New Finds

I found these white dishes

at a local antique store for 

1/2 off regular price

I was tickled !

 I found a set of 8

dinner plates

8 cup and saucers

8 salad plates

I use them every day.

you're asking "why white" ?

because I can put any color with it and it looks great.

$12.00 for the set.

I love bargains!!

Have an enjoyable week end!

love and blessings

Ruby

Dinner

Salmon w/ Lemon and Rosemary

1 whole side salmon,

2 teas kosher salt

1 teas pepper

1 teas chopped fresh rosemary leaves

1 lemon thinly sliced

1/2 small red onion

8 cloves garlic thinly sliced

1/4 cup olive oil

cut a piece of foil long and wide enough

to encase the salmon when folded over the center

and folded up the ends

put foil on large cookie sheet and place

the salmon in the center of the foil.

skin side down sprinkle the salmon

w/ salt pepper and rosemary.

place lemon slices over fish along

w/ sliced onion and garlic.

drizzle fish evenly w/ the olive oil 

and fold the edges of the foil up over the 

salmon and crimp to seal.Fold the edges together 

on both ends to create an airtight package.

bake for 15 min. or until cooked through but still moist. 

serve immediately.

I also cooked some fresh green beans

to go w/ the fish.

can you say Delicious.

love and blessings

Ruby

Happiness

The pursuit of Happiness

  an inner satisfaction and sufficiency 

that does not depend on outward

circumstances.

love and blessings!

Ruby

Time

Time

 how are you spending your time?

Live your life with no regrets!
hope your having a great time this week-end.

love and blessings

Ruby

headboard make over

Finding inexpensive pieces for out guest room,

 not that our guests are not worth expensive

furniture and such, but as it is not used often

I didn't see the need to put a lot of money into it.

I found this headboard for a few dollars 2.50 to be exact 

sanded it primed it

and gave it 2 coats of white paint

connected it to a metal frame.

nothing fancy but for 2.50 not bad.

 I'll show you the complete room in a later post.

In a previous post I showed you one of the nightstands

I found for a few dollars and redid. Also found

these pictures and turned them into mirrors

to put them behind the nights stands to make the room 

appear larger

took out the pictures

primed and painted

and added mirror 

hung them on the wall behind the night stands on each side 

of the bed.

This helps the room look larger as its a small room.

I have a few things yet that need done to complete the room. Its been a busy summer

and summer is flying by way to fast. So much on my 

TO DO list yet.

love and blessings
Ruby

night stand make over

Looking for a small night stand for our guest bedroom

I found this little beauty

yes it needed much work. So out comes the 

sander. Then the primer .

then the paint

what a difference.

Look past the dirt and grim and see the beauty.

Before

 

After

I love the transformation.

love and blessings

Ruby

Chair Make Over

Chair Make Over

I have 2 chairs like this that are long overdue

for a seat fabric make over.

 I found some fabric which I paid only

.50 cents for a piece

45" x 25"

( can't beat the price)

 I took the chair seat of the frame and removed all the
staples.

Using the fabric that was on the chairs as a pattern
I cut the new fabric

the cushions were still in great condition 

next step staple the new fabric to the seat

chair seat complete

I then screwed the seat back onto the chair.
here is the before

and after

tools used:

. 50 cents piece of fabric

screw gun

staple gun

hammer

screw driver

 1/2 hour of my time

what do  you think?

love and blessings

Ruby

Our Summer Garden

 We worked up 4 plots of land each one 6' x 10'

this one has my onions, lettuce, and garlic

 peppers and red beets

 Lima beans and tomatoes my how they have grown
from this 

to this

 Red and white sweet potatoes

 zucchini

 I planted marigolds around each plot 

(I was told it keeps the bugs out)

 this is the garden right after planting

 Garden now

I have eaten lettuce, spinach, and zucchini

from the garden so far and hoping for alot

more produce from it.

Hope your enjoying your summer.

love and blessings!

Ruby

Summertime

Summertime

  I love summertime.

warm summer evening, fresh flowers and  vegetables, garden tea,

 lemonade and Picnics in the park.

Campfires, smores, roasted hog dogs.

Bike rides,and walks,

along with that there is weeding, hoeing the garden and mowing.

 I wanted to freshen up my table

center piece

here is what I came up with.

 old empty soda bottles

 added a daisy 

how simple, fresh and easy.

hope your summer is going well.

love and blessings

Ruby