Decorating for Fall Con't......

          Fall decorating is continuing this week. I am ignoring the fact that it's 90 degrees outside.
                                                              Inside it's Fall!!
          I can't seem to get enough of the white pumpkins.....Just love how beautiful they look in my black and white kitchen.
       

                                                          There's always room for flowers.    

            Nothing says "Fall " in our house like candy corn. They are one of Phil's favorite candies. I have to confess I love them too! You know fall has arrived in our house when a jar of candy corn
shows up on the kitchen counter. Well maybe not just one jar.....maybe three and some extra in the pantry. Did you ever wonder why we associate certain things with a particular season?? For me It's the colors of Fall ... the leaves, the mums, the fall flowers and the pumpkins... and oh yes, the candy corn. For Phil it's just the candy corn!!
         
                                                What is it that says "Fall" to you?
                                                                                       

                             xoxo,
                         Sue
                                                                                  

                                                                                              please leave a comment!!!

Beginning to Decorate for the Fall..... White and Pale Blue Pumpkins

Can you believe it's Monday morning already?  We were away for the weekend. It's good to be home!
         Well, I finally began to decorate for the fall. I decided to use white pumpkins this year. I wasn't so sure when I started if I would like the look...But I have to say I love it!!  It is a softer look for fall.
         I'm still not too sure what I will do outside.

White Pumpkins and Dried Hydrangea

Glass Front Kitchen Cabinet...White Pumpkins and Straw

Dining Room Centerpiece

 Matilda the Witch

There is a story behind this witch..... I purchased her at Home Goods many years ago when the grandchildren were younger. I fell in love with her! I especially loved her satin, velvet and lace dress. And how I loved the feather in her hat not to mention the jewelry around her neck!! I thought she was  so ugly, that she was beautiful!!! I believed the grandchildren would love her as I did. I sat  her on a bench in the kitchen for all to see.
When the grandkids came to visit they didn't love her as I did. In fact they hated her!!! Some where afraid!  but they all found her Very Creepy!!!

So Matilda sits in the kitchen, but has to fly away when the grandchildren to visit. 

xo

 Sue

                                                                                                 

Displaying Old Photographs

Hi Everyone!
    Happy September!
       Do you believe it's already September?
 Here in Northeastern Pennsylvania it's been quite cool. The feeling of Fall is in the air. It makes me want to run out and buy those beautiful colorful  mums and pumpkins that I love. But the flowers in the garden are looking so beautiful at the moment. I can't bring myself to replacing them just yet.

                                         Nothing says Fall like sunflowers in the kitchen!!

              Todays post is about old photographs. Recently we inherited a couple of old photo albums from Phil's mom and grandmother. The albums were in poor condition so we decided to place these old pictures in new albums. Phil worked for months on this project. So many pictures from so long ago. Some pictures of people we didn't even know. Pictures of celebrations and holidays. People laughing and smiling for the camera. I was amazed at how many photos were taken at what seemed to be just an ordinary Sunday dinner. They were photos of different times, times when the whole family came together to share a meal. Much different then the pictures we take today.
      After finishing the albums we decided to take a few of the pictures and display them, The people in these photos were our relatives, our history. Seeing their happy times and realizing how important these times were to them, so important that they needed to capture these moments in pictures. We just knew we had to give them more prominence than being stuffed in a closet until our children inherited them some day.
       We chose to display them on a wall in our hallway. The frames I used were simple and mostly the same. This keeps the display from looking too busy. I also believe that the more simple the frame the more you appreciate the picture We used mostly original photos not copies. I hung them symmetrical, again to try and keep it pleasing to the eye. Most of the pictures were black and white and sepia. This kept the display looking old world. We also had some original birth certificates and wedding certificates that we hung. The pictures go back as far as my great grandmother. Some of them are as old as the early 1900s. My only regret is that the wall isn't bigger.

We still have a few more to add.  We have been waiting for family members to send us some old pictures that we didn't have to add to our wall. I like the fact that it is always being added to.

Phil's Grandparents Wedding Picture 1922

                           

My Grandmother's Engagement Picture 1916

           

Phil's Grandfather WWI

Each time I pass through the hallway I can't help to look at  this display. I am so glad we did it!

xoxo

      Sue