Be Thankful Pennant

Today I am sharing with you the fireplace at my Dad's house.

Dana and I are staying with my dad right now, 

he is in his 80's and needs some company, and help,

so we spend alot of our extra time at his house.

Last year Rachel was part of a group who shared their scrapbook

talents.  They made banners, books, and journaling tags.

She gave me the letters to the words Be Thankful,

each person on the trade made one letter, so each letter is 

different.

I wanted to pull them all together to make a banner.

Here is what I finished just this week.

The fireplace has a beautiful cement surround,

I added the bunting banner, with each letter adhered to

its own bunting flag.

These were made from Brown Chipboard and

Honeycomb daisy/stripe.

One of my favorite colors,

I maybe should have chosen a brighter orange

color for the bunting flags, but

alas, it is to late for that!

Here they are cut out. 

I used my cricut to cut these out.

This is how Rachel gave them to me.

She did the "F", She used the Leaf glitter CS,

Brown and Red Glitter Chipboard leaves

and orange dew drops from
The Robin's Nest
Scrapbook Companyt

Here is a close up of the bunting hanging in front of the fireplace.

Again the hanging effect.

The autumn trees framed picture I painted

 years ago.  It's a watercolor.

It is such a fun look. 

I put a eyelet in each top corner of the bunting

and used gold ribbon to thread them together.

On the ends is just the brown chipboard.

This is fun way to get your candles to be on different levels.

I used goblets to sit them on,

I also added my home grown white pumpkins.

I was only successful in growing 2 orange mini pumpkins.

These are Rachel's pumpkins she grew in her garden.

The orange and large white one.

So cute here!

I am totally in love with princess pumpkins.

That was what I grew last year, but alas, none this

year I had to purchase this one.

 Here are close ups of all the letters.

I distressed each bunting with brown ink.

And now again, the

finished fireplace.

This is such a fun way to celebrate

Thanksgiving!

Have a great Thanksgiving Season

Ciao,

Robin

Table setting for Halloween

I love to set the table for special occasions,

and for everyday.  So I am always

trying to come up with new ways to

set our table.

I love to shop the second hand stores to find new (to me)

dishes to have to set new tablescapes.

It sometimes is hard to find really good finds,

but just recently I found some black dishes.

Perfect, I thought, for

Halloween!

So here is my tablescape for Halloween.

I found  diamond shape fabric at JoAnns,

I just bought 2 yards and put it on top of a white 

tablecloth.

Then under each of my plates I put a sheet of 

black glitter spiderweb cardstock

found on our website

www.robinsnest-scrap.com

A princess pumpkin for my centerpiece on the table

topped with a black crow and black and orange diamond ribbon.

I bought 4 white plates at the dollar store and colored them in 

black felt pens to make the diamond plates.

In my garden I grew these cute mini white pumpkins.

White charger plates and black dinner and salad plates were found

at the second hand store.

I added a 'O" tag in black for O'Crowley.

The white and gray salad plate is from my mother's

china that our family would eat off on special occasions

.

This turned out to be such a cute tablescape.

It makes the kitchen/dinning area feel so festive!

Hope you have a fun Halloween.

It's just so fun to have this in the house!

See how fun just a piece of 12x12 paper can add to you 

tablescape!

Have a great October!

Ciao,

Robin

Recycled Mini Lamp

something for the home.

I have had this lamp for a very long time

and I love it, but it is getting very 

dated, and so I decided to upcycle it.

So I decided to make it match the guest 

house that we are working on this summer.

Out in the Uintah's Tablescapes for Alfresco Dining Part 2

Hello again!

We are still sharing tablescapes for Alfresco dining.

Our photos are taken in the Uintah Mountains

where we come to camp.

I love the outdoor air, the adventure of walking through

the woods, with the chance that you will

meet a doe and her fawns.

We did this, actually met 2 does,

but only one had fawns.

It was so amazing, and we just stood and watched them

and they watched us.  This was in the evening of the

day, they just feeding through the forest.

It takes you so by surprise to see such beauty as you

are just walking and talking off the beaten path and

there are such fabulous animals right before you.

Here are our fun alfresco dining tablescapes.

These dishes are just melamine,

I have 2 sizes, and I have to admit

we usually use the dessert plates more than

the dinner plates.

These dishes are old metal dishes.

I found them years ago in a junk store.

I fell in love with them, bought them and then thought

what am I going to do with these!

Over the years, 

they have been perfect for the outside.

I so love these t towels.

They have the perfect colors for the outside,

even if it is in the middle of the summer.

Some how I love the color ochre,

(go figure, it is the color of my house!)

But here it has such a fun look in the mountains.

Here is the entire set of metal pots that I purchased.

I don't even remember how much I paid for them,

but I was in love.  In love with the creamy

beige and green.

It reminds me of the cowboy out in the 

field on a round-up.

He has a cook that cooks for his men out over the fire.

Not only do they eat off metal plate and drink from

metal cups hot drinks to warm the tummy to the toes.

I also have this casserole dish, that can double as a dish to

eat from.  Bake dinner in the dish, then

place it on the table and eat out of it!

Simple life!

The table is so inviting with plaid and lace.

What more could you want?  

Food!

It is always time for a party,

and what better place to celebrate than in the 

beauties of the mountains.

I was able to find these awesome cupcake cloches.

Bringing them outside is scary, but they did

make it home in one piece when

I was finished with the photo shoot.

Hot Chocolate and cupcakes!

I'm so in love!

Hope you enjoyed our

fun tablescapes alfresco!

Till next time,

Ciao,

Robin

Out in the Uintahs Tablescapes for Alfresco Dining Part 1

Hello Readers,

I have been AOW for a while, 

and maybe in a few months I will share the whys of

this disappearance!   Nothing medical for Dana or I,

just some things going on with close family, and it has taken

us away from home 3 times since May 15.

Then we were sent to South Africa and Madagascar for 3

weeks with our Humanitarian work we do for the Welfare Department

of our church.  So this blog had to be set aside for a while.

I have also had some things going on with my father, 

his health hasn't been the greatest, and just a little

over a week ago, we decided it was time to live closer to 

him so we can be there if something really

serious happens.  

Thus my blog was put on hold.

Last week we were able to take our camp trailer up on 

to the Uintahs and camp for a few days.  

It was heavenly,

the smell of the pines, the shaking of the 

aspen leaves, and the wild life,

as it walked through the trails close to our 

camp site.

I love to eat with beautiful dishes.

We were able to get some of my grandmother's

dishes many years ago from Germany.

They are not the beautiful Dresden type dishes,

but they remind me of the Black Forrest, 

the water falls running off the rocks, and

the water following miles of creek beds through the 

forest.

I am in love with them, and they are in our camper

so that when we want to eat out in the trees,

we can pull them out, and eat a great meal on them.

Oh, how I love to come here and camp!!!

Our tradition was to camp for a week in September

at Strawberry Reservoir, but since our 

mission to Ethiopia, and our new call to work

as Technical Specialists for the Welfare Department

helping with Humanitarian relief throughout the

world, this hasn't happened.

First time in 5 years we have camped! 

Nothing brings me more pleasure.

You can see that these dishes aren't the fanciest,

but they are so perfect for the outdoor life.

I just bought these goblets from my best friend, 

they are such a perfect match to my home, 

and especially to this tablescape.

I so love this look!

It is fun that I have these awesome chairs made from
tree limbs.  I have had them for many, many years
but really they just sit in the garage and usually aren't
used.  But they are perfect for the feel of the
woods, to eat fish, or steak for any wild meat
out in the open skies of the Uintahs.

 Our friends were camping with us,
and when she saw that I was taking photos of
table scapes, she showed me her dishes and
said I could use them.

Aren't they so cute?
I also used our hot chocolate pot for this table scape.
Perfect for evening
to warm your tummy with something hot,
and possibly a bowl of chili or soup.

My last table scape for today is with these fun floral dishes.
I bought these 15-20 years ago, there were
only a few pieces left, but I really loved them.
I keep them in the trailer, we use them for goodies
or fruit on the table.

Here they are so perfect with the ochre goblets, my beautiful

Jacquard tablecloth my Taunte Inge gave me from Germany,

and brown Jacquard napkins.

I love a twig here and there,

just for fun.

I hope that you have enjoyed our outside dining 

ideas.  There are more to come!

So from the Uintah Mountains,

Ciao!

Robin