home link party. 

Good luck everyone and thank you!