CHRISTMAS STOCKING SWAP

Hello, thank you for visiting me today, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Our Christmas has not started yet as my son's won't be home until Monday. We had a Christmas stocking swap in the Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group, hosted by the lovely Kris Dickinson. You could either buy a pre-made stocking and add to it or you could make one. I received this beautiful Eiffel Tower stocking from Caroline and then we filled it with things. Thank you so much Caroline. I love it. I made a stocking, I used linen that my husband's Grandmother brought over from Europe and vintage lace, which was for Lisa, I made her a journal, a cloth Marie ornament and a necklace. I hope she likes it. I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday week. Hugs, Terri

WHITE WEDNESDAY

Hi Everyone, I have been wanting to join Kathleen's White Wednesday for a couple of weeks, but have been so busy. I have been collecting white Christmas things and really love them. Thank you for visiting my blog today and I want to wish everyone and their families a very Merry Christmas. Hugs, Terri

MY RECIPE BOOK IS FINISHED

My Cover


My page Front




Back of my page and Debi's front of her page




Debi's back of her page and Rella's front of her page




Back of Rella's page and Front of Mary's page



Back of Mary's page and front of Dawn's page




Back of Dawn's page and front of Holly's page




Back of Holly's page and front of Robin's page




Back of Robin's page and I added another page made by me



Back of my page




My back cover of my Recipe Book


We had a wonderful swap at the Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group, it was hosted by the lovely Debi Huntsman, this was her first time hosting a swap and she did a wonderful job. We made recipe pages for each person in the swap and I just received mine back, so I bound them together in a book. It is such a wonderful book, I love all the beautiful pages and I can't wait to try all the wonderful recipes. Thank you so much Debi for hosting this wonderful swap and this recipe book is such a treasure. Thank you Rella, Debi, Dawn, Holly, Mary, Robin your pages are just lovely and I can't wait to try your wonderful recipes. Thanks for visiting me today, I hope you have a wonderful day. Hugs, Terri

WONDERFUL MAIL I RECEIVED

I won Debi's Mes Belles Chaussures beautiful giveaway and it has arrived. Oh, it is such a beautiful box of wonderful items, one of her handmade shoes, which is beautiful, lovely lace and ribbons, a vintage dress clip and vintage earrings and beautiful cloth flowers. I love everything Debi and I can't wait to create with it. Thank you so much Debi, I so appreciate it. You have to visit her beautiful blog Life in my Studio .




The other item that arrived is this wonderful snowman, I won this giveback from Laurie Anna's Vintage Home isn't he the cutest, I just love him and was so excited to have won, they are still having beautiful givebacks, visit her beautiful blog, she also has a wonderful store Laurie Anna Vintage Home . Thank you so much I will treasure him for years to come. Well thank you for visiting me today and have a wonderful week. I know how fast this week will fly and have so much to do. Hugs, Terri

REBECCA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY!

Hello, Thank you for visiting me today. It is a very special day, it is Rebecca's Birthday. I want to wish her a very wonderful Birthday, she is such a beautiful lady inside and out and it has been such a pleasure meeting her. Please go see her beautiful blog, just click on the above sweet picture of Rebecca and join the party. I love to visit her blog, her photo's are just amazing and so are her beautiful creations. Happy Birthday Rebecca, I hope you have a lovely day.

We are to share a present that we made for someone, well I usually share most things I make but this is one that I have not shared. In September, my daughter in laws, niece Anna was killed. She and her Mom had just picked up her brother and sister at school and were walking to Piano lessons, when they were crossing a side street a car had stopped to let them pass. A distracted 17 year old driver who was speeding hit the back of the car who had stopped and pushed that car into Anna and her Mother, Anna died instantly, all of our hearts were broken, she was only 2 1/2 years old. This happened in Bellingham, WA. I live in Michigan and my heart was just broken and I did not know what to do. I decided that I would make a necklace for Anna's Mom, so that she could keep her close to her heart. I had a vintage heart locket and this is what I made. I know it was not much, but I hope it helped a little. Thank you for visiting me today and I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. Hugs, Terri

A COUPLE OF THINGS I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON

I can't believe how fast Christmas is coming, I always wish I had one more week. Here are a couple of things I have been working on. I have been collecting broken china doll heads for a long time, wondering what I was going to do with them, well a week ago I saw someone's blog where they had made a china doll topiary tree. I decided to make china doll tree's. I used styrofoam cones and also hard paper mache cones, I put vintage looking papers on them and then decorated them with vintage lace, ribbons and then added the heads to the top and covered up the broken parts with lace and ribbon. I also added hands to some of them. I have these sitting on my mantel for Christmas.

The other item that I have been working on are some journals for gifts, this time I used color, I hope they like them. Have a wonderful week and thanks for visiting me. Hugs, Terri

WE GOT OUR FIRST SNOW!

Well on Sunday, we got our first snow, but this was a very strange storm, when it started snowing it was warm outside, so it was like an ice storm and a snow storm on top of it. Everything is covered in a layer of ice and then we got 8-10 inches of snow on top, and then the temperature dropped to 10 degrees and the 30 miles an hour winds hit, blowing and drifting snow. There are lots of people without power and the school kids have had a second snow day. They are having trouble clearing the roads because the temps are so low, with the wind chill its -7. I thought I would share some pictures, the poor trees are really bent. Thanks for visiting me today and have a wonderful week. Hugs, Terri

THE BEAUTIFUL CROWNS I RECEIVED

These are the crown's I received in the Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group swap that I hosted, the first one is the beautiful crown I received from Debi from Life in my Studio she is so sweet and has such a beautiful blog, if you have not visited her blog you really must, I always say she is the Queen of Pink. The crown is so beautiful, she has added so many beautiful details to it. I love it and will treasure it. Thank you so much Debi.






The second crown I received is from Lisa her crown is so beautiful, I asked for cream and silver and well she delivered. She is on flicker , she is also so sweet, I love this beautiful crown. Thank you so much Lisa, I will treasure your beautiful crown. The last picture is of my Marie Tree, my sister gave me this silver tree fro my Birthday and I love it, so I decorated it with my crowns and shoes and lots of Marie things, I have it in my sun room and I put my Marie doll by it. Thank you so much for visiting me today. Boy I can't believe how fast Christmas is coming, have so much to do. Have a wonderful Sunday. Hugs, Terri