DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG

I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

I DABBLE IN A BIT OF THIS AND THAT!!!!

" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot

George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Been Playing With Pumpkins Again!!

Last year, I did a post on "blinging" up some pumpkins.........

Click HERE if you missed it.....

A few weeks ago, I bought some bags of leaves and a bag of acorns at Dollar Tree......

Click HERE if you missed that post......

I want to Thank Dagmar, over at Dagmar's Home, for featuring that post from last week's Thrifty and Vintage Finds Link Party!!!

Thanks so much, Dagmar!!!

Pease stop by and link up to this great party!!

I decided to add the leaves and acorns to some of my pumpkins to "Bling" them up a bit more since my theme for the Living Room is An Elegant Fall Theme in the Living Room!!

What a difference it made!!

First, more bling on a few velvet pumpkins.......

I also used some small ornaments on top of the pumpkins.....

The mesh leaves from Dollar Tree are glittered.....

Some light colored pumpkins and 2 crystalized pumpkins.....

These are pumpkins that I spray painted gold and copper a few years ago.......

Some stickers were added to this pumpkin....

And some glittered pumpkins that were bought on Clearance.....

These 2 pumpkins were bought on Clearance last year at Big Lots so I blinged them up too!!

And 2 green pumpkins and another crystalized one........

I had fun playing with these pumpkins, making them look a but more elegant.....

I am finishing up decorating the Living Room in an Elegant Fall Theme....

Up next, will be my Elegant Fall Living Room Tree........

This is actually the Tree that I had used in the Dining Room for years and I will tell you more about that in my next post.........

So I hope you will be back to visit soon!!

And thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

If you do not have a blog, PLEASE give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment. If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......

Hugs,
Debbie

I will be linking up to these parties!!

Fabulous Fall Party

Five Star Frou Frou Party-permanently open, link up anytime!!

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The Homemaking Party
Home and Garden Party Thursday
Share Your Cup Thursday
Share Your Style Thursday Link Up Party
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My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday
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Vintage Charm
Grace at Home Party

FRIDAY
Simple and Sweet Fridays
The Creative Exchange
Home Sweet Home Friday
Friday Features Linky Party
Foodie Friday and Everything Else
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Home Matters Linky Party
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Friday's Five Features Party

SATURDAY
Pink Saturday-Anything Goes!!
Best of the Weekend Party
The Creative Collection Link Party
Simple Saturdays Blog Hop
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SUNDAY
Share It One More Time Sundays
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Bouquet of Talent Linky Party
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Happiness is Homemade Linky Party

MONDAY
Inspiration Mondays
Busy Monday

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You Are The Star Blog Hop
Dishing It and Digging It Link Party
Merry Monday Linky Party

The Art of Making Home- Making Mondays

What'd You Do This Weekend?
Cooking and Crafting with J & J
Metamorphosis Monday
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Show and Share Party

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WEDNESDAY

Fluster's Creative Muster Wednesday's

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Fall Front Porch and Yard, 2016

Hello!!

I am so ready for Fall after such an awfully HOT Summer which I HATED!!!

Fall is my favorite time of year, how about you????

First I would like to Thank Cecelia, over at My Thrift Store Addiction, for featuring my post,
Night Time and a Visitor in My Cottage Garden, from last week's Vintage Charm Party!!

Thanks so much , Cecelia!!!

Please stop by and link up to this great party!!

The front porch and yard is now decorated for Fall!!

And the Mums are planted......

You may remember my topiary that I made out of a tomato cage last year???

There is a lantern with a candle on a timer inside of it.....

Let's take a look at the porch, shall we????

My begonias did so well this Summer and they fit in like I planned that they would with my Fall colors......

The red color is perfect for Fall and I will keep them as long as they survive.....

I planted a yellow Mum in this pot.....

The pumpkins are fake ones that I bought at Michaels many years ago!

Another candle on a timer in the lantern and also in the terra cotta Jack O' Lantern......

The front of our townhouse......

Fall flowers in the mailbox and a leaf plaque.....

The weeping mortar allows me to hang things on the front of the house......

A Fall swag hangs above the front door........

And a Fall wreath on the door.....

I changed the bow on the wreath this year to a burlap one.....

A Welcome Sign on the side of the door......

I mainly decorate the front of the house for Fall and not Halloween but I do have this cute Halloween plaque out.....

A Fall Leaf Welcome Sign hangs below the flag pole......

On the porch itself.....

I flipped over the chair cushions to the striped side instead of the floral side.....

The lantern on the table has a candle on a timer inside of it along with some fake gourdes that I use every year.......

I added orange LED lights to this tree that lives out on the front porch year round......

You can see how big my begonias got!!

There are 2 pots of them inside the porch and a flower box on the other side of the railing.....

A few more fake pumpkins.....

A Fall Leaf Garland on the railing along with 2 deco mesh bows.....

A smaller terra cotta Jack O' Lantern rests in the bird bath......

Joe bought these Mums at Wegman's for only $7.00 a piece!!!!

I like to buy them before they bloom so they last longer.......

Both of these are tri-colored ones.......

Supposedly yellow, orange and rust!!

Looking down toward the flower bed under my Living Room window......

In the Flower Bed.......

But first let me show you these begonias in the flower box on the side of the porch!!

I will keep them until the frost hits.......

More fake pumpkins.....

The small pots contain 2 dusty millers that I transplanted from the urns that you will see in a minute.....

This is an Ornamental Pepper plant that Joe picked up at Wegman's for $5.00!!

I thought it was different......

2 Fall Mini Flags.....

You can see where Joe cut down a hosta in front of the barrel that I painted last year......

The urns now have tri colored Mums planted in each one.....

They are starting to open a bit.......

You can see the different colors.....

Again, these were only $7.00 each!!

You can see the lights of my Autumn Tree in the window........

We took out the air conditioner but I still need to hang my lace curtains for the Winter......

More begonias.....

In the Flower Bed in front of the house......

A pumpkin lantern.....

My park bench..........

The yellow mum was part of a 2 pack for $7.00! The other one is on the fornt porch......

More fake gourdes and a fake pumpkin.......

And that is what the front of our townhouse looks like decorated for Fall with a touch of Halloween, this year......

In my next post, I will share what it looks like lit up at night......

So I hope you will be back to visit soon!!

And thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

If you do not have a blog, PLEASE give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment. If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......

Hugs,
Debbie