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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

A Day With Friends

It's always a treat to spend a day with friends...and that's just what I got to do a couple weeks ago. Patricia and I headed up to Pennsylvania to spend the day with Tisha. They took me out to lunch for my birthday. We did a little shopping as well...stopping at a few antique shops and also Brown's Orchards and Farm Market. The weather was amazing...and the fellowship with my dear friends was as wonderful as always!! Plus I got some presents too!

I just had to take a picture of this "bossy" sign that we saw on the way to Pennsylvania.

One of the cute little shops we visited.

I love this pretty scene...there's something about red and green. It's my favorite two color combo!

My friends....Patricia and Tisha.

This photo (all were taken with my phone) doesn't do this scene justice.

Tisha and Patricia were very intrigued by the Honey Bees at Brown's.

I was happy to stand back and just snap a few photos.

Patricia has started her own bee hive at her home. She's hoping for honey next year.

Isn't this a sweet little statue?!

Brown's had some beautiful window boxes on display. This one was my favorite.

But this one....

...and this one were very pretty too!

It was a really, really nice day!

Here's one of presents...this braided mat is from Tisha. I love the colors!
She also got me a really wonderful red, metal box, and some other little treasures!

Patricia gave me presents too...including this awesome old typewriter!
Such a fuzzy phone photo!

Spending time with these two women is one of my very favorite things to do!!
(I'd say that even if no presents were involved!!)

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

The Office Christmas Party

One of my favorite activities in December is going to our office Christmas party. I love picking out just the right gifts for my boss, his wife, and my co-workers...and I really love wrapping the gifts up in pretty paper, ribbons and bows!

Here's my "gifts to give" piled up near my front door...ready to be loaded into my car.

For the past several years we've had our dinners at the home of my boss, Geoff, and his wife, Peggy. It's such a pretty home...a little bit of snow, and you'd have the perfect Christmas card!

Dinner was served in this cozy dining room....grilled pork loin and homemade mac & cheese among other things. So yummy!

Geoff's son made each of us these wonderful snowmen!

And Peggy made us these amazing coconut cake,
and a delicious apple pie (it's hidden under the foil)!
Notice the red and white checks in the background?

Here's a better look!
Love this cozy corner!!

A toasty fire waited for us. More of Greg's handiwork is in here. The mantle, and the birds and ship on it, and that beautiful coffee table! The photo doesn't do it justice. It's made out of two planks of wood and a set of old sewing machine legs.

It's perfect in this room!

The tree is so pretty...I love seeing ornaments I've given them hanging on the branches.
I also like to get ideas from other ornaments hanging there.

Like this angel...I love her wings.

A doily folded in half. So sweet!

I gave Peggy this little felted sheep several years ago.

Another friend gave her this pig...I LOVE this pig!

Every pig needs a polka dot sweater!

Speaking of sweaters.....how cute is this one! Peggy found several of these at a little coffee shop.

I can see bits of three other ornaments I've given her in this photo. A silver vase, a paper mache star with baby Jesus on it, and a creamy, white mitten.

And here's the most important part of the evening...the people.

This is the current office staff.

Geoff, Jennifer, Regina, Mike, and me.

Definitely a fun group of people!!

First of all...this is black and white because I couldn't get the color edited correctly.

Secondly, this is the office staff as we began the year.

Four of us. The same four that have been together for seven years. Joan retired the end of June. We were happy to have her back with us for our Christmas party!

I'm so blessed to work with such nice people!!

Here's a peek at last year's party.
And here's a photo of Peggy and Greg....a little grainy, but special just the same!

It was a wonderful office party!

Speaking of parties...there's another reason to celebrate today.
It's my daughter-in-law Johanna's birthday!!
Happy birthday to you!!
Hope you have a wonderful day!!

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Maker of Stuff

I have been busy creating stuff...the craft show is less than three weeks away! Time is flying by! Can't believe it's the last week of November!

These wreaths were a spur of the moment idea. Remember this wreath. Well I still had wreath forms, bows, and angels in my stash, so I stopped at Target and picked up three more shiny, green garlands from the Dollar Spot and whipped these up.

The bright colors and cute faces make me happy!

I found the Santa mugs at The Christmas Tree Shop during my last trip to Pennsylvania. (I have since discovered that there's one closer than that!) What a deal at 2 for $3.00! I picked up some little trees at Michael's, and then decorated them with stuff I had in my stash! (I have a lot of stash!) I love the one with the red bells, still not too sure about the other one though.

The next three photos are all things made with "stash on hand"...little bits of this and that.

Finally finished up the "snowguys" too!

The Santas in the following photo were painted by a dear friend of mine. I met her years ago...she was a "maker of stuff" just like me! She passed away last year. She used to have a little shop above her husband's workshop. Her husband called me this year and said he had gone through her things and had some stuff to give me. BOXES of stuff! So I've been going through it a little bit at a time...trying to decide what to do with it all. I think she'd be pleased with the things I made with her Santas.