It's Still February! No It's Not!!

Hello Friends!

Sooo, did March come in like a lion or a lamb where you live?
It came in like a lion here in San Diego.
Rain!
Wind!
Temperatures in the 50s!
Actually, that's kind of fun for us :)
My best wishes for you all dealing with
the crazy cold and snowy winter this year!

I had wanted to get this post out while it was still February,
as I still have a few pretty Valentine pics to share.

The fabulous Vignettes hosted a wonderful event
for Valentine's Day,  
Fifty Shades of Pink!

Vintage Valentine boxes:

Look at this altered book!


Pretty pink dresses:

Fabulous bling:



Look at the fabulous bodice on this dress,
created from vintage rhinestone jewelry!



I would love to have this Eiffel Tower
(it lights up!).

Because this shop is literally a few blocks from the ocean,
they incorporate sea treasures in many of their creations:

Yep.  Jaw-droppingly gorgeous!

For our Valentine's Day, we took naps and stayed up late to watch
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Not exactly a rom com date movie.
But so good!

The next night we went to the Hard Rock hotel
to babysit our adorable grandson
while his Mom and Dad went out for date night.
 They made a cute Valentine for me,
which I can't find right now,
and brought us gold-dusted macarons from a fancy OC bakery:

Next time I'll have some new creations to share with you!

And freebies...
I wish you cloudless skies and happy hours:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!  

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!  

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by Blissful Whites Wednesday!

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

 

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

Surprise! Baby Shower! Valentines! Freebies!

Hello Friends!

Hope you all are thawing out out there in the East and Midwest!
We have been having some embarrassingly warm HOT weather here,
I feel like we've been stealing the sunshine!
But things are getting a bit more normal.
Which is to say, 70 degrees and sunny :)

I had the most wonderful surprise last week!

You may know that I am in a local craft group...

Our meeting last week was supposed to be our

yearly Valentine's party, 

which is always a fun one, with pink and red and hearts, etc.

So I made my item for the swap,

which was to be a Valentine's Day banner:

And a sweet treat,
pink Rice Krispies hearts with an arrow:

And just cuz it looked so cute,

Caprese Salad with heart shaped mozzarella cheese: 

 BUT, when I arrived.
instead of pinks and reds,
I was met with BLUE!!

SURPRISE!!!

My wonderful friends surprised me with a lovely

Grandma's Baby Shower!!

I hadn't suspected a thing,

although it was more than a month in the making!

Look at the wonderful decorations by Marti and Pam!

These adorable pinwheels:

 

This lovely banner which says "Welcome Grandson":

Look at these adorbs little boats:

Marti even enlisted the help of her husband and daughter

 in the making of the banner and boats :)

There was champagne...well, to be honest, there's always champagne ;)

and the food was marvelous!

Chicken pot pies:

Cupcakes:

 More cupcakes, pasta and cheese, ceviche, salad, fruit, cheeses and more!

I am sorry that I didn't take more pictures,

but I was quite overwhelmed!

Ooooh, and there were gifties!!

A Grandma's brag book, and all the most adorable papers and embellishments 

I could ever want!

And...

how adorable are these little baby shoes 

that they made for me:

Crafted with paper and embellishments,

aren't they the cutest!!

It was a wonderful evening, 

♥♥♥ thank you, lovely Ladies, so much! ♥♥♥

Baby is threatening to make an appearance any minute,

so my daughter is on bed rest.  

This is my first grandchild,

who has been eagerly awaited for several years.

Very exciting!!

Here's some freebies for your crafting pleasure :)

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!  

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday.!  

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!
Seasonal tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays! 

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!
Amazing things at Amaze Me Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by Blissful Whites Wednesday!

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

Sweet and Simple links at Sweet and Simple Friday!

  ♥♥♥Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
 Have a great weekend!

Swaps, Swaps, Swaps and Freebies!!

Hello Friends!

Noooo, it's almost the end of January
and I still have Christmas posts to catch up on!  :O

I just love the swaps in my MAMA group,
they are so fun and the people are wonderful!
This is a Douze Jours de Noel
(Twelve Days of Christmas)
swap
where we made gifties and gathered vintage/French-themed goodies
for our partner.
These are my handmade gifties:

 A closer look:

Marie Antoinette chandelier crystal...


 Hand-dyed seam binding...

 

Handmade tags...

Altered matchbox....

Embellished snowflake...


Charlotte clothespin doll...

 

Embellished Eiffel tower...

Bottlebrush Christmas tree in salt shaker...

I received gorgeous gifties from my partner Lisa,
which I will post next time.


 This is a Bingo card pocket stuffed with goodies
that I made for a swap in my Paper Soiree group:

And this is an altered bottle I made for a friend:

 

And these little houses kept me VERY busy in December:

A pink one for my friend Brenda:

 Whew!!
It's always hard for me to let go of Christmas each year...

But this year I had another big event
to keep me busy in January, which was
MY BABY GIRL's BABY SHOWER!!
Well, she is not exactly a baby :)
I will soon post pics of that wonderful event.

I am enjoying the Swap for ALL Seasons swaps;
January's theme was "Thinking of You", and the color blue:



I was very excited to finally use that little wooden
"thinking of you" tag that I've had for years :D

 We make a card and tag to fit the theme,
and send color-themed goodies along with:

And now let's get on with the Valentine's Day crafting!

This is an altered candy box I made for a swap:
 

I'm still not up to date,
I have more pics of what I've made and received,
which I will post shortly!

Here are some images that I hope you will like:

 

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!  

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday.!  

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by Blissful Whites Wednesday!

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

  ♥♥♥Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great week!