Hey everyone, I just want

to show you a couple pics that

I took on Christmas.  We got 

some thunder boomers in the

night on Christmas Eve, it

rained until about 2pm and then

it started snowing! We have had

little snow since we moved here

and this was the first "White

Christmas" I have had in years!

    

 We got a lot more than it

shows in this picture. 

Here's Chum in his favorite

spot, checking out the snow, I

think this is the first time he

has seen it.....This was taken

before the first picture.....He

doesn't like to be outside, if it

is hot or cold, he likes it just

right! Sound familiar?  Hubby 

opened the back door and asked

him if he wanted to go out, he 

could feel the cold air and there

    was no way he was going out!     

I want to wish you all a 

"Happy New Year".....

May you all have good health,

happiness & prosperity in the

coming year!

I may, or may not keep posting,

we shall see....

Bear Hugs & Blessings To You All~Karen        

Merry Christmas!

 I just want to wish everyone

a Merry Christmas!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Hey everyone, thought I would 

pop on here and let you all know

that I am still around.  I have 

really been busy and running 

here and there, the craft show

and all, really had me busy!  I

did make it to Berlin, Ohio for 

a little while, really needed to

stay for a whole weekend, but

had other plans. 

 

 

I did get some great pictures

that I will share with you all,

later.  I tell ya what, I do not

want to go to Wooster, again 

without a map!   

 

 Well, I have some things to get

finished and sent out.

 

I have been seeing all your 

wonderful decorating and you are

all awesome!  I haven't even put

the tree up, yet.  I have a hard

time mustering up Christmas spirit,

anymore.....So, I guess I had better

check out some more of your

Christmas decor! ...lol....I am sure

that will help!

 

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen    

 

     

I hope everyone had a safe 

Halloween.....October just

flew by and I have been 

crafting, snowmen, scarecrows,

prairie dolls, pumpkins, Santas,

signs, gingerbread men and

sifter arrangements, painting

dust pans and welcome signs....

I made pillows  from a chenille

bedspread.  I need to finish the 

things that I have in the works 

and get them marked, then onto

rug hooking for several days.

Time is running out, the festival

is next week. I will leave you

all with a picture of one of the

dust pans, that I painted,

yesterday.  I think I like painting 

on dust pans, I did this winter

scene and a Fall scene, both 

 Terrye French designs. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope 

you all are having a great week!

Now that I look at the picture, I think

it looks like the wall is bowed, maybe

it is because of the wave in the tin.

I will have to check it out and change

that, l can't have a house with a bow,

even if it is supposed to be an old

saltbox!......lol....

I hope you all are safe from the

storm.

Until next time.....

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen   

   

  

This was seen in a field in Ohio!

You go OHIO, you need to elect 

them, the next President &

V. P. of  the USA, as do the rest

of us!.....If you did not see my 

last post, scroll on down and click

on the link to see what is 

happening, behind the scenes

in this country.  YOU might be

shocked! It is very important,

please check it out!

America is in need of a little 

R & R!

 

Bear Hugs~Karen

Hey everyone, I intended on 

posting about some goodies I 

have found, but thought I would

show you what I am working on.

I got accepted in the Big Fall 

Festival at Beavers Bend State

Park! It is one hard show to get

into, since there is only so much

room, plus it is juried. These are 

the pictures that I sent in to be

looked at....As you can see, I did

not tea stain the dolls and dresses,

since I don't know if anyone, 

around here, would like them done

that way. I do plan on having both.

 I made these pumpkins from a

chenille bedspread.

I made these santas from a pattern 

from Sandy of the Old Country Cupboard,

the doll pattern is a freebie from her, also.

 

The Raggedy Andy is my 2nd project 

at rug hooking, not sure if I am going

to make him into a pocket, purse or a

pillow, yet. All 3 of my projects are of

my own design.....He ended up being

finished after my 2nd ruglet, though.

 

 

As some of you may know, the ruglet

on the left is my first project....I may

have you confused, I was working on the

ruglet on the right at the same time as

the Andy face......I still need to put a

binding on them and they will be finished.

I have been ironing material and cutting 

out aprons this afternoon and I can tell

ya that I am too slow! It is a good thing 

that the festival is not until November!

I think it is late for a Fall festival, but

some of the trees still have their color 

and it is beautiful in the park!  

 

Well, I need to get back to work and

get something done!

 

Thanks for stopping by and a special

thank you to those who took the time

to tell me that they missed me, I really

do appreciate it, so much!

 

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

 

Even though we probably didn't know

anyone, who died on September 11th,

we shall always remember.....My hubby

 wears a flag on his shirt to work, every

day in memory of those who lost their

lives on that awful morning. 

 

I will be back to posting some things 

I am working on and some treasures.

Did anybody miss me?

 

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

 

Keeping Busy!

The time is sure flying by! I hope you 

all are staying cool in this heat! I have

been working on a couple of projects

that I am hooking, but I will show you 

pictures of that, later on.

We have had to go to our house 

in Texas to work on cleaning up the

trees that we had cut. We had most

of the brush done and we still had

the tree trunks to burn.  We found

another dead tree on the half acre,

with the house, that makes 12 trees

dead on the half acre and there are 

a lot of dead ones on the acre behind.

I took some pictures on the way back

and I thought I would share with you

some of them.

I have found some treasures, that

I will share with you all, soon.

I would also like to thank you all

for the wonderful comments 

on my patriotic decorating, outside.

I did intend on decorating on the

inside, but that never happened.

 

Until next time.....

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

 

I just want to wish you all 

a Happy 4th of July!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Adding More To The Yard

Good Afternoon, friends! I hope

you all are having a great week...

I remembered my Uncle Sam

and my rusty flag, so I put them

out front with the rest of my

Americana things.

I like Uncle Sam up on the

top, the cloth flag just didn't

seem right.

 

 The flag doesn't show up very

well on the brick, I probably 

should have painted it, but I

I bet my prim friends like it

the way it is. ;) 

If you missed the previous 

post, please scroll on down

for some more pictures.

I would like to welcome my

newest followers! Thank you

for following, I hope you 

enjoy it!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

My Patriotic Yard

Good afternoon, friends! 

I have been busy decorating outside 

and I did have it done yesterday, but

I didn't take pictures until evening 

and I had lots of shadows, so I wanted

to take more today. I had it all decked

out for Flag Day and now until at least

the 4th of July.

I love all the shadows on the wall,

don't you?

We made the big wooden thing between 

the windows, from two old weathered

pallets.

 

The bird house has a green and white

license plate on it and I want hubby 

to replace it with a Texas one that is

white with red and it may have a little

blue on it. 

 

The pictures, below I took a little bit

ago....I put the star on the wall on the

wood, with the single flag, but you 

could barely see it, so I put it on the

brick, where you can see it a little

better.

 

I painted the bird yesterday, it had been

on the chain link fence and had faded 

so I painted her and made her a nest in

the old chippy milk can. One of my best

friends gave me the little flag and this is

the first time I have been able to hang 

it out.

 

Old coal bucket, thought I would 

paint it some time, but decided that

the wavy sides would not work too 

well for a folk art scene.

 

Well, I hope you all like my patriotic

front yard, I enjoyed decorating it!

Thanks to my hubby for his work on 

putting the wood together, (I did help)

without it, I couldn't have had all the

fun decorating! 

One thing I would like to say is that a 

lot of us love our flag and country, the

way it is! We don't need to change it,

from what our fore fathers wanted it

to be, so I say if you don't like it, you

are welcome to leave!  There are lots of

other countries on this earth that 

might suit you a little better! We also

need to go by the Constitution! If you 

agree with me, spread it around! We

need to fight for our country with 

words! Remember this, when 

November gets here,  we have the

right to vote and change the direction

that OUR country is headed!

Until next time~

GOD  BLESS

AMERICA! 

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

 

I'm Still Around!

Hey everyone, I haven't fallen off the 
map, I have just been busy. I have 
been to Texas, to our house a few times 
and I keep bringing back more 
things to sell at the antique mall. 
I am on a mission to get rid of a lot 
of stuff! Sorting, cleaning and pricing, 
has kept me 
busy, plus I work at the antique mall, 
besides taking care of the booth. I don't 
remember if I said, that we had a lot of 
dead trees in our yard, from the drought, 
last summer. Of course, we couldn't tell 
until the leaves started coming on. 
Well, we had 11, just on 
the half acre the house is sitting on 

and I don't have any idea how many on the 
acre of woods, behind the house. They don't 
really matter, though. We are not the 
only ones with a lot of dead trees.

Well, I went down and a tree service cut 
7 of them and we will do the rest 
of them..........fun, fun, fun....

I have gotten some goodies while out and 
about and I thought you might like to see 
some of them.

 I got the old bonnet in an antique mall

some place, can't remember where. I got

the old wooden bowl in a store that had

been closed up and it was open one 

weekend. You couldn't even get around

in the store, there was a path down the

middle and that was it! The creamer, 

plate and cups go to the set of blue and

 white dishes, I have been collecting. 

Here's the plate, they are "Historical

Ports of England" and the plates, bowls, 

bread plates, saucers have different 

scenes for the different ports.

 This one doesn't go with the set, but

I had to have it. This is the "Mayflower"

and it goes well with my other dishes.

I found this hooked foot stool, in a

 little town, on the way back home on

one of the trips.

 

I won this cute bunny and it came some 

time, last month. I am amiss for not posting 

this wonderful win, sooner! I now have two

bunnies in the house. :) Not much for 

decorating, huh?  Anyway, I won it from

Darlene of Three D Style, she makes some 

wonderful things, so click here to go 

check out her blog and get entered for 

her May giveaway!  I just loved this 

bunny the moment I saw it! Thanks

again, Darlene! 

 I will leave you with a couple pictures

of my big boy posing.... I even got one

of him yawning, guess he was getting 

bored with me taking pictures of him!

He is sitting on a table made from an 

old treadle sewing machine, which is

his perch to look out the windows of

the French doors to see what is 

happening on the patio and in the 

back yard.

Oh, before I forget, I was lucky to 
receive a wonderful new magazine 
called"Romantic Prairie Style" 
from Brenda of Pine Tree Prims, 
just by being the first one 
to say I would like to have it!

Thanks again,  Brenda, I love it! If 
you see it at the store, check it out!

That's it for tonight, hope you all 

missed me!...lol...

I have a plan to decorate my yard and all

for the Summer, so I will try to get that 

done, soon. Then I will share pictures of

it all with you.

Thanks for stopping by and for those 

of you that take the time to leave me 

a comment, I really appreciate it and

love hearing from you all.

Until next time, I hope you all have

a safe holiday weekend!

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen