Modern House Minimalist Design 2013

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Oatland Island Summer Camp

The PCP just wrapped up his third year of camp at Savannah’s Oatland Island Wildlife Center. He signed up for Amazing Animals and had a rollicking good time learning about all sorts of creatures through hands-on activities, creative crafts and wildlife investigations. The highlights of his week were crabbing off the dock and holding Checkers the snake!

I adore that he has the opportunity to attend this camp each year, as Sister and I attended the very same and much unchanged camp for countless summers. And if you’re visiting Savannah, the trails are open to the public year round with a small admission fee. There are often special demonstrations on the weekends as well and a story time for toddlers on Tuesdays. It’s a great place to entertain the littles for a few hours. If you go, definitely bring a cold drink and coat yourself in bug spray. I find early spring and fall to be the best time to visit.

After one last beach visit, a bucket of Daddy-O’s boiled peanuts and hours more of skim boarding and sandcastle building, we are on the road home so that I can throw together a fourth of July party in three days flat.

Already looking forward to our next visit!

xoxo

Modern small homes designs ideas.

The art of storage

I just love the way Axel Vervoordt is storing furniture and decorative items.

Kanaal, a former distillery complex at Wijnegem (near Antwerp) that the Axel Vervoordt company purchased in 2000, is the perfect location to store lots of antique furniture.

It is always so inspiring walking around the warehouses of Kanaal. Visiting Belgium, you really should visit this gorgeous site!

The way Axel Vervoordt is displaying his collection of antiques, turns every single piece into ‘a piece of art’ !

Axel Vervoordt Photo credit Joël Laiter

Axel Vervoordt Photo credit Jan Verlinde

Axel Vervoordt Photo credit Vincent Leroux

Axel Vervoordt Photo credit Jan Verlinde

Axel Vervoordt Photo credit Vincent Leroux

Axel Vervoordt Photo credit Guillaume De Laubier

Axel Vervoordt Photo credit Joël Laiter

What do you think about Axel’s smart way of storing furniture and decorative items?

For more information about Kanaal, click here. For opening hours, click here.

To know more about the Axel Vervoordt Company, click here.

www.axel-vervoordt.com

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I am so sorry for not knowing the names of the magazines where I found these images. The images, published in earlier issues of magazines, I filed long time ago and I only took note of the name of the photographer.

The art of storage

I just love the way Axel Vervoordt is storing furniture and decorative items. Kanaal, a former distillery complex at Wijnegem (near Antwerp) that the Axel Vervoordt company purchased in 2000, is the perfect location to store lots of antique furniture. It is always so inspiring walking around the warehouses of Kanaal. Visiting Belgium, you really should visit this gorgeous site! The way Axel

Friday, June 29, 2012

Modern homes interior setting ideas.

I Know I Can

The PCP is nothing if not confident in himself, his abilities, his knowledge, his muscles, his mastery of any and all feats…you get my drift. I’ve said before that his self confidence is one of his most admirable characteristics, and one that fuels dogged determination to accomplish anything, do anything, learn anything…etc. Another admirable, albeit challenging in the child rearing department, trait. But I digress.

The littles were thrilled when I suggested we get skim boards (from Christy’s Department Store) to use on the beach this afternoon. Here’s how the purchase went down…
Cashier: Y’all got the sex to go with them?
Me: Um… excuse me? (as I turn 50 shades of red).
Cashier holds up sex wax
Me: Oh! The sex wax!!! Well no, I’ll take one of those too. How do I know when to reapply it? (We didn’t wax boards back in the day.)
Cashier: When y’all fall off and break something.
Me: Gotcha. (Make mental note to apply approximately every three seconds.)
But I digress. Again.

So, while Cookie made a fort, blanket and sandcastle out of his…

…the PCP spent three.straight.hours on the surf mastering the darned thing. The day started like this.

…and about an hour later was looking more like this.

As I watched him study the surf, try different ways of dropping the board and eventually start jumping on without abandon, I sat in my chair and my mind couldn’t help but flash forward to visions of what an outstanding young man he’ll be.

As the hours unfolded, sheer determination turned to sheer bliss. When Mother asked him if he was telling himself “I think I can” when he started out, he matter-of-fact replied “No, I was saying ‘I know I can’.”

Memories were made at Tybee today.

xoxo

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Busy and Blessed

Hey friends!

Whew!!! My days are full but good.

My son has been gone all summer working at summer camp. He comes home on Saturdays and I do his laundry and then he goes back.

My husband has traveled off and on all summer to Washington and now California. Our oldest daughter traveled with him to California, which is where they are now.

My youngest daughter and I spent a few days visiting the beautiful city of Franklin, Tennessee, where we shopped, ate, swam, made and visited with new friends, ate some more.

We ate at a wonderful restaurant in Brentwood, near Franklin, called the Puffy Muffin. Oh my, it was beyond fabulous.

We went to Leiper’s Fork, which was just featured in Country Living magazine, and ate lunch with a new blogging friend that the Lord put right in my pathway.(literally) Such a great story, but probably too long. Trust me that God will direct our steps if we ask Him to and He will put us exactly where He wants us to be and when He wants us to be there. I have been asking the Lord every day to direct my steps throughout the day.

Went to the Nashville Flea Market last weekend and had a blast. Picked up some great new things. Copper is my latest desire.

Have gotten to spend extra time with my brother and sister-in-law recently and have been truly blessed by it. So thankful for family.

Gotten to celebrate the end of my mom’s treatments and getting her port removed. Celebrating hair growing back! She is beautiful…always has been.

Had my pretend barn sale, which went great. Would love a barn so I could have the real thing.

Growing and working in our garden that is booming right now.

Gathering over a dozen eggs a day from our hens.

Thankful for farm fresh eggs and fresh homegrown veggies.

Getting ready to celebrate my 44th birthday. Wow! I can’t believe it. Thankful to be alive, healthy, and loved by the One who matters.

Working on some home projects that I will be sharing soon.

Blessings to you all!

DIY Mini Vintage Cake Stand

I love vintage cups and saucers and have my own small collection of miss-matched floral tea sets. Today I'm going to show you how to upcycle some old china to create a sweet little cake stand. I purchased my vintage cup and saucer at a hospice shop, you'll easily find little sets such as these in second hand shops, salvation army or garage sales, even grandmas house ☺

What you need:

Vintage cup and plate (make sure your cup has a flat base so that the plate will sit level)
Glue (suitable for china)
Clear cellophane (for gift wrap)
Scissors
Ribbon

Place your cup upside down on a flat surface, run the glue around the lower lip of the base of the cup where it will touch the plate.
Place your plate on top, making sure it is even each side, you may need to get down to eye level to check.
Carefully place something heavy on top (a cup filled with rice works well).
Allow to dry per instructions on glue packet.

As a lovely gift, just simply add some chocolates or little cakes.

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Chocolate Cherry Liquers

Rocky Road Bark

Wrap in clear cellophane and tie with a ribbon and voila! a lovely hostess or mothers day gift.

More vintage love - I used Style Me Pretty to create this little collage

If you love vintage cups and saucers visit my "pinterest" collection of tea cups to see lots of pretty examples.

Next week I have a wonderful book give-a-way, "Cake Star" by Jade Lipton. The book is full of fabulous cake and cookie decorating ideas with beautiful photography by Paul Giggle. The easy step by step instructions with templates will enable you to impress your friends and family for sure.