Christmas Projects For Sale!!!

Here are some fun ornaments and decorations that you should soon see in my ETSY shop. If anyone is interested in purchasing one of these now, please let me know. I have not gotten a chance to round up Josh to put the holes in the top of the ornaments. So if you order now, before I put the ribbon (for hanging them) on them, you can choose the color you would like on your ornament or set. I can accomodate ALMOST any color!!


The ornaments are priced individually and by sets. The horns are $10 per horn or $35 for the set. Three of the horns have been made into candle holders. If you click on the picture of all four of them, you will see green candles in the top. The fourth horn did not have a large enough opening for the candles I had on hand. However, if you can find a candle that skinny, it too could serve as a candle holder. Candles are easily removed if you desire.


I have tons of mini tarts and mini bundts left, so if you'd like to order a special set (color, word, initial, etc.); please do let me know by leaving a comment below with your email address. I am more than happy to put something together for you!!




Joy Ornaments - $10 for the set

Noel Ornaments - $14 for the set

Snow Ornaments - $14 for the set (jingle bells around edges)

Single Snowflake Ornament - $4

Single Rose Ornament - $4

Single Joy Ornament - $4
Single Rustic Snowflake Ornament - $4

Now what to do with these? Any requests??????
By the way, today I am thankful for my home where I am lucky enough to spend time doing these project, while being warm and cozy and for my bed where I am headed now!!

Things I Am Grateful For: Segment 3

(SHHH = Don't tell Mom that I used this picture!)

I am grateful for my parents:

*for giving me life

*for giving me unconditional love

*for giving me my brother

*for giving me morals and values

*for giving me support

*for giving me rules (even if I broke them) and structure

*for setting their standards and expectations high

*for being forgiving

*for being understanding

*for cheering in my corner

*for making me ME

*and for being mine

I love you MOM and DAD and I thank you for all that you have given me! For you, I am grateful!!!

I am also grateful for winning another giveaway. Check it out!! From one of my dear junque sistas - Jennifer at Jennifer's Junky Life. Go check her out. I assure you, her junky life is a good life!! Loving every little piece of the giveaway and anxiously awaiting its arrival!!!! Thank you to pieces, Jennifer!

Segment 2: Things I Am Grateful For

Today I am grateful for Danny Boy. I am grateful that he is our pet and that he allows us to be his parents. I am grateful that he is healthy and full of energy. I am grateful that he loves the park and drags us on walks (because we used to be SERIOUS couch potatoes!). I am grateful that he loves the water and can swim like a fish. I am grateful that he loves people as much as he loves life itself. I am grateful that he is here to come home to everyday. For Danny, I am grateful!

Things I Am Grateful For...

Here's my new book and I'm grateful for it!!! Still can't find it on the web, but maybe it's because it is the 2007 edition. But, even so, you'd think they'd want to promote it or something?? A true speaking, "...or something!" Oh well here it is, and yes, the tag is a sticky one; so as you can all see - I SPLURGED. Well, actually Josh did. He was once again shutting me up, because 1) we were at Walmart to get a different book and couldn't find it so I was NOT HAPPY and 2) we were at Walmart......and he wanted to get out of there FAST - enough said!!

Which brings me to the first segment of The Things That I Am Grateful For which comes to you via a suggestion, or a challenge rather, by the lovely Jerusalem from My Little Life.

I am grateful for - Josh - the love of my life. He brings a smile to my face every day. He supports my junquing habits - most of the time! He accompanies me on tedious errands. He takes me out to dinner and brings dinner to me. He makes a killer mac-n-cheese (just a little food obsessed right now!). He loves myself and Danny Boy, unconditionally. He is smart. He is patient. He makes me happy. And he has spent five years of his life by my side. And, so for Josh, I am grateful.

I also wanted to give you a heads up on another fun GIVEAWAY. Please go to Nunnie's Attic and sign up for her giveaway. BE SURE to tell her I sent you!! And enjoy her Christmas music. It really puts you in the mood. I must update my blog soon for the holidays!! Good luck!

