It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is here again! It seems like the holidays roll around faster and faster each year. One thing is for certain there is nothing like a Southern Thanksgiving! I could not imagine a Thanksgiving without Dressing and Pecan Pie!!! It just would not be the same without those traditional Thanksgiving dishes!
Sometimes we take for granted the things we should be thankful for each day. I am glad that we have a day that we can reflect on what we do have instead of focusing on what we do not have.
Here is a list of 10 things that I am thankful for:
1. I am thankful for my family and the friends that are like my family
2. I am thankful that I can spend my holiday with my family and friends as we give thanks for our blessings
3. I am thankful for the freedom to own a bussiness with my family
4. I am thankkful that we have been able to launch our own t-shirt line this year...and that everyone loves our merchandise!
5. I am thankful tocall Athens, GA home... I would not want to live anywhere else.
6. I am thankful for my Georiga Bulldawgs and their awesome football season this year!
8. I am thankful for Sunshine, Orange leaves falling to the ground, and beautiful Fall weather
9. I am thankful for you and for your interest in reading this blog
10. I am thankful for being born Southern and living in the South.
What are you thankful for? If you are like me you could fill up many pages of things to be thankful for. The most important thing is to just be thankful...for everything.
Happy Thanksgiving Y'all!
~The Gingham Paved Road~
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
It's Fall Y'all!!!!
I LOVE Fall! How can I not?! It is so wonderful seeing the leaves change into beautiful images of art when I look at the trees. Being surrounded by rich colors of gold, yellow, orange, and red is just breathtaking! The South is so beautiful in the Fall!
On this beautiful day I am excited to announce the launch of our new company Dixie Peaches Couture! It is hard to believe that all of our hard work will now be on display for anyone to view! I hope that everyone loves what we have created and put together for our new company! Please visit our site, become a fan on Facebook, and of course tell all of you family and friends!
This photo that I took last Fall near Downtown Athens sums up how I feel right now...bright and happy!
Please visit us at www.dixiepeachescouture.com to check out our new website! Y'all enjoy!
The Gingham Paved Road
On this beautiful day I am excited to announce the launch of our new company Dixie Peaches Couture! It is hard to believe that all of our hard work will now be on display for anyone to view! I hope that everyone loves what we have created and put together for our new company! Please visit our site, become a fan on Facebook, and of course tell all of you family and friends!
This photo that I took last Fall near Downtown Athens sums up how I feel right now...bright and happy!
Please visit us at www.dixiepeachescouture.com to check out our new website! Y'all enjoy!
The Gingham Paved Road
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Frame your thoughts
Last night I was trying to think about photos I wanted to put in my new frames that I purchased from "Quite A Pair Keepsakes" this past weekend. ( Their information is on yesterday's blog). I am already using wedding photos for some other frames I purchased from them last year, so I wanted to do something different with these frames. I just purchased some really cute card stock at Michael's so I decided to make my frames something seasonal for the time being.
All you need is a colored printer, card stock of your choice, scissors, and tape. I decided to incorporate some Southern Fall charm into my frames, but the possibilities are endless. When Christmas rolls around I will be changing frame inserts into something else. I guess I will keep it up until I find the perfect photos to put in my frames. Any type of frame will work to create your own little piece of art. So go ahead frame your thoughts...it will be something different that you can change from season to season and it is an inexpensive project to do.
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Finished Product
~The Gingham Paved Road~
All you need is a colored printer, card stock of your choice, scissors, and tape. I decided to incorporate some Southern Fall charm into my frames, but the possibilities are endless. When Christmas rolls around I will be changing frame inserts into something else. I guess I will keep it up until I find the perfect photos to put in my frames. Any type of frame will work to create your own little piece of art. So go ahead frame your thoughts...it will be something different that you can change from season to season and it is an inexpensive project to do.
