I am still heeerrreee.......!!!

So what is taking me so long to post??? I am a slacker! No other word for it, just a SLACKER!
My life has been good, quiet and I guess a little boring for the onlooker I thought...I am at peace but just nothing to post...or so I thought. But really, I do have things to share. For now...these are my new blue plates added to my cake stand, I have admired them for awhile and love them (please ignore the straight pin on the bottom plate...it must have fallen there when I hung the red and white garland) We gave the lovebird shakers to my mom for christmas...

This picture looks a little wonky but I am trying hard to get this post in before work and there is a window behind which gives a shadow so I took it from an angle, this is my sparkly blue and green vignette...I got the bunny a couple of weeks ago at tj maxx and am in love with him!

Went to see "It's Complicated" I laughed my fanny off, great girlfriend movie! and I posted that Marissa and I went to see "The Proposal" that was funny and cute too!

Well, I better skidattle! I am late for work, but I have some fun things to share in the near future so don't give up on me! hugs! karen....

The last of my faves....

Here is the last of the pictures that I loved...most of them creations by me...I have decided to lessen the amount of family pictures I post because of hurtful criticisms but my family pictures would usually be first.
I love the soft colors of this magnet board and prayer cards:

I had fun with all these halloween creations and loved doing the tutorial for the Year of Color:

Yo-yo garland.....

My millinery bounty on one fun flea market trip with Robin....

Fly Away...... a little boy who needed wings

The original postcard which reads, "how do you like this for gator bait?" See why he needed wings?


A bowl full of buttons and bobs....

And the beautiful little baby we adopted this year...(she is actually quite the rascal but we are all still madly in love!)

Talk to you soon! karen......

Last years favorites.....

Just a little post of mostly pictures...I will probably do this one more time...these are some of my favorites.....

Valentines on the credenza...

May day basket swap...these are the goodies that I gave to a very special friend....Marlene...

A little pocket journal for me....

A banner for a valentines banner swap made for Jerri... I love the blue and red...

a little birdie in an egg cup.....

And a doll my mom made with some pretty pillows....

My sweet girl and I are off to see "Did you hear about the Morgan's?" I'll let you know how it is! Happy Sunday! karen......

Happy! Happy!

I hope you had a wonderful New Year's eve, we saw the new year in quietly...we stayed inside, made yummy food and just watched movies....
On wednesday, I stayed in my jammies the whole day! I don't think I have done that in my adult life unless I was sick.... the result was the above picture...stars, candles and little pretty add-ons for some pretty something....
We are having a postponed holiday party in January and I still want it to seem magical without the Santas and snowmen...so I am going for stars and sparkle with my new mercury glass....
All blues/greens and silver... I really had fun creating again!

I also did some thrifting and flea marketing.... I found the polka dot bread pan and pedestal plate at a new thrift store we discovered...$1.75 for both!
The cherub plate, pretty labels and teeny valentine were from a flea market jaunt and some sparkly ornies from Target after christmas sale...they will decorate at our party...

Well, I hope you are enjoying your start to 2010, wow that sounds weird!
Hugs and well wishes...karen....

Around the House.....

Above is a picture of my magnet board filled with pastel christmas cards and holy cards...I just love these gentle cards...their colors, the beautiful pictures of Mary and children......
I also found a love for mercury glass this year and asked Santa for some....

sorry for the bluriness but the candlesticks and little birdie are from target...I'm in love!

I bought these two mercury glass candle holders before xmas at Marshalls and Cost Plus...don't you just love the discount stores?

Now this next pictue is on penant on a banner I made for our house and of course, I uploaded all these pictures backwards! I am a lame-o when it comes to computers...but you will get the idea by the end...it spells out Merry.....

Well, sorry for the bad pictures and loading!... but I'm still loveable! hee! hee!

Happy 2 days before New Years eve...... karen....

Ho! Ho! Ho! ?????

I know I have been quiet for most of the month and for that I apologize. This month has been a doozy for us in not necessarily a good way so this wonky tree was a perfect depiction of how we all have felt... We lost a dear friend at the beginning of the December, a friend who spent several days out of month with us and had been around my whole life and it was a blow to us all, including the kids. We will miss him dearly but will also always honor the friendship and companionship we had with him forever....
I had to get that off my chest....
Our Christmas was a really nice one. Our family get-together was delayed because of flu's and surgeries etc... so it was just my immediate family and it was quite charming. A friend came over on Wednesday and we crafted some candles and sachets for her to give as gifts, I really enjoyed that!
For Christmas eve we ate a wonderful dinner and played games with the kids and listened to carols...it doesn't get any better than that!
This morning we opened presents and made our traditional eggs benedict brunch...Yummy! Here are the pics of the eggs....

Well, I just wanted to stop in and say hope it was happy! Here is a picture of Marissa's new jammies and gnome socks (she likes gnomes) It might turn into our christmas card next year!

Hug the one's you love! I will be back soon! Hugs...karen....

Hello My Friends!!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving. We did! We ate turkey and ham and all the fixings but most of all got to spend time with the special people in our lives....
Sorry for the blog break...life has been very busy, hmmm lets see:

1. Son's birthday and our Anniversary ...check
2. My birthday....check
3. Daughter gets evil life- sucking flu.....check (unhappily checked!)
4. Family car breaks down..... check ($140.00 , not priceless)
5. Garage sale....check
6. Work 2 Saturdays (check...okay paid for the car breakdown)
7. Deep clean for Thanksgiving..... check
8. Hubby feeling bad...off to the doctor for a bunch of tests.... (results...life too stressful,watch diet and excersise)..... check.... hmmm...you think?
9. Prepare for wonderful dinner.....check
10.Have and eat wonderful dinner..... Yum! I mean....check
11. Birthday dinner party for good friend....check (now this is priceless!)
12. Hubbies car breaks down..... (most definitely not priceless...$350-400)....almost checked

But you know what? We made it through all this and still are as sane as we were as we started! (we wont discuss the state of our sanity on a regular month!)

Anywhoo.... I joined wonderful Robin of Thrifty Miss Priss fame's white fat book and here are the pages...sorry for the bad pictures, I forgot to take pictures so quickly took them before work and these are the one's that came out....

On Sunday we went to a local nature center and took their 2 mile trail, we had alot of fun and both kids came along...that is always special since they are teens and are rarely seen near their old parents!

I will be back soon with pictures of the christmas banners that I have made!

Happy December! karen.....