Meet a Bear Monday and a Surprise Give Away!

Well, it is late Monday night and time

for "Meet a Bear Monday".......

...Tonight I would like you to meet 

"Theodore" he is quite a cutie, and one

of my nekked, Boyds bears!  He's a big

boy at 16" tall....He is named after

Theodore Roosevelt and was put out

for the 100th anniversary of the teddy

bear.  His tag is signed by the someone

big at Boyds, might even be the designer,

and is a limited edition.  He even has his

own little book...."My Diary The First

100 Years".....I have a lot of bears, most

of them are dressed up, but I think he has

to be high on my list of favorites. I had lots

of dolls when I was little, but I don't think

I had a teddy bear...Well, I have some now!

On with the surprise give away!  Not only

is Theodore for the 100th anniversary,

this is my 100th post!  So, in celebration

of it, I am going to give something away,

I can't say what it will be, it might be

made of wood, metal, fabric, or something

I have found in an antique mall.....Maybe

a combination of any of the above, or

something I have painted....

It will be revealed on the day of the

drawing!   You might have seen a clue

on one of my previous posts....Or maybe

not!  

The rules are simple:

You must be a follower of my blog....

(New ones are welcome)

You must have a blog and post about

this give away on the side bar of yours.

You must post a comment on this post

and only this post to be entered....(that

way I don't have to go hunting through

all the posts to find ya!)

You must live in the USA....

Well, I hope I have you all curious!

I know a lot of people dread April 15th,

so,  let's make that day something to look

forward to....So, I will show you all what it

is, and have the drawing on April 15th...

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Signs of Spring!

Well, I have been out and about walking

this week, so I took some pictures....Then

we went to an antique mall Saturday and

I took the camera with me, so I got a few

more pictures of what makes this time of

year so beautiful!

 

I hope you are seeing signs of Spring

and warmer temperatures, where you

are...

I bought some black and tan checked

material to make a shower curtain....I

am going to do some painting in the bath

room this week, the frame around the

mirror is the same as the walls.....blah,

blah, blah....The bathroom is all tongue

and groove, so it needs some color.....I

thought I would paint the frame around

the mirror, black....I have a shelf, with a

drawer in it, and some pegs at the bottom

that needs painting.....Plus, I have a little

cabinet full of old tins,  a shaving mug and

such, that needs some paint, it is the same

color as the wall.....I am even going to try

making a rug, too.....I crocheted one several

years ago, so I thought I would do a black

and tan one.....Or Maybe Not!  I have seen

some cute braided ones with black stars on

them, online.....I might go that route....

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Tipsy Thursday

Hello Friends....

I guess I forgot this is Thursday!

My tip for tonight is....Do you have

t-shirts that you hang on hangers

to finish drying?  I put mine in the

dryer for about 10 minutes, then I

hang them on hangers to finish

drying...It gets the wrinkles out and

they won't shrink, that way.....I like

the smell of laundry, that has been

hung on the line....So, the problem

is keeping the hangers on the line when

the wind blows...What do is, I wrap a new

dog chain around the line several times

and secure every so often with clothes pins

and at each end.....Then I take the hook

of each hanger and I put it through the loops

in the chain....This will keep your shirts

spaced a bit apart and if the wind comes

up, the shirts will not fall on the ground.

When they are dry, all you have to do is

take them off the chain and hang them

in your closet....I have a line strung over

my covered patio that I use when the

weather is nice, then when I want to

hang shirts, I get the dog chain out...

You can even use this idea when you

have a garage sale, it will keep your

clothes from all going to the middle...

Happy laundry day...

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Ironing Board

Hello Blogging Buddies, I wanted

to show you all this cute ironing

board that I got at the antique mall

I go to....It is a child's size which has

been painted on....I was lucky to get

it, some lady said she hadn't seen it

and asked when it had come in the

store...She was one of the dealers, so

she is probably there quite often...

Good thing she didn't want to fight

for it!

Who ever painted it did a great job;

I didn't look to see if it was signed, or

not. I put it on the shelf over the washer

and dryer and propped it against the

wall...I have quite a bit of laundry items

in there now, and the only thing I am

looking for is an old brown bleach bottle,

I found a big one, but I don't want one

that big, so thehunt is still on....Oh, and a

sock dryer...I guess I could make one

 of them....

Have a great day!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

Good Day!  It is a beautiful day here

in Oklahoma, it is supposed to be

in the 70's, much better than the cold

weekend we had, with snow!

