Romantic Country Magazine and Tea Pot Set

I just received my lastest issue of "Romantic Country". There are some really pretty homes in there, but the thing that caught my attention is a page called,"Sweet & Simple Crafts"....Mosaic Magic by Mary Garrett .

Mary created the mosaic on this vintage tea set, which I have listed on ebay right now. She does beautiful work.

I also have a mosaic birdhouse that I created and have listed on ebay . Mosaics is a lot of fun, but hard work. I have created a couple of other small things that I will be putting on ebay, but I think I will leave the mosaic up to Mary. She does beautiful work! Check out her web site when you get a chance.

No Coke...No Sweet Tea...YIKES!!

I've been having a hard time the last few days, as I have diabetes and can't have anymore Cokes or Sweet Tea. We here in the South love our "Sweet Tea" and I am addicted to it. The same with Coke. My precious little husband says, "you can drink unsweet tea".......has he fallen and hit his head?? Someone has got to enlighten this man....you don't tell a sweet tea drinker to start drinking unsweet tea!!! Lord knows the Dr. tried telling me and she didn't get very far! I think I can give up my Cokes, but I definately need prayer for the "Sweet Tea".

Happy Dance

This is me...doing the "Happy Dance"! There are some sweet Bloggers out there in Blog Land that have posted to me, with some of the nicest comments. Thank you to all. There is one Blogger in particular, who has encouraged me and keeps encouraging me and she is Dawn of the-feathered-nest. I found Dawn's store Blog plumtree antiques here in Blog Land and contacted her. Welllll, she is the sweetest, kindest person and I feel like I have known her all my life! You have just got to go check her out and find out for yourself how creative and interesting she is.

Is Anyone Out There??

I was just wondering how long it takes for other Bloggers to find your Blog space?? Is anyone reading what I post? If you are out there...even just lurking...please let me know by posting a little note here. I haven't been doing this very long, but find it interesting, especially looking at other Blogs.

Busy Weekend

Our daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren came in Thursday night from Fl. and stayed till Sunday afternoon. We had such a good time with the grandbabies! The baby is going to be 6 months on Thursday and his first tooth just broke through on the bottom. He is such a sweet, happy little guy and laid back like his mommy. The little girl is 5 and definately a girly, girl. She is into all things Princess. Oh..my...what a little actress she is!! She got up on the front of our fireplace and put on little plays for us. We were sad to see them go home.

Chocolat Fairy

I received this cute, cute fairy today in the mail from Mica of http://garboodles.typepad.com as a gift. She is a wonderful artist. I will cherish it always, Mica! Thanks so much!!

Very Old New Testament Bible

I'm sorry these pictures aren't clearer. My dad (who is 82), just gave me his dad's New Testament Bible. It is a little over 120 years old. It is dated 1886. Inside is a clipping from a revival that took place in 1907. I'm so excited to receive this little bible, but the sad thing is...my children will not be as excited or appreciate it, like I do.



Again I'm sorry that this picture isn't clearer. This is a small card with my grandfather's name (John Baker) in his own handwriting. It is over 100 yrs. old. Somehow it got some water on it and smeared the ink a bit. It is such beautiful handwriting. They had pretty penmanship back then.

Tagged

I've been tagged by Theresa of http://gardenantqs.blogspot.com/. We are to pick up a book closest to us and share what is on page 28. The book that is closest to me is Mary Engelbreit's, "Home Sweet Home". This book stays damp from drool all over it!

This is what is on page 28...

It says...A home of her own Under the shade of two century old oak trees, Mikayla's playhouse offers all the comforts of home. Complete with gardens and a white picket fence and arbor, Mikayla's make-believe maison mirrors Mary's home on a preschool scale. Even the steep-roofed birdhouses hanging nearby echo the home's distinctive style(facing page).

I wish I had the money to totally re-do my whole house, cause I would love to have it look like Mary Engelbreit's home. I just love her taste in decorating.

Antiquing

Thought I would share this picture I found last week while shopping in an antique store, "Oh Deco Where Art Thou". I thought this was just the coolest!! The lady who made this, is from here in Georgia. She took different pieces of Georgia fern fronds and pressed them onto paper. She had also taken Georgia's state flower, pressed it on paper and framed it. She had a booth in this antique store, which was filled with eye candy.

Playing Nursemaid

As you can see, I haven't been blogging for awhile. I have been playing nursemaid to my sweet husband. He started coughing, so he went to the Dr. to get some medicine. Dr. said it was bronchitis. Anyway, long story short...he had blood clots in his lungs and close to his heart. They said he should have died, but God is in control and husband has survived! Praise the Lord! Husband has gone back to work for the first time in awhile, so I am trying to get caught up on some things that I have gotten behind on.