Out goes the green stripes that took me forever to paint three years ago and in comes the neutral color. What a difference in the room...mu...

Grandma's buggy finds a resting place on a blue and white strip four drawer dresser.

We completed the new flower bed this morning on the side of the greenhouse. Used Mexican roofing tiles that came from a mansion in Fort Wor...

I painted the piece with Palladian Blue from Benjamin Moore...coated with umber glaze... and decoupaged the sheet music to the back. Do you...

I took a rusted lamp base and a flower thing (not sure what this is) and wired the two pieces into a lamp. The lamp shade came from Restora...

I purchased this old nail bin from a friend of mine who owes an old hardware store in a small town where I teach. We had all five bins stac...

I saw a picture in a magazine where they attached oyster shells to the fireplace surround. I couldn't find oysters so I ordered some sh...

"Forgive the past and live hither forth" is a message from God I received during a nap. This saying has so many meanings to me!!!...

When I purchased my home 3 years ago the brick was an ugly orange red so I had it painted a dark green which ended up being too dark for all...

So the play (oh what the heck this is work in 100 degree weather) on the greenhouse continues. Mr. Sweetie moved the stacked brick off t...

A couch full of blondes...my daughter's kids spending the day with Mimi. Carter-1; Olivia-6; Mimi-39; Ellison-4. Lots of fun!!!

I bought these cannisters at an estate sale...found them in a box under the table and just had to buy them. A few years later I saw a pictu...

I bought this vintage stove from the original owner in Tennessee for a mere $3,500... cheap compared to the $15,000 restored one in Houston....

Wow what a project this greenhouse has been....going on two years. Crazy me thought I could build it myself...built the fo...

blue, brown, yellow/orange and white.....so many dishes

I got these old lamp shades from my friend Valarie Kerby from Glimpse of My World and made them (at her suggestion of course) into plant ho...

My Dad got me inspired to plant caladium bulbs...he has the gardening gene. One year I planted 2,000 bulbs which I bought by the box at the...

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My name is Karla Ritchey, AKA Lady Butterbug. I live in the beautiful historic district of McKinney, TX. So glad you are a visitor to my blog. Venue at Lady Butterbug, in Historic McKinney, is where I hang out. The venue is a festive event venue located in a 1920 neighborhood filling station and country store. I hope you will visit my new website and blog all about the Venue at Lady Butterbug. Another adventure for me is the little red cottage I purchased this year called the Lady Butterbug Cottage. This is an Airbnb cottage and it is also used by Venue customers.