Meet a Bear Monday

Hello Bear Lovers...

I almost forgot that this is

Monday....I have been busy

working in the yard today

crafting.  The time has just

flown by this weekend.  On

to Meet a Bear Monday,

tonight I would like for you to

meet one of my patriotic Boyd's

bears, "Libearty C. Star"...

She is 10" tall and is dressed in

a navy blue romper with stars.

Across the bodice of her romper

are 3 embroidered red stars.

She is also wearing a hair bow with

a button, that matches her outfit.

What a wonderful outfit to wear,

out to play, on Memorial Day! 

I hope you all had a great time

this weekend....

I went to some antique malls and

found a lot of great stuff, that I

will share with you, next time.

Thanks for stopping by....

Bear Hugs~Karen

I want to wish you all a

Happy Memorial Day weekend!

Let's take the time to honor those 

fallen soldiers, who served in our military,

and so bravely fought for our freedom.

Go put a flag on a soldier's grave....I wish

I could put one on my Dad's grave, but I

am just too far away.

I hope you all stay safe!

Bear Hugs~Karen

What Ya Working On Wednesday

Hello everyone, I have been puttering

around with some of the things I have

gotten and I can't decide which way

I want to display this candle and

wreath that I won from American

Girl Primitives....

In this wooden bowl I got the other day,

Or in this retangle thing....I have to

tell ya that this candle smells so good!

So, what do you think?  I was thinking

maybe a smaller brown bowl, might look

better and I think I have just the thing.

I found it and I put it on this little stool

that I bought, Monday....I don't know if

I like it, I think the stool is a little tall

for being on the table, what do ya all

think?  I think I will put the stool some

where else and leave the bowl on the

table top....I put the little bird nest, that

came with the candle and wreath, on

my old kitchen scale that I showed you

all, awhile back.  I have more treasures

to show you next time.  I was going to

mention to my hubby that we need to

quit buying stuff, since we have so much.

Shhhh, don't tell him that I said that,

he wants to go to one of my favorite

antique malls, this weekend!

Hope all is well with y'all and you

are staying cool!

Until next time, friends....

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

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Good Evening Bear Lovers...

It's time for "Meet a Bear Monday"

I will be showing patriotic bears for

the next several weeks, so if you like

the good ole red, white, and blue, then

you are in for a treat.   Tonight I have

a 20" Bailey to show you all, she is a

display bear for shops.  I don't know if

all the shops were able to have her, or

not.  Anyway, she is wearing a cream 

colored, knitted hat with a big red bow

with gold stars on her head which 

matches her blouse. Under her little navy

 blue jumper, she is wearing an underskirt

with white lace trim along the hemline.

Bailey is very patriotic, she loves to carry

a flag to the Memorial Day festivities! 

She even has stars on her navy blue

bloomers!  She is made with armeture in

 her arms and legs, that make them

poseable. 

A close up so you can see her eyes...

I have this same Bailey in a small size,

which she usually is, 8" and her beau,

Edmund.  I have a lot of patriotic ones,

so come back again for a peek.

I found the neatest little stool at an

antique mall, today.....I will post it soon,

along with some treasures I found at the

fleamarket over the weekend.

I hope you all have a great week!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Sky Picture

Hello Friends, I thought I would show

you a sky picture this time.  I took this

while on a plane, I believe it was on

the way to Michigan....The sun was

right behind a layer of clouds,

which made a great picture....I hope

you like it, next time I share an out

door picture, it will be a flower.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Tipsy Thursday

Hello Blogging Buddies....

Today, I have a tip for you on

lettuce....I do this when I think

about it.  I take my head of

lettuce and I wrap it with a damp

paper towel and put it in a gallon

size ziploc bag.  This keeps in the

moisture and the lettuce stays

crisper and lasts longer.

Give it a try....

Thanks for stopping by and I

hope you all have a great

weekend.

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

More Treasures

Hello Prim Friends.....I thought you might

like to see some of the things I got while I

was gone....I got the penny rug plate and

the colored wooden bowl at a sale raising

money for a mission.  I got the churn at a

GW store and the handle in it is actually

a masher....It was only $3.99 and I was

glad to find it since I had been looking for

one....The plain wooden bowl, I got in an

antique mall, I think it was $10, but they

are hard to find, so I didn't mind paying

that for it.  I got some other items that I am

not going to show, because it will be in my

next give away!  My first blogiversary is the

end of May, but I didn't post until July 2nd,

so that is when I will have another give away!

