Needlepoint And Plaid For Colder Days

Hello, lovelies! 

Thanks for stopping by.

My husband is thoughtful and will bring me a magazine when I am sick, have had surgery or when I had our babies. When our oldest was born, he brought me an issue of Country Living Magazine. When our youngest was born, he brought me the November 1990 issue of Victoria Magazine. 

(I don't remember what he brought me with our middle child - typical right?) 

I devoured that November issue. It had a wonderful room styled with Ralph Lauren items. 

One image was a needlepoint pillow resting against tartan pillows. 

It was that image that started my love affair with needlepoint.

You can see that image and several others on my Christmas board on Pinterest. 

I've also started a Victoria Magazine board. If you loved that magazine, you will want to check that out. 

My love for tartan didn't begin with that November issue.

2017

It began with a Christmas article in Victoria featuring the home of Mary Baltz. (She's also featured on my Christmas board.)

2015

Her normally all shabby and white home was transformed each Christmas with red tartans and needlepoint pillows with a black back ground.

At least one of our beds gets this treatment each year.

2017

This year they may all get this treatment. 

2017

I finally have enough needlepoint pillows.
I'm about to finish one that I started years ago.

I also found one on eBay for a steal.

It's very vintage and wonderful.

I've pulled out all our plaid throws.

2014

(Where is that pillow? Hmmm)
I've also taken stock of all of our plaid ribbon.

2014

I'm planning where to put the trees.
I've been out looking for more plaid (and checks) but vintage plaid tins are hard to come by.

2014

I am not decorating for Christmas yet. Most of these images are from other years but I'm slowly headed that way.
All the pumpkins are removed. There are pinecones sprinkled in with turkeys, acorns and leaves.
Rich plaids, checks and sweater pillows are residing on the sofas.

Much cooler weather is here and the house reflects that change.
That's all for now.
What are you up to?
Katie 

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Turkey Inspiration

Hello to November! 

We have gone from summer to winter in North Texas. 

Our first frost appeared the morning of Halloween. 

A little early but not too early. 

Usually the first frost came a few days before my mom arrived for Thanksgiving. I was always scrambling to fill my flower pots and get ready for Turkey Day all at the same time. 

My flower pots on the front porch survived because I covered them with blankets. 

I am itching for pansies though. 

As soon as the tricker treaters are history, the orange has to go. 

All that means is that the scarecrows, crows and ceramic pumpkins are all packed away until next year. 

I'm off on Fridays, so I've had a grand ole time pulling out my vintage and new turkey collection. 

I picked up my first set of turkeys at the thrift store for only $2.99. 

The cream, black and brown pair came from an antique store. I paid more for those. 

Here are ways that I've styled them in the past. 

I'll let the pictures do all the talking. 

The turkey saucer came from a thrift store for $1.99. 

The velvet fruit is so beautiful. 

Vintage Napco cornucopia. I adore this thing. 

Usually, I decorate for Christmas around the 18th of the month. This year we are hosting Thanksgiving so I'm thinking of doing a lodgy look that will transition right into Christmas. 

A red and black buffalo check valance that we've had for ages is now hanging in the laundry room. 

It is adorable! I'll try to get a picture later once the sun moves to the west. 

Do you decorate for Thanksgiving? When do you decorate for Christmas? 

Have a great day and a great weekend. 

Katie 

Thanksgiving In The Dining Room

I've started listening to Christmas music. 

I adore Christmas music but I only listen to it when Bill isn't home. 

He doesn't share my love for the genre. 

He is the unhappy recipient of many of my tunes since he turned on family sharing on iTunes. Oops.  

Now he has massive amounts of Christmas music to weed through when the temps are in the 100s. 

Oh well. I'm not a fan of the U2 that he downloaded. 

I'm thinking about Christmas but I'm trying to stay firmly planted in here and now. 

I've got a cute collection of turkeys that were begging to be displayed. 

These two came from an antique mall. 

They are hanging out on a silver platter that seems to be giving a nod to the next holiday. 

How did that pine cone get there? 

I adore the grain sack that I ordered. 

Sticking a bit of seasonal decor in the china hutch is one of my favorite things to do. 

Most people would never notice they are there but they are a surprise to those that will look. 

This old candle pair has such wonderful color. I found them on eBay a few years ago. 

