tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469913945829792582024-03-19T16:02:54.467-06:00Charmed I'm SureKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.comBlogger300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-29092846010354693032013-11-07T13:50:00.000-07:002013-11-07T13:50:12.904-07:00Halloween 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has taken forever for me to post but I wanted to document another Halloween. These are just a few pictures of this year's Halloween. I got rid of some of my decorations. I decided that I had too much and got rid of a couple of boxes. Luckily Marissa took most of them so it was easier to let them go. I'm trying to keep life a little simpler. Simpler you question? Yes, this is simpler for me. I didn't even unpack several boxes. My husband felt cheated. He likes all of it. He was so sad when I put it all away for another year. He likes how homey it makes the house feel. (He's a keeper. He'll even photograph all of it for me but he is probably cringing at my photoshop attempts. I have so much to learn in that area.)<br />
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These pictures are some of the shelves in the cupboard in our dining room.<br />
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This is our dining room. I love how big it is and yes, my husband and I usually eat at this giant table. Yes, it is just the two of us most of the time. I still love it.</div>
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A close up of the Halloween mantel. It's my "Ode to Edgar Allen Poe." There are lots of birds and owls up there, old books, old cameras, a beaver skin top hat, player piano music, negatives on glass hanging from black ribbon, and watch faces. I'm sure he would have had all those things.<br />
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A close up of one of the negatives we found last year at Round Top. Candice had the idea to use them as Halloween decor so she bought some too. My husband taught me how to use copper foil and lead solder so I could use them to hang from the chandeliers and from the mantel. Kind of spooky don't you think?<br />
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I bought this typewriter for Candice and then couldn't part with it. Good thing we found another one at Wimberley while I was there. We made the crows last year.<br />
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Pumpkin pillows on the couch. My girls and I all made the goofy ones on the right one year.</div>
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This is my pumpkin gourd collection from Jenny Gouchner. A very talented local artist.<br />
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This is the centerpiece on my dining table. You can see the glass negatives hanging from the chandelier in the top of the picture. Again I stuck with the photography theme and used old pictures, feathers, old keys, and glass cloches. I made the pictures holders by sticking wire I formed through wasp nests I glass glittered. I think they are pretty cool. I think you can click twice on the picture and see them better. This is definitely not your typical Halloween decor but who wants to be predictable?<br />
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I hope you had a great Halloween. Mine was filled with memories as I dressed up and made witches' brew in Logan's Halloween class, took grandkids to a neighborhood Halloween party for games, ate mummys (like pigs in a blanket) and tater tots for dinner with the family, and went Trick or Treating with 6 of the 9 grand children. It was an almost perfect day. We needed the Stringhams and Eli and Brenna for it to be perfect.<br />
<br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-5907776653377255162013-03-24T20:10:00.000-06:002013-03-24T20:10:33.439-06:00Valentine hand warmersI've made a ton of these. They are little felt hearts that you fill with white uncooked rice and pop in the microwave for 30 seconds to heat. I have more than 28 hearts right now waiting for delivery. With weather hovering around ten degrees, who wouldn't appreciate the love? Go ahead... make some! <br />
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Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-14789342702558813312013-03-24T20:08:00.000-06:002013-03-24T20:08:26.011-06:00Valentine Exchange 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm a little late recording this year's Valentine Exchange but here it is anyway. We had so much fun. We each made 15 things to exchange and brought something tasty to share as well. Too bad I only had vegetables to eat instead of all those great looking desserts and treats.<br />
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We had fun catching up on life.<br />
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We enjoyed eating.<br />
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And then, enjoyed exchanging gifts and seeing what everyone came up with this year.<br />
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We all went home with lots of great things. It's like Christmas in February.<br />
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This is what I made to exchange this year. <br />
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Corene, who is moving to Oklahoma soon, gave magnets with inspiring sayings on them.<br />
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Dana made potholders and cinnamon pull apart bread. She is an amazing baker. Her pretzels are to die for...really they are.<br />
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Cari made cake plates for everyone. Each one was unique. She just had her fourth baby the end of December and this was her first outing. She only lives a half a block away so her husband knew where to find her.<br />
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Lisa made the best whole wheat bread and cinnamon honey butter. Lisa is due sometime this Spring.<br />
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Shule made a photo album so we could put out exchange pictures in one place. She even included a picture from a previous year to get us started.<br />
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Sara framed some Valentine subway art for everyone. Her baby is due in May.<br />
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Sue made a wooden heart with a key attached. So now we have a key to our heart.<br />
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Becky, who is literally famous for her stain glass stars, made each of us our very own star. She is an amazing artist.<br />
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Jill gave everyone a ziplock bag fun of fun Valentine things for our families and also a ziplock bag full of things for someone homeless that we could keep in our cars and give away to the many homeless people we see collecting on the corners. I thought it was very thoughtful of her.<br />
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Brenna made Chalkboards for everyone with her dad and then drew a different design on each one. She is holding mine. What a very talented daughter-in-law I have.<br />
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Here's me with mine. And in case you wanted to know, I'm still doing the diet and exercise thing but can't seem to loose weight. I've lost 3 pounds in ten weeks... depressing really. My husband has been shrinking daily of course.<br />
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Heidi made a love sign.<br />
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And Emily made a love sign too. You can never have enough love though can you?<br />
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Stephanie made everyone felt wreaths. She had her family helping her cut out circles like crazy. <br />
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This is Brenna's mom, Leslee, she made little peat pot baskets filled with a little flower arrangement. <br />
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So there you have it. A recap of this year's exchange and gifts. The evening went so quickly that we can hardly wait until next year. We decided that next year you could made something for any holiday because you can have too much of a good thing. (PS. Thanks to my husband for taking pictures for us. You are the best babe!)Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-58873386003632840822013-02-18T09:55:00.001-07:002013-02-18T09:55:38.751-07:00Stephanie's Valentine DecorStephanie always comes up with the cutest ideas to decorate her house for her exchange party. The food is always great too. Such a clever girl. She made some great valentines for creed.<br />
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Candice had her first party this year and her pictures went viral. Hobby lobby and Martha Stewart linked to her. Candicestringham.typepad.com<br />
