Painted Boxes

I saw this image on La Dolce Vita:

She was showing off the FLOR rug, but I love the painted boxes under the table.  The caught my eye because they were orange (and you could make a cute stack of jack-o-lanterns with them).  But I think this is a fun way to add a colorful accent to a room.  And a pretty inexpensive way at that.

Homemade Orange Soda

I found a recipe from Southern Living over at Ruby Press for orange soda that sounds REALLY good:

You thaw a can (12 oz) of frozen, pulp free orange juice concentrate and then mix it with 2 2-liter bottles of your favorite lemon lime soda.  Pour it over ice and serve it with a slice of orange.

Sounds good to me!  I wonder if it would be good with vanilla ice cream in it.  My grandfather loved orange floats.

Modern Halloween Wreath

If you loved this wreath:

but aren't a lover of yarn (or just don't have any to work with at the moment), you need to see this wreath by Jen at Tatertots and Jello:

The choices for Halloween wreaths are killing me!  And I might have to paint my door black!   Or even orange:

But then I wouldhave to make the wreath black!  I think I could live with that!

You can see Jen's tutorial HERE.