Antique baby dress wall hanging!!

Had this little dress- had some holes and wear, so made this little wall hanging for my great grandaughter Anastasia. Has a gold hook hanger and a branch from an apple tree.

New project! tiny things

Bought some punchout furniture and worked on it. Fun, not done yet but a good start. These pieces are going to go in my Mercantile store(that I haven't made yet)

Merry Christmas!! Believe in the Magic!!!domino pendants!!

Don't know how good the pictures are---This is crackle accent and a brass key, there is a poem and gold leaf on the back.

"Christmas Wishes "room box

Found a frame 12 x 15- my husband buit a 3inch deep box around the back, layered images with foam to bring forward. Saw a similiar in Somerset magazine.So much fun to do this box, might buy a light for it.

Memory box!!

This is a Memory box I made with the RAIL group at Roses at my table. Zinnia is a wonderful teacher and the class is a lot of fun to do.Very clear instruction and ideas to make it your own. It is for my niece and has 3 file folders and going to hold a journal (matching and a calender) Putting a couple of drawer sachets in it for a lovely scent.

Thanksgiving and the Opening of the Christmas Village!!

The village is about 7 ft by 7 ft. Doors cover it when not in season. The snow has to be changed every 3 or 4 years. What a job, the street lights were bought when I started about 15 years ago and have never been replaced , they light every year and a bulb has never burned out.I can't add any more to it except for trees, add trees every year.

Happy Thanksgiving!! roasting chesnuts!

How to roast chesnuts, put oven on 425 wash and dry chesnuts, cut a cross in the flat side of each chesnut thru to the nut. put in baking pan and roast for 20 minutes. peel while warm. Yummy!
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Thanksgiving


The year has turned its circle,

The seasons come and go.'

The harvest all is gathered in

And chilly north winds blow.

Orchards have shared their treasures,

The fields, their yellow grain,

So open wide the doorway~

Thanksgiving comes again
Can't wait to start the dinner, all the supplies are in so nothing to do but cook , Love the smells and the process of adding all those wonderful herbs and spices, basting the turkey and making that wonderful gravy, Even the mashed potatoes are a special with their sour cream, heavy cream, butter and Salt and pepper. This year we have apple caramel salad, butterscoth pies, pumpkin pie, apple pie, and banana split cake for dessert. Sides are sweet potato casserole, scalloped corn, green bean casserole, creamed onions, sausage and herb stuffing and lots of condiments and appetizers, Can't wait for Wednesday to come, the Turkey is thawing in the fridge. I started cooking Thankgiving when I was 26 and have only went other places, maybe 7 or 8 times since. love it!! This is the day to open the Christmas Village also!

Tag swap!!Journal spread-Opposites

These are my tags for a Roses swap, they have opening doors for the Angels theme and the back is finished.
The journal spread is "Opposites" Summer- Winter- Hot -cold.

Dominos!!

Three of these have a bail. Small but will work I think.

Halloween journal page!! November AB challenge page!!

Picture is a little shaky, normal for Halloween, can't wait to see all the wee ones and their sweet costumes.

A Few Thoughts this windy morning!!

I think if all the politicians would give the money that they have spent on their campaigns to the deficit it would have helped immensely, I really don't understand why you would spend that kind of money for a post that doesn't pay that much, I read a woman spent 13 million of her own money. I guess I'm missing something here.
So excited, Project Runway finale tonight. Can't wait, Hope anyone wins except Gretchen, what an arrogant, no talent woman. Think Mondo will win , but I believe Michael C. was more talented than Andie or Gretchen.
Have you got involved in "The Big C"? Such a great show, on Showtime. Parenthood is one of my favorites too, How about "little People, big world" Am fascinated with Hoarders, I never saw so many stubborn people.
Reading Debbie Macombers Blossom Street series in the family room and 44 Scotland street series on the exercise bike. Crocheting socks on the side, hopefully for presents. The dominos are going to be key rings for gifts.
I hate to think of Oprah being gone, did you see the program about the couple losing their 3 children and lo and behold they had triplets a year or so later. i will miss her sorely, I don't always watch but I know she's there.
Be talking, got to go to the doctor at 10. So off to get ready.

