garage sale finds

Ok, So I posted this morning, but here are some of the goodies I found junking this weekend.

 each one of these ornaments were 1.00 dollar and some were .50 cents. The tall gingerbread was $ 5.00. The basket was also $1.00. I could not resist.

 Here is a close up of the basket with some of the ornaments.

 This house was $ 1.00.

 Here is one of the Santa's I bought. He was $5.00.

 The Santa's on the top 4 photos were $1.00 and the canes were $3.00. I bought several of each of one.

 These angels were all 4 for $1.00.

 I think this is my favorite. He was $ 5.00.

 Here are some things I bought at other garage sales. The puzzle is a double sided one. The pink bowl, clear glass bowl and white tray were .50 cents. The angel bowl was $2.00. And the little packages of flowers resin with ribbons were $2.00.

My favorite find was this little angel (3 inches) for $1.00. I loved the scripture on it. The back says Luke 11:2. I could not leave it behind. She was calling out to me, so I had to buy it.

These were also some of the ornaments from the lady with the Christmas sale.

Well these are some of the items I purchased this weekend junking. I did buy a couple more things but I have already put them away.

I will be back tomorrow with some tags I am making.

FINALLY

I was out junking this saturday morning by myself. Hubby had to go into work and get somethings done. Bumber. But I did find lots of goodies. There must have been 25 garage sales down one street.  Will share what I bought once I take the pictures. After junking we bought mulch to fix the yard, while I went to get something for lunch I received a phone call from Mercy telling me that my blog was removed. I could not understand why. But after much research it was that I had to clear out the cookies and cache. If you know me, you know I am not a techy person. I do basic things and that is it. I don't do videos or anything to complicated. I do not have patience for computers. But after sending many emails to google, which not once have I received a response I figured it out. I went to google and typed in my blog name, next to it, it said cache. I looked it up and read on it and what to do and super easy to fix. If only I had alittle more patience for computers I would have figured it out on saturday and fixed it. But oh well. I have fixed it now and my blog is up and running. This is something I am putting on my New Years resolution, patience with computers. LOL.
I am also happy that I can now go into others blogs and leave nice comments.

Will be back later with some tags I made and pictures of goodies I bought this weekend.

new pin cushions

Ok, so now that I have finally finished the Christmas decorations post (not really, I have some more pictures of the outside), I wanted to share 3 more pin cushions I have made. I also altered 2 spools.

 Here is my Halloween boot pin cushion. I added lots of bling.

 Notice the skull heads on the front.

 I added to the heel of the boot a spider. Doesn't it look cute? These are some new flowers I found in some warehouses.

 This boot pin cushion I left pink. I added black bling and tulle bows and some trim to the bottom and the heel.

 Here is the blue boot pin cushion. I added lace trims, ceramic flowers and some pearl swirls.

 I made these 2 spools after purchasing a ziplock full of them at a garage sale for $1.00. I had a lot of fun altering these. I did not know what to do with them and then after watching a couple of youtube videos I decided to try it. This is the front of them.

Here is the back. I left the pink one the same all around. The black one is a little different on the back. I added some ceramic flowers.

I will be back with some other projects I have been working on.

Lots of Pictures

I can't seem to have enough decorations around the house. Even though the kids are no longer home with us, I still decorate. I do it because I love it. I have seen many youtube videos and blogs, where people say they no longer decorate because their kids are out of the house. I could not see my home not decorated for such a beautiful holiday.

Here are some more pictures.

 This frame is currently in my scraproom. I do not know where to hang it. My husband and I built this puzzle last year and hung it up in the family room. But now with the Santa ones (alot nicer), so for now it will stay in this room.

 Don't know if you remember this piece from last year as well. Each one is cut by hand and paper pieced together.

 This is the dining room table.

 Isn't this lamp post cute. My husband showed up with it last week on wednesday. He bought it at the home dept.

 This is a gift from my mom. Her friend had a store and had to shut it down and was getting rid of all the things in it. So my knows I love Angels and she bought it for me. Her dress and wings are gorgeous.

