Helloooooooo!

This is what I was greeted with today from a sweet blogger friend..."Where are you????? "I'm here! Just been super busy with the must do kinda stuff, and a little blue. But that funk is lifting thanks to good friends and family.... Look what my good friend Robin gave me:

Isn't it the best when you have a friend that "gets you?" She always knows what brings me joy...and it could be the littlest treasure but how could you stay in a bad mood when you walk by this little bit of goodness? I will eventually make something with these pretties but for now they are just wonderful inspiration just as they are! Thank you my sweet friend!

I also wanted to post to the year of color flicker pool for pink and thought I could share the pics with you too...

Just a little vignette of pretty pink things:

A shabby trim card made for my etsy site last year:

And some pretty vintage beaded heart embellishments.....

I will be back, I promise! I am off to a little fabric/trim shoppe to find goodies to make some kits....Have a great Saturday! karen....

Sending Oodles of Love

Happy Valentines Day my friends!

We keep it simple in our family...a little candy, some flowers and a nice meal (this year made by my son and mom!)

I decorated the credenza and thought you might like to see it:

There is that yo-yo garland from christmas time, the hearts are from my all that you love swap partner Tanya, and just some other pretties out to enjoy...

Here are a couple of close-ups:

I also wanted to share the Valentine Fat Book with you. Dede assembled and decorated all of our covers for us! I just love it!
Well, I hope you are all having a wonderful day and your heart's are full like mine! xoxo karen....

MIA

Hello my dear blogging friends! I am so sorry I have been missing this week and when I was suppose to announce a giveaway! Harrrumph!

I have been a little on overwhelm lately and something had to give (unfortunately my blogging was it!)

I don't usually post about the "downer" things in life but I will just let you in on some of the reason that I have been gone. I work for one of the local school districts here in Southern California and we are suffering from all of good Ole Arnie's budget cuts and now he will be taking more away from education so it has put alot of panic into the administrators and the staff...We had a meeting with our Superintendent this week and it does not look good! I have already been told that it is more than likely that I won't have work over the summer so my family and I are trying to posture ourselves so that we don't struggle over that time.... When I have things on my mind that are this important I tend to act like a possum at times and just freeze up. I have made a big effort to not do this, but it still happens...

Another thing that I have had to do is help my mom a little more lately. Over Christmas she landed in the hopital with heart problems. She has been in a lot of pain over the last year due to a hip problem she has but the local surgeon will not replace her hip because she is high risk. Well her MD feels that the pain caused her heart problem and it will reoccur if we don't take care of the problem so he referred us to USC. We went yesterday and the specialist was very postitive. He is willing to do the surgery if we can get her heart more regulated. We waited 2 1/2 hrs. to see him but are so glad that he is hopeful! So next week it is on to the heart specialist and we will see how he can help......

Sorry this is such a heavy post...I just feel you deserve a little explaination because I made promises that I haven't been able to keep....

So...that being said, I absolutely, positively promise the giveaway sign-up will start this weekend... !!! REALLY, it will!!!

Please come back and visit! And I would love to hear about everyone's valentines! Hugs! karen...

Pink and White Inspiration

On the Year of Color Blog the color of the month is pink.... so since I wanted to add to the flicker site, I thought I would share some pretty pink with you also...

I love this tattered doll...and why not in a pink and white teacup?

a doll my mom made on the pink pillows from our couch... the one on the right is a vintage pillow and the other pillow was made by mom also.

Some pretty frou-frou millinery hats.....

Happy Pink Saturday! karen....

Catching Up a Little!

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted. I have been crazy busy lately and have a feeling it might get a little worse before it gets better. I just need to figure out a little more balance so I can keep up with all you cute bloggers! I don't have any photos for you today, just some valentine images that I got off of a free sight last year (don't remember which one) so you can use them if you like!

I finished my All that I love swap for the Year of color blog and we will be getting our Valentine books from Dede soon, I can't wait! She showed a sneek peek on her blog and they look so pretty so I will have some pictures to show you soon.
This is actually my 100th post but I don't have my giveaway quite ready for you! I have designed some new fun art elements that I think will be unique and I need to finish up a project with them to give away, so hold tight! Hang in there with me! It will be worth it, I promise! I just enjoy doing this blog and meeting all you nice visitors who are now becoming friends and I want my giveaway to be extra special....Hopefully it will be ready by Sunday! I will post either way by then...Have a happy friday and I will talk to you this weekend! ...karen...