Welcome tothis week’s Share Your Style #269! This link party is for home decor, DIY, crafts, recipes and the like, but you are more than welcome to share your family-friendly posts with us all. Please feel free to share this post and join my small but loyal band of followers. I appreciate you!As always, I am glad that you are here… 💜
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French Ethereal…
Only one post this past week as I settle into the school routine again. In this post I shared Our Late Summer Front Entry. Are you ready for fall like me? 😉
And here are this week’s featured posts…
Lori at Dining Delight shared her late summer dining table and it is gorgeous with the bright pop of aquamarine and pumpkin-y orange in the plates and placemats!! Beach Inspired Tablescape fora Backyard BBQ.
MaryJo over at Masterpieces of My Life shared her incredible Pear Inspired Tablescape. Lovely and perfect for moving into fall!
Sandra at Dinner at Eight shares her beautiful Summer Tables: Dreaming of Paris. So excited to see all the gorgeous tables this week! Sandra… Just lovely!!!
Do take some time as you link up today to visit a few other party-goers and enjoy their posts! Thank you, sweet friends! 💖
Thank you to everyone who linked up this past week. A special thank you to y’all for sharing Share Your Style on your blog and on your social media channels! I do see it when I stop by and I appreciate the love. 💜
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Welcome to this week’s Share Your Style #268! This link party is for home decor, DIY, crafts, recipes and the like, but you are more than welcome to share your family-friendly posts with us all. Please feel free to share this post and join my small but loyal band of followers. I appreciate you!As always, I am glad that you are here… 💜
I am Barbara Chapman your host and I’d love it if you’d follow me here on my blog and on any of my other social media sites, too.
Thank you!
Here’s what I shared this past week at
French Ethereal…
A 5 Minute Late Summer Door Basket~part of this month’s Pinterest Challenge (which is always fun!). Lots of inspiration; I hope you will stop by.
And here are this week’s featured posts…
Rachelle at My Hubbard Home starts us off with 5 Reasons to Love Al Fresco Patio Dining. I love this post because hopefully soon the heat of summer will leave and we can all get back to dining outdoors!
Also visiting with SYS for the first time is MaryJo of Master Pieces of My Life who shares this delicious looking salad ~ On the Menu – California Style Salade Niçoise. Yum and welcome!!! MaryJo also had a great Bathroom Reveallinked up, too!
Do take some time as you link up today to visit a few other party-goers and enjoy their posts! Thank you, sweet friends! 💖
Thank you to everyone who linked up this past week. A special thank you to y’all for sharing Share Your Style on your blog and on your social media channels! I do see it when I stop by and I appreciate the love. 💜
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Welcome tothis month’s 10 on the 10th as a group of lifestyle blogging friends gets together on the 10th of each month with and idea you can create for usually under $10. This month we are sharing home decor and Back-to-School ideas for the End of Summer!
If you are new to French Ethereal, welcome! I wish to thank our host Ann of Apple Street Cottagefor getting all of us together. Terrie is taking a break this month, but usually she is with us. The posts from everyone who is on today’s tour are linked at the end of this post for you.
5 Minute Late Summer Door Basket
I decided to create a new hanging door basket since I’ve had my current French style basket on our front door all spring and summer filled with various blooms.
Normally I go to my stash of faux florals to create new door hangings or mantel displays (like this summer mantel), but I knew already that I didn’t have any late summer/early fall flowers to choose from. The sunflowers I had were too large and some had fallen apart from sitting in storage for four years, so…
I had to go shopping.
I admit right off that I spent slightly more than double our $10 amount, and sometimes you have to do that for a certain look. 💛
Here is what you need:
1 wood or grapevine basket ~ mine was 50% off at Hobby Lobby (not sponsored) = $7.79.
1 bunch pale yellow peonies or mums = $10.19 (used 40% coupon)
3 picks of small yellow sunflowers = $1.99 x 3 picks = $5.97
ribbon from my stash = $0
wire cutters
TOTAL = $23.95 before tax.
I began with taking a small brown paper bag and tucking that inside to fill the gaps of this woven grapevine-and-wire basket (not shown).
I love the texture of this basket with its horizontal lines of vines winding around plus the curlicue vine tendrils!
Next I clipped off two of the lower “breaks” along the main “stem” of the bunch of pale yellow/tan peonies with the wire cutters. This bunch was tucked inside the basket and paperbag liner, fluffing the flowers and bending stems to make the bouquet look more realistic.
Thirdly, I cut off about half of the mini sunflower stems, bent those flower branches accordingly, and placed them amongst the peony flower heads.
