Sunday Video

Dedicated to all of the Birth Mothers out there. You are loved and cherished more than you can imagine.

100th Post!!! And My GiveAWay!

In the tradition of Bloggerville I am having a GiveAWay!

Zoey!
A Beautiful Timneh African Grey

She comes complete with cage and toys... Your children will even fit in there.
And... she is fully perch trained (in dog terms-house broken. She will not poo in her cage. And rarely on a person or anywhere, but on a perch!)

Loves children and loves to play.

Loves kisses...yuck!!! Prefers frenches! Makes me sick to my stomach.

Awww, just kidding! I could not give away my Zoey girl! I love her too much! I will just have to keep her. (OK honey, stop your Snoopy dance.) DH and Zoey do not always get along. I will need a different GiveAWay. Y'all be sure to come back on Monday and I will have my GiveAWay posted!

Two Great Give-A-Ways

Check out my Photo Blog (right side bar) for my Friday Show and Tell.

I wanted to tell y'all about two great giveaways going on right now.

First, Sally at Smiling Sally is having a Merry Merry Christmas giveaway. Click here to go to her blog and register.

Second, The Old Red Barn is having another quilt giveaway. This time it is 3 quilts! Click on the picture to go to Dana's blog to register.

Trash to Treasure Tuesday!

Good Morning! Today is Trash to Treasure Tuesday hosted by Diane, A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words.

The pencil cup is made out of a soup or vegetable can that most people would throw away or put in the recycle bin. The clip board has been around since dinosaurs roamed the earth. I have several that have been covered. (For gifts, I buy new clipboards.) The old clipboards around the house have all gotten a new face lift. I think this one is missing a corner or is damaged. Most people would have thrown it away. Not me, I covered and decorated it. :-) You would never know it had been damaged. I love it! I take it on all of my photo shoots.

Thank you Diane for hosting Trash to Treasure! To see more Trash to Treasure treats or to show off your Trash to Treasure, stop by Diane's blog, A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words.

Blue Monday

Good Morning and welcome to Blue Monday!

I posted this photo a few months ago. I purchased that cabinet from Unfinished Furniture Mart and painted it years ago.

I just took this photo a few minutes ago so you could see more detail of my faux crackle finish. DH thought I made a mess, but I liked how it turned out. Oh, did I tell y'all I like BLUE?

Someone stole my idea! Someone who blog lurks and has a flea market/antique shop booth stole my idea. ;-) The shop, where I found the chandelier, also had this cabinet. I had to do a double take b/c of the color. LOL! Did I tell y'all I love BLUE? I am really teasing about somebody copying my idea. But seeing this piece leads me to believe that I am on track. Though that would not matter because I love my blue cabinet! And I painted it for me and the spot it sits in. :D

Thank you for stopping by and leaving a commit!

For more Blue Monday Posts, go to Smiling Sally's Blog. Thank you Sally for hosting Blue Monday!

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Steven Curtis Chapman-Cinderella

Pink Saturday

Good Morning and Happy Pink Saturday!!! Pink Saturday is hosted every week by Beverly of How Sweet the Sound.

If you have been following my blog, then you know that a few weeks ago, I went to Smocking Arts Guild (SAGA) Convention in Atlanta. Fortunately, my roommate needed help at the SAGA Market and so I helped her instead of spending all my money at the SAGA market and going to Atlanta Market. :-) Good thing too! Otherwise I would have had to pass on the bargains I found here at this shop. To know what I am talking about, you will need to scroll down a few posts and read about my trip home from Atlanta and the money I had just burning a hole in my pocket! (I still have most of that money and WDW here we come!!!) On my drive home from Atlanta I found a Flea Market/Antique Mall..... Spent some time there....

Something else I bought at that Flea Market/Antique Mall...
This beautiful clear soup bowl! Isn't it just lovely with all it's shades of Pink!
It is almost flat. Almost. I was going to use it in the China Garden I am starting. (China Gardens do not fade and wither during a drought. Nor do they have to be replanted every year.)
I think I saw on China Garden in Manuela's Blog. She has a beautiful China Garden. There are probably several other china gardens that I have seen photos of as well.


This loan clear soup bowl spoke to me. If there is not enough rain for my roses to bloom, I can still have a rose blooming in my garden, and it will be PINK!!!

Thank you Beverly for hosting Pink Saturday! I enjoyed participating. Please go to Beverly's blog, How Sweet the Sound, and check out the other Pink Saturday Posts and Happy Pink Saturday to everyone!