October!!

This is a Terry redlin print.


October

My ornaments are fruits; my garments leaves,
Woven like cloth of gold, and crimson dyed;
I do no boast the harvesting of sheaves,
O'er orchards and o'er vineyards I preside.
Though on the frigid Scorpion I ride,
The dreamy air is full, and overflows
With tender memories of the summer-tide,
And mingled voices of the doves and crows.

A Tribute to "Time" Today is my Birthday!!

"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity." - Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933)

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Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
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The Future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. ~C.S. Lewis
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Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new... but who can understand and measure its sharp breath, its mystery and its design? ~Paracelsus
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The time you think you're missing, misses you too. ~Ymber Delecto
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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know. ~Saint Augustine


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Want to do domino art?? Don't have any?

Have your man or someone cut some 1/8 inch luan 1 x 2 and there you go sand and finish to your liking.The saying is"Necessity is the Mother of Invention!!!"

--Journal pages!!! Coffee and Tea cards!!

Some journal pages I did for a project-- The subject"Inside -Outside"
3 coffee cards and 3 tea cards- lace on tea card-coffee is coffee stained canvas and real coffee grounds. These are a ATC swap for Roses at my Table.

Bread pudding!! Yummy!

I love bread pudding and here is a quick and easy recipe:
I loaf of cinnamon , raisin bread, 3 eggs, enough milk or half and half to soak the bread, 1/2 cup sugar, chopped small one apple. Mix all together . spray your baking pan and bake for 40 min. at 350. I always put mine in another larger pan with a couple inches of water.

Halloween Accordion Books!!

I made these for my g. granddaughters, they are 5 and 7, will ship them off tomorrow, also a packet of images, ribbons and tags to make their own tags.Hope they will like them.

New journal page!

The subject prompt was your favorite musical instrument, mine is the piano, also the guitar but I chose piano. I love music of all kinds and have always wanted to play the piano.

Seems as though I have upset somebody!!

I really don't know why, If you post something on your blog and it is a famous poet, do you own it??? No you don't.If you post music is it yours , of course not. If you post recipes on your blog and beneath them is a line of icons telling you to send it to your blog, your e-mail, your facebook ,etc. why would someone get offended over sending these recipes to your blog. I don't get it.Somebody help me to understand the serious offense that I have committed.I am upset over this, I am not a thief or someone that needs to copy someone else's work to make my blog. I am proud of what I display here and proud also of the fact that I give freely. I have probably 30 poems on the blog and lots of quotes and sayings. I also do recipes and anyone that wants them can have them, that is what they are there for. I might add I am an excellent cook. You can count on my recipes ,they are tried and tested or I would not put them up for you. So........... I don't get it!!!!

Halloween has arrived at Morning Glory Ln.!!!

Here is my front porch with Chloe and Mathilda standing guard for the halloween and fall season. My daughter and I made these girls a couple of years ago, she has these and so do I.

Glue book pages!!

This was fun to do , I like the idea of having prompts. I have a special book for the glue pages and I think I am going to be happy with it when it is done. Lots of pages though, So long time off.

Reading!! Reading!!

It is so rewarding to read while you are exercising on the bike, you really feel you have accomplished 2 great things at the same time. Right now I am reading Robert Morgan books, he writes books about people in the 40's and also pioneer stories about the strength and resiliance of women(mostly) back in the day when everything you had came from extreme physical labor. I am transported to the days when you churned your own butter and hung beans to dry for winter usage. The salting of apples to preserve and scrubbing the wooden floors til they were white. I love the stories of raising your crops and scratching a livelihood out of the soil. My next author , when I finish Robert , will be Willa Cather. I love poetry and quotes. They are sprinkled throughout Altered expressions blog . Just found this one on a blog: