A little stitching...

I've been working on for my booth. I went up a few weeks ago and changed up some Americana things for my wintery items. I've sold a few pieces already! These are a couple pillows I've done.

And I made a couple more of these. They can be hung from a peg shelf as I made them with a curly wire hanger. I enjoyed making them as I watched the Olympics. I attended another parent meeting in preparation for the spring break band trip my daughter and I are taking together. I signed up as a chaperon. What have I got myself into. I am a homebody. I do not like to be away from home. I like to sleep in my own bed. I am a worrier. I do not travel well. An here I am going on a band trip to San Antonio with 54 teen agers. We do have 18 adults going. And it's a chartered bus trip! And we travel all tho the night. I keep telling myself it's just two nights on a bus and two nights in a motel. We do the Alamo, the Riverwalk, a band clinic, Six Flags and Sea World and lots of stuff in between. The daughter and her boyfriend are going, they are excited about that. They will have a blast I know! We leave March 17th. I'm hoping it will be warmer!! That I am looking forward to. I am so ready for warmer weather, at least some sunshine!!!

A little spring

I finally got to Hobby Lobby and found some daisy's for my new jar that I received from Dot. I added some black check material for a bow and added some pebbles.

I love it and can change out the flowers every so often. We have a long weekend due to parent teacher conf. I plan to pick up the house and maybe get some projects done around here. I switched out my booth uptown last week with some patriotic decor. Maybe that will move some things. It's been slow. Have a great weekend.

A "Dot" of Spring

Wow, I received a great package in the mail today from Dot, over at Picket's Place!! A very generous giveaway. I opened the box and started unloading all the goodies. My hubby said, "is that all from one giveaway?" That's Dot I said. I love it all. Look at the color is has added to my kitchen. Th e red canister set just pops! I'm going to put some staples from the pantry in those and put them in my Hoosier cabinet! The little custered cups I know for sure I will use for the 4th of July as condiment dishes. I may put some salt and pepper in them and set them by stove. And look how well the towels match everything. The browns go great in my kitchen and now this red just adds to it~

I'm so excited to put this to use. Dot has placed small pebbles in hers and has some beautiful spring flowers on her post today!~ I can't wait to get to Hobby Lobby and purchase some spring buds. Thanks so much again Dot for your generosity and thoughtfulness you put into this giveaway. I love it all!!!!

Here's what I collect...

Char, over at Pickled Pepper Patch suggested we find things we collect. Other than dust... I do have way to much I collect. I love crocks of all sizes and in the pst few yrs. I started collecting rolling pins to put in the crocks.
Of course, my jar collection I posted on not to long ago.
And my love for enamelware!! I cant seem to pass this up. I have way to much and yet I keep looking?????
This set is on the back wall of the screened in porch.
More enamelware in the laundry rm. along with a small collection of whisk brooms.
My whisk brooms I made into a valance in the laundry rm. No, I didn't come up with this idea. I think I first saw it in the Junk Beautiful magazine by Ki Nassauer, love those books!
More enamelware and jars.Well that will do for now on some of my collections. I'd love to part with the collection of dust! Any takers??????LOL

Snow again

Ok girls I'm not sure what I did but everytime I download my pics I get all this gibberish wording instead of my pictures. Now I cant post between my pictures. any help out there?

A long week

What a long week, my baby girl had to have an emergency appendextamy last Thurs. She came home sick from school on wed. and I thought she had the flu. A CT later showed her appendix was bulging. She's back to school and feeling better. Scary tho. It's hard when it's your kids. That's kept me busy caring for her. Not done much else. Ready to play catchup on the laundry and house. Finally the snow is melting and the temps are milder. Have a great weekend

The Trees Are Down...

but I'm leaving my winter garland up. I found some great garland after Christmas and I love the looks of it.

Well we had a great Christmas. Here are a few shoots of the wee one opening our Christmas on the Eve.

She"ll not like this pic, she loves the hat tho.

Christmas morning we all get up and meet at my parents house and open gifts in the jamas. Here are Taylor and my niece Brooke in a pile of wrapping!

My niece Chelsea has found another corner of the living rm. to open hers.

We were busily opening presents and I said" Dad, why is there a snorkle firetruck in your front yard? It seems the neighbors chimney fire had got out of hand. Quite exciting. We felt for the firemen would could not be spending Christmas morning with thier families.

Yea!!!!!!!Taylor got into the DMV and passed her book portion of the test. Now she may drive with an adult anywhere. She just snuck in because as of Jan. 01, 2010 she would have had to wait until her 17th birthday to get the divers liescnece. She is excited. Now she wantes to go to Walmart with me all the time. These slick roads has not been the best. But I have let her drive on them.

More of my garland and I found these adorable little red birds that clip onto the trees and garland. I think I bought 5 and have them all around!

Love this. I perched a few in teh cedar Charlie Brown tree. I will keep this up until it starts to look pewney.

I was suppose to have this done for Christmas but I got so busy. My mom had seen this saying and wanted it for her home. I finished it up last night.

These are a few of my favorite gifts I got for Christmas. We found the srainer and pan at a flea market and then on another trip found a matching roast. I just love them. I haven't found a place for them. I'm hoping to place them ontop of my cabniets.

More garland and red birds.

I took down the Santa underwear and left up the snowman stuff. This is outside my patio doors.

Well some winters we don't get much snow to speak of. And we have had this snow since the 25th. I'm sick of it already. Its been so bitter cold so it isn't melting much, just to refreeze and make it extremely slick for the next morning. It's hard and crunchy now and mostly it's that ugly frozen sludge. Is it to early to say I'm ready for spring? I have enjoyed feeding my birds and squirrels. My husband is in the bread bussiness and we never want for bread so I'm constantly throwing out day old stuff. The birds gobble it up!! Well the daughter went to church with the boyfriend to help with the taking down of the Christmas decorations and I need to get some things done. Still need to get the galand and lights down off the kitchen cabniets. Have a great weekend!