This little tussie mussie came from the craft mall that closed. It's a fall favorite. 

I'm so in love with this kitchy, vintage Inarco cornucopia. The deep tones with the green are so pretty. It was $5.00 at the thrift store. I'm pretty sure that I found it in the summer so it pays to get something when you see it and tuck it away until the appropriate season.

It's got a loop on the back like it was supposed to be hung on the wall. 

The leaf dishes are Spode. The plates are Florentine by Crown Ducal. 

The buffet got my favorite cornucopia. 

All of the velvet fruit except for the tiny strawberry came from that same craft mall that closed. 

I have quite a few things by this crafter. Supposedly she is a dentist in McKinney, Texas.

Her work is amazing.  

Some feathers and Nandina round out the display. 

I'm not sure of the table setting for Thanksgiving Day. 

I've got a couple of fun patterns to choose from. 

Thanksgiving is early this year so I'm not sure if I'll start my Christmas decor before Thanksgiving or not. 

We will see how it goes and if I can remain in the here and now. 

What do you think? 

Are you in the here and now? 

Thanks for stopping in. 

Have a wonderful weekend. 

Katie 

Thanksgiving Hutch

I love to decorate the little hutch in the garden room for the seasons and holidays. 

Bill made this piece for me during the 80s. 

It was an orange-y pine until he let me paint it a few years ago. 
It got a little tweaking this week. 

I started off with a wild turkey print from the Audubon book that I found last summer. 

The saucer was a thrifted find last January. 

It was nestled in a stack of plates that were all taped together. 
The whole stack was only 99 cents. 

Seeing the turkey in the middle of the transferware pattern was fun.

The vintage postcard was an eBay find last year.

The little Native American dolls were souvenirs from our sight seeing trips to Wisconsin during my summers there as a child. I was inspired to dig them out after reading this post by Amber over at Junkaholics Unanimous. 

Mine had been forgotten in a box filled with all my old dolls. They're a sweet reminder of fun Wisconsin summers with my grandparents.

The leaves have gently started to change here but not on our oak trees.

The rest of the room got a few throws and pillows.

In 17 days it will be time to redecorate for Christmas!

Unbelievable.

Have a great week.

Katie  
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Thanksgiving Decor

I told you about my recent finds for the sunroom.
The vintage needlepoint and the Faribo throw set the tone for some vignettes I have been working on in the sunroom.



I wanted Thanksgiving decor but I didn't want to limit the decor to just turkeys. 

I don't think the turkey necessarily makes the list of top ten attractive birds. Bless their hearts. 
(You can say almost anything unkind down here in the south as long as you say "Bless their heart." afterward. 
It's a rule or something.
 #yankeelearningtobeasouthernlady.
#newyorkerintexas
#Ihopemysouthernfriendswillstillspeaktome
 ;) 

I had some other turkeys but they were resin.
 Resin and ceramic don't mix… because I'm a little over the top about some things.



I was trying to think of some other hearth and home accoutrements to add to the mix when I remembered a
 Currier and Ives book of prints I found at the thrift the other day. 
Most of the good prints were taken out already but it contained a God Bless Our Home print.

 



At the time I didn't think I needed it. 
At the time I didn't think I needed it?
 Thrifting fail! 
I ran back up to the store but it was gone so I did what any spoiled, heart set on something person would do. 
I bought it off of e-Bay. 
(It cost the same as the one I failed to buy at the thrift store.) 
 But because I am impatient and now my print has to be shipped, I started thinking about other house blessing knick knacks I may have nestled (crammed) in this house.



I found a couple of houses, a early winter Currier and Ives print, and some other organic, acorny things.



I also found a circa 1984 cross stitch made by yours truly.

I popped it into a vintage Adirondack style frame and paired it with a little painting I did a few years ago.
  
I love the dish dresser like this. 



I kept the green Meakin china and majolica (some real, some reproduction).



I haven't had my birdcage out in a long time. Would you believe I found this for $1.00?

I ordered the bittersweet off of e-Bay because I don't think it grows down here.



I collect vintage postcards. 

All the searching I did for cottages somehow  

  unearthed a crazy looking spider.



I was immediately sure I had been bitten and that I could be meeting my maker at any moment. 
I'll let you know.
Katie 

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