tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40761332439995236692024-03-06T03:33:45.859-05:00The House of HealyThe House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-46413465640997981522011-02-06T16:02:00.000-05:002011-02-06T16:02:28.619-05:00Guess where I'm going March 5/6?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjviaJXa81N3sZQ_fIANKmmIhJh2MUxXtdTdMlQnLbv98oG-_P4Chbb595jfXxDVxx4PBD18P-2sYJfPNavpP9j7ri7uNAHRm5a_KGa_NIZ9DHoPyyDo-MiAMutuUkOgX31_J6R_LhDvSA/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-02-06+at+3.55.29+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjviaJXa81N3sZQ_fIANKmmIhJh2MUxXtdTdMlQnLbv98oG-_P4Chbb595jfXxDVxx4PBD18P-2sYJfPNavpP9j7ri7uNAHRm5a_KGa_NIZ9DHoPyyDo-MiAMutuUkOgX31_J6R_LhDvSA/s640/Screen+shot+2011-02-06+at+3.55.29+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">It's on historic Amelia Island, FL. Home to millionaire holiday-ers from the late 1800s and early 20th century. This island is simply idyllic. Husband and I tend to get away there often, and we just love it. It's about 45 minutes from our home to the main part of town, but it feels like a lot further from cares and worries. It's our favorite day-trip. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I absolutely love gardening and plants so I can't tell you how excited I am about this event! In my favorite place with my favorite things! Yippee! I'll be sure to take pictures and share all the great stuff--with my fab new camera to get all the blooms captured just right!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Okay, just had to share that. If you're looking for a great getaway yourself, be sure to look up this gorgeous barrier island and come visit. It's all the things a seaside retreat should be!</div>The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-5861039897052680052011-01-30T04:38:00.000-05:002011-01-30T04:38:51.846-05:00Ribbon Bracket Shelves<div style="text-align: left;">I know this a little bit of a cop-out, but I just HAD to share this project from Martha Stewart. I mean really? How great is this? And with us all spring cleaning right now, and freshening up our homes, this project is simple, pretty and cheap. My favorite kind!!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I was so lucky for the star of the new year to be blessed with lots of freelance work, but it all came at once. So when I wasn't sleeping, eating or doing necessary cleaning, I was writing my little heart out! Things are at least manageable now! These last three weeks have been the busiest I can think of in a long, long time. If I can get through this week, I think I'll be really whittling things down! Last week and this coming week will add up to traveling to four cities all across the nation. I haven't really even bothered to unpack in between!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">AND--I appreciate you being so great to let me have a little much needed time for myself. I never start things lightly, so please know this was a very odd occurrence from me. So, I'm back, and I've got a new camera (Canon EOS Rebel!!!!) so look for some better pictures from me!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Missed all of you and definitely have a back-log of blogs to look over! Ack!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I wish I'd been able to share all the lovely Christmas things with you all, I had been so excited. I'm sure since you all are so sweet, you'll understand me being gone and accept me when I come back. I wish I'd posted everything before I left originally, but perhaps I'll share all my Christmas things after Christmas, just so I get to enjoy part of the holiday with you all. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sorry for being gone. I'll see you soon. Prayers are always appreciated.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This week, I was given this amazing award by Nita at <i><a href="http://modvintagelife.blogspot.com/">Mod Vintage Life</a></i><i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I can't tell you how much this means to me, especially since I am a fledgling blog, with a terrible camera! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999;">{Which by the way, I'm remedying with a shiny, fabulous new one for Christmas...so look for me to (cross your fingers) appear much more professional. Not that I'll be more creative, but at least what I do will look much better!}</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, apparently I'm due to tell you eight things about myself and pass this on to eight other fab bloggers. Hopefully, I shall endear myself to y'all (yes, y'all, I'm from Oklahoma...) and we shall become fast friends! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm trying to keep this post to a reasonable length on my front page, so you'll have to click through to see my eight fun facts are. ♥ </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My goal here shall be to list some great sites that maybe not everyone is following. Let's face it, we all love <i>The Graphics Fairy, </i>but that's not what I'm going for. ♥</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MANmSjkyams/TJB_MlOZm7I/AAAAAAAACfk/qP1N-X2FYGA/S718/banner3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MANmSjkyams/TJB_MlOZm7I/AAAAAAAACfk/qP1N-X2FYGA/S718/banner3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StPPNXKF8GQ/TCvQPF7lQEI/AAAAAAAAAJA/Ym-tLUPSGJk/S1600-R/antique-frames-borders-free-keepdesigning-promo+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StPPNXKF8GQ/TCvQPF7lQEI/AAAAAAAAAJA/Ym-tLUPSGJk/S1600-R/antique-frames-borders-free-keepdesigning-promo+copy.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">A proud Okie, I was born and raised in Clinton, Oklahoma and went to Oklahoma State University. My hometown was about 7,500 people. I grew up on a farm. We had cows, alfalfa and wheat. We also had the most amazing sunsets, fireflies and strangest weather. It was wonderful.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I went to one of the top advertising portfolio schools in the nation to become and advertising copywriter. Think of it as one of about five super schools, sort of like one of the Ivy Leagues of advertising. The school itself is called <a href="http://www.creativecircus.edu/">The Creative Circus</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Circus was built like what it says. Inside, the conference room looks like a big-top, and when you go into the auditorium, there are giant gold pillars holding it up. The halls have real street signs named after advertising greats, with miniature street lamps along the way. There is also a fountain in the center. The eating area has plastic booths like a McDonald's. There, you can take your dog to school with you everyday, just like the teachers do. Best school ever, right?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, I make ads for a living. I work with a partner or group, we come up with an idea to make into an ad. Then, I'm tasked with coming up with the witty line and supporting copy if there is any. I am in charge of all copy-related things throughout the jobs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's wonderful because we can go to Starbucks and work, play pool or ping pong during the day, hang out on couches and never have to dress up better than jeans. Yep, I have the best job ever. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">To see my portfolio of work I've done, visit <a href="http://www.sondrahealy.com/">www.sondrahealy.com</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdODzmK-bucRToG49dyL7-ZKEN6yniSgGPcPVtPI0jOYngcPvTUhYTXSJhrCD35yG7vnnOzydJL0exqFS5XFknDqIW_WugmlDGGaQKyBEQMtw34qN2cjF0jkAPWCazV-NcZaRavOs1Rf8/s1600/Flamingo+avatar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdODzmK-bucRToG49dyL7-ZKEN6yniSgGPcPVtPI0jOYngcPvTUhYTXSJhrCD35yG7vnnOzydJL0exqFS5XFknDqIW_WugmlDGGaQKyBEQMtw34qN2cjF0jkAPWCazV-NcZaRavOs1Rf8/s200/Flamingo+avatar.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I have hesitated to share the fact I'm a writer before because I was afraid people would hold me to consistently having amazing writing in each post. In fact, it takes a LOT of work to make great advertising writing, and I'm used up after being super-writer all day. Rather than writing, my blog is more of my random creative outlet. It lets me share neat finds and my accomplishments, rather than showcasing my swell writing chops.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>What's on my resume?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I assume by now, you realize my job is unlike most peoples. My resume is also odd. This is word-for-word what is on my professional resume--Besides the who, what where and when stuff. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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MY EXPERIENCE AS A FOOT MODEL <br />
Well, not really because my little piggies look sort of like E.T. But you’ve got to admit, it makes a smashing beginning. Let’s see, I have been killed in a B-budget horror film. I collect pink flamingos. I may or may not be obsessive compulsive. I am frank—not a man, but very honest. To me, the smell of coconut temporarily cures nausea. I have never stolen. I am a good shot with a rifle. I love all kinds of Latin dancing, and do it whenever I can. I’ve owned crazy pets (snakes, spiders, hissing cockroaches). I have purposefully retrieved a man’s severed finger from a piece of gym equipment. I love to pop bubble wrap. I bet on football games regularly. Llamas make me laugh. And I decided to go into advertising after watching an episode of Bewitched. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">* Sew my kitchen-towel and felt Christmas pillow case.</div><div style="text-align: left;">* Create some Frenchy linen pillows via printer and graphics.</div><div style="text-align: left;">* Make tons of adorable Christmas tags, using all the stuff I've collected, but have been overwhelmed with the shear amount of options I now have.</div><div style="text-align: left;">* Add batting and hem ottoman cover.</div><div style="text-align: left;">* Make skirt for DVD case. 'Cause it's ugly. But marriage is compromise--style isn't.</div><div style="text-align: left;">* Find a cheap throw to lay over big chair to make it Christmas-y.</div><div style="text-align: left;">* Figure out how to set a pretty DR table, which I'm totally at a loss for, as of now.</div><div style="text-align: left;">* Makeover/replace super cheaply, my bad chandelier. Re-hang accordingly to table. Decorate it for Christmas. --Highly unlikely, but a girl can dream....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-17571242744323575982010-12-09T02:54:00.000-05:002010-12-09T02:54:44.930-05:00One-Off Wednesday...on Thursday...<div style="text-align: left;">I meant to do this on Wednesday, honest! I totally blanked earlier today though, so I'm posting about 2:30 a.m. Thursday morning. I just wanted to share my weekly roundup of stuff here at the House and with me as well. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">So here is your One-Off Wednesday--of things not related to design, makeovers or interiors, just me. Just once a week. ♥</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Oklahoma Trip</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am heading off to OK to visit with my mother-in-law and grandparents-in-law for a week, come Monday. Then my mother-in-law and I are going to fly to Atlanta (which was the last place we lived) to visit my brother-in-law and nephew, while my husband drives up to meet us. I'll also get to see my best friend and her husband who live there too. YAY! Family and holidays!</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Chloe</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b>Fell in love with this eau de parfum when I got a sample page thingy in the mail last week. So, since I don't have $85 right now for the parfum version, I went to Sephora to get a mini version. You can spend $10 on an atomizer, and they'll fill it for free. Ya, I know, right? Awesome!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.valentineperfume.com/product_thumbnail_images/t_25074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.valentineperfume.com/product_thumbnail_images/t_25074.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Skinny Jeans</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b>I bought......my very first pair. I am really excited. Beyond excited actually. You see, I'm pear shaped in the near extreme and this is simply a style I thought I could never pull off. I've tried once or twice out of sheer curiosity, and proven myself right that it is not for me. I do not want to look like I'm shaped like a waffle cone. Anyway, for some idiotic reason, which defies all logic why I would torture myself into trying this terribly esteem-deflating item of clothing on again, I did it...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Apparently, God thought to spare me this once, and the first pair I tried looked amazing. They had slim-enough thighs that they sort of squished mine in just the right amount to make me look curvy, not pointy. Now, I wouldn't wear them with flats or anything since my ankles are small and my thighs are large, but when I pair them with my slouchy boots, my calves look larger, thus thighs seem reasonably slimmed. And--get this--they were only $25. I know this will never happen again, so I am reveling in the delight!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.trespassmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/skinny_jeans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.trespassmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/skinny_jeans.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-15522470037674297682010-12-08T01:09:00.000-05:002010-12-08T01:09:55.449-05:00Perfect Bows - #2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTdVCu-HrsfBC9Fb_VHHWHsP2oDA4u8Eht8TSWSLDRR0S6B-LjAD_k1E93FMOgOwiOrO8424YIihWge85_6evoNeA-zUZlpD6MlpbYjwsH00mC9lFr-3hTILMM6EStJiz9sWQa55nLHqo/s1600/Fresh-Christmas-Wreaths-R01-Bow_400-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">You see, I worked part time as a floral designer for Michael's, across several Christmas seasons I might add. I have literally-<i>-literally--</i>made hundreds of bows. I credit all to my first job who showed me how to do it once, gave me a spool and said, come back tomorrow and be ready. Crash course! However, it's served me well in my future endeavors to come.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Second, think of bows in <i>yards</i> of ribbon. Hard to believe I know, but that's what a good, fluffy bow takes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">A basic guideline:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>3 yards</b> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Softball size if you're using a wide 2-2.5" ribbon, smaller if you're using a smaller width</i><b> </b><i>ribbon.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">This gets you a center loop (whether you choose it to be a small center "button" or a loop equal to the size of the others<b>) </b>and three loops to either side of it. You can add another foot to that if you want "tails" or you can just shrink the size of each loops and allow that extra foot to come from the three yards.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>5 yards</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Medium package-size bow if you're using a wide 2-2.5" ribbon, smaller if you're using a smaller width</i><b> </b><i>ribbon.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">This gets you five loops to either side. Follow instructions for tails above, allowing/adding 1.5 feet extra for them.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>10 yards</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>A good wreath-sized bow, for a 24" wreath, if you're using a wide 2-2.5" ribbon, slightly smaller if you're using a smaller width</i><b> </b><i>ribbon.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">This gets you five-seven loops to either side. Big, wide loops at five, tighter thicker at seven. Follow instructions for tails above, allowing/adding 2-2.5 feet extra for them. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is a good guideline to follow. Even if you're unsure exactly what size you're aiming for, you always go slightly bigger and know you have plenty to get the bow just right. But this should help you out if you're standing at the store going, Nine feet is enough to make a bow for my wreath...Nope. Go for three spools or find a 30 foot roll. Trust me. :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Hope this helped some of you less experienced bow makers. If you're not an expert, or have trouble grasping all that ribbon, I highly suggest the Bowdabra. It's great if you've got un-nimble fingers or are arthritic. </div><br />
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I'll try to post some of my wrapping accomplishments nearer to Christmas. I try to make them different and fun. Really, it's one of my favorite things to do. I love wrapping gifts!The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-49024108962649980012010-12-07T04:04:00.000-05:002010-12-07T04:04:19.813-05:00Scents of the Season<div style="text-align: left;">Like I did this fall, I wanted to share with you what my house smelled like for the season--this one being Christmas.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm burning these candles:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Yankee Candle's <i>Mistletoe</i>, <i>Mulled Cider</i>, and <i>Sugared Plums</i>.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">I don't burn these all at once mind you, but off and on of each. I pretty much burn <i>Mistletoe </i>everyday though. It smells <i>just</i> like a Christmas tree. I've searched over and over for that right smell, because typically they always smell too strong, like bad aftershave. A few years ago I found this one and it was heavenly. It's definitely got that sweet smell like Frasier Firs do. So if you're looking, try sniffing this one and see if you like it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">(I also bought their <i>White Christmas</i>, which has a bit of orange mixed in with the cleaner greenery scents. Haven't burned that one yet.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Wish you could smell through a computer--it's really yummy here. ♥</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">We put down two coats of polyurethane, with one more to go. Thanks to Nita, at <i>Mod Vintage Life, </i>I knew to search for <i>water-based</i> polyurethane. It has NO smell. And it cleans up with just soap and water. WA-HOO!<br />
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Oh, and each coat dries in two hours, and there is NO sanding between coats. It's the best of two worlds. I can't imagine if I'd had to sand it two more times. I'd have gone nuts. I was so lucky to find this! If you're doing floors, this is a <i>must</i> use. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Here are some shots while we were going along, as well as the name of the polyurethane we used.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll post more once the final coat has dried to you can marvel at how great it looks. I'm pretty ecstatic already. :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">xoxo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejWoItRU-LtXzNUtsdR8pyvtb_C8F41r3JshG9fze1ZN1bVjQCBLHen3blVsoZQOg2mG86-5KaovjUOOUpjVX3qqCna1pjmVMq_rE3FICqwpoz-2iycacONom2f6Hd6OoMstugXgK3Tc/s1600/my+signature_alpha_Ssm.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejWoItRU-LtXzNUtsdR8pyvtb_C8F41r3JshG9fze1ZN1bVjQCBLHen3blVsoZQOg2mG86-5KaovjUOOUpjVX3qqCna1pjmVMq_rE3FICqwpoz-2iycacONom2f6Hd6OoMstugXgK3Tc/s1600/my+signature_alpha_Ssm.png" /></a></div>The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-11642851439871280202010-12-03T02:09:00.003-05:002010-12-03T02:15:46.059-05:00It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Hot Mess...<div style="text-align: left;">Christmas is upon us, and I've dragged in all my boxes and trinkets and bobbles and whoodles (sorry, Dr. Seuss got to me).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, this has turned into a right hot mess in my dining room. Spilling over into the living room...</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here is a picture of <i>half</i> of what I've dumped in here.<br />
This doesn't count the stuff for the tree either.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And here is my <i>helper...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlWHET4EuadK6TqRcui0RsiTZAZfblvbjsXyTIh_TQEGVoF8wTWb_hvspIzr0Bix2-F7wyfECJsxHs4XuIzsz3N5mXhRJEvl51BsJMUgGT4ieOBkPosTzeX7yOlQWWZFUX1ceSDhpPVI/s1600/DSC06639.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlWHET4EuadK6TqRcui0RsiTZAZfblvbjsXyTIh_TQEGVoF8wTWb_hvspIzr0Bix2-F7wyfECJsxHs4XuIzsz3N5mXhRJEvl51BsJMUgGT4ieOBkPosTzeX7yOlQWWZFUX1ceSDhpPVI/s320/DSC06639.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">So that's what I've been up to the past few days. Trying to get my bearings on exactly <i>what</i> I have, and figure out again where to put it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm going to hopefully post this week and next, a few ideas I've had while decorating, which are--you guessed it--super cheap. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Such as</i>:</div><div style="text-align: left;">*Pine cone decoration</div><div style="text-align: left;">*Great gift wrap up-dos (makes any gift look better and more expensive...)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Possibly</i>: </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Do-it-yourself, easy-sew sweater stocking.</div><div style="text-align: left;">*Tea towel updo</div><div style="text-align: left;">(These are dependent on demand and time...If I hear from a lot of you, I will try to make time.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">xoxo<br />
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</div>The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-83095693616088198042010-12-02T02:56:00.003-05:002010-12-02T02:59:23.590-05:00Perfect Bows Year After Year - # 1<div style="text-align: left;">Today's tidbit is how to make all that hard bow-making work pay off--by being able to reuse them year after year. Some of you may already have a plan in place, but just in case if not, I thought I'd share a quick thing with you. Behold.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Left-over bubble wrap and/or a plastic grocery bag makes the perfect stuffing in each loop. Simply wad and stuff. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what my bow looks like coming out of the box.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> And here it is freshly unstuffed, no fluffing done yet.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVh3Jn6owfTYDkGZ66tsM-zhhkmmTZJVo21d3ifx0OsFabgXs6fZym-HC6roIwiIxIR485pL3_7oe9omkRDzCzuA_J4FKR6hGXhtiA9VPW7pZ7HphWvBNE_zAIaRpEJCd1cy5mCHyk_KM/s400/DSC06646.JPG" width="300" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pretty great, right? Folding your loops flat always leaves a crease, I've found, and your bows just look like you reused them from last year. Not what I'm going for.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is my bow tied up on my rail. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0R82MFs5gT3-L6B4O8vyDo-mN51WaqqfHKDmxbO42EZ1PIolb6zKBPCuuM_Hgr9aiywHqkoBmS8ukgyGxSoZb5w7vFJPDiss3uOpyPCPm5cbkIJuLpcYQzIpXZiebemc4C4q7hXbrGbk/s1600/DSC06648.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0R82MFs5gT3-L6B4O8vyDo-mN51WaqqfHKDmxbO42EZ1PIolb6zKBPCuuM_Hgr9aiywHqkoBmS8ukgyGxSoZb5w7vFJPDiss3uOpyPCPm5cbkIJuLpcYQzIpXZiebemc4C4q7hXbrGbk/s400/DSC06648.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ya, ya, ya, I know I used the terrible flash. My camera stinks (not for long though, I think) but I'd like for you to properly see how it turned out (and my stairway lighting leaves something to be desired). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Hopefully, this helped some of you. If you've got some other ideas, I'd love to hear them too! </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-73798134712644279402010-11-28T21:24:00.002-05:002010-12-03T02:17:16.687-05:00Something I Loved...<div style="text-align: left;">Typically I'm not a let-me-share-this-quote-I-found kind of person. But on rare occasions, I find one that speaks to me. This one especially spoke to me in the Christmas season. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">You see, I tend to be a real neat freak. And the more I look at everyone's blogs with their catalog-worthy rooms and professional-looking crafts, I start to feel very inadequate. So I inevitably end up on a cleaning frenzy, trying to make my house look like a magazine (only to find anything I need is tucked away, which is quite inconvenient). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I decorate and and agonize over the angle of each item until satisfied, take photos and then post them with pride. Not bad, right? Well, then I sit down and decide to catch up on some other people's blogs, mind you some of them are professional decorators, but while reading them, all I can think, is "<i>Wow." </i>And then I feel completely deflated because even after all that cleaning and hiding of things, my house still looks like a house. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ah-hah! This is where the quote comes into play. Not that I dismiss the amazing jobs all these women do, and if I could do it and make my house look like that, I <i>totally</i> would. However, this quote somewhat assuaged my feelings, and made me feel a bit better about being less than perfect. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Mary Randolph Carter</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>author of </i>A Perfectly Kept House Is the Sign of a Misspent Life</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-87565915229597402752010-11-23T03:08:00.002-05:002010-11-23T03:14:26.357-05:00Hallway/Stairway to...<div style="text-align: left;">It's wasn't to Heaven. Well, we'll just leave it at that. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">We're halfway done, though, and things are really looking quite heavenly now.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">So here is where we are to date. Hopefully, Thanksgiving will give Husband and I time to varnish the hallway and strip the stairs. After that, we'll just need to sand, and then varnish, the stairs sometime soon. That's not near as daunting as the hallway. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New light fixtures for the hallway! Old ones were <i>horrid.</i><br />
New brushed-nickel trimmed ones. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b> Where </b><b>we started</b></u></div><br />
<i>I should tell you we haven't replaced the 1980s doors yet. They'll be white, but for now the hallway will seem a bit dark, and decidedly not cottagey. And the steps will have white backs, too, by the way, which with both whitenings, will help immensely.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hallway. Yes, they dripped paint all over and<br />
then covered over with <i>carpet. </i>We ripped it<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now you know why I've been a bad blogger. Between all the regular home chores, this ate up alllll my time not sleeping and eating! I hope you like where it's at and I can't wait to share more of the progress. :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-37514477414535371932010-11-22T00:04:00.001-05:002010-11-22T00:04:50.137-05:00Where Have I Been?<div style="text-align: left;">Dear fellow friends,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I apologize for being away. I was a little behind because, as some of you may know, Husband and I were refinishing our hallway and stairs. However, that, as I've mentioned, turned out a liiiiiiiiittle bit bigger of a project, as sometimes projects do.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Yet, in the midst of all that, my step-grandmother passed away, and I just didn't have time to blog.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I just wanted you all to know where I've been, and not to think me a fickle blogger. I appreciate each one of you lovely friends & followers. I felt I needed to give you some sort of explanation, lest you think I abandoned you and petered out. Not so!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I promise to come back with fervor this week, and I'll be posting pictures of where we are now on the hall/stairs, and show you the craft closet I've fashioned, which I'm working away in getting ready for Christmas.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I've got lots of projects on my wanna-do list, so I'm really getting ready to have lots to show. I just can't wait to share everything with y'all, and finally catch up on reading all your blogs as well! I've missed reading them!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thank you, and I hope y'all understand my reasons of being a little slow on blogging. :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Hello everyone! I saw this entryway, and it led to some not very productive, but well-needed down time (cursed stairs...) ogling over Christmas items. This particular entry seemed ever-festive, but simple enough it wouldn't take a lot of money to recreate. Thus, I thought I'd share it. Especially if you're in a new home, or just want to start from scratch.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Like I said, I wandered. But my internet toodling has brought forth some lovely finds. Share in the bounty of my wanderings!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Steal: </b> Wisteria's mercury glass tree topper $19. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(Other styles available or buy all four together)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLVp2fo4vznttSo8C7XD9sg9nwvrZooOhB-vF1Bg55ejsRW-3vMhysM6MoMMIj3p8OOjVvGwINa-JSSb8cw698IpQKDIsEDwVyt0J-CKfaWNBrvJCVM-JmZYB9xZ3JnAt0qugBmGlLYg/s1600/steal_tree+topper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLVp2fo4vznttSo8C7XD9sg9nwvrZooOhB-vF1Bg55ejsRW-3vMhysM6MoMMIj3p8OOjVvGwINa-JSSb8cw698IpQKDIsEDwVyt0J-CKfaWNBrvJCVM-JmZYB9xZ3JnAt0qugBmGlLYg/s1600/steal_tree+topper.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Splurge: </b>Wisteria/Victorian Trading Co. Corinthian tree base.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(I know!!!! Isn't it drool-worthy?--$199)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you figure out how to replicate, pleeeease share with us all! </i></span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little beads/crystals and wire on garland lights? Uh, yeah--can do.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm imagining this as magnetic/chalkboard sheets cut to shape...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are from PB. Mercury-glass orbs w/ holes in bottom with <br />
garland lights inside. Vintage silver ornaments where the inside polish <br />
is wearing off I think would to the same. Or clear glass ones <br />
layered with some gold/silver leafing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm seeing dollar-store candles with Christmas music wrapped <br />
around them with jute twine and a much cuter tag. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't have these pretty, pearly shells? <br />
Well that's what pearl spray paint can do to shells you can buy at Michael's!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You know you've seen these mini stockings, for like, five for a dollar. <br />
Now here's what to do with them. <br />
<i>(You can also use them for silverware/napkin holders at your holiday table)</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long twig, cute bucket, twine--the making of a cheap, yet expensive-looking advent! <br />
<i>(I'd think of coating buckets with chalk-board paint and just writing the numbers<br />
on them if you don't want to make stencils and paint numbers.)</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Okay, hope you're all inspired! I'm having a very hard time doing what I neeeeeed to do, rather than holing up in my craft room, pouting and making fun crafts all day.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Alas, I am covered in sawdust but am now going to keep cleaning/wiping down the dust, to finally finish up the hallway--and then I'm going to hopefully take the longest shower known to man. Stairs are next, but at least the hallway, besides varnishing, is done. Hooray!</div>The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-60791255371315262052010-11-16T19:57:00.003-05:002010-11-16T20:02:14.622-05:00Inspiring Interiors Tuesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lboprlVTUr1qb1s3io1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lboprlVTUr1qb1s3io1_500.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbopqqQ0Fk1qb1s3io1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbopqqQ0Fk1qb1s3io1_500.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbonmmpMGI1qb1s3io1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbonmmpMGI1qb1s3io1_500.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">this week via prettyspace @ tumblr</span></div>The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-81336368148580453962010-11-13T00:19:00.002-05:002010-11-16T20:49:05.868-05:00Christmas Crafts (For Less of Course)<div style="text-align: left;">This is my first official post about Christmas. I realized, in order to make my house the wonderland I hope it to be, I'd better get a jump on some of these fabulous ideas I'm having. Mind you, many of them come from seeing great things on favorite sites, e.g., Pottery Barn, Ballards, Wisteria.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, sadly, the amazing camera I'd like to journal these Christmas-crafting projects with, is, alas, a Christmas present. So, I will do my utmost to take decent pictures and ask you be kind and bear with me until December 26th.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">And now to the inspirations.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is post one. I'm sure there will be two or three more. This hopefully will give you not only some great ideas yourself, but also save you some time scouring the sites.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm not going to tackle them all, though I imagine myself with limitless funds and time to accomplish them, winning the laud of hundreds... </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ahem. Back to reality...Alright, here we go. Ladies, prepare to get crafting!</div><br />
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</i>The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-41992480071486803402010-11-09T23:58:00.000-05:002010-11-09T23:58:58.190-05:00Inspiring Interiors Tuesday (night...)<div style="text-align: left;">I just had to share these great spaces with y'all. They're swoon-worthy to be sure.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Via Pretty Space on Tumblr.com. She's the go to, along with Casa, where I frequently find great interiors. </div>The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-78269562014157309542010-11-08T23:06:00.001-05:002010-11-08T23:07:17.918-05:00LED Candle Redo<div style="text-align: left;">Remember when I showed <a href="http://partypuff.blogspot.com/2010/10/make-your-faux-candles-creepy.html">Party Puff's tutorial</a> for making over LED candles? Well, I just HAD to make them myself.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I found the candles in a three-pack at my local Sam's Club for $15. They were 3x6", so a perfect size. I really wanted to have some of these made up before Christmas, because I like to have candles on my mantle with real boughs, but am always really nervous about flames and dry pine needles. LED candles seemed like a perfect solution. The only reason I hadn't used them before was that they looked so sterile.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now that I'd found some reasonably priced candles, I broke out my heat gun and waxed paper and got to work!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">(I know there are pumpkins in these shots, but I can already see my candles surrounded in evergreen and holly...carols and cocoa...Yep, I'm excited for Christmas.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Folding clothes,<br />
I think of folding you<br />
into my life.<br />
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Our king-sized sheets<br />
like tablecloths<br />
for the banquets of giants,<br />
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pillowcases, despite so many<br />
washings, seems still<br />
holding our dreams.<br />
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Towels patterned orange and green,<br />
flowered pink and lavender,<br />
gaudy, bought on sale,<br />
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reserved, we said, for the beach,<br />
refusing, even after years,<br />
to bleach into respectability.<br />
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So many shirts and skirts and pants<br />
recycling week after week, head over heels<br />
recapitulating themselves.<br />
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All those wrinkles<br />
To be smoothed, or else<br />
ignored; they're in style.<br />
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Myriad uncoupled socks<br />
which went paired into the foam<br />
like those creatures in the ark.<br />
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And what's shrunk<br />
is tough to discard<br />
even for Goodwill.<br />
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In pockets, surprises:<br />
forgotten matches,<br />
lost screws clinking the drain;<br />
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well-washed dollars, legal tender<br />
for all debts public and private,<br />
intact despite agitation;<br />
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and, gleaming in the maelstrom,<br />
one bright dime,<br />
broken necklace of good gold<br />
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you brought from Kuwait,<br />
the strangely tailored shirt<br />
left by a former lover…<br />
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If you were to leave me,<br />
if I were to fold<br />
only my own clothes,<br />
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the convexes and concaves<br />
of my blouses, panties, stockings, bras<br />
turned upon themselves,<br />
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a mountain of unsorted wash<br />
could not fill<br />
the empty side of the bed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">See y'all tomorrow/Monday. I've been shopping and doing some crafty stuff today that<i> </i>I'm looking forward to showing you! Gearing up for Christmas!!! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">And now that Halloween is over, we're officially into the "holiday" spirit--as November is full of thanksgiving and Christmas is around the corner (so we'd better start preparing). Both months are full of warmth, home and family. I think that's why they're so wonderful. And, as I was thinking about what to get everyone for Christmas, I ran across so many beautiful things. I simply just had to share. :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">So here are the things I'm coveting right now. ;)</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope you like some of the darling things I ran across on the web. If you want to know exactly where I found something, I'd be happy to send you a link, just hit me up in the comments section and I'll get it right to you. :)</div><br />
