Mary Poppins

My husbands company had a client that gave us tickets to see the Broadway musical Mary Poppins last night. It was such a fun play to see. Loved the music and the costumes and all the stage props and backdrops were amazing.

If you have the chance to get tickets to this I would highly recommend it.

Antique Wheelbarrow

I'm totally in the market for a antique wooden wheelbarrow or wagon, like the ones I posted about yesterday. I want to do fun arrangements on my porch with them for the different seasons.

My mom was kind enough to let me use hers this fall and winter.

You can even see that there is a tiny bit of old blue paint on the wagon that compliments the color of my house.

Fall Porch Round-Up

Do you think I can start transforming my porch to fall stuff yet?

Here's some inspiration for you.

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I'm over at Positively Splendid!

Hey Guys

Head over to Positively Splendid and check out my fall wreath I'm sharing over there today

Birthday Bliss Gift

I came up with this cute birthday gift idea.

I bought some Hershey Bliss chocolates (there are lots of flavors)

Put into a cute glass jar

added some coordinating ribbon and tag

I wrote:

Happy Birthday, I hope it was "Bliss"

Pinterest Interest

I would love this corner desk and organizational wall in my raft room.

Great inspiration for me!

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Technique on how to make this look on lamps

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To die for cute baby ballet flats

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Really cute pumpkin carving idea, would be great for all those little princesses in my house.

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My Pinterest account is camillas

Front Entry

I wasn't wanting to change my entry way.

I thought it looked fine. Nothing to be wowed about, but it was good.

Then I saw this Pin, which I had already showed you but here it is again!

LOVE these mirrors from Ballard, but Hello, the price tag was nearly $500 for all 4 mirrors to be shipped to me.

So I searched desperately online to see if I could fine a cheaper version.

I FINALLY found some at Target.com that were actually very similar just not as big as the Ballard mirrors. AND, they only cost me $25!!! 

A freakin' steal!

But wouldn't you know it, they were all sold out online.

So I just wanted to see if my local store carried them. I called and they said they were out of stock there but they could check other surrounding stores in my area.

They found FOUR at a store only about 4 miles down the road, so I put them all on hold and went that afternoon to pick them up.

So this is the before (during valentines day):

I took everything down and cut out wrapping paper the exact size of the frames.

Then I measured that the hanging brackets were 7" down on both sides of the mirrors so I used some tacks and a string to hang a level (I used a level to make sure I was right on) string across the papers.

A 1/2 inch in and 7 inches down was where my nails needed to be to hang the frames.

Then I just nailed my nails in right over the wrapping paper.

Then I just pulled my string and tacks out and pulled the paper off right over the nails and then hung up my mirrors. It took a little extra time to do this but not once did I have to take a nail out and move it 1 centimeter this way or that way! It was better for me in the long run since I did this project by myself and didn't have anyone standing back and saying "yup, looks straight"

So, here is my finished project for hanging the mirrors:

I am going to hang wreaths like the one in the pin that I found my inspiration for this.

 Globe, Free; Typewriter, Salvation Army $35; Apothecary jars, one from a yard sale for $5 one from Hob Lob on their 50% deal; Large silver bowl, thrift store find for $35; 'S' monogram, had for so i don't remember from where.