Thank you!

A big THANK YOU to all of our United States military personnel for their service to our country both past & present.  Your sacrifice is not in vain as you protect our freedoms we hold so dear.

Huggies & Sweet, Sweet Blessings to you  ~♥♥♥~

Happy Easter!

Enjoy this very special day made possible 

by the sacrifice of our 

Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ.

Happy Resurrection Day!

Huggies & Sweet, Sweet Blessings to you  ~♥♥♥~

Pansies

It's been quite awhile since I've posted so I thought I would share these lovely pansies with you.

Have a lovely & blessed day!

Huggies & Sweet, Sweet Blessings to you  ~♥♥♥~

Happy 40th Anniversary to my Hubby!!!

I can hardly believe those words ~~~ 40th Anniversary!  Wow!  It does not seem like it's been that many years since I walked down the aisle on my daddy's arm and saw my handsome husband-to-be standing at the altar waiting for me.  My heart literally skipped a beat.  He still makes my heart skip a beat..........but maybe not for the same reasons.  LOL  But he is the love of my life and my soul mate.  And I'm so very blessed that the Lord placed us together so many years ago.

Happy Anniversary, Babe!  I love you!!!

Huggies & Sweet, Sweet Blessings to you  ~♥♥♥~

Happy May Day to you

I hope you're enjoying May flowers!  

Wouldn't it be lovely to wear a hat filled to the brim with flowers.

Huggies & Sweet Blessings to you  ~♥♥♥~

Have a Blessed Easter!

 May your Easter be filled with God's love & the love of family, friends 

& those you hold dear to your heart! 
~ Enjoy these vintage images ~

Huggies & Sweet, Sweet Easter Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

 

 May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
~Irish Blessing

Huggies & Sweet, Sweet Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Hi Everyone!  I just wanted to pop in to say Hello and let you know that I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. Just things going on & annoying health issues that have made it difficult for me to craft.  But hubby's birthday is next Sunday so I'm making him a card.  Shocker!  LOL

I also changed my blog yesterday.  It was a bit too "busy" for me so I went back to this lovely background & tweaked my header in PSE.  Sooooo whatcha think?

Hope all is well with you & yours and I'll be seeing you soon to share my card.

Huggies & Sweet Blessings ~♥♥♥~

May your Christmas be Blessed!

I want to wish all of you a Merry & most Blessed Christmas!!! 

Thank you all for visiting with me on my little blog.  I know I don't create as often as a lot of crafters but I can assure you that everything is made with love.  I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to leave your sweet & encouraging comments.  I appreciate each & every one of you.

Enjoy this Season of giving with your family & friends & remember to tell them how much you love them.  We never know what will happen from one day to the next but we know who holds us in His hands.  May you walk in His Light & Love this Christmas!  Happy Birthday, Jesus!!! ♥♥♥

Huggies & Sweet Christmas Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Thanksgiving Blessings ♥

I want to wish a most blessed Thanksgiving to those of us who celebrate.

May your stuffing be tasty

May your turkey plump,

May your potatoes and gravy

Have nary a lump.

May your yams be delicious

And your pies take the prize,

And may your Thanksgiving dinner

Stay off your thighs! 

Huggies & Sweet Blessings ~♥♥♥~

My Heart's Message

I wanted to share a cross stitch wedding sampler that I made for my niece.  (I wanted to wait until she received it  before I posted it on my blog).  This year I started cross stitching again after stopping several years ago.  I was having trouble seeing the intricate cross stitch patterns but decided to give it a try again and I'm so glad I did.  As you saw in my Christmas in July posts HERE and HERE I cross stitched a couple of small birdie pictures too.  So I guess my eyes aren't THAT old yet & I can still manage to do it.  PTL

(Note:  I'm blocking out their names and date to protect their privacy.)

If you remember............this is the Anniversary card I made for them.  You can read all about it HERE.

Thanks for joining me today & thanks so much for taking the time to leave me those sweet, sweet comments.  I love each & every one.  :)

Huggies & Sweet Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Christmas in July, part 6 of 6

Hi again!  Since this is the last day of July I thought I'd better bring my CIJ sharings to an end.  Can you believe that tomorrow is August 1st?  Oh my word.........where has this year gone?  Won't be long before it's Christmas in December.  I really need to get started on my Christmas cards.  Anywho..................last by not least..................

This is a sweet little tag I made for my swap partner Mary.  I used an image that I snagged from the internet.  I just love this vintage little girl.  She has the sweetest.....most innocent looking face.  I used embellies from my stash, seam binding & DP from Bo Bunny.  I then distressed all the edges with Distress Ink 'frayed burlap'.