~The Gingham Paved Road~
Monday, October 17, 2011
A touch of charm
This weekend we had such perfect weather! I cannot imagine spending fall anywhere except here in the beautiful South! From football games to fall festivals... living in the South has so many perks this time of year! This weekend we attended the Oconee County Fall Festival in Watkinsville, GA. It was such a beautiful day filled with warm sun and perfect weather. There were so many vendors there with many wonderful and interesting items for sale. One of my favorite vendors that I have purchased from in the past is "Quite A Pair Keepsakes". This little company is owned by two ladies who create beautiful frames in their spare time. These frames are not just great color combinations, but are amazing at how something so simple can be so beautiful.
If you are looking for something that is unusual to decorate your home or give as a gift I would highly recommend ordering from this company...you will not be disappointed. I bet you even go back and order more down the road! If you have a certain color combo in mind let them know and they can help create what you are looking for. My friend has some frames custom made and they look fantastic! I have posted the link to their Etsy page along with one of their frames so you can take a look for yourself. Enjoy!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/quiteapairkeepsakes?ref=ss_profile
~The Gingham Paved Road~
If you are looking for something that is unusual to decorate your home or give as a gift I would highly recommend ordering from this company...you will not be disappointed. I bet you even go back and order more down the road! If you have a certain color combo in mind let them know and they can help create what you are looking for. My friend has some frames custom made and they look fantastic! I have posted the link to their Etsy page along with one of their frames so you can take a look for yourself. Enjoy!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/quiteapairkeepsakes?ref=ss_profile
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Southern Spirits and Family Ghost
Last night I was reading the newest issue of Southern Living and I came across an article called Southern Gothic (page 16 October 2011). This article was written on how the South plays a large part in helping writers create their ghostly stories and characters and how we are intrigued by the Southern Spirits and their tales of tragedy and loss. Now I love a good ghost story more than most. Hearing tales of people from days gone by that could be haunting us always captivates my attention. Perhaps its because our family has a few tales of our own.
One evening in the 1800's, my Great-Great-Grandfather Curly Wilson left his wife to take a ride into town. We do not know why he was going into town, but we do know that his saddle bags were filled with a large sum of money. Hours later his wife heard his horse outside their home and heard the creaking of the front porch floor boards as though Curly was about to walk in the door...but he never came in. He would never be seen alive again and his death was one of the oldest mysteries in Tennessee for over 90 years. My Great Grandmother always told us that she had seen stains of blood on rocks near the place they thought Curly had gone missing. His remains were recovered about 20 years ago under a bluff in Tennessee. We will never know how he was killed, but I will always believe the creaking of the porch the night he went missing was him saying goodbye to his wife one last time.
We also have a family home in Tennessee that was built in the late 1700's. We call it the log house. You can almost feel the presence of something or someone in the old part when you stand there thinking about the generations of loved ones that have lived and died in that place. One warm summer night my family was staying at the log house. Before falling asleep my sister was feeling a little eerie about sleeping in the old home. At some point in the middle of the night my sister was awoken when she felt someone come into the room. She opened her eyes and as the full moon beamed into the windows she saw a lady "standing" in the doorway. The form was almost transparent, yet my sister saw her as clear as day. The lady looked at her and with great sadness in her eyes "floated" over to a dresser with family photos displayed on top. She seemed to be looking at them. She then "floated" over to a window and disappeared into the night. My sister thought it was just a strange dream and went back to sleep. A few weeks later our cousin told the exact same story of seeing a lady come into the bedroom where he was sleeping. We realized that my sister had not been dreaming and they had both seen the same lady. We looked at family photos and realized they had seen my Great-Great- Grandmother Melinda Page.
Melinda Page's body rest on the hill behind the log house in our family cemetery. She died at age 42 from TB. I would say her story is one of sadness and loss as she left behind a husband and small children who had to grow up without their real mother. I do not know why she has been seen at the log house by some and not others. I do hope that I get to see her the next I visit the log house. Maybe then I will have another family story to tell.
Southern Living says there is something "hauntingly beautiful" about the South and the stories we have to tell. Southern Spirits and Family Ghost...I really wouldn't want to hear any other stories, would you?
