“Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum A new born King to see, pa rum pum pum pum Our finest gifts we bring, pa rum pum pum pum To lay before the King, pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pu...
“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape – the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t ...
December 16th is Jane Austen’s 235th birthday. Sourcebooks is having a one day book bash in honor of this special day. The ten best Austen Inspired novels are free and six more E-books of Austen’s ma...
I am a lover of beautiful ribbon and oversized bows. I love wired ribbon for its ability to bend, shape and in a sense mold. I actually save bows from year to year – what I use indoors goes outdoors ...
A beautiful folded star made of vintage music paper and painted ever so gently with glitter. It also reminds me of a snowflake. I have tried to create a vignette inside the recycled frame. I am not r...
Walking Sunday evening I took in as much of Christmas on the village streets as I could. Although strolling along with a tiny Chihuahua is not always easy. The weather this December weekend was extre...
I took the photo of these roses not to long ago – this is digitally manipulated for ♥ Much Love Monday ♥ hosted by Anna. I am having the best time with the heart shaped posts or the post that include...
And she will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who wil...
I started with the strange little tree placed in the corner. It always looks quite frig...
A kept scrape from a tiny box filled with cardboard letters makes a Christmas shadow box. I took the cellophane off the front of the box and painted it completely aqua. Other embellishments include a...
My daughter Kathleen was two when I bought her the tiny music box. It plays Silver Bells. She is now 28 years old.The pink Christmas ball is another ornament she picked out. I have managed to ...
For Much Love Monday, hosted by Anna – I chose a special doll I have been working on a wardrobe for this past summer. This is an older doll from Daisy Kingdom. She reminds me of a vintage Patsy...
I painted the band boxes with left over paint from my pink dining room and decorated them with lots of snow. I added a hand painted church bird house, bottle brush trees, silver ribbons and Christmas...
It is December 3rd at No. 33 and twenty – two more days until Christmas. The snow is falling ever so slightly at Rue Lafayette and the pines are all decorated in the town circle. Miss Curls sits in&n...
This Sunday begins the celebration of Advent. I light one candle today in preparing for Christ’s birth and the season of Christmas. It symbolizes the knowing part of, A King Is Coming. Christ has com...
I had such a wonderful Thanksgiving Day with my family. The food was in abundance and also the conversation. All age groups were in attendance finding much in common and revie...
I wanted to mention another beautiful blog with a Christmas special theme. With a vintage flair there are free images and tutorials presented. I enjoy my visits to the mother and daughter share...
I want to wish family and friends – near and far, a very Happy Thanksgiving filled with love.
The continuing photos of a red and white Christmas. Just finishing up! The frame is something I took apart and added cabinet cards to the empty area and outside of the frame. The cabinet cards are fr...
“Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.” ~Albert Schweitzer It has been a long and restless week. Why do some weeks seem longer than others?...
Windows have always been important to me, especially the view from the inside – what I see. I try very hard to make them presentable, pretty and to leave a feeling one would like to return to. The ti...
The hearts are made all in fabric – The heart shape is cut from a cream colored taffeta. I sewed them together inside out, leaving an opening for stuffing. They are stuffed with fiber fill and &...
According to the calendar there are forty days until Christmas Eve. It will feel as though it arrived and once again leaves quickly as summer full moons. The weather in New York has given no hint of ...
Digital art work made in Photoshop Elements with only the brush tool.
I am coming up on the seventh week living in my new home. I am so very happy and I am beginning to feel like my old self once again. After almost eleven years mentally I feel brand new – never stay i...
The Christmas projects and ideas inside this free zine are just beautiful and here just in time for creating in this holiday season. If you haven’t already please visit the lovely blog and the other ...
“From this moment happiness is not the question; all that concerns us is to save the remains, the fragments, the appearance”. A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen~ Quotes from: There can b...
A few years ago I had started a glue book and accomplished many pages. I chose a tiny lined notebook with hard covers and I sometimes used photos – before the film for a polaroid was not sold any lon...
Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance what...
The color combinations of beige, light purple, and white would make a lovely room. I enjoy trying various patterns for crocheted edgings. This also can be used with a 4ply yarn to make a scarf. poste...
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