Sneak Peek Of My Give Away!

Here's a sneak peek of something

I am giving away!  If you read my

blog a year ago, then you have seen

this!  You will be getting one similar

to this one. I bet my newer followers 

can guess what it is!  Anyway, you 

can sign up on this post or on the 

one that I show you, what you will 

win! I appreciate all those that

have hung in there with me, it has

been a lot of fun!  I have met some

wonderful friends since I started

blogging, last year, not in person,

but I feel like I have known some 

of you for a long time! I sure do

appreciate you all, so much and I 

am grateful that you read my blog!

Now for your sneak peek!  

The rules are as follows:

 You must be a follower of my blog and 

live in the USA to enter. (New followers 

are welcome to sign on and enter.) You 

do not have to have a blog, to enter. If 

you do not have one, please leave me your 

e-mail address in your comment, or e-mail 

it to me, you can e-mail me from my 

sidebar. Please put "Address for Give 

Away" in the subject line. I will need a way 

to contact you, if you are the lucky winner.

How to get entries.

1 . Leave me a comment telling me you are 

a follower and that you would like to be 

entered for a chance. 

2. Post this picture on your sidebar and 

link it back to my blog, for another chance 

and tell me, so I will know that you did. 

3. Post this on your Facebook wall for 

another chance and tell me, so I will 

know that you did.

      

4. If you are a member of Prim Pals 

Forum, let me know for another chance.

 5. Tell me your favorite thing about 

Christmas, for another chance.

6. If you do a post about it, besides

putting it on your sidebar, you get 

another chance, just let me know.

I have almost  200 followers, if I go 

over 200, I will be putting something

else in for the winner.  If I reach 225, 

I will draw a second name to win 

something!

The more followers I get, the more

the winners will receive!  I will post

a picture of what I add, also....That 

way you will see what I am adding.

I will be posting a whole picture of 

what the winner will receive,

next week, so for now you will have 

to settle for the sneak peek picture!

Sign ups will be accepted through 

Dec. 8th and the drawing will be

at Noon on the 9th of December. 

Good Luck to all of you!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Pumpkin Roll Recipe For Thanksgiving!

 I hope you all have a 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

This is the recipe I use, when I make them.

One can of pumpkin is enough to make two 

pumpkin rolls.

Pumpkin Roll

Cream together:

3 eggs

1 C sugar

Fold in:

2/3 C pumpkin

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

3/4 C flour

Pour into well greased cookie sheet 

with edges, 10" x 15"

Bake at 375 deg. for 15 min.

Remove from oven and roll in a towel 

sprinkled with powdered sugar 
and let cool completely.

Unroll and spread with filling, reroll and 

place seam side down.

You can sprinkle a little bit of powdered 

sugar on top, if desired.

Filling:

8 oz. cream cheese

4 Tbls oleo

1 tsp. vanilla

1 C powdered sugar

Keep refrigerated.  You can wrap it 

in foil and freeze.

Be watching for a sneak peek 
for my give away, coming soon!

Until next time...


Bear Hugs~Karen

The Rusty Thimble's Ornament # 10

 Hello everyone, this is the

newest ornie posted by Brenda,

of The Rusty Thimble....It is

number 10 of the 12 she is giving

away!  She is so generous, go on

over and check out her shop to

see what all she has for sale!

Be watching for a give away

on my blog, soon!

Thanks for stopping by and 

have a great weekend!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Give Away on Prim Pals Forum

Hey everyone, if you haven't been 

on the Prim Pals Forum, you need

to go on over and become a member!

One of our staff members, Gen has

generously donated this wonderful 

snowman to be given away! Become a 

member and tell us your favorite 

Christmas memory to be entered!

 

Friday, November 19th is the last day 

to enter and the winner will be 

announced on Thanksgiving Day! 

So, you better hurry!

Also, be watching for a give away,

here on my blog, soon!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Picture of Fireplace

Hello everyone, I posted the

wrong pic of the fireplace, so

here is how it looks.

 The houses are on there, that I got

from Lorna....To the right of the

fireplace, are two more Warren 

Kimble prints.....I forgot to take a

picture of my window sill in the kitchen,

I have some Fall decorations in there, 

also....

Thanks for stopping by and leaving me

such sweet comments!

Until next time....

Bear Hugs~Karen

I finally am getting around to post

my decorating for Fall....I thought I

had better get it done before I 

decorate for Christmas, which is 

coming on FAST!  I am not going to
decorate for Christmas, until after 
Thanksgiving weekend.... 

 This is on the little hutch that we made

to cover the gas heater.  I got the bear

tea light holder awhile back at the flea

market.  I know it isn't prim, but I am 

a bear collector, as you all know.

 I got the big spray of leaves, pinecones

and pods at a garage sale, in fact, I got

two of them and this one covers the 

electrical outlet.

  

I bought this stuff in a bowl in a bag,

when I got home with it, I discovered 

that it is all fake!  Smelled good for 

awhile....I will have to add some scent

to it....

This is all on the dining room table, I 

keep having to move it back, when I 

want to take pictures  of something

else....

I have shown this picture of the fireplace,

before...

The hutch, that I made over....It has the

pumpkins and an angel, that I got from 

Beryl, of Southern Blessings, in a swap.

 A close up of the bear with the pumpkins..

I received some bittersweet from my MIL,

but I decided not to put it out, because 

Chum gets into EVERY THING!   He

has been tearing up plants, sleeping in the

top of one, too....I thought I had better

keep the bittersweet packed up, even 

though I wanted to put some up on the

fireplace, which is pretty high....I figured

he would jump on the big crock, on the 

hearth, and get up there.  He is a little

stinker!

Well, I need to get outside and get some

of my make overs painted, the weather

has been, either cold or rainy, since I got

it all sanded.  

Be on the lookout for a give away!

Thanks for stopping by....

Bear Hugs~Karen

Hello everyone, if you haven't

been over to Brenda's blog, 

The Rusty Thimble, to sign up 

for her Wonderful give away,

you need to get on over there!

Here are the next ornies in the

series of 12!   She is giving away

12 handmade ornies to one person!
 

And here is her second place prize!

 You are so generous, Brenda!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Friday Unfinishes....

Hello everyone, I hope you all have

a great weekend planned.

I am going to the Fall Festival at 

the state park, tomorrow.  It starts 

today, but I am waiting for my hubby 

to go with me.

I thought I would show you all what I 

got sanded on Wednesday.  Here are 

my unfinished projects.

It rained yesterday, so I didn't get

anything painted, but maybe this 

weekend. The magazine rack is going to 

be painted black, the bread box is going

to be red or mustard over black, I think.

The cutting boards, that the bread box is

sitting on, are big one....I might put some

stain on one and leave the other one like 

it is.  The thinner one almost covers my

stove top.  I need to find my tack cloth,

to clean all the saw dust off of these things.

I put the wooden tray on top of the old

bucket and it fits pretty good, so I think

I will take the plastic legs off and sand

it up some more and use it for a lid.

What do you think?  Any suggestions on

what color to paint it?  It has holes in the

bottom of it, because it had legs on it, at

one time, for keeping sewing in, I

presume.

Well, that is it for today, I need to get

to the store for some food.

Have a great weekend!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Ornie # 6 and 7 of Brenda's Give Away

I have to show you all the next

ornies in the series of 12 that

Brenda is giving away over at

The Rusty Thimble 

This reindeer is going to the 3rd place

winner!  So, go sign up and see if 

there is anything you want, she is

having a sale!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Old Cars and Treasures

Good Evening...

I took some pictures of some old 
cars in Texas, on the way

back home.....My hubby said these 
are Metropolitans...They remind me 
of the old Nash Rambler,

 that my sister had, once...They

are out in a field with several horses.

