Save your stems and other ramblings

Have you ever had so much to say and just don't know where to start?

Yeah, that's me today.

I will try and distract you with a lot of pictures in case I ramble on...

Friends can do that... ramble.. you know.

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I guess by now all of you have started to jazz up your homes with fall.

They have some really neat Fall Home Tours going on now too.

Makes me wish I could just pack my bags and visit each one.

How fun that would be!

I love being able to swoon over all of your homes and enjoy so many neat styles.

So many personalities.

You learn a lot about a person from their decorating I believe.

Please don't judge me too harsh...lol

I often wonder what my decor says about me.

Boring...but peaceful.

Monochromatic... but soothing.

Dusty... but loved.

Yep.. that would be me

I find I do the same thing with my wardrobe. You?

Now changing the subject just a bit...

What do you do with your old pumpkins?

Do you pitch em out?

Year before last I saved mine.

Well .. not the pumpkin itself but the stem.

I know, my husband thought I was weird having a bag of stems drying in the shed.

Fast forward one year and a bag full of dried stems..

You can perform 

Stemoplasty on your pumpkins.

You heard that right, Stemoplasty.

I talked about it here last year

I took my old plastic/foam pumpkins and removed the ugly faux stem.

I replaced them with my dried real stems.

On the one below, I even added a leaf and some moss.

I have yet to buy a pumpkin this year.

I know I will cave though...

Something about having the real deal I guess.

Our problem here in the deep south is it's so hot...

You place your pumpkins outside and a week later... mush.

They rot and ugh... it's just not pretty. trust me

It's hard to believe that this pumpkin below was once a very un-natural neon orange with a hideous plastic stem.

I know!

You can see how I painted these lil darlings here

Am I out of pictures already?

Awe man!

I still have so much rambling left ...just kidding...maybe.

Speaking of friends and rambling and get togethers...

Will you be going to the Chapel Market?

If so, I hope to see you there.

It's gonna be so much fun!!!

(said like a 12 yr old girl)

xoxo Susie