Evening...

on the patio.

 The day is cooling down.

 Warm Florida evenings.

View into the kitchen.

Little white lights strung on the branch tree.

 The Blue Hour.

The period of twilight each evening

and morning, when there is neither full

daylight or complete darkness.

 The sun has set and there is still a glow in the sky.

Have a good evening.

Cheers!

update: the tree is a ficus that died!
I don't throw anything out. LOL!

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Common Ground, My Romantic Home

Creating Art With Your IPhone

You can turn your photos into works of art.

No talent required because now there's
 an app for that!

Here's what I've doe so far.

This watercolor tablescape is from 

my last post on IKEA Shopping. 

Below is the original photo.

I've been playing with this app using photos

 I have on my phone. Here's Lucy

using the watercolor effect.

Taken from this photo. 

Palm trees in watercolor filter

original photo

North Carolina fall view.

Think of the possibilities! You can have
paintings of anything you want and be able
to change them anytime for any season or
reason. I just printed these copies on
card stock from my printer. 

Ixora flowers in a blue Ball jar became 

 note cards, or small prints to frame.

There are several different filters

to try. You just click on the heart on

the ones you like to send, by mail or 

text or add to your camera roll.

The Waterlogue app is in the app store. 

It's $2.99, but well worth it. 

I think they really look like hand-done

watercolor paintings. 

This is the side path we are working on.

Larry built the arbor. We just need to

add flowers along the garage wall.

It make everything look pretty.

You could make your own Christmas cards.

The original photo is from THIS  post.

OK, I'm stopping...for now!

Cheers!

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IKEA Shopping

I'm so lucky to have an IKEA store just 

10 minutes from  my house.

 I like that they have pretty centerpieces
using their products for inspiration on 

 all of their cafe tables.

It's a nice touch.

That's where we headed first.

That's where we always go first.

Lunch!

 Yummy Swedish meatballs and mashed 

potatoes with a side salad. 

 Today we treated ourselves to a piece of 

chocolate cake. We shared!
Oh, and the coffee (or tea) is free.

Chocolate mousse cake.

Now we're fortified for shopping.

I just came in for this duvet set.

It's king size with 2 king pillowcases.

   Today's special for $9.99!

 Plum floral pattern, with petite flowers on

the back side. Perfect for adding a little

 spring to a bedroom. It's not for my 

bedroom. It's for this one.

:)

Cheers!

*See my other little IKEA bargain HERE.

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IKEA Bargain

I found this little woven cotton rug at 

IKEA last week. 

(this is new)

 I wanted to show you before I packed up 

all my Valentine's decor this weekend. 

(Is it ok if I eat now?)

It's for the floor by the kitchen sink. 

I change the rugs there at least monthly. 

There's a little stack of them on a shelf 

in the garage. This one is 22"x32' and

they all must be machine-washable.

(ok, don't mind me)

 It gives the kitchen a farmhouse feel. 

(say good-bye for me)

A great bargain price too. Only $2.99.

There were several color combinations. 

I also grabbed the pink one for Easter/Spring.

Cheers! 

(and Lucy says good-bye!)

*See what else I found HERE.

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Wine Cork and Red Bead Garland

This is a very versatile project.

It's too nice today to stay inside, 

so I'm on my patio stringing wine corks 

and red beads to make a garland. 

Or:

If you don't live in south Florida then you can 

say "It's too cold today to go anywhere, 

so I'm staying inside by the fire and stringing 

wine cork and red beads" 

See what I mean? Versatile!

You can use any color beads. I found this 

long string of red wooden beads at a garage

 sale last summer for $1.00. 

Larry pre-drilled the holes in the corks, 

so that threading the fishing line through

 went very fast.

 

I had a long string of corks/beads 

accumulating next to me on the couch. 

Like my last cork garland with tutorial

 HERE. The red beads mean I can use 

this garland for Valentine's Day, 

Christmas, and the 4th of July.  

I've been using so many corks lately I'm 

actually now low on corks. I missed my 

last opportunity to score lots of corks 

at a wedding we attended. 

I could have asked the bar tenders to 

put all the corks in a bag then I could have

 made the bride an nice sentimental garland. 

(note to self) You can never have too many corks! 

Cheers!

Link: Stop by Rita's Recipes for my easy
 Chicken Cordon Bleu

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