Tropicana Love

I so love the Tropicana plant. It is so beautiful!  We have two on our newly stained deck.  I love how they make the deck look tropical, without the worries of bees for the most part.  They only flower once at the end of summer (for me anyway), but when they do they are drop dead gorgeous! I also love the fact that they are a bulb that I can cut down in the fall and bring inside during the cold months.  When summer rolls back around, I replant and enjoy all over again.  It saves on the cost of buying new plants year after year.  I do this with hostas and arborvitaes as well.  

Front Porch Tiled

This is a long time coming for us.  The porch was started several years ago, click HERE to see the post.  Tom is a serious perfectionist, and knew that it was a job he didn't want to tackle, not to mention with a bad back.  Tiling and backs do not go hand in hand.  We ended up hiring a guy who had done some tiling in the past for Tom.  It took the guy about three stretched out days due to the weather.  We are very happy with it!  We have not really styled it yet, but with it being end of summer I probably wont until next year.  The tile is done though and we love it.  You do not see tiled porches that often here in the Northeast.    

We did get some landscaping done as well.  We planted that weeping cherry tree, so cute.  I can't wait for it to grow and form an umbrella shape.  We will also be hanging a big american flag soon, I'll be posting a pic of that.

Here is where we started....

Sunglass Holder DIY

I saw this DIY on Pinterest and had to copy it.

  It was so easy.  The only thing you need is a picture frame, some ribbons, and tacks.  I found my picture frame at a garage sale.  It was missing the glass, which I didn't want anyway.  They were asking $1.00 which I thought was expensive, but it was the size I wanted so I had to bite the bullet.  The frame was brown, but I I wanted white so I spray painted it.  I got my ribbon at AC Moore for $1.99.  I had the tacks.  I simply attached the ribbon behind the frame with tacks.  I then added sunglasses.  I love how convenient it is to just grab and go!  It is pretty cute too!

Today is also my special little girls birthday!  She is two today!  Happy Birthday Molly!!

Popping Tags

I did go to some garage sales this past weekend.  It wasn't  one of those days where you hit the streets looking for sales all over town, they kind of found me.  The sale where I got this little treasure was just on the side of the road, but the items were on a faux Tulip table like the one I have, so I had to see what they were getting rid of.  I got this little treasure.

I loved the tag, one for the price, and two there was no mold.  It is such a cute display item.

I call that popping tags!

Deer Head

I finally found a deer head the other day at Home goods   I have wanted one for awhile now, but they were expensive so I decided to just wait it out.  I was super excited when I saw this deer that I didn't even look at the price tag.  (Well I did, but it wasn't the very first thing I did.)  It was $24.99, not to bad.  I knew I wanted to spice it up a little, so I spray painted an old frame I had glossy red. Check it out!

I will show more pictures when I do the downstairs reveal.  It is a work in progress right now.  Love the red, I am usually a black and white chick, went out on a limb with the red.

Ta Ta!