~The Gingham Paved Road~
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsmith/cempics/pagecem.htm
One evening in the 1800's, my Great-Great-Grandfather Curly Wilson left his wife to take a ride into town. We do not know why he was going into town, but we do know that his saddle bags were filled with a large sum of money. Hours later his wife heard his horse outside their home and heard the creaking of the front porch floor boards as though Curly was about to walk in the door...but he never came in. He would never be seen alive again and his death was one of the oldest mysteries in Tennessee for over 90 years. My Great Grandmother always told us that she had seen stains of blood on rocks near the place they thought Curly had gone missing. His remains were recovered about 20 years ago under a bluff in Tennessee. We will never know how he was killed, but I will always believe the creaking of the porch the night he went missing was him saying goodbye to his wife one last time.
We also have a family home in Tennessee that was built in the late 1700's. We call it the log house. You can almost feel the presence of something or someone in the old part when you stand there thinking about the generations of loved ones that have lived and died in that place. One warm summer night my family was staying at the log house. Before falling asleep my sister was feeling a little eerie about sleeping in the old home. At some point in the middle of the night my sister was awoken when she felt someone come into the room. She opened her eyes and as the full moon beamed into the windows she saw a lady "standing" in the doorway. The form was almost transparent, yet my sister saw her as clear as day. The lady looked at her and with great sadness in her eyes "floated" over to a dresser with family photos displayed on top. She seemed to be looking at them. She then "floated" over to a window and disappeared into the night. My sister thought it was just a strange dream and went back to sleep. A few weeks later our cousin told the exact same story of seeing a lady come into the bedroom where he was sleeping. We realized that my sister had not been dreaming and they had both seen the same lady. We looked at family photos and realized they had seen my Great-Great- Grandmother Melinda Page.
Melinda Page's body rest on the hill behind the log house in our family cemetery. She died at age 42 from TB. I would say her story is one of sadness and loss as she left behind a husband and small children who had to grow up without their real mother. I do not know why she has been seen at the log house by some and not others. I do hope that I get to see her the next I visit the log house. Maybe then I will have another family story to tell.
Southern Living says there is something "hauntingly beautiful" about the South and the stories we have to tell. Southern Spirits and Family Ghost...I really wouldn't want to hear any other stories, would you?
~The Gingham Paved Road~
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsmith/cempics/pagecem.htm
Monday, October 10, 2011
Gingham
I am sure that everyone reading this blog knows the definition of Gingham. However, since this is my first post I thought I would give the actual meaning of the word as it is listed in the dictionary:
~gingham~
a clothing fabric in a plaid weave, yarn-dyed, plain weave cotton fabric, usually striped or checked.
If you are from the South then Gingham has always been part of your life. Perhaps we have been influenced by the pattern more than we realize. From table cloths to our Sunday best, Gingham as woven its way into our lives without us really thinking about it. I think we find comfort in seeing those little checks in an array of colors used in various ways around us. Perhaps it brings back memories of warm summer days spent on picnics, at birthday parties, or family gatherings. Whatever your memory of those little squares I am sure it makes you smile.
As we were creating the our logo for Dixie Peaches Couture we knew we had to incorporate the Gingham pattern into our design. How could we possibly have a Southern inspired t-shirt line without using one of the South's favorite patterns; thus, our logo was born.
How has gingham influenced you? We would love to know.
~The Gingham Paved Road~
~gingham~
a clothing fabric in a plaid weave, yarn-dyed, plain weave cotton fabric, usually striped or checked.
If you are from the South then Gingham has always been part of your life. Perhaps we have been influenced by the pattern more than we realize. From table cloths to our Sunday best, Gingham as woven its way into our lives without us really thinking about it. I think we find comfort in seeing those little checks in an array of colors used in various ways around us. Perhaps it brings back memories of warm summer days spent on picnics, at birthday parties, or family gatherings. Whatever your memory of those little squares I am sure it makes you smile.
As we were creating the our logo for Dixie Peaches Couture we knew we had to incorporate the Gingham pattern into our design. How could we possibly have a Southern inspired t-shirt line without using one of the South's favorite patterns; thus, our logo was born.
How has gingham influenced you? We would love to know.
~The Gingham Paved Road~
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