Don't you LOVE Modge Podge :)

Hi Lovelies,

It's a glorious rainy day here in my part of the world. I think I've told you before how much I love rainy days :) I hope wherever you are in this big old world of ours that you too are having a fabulous day and the weather is just how you like it.

Well, my dear sweet Lovelies, I've been creating in my creative space, for my creative space (what a mouthful). I'm so having a ball trying to get my space looking pretty for when you visit with me for the blog party "Where Bloggers Create". If you'd like to join the party, pop over and see Karen, from My Desert Cottage, this lovely lady is hosting this fabulous event!!

I hope you all like what I've modge podged, I forgot to get a before shot of the create sign but try and picture craft wood :) and as for the frame I wanted to make a place to put the key and quote that my sweet Evana, gave me before she left for Western Australia. It was pretty the way it was but I wanted a special place for it and the quote is just so beautiful. She really does see me through rose coloured glasses ;)

Golly, I could modge podge the world....mwa-ha-ha!!

Let this key be a reminder that
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever".
You are a thing of beauty, and a joy
to all who know you!

Big hugs :)

A Home of Inspiration

Good morning, Sweet lovely bloggers,

Don't you just love to dream and get inspiration from looking at others homes and how they decorate? I know I do, so when I came across this gorgeous home in Better Homes and Gardens that has been decorated with furniture from garage sales and flea markets I just had to share it with you all. Are you ready for LOTS of LOVELY?

The outdoor area...divine!

Dreamy

This floor-standing mirror was a $2 garage sale....bargain!!!

Can you believe that's their fridge and the locker is the pantry...love it!!

I think I would cook a lot better in this kitchen :)

Love, love, love it!!

If you were a guest at this dining table would you want to leave...I know I wouldn't :)

Romantic curtains

" sighs dreamily "

Oh me, Oh my I loved visiting this gorgeous home and would move in, in a heart beat :) If you'd like to read more please pop over to Better Homes and Gardens and be inspired :)
Have a super sweet day, Sweet Lovelies!!

Friends are Angels

Hello Sweet Lovelies!

Today I'm sharing with you a gift I was given by my precious and beautiful friend Evana. It's not the gift alone that means so much but the thoughtfulness behind it. God has blessed me so much when He brought Evana, and I together as friends. And even though she has moved to the other side of Australia she still finds ways to spread sunshine into my life and into the lives of others.
This captivating angel is my Mothers Day gift...it's a long story and I won't go into it, but when things get forgotten Evana, remembers and blesses me. I love you my sweet sweet friend, you make life so much more beautiful, thank you!

A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care.
A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.
~Author Unknown

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.
~Richard Bach

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17

If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies.
~Author Unknown

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
~ C.S. Lewis

Aren't two sparrows sold for only a penny? But your Father knows when any one of them falls to the ground. Even the hairs on your head are counted. So don't be afraid! You are worth much more than many sparrows.
Matthew 10:29-31

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
~Maya Angelou

“A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”

~ Maya Angelou

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
~Richard Buckminster Fuller

See, I am sending an angel before you to protect you on your journey and lead you safely to the place I have prepared for you.
Exodus 23:20

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
~George MacDonald

Friends are kisses blown to us by angels.
~Author Unknown

Friends are angels who lift us up when we believe our wings have forgotten how to fly. ~Author Unknown

For it is written:'He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully;
they will lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
Luke 4:10-11

Happy Mothers Day!!

Pretty Pink House

I came across this sweet pink house while I was driving back home from visiting with my Sister. I can't remember exactly what town this little treasure was situated in but hopefully my Mum does so when I go to visit with my Sis again I can stop and take some better photo's. It looked like it was abandoned but I wasn't too sure so I felt a little funny taking pics so they're not the best.

I am so in love with this gorgeous place and the more I look at the pics the more I would love to see more of the outside and to go inside would just be superb. I could really see myself living in this little treasure...oh I love to dream...how wonderful to own your home...maybe one day...I am thankful to God for the place I do live in, the rent is the cheapest in town which is such a blessing in itself and I'm slowly decorating it with my thrift store finds :)I will show you some pics of my sweet little duplex one day I promise :)

Have a wonderful week, Sweet Lovelies!

Soldered Charms

Procrastinating!!!

Do you procrastinate??

I know I do, let me tell you a story :) and hopefully I won't bore you too much :)

For quite a while now I've been wanting try my hand at making soldered charms. I stumbled upon Cathy Pentons blog Simple Things Small Joys and I was just so captivated by these beautiful charms. I told my friends and family about these charms and how I was going to try and make them, I was so excited. Now, I didn't have a clue as to what I needed to do or get so I emailed Cathy and she was just so lovely and helpful, from there I started getting the tools I needed. That was all back in June of 2009. Talk about procrastinating!!! I sat on all of this for the longest time because I didn't want to fail, I was scared that I wasn't going to do a good enough job. It wasn't till recently that a wonderful friend gave me a gentle nudge and put her order in for her daughters birthday. Sorry, but I forgot to get a pic of the charm but I did get a pic of a charm that I made recently for that same friends birthday.
Now me being me still thinks I stink at making charms but I do have to give myself a break. Cathy, shared with me that making charms isn't one of those crafts that you can start making them tomorrow and they're perfect...I had forgotten about that wonderful piece of advice until I came across her email again recently. So I'm going to be a bit nicer to myself and get back to it and just keep on practicing.
I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeed LOTS of practice!!



Have a fantastic day, Sweet Lovelies!!

Where Bloggers Create Party

G'day My Sweet Lovelies,

It's time to party!!!!

The Lovely Karen, from My Desert Cottage is hosting this super fabulous event, its the 2nd Annual "Where Bloggers Create" party held on June 19th, 2010! And you're invited to join in on the celebration...wooooohooooo!!

To find out more information please pop over to Karen's.




Its going to be so inspiring to see all the places "Where Bloggers Create". Golly, I need to get off my you know what and finish making my creative space shine, no more procrastinating for me...don't you just love getting a nudge in the right direction :)

Here's a bit of extra info for you all, this lovely lady is very talented and creative and if you're looking to beautify your blog then Karen, is the lady for you.
You can also find Karen, at her other blog "Valentine Design" Building Beautiful Blogs.




Have a super sweet day!

Showered in Flowers

I've been showered in flowers...yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

It all started on Wednesday and continued until Friday....flowers! flowers! flowers!

An exquisite flower arrangement with assorted flowers such as roses, lilies, daisies and some others I don't know the name to...sorry!


Gorgeous pink flowering pot plants and I love their name "Seventh Heaven Cyclamen"

A pretty tea cup with a lovely pink flower...so sweet :)


A beautiful bunch of delicate pink roses,


Elegant satin bag with flowers embroidered in ribbon and filled with rose scented potpourri.


Wonderful cards with pink roses and one with a pink daisy, don't you just adore getting cards from people you love?


Oh how beautiful to be surrounded in flowers and how abundantly blessed am I to have such generous, thoughtful and loving friends and family to celebrate my birthday with. I love you all very very much! Thank you for loving me :)

I hope your all have a super duper fab-u-liscious weekend!