So, watch for that!  I will post the items in

some time in June.

I have been checking out the TX snakes and

that snake that I posted was either a Prairie

King snake or a TX rat snake....Neither one

is poisonous, thank goodness.....Now, I need

to take the pics out of my computer so I don't

see them every time I look in my saved stuff...

They give me the willies!

Hope ya'll are having a great week!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

Good Evening....I know it is late,

but I wanted to post this bear

before I hit the sack for the night.

She is a Boyd's bear, 16" tall and

wearing a red, white and blue plaid

dress. Her name is Sherie B. Bearican

and she is holding baby, Cliff...Under

her cute little dress, she is wearing

navy blue bloomers....She just loves

to wear bows in her hair to match her

dresses, and of course, she needs a red

sweater to keep her warm on chilly

evenings.

I have a few of the Bearican family, but I

think, I will start posting some of my

bears dressed in patriotic outfits....

Thanks for stopping by!

Bear Hugs~ Karen

What a Week!

Hello Blogging Buddies.....I thought I'd

try to muster up some energy for a post

to let ya all know what has been going on

with me, this past week.  We went to Texas

to replace the roof on the porch of our

house.  It was our living room for a long

time, but we weren't using that part of

the house, because we really don't need

that much room now.  Anyway, I have

spent more time on the roof the last

week, than I wanted to! I helped with

rafters, nailed decking down, nailed

roofing felt and roofing, used more

roof cement than I ever want to see again!

There was supposed to be a 20% chance

of rain for one day, when we left here on

Friday.  Well, on Sunday, after 1/3 of the

roof was missing, we were having lunch

and looked through the door way and it

was raining in my house!  It didn't rain

much, though, good thing! I am not going

into the roofing business I can tell ya

that!  I had been on the roof for

quite awhile and I went down to get

lunch, or something......We had a tarp

folded back on the peak of the house, that

we had used earlier, because of the rain,

so hubby took it off while I was

down off the roof, and look what

came out from under it!  We had been

sitting near that tarp on the edge of the

roof a little bit before that!  I was a good

thing that I wasn't up there, because I

probably would have levitated right

off the roof!  I hate snakes!!!  We had tools

up there and so hubby whacked him with

a crow bar!  It is a wonder that he got me

me back up there to work!  I told him that

this is the last time I am working on a roof!

I spent several hours on it, just on Thursday.

That is enough for me!

I just looked up some snakes and I think it

was a non poisonous snake, but now he is

just a good snake.  Because I always say...

"The only good snake is a dead snake!"

So, this is how I spent my Mother's Day

and the rest of the week!  My friend and

neighbor grilled us some burgers and

sausages on Mother's Day, after we quit

for the day and even gave me a nice card

and a couple gifts!  She is a sweetie!

I will post a bear tomorrow night....

Bear Hugs~Karen

Hibiscus

Hello Prim Friends....

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I have been going through some of my

pictures and I came across this Hibiscus

that I had in Texas.....It was called the

Southern Belle or the Dinner Plate

Hibiscus because the blooms were

 9" or 10" across....It liked more sun

than it was getting, after the trees grew.

So, we moved it and then it died....

I was sure sad about that, I haven't seen

one of them, since.

Well, I hope you all are having a great

week!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

Meet a Bear Monday

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Hello Bear Lovers...

It is time to meet another bear!

Today, I want you to meet Heather

and baby Tristan.  They are Boyd's

bears and were out for Mother's Day.

I can't remember if my son bought

this one, or not....I think I did...She

is wearing the cutest print dress for

Spring, with bloomers that match the

blue trim on her dress. Her straw

 hat is adorned with a pink butterfly

attached to the bow on a blue hat

band.

She looks like she needs to comb her hair!

I hope you all had a great Mother's Day!

Until next time..

Bear Hugs~Karen

I Won This Give Away!

Hello Prim Friends!

I just wanted to show you all what

I won in Carey's 1st anniversary give-

away at American Girl Primitives-N-Such .....This

isn't all, there was a cute apron, too...

You need to pop on over to her blog to

see a picture of her modeling it!  I want

to thank you Carey for all these wonderful

items!  Ladies, you would not believe how

yummy the candle smells, makes ya want

to take a bite out of it!  The prim candle

holder is awesome!  Go check out her blog,

she has every thing from recipes, make overs,

decorating, homemaking and lot's more!

Now, I need to find places to put it all!

Don't forget to check out the apron, it is

beautiful!

Woo Hoo!  I am one lucky gal!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

       

Sunflower

Hello Blogging Buddies....

Today, I thought I would share this

picture with you, that I took of a sun

flower that came up in our flower bed

in Texas, a few years ago.  Isn't it just

beautiful?   I took this picture with my

other digital camera, that was a 2.0...

It turned out pretty good, though....

Feel free to right click on it and you

can use it as wallpaper on your screen.

I hope you are all enjoying your day!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Garage Sale Finds

Hello everyone, I hope you are all having

a great week!  I said on my

last post that I would share with you

all what I got over the weekend at the

garage sales.  They were having a bunch

of them in one town, so after the storms

went through, off we went in search of

some treasures!  There was an estate sale

going on, outside of the town and we got

some of the things there.  They were the

most expensive of all of it, of course.  I got

the two rolling pins and the big cutting

board, there.....The marble rolling pin was

$8 and the wooden one was $2 and the

cutting board (which is very heavy)was $3,

All the rest totaled $7.25...

The little mister that you put in a bottle

to mist your clothes, was the 25 cent buy...

I need to find an old bottle, in some of my

stuff, for it and put it in the laundry room.

I got the little bibs to hang in the laundry

room, also....I thought I would hang a red

hankie around the top of them.  The cutting

board is butcher block and needs some

sanding and cleaning....I bought a little

ladder from a bunk bed, at a resale shop,

for covering the ceiling light in the kitchen,

I got it home and it isn't long enough, so we

will have to modify it and I am going to hang

the copper collander and my old graters on

it....(Oh hubby, you need to find some wood

and get out the saw.)

So, everything on the table, except for the

lamp came to $20.25.....pretty good haul,

I would say!   The little cabinet has shelves

in it and I am going to put it on the jackson

press were my toys are and put some of the

toys in it.  My hubby says that my bears have

more toys than he had when he was a kid!

I want to do some changing around here, I am

wanting to change the living room all around,

that will involve moving a lot of heavy

furniture and a lot of books.....

Hubby offered a couple weeks ago and then

wasn't sure he wanted to get himself in all

that work....I have other

plans, I want to get some paint for the

kitchen cupboards, they are all white, the

trim in almost the whole house is white. I

want some color, I can't decide, I want red,

but then we are planning on selling this

house in a few years and I might not want

to repaint them....

My hubby brought me home a funny out of

the paper the other day....It was Hi and Lois..

Lois is asking Hi "How long do you think it

would take to repaint this kitchen?"  He says

"About 3 hours to paint....and about 3 months

 to decide on the color."

Yup, that about sums it up!  I had swatches

taped to the bedroom wall for months and I

got tired of them and took them down....

Well, it was cold and I don't paint in

 the winter! 

Is that a good enough excuse???   My

friend thinks I am not happy unless I am

tearing something up and re-doing it!  I

like change, hubby doesn't care, but he

likes it when I get done....

Well, that is enough rambling for now, I

need to figure out where to put all those

treasures, do a load of laundry, wash some

dishes and make a rice bag for a friend....

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

Meet A Bear Monday

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Hello, Bear Lovers, it is time to meet

another bear....This one is a Boyd's bear

and she is 16" I believe, and her name is

Delta.  She is an older bear from the 90's.

That was back when the dealers were

supposed to write their name and number

on their tags....Her name and number aren't

on her tag, but I am sure of her name.

She is wearing a red/cream gingham

checked dress with a muslin collar and

trim on her dress....Under her dress, she

is wearing muslin pantaloons and on her

head, she is sporting a straw hat with a

red carnation.  She is all dressed to meet

her BFF for tea, but she has been waiting

and waiting....

Her tag is tucked in the front of

her dress.

She looks kinda sad, doesn't she?

Come on back soon, I will be posting

the great stuff I got at some garage sales

over the weekend!  I got a huge butcher

block cutting board, copper collander,

wooden boxes, rolling pins and more.

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen