Who Would Have Thought?

This is so typical for Michigan. Once you get a taste of Spring, Mother Nature plays a joke on you when you least expect it. First she offers you nice 50 degree weather and when you look the other way, she plants an ice storm in your back yard.

We have to stay calm and be patient...Spring will return.

When you ask? Mother Nature knows, she has many tricks up her sleeve

Spring is Here

The Robins Have Returned to Michigan

It may not officially be Spring yet, but the first sign of it for me is the

return of the Robins.

As I peaked out my window the other morning I saw one pearched on the tree just outside of my kitchen.

So, in commemoration of thier return I dedicate this post to the coming of Spring!

Happy Spring!

March Artful Bag Challenge

Welcome to the March Bag Challenge. This month's challenge was to find a bag that you haven't used in a while and have fun and embillish it. This bag challenge is sponsored by Anna from Frosted Petunias.

Please check out her embellished bag as well as others.

This is the before picture of my bag. This little coin purse was an impulse buy. You know those days that we absolutly have to buy something before we leave the mall.

I added pearls from an old necklace

Vintage ivory cord.

For the finishing touch I placed a pendant from a vintage jeweled necklace,
just above the clasp.


Here is my finished coin purse.

Size is 4 inches across by 3 3/4 deep.
Inside has a zippered pouch where you can keep your money and a drivers license. It will easily fit in your pocket.

I now have to go somewhere to use it.

Catch Them When You Can...

It's nice to see the blue sky again.

I had to snap these before they melted away. We are having a real heat wave today, temperatures in the upper 40's. I am sorry to say that Winter hasn't left us yet. It may come back for a little while next week, but it's a sure sign that Spring isn't far away.

With Love

Happy Valentines Day to All my Readers

Hope you all have a special day filled with love and friendship.

Chocolate and Flowers

" I cannot leave this place without saying a few words to you... Your happiness, your life , even, depend, you say, upon my ever loviong you."

Denis Diderot to Sophie Volland

"I have not spent a day without loving you..."

Napoleon Bonaparte to Josephine

"So shalt thou find me ever at thy side, here and hereafter, if the last may be..."

William Hazlitt to Sarah Walker

"So, with abounding affection for you..."

Mark Twain to Livy

"Ever Thine,

Ever Mine,

Ever Ours."

Ludwig van Beethoven

Blizzard of 2011

The blizzard started sometime after 11:00 p.m on Tuesday the 1st of February and lasted until 2:00 p.m Wednesday the 2nd. By the time it was over we had 13 inches of snow. This snow drift is as tall as I am. it is about 5 feet tall.

The city told it's residents to say home. Don't go out unless it was an emergency. Almost everything was shut down.

This is my neighbors house. Notice the snow is up to the windows.

February Artful Bag Challenge

Artful Bag Challenge

The objective for this month is to take an object that is not a

bag or purse and make it into one.

The object that I chose is a chinese to-go container. I wrapped it in scrapbooking paper that had a whimsicle touch with the glitter. A purple ribbon for the strap and to create a lock where the purse would open I added a button cover. I kept my purse simple as I would see it being used as a clutch for a fancy night out on the town.

Please visit at Anna at Frosted Petunias, our host for the Artful Bag Challenge.