It's Officially Fall here in the Ozarks...

Are you ready?

Holy Peter Pumpkin Eater, I'm officially on Fall Inspiration Overload!!

The last two days have been non-stop Fall Open Houses with more to come next weekend. We're certainly blessed to have so many great vintage shops in this area, and I've been trying to hit all of them. Thank goodness, this was a better week than last week, 'cause if I would have had to sit these out I would have been one unhappy camper. 

These photos are from Leola's Home and Garden Open House in Ozark, Missouri. Their Open House is going strong, so if you get a chance go by, I'm sure the shop looks different today than these photos Thursday evening. Stuff was flying out the door, and some of it flew out with me!

So, here are some pics, I have more coming tomorrow, so be sure and come back by to see the rest. Remember, you can click on the image and then click again to get a closer look at all the goodies. There are so many great ideas here. These gals are the cream of the crop!

Yes, that's a skeleton hanging from the chandy!

My fave of the evening, this little goat cart filled

with pumpkins and Fall goodies.

(no, this didn't come home with me)

 (see that white tureen? Now THAT came home with me)

thanks Kenda!

 (Love the wallpaper paste brushes hanging inside the frames)

 (and their signature umbrellas hanging from the ceiling)

If you want to see more from Leola's Fall Open Houses,

 just type in "Leola's" on the search box on the sidebar.

P.S. Don't forget to enter Becky's Give Away

click here

More coming tomorrow...

xoxo,

Winners of the 4th Anniversary Give Away...and then some!

Hi Everyone,

 time to announce the two winners of my 

4th Anniversary Give Away!

First of all I just want to say a big THANK YOU for making this last 4 years such a wonderful experience. I had no idea how gratifying and fun hanging out with all of you would be! For this Give Away, I partnered with a very talented gal, Heather from Elliott-Heath Designs, hope you'll go by and check out her shop for some wonderful pillow designs.

drum roll please...

Congrats to two very talented and wonderful friends of mine.

Believe me, the Random Generator picked these gals...honest!

Angie of Knick of Time

and

Pamela of From My Front Porch to Yours

thanks to each of you that entered!

and now for the "then some"...

Becky from Timewashed is having a 

Fabulous Fall Give Away

and I wanted to let you all know about it.

Becky will create a set of her beautiful pumpkins for you and she has some other wonderful things in her Give Away Gift. So head on over and enter, then go check out her wonderful Etsy Shop for some fun!

Just Click Here

Thanks you all,

Have a perfect Fall Weekend!

xoxo,

Be Inspired #155 Hurray for September!

September is finally here and I don't have to be worried about being found out that I'm a "closet pumpkin addict" any longer...yay! I know there are a few of you out there, so no denying it. Now, we can celebrate it, instead of cropping out any accidental pumpkin shots that might unfortunately occur before September 1!! So now, let's get down to the fun of last week's party with a few great links.

Debbie from Confessions of a Plate Addict  has a way with French Inspired pillows. Here are her French Ticking Pillows with some colorful images that she recently made for her green Toile guest room. Thanks Debbie, for always sharing your creative process with a great tutorial.

This Distressed Gesso Mirror from Poppy at With a Dash of Color
started out with a "factory finish" that she wasn't thrilled with.
She's painted and tweaked it to become a focal point in her lovely entry way.

Rosemary from Villa Barnes has been sharing her projects as part of a new Painting Course from Farragoz Designs. It's a course that gives step by step instruction to create amazing paint finishes with an Old World feel. Here is her Clock Face project. You can see the aged and distressed patina is wonderful!

Sherry from No Minimalist Here is also participating in this course. Here is one of her Farragoz projects. If you're interested in finding out more about this course, just check in with either of these talented bloggers for more information.

Pat from Back Porch Musings has been decorating in preparation for Fall. This is her hurricane lamp that she uses throughout the seasons, which is setting on her coffee table. She has a sweet sentimental story about the vintage dog planter. If you haven't visited Pat lately, check out all her wonderful Fall decor ideas.

Carlene of Organized Clutter has been creating "junk pumpkins" lately and these are her latest, made from vintage Jello molds. A few weeks ago she came up with some adorable pumpkin people using Wilton Cake Pans and some hardware. These are such a cute idea for Halloween!

And here's a super easy recipe and tutorial
for "3 Ingredient Shortbread"

from Gail at Bible Love Notes

thanks gals for all the inspiration!

Today's Sponsor is Rosekraft who carries

Bohemian cottage decor, Victoriana gifts, vintage bird decor and old fashioned garden gifts. Original Victorian scrap, authentic Victorian die cuts, Victorian paper pictures and 1890's scrapbook cards - newly framed and ready to display.

thanks so much, Rose!

Thank you, everyone that joined in for my

 4th Anniversary Blogging Celebration Give Away!

(whew, what a mouthful!)

I'll announce the winners of the Pick Your Own Pillow Design

tomorrow evening.

OK, on to the party...

Be Inspired is open to all inspiration, vintage or new. We love to see your Fall Decor, DIY, recipes and inspiring ideas.  And Pretty Please With Sugar On It...remember to link back to Common Ground within your post. I came across so many great links that I want to feature, but you didn't have a link back to the party...just part of the guidelines.

Thanks so much for joining in each week!

xoxo,