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Ya'll need to run over to The Odd Sparrow and take a look at her contest...you will get some great decorating tips AND the opportunity to win a Gift Certificate for her web shop ! I am fixing to enter myself and if I win I will be getting some of her FABULOUS scented pine cones ....

Please join The Scented Cottage and other participating Make Mine Pink Boutiques for Pink Friday...this Friday presenting "Lavender and Lace". Take advantage of this opportunity to visit the shops at Make Mine Pink and see their special offerings. Click here: Pink Friday Participating S…

Well, wishin' I was anyway...and that inspired me to start a wreath. It's still in the "makin' " stages because I have to keep stopping to attend to other things but I hope to have it finished by Friday. I will add starfish and shells and other good things to it and that wil…

This hasn't been a very satisfactory spring, sigh. Except for the wisteria it doesn't seem like spring at all...much too cool and rainy. Spent the week in Augusta, had a good time but am very happy to be back. I have lots of work to do on the web shop and at home. I have really missed bl…

On a brighter note the Cardinals are back ! Unfortunately the photos I uploaded are on the infected computer ... so you are seeing two old photos, one of the shop and one of Willie and Wynnona when they were just babies. Sooo this Antivirus 2009 is evil and insidious...it can install itself on your…

The truth is I would much rather be doing what Wynnona is ... you know catching up on some beauty rest. But instead I am trying to organize my back room. soooo I am showing you what my Sweetie bought me from the Good Will (and ohhh yes, he got lotsa good will for this baby!). It is a packing …

Well after my cold and snowy trip to Pennsylvania I thought I would share a few of the spring/summer wreaths I made. My favorite is the Wisteria. I love Wisteria...not only do I love the color but it just screams romantic to me. I love driving the back roads when it's blooming because there …

A few months ago one of my sweet friends told me she was going to a trade show...it sounded like fun so I said "I wanna go toooo." So we made plans to go together. Oh my WHAT was I thinking? Pennsylvania in February....now I have lived in Pennsylvania and so I do know, somewhere in the…

Very BEST wishes for a blessed Christmas and joyous holiday season. Even facing mounting difficulties in the New Year we all still have a lot to be thankful for. My family has chosen to focus on our "haves" instead of our "have nots". It is easy for us because we have been t…

Oh my oh my in the midst of a busy busy schedule my SweetiePie and I took a long week end to travel to Pensacola, Florida. His cousin gave us a travel trailer and we went to pick it up and have a visit with cousin and his wife. My SweetiePie and his cousin served in the Navy together and have a v…