Out With The Old...In With The New

Hello Ladies. Welcome to the mansion this evening. Have you ever walked into your mansion and thought...."I hate it!"? Well...I did that the other day. So, nothing doing (whatever that means...) I had to make a change. A little tricky considering that we leave this mansion in 5 weeks. I am saying bye bye to these things....

And, I am saying "Hello" to things like this....

This has inspired a lot of spray painting...

Today I worked on things for the new mansion bathroom. I decided to go with a birdie and nestie kinda thing. I saw this over at http://www.nestingplace.blogspot.com/

Hey...I just spray painted two nice black frames... I think I can, I think I can...

I cut some craft paper to fit into both of the 4X6 frames. The paper has little wings on it....get it???? birdies!

Then I hot glued some little nests and eggs onto the glass of the frames. I so...love these. They will adorn my new bathroom wall. While I was at it, I decided to frame a picture of some bird eggs that I found on the web.

Oops...wrong pic.... That's Nate. He is helping me arrange my ribbons. Here is the picture of the bird eggs.

I saved and enhanced the picture. I spray painted two mats that I had laying around and spray painted the frame. Instant art. I love it when that happens. So...three new things for the bathroom for the price of two little nests and six little plastic eggs. That's a "camo" project that can't be beat.

Sorry this post was so...long. I just had a lot to say. Love, Laura

Lavender Lift

Hello Ladies. Good evening. Welcome to the mansion. On the way to dinner last night, my eyes kept being drawn to the side of the highway. It was beautiful. The wild wisteria was every where. The color was perfect....like bunches of pretty grapes hanging all over the place. If you live in the South, you may know what I mean right now. If you are up North, maybe you will get it in a couple of months.

About.com has this to say about LAVENDER...

Lavender has long been a favorite flower and color of genteel ladies. This shade of purple suggests refinement along with grace, elegance, and something special.

Wow...who knew a color could mean so much. Thought I would share a little lavender inspiration with you all...

Any toile is great, but lavender toile is super great.

So simple yet so pretty.

God and lavender....fabulous

This is a great dresser idea in any color.

The lavender with the black behind is fab.

I feel more "genteel" already.

Last but not least, the lavender wreath. This could greet other "genteel" ladies at the door. Hospitality at it's best.

I hope that something in this lavender post has inspired you to grab a little lavender for yourself or for someone you care about. Have a great evening and a blessed Sunday. Love, Laura