Another Give-a-away

Hey everybody
I know how everybody loves a give-a-way and kara at InspiredKara is having a fabulous one.. You get to choose an Etsy item up to $50.00 ,,,, Now thats generous and your choosing your own prize. So be sure to go say hi to Kara and leave her a comment for a chance to win.

Trash to Treasure Tuesday

Its Trash to Treasure Tuesday at A Picture is worth a thousand words,,

Yay.. time to take what might be trash to someone else and turn it into treasure.. This week I took an old frame without glass that I got a while back (and didn't know what to do with ) attached a piece of cardstock/scrapbook paper to the back and to the front of that I glued on the letter "M"made from a scratch piece of felt that I had. The frame has a tint of green around the outside edges so I didn't paint it or anything,, the paper matched it perfectly.. Now I gotta figure out where to hang it.. Hope you like it.. Be sure to head on over to Diane's blog to see what others have turned into treasure this week..

Another generouse blogger-- a give-a-way

Hey everybody .. Hope all is well with you and yours tonight,,

Do you like give-a-ways? Well I do,, and not just because you/I might win a ""prize"" but because everytime i hear about another give-a-way I'm just amazed at how generous bloggers are.. I don't sell anything I'm just a blogger and crafter,, but now I want to do a give-a-way too.. maybe one day soon.. anyway Carol over at Carols Heirloom collection is having a fun give-a-way.. and this is what you could win.. so go check out her blog and be sure to say "hí" .. because we all love to get comments and thats how you enter to win..

I've Been Tagged

Carol at ChooseJoy has tagged me,, my very first tag.. YAY!!!
Each person tagged should share 7 random things about themselves and then tag 7 people and include their links. Be sure to leave them a comment also so that they know they've been tagged.

Sooo 7 random things about me... Lets see

1. I'm an addict -- my drug of choice???? Coca Cola,, i know shameful,, I can't put it down. I even drink it while i'm taking a bath!

2. I drive my husband and kids crazy thinking of all different sorts of things to make, build, sew, etc... but they love me anyway!!

3. I'm a self-taught cake decorator..Learned most of what í know so far from a website called CakeCentral.com and its wonderful members there. . hope to get pics of the cakes i've done on my blog soon.

4. I think I may have social anxieties... the jury is still out on that one.

5. I love Loretta Lynn - ever since I was a young girl. I was definitely country when country wasn't cool..

6. I'm sometimes judgemental of people before I get a chance to know them,, Not real nice I know,, i'm working on it people!

7. I love purses,, these are my other weakness,, but I won't, I refuse to pay a lot for them,, I don't even care about the big name brands,, as long as I like it I don't care what name is on it.

So there you have it,, some odd things about me.. These are the people I choose to tag if they want to play along and anybody else that reads this consider yourself tagged also,, amd leave me a comment if you do so I can check out your 7 random things also. Thanks Carol this was fun!!

Liz at MabelsHouse -- a fun girl,, another great writer and good blog to read

Chrissy at ChicaSchmica --- My traditions swap partner this year, so much fun!

Edie at lifeingrace --- love to read this blog,, such a great writer

Kim at Foreverwherever -- fun blog that I recently found

Shellie at Allthingssouthern -- you'll love this blog even if you're not southern..

Diane at Apictureisworthathousandwords - hosts Trash to Treasure Tuesdays

tinsandtreasures -- that's weird, i don't know her name,, but she has a great blog and lovely homemade things for sale.

Now let me email these nice people and let them know they've been tagged. Hopefully they won't mind.

Okay,, i need help and i guess i just gotta ask,,, how do you keep count of your posts? Is there a post counter somewhere that I dont see or do I have to go back and count them all? I know this is a silly question and Its probably right there in front of my face and all.. but puhlease can somebody tell me?? Thanks
And now my comment thingy is gone from the bottom of the posts.. where did they go?

Hey everybody

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a fun and safe Happy new year.. Ate lots of peas and cabbage today and now I'm stuffed.
I'm eagerly awaiting the coming year and hoping to keep myself in a positive state of mind and not worry as much as I tend to. For I know I am blessed and have sooooo much to be thankful for. So Happy New Year to all of you in this little blog world and thanks so much for all the inspiration.

1/5/09 -- I found my goodies she sent me they had not been packed after all,, here's the pic.

