A BIG SALE to tell you about!

I interrupt this special Valentine’s day celebration

to tell you about a BIG SALE!

Shanti at Sunshine Bliss Studio is having a

HALF OFF sale!

Go to her blog HERE

and look at her Etsy store HERE!

(this is one of the bracelets that she made!)

I ordered a ‘few’ things today

and I am VERY tempted by a few more!

RUN don’t walk!

♥

It will be over at midnight tonight!!!

Happy Valentine’s Day to my friends!

It’s so nice to surround yourself with

pretty things that make you smile!

I ‘treated’ myself to a little ‘Hello Kitty’ doll

and surrounded her with fun things that

friends have given me over the years.

And for my girlfriend, Ricki Jill,

I even found a poem to quote!

“Candle light, moon light star light,

the brightest glow is from love light.”

by Grey Livingston

(I’ll dedicate this to my sweet hubby!)

Enjoy your day! ♥

I’m linking with Ricki Jill at Art @ Home !

 

Have FUN! ♥

Eat some chocolate! ♥

“Friends” for Mosaic Monday

I was thinking about how much my friends mean to me this week. Remember how we took little Valentines to school to give to our very best girlfriends (and sometimes even to a BOY!) ?

Whenever I show a photo of my lanai, you can see something that I keep close to me all the time.

I call it my treasure box.

 

It’s filled with little notes, letters, tags and cards from my blog buddies. I love to open my box and look through it from time to time….it’s a ‘feel good’ thing!

And when I found these neat collage frames, I put some of my treasures in frames to hang over my desk for inspiration.

Blogging has given me a chance to have lots of girlfriends again…like I did when I was in school.

What a blessing you ALL are to me!

I’m joining Mary at the dear little red house

for Mosaic Monday! I hope you’ll join us, too!

I am taking part in “A Month of Letters”,too.

 

If you want to read more about it, go to my post HERE ! And if you would like to receive a card or letter from me this month, email me your address!

Happy Valentine’s Day to you all! ♥

Lil’ Vintage Story books “Babies and Bears”

“Rock-a-bye baby”

Could there be any sweeter book for babies or bears?

My bear is holding an old 1956 Junior Elf book to read to the baby dolls.

Aren’t the illustrations

and nursery rhymes precious?

Enjoy your day!

Let something you love put a smile on your face!

I’m joining Corey for Lil’ Vintage Story Books.

Quilts, Kumquats and Quowds!

I mean CLOUDS! heehee!

I love looking up at the sky!

I don’t know how many photos I take of clouds!

But this week we had a storm roll through

one late afternoon and the clouds boiled up!

And look at this beautiful tree we spotted in our neighborhood.

I think it’s a Kumquat tree! (the fruit was small and still a little sour!)

A quick peek at my sofa with the Prim Quilt on the back!

We don’t really need quilts on the sofa here in Florida

but I think it makes it look cozy in the lanai!

AND for more EXCITING NEWS!

Shanti from Sunshine Bliss Studio

is having a GIVEAWAY on her blog HERE!

She is giving TWO necklaces…one to keep and one to share with someone special! Here’s a close up…

Hurry over to Sunshine Bliss to enter!

Better get there before I do! heehee!

Thrifty Living Series “Entertainment”

Most of us work hard all week and look forward to a little entertainment on the weekend. Even though we are retired, our week consists of meetings, classes and volunteer work. So we are ready to do something different on the weekends! (I’ll sneak some photos in of our drive to the coast last Sunday)

Our community has a lot of events to take part in and clubs to join. So we have a lot to choose from. Most of the plays, musical productions, movies, seminars and lectures are ‘donation’ only so you can pay what you can afford.

But there are other ways to ‘create’ your own entertainment. We check movies out of the library, and still have date nights! It’s still fun to get dressed up and ‘go out’ and there are lots of things to do that don’t cost very much. We enjoy going out to eat and the movies…and the museum. But we find ways to do it economically. Of course for the ‘over 55’ group, we can get discounts and that helps.

What are some of the ways you enjoy entertainment without breaking the bank? I’ll add some of your ideas to this post as they come in! I would love to find out how you save money! We can’t work ALL the time! ; )

Maybe we should get our fishing license!

Ricki Jill mentioned checking magazines out from the library! I do that, too! And in the lobby we have a table for ‘free’ magazines! Great tip, Ricki! Thanks!

And Lilybets mentioned a picnic…I love that idea! Karen mentioned free movies and I googled ‘free movies’ and found Hulu and some others where you can view movies online. A great source!

Ginger has a great bit of info that we can use! When you rent Redbox movies, reserve them online and they are even LESS AND they send you a promo code for free movies after you rent so many.    

Please join all of the other Thrifty living ladies…or “Frugal Five” for their posts on this subject!

Brenda of Cozy Little House

Claudia of Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Elaine of Sunny, Simple Life

Jen of Muddy Boot Dreams

It’s almost the weekend…..have FUN !!!

I’m linking to Katherine’s Corner ! ♥

 

 

Something to see on a Sunday drive AND the WINNER!!!

We took a drive out to the Gulf Coast on Sunday

and these were some of the neatest signs on one of the back roads. (and no, my camera wasn’t tilted!)

We were on an adventure to get ‘off the beaten path’

 

and see if we could get to the water!

I took this quickly as we drove by!

And here’s a quick pic of one of the places we found that was accessible to the water!

NOW…for the WINNER of the

Valentine’s Day Giveaway

sponsored by Sunshine Bliss Studio …

Jann from Have a daily cup from Mrs. Olson 

wins the beautiful necklace and earrings!

Thanks to everyone who entered and to Shanti for designing this special gift for one of my readers! ♥

Visit Shanti’s shop HERE to see more of her amazing jewelry!

Enjoy your day!

Don’t forget to take the ‘path less traveled’!

Wednesday Wee Ones “On the way to the Doll Room”

They were on the way to the doll room to get their clothes changed…really they were!

But I put them down on the sofa for just a little while and left.

When I got home, Anne was reading a Teddy Bear book to Wendy and Raggedy Annie.

I think you all encouraged my hubby too much and now he is posing my dolls, too!

He sure got a kick out of all the ‘chicken’ comments on the last post!

(and truthfully, he has always moved things around…sometimes just to see if I will notice!)

Sweet Annie was made by my friend,

Maxie at Prims and Annies!

I just have to show you the cute little ‘vintage’ pillow that I found at the thrift store. I washed it and it came out great! Something ‘new’ for the baby bed!

And yes….I know it’s Tuesday! My week is crazy so far! Maybe I can get a day ahead! lol

I’m joining  Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

and Your Cozy Home party !

Wednesday I’ll announce the winner of the

 Valentine’s day contest!

Enter on the original post…HERE !

Remember to ‘take time to PLAY’!!!