Merry Christmas! For God so loved the world...

I had the honor of helping to decorate the Christmas room at church again this year.  We had little girls sit in the nativity as Mary.  Here's my "littlest charmer" enjoying her turn.

Merry Christmas!

God Bless,

Shed Sweet Shed Boutique...recap

You might have heard I had a little boutique in my shed last weekend...its been a dream of mine for a while now.

From Chippy Drawer to Art Frame...

I am always trying to think "outside the frame" at my house...

Apple Basket Lid to Rustic Snowflake...let it snow...

You may have heard that Minnesota got a "little" snow yesterday.  A little early for most considering our winter was so VERY long last year.  I decided to make the most of it and finish up a project that has been in my head for a while...

The SUN is FINALLY Shining...what we've been up to...

Well, the sun is finally shining here in MN...and on my DOLLHOUSE SHELF. 

Someone on HOMETALK called it a "Time Share"...love it :)

 And I stopped "begging" for sun in my Spring...turned SUMMER MANTEL.

We've been busy here.  

And if you follow me on INSTAGRAM, you might know that...

 I've been having fun posting a #shelfieaday in May with some other blogging friends.

 The lilacs are blooming...

 ...and so are the dandelions.

 We've been "bird watching".

In addition to many other wonderful things that Spring has to offer.

And with Summer approaching...

I'll be spending LOTS of time with these little "charmers" :)

 Which means, I will be in and out with posts and projects.  And like usual, I'm taking the "pressure to post" off of myself.  I want to enjoy every minute...no regrets. 

Thanks for understanding!  

I will continue to post little daily junky "tidbits" of what I am up to on Instagram...that I will also "share" on Facebook and Twitter.  I hope you will follow along with me there too :)

 Happy Summer sweet friends!

Great Day for a Garden Party...Birthday

We held on to summer here for 1 more weekend.

My littlest charmer has a late August birthday and she wanted a "Garden Party".  Since the end of summer fills up with last minute getaways and end of summer projects we decided to wait until after school started.

The girls had fun decorating party hats...

I found a couple of tutorials on Pinterest...check them out HERE and HERE.  And of course "tweaked" them a bit to fit our style/party theme.

They ate "buggy" food...

...off of "flower-like" place settings.

Even the utensils came in a little bouquets :)

And of course a little "dirt" pudding for dessert.

Not much "junk" at this party...but I did use layers of vintage tablecloths.  Also, blue jars and rubber boots for vases.

Even a few butterflies flying in the chandelier.

And of course the "parting gifts"...in buckets.

 I think a good time was had by all :)

Sorry, I didn't feel I should post pictures of their lovely little faces...so you get the "buggy" faces...also quite cute :)

 

 

Sharing this at...

Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tues.

OK, now on to FALL...my FAVORITE!

PS...Thanks so very much for your sweet thoughts and prayers for my dad.  He is STILL in the hospital and we continue to  pray for comfort and healing as well as strength and patience for my mom.

Thanks for your patience with me here.  I know my posts lately have been random and few.  I hope to be back to creating soon!!

Blessings, 

Life...unexpected...

Hello again friends, 

When I sent the kiddos off to school last week I was expecting to spend my days checking things off that big old junk "To Do" list...

Life doesn't always go "as planned"...my dad ended up going into the hospital on Labor Day with a high fever and he hasn't come home yet.  He has quite a few other serious health conditions already so as you can imagine we've all been very concerned.

Life doesn't always go "as planned"...but we are trusting God day by day.

Your prayers for comfort and healing for our sweet Daddy would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

The Wheels on the Bus...feeling reflective...

Well, off they went on that "big yellow bus"...

It was a great day...no tears from my "baby" heading off to Kindergarten...and mom only shed a "few" in private.

I'm feeling a little more "reflective" than "creative" this week so you might not hear much from me.

Prayers and good wishes for all of you with kids going back to school, off to college, teachers, home schoolers...the list goes on and on :)

What an exciting time of year! 

I LOVE fall and can't wait for...

the colors to start changing, 

boots, jeans and sweater weather,

and pumpkin flavored ANYTHING!!

Chat soon, 

Life Behind the Blogger...sharing over at Junk Chic Cottage...



 

 

 

 

Happy Saturday friends!!

 

I am so very honored to be featured today over at Junk Chic Cottage.  Kris and Susan (Must Love Junk) came up with the fun idea to do a Saturday series on the "Life Behind the Blogger".

 

You can find me there today...

Junk Chic Cottage

 

Hope you'll stop over and say HI.  I'm guessing I a shared a few things you might not know about me and my family??

 

And when you are done, hop over to...

Must Love Junk

...to learn more about our friend Jane from Blondie's Journal.

 

Thanks again Kris and Susan!

 

See you there :)

Celebrating Easter...with a view...

Hello friends...have you missed me?

We spent Spring Break visiting my in-laws down in Florida this year.  I didn't mention it to you last week before we left...my sweet hubby didn't think it was a "good idea" to broadcast that we were out of town for a week over the internet.  Huh...imagine that? ;)

We're home now...and the only projects on the "to do list" today are unpacking and LOTS of laundry! 

Been there?  Yes, I'm sure you have...and since I'm sure you'd rather see just about ANYTHING than a big ol' mountain of dirty clothes...I'll show you a picture of my little family enjoying our Easter near the beach...

Hope everyone had a blessed Easter.  I look forward to getting back to some creating, and visiting next week. 

See you then,