Bunny Pancakes

Yes we did! We made Bunny Pancakes!

 These are too cute and too fun to make!

Spoon the pancake batter onto to griddle in
( your favorite recipe or mine)

 the sizes needed; small, medium and larger 

circles for the head, body and feet. 

Oblong shape for the ears.  Assemble adding

 banana slices for the paws and mini 

chocolate chips for the toes. Make a tail

 with a dollop of whipped cream. 

Then fuzz it up with coconut if you have it.

Cheers!

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17 Coffee Table Styling Ideas

The coffee table in the family room gets 

rearranged, restyled and tweeked a lot!

Here's what I have now...transitioning

to Spring. I like to change the vignettes on

the coffee table with the 

seasons and holidays. 

Here's one for Easter.

This was Valentine's Day.
The heart breadboard DIY is HERE.

 Blue and white for Winter.

The wood tray DIY is HERE.

You'll see that I used this tray a lot!

Moving into Spring.

Another bread board DIY.

Time to add a Spring bunny.

 Blue and white for Summer

Baskets and beans for Fall.

Red for February.

 Summer shells

Fall colors

A Summer look. 

This post also has one of my most

viewed recipes...LEMON BROWNIES, 

I call LEMONIES. 

 Another Easter-Spring vignette.

 Cool blues for Summer.

The button band around the plant

is cut from am old denim shirt I had

cut up for a rag wreath. 

Beginning of Fall.

The DIY for this custom wine barrel

tray is HERE. 

Another version of early Fall.

 Summer rattan and shells.

I'm going to play around with my 'stuff'
and see what new I can come up with today.

Cheers!

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6 Tips To Alphabetize and Organize Your Pinterest Boards

It's so much easier to find a board I'm looking 

for now that I've alphabetized my 185 boards.

1. ALPHABETIZE: Go to your Pinterest site. Take your mouse and move your cursor over any board you want to move. The hand icon will appear. Left click on it and hold it down while you drag it to the spot you want. If you have lots of boards to scroll past, it will be easier if you scroll up through your boards with your right hand until you find the spot you want to drop it. Then drag the board using your left hand to that spot. It will shift the boards on each side out of the way. Unclick the mouse and release the board. I had to try this a few times to get the hang of it.

2. SUBDIVIDE BOARDS:  Once you have too many pins in one board  it's time to create sub categories. Keep the first word consistent.  My Christmas board was filled beyond capacity. I couldn't find anything. Now I have Christmas-Crafts, Christmas-Ornaments, Christmas-Decor, etc. I did the same with recipes. Subdivide!

3. COVER PHOTO: Use a good cover photo. Again, it's easier to find my "Hearts" board because there's a big heart cover photo. Change your cover photo using the edit board's icon.

4. DELETE DUPES: Pinterest now lets you know if you've already pinned something, but
if you've been pinning since the beginning, you'll need to weed out the duplicate pins.

5. MOVE PINS IN WRONG CATEGORY: Hit the edit icon in the pin to move it where it belongs. I find strays all the time. It's a pinning in a hurry thing.

6. DELETE PINS & BOARDS: Yes, some gotta go! Change the title of the boards that are not working for you too. This is an ongoing process. A little at a time.

You can follow my boards HERE or click on the Pinterest widget on the right.

Happy Pinning!

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Days Of The Week Embroidered Kitchen Towels

I found these cute hand embroidered kitchen 

towels at a crafts booth in North Carolina.

The "traditional chores" of the week.

I've been displaying a new towel

each day in the kitchen. 

They are just for fun. 

Monday - Washing

Tuesday - Ironing

Wednesday - Cleaning

Thursday - Marketing

Friday - Baking

 Saturday - Mending

Sunday - Day of Rest and Church.

Seems like a good schedule, though I 

would switch a few of the days; 

Wednesday - mending, Friday - cleaning, 

and Saturday - baking. If I were

that organized. But where is my

Tennis towel? 

Cheers!

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Having A Ball (Jar)

I have collected a few vintage aqua Ball jars 

that did not have their original lids.
There are still lots of pretty uses for them.

I'm using this one in my bathroom. It's  filled
 with cotton balls and the topper is a
votive/butte cup that holds the Q-tips.

These very large Ball jars were a great find. 

They sit on the window ledge and hold extra 

bars of oatmeal soap, cotton balls, 

and epson salt with a scoop. 

Of course jars without lids always make a great vase.

 I have a  bit of a jar obsession.
Here's the proof:

Cheers!

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New Faucet ~ New Look

A 'new' faucet was a fast mimi-makeover

 for the cabana bathroom sink. I still had a
few free faucets to use. 

 I think this pump-style one works well in here.

 I love how the water flows out of it.

 My blue and white Crabtree and Evelyn 

soap dish and bar of navy soap.

 A Longaberger Daisy basket is filled with 

rolled washcloths to use as individual 

hand towels. A votive candle in surrounded

with shells in a vintage aqua Ball jar

The only picture I have of the "before" is the 

one taken  here at Christmas. 

This project was so small and fast that I 

didn't think to take a "before" picture of 

the old faucet until it was finished. I then 

realized how much I like it and 

how much better it looked. 

Cheers!

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Roses and Teacups

Two of my favorite things,
roses and teacups together.
What I like best thing about using the

 Waterlogue app is the ability to print out 

very pretty and frameable art cards. 

These are the roses that are drying on the mantle.

They are the remains from a get well

bouquet sent to my daughter.

(she has a broken foot)

Here's the arrangement

Balancing out then other side of the mantle.

A pretty Goldilocks yellow rose teacup.

And in Waterlogue.

 More roses in the oil painting.

Each vintage teacup and saucer in this 

set of 6 has a different color rose and

 a different name; Monique, Symphonie, 

Minerve, Pour Toi, Peace, and Goldilocks.

It's Adderley fine bone china England..

Cheers!

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