 This is my bathroom vanity. I bought those trees and the snow man at a garage sale. The trees were $1.00 each and the snow man (set of 3) new in its box sealed and for $6.00.

 This is in my bedroom. The picture on the wall I bought at Kirkland with the 2 Santa ones. It is a beautiful Nativity scene.

 Here is a Nativity scene I bought 3 years ago at Hallmark after Christmas.

 These figures are in my husbands office. Don't you just love the big red bow on the horse?

 This is my curio. Right side.

 Middle.

 Left side.

 These elves are from Michaels. They were a gift from a friend.

Hope you have enjoyed my long post and pictures. I will be back with some things I have been working on scrap book related.

The main tree

So I finally finished the main tree # 5. Thank goodness the other 4 are small 3 footers.

This one is also all red and green. The traditional is the way to go for us. Doesn't mean I can't and won't appreciate other colored ones. The tree top Santa is a garage sale find. I bought him for I think $1.00. I knew when I saw him he would be a focal point and that he is. He is beautiful in person. We buy different things every year to keep adding to the tree. This year we found a warehouse and bought a bunch of different items. The smaller elves, the white sprays with the sparkly balls, the red and green twisty things (don't know what they are called), and some other items are all new. I have the big elf I put every year and when I saw the small ones I decided to incorporate them as well.

These are some of the pictures I took this morning.

 Love that large elf. He is a favorite of mine. I am hoping I could find another one but with the reds and greens reversed.

 This is the other picture frame of Santa I bought last year. He has a beautiful face. I think most Santa's have beautiful faces. I am a sucker for Santa Clause's. It says believe and I love how he is holding his glasses. Notice one of the elves I bought this year. I bought 4 this size and 4 smaller ones.

 This is the Santa head I mentioned that I bought at a garage sale. You could also see the smaller elf next to him and the red and green sprays and the white balls sprays.

 We will be going out to buy another tree skirt. I have not found the one I really like, so until then this will have to do.

Here is the whole tree with the lights on. I know pictures don't really do justice to the tree, but I thought I would share anyhow.

Hope you all like it and can't wait to see how you all decorate. Leave me a comment so that I can go to your blogs and see your decorations.

I will be back during the week to post some new pin cushions I have made.

Have a great weekend.

Tree mini

I can't believe I have finally finished the tree mini album I started about 3 weeks ago. I thought I would have loved making it and instead got fed up with it. I was bored of how little things I had for Thanksgiving. See, I am not  into celebrating Thanksgiving. I love Halloween and Christmas, Thanksgiving not so much. I find it to be a boring holiday. Sorry to you all that are fans of it. I prefer skipping this day all together.

OK, back to the album. In 2008, which is the year my husband and I were married, we decided to have a Thanksgiving dinner at our house. I had just moved in (we were together for 10 years before we moved in together), my brother from California was visiting and my father was coming over to meet my husband for the first time. Yes, I know after 10 years together Dad finally meets the husband. So, I decided to make this mini and incorporate pictures. Yes, you read correctly. I added photos to a project of mine. I am known to make layouts and albums and not put pictures on them or in them.

Here is the mini. I really like the way it came out. I was inspired by Marlene from http://www.uniquelyella.blogspot.com/. I loved this album from the moment I saw it. Tonight I decided to complete it. I took out the pictures from that day and chose my favorites.

 For the front cover I used a picture of my husband and my dog Roscoe.

 Here is my Mom and Dad. And the right page has my 2 girls.

 Here is my oldest sister serving everyone. The other page has my nieces and nephew.

 The left page is of my 2 brothers and my 2 sisters. The other page is the table setting.

 On the left side I decided to only add pictures of my oldest brother. Since we do not see him often, he lives in California, I wanted a page of just him. The other page is my Dad and my sister Nikki.  

This last picture is my oldest sister with her dog in the back ground. She was such a great help. She did all the dishes with my oldest daughter. She is a wonderful sister. Not because she did the dishes but because she just is.