Cathy's "Amour" Valentine Swap

Cathy at Treasured Heirlooms & Elegance and Whimsy Is Hosting a "Amour" Valentine Swap. Please join in the fun and "BE MY VALENTINE". Go over Here for all the details.

ICE FLOWERS

For those of you that wanted to know as much as i did, Here is the link to an article i found about the Ice Flower plant.. It can happen on more then the plant i have here, but not that many.. Happy reading.. Oh now i am curious to find out if the plant they are forming on,is a wild Oregino plant...

Here is hopeing you all had a wonderful holiday.

I had a wonderful time with family and friends. Ate to much as always. Only a few days until we start a new year. It seems as though time passes so much faster. YOu turn on full turn around and it has been two years. My sweety will be on vacations for several days, so i won't be posting to much.. I Love having him home with me. I never tire of his company. I did get a new camera for christmas.. It is awsome. So now mabey i can get some good quality photos. If i figure out what all the buttons are for.. Happy Holidays..

And The Winner IS

Drum Roll Please.. OK OK enough... snar drums at this time of the morning.. hahah Well i guess your waiting. I decided, to have my first giveaway, on my blog for christmas.. This vintage paper is so great.. To the one that wins this paper I hope you do something great with it.. Happy holidays to all of you.. Now for those of you that did not win this, i do have much more of this paper on my website for sale...




And The winner is...
Soggybottom... So soggybottom if read this i need you to comment or email me with your address so i can mail this out to you.. Thanks to all that signed up for this giveaway.. I hope each of you have a Merry Christmas

A few Christmas Decor Photos

I have enjoyed everyones christmas decor photos so much.. Dreamy,crystal,sparkley,wonderlands.. I know you know, how hard it is to get photos to look good with the lights on ,on the tree or on the mantle.. I did a few with them on and off. I love my santas, the pink one is a Brinns English Garden SAnta.. The other one is Gold and white and i do not know who his maker is .. He is very heavy and very embellished.. Lovely to look at.. Then i have one i have under my cloche I realy love his look too. HOpe you enjoy the photos.

EXTENDING MY VINTAGE CHRISTMAS PAPER GIVEAWAY

Up until today i only had 3 sweets sign up for my give away.. I am going to extend it until friday.. If you want the chance for this paper i need your john doe.. lol... It is wonderful vintage gift wrap... Just look down a few post to see what it looks like. Happy Holidays and good luck....

My Baby Boy has Grown sooooooo fast

IT has only been three months since i got my puppy.. Rowdy is his name.. He has such a sweet face.. lol... I took some photos of him over the weekend to show how much he has grown and changed.. I will post a couple of him when i first got him, then the photos of him now.Well as always i put the photos in wrong.. Enjoy!!!!

I am having a sale at Faded But desired Treasures.

I have marked down my Vintage tablecloths if anyone collects these or buys to resale. Also if you have seen anything you would like to have you can go over shoot me an email and MAKE AN OFFER ... This is only for a short time . So go on over to
my website and see if there is anything you can't live without. Happy Holidays.

Fun Give away...

Sing this nest sentence to the tune of "She had fun fun fun till her daddy took her t-bird away.. haha

This is fun fun fun so now she's gonna give it away..

If you saw the vintage christmas gift wrap from a few post back, and i know some of you did, as you left comments on it, then just leave me another comment on the paper and tell me if you would like to have it .. I will be drawing names for the gift wrap on Tuesday of next week.. So get those names in to me.. Have a great weekend.

This is very cool!!!!

So i was out at the flea market, it was freezing. I stopped at a booth that had some homemade natural products made from goat milk and all natural ingrediants. I have bought some of this ladys products before, they are great. But as i was standing there looking i saw something new she had there. It was stuffed animals.. wrapped up in bags. They looked different though..I piked one up, and WOW!!! they smelled W~~O~~N~~D~~E~~R~~F~~~U~~~L!!!! I said just what are these? She laughed.. She explained it to me. They are coated with wax that has a fragrence added to it. You just sit it in your room and it smells wonderful.. Now if the smell has become not so noticable, just take your blow dryer and warm it up a bit and it will smell good as new. I have never seen anything like it.. I have this lady's number if you would like one. She has several animals to choose from.

ETSY COTTAGE STYLE COOKIE EXCHANGE

Don't you love cookies? I do.. But one certain kind for me at Christmas..
These are my favorite cookies. Period... My aunt use to make these for me when i was very young.. She made them up until my uncle had a stroke and she could not travel anymore. My Mother then started makeing them for me.. I did get the recipe and make them now myself since my mommy passed away. I know you have all had them but this is my recipe to share .. Pass the Milk Please..


SAND TARTS
1 CUP BUTTER
1/2 CUP POWDERED SUGAR
2 CUPS CAKE FLOUR,PLAIN FLOUR CAN BE USED
1 CUP CHOPPED NUTS
1 TSP. VANILLA


Cream buter, add sugar, flour, nuts, and vinilla.
Shape into balls or cresents (cresents for me please)
Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 325 degrees
for 20 minutes or until light brown.
Roll in powdered sugar while warm.
Makes 4 doz.
This is an old recipe.