Today’s blog post is for the dreamers among us.  The picture gazers.  You are welcome…and don’t ever forget that I love you.  😉

Welcome.

Spring breezes….can you feel them?

Are the birds in your neck of the woods gearing up for spring?

Spring is a time of freshness.

Blue Boy says “hello.”  There is a fun story behind this picture…for another day.

Spring is a time for motherhood.

Spring breezes carry little birds to new little homes.  Wouldn’t this be a sweet little loft if you were a bird?

Brightness makes my heart dance a little jig.

Spring.  Clean slate.  New growth.  Hope and optimisim.  Hang on, sweet Dirt Roaders.  It’s just around the bend.

Hey all!  Was your Valentine’s Day wonderful?  Was it awful?  Don’t answer that.  Let’s move on.  😉

As we all know…we are supposed to get bitten by the organization bug on January 1st of every year.  Does that happen to you?  It happens to me.  I even had this little list going this year. ( I usually use the cold winter months for these kinds of things.  In the summer…the garden takes up my organizing time.)    It’s kind of a pain until I’m done…but when I’m finished it’s oh so nice.  Thus, Spices, straighten up!

Does your spice cabinet/drawer/shelf/whatever drive you insane at times?  Ours was getting out of hand. It seemed like every time I needed a certain herb or spice I had to take everything out, find the spice, and then put it  back in. Sometimes…stuff would even fall out on me.  That made me feel a bit grumpyfied. I knew that I needed to clean it up…but then I had a brainstorm!

First…I have to rip everything out. (And throw out the stuff that is 76 years old.) 😉

I thought that maybe if I went down and shopped the basement I could find a little rack or shelf to help my spices straighten up.  Imagine my delight when I came upon something that didn’t sell at one of my yard sales!  Glory be!  It was our baby food carousel!  It still had the one dollar sticker with my initials on it.  Could it be?  Could I keep this wonderful thing that held my children’s nourishment and use it for another purpose?

It was a little dusty.  Not too bad though.  I was soooo excited.  You see, I am very a tad sentimental when it comes to my kid’s baby stuff.  Any excuse to use it….I’m there.  🙂  You know…the outcome wasn’t bad at all.  It doesn’t move exactly as free as I would like, but it does give a wonderful sense of organization to the cabinet. I moved my most used things to the front. I can see almost everything now and I love…lovity…love that!

Neatness just really does it for me. I could have a slight problem. 😉

Do you have any wonderful organization tips to share?  I would love to hear them. Don’t be shy…help a gal out!  😉

I’m pretty pleased with the results.

Have a wonderful weekend, Dirt Roaders.  Go forth and tell those spices to straighten up!

Happy Saturday to you!  I hope that you are doing things that you love.  We are.  We are enjoying our home.  The smell of bacon is permeating the air.  (The Mr. is an addict.) That really fits with our subject matter today.  What a wonderful day for Smell-o-rama!

You know….I realized the other day that I have not shared something very important with you:

SMELL!  You know…in Blogland…we share all kinds of things that we can SEE but we cannot let your smell our homes.  That would just be weird.

Sweet little warmer for the bathroom.

Smell..is a very important part of my life.  I know…I know.  You are saying to yourself…”Well…join the club Kel.  Isn’t it a big part of life for us all?” Granted, you are right, but I come from a family of people with…um…”healthy” sized noses.  I don’t know if that is why we have such sensitive sniffers or not but we can smell a “stank” or something good, seemingly miles away.

My favorite plug-in warmer. It hangs out in the laundry room.

I love to smell of my family.  I know this sounds weird…but it’s true. I love to snuggle my kids close and bury my face in their hair and smell them.  I love to hug my husband and breathe in the scent of his laundered shirt and his cologne.  When you hug my dad…you smell like his cologne when you walk away.  My mom can wear musk in a way like no other.  It smells go good on her.

This one is the Celtic Love Knot from Scentsy.

How about when you are cooking?  I can tell more by sniffing than by tasting.  Do you agree?  These noses…they are amazing little tools in the kitchen.  😉

So my big question for you today is this:  What is your favorite scent for your home?

Our girls have a pretty one.

We have several warmers around our house for Scentsy.  I LOVE scentsy.  I like the scents in our home to reflect the seasons but I also like for it to just smell good and like “home.”

This one is from Wal-Mart. They have pretty ones too.

I am a fan of light smells.   I like citrus…in a major way.  I like summery citrus smells and fall citrus smells and Christmas citrus smells.  I have good memories of peach too.  My friend’s mom always kept peach flavored potpourri in their home.  (Late 80’s ) and it smelled so good.  Scentsy makes a good pomegranate too.  I like it because it doesn’t smell seasonal to me.  It just smells amazing.  (Did I mention that we have a Scentsy dealer in our church? YAY!)

Aren’t you a pretty little thing?!

I would love to hear all about your favs!  Your comments make me smile.  Don’t be shy, Dirt Roaders.  Let’s visit! Smell-o-rama…is my “thang.”  😉

My. Word.  Everyone in Blogland is gearing up for Valentine’s Day…except me.  I have no good excuse.  Not really.  I mean, I usually don’t put up tons of Valentine’s Day decor…but come on Kel….this is Blogland we are talking about.  That being said…Get in gear Valentine…is directed at yours truly.  The project that you are about to see is for your viewing pleasure…just because I care.  (Plus…I thought that my family would think that it was pretty cool.  😉 )

I’ve had this little mailbox for quite a while. It came in handy for this little project.

I found this vintage valentine in an antique dresser that we bought.

I decided to hang it from a red ribbon on the mirror in the entry.

Then my mailbox needed a bramble of berries and a bird or two.

Of course you need a pair of birds for Valentine’s Day.

What a fun little Valentine’s Day project. All with things that I had around the house. Love that!

And…of course it wouldn’t be complete without a little mercury glass and burlap.

I hope that your Wednesday treats you well, Dirt Roaders.  You are already half-way to the weekend.  Don’t forget to throw out a little Valentine decor.  Get in gear Valentines!

What did a little birdie tell me?

A little birdie told me that it didn’t want to be put away with the Christmas decor.  I agree.  I think that he looks stunning on the mantle wreath.

I’m not really sure why I decided to leave the birds out this year.  Maybe because they are white…and I love white.  When we first built our home I was afraid that I had too much.  Nah.  We’re good. Keep it coming.

The other day I was visiting over at Thistlewood Farm.  Karianne is delightful. You guys would love her.  Anyway, she was making the most precious little birds.  So bright and cheery.  Bright and cheery is good in the winter.

I hope that you have a wonderful day and an amazing weekend, Dirt Roaders.  Now…go forth and………enjoy.

p.s.  Today is my 100th post!  I know…I know…such a baby blogger.  😉  Thank you, to all of you that are riding with me….along the dirt road.