merry merry~

dont you love this!

this is one of my favorite christmas songs...lol

kecias pendant~

i received this pendant from kecias etsy and last night i worked to put it into a necklace......

i love this design of hers and want to have everything with her madonna on it!!

thank~you kecia!

if you want a good laugh go here and look at the second square....

terry f's page~

well terry i am finally sending your journal page on its merry way..

hope you like it!

finally on its merry way~

my journal is finally ready(i think) to send off for the round robin with the girls in my squam workshop class....my theme is nature and it took such a long time to get the creative juices flowing on this until i realized , duh~!, do want you know love best and then every fell into place....i really could keep embellishing the book but it needs to go on its merry way, i can do that when it gets back to me in a year, lol~~

so here are a few sneak peeks of the front and my first page...

full moon rising~

Friday's full moon was the biggest one of the year, with Earth's natural satellite reaching its closest point to our planet.

check this out!!

if you think this picture of trailer park britney spears

is hilarious!!

go to here and check them all out!!!!

first snow fall*

first snow fall and biggie is in HEAVEN!! it is always hard to get him and chance marie in
when it turns cold...go to julies blog to see biggie and miss verabelle in action!

hope you are warm and cozy in your neck of the woods!!

julie is out with her mom cutting down our christmas tree!

xox

round robin~

i have been working diligently every night putting finishing touches on my journal

for the round robin with several of the talented gals from my nina bagley class we all took

in new hampshire...

i also have been working on the page from terry's journal, her first page...

it was very hard for me to find a theme for my journal

i dont know why but it was

and what it came down to finally is

do what you LOVE

and when i did that

everything came together for the journal including

this DARLING picture taken

by my friend deb

she so graciously said i could use in my journal...

page for terry in progress

nutz?

i found this article on msnbc this morning and found it so interesting!!

so after you read this go out and get some food for our winter time friends..

times are rough on them too....

thank~you~

ps..beth you are my shining star when it comes to feeding our winter friends

i know they do not go hungry at your cottage!

xox

give thanks~

today we have much to be thankful for..

times can be tough but you always have your family through thick and thin

and i am most thankful for that...

julie made her delicious french pressed coffee morning

as she does every weekend morning.we spent the early afternoon at my moms eating her delicious turkey, ham, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, rolls

and

several desserts.vera with my moms dog-gracie

my 2beautiful nieces-maddy and sam, my beautiful daughter-heather with vera and me....

wishing you many family memories...

xox

snowmen cometh~

how cute is this family!!!

directions are in this months cloth paper scissors

xox

gratitude~

i was over at eb's blog last night and she had a post on gratitude and that she was going to start a

gratitude-journal ..

it is a wonderful idea and i started mine last night..it makes sense to me after reading christine's explaination as to why it works, i am so in.......

how bout you?

what are you grateful for???

messing around.....

and the winners are.......

heather

maija

and because she knows me sooo sooo well-

ellen ......

thanks to all who left comments as it made be feel good that you stopped by......

okay, i will try and have a

little holiday giveaway next month!! so stay tuned..

prizes will go out early next week!

xox

portal to where contest?

is this an amazing picture?? it came in a email and i think has been making its rounds with no info attached..it looks to me like some kind of

magic portal

but to

where????

leave me a comment with your thoughts on

this photo and i will pick one or two out

with the help of chance marie

for a couple of prizes.....

drawing will be on wednesday...

xox

come & gone..

the faeries have come and gone..we did what we do best..

ate, shopped, drank and laughed like fools!!!

here are a few pictures from saturdays road trip..we went to delaware, ohio

home to ohio wesleyan college chartered in 1842..

very charming main street with cute antique stores and restaurants...

the one below~hamburger inn

started in 1932..

fabulous homemade delicious diner food...

gawd! it was heaven, had the best chili, never like i had before and grilled cheese...

it was just darling!! we will return there for sure!!

next door was an awesome antique store,

dont be surprised if you stop by good manor and you see this pulpit in a corner somewhere, lol

across the street was this contraption, lol

we had a great day and later that night we had the season ending bonfire!

a wonderful saturday spent with the bestest of friends...xox

tears and hugs were shed at the airport when we dropped them off..

we love them all so much and cannot wait until we meet again!

xox

YES WE CAN~

i am not political by any means

but this election is history in the making

and i will be vocal about

our country needing change......

i voted for change!

i found this video tonight and i think it is briliant!!

it was made by will i. am. of the black eyed peas..

check it out!

late on a deadline~

so i have owed someone something and am late in doing so...
but to my defense i really havent found anything that i
felt was right for her..but a few days ago i found something
HERE

that i thought was perfect ....so lets hope i was right..

instructions from a A Charming Exchange...

sunday night~

i know this post is lammo, but that is all i got!

busy this coming week as getting good manor ready for the faeries arrival!

they will start arriving on friday morning from the east coast

west coast and

the land of disney....

1st halloween party of 2008

well there isnt much i can say is damn we look good! the idea maker behind the group costume is my wonderful friend~sharon andrews
me and marcy decided we both would never had done this for anyone but HER!!
but all in all it was a great party with good margaritas!!
and we took these pictures pre~party at sharons house..
sharon has the best camera .
we all look beautiful with her camera!
xox

gloomy friday~

it is windy cold wet and rainy...

not motivated to do a damn thing....

i have 3halloween parties the next 3saturdays ..

most pressing is tomorrows party

i still need to finish the costume.....see who we are going as...

mail call~

this wonderful doll came in the mail nestled in tightly

with a bag of dark chocolate covered ginger...

it came all the way from nova scotia courtesy of my wonderful friend lani....

she recently took a class making dolls from pipe cleaners, fabric strips and ribbon. wwe both decided that we would d a 1for1 swap...her dolls face is a button which i love and she picked it up at this cool bead shop in bellevue, washington on our way to artfest this past year.....

lani, i love her and the hidden rock and the beautiful bell she carries on her arm..

xoxtis is a sneak peak of my doll that will be on its way to nova scotia, i waasnt sure how to form the body as lanis was formed with pipe cleaners and foam rubber, mine on the other hand is formed with those plastic grocery bags....she is tall and thin but i really love how she turned out..and i hope lani loves her too....

hope y'all are having a great fall monday!!

it is so beautiful here in ohio..

xox

last night~

last night julie our friend~jamie and myself attended the below production at the largest cemetary in our city. it is rich with history and i cannot believe i have never been there ever!

our good friend heather was one of the directors of the production.

below are just some pictures of the show...

it was a great show and i will be back at the cemetary to take some more pictures, i cannot believe how beautiful some of the monuments are..i thought the one below is totally cool as it looks like the letters are dripping blood...okay blood is a stretch but it does look like they are dripping and

i love the ghoulish and creepy especially at halloween...

okay, back to the coffin..

randomness at good manor~

just some random pictures at good manor last night.....

deb do not look at the last picture!

chance & nelly

chance & biggie

one of our toads sunning

saturday at good manor

i think i have made it pretty well know that i LOVE fall.......
the crispness in the air, the bounty of color, bonfires at good manor,
and PUMPKIN PIE with cool whip~~
today was a beautiful fall day

the trees were bursting with color and there was campfire in the air!!

the only thing wrong was that it was in the 70s and not in the 50s

but i am confident that tonight when we have our now famous bonfires

it will be in the 50s and the air wil be perfect..the usual suspects will be here...

deb, kelly, eric, leonard & heather and that sweet alexander, bryce and jen..

of course the dogs will be making an occasional appearance throughout the night..

we will be having adult bevs, hot dogs and of course no fire is complete without s'mores....

so if you are in the vicinity..stop by!!

xoxo

julie preparing the fire ring for tonights bonfire

good manor from deer field