Home Sweet Home #73

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  I have been pulling out my favorite blue and white a lot lately.  Here it is for a red, white, and blue setting.

This setting meant to be a little country and nostalgic.  As the sun sets we'll just light the lantern like we're camping.   

Now, I would like to highlight some of the posts that caught my eye last week at Home Sweet Home.  I am adding a disclaimer that I may be pinning or tweeting your post by adding it to this party.  I like to share your great ideas when I see things that are exciting.

Elaine at Creating Wonderful Spaces created a mile high beach table that was beautiful.

Sarah at Dumped and Discovered showed off a wonderful furniture makeover. 

Two Cottages and Tea  had tea under her rose bower that was enchanting.

Be Book Bound showed off a little girl's bedroom that was gorgeous!

Our Life in a Click  showed off her Vintage Picnic Graduation Party that was awesome! 

Many great links each week!  Thank you to all who join me at Home Sweet Home!   It is wonderful to have you here.

Sherry

I will join these ladies today:
Vintage Inspiration Friday at Common Ground 

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home

Home and Garden Thursday  at A Delightsome Life 

Creative Things Thursday  at The Vintage Farmhouse

Say G'day Saturday  at Natasha in Oz

Open House Party at No Minimalist Here

Potpourri Friday at 2805

Let's Dish at Cuisine Kathleen 

 Guidelines for Home Sweet Home Party:

Attention: To link up with inlinkz you must have a permalink back to this party in your post or they will not allow you to link.  

Link up anything in your home or garden.  I love seeing neat shops too!

My button is on my sidebar for the party, if you want to use it.   If you are new here I hope you will become a follower. Please don't link up more than two posts.  No Etsy link ups or direct advertising, please.  Please visit some of the other blogs and get some great inspiration.  Thanks.:)

Now let's see your beautiful homes!

Home Sweet Home #72

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  I have been enjoying flowers in the yard this week.  I have been babying them a lot by watering them.  Very dry here.  

Did you see this picture on my blog Monday?  I had just remodeled my dining room and received all these wonderful furniture pieces from family and we are driving by a yard sale this weekend and saw this hutch.  It was marked $100 but we went back late in the day and everything was 1/2 price and we got this for $50!  I was so excited! I have always wanted a hutch like this and it is solid maple.  So now I have a great piece to show off my transferware. I was such a happy thrifty shopper!  

 So, one side of the room has that hutch and then the other side of the dining room looks like this.  I am so happy with how it turned out!!  I can't wait to decorate it for fall and Christmas!

 Now, I would like to highlight some of the posts that caught my eye last week at Home Sweet Home.

Cindy at Beaux R'eves showed off her beautiful new French bench.

Penny ay Penny's Vintage Home showed off her pretty shabby coastal bath decor.

Jill at Sew a Fine Seam showed off this great vintage cabinet.

 Must Love Junk showed off this vintage shoe rack that is a favorite of hers.

Maggie at Little Miss Maggie showed off a French family crest that she made that is wonderful!  Info in this post as to where to get French and German grain sack stencils.

 Many great links each week!  Thank you to all who join me at Home Sweet Home!   It is wonderful to have you here! 

Sherry

I will join these ladies today:
Vintage Inspiration Friday at Common Ground 

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home

Home and Garden Thursday  at A Delightsome Life 
Creative Things Thursday  at The Vintage Farmhouse
Say G'day Saturday  at Natasha in Oz
Thrifty Things Friday  at The Thrifty Groove
Furniture Feature Party  at Miss Mustard Seed

  

 Guidelines for Home Sweet Home Party:

Attention: To link up with inlinkz you must have a permalink back to this party in your post or they will not allow you to link.  

Link up anything in your home or garden.  I love seeing neat shops too!

My button is on my sidebar for the party, if you want to use it.   If you are new here I hope you will become a follower. Please don't link up more than two posts.  No Etsy link ups or direct advertising, please.  Please visit some of the other blogs and get some great inspiration.  Thanks.:)

Now let's see your beautiful homes!

Home Sweet Home #71

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I made yet another version of the fruit flavored tea.  I made this tea with strawberries and apples.  My taste testers like each new version of this tea more than the last version I have made.  So, it was a hit.  I have made blackberry tea and real peach tea.  Click on the links to get the recipes.

Ingredients:

4 cups of hot black tea (I used 2 Luzianne decaffeinated Family tea bags)

1 cup of strawberries sliced 

1 cup (or about 1-2 small)  apples peeled and sliced

honey to taste or 3/4 cup of sugar

• In a medium pot combine the hot tea with the strawberries and apples and simmer for 10 minutes. Getting the fruit soft brings out the most juice and flavor.
• With the back of a wooden spoon, crush the fruit in the tea and then pour through a fine strainer into a pitcher.  I crushed mine again in the strainer.
• I did use coffee filters to strain out the strawberry seeds, which go through the strainer.
• Add honey to taste or use 3/4 cup of sugar.
• I then pour this warm tea over a half of pitcher of ice.
• Chill for at least 2 hours and serve.

Yield: 4-5 servings

I have been on a no processed food spell for awhile now.  My whole family doesn't comply but, it is nice to make tea with fresh fruit instead of chemicals for them.

Now I would like to highlight some of the posts that caught my eye last week at Home Sweet Home.

Mary Alice at Chateau Chic showed off her lovely dining room.

Laurie at Heaven's Walk created a gorgeous French Market Basket.

 Debra at Common Ground showed her beautiful new dining room slipcovers.

Denise at Pink Postcard also showed off her pretty new linen slipcovers.

Annika and Sussi at Precious Sister made their own DIY chalkboard clock out of a pot lid!  How cute is this!

Miss Kitty at Miss Kopy Kat made her own faux Italian chandelier.

So, much talent in all of you ladies!  Thank you to all who join me at Home Sweet Home!   It is wonderful to have you here! 

Sherry

I will join these ladies today:
Vintage Inspiration Friday at Common Ground 

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home

Home and Garden Thursday  at A Delightsome Life 
Creative Things Thursday  at The Vintage Farmhouse
Say G'day Saturday  at Natasha in Oz
Redoux Interiors Link Party 

  Guidelines for Home Sweet Home Party:

Attention: To link up with inlinkz you must have a permalink back to this party in your post or they will not allow you to link.  

Link up anything in your home or garden.  I love seeing neat shops too!

My button is on my sidebar for the party, if you want to use it.   If you are new here I hope you will become a follower. Please don't link up more than two posts.  No Etsy link ups or direct advertising, please.  Please visit some of the other blogs and get some great inspiration.  Thanks.:)

Now let's see your beautiful homes!