And the Winner Is......

We have a winner!!

I took all of the entries and put the numbers into the random number generator using random.org. We have #56 and that number belongs to...Cherry's Jubilee


Congratulations!!!

Send me an email when you get a chance with all of your info so I can get the bag sent out to you!!

A great big thank you to all of you who visited and entered. I had a lot of fun doing the giveaway and who knows, there just may be another in the near future so stay tuned!!

Have a great day everyone!

xo,

Kathleen

Don't Forget to Enter the Giveaway!!

Today until midnight is the last day to enter my giveaway for this handmade (by me) bag!! All you have to do is leave a comment on the original giveaway post by clicking here to let me know that you'd like to enter. I will draw a name in the morning and announce the winner around 8am (east coast time) Good luck everyone!!!

Also, be sure to visit Cindy at My Romantic Home . She's having her monthly giveaway party and you can check out all of the blogs having giveaways. How's that for fun?

Have a great day!

xo,

Kathleen

New Found Treasures!!

I went to a fabulous, much anticipated craft fair this weekend. It's always so much fun with yard sales everywhere - lining the streets on both sides. I look forward to the promise of excitement each year with lots of traffic and people while the scent of funnel cakes and kettle corn fill the air! Of course there are all of the fabulous vendors in the park and I love to wander through the crowds checking out each of the booths. There is always one that will catch my eye and be my favorite. I will look forward to the next year in hopes that that vendor will return. This year did not disappoint. As I was walking, I came upon a treasure trove of eye candy. The kind of place where you can't stop ooh-ing and ahhh-ing over every single item and you want to take home one of everything. I only wish that I had remembered to bring my camera to take pictures of everything she had so that I could show you all of her goodies. The good news is, she has a blog! Her name is Lydia and you can go here to pay her a visit.

I spent a quick few minutes looking at her things on Saturday, but didn't have enough time to stay and make a purchase. I did however return yesterday and brought home several wonderful things! The adorable cloche pictured above was one of the lovelies that I came home with. Loved the fluted edges of the glass!

These adorable glittered animals were among my favorites! I loved the shade of blue here...

and of course I could not resist this stork

or this one either.

Now, mind you, we have no idea yet whether the baby is a boy or a girl but for some reason I was drawn to this pink. Hmmmm...

So cute!!

I hope you all had a wonderful, peace filled weekend and don't forget to enter my giveaway if you haven't already. Just go here and leave me a comment. Giveaway ends tomorrow at midnight. I'll draw a name Wednesday morning!!

Good luck everyone and have a blessed day.

Now, go and visit Lydia!

xo,

Kathleen

Sunday Reflections

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Romans 8:24-25

A Fabulous Giveaway!!!!!

Yes! Yes! Yes!

It's a giveaway especially for you, all of my wonderful readers, fellow bloggers, friends!! It's my very first giveaway and I'm thrilled, ecstatic, over the moon!!

I wanted to do something to express my appreciation for your kind words that you leave me, your visits to my blog and for hanging in with me all summer even though I barely showed up around here!

Each comment and visit really means a lot and this is my way of saying thank you.

I made this bag myself out of blue and white striped ticking fabric and jute webbing for the handles. The bag is lined with unbleached cotton and is the perfect size to carry as a purse or to use as a mini market bag.

jute webbing handles...

fully lined in unbleached 100% cotton.

Just leave me a comment letting me know that you'd like to enter the giveaway. Anyone at all may enter and you don't have to have a blog to enter. If you don't have a blog though, be sure to leave me an email address in your comment so that I'm able to get in touch with you if you are the winner!

I'm going to leave it open until midnight on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 and I will draw a name on Wednesday morning!! I will announce the winner by 8am.

Don't forget to enter - I'm so excited!!!

Good luck to everyone and thank you for stopping by to visit me!!

God Bless,

Kathleen

Yummy Recipe and Mini Pumpkins

I wanted to express a heart felt thank you to all of you for your wonderful, thoughtful comments! Your well wishes, congratulations, thoughts and prayers are so deeply appreciated. I just can't put into words how much they mean to me! So thank you, from the bottom of my heart!

I was craving something sweet today and these lemon bars did just the trick! They were delicious and I wanted to share the recipe with you so here goes:

For the crust, you will need:

1 cup softened butter (not melted)

1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 cups flour

For the lemony goodness on top, you will need:

4 eggs

2 cups granulated sugar

4 TBSP flour

2 lemons

Let's make the crust first. Cream butter and powdered sugar together. Add flour and mix until crumbly. Pat into a greased 9X13 (3 QT) glass baking dish. Bake for 15 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.

Now, while the crust is baking, grate your lemons and put the zest into a small bowl. Squeeze the juice from the lemons into a separate container. Then, in a large bowl, slightly beat your eggs. Next, add the granulated sugar, flour, lemon zest and juice. Mix well and pour over hot crust (after it comes out of the oven of course). Return to oven and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool and then dust with some additional powdered sugar

Yummmmm...perfection!

Okay, onto something else entirely random...I am addicted to these teeny tiny mini dried pumpkins! I don't know what the deal is, but I just can't seem to get enough of them - haha! I have them in glass dishes with candles nestled in them and then by themselves in more glass dishes - because they have been sprayed with cinnamon scented oil and they smell good enough to eat! It's funny because I'm normally not an orange decor kind of girl but for some reason this year, the autumn decorating bug has taken over and I'm finding more of the orange pumpkins lurking here and there where I would have normally gone for the white pumpkins before. Oh well, I'm liking it for now!

I hope everyone enjoyed this wonderful Labor Day weekend!

God Bless!

xo,

Kathleen

Update...Update...Update!!!!!

Hello all of my wonderful blogging friends - oh how I've missed everyone!! I know I've been away practically ALL summer and I apologize for that but I have good reason which I will explain. I promise I have not forgotten about any of you or my blog and I do plan to continue with it and to update more regularly!! Okay so here's the BIG news, the very thing that has kept me away for soooo long. Are you ready for this????

We're expecting another baby!!!!
We are SOOOO excited!!
I have had morning(and noon and night) sickness something awful and truth be told, I just didn't feel up to doing anything including decorating or creating or sadly, even blogging for awhile there :( However, I am back to my old self now. I'm feeling 100% better and I have my energy back!! In fact, I have even begun (well actually I'm just about finished) to decorate for fall. We went from 90 degrees to 70 degrees literally overnight and the evenings are getting down into the 40's. There is definitely a chill in the air and I am feeling so much better. The zeal for decorating and creating and blogging has returned!! I'm back!

So, here are a few photos of what I've been working on

This time of year is beautiful and I enjoy decorating for the autumn season just as much as I enjoy decorating for Christmas.

Here are a few fall inspired pillows that I made.

Enjoy the day and I promise I'll be back to visit everyone and to post on a more regular basis. I hope that you all will continue to visit often! I have missed you all so!

God Bless!

xo,

Kathleen