pumpkin love....

Sharing a few pumpkins and a few favorite silver pieces of mine!

Happy Friday!

hangin' a few lanterns...

Halloween will be here soon.. sprucing things up a bit....Happy Day!

Keeping things simple!

Just relaxin' and having another handful of candy corn!!
Happy Tuesday!! 

A few snapshots of Parent Week-end!

Proud LOML and Jonathan  

Me and Jonathan - 

We walked and walked and WALKED!! FINALLY TO GATE 14!!




AND I SAID .... OH NO, I FORGOT THE RAIN JACKETS AND THE UMBRELLAS! SO LOML WALKED ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN TO DICKSON STREET WHERE WE PARKED ALL THE WAY BACK UP THE HILL TO THE STADIUM...  ALL HE SAID .... WAS... "DANG YOU, VAL" AND GRINNED!  (LOVE THAT MAN!) 

The Fly Over - (ALWAYS gives me chills!) 

A PACKED HOG STADIUM!! WOO PIE SOOIE! In rain delay twice, the HOGS won and the fans were such troopers! Twice!! 

LOML and I stayed in our 63 Silver Streak at Lake Fort Smith state park, parent weekend is always sold out - so we retreated here after the festivities with many other HOG & Ole Miss fans!  The park is beautiful, this photo is taken in heavy rain with a zoom lens, the fog was thick but hopefully you can see the pretty colors of the leaves.   

Spotted this beautiful deer... close enough to touch her! Several of them grazing through the park! 

Hope you all had a fabulous week-end! 

Valarie 

ARKANSAS BOUND!!!

Heading out to Parent Weekend in Fayetteville!! Going to "call those hogs" Saturday with a zillion other fans!!

See you all on Sunday!! 
WOO PIG SOOIE!  

DIGGIN IT!

Hey my blogging friends... Would you pop over and see Tracey at Diggin It today?  She is a new blogger and we all know how it is to be a new blogger!! Show her some groovy comments!! If you are local to us here in the district or a short drive.. she has tons of new peace sign stuff, jackets, necklaces, tees, also has back packs made of rice bags!! Have a great day and thanks for popping over here and introduce yourself! 

r

Cottage Love - Part 2

Several of you emailed me and said "SHOW US THE INSIDE!" 

So here she is....  

Living area 

Master bedroom 

Fabulous kitchen & dining area.. Love the hardwoods in this cottage, granite and new stainless appliances! 

This is a breezeway... french doors on both sides of the room.. one leads to garage the other to the outdoor deck 

Sitting room 

Another bedroom... love all the sunshine coming through!

You know how to find me!! I would love to show her to YOU!!

Smiles.. Valarie  

cottage love!

New cottage in the district for sale.. Priced at 187K!  Very cute, hardwoods, granite, deck on back, huge trees... want to be my neighbor?
Smiles,
Valarie

please,oh please save the date....

SAVE THE DATE!! Feb 26, 2011, Plano Texas!!  More details to come soon!  l am the event chair this year for this event and I have to tell you it will be... well nothing short of spectacular!!  Entertainment will be stellar, decor for this event provided by... (should have already taken a hint from an earlier blog post) and the celebrities galore... If you are interested in a ticket leave me a comment and I will give you all the scoop ++++ if you want to sponsor a table... only $2500 for a table of 8!! I am thinking of all you blogging gals pool the pennies and make it a week-end!  You always show me great support .. and I truly LOVE and APPRECIATE all of YOU!!
Blessings!
Valarie  

sisters on the fly

Last Saturday the sisters on the fly put on our best "SCARECROW" and headed out to the Athens arboretum for a day of fun. There was a black eyed pea cook off which one of our sisters entered, another sister played the banjo and sang.

Hope you enjoyed the "SCARECROW" parade.
Valarie

sharing more of the vintage trailer motif..

Love the inside of this trailer.. She has her rope cross, texas flag frame, famly photo's 

Love the Shasta!! Open front dining area - This trailer is cute as pie! 

This sister is from Arkansas... love her... her trailer is called the Brown Trout... notice her twig canopy, her trout in the fishing basket and ALL HER SISTER PATCHES ON THE WREATH! 

HAD TO SHARE A CLOSE UP OF THESE PATCHES.... YOU EARN THESE!! 

See ya later.. have a great day!! 

Valarie

AND NOW THE INSIDE OF THE SWEET SISTERS TRAILERS

Don't you love them all?? 

More tomorrow! 

Valarie 

I'm back....

Yes, I forgot to post a quick note that I was going to be away for a few days.. but I am back now and wow!!! have I got tons to share with you this week!
Headed out to Lake Athens early Thursday for my very first SISTERS ON THE FLY informal gathering. A blast .. oh my gosh did I say it was a blast?? Sharing some of the trailers with you... will share more tomorrow... (I think LOML is feeling a bit neglected!!) I missed you all...  Holla back tomorrow! Valarie

Celebrity Luncheon today...

Don't hate me but I had lunch with the fabulous 4 today!!  You all adore them too.. She was here and here...  You want a hint, ok I will tell you --- Laurie Anna from Laurie Anna's Vintage Home, and her adorable husband Willie, Tina from Cherry Hill Cottage and Monica who has this amazing home!! We have a few very LARGE events in the pipe... Can't tell you yet.. but I will tell you this .. have you ever known those 3 gals and Willy to do anything small???
Thanks Laurie Anna, Willie, Tina and Monica... you all ROCK!! and I meant what I said .. dining with you all is dining with celebrities in my book!
Hugs!
Valarie 

busy week-end!

On Saturday afternoon, showed a new client the historic district.      
and then I showed them this beauty... Also in the district..

Another blue one in the district.....















Today, I had what we call UPTIME at KW... Waiting on a call to show more beautiful properties ... we have several in the district!!

Then tonight I played house began hanging curtains and putting down cushions in the Silver Streak.. Leaving in 4 days for my first "Sister on the Fly" event!

There are two of these long burlap curtains... ruffle at top is white/black polka dot fabric. LOML did not want me to as he said "girlie it all up" so I used the burlap... This covers the door to the bathroom and there is another one that covers the storage area.

My cushions are made of oilcloth, I used big black white check, mini black white check and black with white polka dots, the tablecloth has roosters and toile on top, checked ruffle. (more leftover fabric I had) and the window on the front of the trailer... more burlap and the crocheted lace on top of the burlap was two pillow shams I bought from Goodwill for $5 bucks.  The polka dotted lamp shade I snagged for $1 dollar at a garage sale.  The bread box I moved out of my dining room in the blue cottage to the trailer for some punch, I love the IMAGINE on the ledge over the window (another item from the blue cottage) found at Hobby Lobby I think .. I love it...

We have the wood flooring to install however since we are having a banquette built for the front of the trailer - will have to pull up floor at that time so making do for now.  Looked for a really cool rug or a floor canvas .. either looked awesome and not affordable at all, or really cheap... so will wait on the wood floor.  Thank goodness the cushion sizes will stay the same! Upholstery is expensive!!!

Working on the kitchen area tomorrow.. will share more then..

What did you do this week-end? Thrift, Plant fall flowers, decorate for fall? or Halloween?
Whatever it was ... I hope you had a blast doing it!

Valarie

Fall fever!

I found all this wonderful clip art here... Today I am decorating some bags for Halloween, bringing out the pumpkins, skulls and door garland.. will share with you all as soon as I have the blue cottage dressed! 

Hugs! 

Valarie