Happy Valentines Week!

My son`s gluten free, dairy free Valentine`s brownies................yummy!

 

A simple ivory paper rose.........:)

Happy Valentines Y`all............

A Gift From My Son

My son, Caleb, who is 10, gave the most wonderful gift this afternoon................He came home from our neighbors house and instructed me that I had to follow him outside with my eyes closed.....he made sure of this by holding his little hands tightly over my eyes!...............He led me to the front porch, turned me to face the house and told me to open my eyes..................And there it was, hanging on a nail I use for my Christmas wreath, a large grapevine wreath he had completely made by himself and decorated with pretty pink camellias.................I LOVE IT!............................Do you think he takes after his mom?

Playing Catch Up

If any of you are wondering where my Ebay store has gone.............don`t worry, it`s just closed for a few days............I`m behind with orders right now due to the influx I`ve had since New Years. The only way I can see to catch up is to close for a few days, sorry. .......My house is suffering!

Here`s a pretty postcard image for you to download in the meantime................so cute! Great for gift tags!

Oh well, back to work......................

And The Winner Is................

Phew, what a week! Busy, busy, busy...............
Thank you to all who entered my blog contest................sure, 3 is a small number, but you have to start somewhere right?
Anyhow, I loved all of your ideas but random.com says the winner is..............drum roll.............Kathy@!

Congratulations! You can contact me at linenchic1@yahoo.com with your details........

Another contest will be coming soon, so keep watching!

What do you think to my burlap bags I worked on this week?.......I`ve taken up stenciling with dimensional fabric paint..............pretty cool!

Steampunk Clock Faces.........First Giveaway!

Look what I made today!................Vintage enamel clock or watch faces..............so steampunk!................Simply made with metal tags, vintage digital images and a `secret` chemical heating process............voila!

Now my first free giveaway.............please forgive me for any snafu`s..............hopefully there won`t be any!

Anyhow, simply post me a comment on what you would do with one of these pretty clock faces .....................I will read all posts but to be fair will select the winner using Random.org.

Entry deadline is one week from today, Monday 30th January. ............I will announce the winner on Tuesday 31st............You will receive one clock face, color of your choice mailed first class to your door!....................Good luck everyone!................( Hope I get SOME entries!)

Loving Vintage German Items!

I have found a new love for frozen Charlottes.......................gorgeous bisque or porcelain dolls, in various sizes, excavated from Thuringia, Germany................These dolls have been buried in debris for over 100 years since the doll factories were torn down or bombed ( I`m not sure which)...................Each doll has its own unique appearance, most have lost limbs or worse still, their heads!....................They show signs of age from being buried for a 100 years................just fascinating.............I love them, what a great conversation piece!

I also love this vintage German Trading card for Hoyt`s Cologne......................The description is so amusing.....nothing like you would see on cologne today...............What great tags this image would make...............please feel free to download the image.....

Good news......next week I will be starting my free give away contests ............keep watching and be sure to `follow me` to enter!

73 Degrees in January?

What a fabulous day, felt like Spring came early................We took a trip to Fort Pulaski, near Tybee Island, GA. It`s only 45 mins from our house. Then we had a picnic and a game of scrabble on the beach.......so relaxing (could have been the glass of wine I snuck into the picnic basket ).

Here are some pics I took.....................
We had a GREAT day!