So This Is Christmas, And a Happy New Year

Welcome! Christmas has come and gone but the New year is here to stay, time for change,renewed happiness and more concern for mankind.

Here at Sweet Tea N' Salty Air we had several festivities. Outdoor decorating party, christmas craft night which beautiful candleholders were made. Cookie decorating night where dozens of sugar cookies were decorated with different colored frosting and sprinkles worked their magic. Lots of laughs and fun! Then of course there's holiday dinners.....

 

Thankyou for stopping by,wishing you and your family a happy and safe New Year

                           Hugs, Lisa

The unboxing Of Pioneer Woman Snowflake Dishes!

 Welcome! Ok ok  I admit, I'm a dishoholic! Is there even meetings for that lol lol! ol! Ok so when I was looking for some cute wintery dishes to add to my decor I came across these lovely snowflake dishes.  So today I'm opening the very well packed set of 4 so very lovely snowflake dishes.  Bought from Walmart  for about 15$. Let's take a peek

Aren't they beautiful? 

AUTUMN , COLORFUL AND COZY

 Welcome, we are loving the fall cooler weather . Time for bon fires ,roasted marshmallows  and cozy sweaters! 

    Wishing you and your family a wonderful fall season.

                               Lisa

Wallpaper! Ya got to love it

 Welcome! So glad yo could stop by. I have to say I'm having a great time buying and putting up wallpaper.  So much to choose from. Florals, faux brick, wood look you name it its out there. Wallpapers newest trend is peel n stick. The same idea as good ole contact paper. And the best part is you don't  have to be a pro. Just some patience a good eye and so.e sharp tools.  Way back when wallpaper was the trend most you would have to add paste. That is actually what i used in my living room. I found a nice weathered wood plank that was fitting for my farmhouse/ country look. 

I merely made a border to blanket the living room wall. I bought a powdered paste that I merely mixed with some hot water then applied with a wide paint brush.

The guest bathroom was done with a floral peel n stick and I'm loving the black and white vintage look floral.

I added a border to my dining room

This paper was prepasted. Prepasted paper has paste when diped in water the paste gets activated. An easy hang just merely cut the desired size of paper roll backwards emerse in a sink of warm water leave for about a minute or 2 remove and adhere to the wall. I loved the vintage floral so much I made a border from it and added some buffalo check paper to pretty the hallway

One thing that is important when purchasing wallpaper is shopping around. You may see a a paper on Walmart.com for 10$ and find the same exact paper on temu for 5$ so shopping around is important. Also be sure to buy enough of paper many times when you return to buy more its gone.

So why not give some wallpaper a try!

The black and white  floral was purchased at Walmart.com

The weathered wood plank paper was purchased at Bed bath and b÷yond

The buffallo check paper was an Ebay find

             Enjoy the lovely days of Fall!

                             Lisa

SUMMER SNACKS TO MAKE FOR THE KIDDIES!

 Welcome! Most children are on summer break and they will be asking for snacks lol. I have been making these handy snacks for years. I make a bunch and put in the refrigerator  this way the children can have a snack  quickly.

I just buy a large pack of Styrofoam cups from Walmart.  This snack idea is very flexible, the base for the pudding snacks start with honey graham crackers. You can use chocolate , vanilla or banana cream puddings as you see I'm using the banana cream. I had some bananas to use up so I just cut them up put a bit of lemon juice so they won't turn brown added them tothe pudding and graham crackers and there you have it. I also have a can of real whipped cream for topping. 

The other day I did chocolate pudding and graham crackers with cream on top. Today it's orange jello and strawberry jello. If you have fruit on hand you can toss it in with the jello.

I place an oblong cake pan in the fridge this holds all the cups nicely. Also I buy boxes of fold top baggies to put on each cup to keep fresh. 

Trust me  the snack cups are a great idea! You can also fill with fresh fruit, you can buy 3 different kinds of salty snack such as cheezits, mini pretzels and maybe potato sticks mix them up fill the cups and they will enjoy that as well. 

Keep them happy and give it a try! The options are endless. I've even filled the cups with cherrios and raisins  then when they are ready for their snack just add milk.

With just a bit of prep work you can make the kiddies happy and save yourself some time as well.

                          Happy Summer!

                               Lisa

A LICK OF PAINT FOR AN OLD FAVORITE!

 Welcome! I bet you have an old piece of wood furniture that is still in good structure shape but looking worn and tired? Am I right? The piece i have has been used several different ways but she will be the kitchen island this time. She's wearing a tired boring white. Time for a lick of color!

Just a simple chalk paint that I picked up at Hobby Lobby

Wanted to stick with a green that would flow with my inspiration fabric. I purchased this new fabric at Goodwill  for about 5$ and it was enough to sew curtains for furniture and windows. 

 

So don't throw that much loved wooden furniture to the curb or out to the garage or cellar  , give it that well deserved lick of paint and love it again!

                          Happy painting!

                                 Lisa