New Beginnings Celebration!

 One of my cute basement apartment dwellers, my daughter-in-law, Brit to be exact ...  just hosted our ward's New Beginnings ...  The Theme was Adventure Awaits ... with a bit  borrowed from the movie Up. 

Long time followers of my blog may recognize the pennants in the Adventure Awaits banner above ... I actually created the reusable pennants when Brit became my daughter-in-law last year.  They have come in handy many a time since. You can see the post of their wedding with the original use of the pennants here.

 My son and Brit, are real world travelers, just home from three weeks in Europe as a graduation trip for Brit who graduated from BYU recently. They also took a honey moon last year to do service for three months in Asia.  

So the world travel theme seems like a natural, as she works with and encourages the Young Women in our ward. (A congregation of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.)

 Using pages from an old atlas as place mats was another great idea!  I also love the floating clouds, another nod to UP!

 Brittney borrowed the stack of suit cases from my family room to act as the pedestal for the basket full of favors ... what a great event.  Brittney and the other sisters who work with the young women in our ward did a great job!

Easy Paper Summer Wreath

 Spring, for all intents and purposes, is over ... forget what the calendar says.  The spring wreath on my front door looks tires, and I wanted something fun and crisp ...


After a trip through summer wreaths on Pinterest, I found one that inspired me.




To the left is the wreath I made ... near the bottom of my post is the one I found on Pinterest, with a link to the maker's page.

 I had a wire wreath form on hand, so though my inspiration wreath appears to have been made on a round Styrofoam wreath, this is the direction I went.  I used two sided card stock, that came in a package that was left over from another project.

I used hot glue to spot glue the paper ribbons onto the wreath form, front and back.

I added scalloped medallions in some of the same papers as the 'ribbons' around the center of the wreath!

 I folded the ribbons off center, so that the reverse side of the paper would show as well.  I think it gives each 'ribbon' that 'blue ribbon from the fair' look!

This is my inspiration wreath ... you can find it at Happy Scraps.

This pictures shows how one can be inspired by an idea, but still make it their own.  Thanks Happy Scraps for a great idea!!

Decor and the Historic House

This huge carved pine cabinet, left, is oneI tried to sell last year, it finally sold at the first flea.o.logy a couple of weeks ago.  Monday was delivery day ... it had sold to one of our flea.o.logy dealers, about an hour before the sale closed.

She lives a mile up main street from me, so as Mr. P, Debbie and I were unloading it, two cars suddenly pulled over and two men jumped out to help.  Isn't a small town a lovely place to live?

 Once we got the cabinet in place, I had a chance to look around at Debbie's super cute decor.

With her permission I thought I would share a few shops.

The white table in this picture is another item she found at flea.o.logy.

 Above is the left hand side of this long shelf over the entry, below is the right hand side.

 There are so many sweet details ... I love it all!!  What a very talented woman!

Thanks Debbie for sharing all you fun and fabulous nooks and crannies!