Too Many Cameras??

Can one ever really have too many cameras??? Yes!! Especially when you are THE LEAST photogenic person to ever walk the earth! This is what we have lying around the office these days. Our really, really old camera; our not so old, but very broken camera, my Aunt's camera, one of the two cameras Josh brought home from work to ease my pain and the camera in my hand (brand spankin new) that I'm using to take this picture of....what else, cameras!!??!!??

Here's my poor bitty baby cybershot:(

And this is the new one, recommended by my friend Nicky, who previously worked for Kodak. Thank you, Nicky!!! I like it a lot except for that it's huuuuuge compared to the other one and I can barely get my hand around - it's a definate "two-hander". I mean, it's not the SONY Cybershot (whimper, whimper), but it's a brand new camera that we shouldn't have bought, though we did! Josh wanted to make me happy -yeahhhh (wait a minute - was that camera just to shut me up????) Oh well, whatever, I have a working camera now and I'm happy regardless of his intentions...

I've been meaning to mention that I love Walmart - a.ka. Wally's. I really do. Josh HATES it!!!! Sometimes I drag him there and sometimes he gets out of it. It's better to leave him home, though. He takes on a very angry persona after our visits to Wally's and gripes about for the rest of the day and into the next.

But look at this fabric I found there for just one dollar per yard. And I promise you there was much, much more to be had. These are just the ones that I couldn't leave without. I had no idea anybody sold fabric for a buck, let alone one of my fav. places!! Now I know that all of you who know me are thinking, "What is SHE going to do with THAT???" But I assure you I want to learn, I really do. I just want to be sure that I find a teacher with tons of patience and sewing peers, to learn with, who are at my level (or lack of a level)! So why not stock up while the gettins good?? I'm sure all my thrifty (cheap) friends would agree.

Shabby anybody??

Dumbo's cousins. Too cute!
Who wouldn't want fabric with snorkeling, sunglass wearing whales?????

And I got a great book called Better Homes and Gardens Christmas with a copyright of 2007, but I can't find a link to it on Walmart's website or in a yahoo search, although my search was brief. I'm sleepy!!! I'll take a pic and share it tomorrow.

Fun Contests...

Check out these fun contests!

http://www.mamanista.com/2007/10/rockin-baby-sling-contest.html

http://theinspiredroom.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/a-french-inspired-satellite-party/

Good luck!!!!

HO?

Update: Ho = Flo according to anonymous?????????????, bad font I guess. But I've taken a liking to the girl and dreamed up my own imaginary Ho, so I'm keeping her just as she is!!!! Do with her as you like...

Let me apologize ahead of time, by saying, "soorry, but I couldn't resist this post". I debated....but then....I couldn't help myself. I went to a super fun estate sale last Friday and got this entire lot of matchboxes for a buck. Why? Dunno! But, I went through it to take pictures so that I could put it up on ebay...and I found this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish I had had the pleasure of meeting Ho back in the day, maybe evening attending that lovely Ho's wedding. Did the man she marry stay faithful and loyal to his Ho? Did he love and cherish his Ho?

I can't keep from wondering what life, in general, brought that lovely Ho? Was she a happy Ho? Was she a working or stay-at-home Ho? Was that Ho ever a Baby Mama, or was she just simply known as the "married with no children-Ho"??

I wonder if I had known that Ho, if she and I would have been friends. I'm sure that, if we were, Ho would have introduced me to the most interesting of people and taught me the trickiest of tricks. That Ho would have really come in handy on Halloween for dressing up as this four-some (borrowed from this fun blog by Laurie)!!

So you get the point...I could go on forever, but I'll just leave it at this:

I'm sure, no matter where life has taken her, that she was a good and wholesome...HO!

Who names their poor child - Ho? Please...somebody. tell. me.!!!!!!!!!!!