I joined a holiday traditions swap here this year and it was so much fun putting together this package for Chrissy at chicashmica .. She in return sent me a package also, with the cutest things.. and unfortunately they were packed away with Christmas decor before I could get a picture.. but she has pictures on her site. Here is a pic of the goodies I sent to her and her little ones.. Hope she liked them.

visions of crafting, sewing, decorating .. in my head

Does this happen to everyone out there or is it me,, again I'm suspicious of ADD? I have so many blogs that i like to follow and they offer lots of creative inspiration but while i''m there i find other sites to click on and then another and so on and so on. I'll see one idea and before it even clicks in my brain good, i've spotted another and another,, and my head feels all swimmy and stuff.. I know it can't be just me.
Athomeingeorgia had the last letter of her name scattered on the wall and that was a really cool looking thing to do,, think i might need to try that.
She also made some fun reindeer poop that could be given out for "happies" at all those parties you might be going to this time of year.
And then there is reverse window painting, so cool, had not seen that one until today.. would make really nice Christmas gifts for sisters, inlaws and such.

Thats all i can remember right now,, but so much creativity out there. So many times we have the things to create with right at our fingertips we just have to think outside the box.

Until tomorrow..


Debilou

My mamaw

Ruth Morrison - - -

my mamaw mother of two

Christian crocheted

great cook/baker avid reader loved everyone

played board games with us grandchildren

sewed her own clothes was a foster mom

loved watching game shows & soap operas

My mamaw was the greatest mamaw ever, she’s no longer with us (for many years now) and today is/was her birthday. She was a crafty person herself and never met a stranger so she would’ve loved this blogging phenomenon. I felt it only right to recognize the birthday of one of the most influential people of my life here in blog world. I know she’s with Jesus and we’ll all see her again one day. Until then . . .

Happy Birthday Mamaw

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again."

-Stephen Grellet


I love this quote found here and I love to read it over and over.

Back Porch Christmas Tree

Hey Ya'll - Happy Wednesday !

This is my little "Charlie Brown" Christmas pine tree. It is just 3 limbs that fell from a pine tree during our snow last week put together and stuck in a pot. I threw on some lights a few decorations, including some fabric scraps and called it done. I added another sign i painted on the window sill. You can't see it too well. Its not that pretty but with the porch light off and the Christmas tree on it adds a touch of Christmas (not to mention a little bit of light) to the entry way at night.

TRASH TO TREASURE TUESDAY

Hey, everybody its Trash to Treasure Tuesday.. Be sure to go over to Diane's and check out hers and all the other unique trash to treasure creations. Its so fun to see somebody take something that would normally get tossed in the trash or burn pile and turn it into something decorative or useful. My mama & daddy have been redoing their floors and putting down hardwood. These are some scraps of the boards that were cut. I have lots more of these so maybe i''ll see how many different ways I can think of to recycle them. For this weeks creation I printed the words from the computer and cut them out with an exacto knife. I painted the piece of wood red and added some green polka dots. When the paint was dry I decoupaged the letters on top. For now I have it sittin in the middle of my wreath above my mantel. The mantel is still not finished so who knows where it will end up.

Hope you enjoy my inexpensive Christmas decoration. Thanks for stoppin by!!

Hey again

I found this fun little contest over at junkmarketstyle and decided to join. I made this dog collar for my daughters chihuahua using a plain black collar and scraps of material and ribbon. It probably took about 30 minutes. Turns out i loosened the collar too much and its a little bit too big but she still wears it proudly. And surprisingly hasn't chewed her way out of it.

Let it snow , Let it snow , Let it snow !

Hey everybody

We were so excited to get this on Thursday ,, it was beautiful. We really don't see snow that much in MS but when we do we celebrate- we stay outta school, we eat soup all day, we watch movies and of course make dozens of trips in and out of the house to get just one more picture of the snow.. last count i had taken 72. And then when the power goes out at 11 a.m. we crank the generator, run the extension cords(for the tv of course) and huddle in the living room in front of the fireplace. The lights were out for about 8 hours,, it was kinda fun though. The roads were nasty and so my two oldest were stuck here at home with us and it was nice having all three at home just hanging out, watchin tv, building snowmen and playing games. It was a blessed day!

Trash to Treasure - Greeting Card holder

I saw some Christmas decor over on thehappyhomebody lovely blog that I thought was so cute ,, so I picked up this block of wood( a.k.a. -- trash )out of my daddys yard and made this. This is not the exact piece of wood but one just like it,, I'm gonna make my mama a cardholder with this one. I have it sitting on top of the fridge right now, not sure where it will end up though. Thats my trash to treasure for this week,, head on over to Diane's place for other trash to treasure creations!