A New Year! Out with the old, in with the new! This year I feel will hold many new things for me! One major thing is the start up of White Barn Boutique and Farm Market! Everytime I think about it, I get a knot in my stomach! I am both very excited and very nervous at the same time. It won't be very fancy at first, but we all have to start somewhere, huh? I have always wanted to start something up and if nothing else it will give me some experience. I am optimistic, though, and I will stick with it. That is my biggest resolution this year. To start this up and stick with it. Don't let my fears get the better of me! Very soon we will be starting a blog for the new business with much more news and pictures! TTFN!

More Snow!!

We got a TON more snow!! It just won't stop! This is my favorite picture! This is supposed to be my bike; I know, I should have put in storage a while ago! I love this picture, too!

Here are more of my pretties.

Enjoy the Holidays! TTFN!

Peeks

I LOVE Christmas! I go a little overboard decorating for it. I thought I would give peeks into my decorations and such over the next couple of weeks. Enjoy!

Winters Majesty

I know the last post was of snow also, but I love it! We got a BIG storm the other night and I woke up to this! Enjoy!

I took many more pictures, but these pretty much sum it up! God sure does know how to put on a show! TTFN!

Woo-Hoo! First Snow!

First real snow, anyway. It blew and blustered yesterday and left a nice soft blanket. I don't like the cold. Cold cold anyway. I LOVE the snow! I think it makes winter bearable. It makes everything beautiful and glittery.

Pretty soon we won't be able walk out the door without shoveling our way out first. That means snowballs, sledding, snow angels, fun, fun, and more fun! And then coming in all rosie cheeked ready to sit down with a nice cup of homemade hot cocoa! TTFN!

Ooooh, I am so excited!!

Looky what I got in the mail today!! I live an hour away from the nearest place I can buy this magazine, and I have found a lovely woman on ebay who sells my favorites! I can't wait to snuggle in and absorb all the pages! I have been looking so forward to this magazine!Of course, I had to get Somerset Studio, too. I was bumming because I couldn't get to town to get it, and she had it, too! Not only does she have super prices on my favs.,

she sends me freebies, too! This Cloth, Paper, Scissors was in the envelope as a gift for my business! She is sooo nice! Aren't the bottle snowmen just adorable? Off to overload my brain! TTFN!

Great Weather & A Great Halloween

Halloween started out strangely-there was a miniature cow in my living room! Oh, it ended up being Chloe! Her first Halloween! She didn't get scared at all! She just kept giving everyone the strangest look!

Brenda Rae and I. I LOVE Halloween! It gives me an excuse to dress crazy!

This is a scary crew!

And I don't even know these people(LOL). Hope everyone had a great Halloween. I'm itching to start getting out my Christmas stuff! It has been GORGEOUS(lots of emphasis) the last week. In the 60's and 70's, so we have been cleaning the barn non stop all week. Hence not posting on my blog for a week! Halloween was the nicest weather wise that I ever remember! I'll be posting more pics. of the progress on the barn soon. It is getting cleaned right up! It is supposed to be in the 30's by Saturday, so we're going back to how our weather should be(Ugh). They're talking snow. Oh well, I guess it is about that time! Happy Holidays! TTFN!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Yes, We ARE Suckers!

Meet Jonesy. Yeah, like we need another cat. How adorable is he, though? I won't go into detail; let's just say he wasn't wanted and would probably be dead right now if we hadn't stepped in. He is so good, and what a riot! He has been keeping us on our toes! TTFN!

Our New Project!

I'm giving a peek of my very exciting news! This is my parents barn and in the spring my sister-in-law and I are starting a farm market/antique store/everything in it. This is the nicest picture; you do NOT want to see the inside yet:)! No way! I did take before pictures, but it is such a mess up there! But I can definitely see the finished product in my head! It isn't hard. I always try to see the cup as half full. We have always wanted to start something, but expenses to rent, heat, etc. always loomed. Not to mention the way the economy is right now. We thought if we did it this way it would give us some experience in running our own business, and we'll have fun decorating and getting to know people. We might even make a little bit of money! The only thing I'm having a hard time with is coming up with a name. I will probably start a blog in that new name as soon as I can figure one out; I will be updating our progress all winter! TTFN!

Sshhh...Don't Tell!!

I just made treats for my sweet friend, Tangee. She is so nice and I wanted to show her my appreciation! She has a lovely blog at asparklymessylife.blogspot.com Check out her lovely necklaces and jewelry! I have found I make fun stuff when I'm not under stress to get the items done. My imagination can go crazy!

I want to start making things for my etsy shop, I just get so busy with everything else! I also seem to have more fun when I am making things for people I love and care for. The items just seem to be better.
This was my most favorite. I love making fun things out of old ugly things!
Here is some of my Halloween fun! That is one thing I LOVE to do-decorate!
A little creepy laboratory.

Just about the time our colors started to change we got a huge wind storm, and this tree is about the only pretty tree left in the yard. We are surrounded by maple trees, so fall is beautiful!


Our lovely country road! Aaahhh, I love it! TTFN!

It's Almost Halloween, My Pretties...

An Anniversary Celebration!

It was a success! We had my parent's 40th celebration Saturday, and we had a full house the whole time! What a blessing to have so many friends and be married for so long! This "40" doesn't look very big in the pic., but each number was as high as a full piece of poster board! Hubby DREW them(yes, DREW them himself!), and I cut them out and glittered them. You will see this same pic. farther down. I'm sorry, but I still have problems with this technology!


My sister-in-law and I made the penant. It says "Don & Linda". It's hard to see it, but it turned out nice.

This was the cake table.
This is our famous(or not so much) pumpkin cake. We have had it for every birthday for as long as I can remember. It is sort of a tradition in the family, so I thought we should have one for this celebration, too! I wish I could also say I made this cake below, but I didn't. It turned out so nice!I did make this "cake". I had so much fun making it! My mom loved it!

Okay, now we're down where this pic. should be. This was the gift table. Just ignore the speakers and wire underneath the table:) My son put songs from the 60's on his ipod and we ran it through those speakers.

This is a close up of the bird cage.
I love this Congratulations garland. I found it on clearance at Michael's, and I wish I would have picked them all up! We had a pic. of my parents blown up and we framed it and everyone signed the matte for a keepsake.
This is a close up of the tassles I made for the end of the garland.
...And they lived Happily Ever After!!