Yesterday, I asked if anyone wanted

me to keep posting bears and I got

some response from bloggers that

they liked seeing my bears, so I will

keep  posting "Meet a Bear  Monday"

Today, I thought I would show you  the

pair, Edmund and Bailey, dressed

in a Princess and dragon costume.  I

had to buy these, because I love to go to

the renaissance festival in Waxahachie,

Texas....We even dress up in renaissance

outfits!  It is a lot of fun.....Anyway, back

to the bears.....On their books, it says

"Once Upon a Hiccup"....Bailey gets up

one morning and is looking in the mirror

and she sees herself in this beautiful dress....

She spins around and hiccups and then

she is wearing the dress....She turns into

a "Princess" and her home turns into

a castle!  She goes to see her friend

"Emily Babbit" the rabbit, who has

 turned into "Lady Emily"...Handmaiden

to the Princess....So, they sat down and

planned an adventure, using their

imaginations!  Of course,  they wanted

Bailey's boyfriend, Edmund to dress as

something, so in their imaginations, he

became their pet dragon for the day!

They are such cute outfits....

 

I don't know why the pictures are a little

dark, I had the light on and I used the flash.

I think you can see them well enough,

though....

Well, I better get some housework done,

so I can do some sewing, I want to make some

thing with that material I got....Then back to

painting....I also want to do some painting in

the house, since it has warmed up and I can

have the windows open to let out the fumes....

I hate to have it trapped in the house, it is

very unhealthy.

I hope you all have a great day!

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate

it so much!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Garage Sale Finds

Hello, I hope you all had a great

weekend....It was nice here all week

and when Saturday got here, it was

cold and rainy, then it started snowing

and we had about an inch on Sunday

morning, it melted and then snowed

again in the afternoon....It is 65 degrees

right now......Crazy weather!  Well, I

was out walking on Friday and one of my

neighbors was having a garage sale, so I

stopped.  I got a box full of material for $5

....The red material with the gingerbreads

has about 4 yds, she threw that in for $1 and

the bedspread for another $1...There are

a bunch of tapestry or upholstery samples

that will make cute pin cushions or birds...

I picked out one to recover one of my foot

stools with.

I got a great deal on this stuff!  Now,

I need to get to making something with

it all, or it will just be a waste of money

to have it sit here in the way.  I finally

got the project painted that I was working

on, it took me forever!  If I didn't like part

of it, I painted it again, until I was happy

with it.  I can't show it to you, I sent it to a

blogging buddy, she will probably post it.

She doesn't know what it is, it is a surprise

for her.....Hey Gina, your package is on

the way!

I don't know if I am going to keep doing

"Meet a Bear Monday"....I don't think there

are many bear lovers in the prim world, if

any of you want me to keep posting bears,

just leave me a comment....

Well, I need to go to the store, then finish

cleaning.....I hope you all have a great

week!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Tipsy Thursday

Hi everyone, I hope you are all

doing fine.....Spring is in the air,

here in Oklahoma, the tulip trees

are in bloom! 

I don't know what the deal is with

this blogger, none of the tool bar

was showing so I couldn't give you

the tip for today, earlier when I

tried....

Todays tip:

How to make your own self-rising

flour if your recipe calls for it, and

you don't have any in the house.

Self-rising Flour

Mix together:

4 cups flour

       2 teaspoons salt

               2 tablespoons baking

powder

Store in a tightly

covered container.

Happy Baking!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Fleamarket Finds

Good Afternoon, Blogging Buddies....

I think I like these bigger letters,

don't you?  I have noticed that a lot

of blogs have bigger print....They said

that followers couldn't read the print

that well, so they went bigger.  I like it

on blogs, except for some of them, the

letters run together with the ones on the

lines above and below.  This makes it a

little harder to read, I think....I will post

this one with this size letters to see how

it turns out...Anyway, I tried to post this

picture to share with you all on Sunday

night, but I encountered some error and

off the post went!  It was about 1:00 am

and I didn't want to redo it....So, here are

all the goodies that I got at the fleamarket

 over the weekend.  I got it all for $16.....

The bowls are both Munising and I got

a great deal on them, $7 for the pair!  The

finish on the one with the pinecones is not

very good, but I will put them in a bowl

rack, when I can get hubby to build me

one....The real problem is, where I can

hang it....I have several of these kind

of graters, but most of mine have been

painted, so I wanted these plain ones...

They look cute with lit votive candles

under them, out on a patio table. I have

a sewing machine drawer, but it is plain,

so I got this one to put up on the shelf

above the computer with my bears and

the sewing signs, etc.  See that sifter?