This is the back of the tag.  See...........I told you that I always sign my name with a little 'heart' at the end♥. LOL

I also made a little cross stitch picture for our CIJ swap hostess, Cyndi & made the same tag for her.  (ooopsie....I forgot to take a picture of it so I snagged the one she shared on our board.)

Well......this is the end of my CIJ ramblings.  LOL  Thanks for bearing with me & I hope you've enjoyed looking.  We were all so excited about our gifts that we decided to draw names right away for our 2013 CIJ swap partners.  LOL  Now we have a whole year to make things & get some great Christmas deals this December. Yippee Skippee!  'course that also means that we have to keep a secret for a whole year.  That could be a challenge............LOL

I'm entering my little tag in these challenges:
Anything Goes Challenge Blog:  #72 Let's not be square!
Clear It Out Challenge:  CIJ using a red or green stash item (red seam binding)
Ribbon Carousel Blog:  RCC64 CIJ plus a spooled item (seam binding)
Top Tip Tuesday:  #82 Ribbon
Twisted Tuesday:  2TC17 ~ Anything Goes
Critter Sketch Challenge Blog:  #126 Anything Goes
Get Hippity with Ippity:  use a Tag
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge:  Anything but a card
Lexi's Creations:  #70 CIJ
Paper Playtime:  #80 Anything Goes
Tammy's Scrapin Corner:  #21 Anything Goes
Come & Get it Challenges:  Anything but a card
Hiding in My Craft Room:  #56 CIJ
Joyful Stamper:  #69 Anything Goes
The Poodles Parlour:  Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog:  #59 Tag with sentiment
Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge:  Christmas
Shelly's Images:  Christmas
Crafts and Me Challenges:  #94 Anything Goes
Simon Says:  Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges:  #132 Anything but a card
Ruby's Rainbow:  #34 Anything but a card
Bearly Mine Challenges:  #46 Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays:  #79 Anything Goes
Love To Create:  #26 Tag
Make It Monday:  #100 Anything Goes
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog:  #130 Birthday or Any Special Day (CIJ)
Amusing Challenges:  Anything Goes


Thanks a bunch for joining me.

Huggies & Sweet Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Christmas in July, part 5

 Hi again!  Since I didn't make anything in this post........GASP!  LOL.......I thought I would share it along with the birdie cross stitch in my previous post.

This is a decorative box that I got from Hobby Lobby.  Obviously I didn't make the box. LOL  I just wanted to share what I did with it.  My swap partner Mary does amazing beadwork.  She loves "shiny" beads & buttons so I thought I would fill this box with both.   (It nearly drove her young daughter crazy when she shook the big box I packed everything in & she heard the RATTLE.  LOL)  These beads & buttons came from my huge stash that I dearly love.  Some are vintage & close to my heart.  I also included some brand new shiny beads that I thought she might have fun playing with & put them in a pretty little gauze bag.

I added a little "Love" sign & told her to look for the "Love" inside.  LOL (I found out later that she loves boxes.......I had no idea.)

 Here are some additional items I put in her large box.

 Yummy Cinnamon Nutmeg Pot Pourri with a metal Star bell attached.

Avon Santa, Snowman, Penguin & (hiding) Reindeer lip balm.

 and some little sparkly nail files.

Thanks for taking a peek inside the box with me today.  I'll be back tomorrow with my last CIJ "show & tell".  I promise that it's a little something that I made.  LOL

Huggies & Sweet Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Christmas in July, part 4

I'm baaaaack with more Christmas in July crafts to share with you.  :)  Today I wanted to share a little framed cross stitch picture I made for my swap partner Mary.

I love little birdies......especially little chubby birdies. When I saw this pattern of the three birdies chatting to one another I couldn't resist it since we chat a lot on our little message board every day. I also thought the sentiment......"Friendship is the essence of a happy life".....was so fitting. When we have meaningful friendships it truly brings happiness to our lives. Can I hear a big AMEN!  :)

The sweet little frame is from Hobby Lobby. I loved the heart blingy charm. I love hearts & always sign my name with a little heart at the end so I thought it would be fitting.

Thanks for indulging in my meanderings about CIJ. It truly is a happy time of year for those of us who share our lives on our little board. We may not be large in numbers but our hearts are large & filled with love for one another.

I have made some wonderful friends online throughout my crafting years. I count each one as precious as I do my IRL friends. How about you?

Thanks again for joining me in my CIJ celebration.  I'll be back tomorrow with another post for you.  Hope you're not getting tired of looking.  :)

Huggies & Sweet Blessings ~♥♥♥~