Thrifty Thursday # 60, plus a Tablescape

Hi! It's Thrifty Thursday! I am your host, Leigh. Thank you so much for stopping by and additional thanks to those who also participate in Thrifty Thursday! I am most delighted to have you join in..for it's YOU who makes it a "show and tell party". I also participate in Tablescape Thursday the host of that fun carnival is the Hostess with the Mostess...Susan of Between Naps on the Backporch. That's no lie or exaggeration, each week I visit Susan's porch and just long to be a guest at any of her tablescapes...especially those held on the porch.

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*Thrifty Thursday takes place each Thursday and is hosted here at Tales from Bloggeritaville, but the party is a progressive one, visit the links to see all the Thrifty Thursday links to see the thrifty treasures participating bloggers have to share.

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I was shopping recently in one of my favorite stores, At Home in Homewood. I know you are surprised. I saw these lamps and fell in love with the shades and thought what a wonderful Thrifty Thursday project that they would make.

















Now I am on the prowl for some feed sacks, or I may have to make my own using painters drop cloths. The base of the lamps can easily be painted and aged to achieve a similar look. Almost zinc like. Stay tuned. The At Home lamps cost close to a couple hunrder a piece. I am certain I can recreate these for far less!























Now, onto to Tablescape Thursday, which is hosted by Susan of Between Naps on the Porch.













While in At Home, I saw this pretty Tablescape that I thought I would share. This one features all products found At Home.

What is a tablescape without the food?
I invite you to stop by my food blog, PLATES & PLACES. Tomorrow I will announce a foodie giveaway...something you will want in your kitchen! You can click here to find out more. You will NOT want to miss this one!



Thanks to all of you for stopping by and participating in today's Thrifty Thursday.

Please use Mr. Linky below to link up your blog. Please leave a comment after linking. I love to hear from you.I encourage you all to spread the love and visit the other thrifty Thursday participants, for that's what half the fun is. Aside from seeing a cool treasure it's making friends!

Thank you, all, FRIENDS! I appreciate YOU!
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Outdoor Wednesday-Plus a Reminder!

It's Outdoor Wednesday! Every year on Easter my Mom and Dad host an Easter lunch. My aunt, uncle and cousins -as well as my brother and his precious family decend and enjoy a good meal and good fellowship. Sunday was no exception. I thought I would share some photographs from the Annual Easter Egg Hunt....

A motley crew was at the hunt this year....My cousin Alan, my brother Jon, Big Daddy and my son "Bama"-home from Bama. They are just delighted at the amount of pictures I take. What is it about men and pictures? Suck it up, tough guys. And smile!
















My niece, who we call "Mae-be Baby". This was her first year to hunt eggs. She loved it!























Don't put all your egg's in one basket?
Sister Sledge and Mae-by Baby count their egg's.























The Egg Hunt participants, along with the "Egg-ceptional Organizer", Patricia.

















The frenzy begins, as hunters scurry.
















My neice, Reesey-Cup finds something really funny.























Bama shares a precious moment with Reesey Cup.























"Red" gets a lift up from Bama.

Red holds a special egg, this one a Mexican tradition brought to our family by Patricia, my cousins precious girlfriend. The egg is real, the top of the egg has been broken to extract the membrane, then cleaned. After it dries the egg is filled with LOTS of confetti and a small piece of tissue paper glued to the opening to close it. It's fun to "smash" over the heads of people, where confetti goes everywhere! The kids really loved it! So did the adults.























Boys love to climb trees-no matter their age. My brother in a tree, followed by my son, J Smooth.
























After lunch we took a walk and Reesey Cup gathered some wild flowers to give to her mommy.























I invite you to join me tomorrow for Thrifty Thursday.
I will be announcing a new giveaway on my Plates and Places blog on Foodie Friday-so be sure to register.

For more outdoor wednseday participants be sure to visit Susan of Southern Daydreamer, delightful host of Outdoor Wednesday.

The WinnerS of the Basket Giveaway is........

Thank you to all who entered my Bread Basket Giveaway!
There are two winners of this giveaway.  The winner chosen randomly through Tales from Bloggeritaville blog is Karen of Karen's Corner (Still Magnolia). And the randomly chosen winner of the Tales from Bloggeritaville facebook fan page is Courtney Claridy. Please email me with your mailing information. You can find my email address on my blogger profile page.  Congratulations to you both! I hope you both will enjoy your new bread basket...or whatever you decide to use it for!

Be looking for a new giveaway on Plates and Places, my food blog.

Last Chance to Enter

I hope that you had a wonderful Easter! I did. Its a day where my spirit feels so rejuvinated and full. I spent Saturday in Tuscaloosa with my husbands side of the family and Sunday with mine. It's always such a blessed time and this weekend was no different.
I am downloading pictures to share, probably for my Outdoor Wednesday post.
I do want to remind you, that if you haven't already, today is the last day to register to win the Bread basket giveaway. There are several ways to get additinal entries. I have two baskets to give away, one on my blog and one on the TFB facebook fans page. For more information on the contest, click here.
I will be hosting a giveaway very soon on the TFB Plates and Places page (see my sidebar, Leigh's blogs). I will be giving away a great kitchen necessity in the days to come.
Happy Spring!
Thank you for dropping by Tales from Bloggeritaville!
Leigh

HUGE Hearts

Daily I am taken aback at the kindness, generosity and beautiful spirits of bloggers. But the past week, the random acts of kindness have been directed to me. My blessings over runneth and I am so touched!
I recently returned from a beach trip, where I had a wonderful visit with two precious bloggers, who I am honored to count as friends, Kristin of The Goat and Jennifer of Dust Bunny Hostage. I shared some photos of our visit on my Picture a Day blog as well as a Bloggeritaville post. But I didn't share what Jennifer gave to me (as well as Kristin) after our visit....
This jar of thread on wooden spools. She went on to talk about your friendships, being like that thread. The strength and beauty in it. It was a beautiful sentiment and I am so appreciative. Thank you, Jennifer. I just adore you! You ARE like that thread to me! And I love the ties that bind us....our friendship.

And speaking of precious people, I wanted to thank blogger, Jane of Mamie Jane for thinking of me as she was out thrifting. She came across some lettered "B: items and remembered me mentioning how I have had a hard time finding those. Apparently there are alot of people out there whose last names begin with "B". Jane sent me a box of B treasures......a beautiful bowl and some silver spoons, including a sweet note inside. Jane, your kindness is immeasurable, your thoughtfulness so appreciated. Jane, I feel a kindred spirit with you in your sentimentality and these treasures are certainly ones that are precious to me and meaningful, not just because they are "B's" but because you thought kindly and sent them to me.

Jessica of Thoughts of a Bama Belle is such a special friend to me. We met through blogging and quickly became real life friends. When I mentioned my giveaways, she so graciously offered to do the monogram  of the Vintage Monogrammed Jar. She sponsored  the winning initial and she also gave me my own initial as well as an ALABAMA vinyl monogram which is perfect to share my spirit for my favorite team, and where my money...and son goes to college. So sweet.

Jess is one of those people who never comes or allows you to go empty handed. Whether it's a serving of her homemade dumplings, a jar of her aunt's best blueberry jam or a box of chocolates, Jessica has made it her point in life to make others feel special. You can see that by visiting her blog, where she often shares her family recipes and incredible and well thought tablescapes. I don't think there is much "mundane" in her home. She celebrates life and I LOVE THAT!

Jessica is getting ready to make a move from my hometown of Helena to the Gulf Coast, where she will live in close proximity to Jenn, DBH. While I will miss Jess terribly, I celebrate this new chapter in her life and the life of her family and know she has a friend already there waiting in the wings. Life is grand like that.

And finally, I want to thank Mama Joy. Mama Joy does not have a blog of her own, but she reads Bloggeritaville very often. She will sometimes email and offer advice of thrifty finds or things to do, etc. She is also a precious soul in my life. And my life is better for it. On Saturday she gave me this copper cuff bracelet with a brass butterfly and oyster shell inlay on the wings.

"A thrifty find that I found at a garage sale and I immediately thought of you!!"

How kind! And how nice it is to be "thought of". Thank you, MJ!

Thank you, Jenn, Jane, Jessica and Joy (Wow! Something about the J's?)  for thinking of me. I appreciate you each and every one and love your huge hearts.
Many, many Thanks. My heart is full with your friendship.
Thank you.