I might come up with something to put

in that.....hmmmm....I just thought of

something, but you will have to just wait

and see what I come up with! 

I got a kraut cutter for making

sauerkraut, it didn't have the box on

it that you put the cabbage in, but it

was only $2, so I got it with intentions

of putting it on the wall to put all my

spice tins on, but it was too long to be

able to put it where I wanted it, so I

propped it behind the kitchen sink to

cover the ugly formica back splash....

Works for me until I can get my new

counter tops on, which be awhile, yet...

It will involve a lot more than new

counter tops, we have to move cabinets,

build a wall along the back of the

peninsula, take down some cabinets,

etc.....so it goes down the list...We have

things to do on our house in Texas, that

has to come first.  I am saying that I just

might paint those ugly counter tops that

look like white marble, one of these days!

I want the cabinets red, but then taupe

would look good, or off white with black

trim and knobs...I can't make up my mind!

Well, I need to get out and walk, it is a

beautiful day and I want to get out there

and enjoy some of it!

By for now....

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

Hi Ya'll.....I hope this finds you all in a good mood!

I don't know about you all, but I've had trouble

posting.....Last night I was posting about all the neat

things I got at the fleamarket and Microsoft had an

error and had to close on me and I lost the post....

Then this morning, I clicked on a blog in the window

of my dashboard and it came up and froze.....Then I

opened another for the dashboard and it did it again!

I had to restart the computer to get rid of it all!  It is

working fine, now....Geeeezzzeee, what a pain!

Well, it is Monday, again....Seems like they are

coming around faster and faster!  So, I want to show

you another bear in my collection.  I have a lot of

"patriotic" bears and this one is one of my favorites!

Her name is ....Ann I. Bearsary....She was made to

celebrate Boyd's 1st Anniversary of the Big Ole Barn

in Gettysburg, PA....It's on the label on her foot. She

is 12" tall and is wearing a red top with stars and navy

blue bloomers.  The embroidered stars on the collar

just makes it stand out.  Her hat has the same star print

on the top, with a big blue bow, although you cannot see

it in the picture....

A close up of her cute little face....

I thought about showing her in July, but I have plenty of

patriotic ones to show you for the whole month of July!

I don't know who I will show you next, but next month,

being April, (the Civil War started in the month of April)

I will show you my bears dressed in Civil War outfits....

I have several pictures of things that I have found at GW

and other places that I haven't posted, so I show you all

that, soon and a picture of an Easter Bonnet, on Easter,

that I made for my Mom to wear in the "Easter Bonnet"

contest.....She won 1st prize!

Well, I need to get to painting, I want to get a project done

for a blogging buddy.....

Also, I won at BINGO on Willow Bend Prims.....I can't

wait to see what she is sending me!!!  I will be posting

that as soon as I get it!

As T. J. does....WOOT....WOOT...WOOT!!!!

Hope ya'll  have a great week!

Until next time....

Bear Hugs~Karen

My Sewing/Craft/Computer Room & Tipsy Thursday~

Good Evening Friends....

I thought I would show you all what took me 5 days to
do!  I had so much stuff in this room that I could hardly get
around the computer chair to the table I painted at, under
the Marilyn Monroe plates.....So, I bought the sewing table,
moved things around, took things out of the room and I
took over the book case in the corner, for material.

We stacked the file cabinets to make more floor space....

The white table you can see a little of, is made from an old

treadle sewing machine stand....The table with the paints

and brushes was free, hubby brought that home....I had to

organize stuff on it to have room to paint.  I bought 3 little

 pink crates to put paint in and they work better than

the shoe boxes.

I didn't know that I had this much material,

it was in tubs, like the gray ones you see under

the window.  As I was sorting, I decided on what

to keep here and what to take back to Texas....

The boxes are full of stuff to decorate with, or to

paint on....Don't laugh, the closet is full, too!

I said on my last post, I think it was, I have that

disease called "Packratitis".......Come on now, I

bet some of you out there also have this disease, but

you just don't want to admit it!

This is the shelf over the computer....One of my bears

has her own sewing machine!  Well, I hope you enjoyed the

tour of my room, it is very small, but I think now I can make

it work....

Since I am posting tonight, I am going to post you a tip for

tomorrow. 

Todays tip:

To ripen tomatoes, put them in a brown paper bag in a

dark pantry, and they will ripen.  You can also ripen

bananas this way.

Thanks for making my blog part of your day!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen