merry southern christmas!

the cole family christmas card 2010.

vintage adventures...

i was given three of these beauties in three different colors and two different sizes.

from my great friend taniya.

she is my favorite antique shopper.:)

i got two amazing vintage pyrex bowls in jackson mississippi at an antique shop.

i also got one fire king bowl that is a tad different but im diggin these colors.

i have been looking at these for years now and finally made the leap.

these will not be decor. they will be used and loved.

i got two of these amazing frames from the same antique store in mississippi.

they are two different sizes and i fell in love.

i'd like to say i'd make a craft out of them or try to sell them.

to be real with you..i want to put some pictures in them and hang em on my wall.

finally i have been eyeing the saturday evening post art of norman rockwell.

so this years kitchen calendar is a saturday evening post..norman rockwell.

(this image is from the 2008 calendar, but you get how vintagey cute they are)

i also got two poka dot headband wrap things.

which i love.

rockin this short hair and a headband is just the ticket this summer.:)

we had a great christmas.

shea got me some cool vinyl albums for my turn table.

my gran gave me a vintage cross stitch my dad made in 81 of the state of LA & a pelican.

my mom me some vintage inspired ceral bowls, coffee cups, a pitcher, a platter & plates.

that was my vintage christmas gifts this year.

xo

true grit vs. true(r) grit if you will...

well we went and saw true(r) grit on christmas day.

with aunt dotsy, my in-laws and shea everyone loved it.

i call it true(r) grit because a ton of folks are claiming

it is better than the first true grit. the john wayne style grit.

my mother was deeply upset by this statement. why?

bc she like others are die hard john wayners. so on this

cole families to do list is to see/own the true grit.

we will make an assessment of this statement after we have all the info.:)

something else we found...we enjoy westerns. we are watching one now.

i haven't decided my feelings about westerns. i'll get back to ya.

(my mother loves that shea is diggin on some western...oh lord the brownie points)

xo

halloweenie decor as promised..

i realize i am the slowest blogger ever.

and for that i am sorry.

i love blogging but cannot make myself get sucked into the online world after work. :)

here is my terra cotta dracula

he is a much smaller scale then the ones my moma made growing up.

but for the space i have he is perfect.

the only things he is missing in the picture is his cape and ears.
i gave him a trash bag black cape and just left him w/o ears.

i free handed all his painted areas which was fun.

as you can tell you just need two bottom pot pieces and 3 varied size pots.

also at my moma's house her big daddy drac is used as a candy holder outside.

[sorry about the poor picture quality, poor lighting and iphone pic]

my terra cotta jack

there is this wonderful place called the union project
in our neighborhood.

they had a pumpkin carving of leather hard pumpkins.
i brought my handy ceramic tools & after a week picked up this baby.

they fired it for me.

and instead of a real pumpkin that rots i have forever halloween decor.

we did carve pumpkins this year.

i made the mistake of not taking the finished project.
shea & i made our silhouettes on our pumpkins.

[just use your imagination, sorry guys]

the next project i took on was this mum pumpkin.

[as you can easily tell this is not my picture, photo credit is on pic]

anyway this was an amazing twist on flower planting for me.

i hate planting flowers..this was fun.

i used redish mums and yellow and planted them in white pumpkins.

this could also work for your thanksgiving decor.

if you aren't a gardener i recommend it.:)

alright that is all.

i will try to blog a bunch more on my vacay.

no promises tho.

;) xo

gnome sweet gnome..

mrs. & mr. garden gnome

our makeshift "halloleen" costumes.
just made hats and shoes.
everyone thought we were elves. :( we didn't have pointy ears.
oh well.
we had a big halloween party that i planned at the seminary.
it was great!
all the themed halloween dishes everyone made were amazing.

one was these babies...
squirmy wormy sandwiches. guess what that is??
yep. hotdogs! i love themed food.
the party was way fun for kiddos and grown kiddos.

happy halloween 2010!

another post coming soon of halloween crafts from this year.
xo

wedding gifts

lovely birds.

here is the finished product. of wedding present a la the mckee's.
folks this is what you get when you tell me i'm not allowed to get you a gift.
it's hanging in their kitchen.
the colors on the birds are purple and & orange which were her wedding colors.
i did this in about an hour.
remember how i said i was going to decorate their door.
well i did. only they came home to fast so i had to makeshift some stuff.
there will be no pictures because i was not thrilled.:(

their wedding was incredible a perfect southern wedding.
reception at a plantation house the works.

it was an amazing weekend get away & amazing southern weather.
[can you tell i miss the south]
xo

there's gonna be a hitchin

welp our really great friend Michael is getting married this weekend.
so here is a sneak peak of the making of his presents.
here is are the samples i am going by.
mine will be way more personalized.
i plan on decorating their door to welcome them to their first home.:)
here's the link for credit
here's the link for this one.
this is a cheap, quick and easy gift for anyone.
i think this can go just about anywhere.
i love baby food jar crafts.

i will also be making them a love birds painting for over their bed.
i am hoping they love it.
we are off the nc for the wedding this weekend.
yay mini vacay.

busy week this week.
i'll post pics of my finished projects.
xo