You never know what you will find in 

Texas!

I have a few things to show you, that 

I got, recently...

I bought this huge rolling pin in an 

antique mall on the way back, on 

Monday.  I put a regular sized one 

with it, so you can see just how big it 

is!  If you read my last post, you know

that my hubby wanted to know if I 

was going to use it on him!

I found this old ammo box at the flea

market....You know I am collecting old

boxes ;)

I got the cornucopia at GW and I got the 

gingerbread doll at the same flea

market, that I got the box at, but a few

weeks ago.  I have more things, but I 

forgot to include them in the pictures.

Be watching for some make overs, I have

several things that I want to get painted. It 

looks like it is going to be nice, tomorrow,

so I better get at it!  Also, be watching for

a give away!  I haven't decided what it will 
be, yet.....hmmmm...It might be a 
combination of things, cloth, wood, 
Christmas or Winter, 
handmade, or made over....But, I 
will be showing you, in the next couple 
weeks and telling you how you can win!  
Maybe, we will play Bingo...Maybe, I will 
wait until I get to 200 followers, I am 
getting close!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Ornie # 4 and # 5

Hello everyone! 

I thought I had better get 

on here and post ornie # 4 and 5, 

that Brenda, of the Rusty Thimble

is giving away, as part of her 12

ornament give away!  She is one

generous person!

 

So, if you haven't signed up 

to win her fantastic, handmade

ornies, what ya waiting for?

Click here to go to her blog....

I have been gone, we went to work 

on our house, in Texas.....Time if 

flying by and we want to get some 

things done, before it gets too cold.

 We just got back, this afternoon and 

I have a lot of things to do, around 

here....I can tell ya one thing, Chum 

does not like riding in the van!  He 

will have to get used to it, though.

I have been reading blogs, tonight and

it looks like shops are having open

houses earlier, every year.  It goes from

Halloween, straight to Christmas!  I 

guess it doesn't matter, as fast time 

seems to be flying by, it will only seem 

like 3 weeks and Christmas will be

up on us!

I hope you all had a great weekend, I 

know I would have rather gone to the

flea market, instead of raking  leaves!

Last weekend, when I was at the flea 

market, I got an old ammo box, that I

will post and today, I got an old rolling

pin.  Let me tell ya, it is huge!  My 

hubby asked if I was buying it to use on

him!  LOL....I told him that I would 

never do that to him...(I think that made

him feel better about carrying it to the 

van)....LOL....Still makes me chuckle!

Well, that is it for me, tonight....

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

 

Ornie # 3 in Brenda's Give Away

Hey, you all, if you haven't

heard about it, you need to get

over to Brenda's blog, to get 

signed up for her ornie give away!

She is giving away 12 of them!

 

Click on the ornie picture, on my

sidebar to take you there. 

I like to wish my new followers
a warm welcome!

Have a great weekend!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Decorating With Nature

Hello everyone....

I thought I would show you a couple 

pictures of our outside decorating, 

compliments of Mother Nature!

 

We had a rain storm and man, the 

needles came down off the pine trees!

Hubby gets on the mower and mows

them into rows, like this and then he

picks them up and burns them in the 

fire pit.  This is just part of the back 

yard...He got most of them cleaned up 

and it rained again, and down came some 

more!  I know he will be glad when he

doesn't have to do all the yard work, he

will be able to sit inside and read. He

likes the yard to look nice, so between

the pine needles, pine cones and other 

things that fall, it keeps him busy!  

We have 17 pine trees, that are about 

40 ft. tall, around the yard, they are 

good shade trees, but are pretty messy!

I guess I had better go dust, so I can 

show you all, what little indoor Fall

decorating, I have done, before I 

have to start decorating for Christmas!

It is hard to believe, that Christmas is 

not far off, it just cooled off, here!

Welcome to my new followers!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen