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deck the halls

here's our tree in our new house!  vintage ornaments galore!  dave let me put on colored lights this year.  i think the spackle on the wall behind the tree adds a little yuletide je ne sais quoi.

happy birthday heather!

kitchen nook

i finished the bench cushions!  here's our little restaurant booth.  we're decorating the kitchen in late 40's/early 50's style.  here's a run-down on the decor:  dave lived in a house with a barn when he was little and found the 7up sign in it.  i bought a few vintage 7up magazine ads on ebay and had them framed.  the fabric for the cushions and the tablecloth are also vintage ebay finds.  the little pop-out napkin dispenser and oil carafes were gifts from dave's aunt and the light is good ol' ikea.  the mushroom salt and pepper shakers i got for dirt at anthropologie- they remind us of kennett and match the kitchen.  tiny pumpkin came from the grocery store.  just a few more finishing touches and i'll post a complete kitchen "after".

Just waiting for the model

It's the famous Baby Sweater on Two Needles or February Baby Sweater by Elizabeth Zimmermann! It's probably the most-knitted baby pattern of all time, and it deserves to be. So cute! So classic! Now if my baby could only get to the point where she needs clothing...

mayberry

we moved from one small town to another...we used to call kennett "stars hollow" after the town in "the gilmore girls".  we've started calling perkasie "mayberry".  and as if to back us up, the town presented us with a parade right in front of our house friday as we were packing the car in the rain.  apparently it was homecoming for pennridge H.S.  pretty yucky night for a football game and for homecoming queens to be wearing sleeveless dresses, but the kids seemed to be enjoying their parade.  the peewee football kids couldn't quite throw hard enough to get the candy on our porch so one little boy ran up and gave me a big handful of wonka treats.  so cute.  i thoroughly enjoyed my strawberry/grape nerds.

 

 

kitchen sneak peak- before and afters

getting closer...

INSPIRATION:

 

 
 
 

sneak preview

our first official non-ikea bed is supposed to arrive by the end of the month.  then we'll stain the nightstands that i bought on ebay to match the bed, put lamps on nightstands and we'll be in business.  we're going for a mid-century modernish bedroom- not that you can tell at all from these pics.  dave picked out this fabric and i found it for cheap on etsy.  the wood around the tops of the windows is so chewed up from previous owners haphazardly hanging curtain rods and i didn't want to ruin it any more than it already is so i went with spring rods and curtain clips.  i lined them with thermal blackout so hopefully that will help in the winter.  i'll save the rest of the design details (i know you're just dying to hear about them) for when the room is 100%.

 

Brainwarmers

Suddenly, I find myself on a hat-making kick. This hasn't happened since my early days of knitting, but after completing my Hat Wars weapon:

(looks deadly, doesn't it?)

...I realized there was really no excuse for me not making hats for my own family. Well, okay, to be honest there was more to it than that. I also liked the cable pattern on this hat so much I had to make one for myself too. So much for my nurturing, altruistic spirit.

  

I LOVED this yarn. So soft, springy and wooly. After finishing the hat I went right to the yarn shop to buy enough for a cardigan in this color:

 The color is called "Happy Forest"

Anyway, back to hats. One more is on the needles for hubby, and another pink girly hat was snatched and lost before I could take a picture of it. Hopefully photos of those hats and more will be forthcoming!

more from the suffragette front

ta da!

here's our finished patio sans bilco doors.  dave made a little half-moon planter area by the fence and transplanted some tall grass we had out front.  we plan on putting more grass along the fence for privacy, but that and other landscaping will have to wait until the spring.  we put down grass seed on the parts of the yard that got messy when we drove the trailer over it.  there are aslo a bunch of irises and lilies out front that we plan on digging up this winter that we'll re-plant out back in the spring.  i think our little patio looks good.  much better than the swampy ill-tended garden that was there before.  bring on the grilling!