A Christmas Typewriter

One day last spring, my brother and I were standing in his storage building and he said "hey, you want Grandmama's old typewriter?"

 

"Yep, sure!" I tried to hide my excitement and not seem to eager to take the typewriter, thinking of all the things I had seen on pinterest.

 

"Ummm, its had a rat living in it."

 

"Uh...ok" and I proceeded to get my gloves out and load it in my truck. It landed in my storage building till last week, when I decided it was time to finally clean it up. Well a little while later, the rat's nest was gone and the old typewriter had a place on the coffee table.

 

 

 

I have fond memories of Grandmama typing away on this ol' Royal typewriter. She was the church secretery and always typed her minutes every month. I remember watching her type and occasionally would get to play on the typewriter as well. I think I might have even typed a few school reports with this typewriter.  

 

I spruced her up with some fresh and silk greenery, then added a touch of burlap ribbon and three burlap roses. Since the typewriter needs work before it can type again, I used my computer to type a Christmas message.

Merry Christmas

Janice ♥ Jeff

A Junky Little Christmas Wreath

This morning I was working out in the yard: watering and transplanting some plants, cleaning up my greenhouse, and piddling around the yard for a while, when I was inspired to make a

Junky Little Christmas Wreath for my Gazebo.

 It all started with a used basic green Christmas wreath form.

 I had a string of 100 white mini lights, a rusty old license plate, a saw blade, and what I think is a medallion from a chandelier or light fixture. I "tied" these item on with the silk Christmas greenery from the wreath and then added 3 rusty bed springs.

 Then I added a couple strips of burlap fashioned into a bow. It still needed something, so I went and clipped a few branches off a cedar tree in the pasture. The clippings were tucked in and aound the wreath and viola - A Junky Christmas Wreath!

  I then headed off to town for a while this afternoon and then came home to this!

 Notice Bo - he thinks the chair in the gazebo is his bed!

 I wasn't sure if I was going to do any outdoor decorating this year, but I'm glad I felt inspired this morning.

 I hope you all have a Merry Junk-Filled Christmas!

 

Bubblegum Pink Burlap Bouquets

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Ann contacted me several weeks ago about creating burlap and lace bouquets for her daughters wedding. She said her colors were bubblegum pink and steel blue. She wanted pink, tan, and off white burlap roses, with just a touch of chocolate. And, she really wanted to tie in the steel blue somehow. 

 

I got to searching and found the bubblegum pink burlap and found the perfect vintage steel blue ribbon.

 The picture above shows the three different sizes of bouquets that were created for the spring wedding. The bouquet on the left was created for the Bride to carry. The medium sized bouquet was created for the Maid of Honor to carry, while 5 small bouquets were created for the Bridesmaids and Flower Girl to carry and one for the Toss Bouquet.

 In addition to the the bouquets for the wedding party, Ann decided they wanted 7 centerpieces. They had purchased the rustic birch containers from here on etsy and wanted the flowers to match. The medium size bouquet was the right dimensions to sit in their container and she is going to add branches to the bouquets for heigth while maintaining a low centerpiece to see over at the wedding reception.

Ann was a pleasure to work with and she said she would send pictures. We are going to have to be patient though - its a spring wedding.

 I ordered plenty of pink burlap and now have it available in my store! (I used all the steel blue ribbon though.)