SATURDAY. JANUARY 10, 2009

Quess what I'm thinking about... alot!

VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

It is one of my favorite 'special days' of the year.

I don't want presents...

just red, pink, & white paper,

ribbon, scissors, and glue.

Well... maybe a few more supplies.

Yesterday I volunteered in Chris's 1st grade classroom

and then Boyd picked me up and we headed down

to Oshkosh (an hour South) to a favorite florist in quest of

branches for a Valentine tree.

They have unusual gifts.

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I found these huge lollipops that I had to have.

(50% off)

I could see them in a vase in the center of our table...

and that's just where they are at this moment.

The arrangement needs a bit of tweaking...

red glass pebbles in the class vase,

etc.

And the shop did have the branches I had in mind.

(Also... 50% off))

They're much prettier than in the photo as they

have lots of 'BLING' to them

I hung the heart on the branch for the fun of it,

but I do imagine I will hang something from

the branches

(not sharing yet).

I have really become inspired by the TILDA books.

The best prices are on Amazon.com and under

'Used books'.

I buy most of my books that way and haven't gotten

stung yet!

I bought the linen yesterday to make some snowmen.

($14.99 reduced to 5.99 a yard at JoAnns)

Not that I'm lacking for snowman already...

but these are so darn cute...

and easy to make!

I bought some Bamboo Fiber for stuffing the snowmen.

It has a soft & silky texture.
I'll show you the finished products when I'm done.

Meet Tiffany.

I took this photo in Arizona on Thanksgiving Day.

Wendy and Darin had invited some of their friends

for dinner with the family.

Someone even brought a foster dog

they were caring for.

That doggie, MATTIE, won everyone's heart that day.

Well...

several weeks later Tiffany and Tim went to the Welfare League

and adopted Mattie.

Mattie is now the big dog sister to their cats

Lucy and Scout.

Thanks Tiff and Tim for giving a home to another

of God's homeless creatures.

I have been a very poor 'comment leaver' on blogs

lately. I'm reading... just haven't commented.
I'm "lurking' as they say in blogland.

I'm over my head in Photoshop lessons.

I'm spending 'hours' each day trying to put together

all this info in my head and practice

applying it.

Which has involved reorganizing all my folders & files

and moving all to an external hard drive as I

filled up the hard drive on my laptop.

But I've learned a lot about my computer

and about Photoshop.

Please bear with me...

I have more to go!

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XOXO

Joni