{affiliate links included} Hello out there on this Thursday morning! I’m hoping to do a book giveaway each month this year. In January we had the Names of God giveaway. For February, and for Valentine’s Day week, I am giving away this set of books by Holley Gerth. It seemed like a great time […]
Yarn Along {Tin-Tin}
{affiliate links included} I posted about my pom-pom wreath yesterday. I mentioned thinking a small, pink pom-pom wreath would be cute for Valentine’s Day. I didn’t think I had any pink yarn. It helps to go look at what you have! 🙂 Actually, I was picturing a soft, solid-colored pink. This yarn wasn’t with my […]
DIY Pom-pom Wreath
{affiliate links included} Back before Christmas and right after my surgery, I commenced to making pom-poms! And they were absolutely fun to do! My main purpose for making them was to make a wreath. The pom-poms look so very cute just piled in a basket, too! They became part of my Christmas decor for […]
A Valentine Tablescape
{affiliate links included} Pretty dishes and a table spread with beauty. From simple to elaborate, they draw me every time. Tablescapes catch my eye in magazines, on blogs, in books, on Instagram. Spreading out dishes and arranging and spelling out love and care for the people who will grace the table. Home and food. They […]
Favorite Finds {JIC Candles}
I like to have a candle burning in my house. It’s just cozy. Fall and winter are my favorite seasons and months to have candles flickering, but I burn them in the spring and summer, too. Cold, winter weather just seems like a candle-y time of year and fall scents are some of my favorites! […]
In Our Wardrobe {No. 20}
Today in our wardrobe {post}….we have a cat! This is Tiger! My son took pictures for me and he’d rather snap of the cat than of clothes! 🙂 🙂 He loves his cats. {So you get a close-up of shoes.} {Lands’ End a long time ago!} Knit skirt. From Wal-mart or Target. Your guess […]
Rusted Chain Giveaway
And a good morning to you!! We have a giveaway again today! Woot! Woot! This giveaway is for a gift certificate to a favorite place of mine. The Rusted Chain. I’ve had this Scripture verse necklace for several years. It comes from The Rusted Chain and has long been one of my absolute favorites. It’s […]
Yarn Along {For the Love and Peter Rabbit}
{affiliate links included} It was cold and nasty and terribly windy here yesterday. I was quite happy I could stay tucked inside. The last week and a half has been a bit of a whirlwind. We had birthdays to celebrate and some appointments to go to and M’s mother had surgery and then ended […]
Ten Moments in My Life I’d Like To Repeat
1. My wedding day! I loved it Totally enjoyed it. Completely. 2. Snuggling my new-born babies. Not the labor and delivery and c-sections part. But, totally the thrill of meeting them for the first time and wrapping them up all snug and delighting over their tiny fingers and soft cheeks. 3. When I was a […]
BECAUSE, Haiti
Last week, one evening I was hurting and aching and I wanted to accomplish several more things and it SIMPLY was not going to happen. Instead of pausing and reflecting on what I had done and thinking on the things I COULD celebrate, I started to slip into a SELF-PITY party. Because sometimes it just […]
Celebrate With Favorites Giveaway!
Well, January just tore on by! Ever since Thanksgiving our days have definitely done that. My sister and her family were here for Thanksgiving, {yay} I had two craft shows with my Lilla Rose, then surgery, then Christmas celebration here and traveling and Christmas celebration in Ohio, home again and then Matthew and Renae headed […]
In Our Wardrobe {No. 19}
Happy Friday everyone! This Faith charm necklace is from the Wired Boutique. She has some really fun stuff. You should sign up for her newsletter to find out about specials and new stuff and deals especially for her subscribers. And you can follow her on IG here. I reach for this mini flexi a lot, […]
Yarn Along {Johnny Chuck}
{affiliate links included} My books and yarn! While Matthew and Renae were gone to Haiti, {see Monday’s post if you missed it} I pulled out the Thornton W. Burgess books and Tucker and I read The Adventures of Reddy Fox and The Adventures of Johnny Chuck. My Grandmother had the Old Mother West Wind books […]
It’s a Purple Flexi Giveaway
Hey everybody!! Quick and simple. See that purple flexi? It’s a size small. It’s so pretty. It’s a FLEXICLIP and flexis rock! I’m GIVING it away today! Flexis make great scarf clips. They are darling clipped onto a crocheted hat as an accessory. They work wonderfully to clip around your knitting project. Go see […]
Monday Musings About Haiti and Home
Two of my people were gone all last week. Matthew and Renae spent a week in Haiti. They met up with a team and helped out on a church building project. They arrived home over the weekend, very tired and with lots of stories and adventures and pictures. I was very glad they could take […]
In Our Wardrobe {No. 18}
Happy Friday morning! I posted a picture of my Joy mug over on Instagram and I listed three things that are bringing me J.O.Y. today! Juice Old Books Yarn And yes, I purposefully {and geekily??? ;)} tried to specifically think of things that could do a whole acronym-y type of thing using […]