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Thursday, April 13, 2006
Show and Tell and Aha! examples
I thought y'all might enjoy seeing some of my ranch, so I tried adding images, but it didn't work. I have a few on my webpage. Check them out by clicking this link www.peggymoreland.com then click on scrapbook on the left side of the page. You'll find pics of my longhorns, my wildflower meadow, plus a few others.
Do you read 'Simple' magazine? I do and I particularly love the "aha" section, which offers new uses for items commonly found in a home. Last month they suggested using the large, heavy-duty paper clips to corral the cords on window blinds and shades. I have balloon shades in one of my guest rooms (we refer to it as the "cowgirl" room, as it is decorated with the cowgirl in mind) and I hated the long cords that dangled when the balloon shades were drawn up. Now I just gather the cords into a bundle, clip it with the big paper clip, then tuck the bundle into the balloon to hide it and voila! No dangling or tangled cords!!
I've come up with a few 'aha' uses of my own. For example, at my niece's wedding here at the ranch, she wanted to serve barbecue at the reception. Now everybody knows you can't serve barbecue without offering your guests toothpicks! As a clever and decorative way to provide toothpicks, I placed antique shot glasses on each table and filled them with toothpicks. The shot glasses were blue, green, yellow and pink, the same colors as the flowers in her wedding, and added to the decor on each table. Aha!
What kind of 'aha' ideas have you come up with? Share! We all want to learn new tricks for old things.
posted by Peggy Moreland at 7:35 AM
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