Wedding Thrifting Leads To Rekindled Love

As we age we reach certain milestones in our lives. You fall in love, get married, buy a home or maybe even a farm, have a couple of babies, watch them grow, watch them fall in love and eventually watch them leave home to begin a life of their own.  

Of course that's a shortened condensed version of life because there's so much more than that. 

A little over a week ago I had the honor of watching my son, my firstborn, the one who introduced me to motherhood, the one who taught me what not to do and what to do as a young mother marry his soul mate.  

Of course I feel very blessed to have her in my life and an added bonus is that she shares the thrifting/junking gene with me.  I know I'm biased but they are stunningly handsome and beautiful. 

Mr. and Mrs. Ponder

Of course I have to give a shout out to The Barn at Redgate and to Jenna Blue Photography  The venue was perfect and Jenna does an amazing job.

In the months leading up to the big day I was fortunate enough to be able to check out venue spots and to go thrifting in hopes of finding all of the beautiful things Brittany had envisioned for her big day.  We were on the hunt for beautiful vintage glassware, china, cake stands, vintage silver, candle sticks and so much more.  Unfortunately I don't have pictures of everything from those shopping ventures but here is just a sampling of some of our treasures

And all I went after was the pink Fostoria.

Oh happy day

I think I may have an obsession with vintage silverware (of course it's silver plate, I can't afford the real silver)

No before pics but it was bye bye brass and hello spray chalk paint.

 

My Ebay score for vintage napkins

Just a portion of our score on day one.

  So it's not a rekindled love with an old flame but instead a rekindled love of old things, thrifting and someone else's junk.  This has lead to more purchases such as these beautiful glasses.


And this...plus more

Its even more beautiful up close 

So maybe Brittany and I should go into the rental business...I'm pretty sure we have a good start on the necessary supplies.  You know where to look if you are looking for beautiful vintage pieces for a party, wedding, or dinner party. 

Most importantly out of all of this my son has found his love and gained a wife and I have gained a daughter in law.  It's a wonderful start of a new beginning.

Looks Like Frosty Has A Wife

My daughters school project last year lead to this charming little snow couple.  She was supposed to create something using recycled materials so this is what we came up with.  Maybe we need to make another couple so they can have some friends.

The project was really easy and of course inexpensive considering they are made using recycled materials. 

This is how they started out.

Frosty was the first one we made but since he was so handsome we thought he needed a girlfriend.

Scrap fabric for his hat and scarf, the berry and greenery were from some old Christmas decorations, the eyes are cuttings from where we trimmed some candles wicks, toothpicks were used for the nose and arms (no they were not recycled they were new), the wax was candle making wax to which we added some old and broken white crayons and a little glitter to make him sparkle.

Same thing for Crystal (remember the movie where he got married).  Her hat is actually from some old dress up/play clothes of my daughters, pearls from an old play pearl necklace and her scarf was some left over/scrap ribbon.  The eyes, nose and arms are the same as Frosty's.

Now we have a couple of new items to use for our Christmas decorating and by the way she got an A+ on her assignment and we had fun working together to make them.  Here's a little shot of the happy couple together.

In the words of Parson Brown "I now pronounce you snowman and wife".

Hope you enjoy and hopefully we can make some real Frosty and Crystals soon.

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Break Time Is Almost Over

Hope everyone has had a WONDERFUL summer!  I took a little break from blogging and just enjoyed good times with family and friends.  Yes...life is good! 

In June the hubby and I celebrated 20 years of marriage and decided to take a short little trip to Destin Florida.  It was absolutely beautiful!  We stayed at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort which I would very much recommend to anyone planning a trip to the Destin area.  Its a great place for a couples only trip or a family trip as well. 

You can sit and lounge on the beach.

Maybe even have a beautiful beach wedding...see the chairs being set up.

Dine on the patio at Finz Beach Bar.

Kids can play on the floating playground (we thought about giving it a try and decided it probably wasn't a good idea)

Then when you wanna enjoy the night life and special events be sure to check out The Village of Baytowne Wharf.  They were having a fishing tournament and we were there as the first of the boats were returning with their catches.  

In July I got to spend some time with my wonderful family.  We had a wonderful two weeks together and the first leg of the trip was...can you guess (not the best picture)

DISNEY WORLD...who doesn't need a little Micky and Minnie time.

Me and my babies!!

A view of the Grand Floridian at night.

Even the topiary Mary Poppins make me start singing...a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down...

Gotta love a girl who wears Minnie ears and do you notice a theme with my sons shirts...GO CATS!!

