Pet Parade Party!

Please visit Kelee at The Katillac Shack!for a Party! The scarves are made and everyone is wearing them proudly!  Casey and Molly in theirs...

Casey is camera shy! She is my first grown up pet. I got her from the shelter after one of her brothers was featured as pet of the day on our local tv station. We had a great journey learning to live together and she is truly MY dog. I did not realise it until several years later that she was just perfect for me! She still at 13 years old brings me a toy as soon as I get home. She just loves toys (got that from me!) and is slowly showing her age with hearing and sight loss. But otherwise she rules the house (or the dogs. I'm WAY too Alpha to let her run me!) and is very careful to watch over the neighborhood children.

Molly is a Princess and annoyed. If she were a Diva this would have been no problem!  Molly I have had for a year. She was found wondering around a new development by some construstion workers. And sadly non of them came with her! ;) She has been a great addition to our family. Spunky (sorry not pictured, see side bar for his baby pic!) Has tried to be boss, as the only boy, but Casey is having none of it and Molly only lets him go so far before she tells him to back off! They are just like brother and sisters!
There will be a $3.00 donation for every post of the scarves! Thanks for you support!
Here's the how to :

WHERE:    www.KatillacShack.com
This has been such a fun project and easy way to raise money for all the sweeties that do not have forever homes!

 Hugs, Lisa
Sad note! I have NO INTERNET! I am so bummed! I see tons of great posts and I will way behind before it gets hooked up tomorrow. Way HUGE mess switching companies! Anyway, I'll visit when I can, and my fingers are crossed that it will be up and running tomorrow night!

And the winner is...

I am so excited that fall has arrived! I gathered all these lovely items that I wanted and decided that my super great blog friends needed them too! Thank you to all who stopped by to visit and entered in my giveaway! I do so hope the winner is as happy with the loot as I am with mine!!

With out further adieu...

THE WINNER IS...

 CAROL @ OLD GLORY COTTAGE!

Congrats Carol! Please email me your address and I will send your fall goodies out to you!

Happy October!

Hugs, Lisa

Please meet my new Friend !

Hi! Please meet my new friend Heidi!

Her sweet little blog is Fairy Foot Print in the Sand. She is very talented and loves all the good and fun things in life.

She has started hosting  Magical Disney Sundays. Pick your favorite Disney movie and join everyone for the memories! She joined Pink Saturday and visited me and we became great blog friends right off.

I was so honored when she awarded me with the Attitude of Gratitude award this week!

I was also lucky enough to have Tina @ Beansie Babbles also award this one to me!

Love blog friends!

NOW for the really great news!!

Heidi is having a give away!

This and two other super cute painted drawings are being given away to celebrate her first 50 followers!

Congrats Heidi!

Go over and sign up! You will enjoy your visit!

I hope you will all have a super great week!

Hugs, Lisa

Books

I started sometime late in August buying books. I was on a hunt and wasn't sure why. I found $1 books on sale tables that started a hunt for a series. Tasha Tudor had a birthday so I had to have more of hers. There are great decorating books I "needed". And then I was hooked on Somerset Magazines. SO I hunted more. I finally decided I was gathering to hibernate! I guess I read more in the winter. I know I get on kicks and then move to other things but I was definitely headed to a reading kick.

Now this is where my room is...

The bedside table

The magazine rack

End of the bed

In a display

On the floor

 

one of the book shelves two rows deep!

I am currently reading for the following series

Home To Holly Springs ( A Father Tim novel) Jan Karon

Letters From Pemberley Jane Dawkins

Miss Julia series Ann B Ross

Miss Read The Fairacre Series

and rereading  the twilight saga

Not to mention this

It is so cool!

I am so ready to settle in to Winter with my huge fiesta ware tea cup and nice warm cups of tea and all my favorite books!

Happy Reading!

Hugs, Lisa

Project Notebook

So I do on occasion make things. But cutting and pasting are my limit. hehe
I love the old black and white note books and have a huge collection of junk to use (and some I bought to use).
And whala...

I like postcards and tickets and mail

the buttons and flowers came in a kit and think made s fun touch

I continued the inside with the same theme

These tickets are a set from the etsy shop

two velvet bunnies

A sweet shop but I checked today for the link she is still on summer vacation!

 

an inside page

Back cover. This is a piece of scrap book paper and it really look 2d in the picture!

I am gathering my supplies and making a Halloween one this week. I'll share it soon.

Hugs, Lisa

Fall has Arrived!

I am now ready for fall! I just love the weather, going to the State Fair, and PUMPKINS! Here is a peek at my home ready for fall!

 

 

 

 Hope you enjoyed the peek into my Fall Decor and by peek I mean the house is now over run! hehe Please run over to It's So Very Cheri and join the fall party!

Hugs, Lisa

Happy Pink Saturday Shopping!

Happy Pink Saturday!

 

Please visit Ms. Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for a whole lotta PINK!

I LOVE  etsy!!

So I visit often as you are going to see...

Beth @ Words & Whimsies has not one but two etsy shops!

I have visited both , a lot, but I have snapped up loads at her Dimestorechic!

Well just have a look...

 

I got the these great spoons in box! See all the cards she sent! Look how cute it was wrapped...

 

And I got a sweet gift!

 

She knows how to get to my vintage side! hehehe

So later I went back and wanted this!

 

Look how it came and with a sweet prize too!

 

Please visit Beth you will love her blog and her shops!

I think a large few of you may know Elyse @ Cottage. She is also sooo very sweet and has just the best blog! 

Her shop is tinkeredtreasures and you will fall in love with her treasures!

I have shopped with her quite regularly and have shown her lovely wares but just had to have these clothes pins

 

Wash day is the theme! How cute is that??

BUT look what came too...

 

One of her pencil cups with clothes pins, a pencil, and a sweet book mark!

Ladies i got more treats than I bought! YEAH!

Next I found these sweeties

The two in the front!

(the large one is a sweet gift from Laura @ 52 Flea)

They are so very cute! They are from hbgordon 

Her stuff is just fabulous and she has the best customer service!

Well I do have  a lot more but you get the idea. I know there were only small glimps of pink but Beth and Elyse are sweet Pink Saturday girls so go visit!

Hugs, Lisa

Heirloom Party!

HI! It's Party Time!!

 

Please join http://www.blogger.com/%20http://emmacallsmemama.com for another great Heirloom Party!
Come on we love stuff and stuff with history is best!!

I am visiting with my greatgrandma Kistler today. I have quite a few of her items and actually I'm sure I have more than I'm showing but I got from my grandmother both of the greatmother's things so some I'm a little fuzzy as to who they belonged to.
These I know

Isn't this great actually used for years on the Turkey ranch in Longmont, Colorado.
I love it hanging in my bathroom. My Great-grand Father put a pump in her drysink in the kitchen so she could have running water in doors! They were very progressive. She even worked! She was a School Teacher. I followed in her footsteps in my first career go round!

I also have this plaque. I hang it to in the bathroom but so I can remember it to start my day every day.

And I have this

It is not an heirloom until I pass it on, but it is special it was my first Bible. I still like it because it is easy to find things in. Then I can go look up the whole thing elsewhere if I need too!

This is only inscription I have. I do think I may have a card in my baby book that she wrote but this is how I remember her handwriting. Arthritis had her hands but she still had such a way with writing. I feel very drawn to my family's handwritten items. They are as special as a picture to me.

I hope you have enjoyed this meeting with my Grandma. I wish I had a picture of her to share but I need to get them and then get them scanned in!

Hugs, Lisa

Ok ok I'm Having a fall giveaway! Please check for new additions!

Here we go! As I shop now I think of my blog friends and so as fall items were arriving in the stores I gathered a selection to share! Hope you like it!

 

 A small selection of lovely fall items. 

Pumpkin bucket!

Pumpkins are my favorites!

Sweet acorn ornament!

  

Leaf doilies!! Great huh??

Now as I look at my pics I have a magnet, a note book and some coasters picturered BUT.......

I've added more to the box since I made pictures!!! 

So be ready for a packed box of fall goodies heading your way!

To enter: 1. Leave a comment

2. Become a follower ( already one let me know I'll enter you again)

3. Post this on your blog with a link back here.

Leave me a comment letting me know you've done these and I'll enter you once for each one!

Ok I plan and then well, what ever, I will take comments on this post untilSeptember 28th with the announcement on Tuesday the 29th!

Love you guys!

Happy Fall!

Hugs, Lisa

Just for fun!!! Please go over and visit Sandi @ Wayside Treasures for this super pink giveaway!!

 

  Good Luck Girl!

Ok here we go again!

And it's PINK

tales from an oc cottage

is celebrating 500 posts!!! and doing it pink!

Please run over and sign up!

Ok now you all can win something!!

Look at this guy!!!

 

He has a couple of friends and is just busting to go home with somebody new!

My sweet friend Toni @ The Tattered Cottage is having a just cus giveaway. If she hits 200 Followers she'll give away 2 sets of this little guys friends! Happy Halloween!

Now really several of you are bound to win!

Transformation Pink Saturday!

Happy Pink Saturday! Please visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for more lovely pinks!!










So I saw these great dresser trays on several peoples blogs and even shops. They were painted! When I was lucky enough to find one SUPER cheep at our church's yard sale I was thrilled. It was not in great shape as you can see so sure I'll paint it.

 

Well that was in May. And it sat in the magazine rack my sister got me until August. I had the paint, Pink and White so I had a  choice. I'll confess now I'm scared of commitment, and I'm lazy. So painting is a permanent thing for me, I can change the color of I don't like it but it will stay painted. It really was in bad shape and I got it to PAINT!! WHAT IS MY PROBLEM?!

I got it out one day and grabbed my favorite ballet pink spray paint and put it in a box outside and did it!

 It is soooooo much better than before and I just love it! The pretty work in the edges just pops with the paint. The color is perfect, and in this picture you don't even notice the mirror is messed up!  I'm still afraid to paint everything but I'm getting better as projects come out so well!

I would like to share Jillian's  blog Bella Rosa Antiques for my Pink Saturday shout out. Jillian finds all sorts of great treasures to share! Enjoy!

Hugs, Lisa