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</div>The House of Healyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706158317183746084noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076133243999523669.post-1510412856464992822010-10-27T04:24:00.000-04:002010-10-27T04:24:30.003-04:00My Day-of-the-Dead Costume<div style="text-align: left;">Husband and I went to a great Halloween costume party. He was the Grim Reaper. Seven-foot-tall Grim Reaper with an antique scythe. Yep.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I wanted something to go along with that, and really love day-of-the-dead dolls so I decided that's what I'd be. Sort of a perfect wife for him it seemed. Plus, I'd look cool when I was by myself too, not like I <i>had</i> to be part of couple.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">☠</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">But here is how this costume/makeup happened. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Costume party was on Saturday night. I wasn't sure if I was going to be out of town, but as of Friday it was apparent I wouldn't be. Hmmm. That was going to be a problem costume-wise. Out shopping we went. At 7 p.m.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I ended up purchasing a dress that fit like glove at the first store. The dress was for a zombie prom queen but it was perfect. Black with silver and torn looking. Very from-the-grave. It was the perfect length, too. It just skimmed the floor and completely covered my feet. And I could wear flats. No high-heels. Whew. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, I didn't see this coming. Last minute things rarely work out, so I was stunned. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Then, I really wanted to have some bones to keep the day-fo-the-dead doll theme. Do I make stencils and use fabric paint over a long-sleeved black tshirt? Do I paint them on elbow-length gloves? Mind you, this is the Friday night before at about 8 p.m. Well, I decided with Husband this was going to be too much stress for me. But were walking out of Target, which was next door to the costume shop, when I glimpsed a boy's x-ray skeleton costume. !!! This might work!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I have no idea why I thought putting on a child's outfit would work. It was ludicrous and simply begged to crush my self-esteem. Yet I was wild with the thought of its possibility to work.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I tried it on in the dressing room and it fit perfectly. I have wide hips and this was a huge surprise. I mean, it was a childs' costume. A boys at that. But, inseam, perfect. Back closure, perfect. Arm length, perfect. Gloves, perfect. (Which is hard for me because I have small hands, and gloves are always huge.) The legs only came down to mid-calf, but no one would see that.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">However, the dressing room was ladies' only, Husband couldn't come back to assure me that I didn't look nuts. So I had to walk out in a skin-tight skeleton suit meant for a child. I was panicking. God bless me there wasn't a single soul in that dressing room or right outside it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">So home we went. I tried it all on together and it was magical. The only thing was it seemed the sleeves were too billowy on the skeleton suit and it ruined the effect of a skeleton-like body, along with the great fit of the dress. So I had Husband pin the arms super tight. It's a stretchy material, so I thought this would work. I stitched it up, my sewing machine played nicely, and I was done in about 45 minutes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The next day I went and bought some black lace to make a veil. Lucky me, I found out my zombie prom-queen dress came with a black wire tiara. Perfect. Again. Lace got hot glued to it and looked amazing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Noooow, we have a conundrum. Day-of-the-dead costumes have intricate painted faces. I have never painted my face for Halloween. The last time it was done to me as when I was five and my mom painted me up as a clown.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, I had bought a tube of white makeup at the costume shop. But how to make the intricate lines of the dolls? Eyeliners and lipliners at .99 cents and $2 from the drugstore. Bought a pot of cream eyeliner I figured would work to paint in the massive amounts of black for the eyes and nose.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I raced home, as I had been out all day with Husband at our Alma mater's football game watch party. (I am the president of our chapter and it was homecoming, thus we were excited and obligated to be there.) We have one-to-two hours before we <i>have</i> to be there. Oh. Crap.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">But, again, <i>somehow</i> everything went smoothly. I found pictures on the web for inspiration in about five minutes, learned to use this white makeup I'd never touched until that day, and managed to paint my own face and make it look symmetrical. Do <i>not</i> ask me how this happened. It's a miracle.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's the outcome. I know that's what you've been waiting to see, or already scrolled down saw at first. :)</div><br />
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but I'd forgotten to get a closeup before.</td></tr>
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