Where Women Create Giveaways

Where Women Create is having 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways! Each day starting December 1 to December 12 there will be a different giveaway. You need to go to here to find out all about it and sign up each day!! The giveaway for the first day is by Patience Brewster "A Partridge in a Pear Tree" and it's wonderful!

Warm hugs,

PINK Saturday

Seems like every thing I needle felt recently is PINK! Just finished these two pieces.

Stop by Bev's and see the other participants in PINK Saturday. Wish you all a wonderful weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing Everyone A Very Happy Thanksgiving!

May your stuffing be tasty

May your turkey be plump

May your potatoes and Gravy

Have never a lump.

May your yams be delicious

And your pies take the prize,

And may your Thanksgiving dinner

Stay off of your thighs!

Warm hugs,

Organized clutter!!

Yesterday I was getting my website ready for the upcoming Christmas Carnival on SaturdayNovember 28th which I'm participating in. Last night about 1 AM I was working on my needle felted Angel Snowman for my giveaway and needed some blue ribbon...it has to be here some where!

Maybe it's in one of the bins - sitting here at my computer I see 4 plastic bins and don't really know what's in any of them except stuff for crafts, Ebay, personal?

Pulled all of this out of the green bin (my favorite way of organizing)

no blue ribbon in there!

More clear plastic bins!



Maybe I bought some at Big Lots

More clear bins

Pretty boxes for ribbon storage




Here's a bag from the church thirft store - everything was 1/2 price paid $1.25 for all these treasures!

Never did find any blue ribbon but I'm really frustrated and unhappy about my cluttered Shabby Cottage. This isn't something that just happened recently but the clutter had gotten much worse since selling on Ebay (inventory!), blogging and my re-interest in crafting.
So today I decided to clean up around here and started a new blog
DeCluttering Our Shabby Cottage

I know something else to take up my time but I'm hoping this will hold me accountable and keep me on track.

So I'd better hurry up and finish my Angel Snowman!

Warm hugs,

PINK Needle Felted Angel

Happy PINK Saturday!

Just finished needle felting this sweet PINK Angel. She is on her way to a new home in Canada! Hope her new owner loves her as much as I do!! She's holding a bouquet of vintage glass balls and has a halo of twisted wire other than that she's all needle felted with wool.

There are lots of participant over at Bev's at How Sweet the Sound don't foreget to visit them also.


Warm hugs,

How to Stay Young

Received this in a email. It's by George Carlin. I though you would enjoy reading it! There is some pretty good advice here.

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay 'them.'

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever, even ham radio. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that Take your breath away.

Warm hugs,

Tribute to a Very Sweet Friend

Tomorrow I will be attending a memorial service for a dear friend who's last years where very difficult and painful. First she was in a car accident that left her unable to work because of horrible back pain, then she was diagnosed with breast cancer which took her life this week.

A beautiful pink rose for my friend Deb

God Saw You Getting Tired

God saw you getting tired,
When a cure was not to be.

So He wrapped his arms around you,

and whispered, "come to me."

You didn't deserve what you went through,

So He gave you rest.

God's garden must be beautiful,

He only takes the best.

And when I saw you sleeping,

So peaceful and free from pain

I could not wish you back

To suffer that again.

-Author Unknown

Goodbye sweet friend,

My Giveaway Winners!

It is very exciting to list the winners of my one year blogging anniversary giveaway!

First from my followers the winner is Mary from Rose Brook Cottage. Mary wins the froggy pot sitters and pink bench. Congratulations Mary please send me you mailing address.

The winner of all the treasures shown below is

CeeKay from Thinkin' of Home.

CeeKay please email me your mailing address. And you said you never win anything!!

Congratulations to the winners! Thanks to all of my followers and to everyone who commented on my giveaway post! It's really hard to believe a year has pasted and I'm still blogging!

Warm hugs to all,

Happy Halloween!!

This happy guy is hoping you all have fun on Halloween! I'll be staying home and reading a good book. DH will be handing out candy.

DON'T FORGET to leave a comment here for my giveaway!!

It ends on November 3rd.

Warm Hugs,

My Treasures on Junkin Monday

Where am I? Where was I? Which blog was I visiting? You know how it is your visiting one blog and soon your at another blog and another and another and you don't know how you got there or where you started.!! But I'm happy to have ended up at Nice and Easy Antiques created by sisters Carla and Marcela and they sponsor Junkin Monday. So I've decided to join in the fun and show everyone what treasures I found over the weekend!

I just love vintage embroidered linens. Someone put alot of work into these beauties!

Found these dolies at a garage sale. Was told they are old and from Greece.

When I saw these dessert plates with tea cups it was love!

Can you just imagine having your friends over for a tea party! There are six in the set.

A old tablecloth.

Handmade beaded Christmas ornament.

Vintage milk glass and red coffee canister.
Found this at an estate sale only vintage thing in the whole house!

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to leave a comment on my giveaway.

Warm hugs,