Wishing you all a Sunflowery kinda day!

Well,,,,I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, but I am the world's worst blogger I think!!!  Just stoppin by to share some sunflowery goodness with you all!

OCTOBER 

I have some projects that I am working on, so will have to get them posted when completed.  It has  been a busy summer for us even though it seems we did not accomplish lots on our to do list!

Ben, our youngest son, was married to Faith on August 30th.  It was a perfect summer day, outside ceremony, lots of burlap and lace, and a beautiful couple!  

Photo Credit to the amazing Chelsie Graham

A wonderful location suited this couple perfectly

Eagle's Nest Ranch in the Cypress Hills

A beautiful bride...

A handsome young groom!

  

It was so much fun decorating for this wedding.

Burlap n lace were all the rage on Pinterest

It came together well.

Check out Chelsie's photography blog here.

So Darrell and I are getting used to an empty nest.  So thankful that we are just a few miles outside of the city, just a little ways from the boys.  And what is really cool is that they are both living on the same street!!  Ben and Faith found a house just a 3 or 4 minute walk from Kaleb and Jami!  Totally not planned at all, but the right house in the right price range was waiting for them!

Enjoying looking through everyone's wonderful Fall and Autumn posts.  I love this time of year!  Have a wonderful day everyone......that goes out to anyone who may still have me on their blog roll!  YIKES!!  I am not the best at keeping up to date!!

Pull up a chair at the country harvest table...

It was Thanksgiving in Canada a few weeks back and we enjoyed sharing our table with our dear friends, the Andersons.  I enjoy setting a nice table, especially for friends and special occasions.

 I purchased the burlap material for the table runner and the striped fabric for the napkins, otherwise I was able to go through the cupboards and put together an autumn inspired table.  I got a great deal on the leftover fabric for the napkins from a roll end at Walmart.  I ran out of time to sew up the edges, but will get to that eventually!  Kinda goes with the rustic theme,... unfinished napkins!

 Raffia around the water pitchers and mason jar glasses,

Chargers that have a wood grain,

and candles in hurricane lanterns.

I used a scalloped paper from a collection of autumn papers to set off the plain brown and white plates.

 Napkin rings from Winners, always find a good deal there .  Didn't have enough of one kind, so I mixed the owls and the pumpkins.

I wanted to have the candle sitting on something in the hurricane to give it more interest.  I tried filling it part way with popcorn kernels, but didn't really like it.  Solution was to crumple up some brown paper and that worked great!  Grabbed a trio of autumn leaves off of the deck and put them in with the raffia.

Finished!

Hydrangeas from my yard...autumn favorite!

You all would laugh if you could see me as I am typing this post!  I have tennis elbow, I think...so I am sitting at my desk, typing with one finger as I have my left elbow sitting on ice!! in  my big metal mixing bowl!  It seems to be helping!  I have a few things on my to do list before I have to get ready for work, so no time to just sit and ice an elbow,,,, must multi task!!

Have a great week end everyone!  Sure am thankful for the beautiful weather we are getting in Southern Alberta...hope it lasts for a long while yet.

Linking up to :

Tablescape Thursday

Farmgirl Friday

Sweet and Simple Fridays

Mosaic Monday

From the Farm

My baby turned 18!!

April 12th was Ben's birthday!!  Of course, I can't believe he is 18 and it makes me happy and sad all at the same time.  I decided to make a "1 8 " birthday cake for him, and his girlfriend, Courtney, also wanted to make  him a cake...so lets just say we  "ate cake"!   I borrowed a really cool pan.  The pan allows you to make any letter or number and you just use the squares to block off the area that will make the letter or number.  It was very simple to use.

Nothing fancy.... I covered some cardboard with some scrapbooking paper and used my Cricut machine to make the letters and a couple of shapes.

These are some of our dearest friends...Ruth and I have been friends for over 20 years!!  She babysat my kids and have been at all the birthday parties!!  Her daughter Erin, to the left of Ben, is all grown up now with babies of her own!   Her four little ones are the sweetest and we are having fun loving another generation of kidlets!!  

Wishing you God's blessings always Ben and may you get to know the God who made you and loves you very much!!