Comments on: The Lure of Baskets http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:01:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1317 Mary Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:15:38 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1317 That was a good one, Ann! I really am...ay-yi-yi! That was a good one, Ann! I really am…ay-yi-yi!

]]> By: ann_in_grace http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1314 ann_in_grace Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:46:26 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1314 LOL. You are a real basket-case, Mary (tongue-in-cheek) :) LOL. You are a real basket-case, Mary (tongue-in-cheek) :)

]]> By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1312 Mary Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:28:04 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1312 :) Deborah, you've been holding out on me! Now you know we've got to do a basket-weaving session with the girls! (Not today, of course! ha) Hi Jessica, so glad to see you! You shared a lot of good ideas, I especially like the diaper changing supply basket! I'll have to remember that one...it would be a neat shower gift, albeit kind of expensive... The top pic is just one I found royalty free on the net, the bottom one is from my living room. Your compliment made my day! However, I'm sure we all have corners here and there that can look magazine pretty. My house for the most part is very humble! In almost 14 years of marriage, the only furniture we've bought new is our couch and dining table. Everything else is home-built or second hand. But it's home sweet home to me! :) Deborah, you’ve been holding out on me! Now you know we’ve got to do a basket-weaving session with the girls! (Not today, of course! ha)

Hi Jessica, so glad to see you! You shared a lot of good ideas, I especially like the diaper changing supply basket! I’ll have to remember that one…it would be a neat shower gift, albeit kind of expensive…

The top pic is just one I found royalty free on the net, the bottom one is from my living room. Your compliment made my day! However, I’m sure we all have corners here and there that can look magazine pretty. My house for the most part is very humble! In almost 14 years of marriage, the only furniture we’ve bought new is our couch and dining table. Everything else is home-built or second hand. But it’s home sweet home to me!

]]> By: Jessica http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1311 Jessica Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:00:31 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1311 Love the new site! How fun for you! baskets--DH thinks I'm a basketaholic, but I don't think I have a basket in EVERY room...We have baskets to take stuff upstairs or down, to hold the remotes, magazines, books, napkins, fruit, perfumes, lotions, misc. baby paraphanalia in the bathroom, a diaper changing station upstairs and down, toys in my scrapbooking room... I'm getting winded just trying to think of them all. Odd though that I don't have one I REALLY love. I just love their usefulness. Are those pictures really your house? It looks like out of a catalogue. (That's a compliment) Love the new site! How fun for you!

baskets–DH thinks I’m a basketaholic, but I don’t think I have a basket in EVERY room…We have baskets to take stuff upstairs or down, to hold the remotes, magazines, books, napkins, fruit, perfumes, lotions, misc. baby paraphanalia in the bathroom, a diaper changing station upstairs and down, toys in my scrapbooking room… I’m getting winded just trying to think of them all. Odd though that I don’t have one I REALLY love. I just love their usefulness.

Are those pictures really your house? It looks like out of a catalogue. (That’s a compliment)

]]> By: Deborah http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1309 Deborah Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:48:49 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1309 I love baskets and I used to have a ton of them. Most of them were from Garden Ridge Pottery in San Antonio, Texas. I loved that place! I used to hang all my baskets on my kitchen ceiling. I became tired of that after awhile because it looked a little cluttered and the spiders loved them too! So, I started giving them away as 'gift bags' whenever someone had a birthday, etc. That brought me back to a manageable level. My favorites: two that I made a few years ago. Our landlord at the time made baskets and hand-dyed them. She showed me how. They've last the longest too! I also love a set that I have that are large and rectangular and are rather shallow. I use these to take bread to pot-lucks, serve bread at home, take dishes out to the picnic table in the summer. I love baskets and I used to have a ton of them. Most of them were from Garden Ridge Pottery in San Antonio, Texas. I loved that place! I used to hang all my baskets on my kitchen ceiling. I became tired of that after awhile because it looked a little cluttered and the spiders loved them too! So, I started giving them away as ‘gift bags’ whenever someone had a birthday, etc. That brought me back to a manageable level.

My favorites: two that I made a few years ago. Our landlord at the time made baskets and hand-dyed them. She showed me how. They’ve last the longest too! I also love a set that I have that are large and rectangular and are rather shallow. I use these to take bread to pot-lucks, serve bread at home, take dishes out to the picnic table in the summer.

]]> By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1308 Mary Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:35:46 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1308 Hi Gina, Here is the URL for the <a href="http://txfx.net/code/wordpress/subscribe-to-comments/">subscribe-to-comments plug-in</a>. ETA: I think the main difference is most free WP blogs didn't allow plug-ins--they may now that they've upgraded, I don't know. I just got my own domain to hopefully increase my traffic, take advantage of search engines, and have a website behind it all. Still figuring out some of the differences, like gravatars etc. Hi Gina,
Here is the URL for the subscribe-to-comments plug-in.

ETA: I think the main difference is most free WP blogs didn’t allow plug-ins–they may now that they’ve upgraded, I don’t know. I just got my own domain to hopefully increase my traffic, take advantage of search engines, and have a website behind it all. Still figuring out some of the differences, like gravatars etc.

]]> By: Gina http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1307 Gina Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:25:14 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2007/03/07/the-lure-of-baskets/#comment-1307 I use baskets for these as well, "mismatched socks waiting for mates on hubby’s dresser, rolled up washcloths in bathroom, toddler’s board books in living room." Plus recipe books in the kitchen and fruit and a junk box on my kitchen counter. Though I'm not a basket lover, they do come in handy! BTW, love the new site. I'm interested in knowing how it differs from free WP. And where can I get that "Notify me of follow up comments via email" button I use baskets for these as well, “mismatched socks waiting for mates on hubby’s dresser, rolled up washcloths in bathroom, toddler’s board books in living room.” Plus recipe books in the kitchen and fruit and a junk box on my kitchen counter.

Though I’m not a basket lover, they do come in handy!

BTW, love the new site. I’m interested in knowing how it differs from free WP. And where can I get that “Notify me of follow up comments via email” button

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