Our front door open to August’s late summer sunshine!
Thriller, Filler and Spiller
Usually you want at least three different types of flowers to create a bouquet, wreath or door hanger ~ the “thriller, filler and spiller.” I tried a few different blooms for a third and kept coming back to this simple late summer look. Adding a French wire ribbon with a hint of fall colors completes the late summer look.
I am very happy with how this door basket has turned out and I know you can make one that is equally amazing! Friends, follow the links to all of the ladies on today’s End of Summer tour. I know you will enjoy what inspiring decor ideas they have for you…
Welcome to this week’s Share Your Style #267! This link party is for home decor, DIY, crafts, recipes and the like, but you are more than welcome to share your family-friendly posts with us all. Please feel free to share this post and join my small but loyal band of followers. I appreciate you!As always, I am glad that you are here… 💜
CoCo of The Crowned Goat shares this beautiful French Style Bench she refinished for her mother. Love the whole vignette and the bench’s lovely grey-green!
Rachelle of My Hubbard Home shares her lovely printables in this post about Vintage French Labels. Don’t you just want to make some?!
Penny of Penny’s Vintage Home (Penny’s Treasures) shared decorating inspiration for fall in this lovely post ~ Fall Decorating Inspiration. Love the outdoor mantel with the blush and cream pumpkings…
Trick and Treat brings us this delicious-looking Fruited Pull-Apart Bread. Heaven on a platter!!!
Do take some time as you link up today to visit a few other party-goers and enjoy their posts! Thank you, sweet friends! 💖
Thank you to everyone who linked up this past week. A special thank you to y’all for sharing Share Your Style on your blog and on your social media channels! I do see it when I stop by and I appreciate the love. 💜
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Welcome toShare Your Style #265!This link party is for home decor, DIY, crafts, recipes and the like, but you are more than welcome to share your family-friendly posts with us all. Please feel free to share this post and join my small but loyal band of followers. I appreciate you!As always, I am glad that you are here… 💜
We have two sweet girls come visiting with us this week and you will get to see them below! Fun ideas and perfect for the doldrums that sometimes hit mid-summer…
Took a break this weekend and drove down to visit our daughter in Austin. We enjoyed a couple of hours at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Went in search of wood screw which would fit this piece earlier this morning.
Do take some time as you link up today to visit a few other party-goers and enjoy their posts! Thank you. 💖
Thank you to everyone who linked up this past week. A special thank you to y’all for sharing Share Your Style on your blog and on your social media channels! I do see it when I stop by and I appreciate the love. 💜
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Welcome toShare Your Style #264!This link party is for home decor, DIY, crafts, recipes and the like, but you are more than welcome to share your family-friendly posts with us all. Please feel free to share this post and join my small but loyal band of followers. I appreciate you!As always, I am glad that you are here… 💜
Sorry this is getting up late this week! I had a dental cleaning yesterday morning but with the COVID-19 virus I’d put off having a crown replaced. Well… there was a cancellation yesterday p.m., so… I went through all that in the afternoon! 😱 All is good, impressions made, new “tooth” will fit better than the old one with a shelf that made eating salad a pain, and life will go on. But, novocaine always makes me groggy and “not all here,” so… I slept a bunch of this afternoon.
Debbie of Debbie-Dabble Blog shared her 4th of July look for summertime in this day and evening post ~ 4th of July Patriotic Front Porch. Love evening in the garden!!!
Fabiana of Fabby’s Living shared this sweet salute to America in this post ~ A Very Different 4th of July. Thank you Fabby for celebrating with us from Ecuador!!! !Muchísimas gracías, querida amiga! You HAVE to stop by and see this gorgeous dining room with its marble floor and a wonderful Federal-style cupboard… I am drooling (can you tell?). Furniture envy… 😉
Thank you to everyone who linked up this past week. A special thank you to y’all for sharing Share Your Style on your blog and on your social media channels! I do see it when I stop by and I appreciate the love. 💜
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Welcome toShare Your Style #263!This link party is for home decor, DIY, crafts, recipes and the like, but you are more than welcome to share your family-friendly posts with us all. Please feel free to share this post and join my small but loyal band of followers. I appreciate you!As always, I am glad that you are here… 💜
I am Barbara Chapman your host and I’d love it if you’d follow me here on my blog and on any of my other social media sites, too. Thank you!
Here’s what I shared this past week at
French Ethereal…
Only one post out for me this week as I have been feeling rundown with a cold… Not the nasty virus, thankfully! 🙂 I have been photographing for 10 on the 10th later this week and a couple of other posts but nothing done yet. ~ A New FrenchTransitional Summer Look.
And here are this week’s featured posts…
Thelma of Thelma’s Days shared her beautiful patio and a family celebration/visit in this post ~ Canada Day 2020. Love the cheery reds!!!
I think we all are hankering to get outside for a while and CoCo over at The Crowned Goat shares her Latest Finds from Rennigers Flea Market. I am soooo ready!
Amber of Follow the Yellow Brick Home shared the sweet Vintage Sink Potting Benchshe made here in Pt. 1 of her story. Very cool!!!
Treat and Trick shared an oldie post but a goody! These simple to make Soft Ginger Cookieslook totally delicious for summertime treats! Yum!!!
Fresh Vintage by Lisa shared her collection of Vintage Postcards for the 4th of July. I am always on the lookout for awesome cards to send and to share and I bet you are, too!
Debra of Common Ground shared her serene living room all decorated patriotically for the 4th… Easy 4th of July Decor. Really love RWB for summertime!
Honorable Mention
Jennifer at A Fireman’s Wife shared her lovely home decorated very simply for the 4th of July in this post ~ Simple 4th of July Tablescape. Jen runs “Friday at the Fire Station” if you haven’t linked up with her before. 🙂
Thank you to everyone who linked up this past week. A special thank you to y’all for sharing Share Your Style on your blog and on your social media channels! I do see it when I stop by and I appreciate the love. 💜
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Welcome toShare Your Style #262!This link party is for home decor, DIY, crafts, recipes and the like, but you are more than welcome to share your family-friendly posts with us all. Please feel free to share this post and join my small but loyal band of followers. I appreciate you!As always, I am glad that you are here… 💜
I am Barbara Chapman your host and I’d love it if you’d follow me here on my blog and on any of my other social media sites, too. Thank you! I don’t know if you’ve been wandering around the internet or have YouTube on your t.v., but I’ve found some wonderful programs to watch… 1. Garden Answer with a young woman, Laura, (whose parents must own an awesome nursery) has all kinds of gardening tips and gives tours of her garden and her parents immense 30+ year old garden… sigh! 2. Potager Blog with Linda Vater who also has a 30+ year old garden in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, shares her topiaries (her specialty) and incredible gardens. Just some fun things for you to check out since I didn’t get much written this past week. Computer is having issues again or I’d have shared my mantel restyling with you. Brought back a cool clockface from my inlaws and it’s up there now! Looks awesome!! Hope to share with you later this week…
Here’s what I shared this past week at
French Ethereal…
The title pretty much says it all… 10 Ideas for Organizing the Garage. Hope you’ll check out my inlaws now-very-clean garage and all that went on to get it that way!
And here are this week’s featured posts…
Ann of Apple Street Cottage shared this wonderful Gossip BenchMakeover she found online… Rather, it found her!
You simply must go over and visit Jeanne at Selep Imaging and find out how she made this gazing ball for her garden! I’m not going to give it away… 😆
Debra at Common Ground shared her Patriotic Holiday Cupboard and this is just a little teaser! Love little hearts and this is a cutie!!!
Paula of Virginia Sweet Pea brings us her Americana in this fun Pinterest Challenge post (same one I join with each month!) ~ Patriotic Centerpiece with Vintage.
Trick’n’Treat brings us this delicious Easy Apple Cobbler Recipe!Gotta have something yummy to bake for the 4th, yes? Yes!!! 😋
Lori over at Dining Delight reminded me that today, July 1st, is Canada Day!!! (their day of Independence!) so please help us celebrate our countries’ days of Independence with a visit to Lori’s blog! 💕
Thank you to everyone who linked up this past week. A special thank you to y’all for sharing Share Your Style on your blog and on your social media channels! I do see it when I stop by and I appreciate the love. 💜
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Welcome toShare Your Style #261!This link party is for home decor, DIY, crafts, recipes and the like, but you are more than welcome to share your family-friendly posts with us all. Please feel free to share this post and join my small but loyal band of followers. I appreciate you!As always, I am glad that you are here… 💜
I am always reading something whether it is a magazine, something online for work or for the blog, or just for fun. A new series I thought I’d write up for summer features this post about a favorite mystery series ~ Summer Reads: Dead As A Scone. Hope you’ll stop over to check this series out!
And here are this week’s featured posts…
Once in a great blue moon I double-feature a friend’s post and I was going to do that this past SYS #259/260 when Lori of Dining Delight shared her cuteBee-Themed Table for Twopost but I forgot to add in the second part… So… To remedy that, here is Lori’s gorgeous post sharing lilacs from her garden ~ Lilacs and Lemons Spring Tablescape!!!
I love the scent of massive bouquets of lilacs (just missed the few that has recently bloomed at my mother-in-law’s home; neighbor tried to poison but thankfully it was a 50 year old plant and survived his onslaught!) or I would have made a tablescape for you for sure!!! Enjoy Lori’s beautifully purply post!!!
Jeanie at The Marmelade Gypsy shared all the wonderful veg and fruits growing in her garden in this post Not Much of a GardenBut…Love these strawberries and her lettuces are flourishing! Come check out Jeanie’s fun site!!
Rachelle of My Hubbard Home shared How to Style a Table Basket for Your Coffee Table.
Debbie of Debbie-Dabble Blog shared her sweet Patriotic Doll House spruced up for the 4th of July in this pretty post. Love the moon fretwork over the front patio! Stop over and check out the pretty fairy gardens and water fountain along the sides! 💜
Jocelyn of Just a Little Southern Hospitality shared this pretty summery post ~ Butterfly Afternoon. I have some dessert plates that I think match these dishes! So pretty and I know you’ll enjoy reading Jocelyn’s post…
Amber of Follow the Yellow Brick Home is back with lots of fun patriotic decorating ideas in this red, white and blue post ~ Stars and Stripes Forever Patriotic Tablescape ~ perfect for July 4th decorating!!!
Fresh Vintage by Lisa shared her quick method of making this fun camp pillow out of an old plaid shirt ~ Plaid Shirt Memory Pillow. Love it’s wonderful campfire style!!!
Honorable Mention
Newcomer The World According to Eve shared her thoughts on the live-action movie (I love movies, don’t you?!!) about Mulan in this post ~ Disney Heroine Series: I Am Loyal, Brave and True. Check this post out for all of us who love Disney films, especially for summer movie marathons!!
Thank you to everyone who linked up this past week. A special thank you to y’all for sharing Share Your Style on your blog and on your social media channels! I do see it when I stop by and I appreciate the love. 💜
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Welcome toShare Your Style #260!This link party is for home decor, DIY, crafts, recipes and the like, but you are more than welcome to share your family-friendly posts with us all. Please feel free to share this post and join my small but loyal band of followers. I appreciate you! As always, I am glad that you are here… 💝
I think I will keep this SYS logo up through the summer as I love our military, our country, and our peacekeeping servicemembers ~ plus it is in keeping with all the fun features we have to share today. Even with the recent sad events involving America’s police, most police men and women are wonderful, good people who work hard to take care of our country’s citizens. 👮
I am Barbara Chapman your host and I’d love it if you’d follow me here on my blog and on any of my other social media sites, too. Thank you! 😉
Here’s what I shared this past week at
French Ethereal…
This week I only have the one post as I am still recovering from massive amounts of miles driving over the past month. Feeling better today with naps everyday this week, lol! This special post involves Mr. Ethereal’s grandmother, Kate Daffin Duke Fudge ~ Gramma Kate’s Vintage Tricycle.
On a fun side-note, Kate is related to the people from Duke University but there are no surviving male members of her family on which to run a DNA test, something the Duke family requires to be considered as “family.” Just in case you, too, may be part of that family. 😉
And here are this week’s featured posts…
Everything is bee-utiful over at Penny’s Vintage Treasures with this fun post as she redecorates her back porch and yard for summer ~ Bee-ing on the Back Porch. Totally cute!!!
Lori at Dining-Delight shared her sweet-as-honey table in this post ~ Bee Themed Tablescape for Two.So bright and sunny and fun!!!
Newcomer Sherry of My Journey Back shared her mantel redo in this fun post ~ Checking Off the List Mantel Redo.Sherry incorporates this incredible plant (see above in the glass jars) I just photographed out west a couple of weeks ago (on my Instagram) and didn’t know what it was… It’s bee balm!!! (I knew that this bee theme was running throughout this week! Weird, huh?) Let’s support her new blog, friends!!! 💝
Rachelle from My Hubbard Home is back with a fun new series on her blog and this summery post ~ Friday with Friends – Summer Tablescapes. Lots of fun things to takeaway!
Amber of Follow the Yellow Brick Home brings us her cute Garden Stake Makeoverin this fun Mod Podge craft post!
Thank you to everyone who linked up this past week. A special thank you to y’all for sharing Share Your Style on your blog and on your social media channels! I do see it when I stop by and I appreciate the love. 💜
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