The last week of our journey was spent at my most favorite place...Myrtle Beach.  It was a long journey and a week of sitting and relaxing on the beach was exactly what I needed after an exhausting (but fun) week at Disney World

I'm pretty sure we have a few pairs of goggles that we could add to the graveyard.

Sibling love at the beach

All smiles...

And finally summer is coming to an end and a new school year begins.  This is the first day of high school for her and sadly (for me) this is the first day of his last year of high school.  Glad my babies are healthy and growing up but boy where did the time go???

They Are The Champs

They are stong... They are invincible... They are outstanding and... They are the CHAMPS.   I have spent this past weekend watching my hometown Lady Rockets bring home the title of State Champions and I must say it ranks right up there as one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. 

These outstanding young ladies and the coaching staff headed by Chrysti Noble brought home the first ever State Championship Trophy to Rockcastle County High School.  To have been a part of this event is something that I still get choked up about today (ask the people I work with...couldn't talk about it without tears filling my eyes).  Knowing either the members of this team personally or their families and being there to share in this moment with them was priceless but seeing the Heros welcome home for them was also amazing.

You can see the excitement as they are being brought home on firetrucks with police leading the way and fans standing outside waiting on their arrival.

And the looks on their faces was priceless as they round their school and see the hundreds of fans waiting there to show their love and support.  By the way look at that cute Katie and how shocked she was when she saw the crowd.  Of course Logan was there waiting to see her and welcome her home.

They are being followed in by the coaching staff and some of the members of their family.  You know the coaches always like to let their team have the spot light and this wonderful group is no different.

And to my friend Coach Noble I just want to say how proud I am you and your accomplishments.  You have done so much for this community and you are an outstanding person.  I know that there are many future little Lady Rockets out there right now just waiting to be a part of your team and follow in the footsteps of these young ladies.

CONGRATS LADY ROCKETS!!!!!



Champions In More Ways Than One

Ok so my blog is usually about thrifting, crafting, decorating

 and so on but tonights post is about something totally

different but very near and dear to my heart....LADY

ROCKETS!!!!  I was at one time a lady Rocket but that was a

loooong time ago.  I probably couldn't run down the floor and

back without passing out but that is not the reason for the

post tonight...no tonights post is a celebration for the

Regional Champs!!!!  So proud of our girls as they once again

head to Diddle Arena to battle it out for the title of State

 Champ. 

Copied this pic from Katies pics...thanks

And of course I have to give a big shout out to number 21...

Hi Katie.  She is my sons favorite player and highschool

sweetheart and yes I think she is a really kinda sweet too and

cute to boot.

Once again CONGRATS Girls!!!!!

And to my friend Coach Noble just want to say I am proud of

you and your coaching staff for the wonderful job that you

do. When the season is over I think its time to plan a girls

weekend out.  Woo Hoo see you at Diddle!!!

Sibling Love

Okay....tonights post isn't about crafting, decorating, thrifting or Willow House.  Did you ever just have one of those days where something happens that makes you think...How lucky am I???

Well today was my day for that to happen!

Yes, my wonderful siblings may kill me when they find out about this (the picture not the post) but I realized yet again how lucky I am to have been blessed with the best brothers and sister anyone could ever have!!!

Now mind you we have all grown up (and out), hair has changed colors, some of us even have the most amazing sparkles in our hair but not me I choose not to let mine shine (thanks Terri).  We've laughed, cried and even fought along the way but in the end we love each other.   

Yes, tonight is my night to be sappy but those who know me know that it's not that uncommon for me to have moments like this....I personally like them....gives me that warm fuzzy feeling and makes me smile thinking about happy moments we shared as kids.

So with all this being said, I won't bore you to tears but just wanted to give a big shout out to my brothers and sister to say LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

Wonderful lazy day

Ok,ok...I know I said I was going to take down the Christmas stuff but have had so much fun figuring out this blogging stuff that I have not done anything.  There's always tomorrow right?  Thought I would post a couple of pictures to introduce my kids, Logan and Emily.  She knows about this but my son has no idea that I am putting his picture on here for everyone to see.

Notice the beautiful Pottery Barn garland in the back ground...I love it.  I waited to late and missed their sale, I really wanted to get the wreath to match.  Sure hope they have it again next year.



Amazing how well they get along with each other especially on Christmas day, if only every day was like that.

Just another picture of two of the most important people in my life.
I do have a wonderful husband and I will eventually get a picture of him added too.

Here's another picture from Christmas day and everytime I pass by the construction site and see Old Glory flying high I get a lump in my throat.  Yes, I'm the girl who tears up when the National Anthem is played.  God Bless America!!!  



Beautiful stars and stripes.