Fall Decor and Happy Thanksgiving from the country

We enjoyed a house full of friends and family yesterday and now the turkey soup is simmering on the stove!  It has been awhile since I last posted!  Yikes....I wish I was more consistent at doing this blogging!  I guess I use it more as a diary and a photo journal...and I get some ideas to blog about and they just seem to stay in my brain and never make it to be a blog post!

So.... before the fall season is gone, I thought I would post this years fall decor that I enjoyed putting up around the house.  I really like the neutral tone of white pumpkins and you will see they were the focal point of my decorating.  As well, I found a pair of gold lamps at Value Village (5.99 each), bought the shades at Walmart,  and they helped to fill in the mantel.

OH...is there anyone out there with tips on how to make my header size fill up more of the banner!?  Thats the problem with not doing this often,,,you forget all the techie stuff!!

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian blogging friends!  Enjoy the long week end!!

Making use of the old fence gate that Darrell made last year.

Lamps perfect for the mantel from Value Village

Fall banner hung with jute string

My grandma's gold plates fit in perfectly

A bit of mother nature and her fall colors.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Linking up to :

Amaze me Monday

Rooted in Thyme

Live Laugh Rowe

Grace at Home

Home and Garden Thursday

Treasure Hunt Thursday

The Wicker House

Show and Share

"S" is for SPRING

Happy Easter !!    He is RISEN! a celebration of the greatest battle that was and ever will be fought....and just to think He did for me!   Thankful for the grace of the cross today.

I just love the texture and simplicity of this picture!

The tulips I bought have opened up nicely.

They look nice on fireplace mantel amongst a few touches

of shades of seafoam and tourqoiuse.

Sharing at :

Amaze Me Monday

Sweet n Simple Fridays

Mosaic Monday

Joy in the common things...

My new book " One Thousand Gifts"  by Ann Voskamp arrived the other day.  I have also been on her website again and it is worth a visit.....I have to go back to hear the rest of her interview that she had explaining how she wrote One Thousand Gifts.  She challenges you to start making a list, a journal of things that  you are thankful for.  That gratitude and praise in the common things help you to see how truly blessed one is and that is a reason for JOY.

So I have started my list, in a pretty journal that my dear friend, Erin, gave me.

1. Evening walks on our land
2. The smell of rain
3. A hard working husband
4. Lilac bushes blooming in white, deep purple and light purple
5. A God who knows me by name.

What are you thankful for as we start a new season of this year?

We have the sweetest neigbhours, C and her husband D.  They have 2 adorable little girls that call me Auntie and CnD are great friends to my niece.  They were there for her through the toughest time in her life as her young husband was taken from this earth too early, they were there for her two little boys and they are still there for M as she has remarried and is excited about life again.  This simple bouquet was for C as she helped me last minute with getting some details done for Darrell's 50th birthday party!....Thank you ... Thank you!

"God give me hope for each day that springs,

God give me joy in the common things!"

Thomas Curtis Clark

We have lots of great places around the yard to set up picnics and tables to enjoy eating outside.

I have always admired the pictures of long harvest tables set up with friends and family around them.

We celebrated Darrell's 50th with the Medicine Hat Motz's, that had to be indoors as the wind was blowing like a hurricane that night.

We celebrated again with our small group from church, and the evening was beautiful as we enjoyed eating outdoors!

Linking up to Tablescape Thursday :

May 25, 1963  A pretty good day!  

Happy Birthday!!

Create something to share

I enjoy connecting with people on facebook as well.  This fun idea came onto my wall the other day.   Since alot of my "favorite blogs" will link me to others with common interests of photography, scrapbooking, baking, decorating, raising familys, learning more about the God who created us :) , BnB's...the list could go on!  I thought this would be a great way to meet new people in blogland.  So, make a comment and see where we go from here! 

 Pay it Forward 2011: I promise to send something handmade to the first 5 people who leave a comment. Those 5 people must in turn post this and send something they made to the first 5 people who comment on their status. The rules are that it must be handmade by you and it must be sent to your 5 people sometime in 2011

 

Above pics are:  Quilt show downtown Drumheller, a card created by one of the gals who came to BnB for a scrapbookers retreat, fresh biscuits made by my best friend so we could do a photo shoot for some BnB advertising, beads on display at the Fernie Farmers Market, my great nephews chubby little hand as we created a gingerbread house at Christmas time, and my oldest son Kaleb creating music in the band he plays in "The Social Threat"

Well, I hope I get quicker at posting and putting my pics together on my blog page!! It is now time to try and attempt getting to the next town for my youngest son, Ben, who has a hockey game.....only problem is there is a good ole prairie blizzard blowing!!  May not be going anywhere today, which means I can make a hot chocolate and figure out more on this blog!!  Enjoy the day...remember you are the most unique masterpiece..created by a God who loves you dearly!!

Thanks for reading :)

Dawna

Pretty in Pink

 I loved photographing the peonies in my garden this past summer...hope you enjoy the blossoms too :)

Photo collages are a favorite of mine

Thanks to Lorrie from Fabric, Paper, Thread for posting a quick tutorial on how to put together picture collages.  I have been admiring these on her blog for awhile and decided to set up a blog and give it a try.  These pictures were taken at one of our favorite spots, Fernie BC.