Fall Pumpkin Flower Arrangement

Last weekend my husband and I had a yard sale with his parents! In preparing for the sale we decided to go through just about everything we could to see what we could get rid of so we could de-clutter our home. Thankfully for me, and just in time too, I came across my fall decorations from previous years that I had completely forgotten about. One item in particular I was happy to find again and use!

I got this ceramic pumpkin as a gift two years ago and it had real flowers in it. I have been saving it since!

Keeping with the flower theme I went to the store to get this green flower arranger along with various flowers.

Then I just started playing around with some different options using the bigger flowers first.

Once I felt like it was finished I found it a new home on  our dining room table.

Then I thought about the leftovers from my last flower project and added a few leaves.

And here is the finished product!

The lace plate is a find from IKEA! Love that store! And the place setting underneath I found at a thrift store for .25c!

The Blog Begins

Welcome to my blog! Thanks for coming!

Sometimes you may find yourself having all these little hopes for your life. They are there in the back of your mind, "oh I wish I had time for this" or "I hope to be able to do this soon." They are small and do not always require years of working towards and waiting for but they are still hopes nonetheless. My hopes and wishes over the last few years were to:
1. Read a book or more a week. Both fiction and non-fiction.
2. Spend a daily quiet time with the Lord and journal about it. Consistently.
3. Learn new recipes and cook more.
4. Start a Blog.
These things seem like simple hopes and dreams, many may say, "well those are so easy I'm surprised you haven't done it already!" Well just like any hope or wish fears set you back and get in your way. The fears of failure, embarrassment, self doubt in general where all on my list, especially when it came to the idea of blogging! Do I have anything worth writing about? Am I a good enough writer because I know I suck at grammar? Is anything I would add to the blogging world original or just copies of other blogs I've enjoyed reading and follow? But recently God has been working in my life, He has graciously taken those fears away and allowed me the blessing of being a stay at home wife with the time I was looking for to do those four simple things. I hope each person reading my future blog posts will enjoy them and take from them inspiration, knowledge and motivation!