Gleanings From Gail

Monday, June 13, 2011

Raising 4 Princesses: T' Shirt to Tea Party Gloves

Raising 4 Princesses: T' Shirt to Tea Party Gloves: "I don't know about you, but I think wearing gloves is a lost art in modern womanhood. I know they're highly impractical, but in my mind's e..."

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Pretty Peonies from Papa!

Look at this beautiful bouquet of Peonies (I think that's what they're called) that my father-in-law (better known as "Papa"), picked for me.

He has a bush in his yard that is ENORMOUS! He knows how much I love these flowers, and so that's why he picked them. Isn't that sweet!

and that's not all......

He said that I deserved them! I thought that was so swee!

They smell wonderful! We actually have some of these flowers in our yard as well, but I was still thankful for the thoughtfulness of my "papa"-in-law!

Does anyone else have a Peony bush or bouquet?

I'm linking to Missy's Thursdays, Trinkets and Treasures. She isn't feeling well, so I want to share this bouquet with her in hopes that it will make her feel better!

Friday, May 13, 2011

The Garden and Eden

This little "Cabbage Patch" Baby Doll that I have baby sat since August of last year, happens to be my baby granddaughter, Eden.

We decided on the spur of the moment to do a photo shoot! Grannas and grandbabies can do that, you know!

Hope you enjoy it as much as Granna did! (Smile!)

Consider the Lillies......

Teaching me to take time to smell ......beauty!

Little Rose Bud!

She is as precious as a Peony!

As darling as the Day Lillies

Growing like the flowers.......fast!

Meeing outside friends!

Peek a Boo, Cabbage Patch Baby!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

The original plans for the "formal" living room and dining room was to be in the same room (front of house to the right of foyer). Of course, through the years, it has changed many times. Below is a picture of when just the dining room was here. It makes for a really big dining room which is great when all the gang is here. I decided to change it back, though, because of having to do something with a sofa that I bought for $50.00 a few years ago. (a story in itself !) It was stored in the garage and my husband wanted to clear out the garage. I didn't want to get rid of it so ..........

I didcided to move it back upstairs and do the dining/living room thing again! I like it better. It's much more cozy! What do you think?

Someday, the plans are to recover this sofa. : ) Hopefully it will look something like Julie's redo! Thanks, Juilie. I love it!

I'm linking up to Traci's Best DIY project for April

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Art I Heart!

Ladies, I wanted to share with you one of the neatest things I have seen in blogland decorations! It is

an easy, inexpensive, cute way to have art on your walls. It's the kind of project I can do!

Here's the materials you will need:

Picture Frame

Whatever Art that you want to hang.

String

Craft clothes pins (I call them baby clothes pins) I think they're so cute!

Tiny nails and hammer

Scissors

and, ah, probably a ruler. I'm so bad about not measuring. But if you're a perfectionist, you will probably want a ruler or some way to measure.

Here's what you do!

First, get your picture frame.

Wait! Before you do, let me tell you about the deal I got on the frames for my art project at

Hobby Lobby's 90 percent off sale. They were originally $39.00. Can you see what I got them for? Yes, you're seeing it right....$3.99. My daughter Rebecca, at Plesant Lines, brought them to my attention. I think she bought a doz. of them( JK). I grabbed a couple. Thanks, Bec!

So, first, you turn the frame over and remove the back.

Then remove the glass (unless you want to leave it in there). I removed it.

Then you cut the string to the desired length (I placed the picture inside the frame at this point just to see how long to cut the string.)

Then with the tiny nails and hammer, nail the string to the frame in the corners of the frame. You could use tacks to do this or even tape if your picture is not very heavy.

Then you remove the picture from the mat. The first one came off easy for me, but....

with the second one, I had to get my husband's help. It was stubborn and didn't want to come off. He has patience with things like this and I knew he wouldn't tear it. I might!

My next step would have been the finishing step - to hang the picture on the string with the clothes pins, but then I discovered the writing at the bottom of the pictures. Now why would they go and do that?!

So, my next step is to cut the "wordy" stuff off. I had two pictures (don't know if I mentioned that), so, guess what I did! I put 'em together, and cut them both at once. (actually "eyeballed" them, shhhh, don't tell) Now if one is crooked, so is the other one! Surprisingly, they turned out ok. You'll see later, that with the look I'm going for it really doesn't matter!

OK! Now, we're ready to hang the picture on the string with the little clothes pins. I couldn't wait to do this part.

Actually, I forgot to take a picture of this step! Ha! Ha! Well, have you ever hung clothes on a line to dry? I sure have. When I was a young girl growing up that's the ONLY way we dryed clothes! It's the same thing.

So now I will give you what I'm sure you've been waiting for; the final step. The art... on the string... in the frame.... even hanging on the wall! See it doesn't have to be perfect! There is enough perfectionist in me, though, that I do see something that I will have to "fix" with this picture. It is the staples at the bottom of the frame. Do you see them? They will have to go....someday!

Here's the one on this side:

Here's the one on the other side:

I like the look, because it serves several decorating purposes, I think. The black frames make it a little modern. The string and clothes pins make it a little country for sure. It is, I guess, what would be called an element of surprise. Who would expect to see art hanging up on a string unless it is has just been painted and is drying. Ha ha! Do you think I will be able to fool anyone with this? Probably not!

The main reason I like it is this; look at how easy it would be to change the art. Oh yes, my friend,.....with the seasons! If you come to visit me in the future, don't be surprised it it's changed! Hey, seriously, at Chirstmas it would be a great place to hang Chirstmas cards!