And The Winners Are.....

First, I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Pink Saturday! 

I'd also like to thank everyone who helped me to celebrate my 200th post and the launching of my children's e-book, Molly And The Chocolate Cookie Crumb Race. Thanks so much for your comments and support.

The random generator has helped me pick three winners for my butterfly collection give away. The winners are:

Sandi @ Maximun Embellsihment

JoAnne @ Vintage Dragonfly

Charlotte @ Spiritual Sundays

Please email me your mailing addresses and I will ship your gift next week.

I received a beautiful surprise this week from my Secret Blogging Sister. I don't know who this thoughtful person is or even if she follows my blog. If she does visit my blog, I want to say thank you so much for the gorgeous roses! 

Happy Memorial Day

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13

Abby at Little Birdie Blessings shared this image and scripture passage on her blog. They are perfect just as they are to celebrate Memorial Day.

Visit her blog to read her wonderful Memorial/Decoration Day post honoring those who serve our country. Click here to visit Abby.

Happy, Happy, Birthday Baby ~

One year ago today on May 25 my great granddaughter arrived prematurely. Some of you will recall she only weighed 3 lbs. 13oz. I did post pictures of her on my blog last year. Click here to see how tiny she was.

Today is Lena's FIRST Birthday!

I wanted to share how much she has grown and how beautiful she has become with all of you. She is my sweet, cuddly doll. 

 Lena, Queen of May, riding her zebra.

She is an amazing gift from God!

I Hope our lovely hostess, Beverly @ How Sweet The Sound, doesn't mind my Lena, Queen of May taking the spotlight on Pink Saturday's 4th year (Saturday, May 26) birthday celebration.

All of the roses are for you Beverly. Thanks for hosting the party!

There is still time to enter my celebration give away. It ends May 31.

Click here to read how to win one of three gifts. 

Liebster Award Recipients...

 

My sweet friend Pam at Cloth And Creation has honored me with this award. 

It's awarded to a Blogger who has inspired others and has less than 200 followers. The word liebster is German and according to Dictionarist.com it's a word use to describe someone who is a sweetheart, or a beloved person, or a darling.

So you can see why I am so honored.

Thank you Pam! You are a Liebster!!

Here are a few additional rules to follow that go along with accepting the award:

• Copy and paste the award on your blog
• Link it back to the blogger who gave you the award
• Pick your 5 favorite Bloggers with under 200 followers who deserve to be recognized.  Leave a comment on their blog letting them know they have received the award.
• Hope the 5 you have chosen will continue to spread the Liebster Award love

These are the 5 Bloggers I have chosen.  Please visit each one of them to see why they have inspired me. Each one is different, and special, and is a Liebster.

Marcia @ The Shop Around The Corner

Mary @ Mary's Rose Cottage

Leanne @ Fripperies & Butterflies

Sandi @ Maximum Embellsihment

Wendy @ Wendys Scrappings

I'm also having a give away - click here or scroll down to my 200th post to my celebration. To have a chance of winning one of three gifts you'll need to be a follower/friend and leave a comment on my celebration post. 

In The Merry, Merry, Month Of May ~ Tea

O the month of May, the merry month of May,

So frolic, so gay, and so green, so green, so green!....

by Thomas Dekker

I'm so excited to be posting for Tea Cup Tuesday with Terri at Artful Affirmations.  I love to visit her on a Tuesday and look at the beautiful tea cup photos she always shares and visit some of the members of the tea party. 
Months ago I found a tea cup and saucer in a local antique shop. At first I wasn't sure I wanted a tea cup with a month written inside the cup and on the saucer. I thought is was pretty, and I liked the shape and colors. Now, my friend, Terri could write a fabulous description of this cup telling you about the company where it was made and give all the fine details of the cup's design. I know nothing about the company except it is English. There is a pretty Lily Of The Valley flower pattern on the saucer and on the inside and outside of the cup. There is a gold edge on the cup and saucer and a green leaf pattern surrounds the edges of the cup and saucer. The featured month is "May."  My mother and my great granddaughter were both born in May. I will celebrate both of them and drink tea in the cup in the merry month of May. I plan to give the cup to my great granddaughter when she is ready to collect tea cups ( she is having her first birthday this week!).  Come back to visit on Saturday to see my May Queen!

Happy May!!

I'm also having a 200th post and book launching celebration and give away. If you would like to help me celebrate click on the previous post (or click here) leave a comment on that post and become a follower/friend for a chance to win one of my three give away gifts. 

Celebration and Give Away~

Celebrating A Milestone

My 200th post!
I wanted to write something special for this celebration but I wasn't sure what I would say until this week. 
I'm so excited to share my very special news with you. 

A Book Launching

Amazon has published my new children's book just in time for my celebration. 

"Molly And The Chocolate Cookie Crumb Race" is about three field mice who risk entering the county church during Sunday services. Molly, Purcey and Charlie race each other every Sunday to the chocolate cookie crumbs that are usually always under the third pew on the right. Molly loves chocolate cookie crumbs very much and she really likes to win the race. Molly also enjoys listening to the children's messages about God and his love. She wonders if God loves her, since most people don't seem to like mice. 
It's available on Amazon


Click here to read a review of my book by my dear friend Cindy Adkins.
Thank you Cindy!

I did say there would be a give away for this celebration...

The give away is for my follower friends, old and new, and for the friends who leave a comment here on my 200th celebration post.  
There will be 3 winners.

I hope you like butterflies as much as I do.
Here are my gifts.

A butterfly pin and a butterfly/fairy tag...

A butterfly journal and a butterfly tag/bookmark

This is the inside front cover and the first page of the journal.

A coconut/lime scented candle
(wrapped in butterfly paper)
and a - you guessed it - a butterfly/fairy tag~

I will select the winning names on May 31.

Tell me in your comment which gift you like best and I'll try to make it happen.
Thanks for helping me celebrate!


Most of the butterflies and fairies are from Dezinaworld. Check out June's fabulous assortment of images. She offers very affordable sets and she also has a large collection of FREE images . 


Please visit the blog parties listed below. Say hello to our hostesses.

I'm linking this post to:

Pink Saturday

Word Art Wednesday

Spiritual Sundays

Show and Tell Friday

Travel Time Thursday
Dezinaworld Gallery of PaperCrafts

A Tribute To My Mom...

My sweet mom pasted away three years ago. She was a remarkable woman and is greatly missed by her family. 

The vintage frame and poem I used is one of many give-away images on Abby's Little Birdie Blessings blog, click here to visit Abby. 

The poem immediately reminded me of my mother. With the help of PhotoShop I changed the wording slightly and then I added a photo of my mother.

Wishing all of you a Happy Mother's Day

and a Happy Pink Saturday.

Stop over to see our Pink Saturday hostess, Beverly, at How Sweet The Sound

Here are a few photos of flowers from our Rhododendron bush. Enjoy!

Enjoying The Season...

 

Happy Pink Saturday! 

Visit Beverly, our Pink Saturday hostess, at How Sweet The Sound

The Squirrel's Pink Tulip

Happy Pink Saturday!

I guess the squirrels thought this tulip would look good growing on the bank with the Creeping Myrtle. It is a pretty pink.

Linking this to Beverly's Pink Saturday at How Sweet The Sound. Hop over and check out all the P. S. posts. 

Dental Revelation ~ Pink Saturday

Please don't be jealous my Pink Saturday blogger friends.

I'm going to show you photos of my dentist and his office. 
Yes - that is a pink and purple polka-dot rinsing bowl. 

and...yes that is my dentist, Dr. Pinkly. I'm joking about his name being Dr. Pinkly. He does have a colorful name though, it's really Dr. Greenly. He doesn't dress like this in the office and I usually can't see his wings even though he is an angel. 

Have you ever seen a dental service unit like this before?

It's the largest art collage I've ever seen.  It's called "Dental Revelation" and it's located in the reception area of Penn's Commons Dental Group, LTD. It is the vision of local artist, Peter Jon Snyder.  Peter used a 1930's dental service unit, paint, markers, plaster, computer imaged ceramics, cement, tiles, mirrors, and various found dental objects in the piece. All that pink journaling behind the piece is reflective of the artist's feelings and thoughts about the staff and the service they provide. I share his feelings too. 
If you would like to meet the artist, here is a U-Tube video of Peter working on a gallery display of his work. All of you mixed-media pinkies who love to up-cycle things in your art will enjoy listening to Peter talk about how he creates his art. 

Thank you Peter and Penn's Common Dental for allowing me to share this!

I'm linking to the Pink Saturday blog party at How Sweet The Sound. Please hop on over to say hello to our hostess Beverly and visit some of our P.S. party crowd. 

Spring Sharing~

I have found that among its other benefits,

giving liberates the soul of the giver.

~ Maya Angelou

My friend Marcia, at In Stillness and Simplicity used this quote in one of her recent posts. It expresses how I feel and it's perfect for my post today.

The following seven photos are things I made for several special people. The last photo is another gift I received this week. 

These two tags were inspired by Abby at Little Birdie Blessings. Abby collects and shares beautiful vintage images and the Word of God on her blog. These are two of my favorite images from Abby. I made tags with them for two ladies who are an inspiration and a blessing to me. I'm also going to link them to Abby's  "Scripture Thursday blog party."

The matchbox bunnies contain some treasures and are on their way to two special friends. The paper I used to make these is from The April Color Challenge (pink and yellow) with the Gecko Galz Yahoo Group. 

Four sweet friends will receive one wood posy. The Dollar Tree wooden flower cutouts are covered in decorative papers, glittered, and sporting vintage button centers that have been dyed with alcohol inks. 

The image of the white rabbit is from Gecko Galz.  He made a sweet Easter tag for Tee at The Altered Paper, "Tag A Month" trade. I highlighted the violets in his egg basket with dabs of glitter and added a few extra paper flowers to his spring garden.

This egg ATC was inspired by Tee. I did make another one for Tee but I forgot to take a picture of it in my haste to get it mailed to her. This one is going to another sweet friend. I love butterflies, I hope she does too.  

This tag background is a photo I took last year of my magnolia tree. I enlarged a few flowers, cut them out and edged them in glitter.

 It's going to a special person.

I made the cards below from the card making kit I received from my Secret Blogging Sister. I used just a few additional embellishments that were not included in the kit to make the cards. I am sending them out to three friends. Thank you Blogging Sister.

The bundle of gifts below are from Mary at Hope-Filled Living. Mary had a give-away but rather than pick one person to receive her gift she sent a package of goodies to everyone who commented on her post.  

I'm linking this to:

Scripture Thursday

What's It Wednesday

Time Travel Thursday

Made In A Day Blog Hop

Inspiration Friday

Pink Saturday