Congratulations!

Congratulations to our oldest! Brian and Brittany got engaged last week! They will probably tie the knot the last weekend in October - Brittany's favorite holiday is Halloween.

We are very happy and excited for them.

Happy Valentines Day!

Just thought I would drop in and say Happy Valentines Day.

I have few little touches scattered out around the house

Re-purposed a little shredded paper from a gift bag to make a little bird nest

A few glittered hearts in a glass basket

A stuffed heart (the charms spell LOVE) that I made a long time ago

Some garland and a couple more hearts on the mantel

Little stitched pieces on the table at the top of the stairs.

All stitched for hubby either for Valentines Day or an anniversary. These stay out all year (except when the Christmas decor is out)

Added some heart vase filler around the candle.

I've been putting my charts in the XStitch app on my phone but I haven't come across these yet - and my memory isn't that good so. . .

My sweetie took me to a nice lunch and I made lasagna for dinner.

Now he is taking his after dinner nap!

Hope you had a 'sweet' day!

Happy Birthday Timothy!

Everybody say happy birthday to my favorite middle child!

Not sure how he can be 35 when I'm only 29!!!

Happy February!

 Happy February!

 I'm a little late showing it, but I finished up this little Lizzie Kate design just in time to put it on display the first of February. I have all the charts and I'm hoping to keep them going until I finish all the months. (I think I started with August?) Anyway - thanks to Priscilla's brilliant magnet idea it's easy to change them out of this little frame I keep in the kitchen. 

 I don't have a lot of Valentine decor but I sprinkle a little here and there. Most of it is in this little cabinet.

 I love these little lights - the ones in this cabinet do not have a timer on them so I'm looking to swap them out soon.

 This little stitched piece was a Secret Needle Night kit from The Silver Needle years ago. It was one of the first flat fold finishes I did (not that I have done many). It's not perfect and I really need to replace that cording.  Check out Vonna's blog for awesome finishing tutorials. 

 I love finding things to put in these little glass jars. I don't have a lot of display space or I would have more of them, but I change these three frequently.

Another little Lizzie Kate monthly series. I've had this series since they came out and have stitched all of them except December and January - I hope to get those done this year. I started these before the magnet idea so these have to be changed out from the back of the frame. I've considered remounting them and finding another frame but I'm still undecided. 

My rooster has become another favorite place to decorate. So far I've done Christmas, winter and now Valentines. Those little lights are supposed to be pink but they have a purple tint to me. Not sure what I will do for March since I have a very limited amount of St. Paddy decor and I'm not finding anything that strikes my fancy in the stores.

I have a few more things scattered around the house that I forgot to take pics of. Maybe I can get those up before the end of the month.

Has your weather been as wonky as ours has? We have had temps from the low 20s to the upper 70s (might have even hit 80) so far this month. Yesterday at 7:00 am it was 71 and at 9:00 pm it was 35. Started the day with the a/c on and ended the day with the heat on and the fireplace going! It is 28 at the moment. Brrr. At least it isn't raining to go with it!

Time to change it up

 I have a few things that are 'winter' rather than just Christmas that left out when I put the Christmas away.

 Even though it is still winter

It's time to put them away

 and put out Valentine's.

 That is my goal for this week.

 We don't have a lot of snow here - we did have some flurries the other day.

If it ever sticks, there is usually more ice than snow and things come to a complete standstill since no one knows how to drive in that kind of weather, myself included.

If you are in one of those places where it is bitter cold right now, I hope you are staying inside and keeping warm!

See you soon!

Happy New Year!

Better late than never, huh?

It took awhile but all the Christmas decor is put away. I have a few things that are winter but not Christmas that I left out - I will try to get those posted soon. They may overlap the Valentine stuff since I don't have a lot of either.

I found one more new ornament on my tree when I was taking it down.

I picked this up when I visited Biltmore last May. I would love to see it at Christmas sometime!

I finally finished my January piece and got it in the frame.

And I got started on February. Maybe I will get it finished before the end of the month!

It's January and my geranium is still blooming - the one on the other side of the porch bit the dust way back in the summer but this one just keeps on going.

The hydrangeas have buds all over them.

I'm sure they will all be toast after this weekend - temps are supposed to hit low 20s - coldest temps so far this winter.

Hope everyone is having  a great 2019 so far!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! 

I have seven new ornaments on my tree this year.

 Three store bought

 Three made by me

and one from Brian and Brittany.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!