Mod Podge Candle

Do you know you can decorate your own candles using napkins and mod podge? Easy peasy too. Measure lenght around candle, cut napkin to size. Separate the backing from the napkin, put a thin coat of mod podge on candle, gently press napkin to candle and let dry. Voila, custom candle!!

Roadside chair find reinvented...

I found two chairs on the side of the road, one with the pretty curved arms, one without. The fabric is from Ballards and the paint is spray Expresso in satin finish purchased with a 50% off coupon from Joanne fabrics. For a total of 25$ I have refinished two chairs destined for the landfill, now that makes me feel good.

I'm linking up with Rhoda at http://southernhospitalityblog.com/

Savvy Southern Style Porch Party Redo

I am linking up to http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/ for Kim's Porch Party. Thank you Kim for hosting this party and inspiring me to get my little porch summer ready. I sanded, painted and stained for the past few weeks. Most everything except the furniture was a garage sale or side of the road find with the exception of the chairs. I spent about 100$ on the total redo including the plants!! It was alot of hard work but I'm so glad you gave me the incentive to have this completed and I'll be able to enjoy it for the rest of the summer. I'm ready for your next challenge!!

Bird house love

My friend RJ sent me a wonderful package of gifts for my retirement. The beautiful birdhouse she found in Texas and put her own touches on it just for me. Out came her skill saw and she created The Retired Nester sign on it and the music is Amazing Grace, one of my all time favorites! Love the fleurs and the little little beaded entry to the house. It's a gift I'll always cherish.

The other two birdhouses and hat were this weekends purchases at a local crafts fair. The roof of the little birdhouse was made from a wine crate.

Pictures came be enlarged for a better look see!

Have a safe and Happy Memorial Day weekend. Please take time to honor and remember all our servicemen in your thoughts and prayers.

Terra cotta flower pots

My friend Dee at http://alapinlife.blogspot.com/2011/05/blog-giveaway.html is giving away these adorable flower pots. She has already gifted me with two of them and I know whoever wins these will love them. She also made me the beautiful candle, I love fleurs. So please enter her giveaway, you won't be disappointed.

The pots in the 2nd picture I took at Pottery Barn, I think these would be so cute for a summer bar-b-que decoration at each place setting. Little flower candles in a small terra cotta pot. I'm going to try to replicate these.

Bear and Bird Watching in Beautiful New Jersey!

How lucky am I that I live right on the NJ border where there are beautiful parks, scenery and lots of animals to view. I have seen fisher cats, bobcats, fox, bear and all sorts of smaller critters, all in New Jersey! So many people have the wrong idea that because we live close to Metropolitian NYC that we lack wildlife. Not the case!! I think I have the best of both worlds where I live, country and city.

Porch chairs refinished

I'm determined to update my little porch by the end of this month so I can enjoy it all summer. This was project one and of course took longer than expected due to all the rain we have been having this Spring.

These chairs are about 10 years old and needed refurbishing. They are oak so I wanted to keep a natural look. They were sanded, stained and sealed. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. Next project, sanding and painting the loveseat.
I am linking up with Savy Southern Style at http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/
Please stop there for lots of great inspiration. Mary