Happy New Year !!!!!!

Happy New Year dear blogging friends !!!! I am back and pooped, how many basketball games can you watch...too many...lol..


What a year...is it me or did it go by fast. I can't believe Christmas is already in the past, and now we are on to a New Year. Well it has been one year since I ventured out and opened my online store, and I am loving it! It has given me much joy this year, something for me, sometimes you need something for yourself, and this is what I chose to do. It was very scary, and I didn't know much about computors, alot of frustration and saying bad words sometimes...lol... but in the end I have learned soooo much. The amazing thing was how helpful strangers were, they were willing to give me advice and help me with the littlest things. I have learned this year that it is a small world, and there are geniunely good people out there. I have learned we all are the same, we have dreams, we have sorrow, and we have hope. So my wish for this year is simple...I wish the best for all of you!!!! Go for your dreams, you may not have tomorrow, so make everyday count!!!
Love you all,
and thanks for this year of friendship and inspiration.

Happy New Year !!!!!

I just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy New Year!!!! We will be out of town. My poor little shop has been negleted during the past couple of weeks, here are some sneak peeks to some of the treasures I will be adding...
soldered altered vintage bottles...

and gorgeous vintage jewels....be safe everyone and see you next year!

Morning...

Okay, here is one of my favorite Christmas things...I love the Christmas morning hair...lol..

the just got up, "let's get to the presents" look...

they are my best memories...

now I am sure its not there best memories...(so I disquised them) What can I say, its the little things in life that make me happy! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.

Merry Christmas!!!!

Merry Christmas!!!!
I am wishing all my beautiful blogging friends a Very Merry Christmas!!!! I hope you all find Joy tommorow...

and make sure you send birthday wishes to Jesus, I am sure he would love to hear from you.

White Wednesday...

It's almost time...
two more days...

are your children being extra good?...

are you calm or frazzled?

Christmas cards...

Well if you are like me you try to take a picture for your Christmas cards...trying to get three kids to look at the same time, smile at the same time, has not gotten any easier...I wanted to take pictures then alter them and make them look antique...
being silly...

oh, this is the card they want to give to their grandpa...

after awile, I was done, so this is it...

and here it is!!! Whew, I don't have to do this for another year! LOL

Still going...

What a weekend, I don't know about you, but I need to get in gear...

We have had basketball games every day, today and tomorrow also, so I am trying to sneak in last minute gift shopping. It seems no matter how far in advance you plan, time just flies by and then Christmas is here, oh well, I will try next year...lol...hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!!!

Precious...

My favorite tree is in the family room...(where Santa comes...
filled with the kids ornaments, which are becoming more precious because they are getting older...

of course an angel on top...

the hand ornaments are the best!!! and the kindergarten ones below (you can tell they all had the same teacher)...

I remember when there were lots of presents under the tree, swords, trucks, barbies, now its on to bigger things. I have only bought three gifts, I am sooooooooo behind. Hope you aren't as behind as me.

Winner...

I love having giveaways, and I hate having giveaways!!! I wish everyone could win but...I could only choose one... Congratulations Tanza!!!!!!! Please email me so I can get your treasures out to you.

Sunny...

Well the sun is shining today, its been raining for the last couple of days....and do we need it!
so here is the view from my back yard...

yea, snow in the mountains. Another storm is coming so hopefully we will get alot more snow up there...

my roses were happy for some rain...

they are still hanging in there. We had a couple of nights of freezing weather, thank God our oranges didn't freeze. Hope you are having a little sun today.

Pink Saturday...

Welcome to Pink Saturday, hosted by Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound. Beverly's theme for today was our favorite ornament, mine would have to be all my vintage ornaments, I love them all!!! this is my small tree in the dining room...

more pinks on the mantle, I am not good at mantles...

some of my favorite JoAnn's snowmen with pink ornaments...

and my white tree in the living room. We are used to our very large green tree in here, so this 6.5 tree looked sooooo tiny, so I put it on my daughters tea table...

and put my village underneath...hope you enjoyed my pinks, I have really enjoyed this last week seeing everyone's amazing decor, I feel lucky I got this much done...lol..have a wonderful weekend and go visit all the pink participents.

Part 2...

More of the tour...
this is the entrance, the long counter is where you pay...

a close up of one of the ceilings...

this is the first bedroom upstairs...

otherside of the room, I love!!!! these floors...

second bedroom...

and the last bedroom, I am soooo ready to move in! Hope you enjoyed your tour, you are probalbly daydreaming (like me) that this is your home...lol...Have a wonderful day!

White Wednseday...

Today for White Wednseday hosted by Kathleen at Faded Charm I am going to take you on a tour of this amazing shop named Good's Good's located in the country in Visalia, Calif. there are no signs to let you know it's there, no hours posted anywhere, everyone just knows its there and when they are open. It is nested in walnut groves and plowed fields. There is this old house which they had moved in, an old barn and a cute outbuilding. The owners live right across from this house in a gorgeous victorian. If you have ever seen the movie "Son-in-Law" with Pauly Shore, then you have seen there house. I am going to post half today and the other half tomorrow.
just drive in and park under a large oak tree...

isn't this a cute entrance, ooo, look a sale, everything 20% off...

gorgeous fireplaces...the owner did most of the work himself, he used antique tin on all the ceilings, this is my dream home...

everything in the house is for sale...

lots of whites...

the ceilings are amazing...

okay this was some of the downstairs, tomorrow I will show you the upstairs bedrooms, have a wonderful day!

To Cute...

Is this the cutest cookie jar ever!!!!!
I got this cutie this morning...are you ready...Walmart, for $12.00. I really don't need a cookie jar, a cookie never survives long enough to go into a jar, but goodness, I fell in love!

ta da....my kitchen table, I even put a centerpiece on it...okay, don't get to proud of me, the bar behind is still full of crafts, but it's a start...

I filled a vintage basket and then put my little display I used for my banner up. Well I am off to make a dent on the bar and kitchen counters now.

It's time...

Well it's time, time for me to stop crafting for awhile...my kids are wanting their kitchen table back...lol...poor things, they have been eating at the counters or squezzing in amoung the glitter...

I know you all now what I am talking about...lol

Pink Saturday....and Giveaway!!!!

Happy Pink Saturday...I have been busy creating what else...pinks...
I have never done a cloche and thought it was about time...

pink ballerina with pink mica trees...

sweet faux cupcakes...

pink bottle brush wreath...

okay, I got carried away with a pink snowman/girl ornament..lol.

Well when I turned on the computor this morning I saw that I now have 200 followers...I am truly flattered!!! So, this calls for a celebration!!!!, and it is Christmas, so I decided to have a spur of the moment giveaway....you will receive all the pinks above, + a $20.00 gift certificate to use in my shop. So you know how it goes...1 entry for comment, 2 entries for being a follower, and 3 more for posting. I will draw a winner Wed. December 16th, that way you will get it in time for Christmas.

Thank you dear friends for following, and thanks to our host Beverly.