Barn Light Electric Giveaway

I was so excited to hear about Barn Light Electric's fantastic giveaway.

They are giving away (1) $1,000 or (1) $500  Barn Light Electric gift certificate that you get to spend any way you’d like.

They have so many gorgeous options.

Barn Light Electric has both vintage and modern lighting.

Here are a few of my favorites.

This swing arm light would look great on either side of my son’s bed.

Frees up some space on the night stands too.

I can picture this pendant hanging above my table in the kitchen.

love the little touch of red.

I’m thinking this would be a good replacement for the light at the top of my stairs.

They also have some vintage furniture pieces.

How great would this be as a rolling island in your kitchen?

Gosh I love it!

So how can you enter?

I’m glad you asked. 

Here is what you need to do.

1. Look around online at Barn Light Electric and pick lights you’d love to own
2. Feature your lighting picks on your personal blog, and link to the lights if you can!
3. Copy/Paste these rules at the bottom of your blog article so others can enter
4. Once your personal article is up, you must email your blog link to: contest@barnlightelectric.com to be qualified to win. The contest ends Wednesday, October 12, 2011
5. Don’t have a blog? Find out how you can enter by reading the Official Rules

Pretty simple. But you need to hurry. Time is almost up!

What would you buy?

PS. If you do NOT have a blog please follow the Official Rules link above for how to enter.

Wildflowers

I saw some flowers on the side of the road the other day.

I didn’t have time to stop. Nor did I have any clippers with me.

When #2 son was a little boy he was the one that would jump out of the car for me and pick the wild flowers on the side of the road.

I would stop the car first though.

 

Or at least slow down a bit.

Such a great burst of color for the dining room and it was free.

 

But now I have to pick my own.

Well, my husband did spot the purple ones and jumped out and grabbed those for me.

It doesn’t take much to make me happy :)

Fall Mantel

I don’t know what happened to this week. It flew by.

I have a feeling the next few months will do the same.

So much to do, so little time.

I thought I’d show you what I did to the mantel. I did leave some of my summer things up and mixed in some fall-ish stuff. It works better that way for me. I’m still wearing shorts here.

Oh how I long to wear some boots and a sweater.

So my seabirds stayed along with a few shells. I used the two glass hurricane covers. One filled with wheat and the other has a strand of berry garland just wrapped in there.

I just added some fall leaves to the sand and shell I already had.

I think they made a pretty filler.

 

My bucket of driftwood on the hearth got a few leaves as well.

On the other side I filled another old farm bucket with some mums. The mums are real but the gourds in the twig basket are fake. They are pretty good fakes though.

Some smaller mums fit right in a couple of milk glass pots in that old tool caddy.

I love these little beaded Indian corn.

Did your week fly by as well?

I worked in the yard a bit yesterday. I’m trying to refresh some of my pots with some pansies. I need more. 

I still have more weeding to do as well so I can lay down more mulch. That’s the part I don’t like. 

But it does make it all look so much better.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and enjoys a little time outdoors.

Linking up with:
Funky Junk Interiors: SNS #103 Fall Mantels

Is It Really Fall?

Well Helloooooo!

I know it’s been over a week. I am so behind with everyone and there is just no way to catch up. So forgive me if I have missed your birthday or anniversary. Mazel tov to everyone!

I’m going to have to click on the “mark all as read” in my reader. The number is scaring me.

I had a great visit with my mom. The week went way too fast. 

Even though she lives south, she had to travel north through Atlanta. We have the equivalent of a bus station here and there are no direct flights. Sorry Mom.

I’m getting my Fall things out and up. I will show you soon. I even picked up some mums.

I just need to get them planted along with some pansies.

I love that pansies last all winter and still look great come spring.

We still have hummingbirds around here. Are you still seeing them?

The purple lantana has gotten a second wind and the butterflies really love them.

So much for squirrel proof feeders.  

How does he hang on by such tiny little feet?

My white orchid is blooming again.

We get a late Fall around here.

My azaleas are even blooming.

And while I was hunched over getting the orchid shot this guy was eye balling me from above.

I was so hoping he wasn’t going to pounce on my head.

He was making all sorts of grunting noises at me.

The salvia is starting to fade but it is still covered in bees. I lost count.

I should probably trim it back but they really like it.

So what have I missed?

Who’s going to fill me in?

Anybody?

Bueller?? 

Bueller??