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I loved Marissa's valentines she made for Logan. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ34pHpZtsWymi34PsM8xq5fe4XwKfUiwOLVIUokHhNYnmfEVuzEipncUrG78xwPt9wem34Q7rYphI8-IW81HBv9cnkSsXzUY5HrQnt59FL4hY1ZMRkFPembVVbRjVhyphenhyphenoG9pQ0TGl1NHqG/s640/blogger-image-19892543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ34pHpZtsWymi34PsM8xq5fe4XwKfUiwOLVIUokHhNYnmfEVuzEipncUrG78xwPt9wem34Q7rYphI8-IW81HBv9cnkSsXzUY5HrQnt59FL4hY1ZMRkFPembVVbRjVhyphenhyphenoG9pQ0TGl1NHqG/s640/blogger-image-19892543.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rIejkVwgQ1FFfcPUxEnXbdUvq-70vbjrgjM-5Z-s_fXpydkiGC7AhTFROxN1hlPgmyFsLjdWgJG-NqQlvnItKYcttKuz34QcqNEzsKMqV_R0nqGrCJJWPJQLyEOvXtEH3FmRts4QRiQV/s640/blogger-image--972719846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I like how they turned out. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmeBCqxYZMhHEjcl3YYfXFzty6k-SpTp5-6zVw4NEPmgM4ROgocuGNo7E_E-pWLRYVDwyu5bKTtIQegyFa1Fnayik0LVSEBKWdxyzGK2AjwMAtmm7N367qp-OS1hKSjvWk8MBFJPS8vPx/s640/blogger-image-1795230326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmeBCqxYZMhHEjcl3YYfXFzty6k-SpTp5-6zVw4NEPmgM4ROgocuGNo7E_E-pWLRYVDwyu5bKTtIQegyFa1Fnayik0LVSEBKWdxyzGK2AjwMAtmm7N367qp-OS1hKSjvWk8MBFJPS8vPx/s640/blogger-image-1795230326.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqQZvaeJjpT5ZyMVRjTOLZ_RQiIjAyGlgesBonhRqa27q3hBa8Nnstg9qA9yyvR5iTQ4SFQPyjYsz4Q8kbZkQehoB5EqFIkawanLWDVZ7A4nMmZ0l2yIEf1npn0CrdqLqp7HifX1D-KzD/s640/blogger-image--35996782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqQZvaeJjpT5ZyMVRjTOLZ_RQiIjAyGlgesBonhRqa27q3hBa8Nnstg9qA9yyvR5iTQ4SFQPyjYsz4Q8kbZkQehoB5EqFIkawanLWDVZ7A4nMmZ0l2yIEf1npn0CrdqLqp7HifX1D-KzD/s640/blogger-image--35996782.jpg" /></a></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-32992027513627457652013-02-07T15:08:00.001-07:002013-02-07T15:08:07.828-07:00My ValentineMy husband holds the key to my heart. I've known him since I was four years old. He was six. The six stands for the number of people in our family. I like to be surrounded by things with meaning. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsuPOK2vnerufjzysC9l3AW4vKcEL4fiYe4_ZsXFK00-kjUj263FEutQwFbDmid-HsLPD2HClMN2VYCOhjabuA4uRS8_4SypjCAnNaOM0PSIEnvx73adyHU3R5pl0awU3PCFfJfEMZA8ij/s640/blogger-image-1164430782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsuPOK2vnerufjzysC9l3AW4vKcEL4fiYe4_ZsXFK00-kjUj263FEutQwFbDmid-HsLPD2HClMN2VYCOhjabuA4uRS8_4SypjCAnNaOM0PSIEnvx73adyHU3R5pl0awU3PCFfJfEMZA8ij/s640/blogger-image-1164430782.jpg" /></a></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-39672161651685970172013-02-07T14:55:00.001-07:002013-02-07T14:55:20.923-07:00Valentine project CompleteI'm all ready for next weeks' exchange. I used light bulb vases from Hobby Lobby. Valentine and star confetti is in the bottom. I hand formed the wire to hold the poem and hand cut and glass glittered book page star. It was mostly Candice's idea since she found the vases. I hope everyone likes them. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUJp5qj8OxQswPDTkBuG6kFASFkh1UaMjBJPuKxVlaT4UoKT_rA-T9q2dtahyo3wXjra_hRB5_VIa0phQf49L-t5aQYqS2jr1yOhighT6mrPUiqkP5VMiSSjQdw6mmNgmxkE1tO_mpn9z/s640/blogger-image-542588427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUJp5qj8OxQswPDTkBuG6kFASFkh1UaMjBJPuKxVlaT4UoKT_rA-T9q2dtahyo3wXjra_hRB5_VIa0phQf49L-t5aQYqS2jr1yOhighT6mrPUiqkP5VMiSSjQdw6mmNgmxkE1tO_mpn9z/s640/blogger-image-542588427.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgEk4a2Qm1SNiILvKMfmtLVYzPDa7mTRW8J7ysH5jfvrHuYK8ZSZDtNWCoA6PegyGoTxb5ZR7XgC3iZxibpb3EDgtxj-Z7eUWgOFrnkzbO-JWNhIo0_OG_c1NKQQiAbNhyD4YtMw2mxP6/s640/blogger-image--7690502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgEk4a2Qm1SNiILvKMfmtLVYzPDa7mTRW8J7ysH5jfvrHuYK8ZSZDtNWCoA6PegyGoTxb5ZR7XgC3iZxibpb3EDgtxj-Z7eUWgOFrnkzbO-JWNhIo0_OG_c1NKQQiAbNhyD4YtMw2mxP6/s640/blogger-image--7690502.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMgLY1cAb1JngzCwpo5hdQeBs70Z_OHoLd8DTZVBCXyqyvdGf-xTBLPwgeWAtYs7iERey9IyGW-xw4K4f7X8BOEejezPafcBuNfODcICloiSMW_VMPdX9BhkqmN9ooN8E78nfDiziMRlV/s640/blogger-image--1031211987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMgLY1cAb1JngzCwpo5hdQeBs70Z_OHoLd8DTZVBCXyqyvdGf-xTBLPwgeWAtYs7iERey9IyGW-xw4K4f7X8BOEejezPafcBuNfODcICloiSMW_VMPdX9BhkqmN9ooN8E78nfDiziMRlV/s640/blogger-image--1031211987.jpg" /></a></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-44664467344812654352013-02-05T16:06:00.001-07:002013-02-05T16:06:37.441-07:00Finishing projects around hereHere is a before and after. From ugly hodgepodge to ready for next Christmas covered in German glass glitter. Can you picture these as a table center piece surrounded by pine boughs? I think it will be great. The big green glittered guy I found at homegoods in Texas on sale after Christmas. It was a little tricky transporting him home without breaking but we did it. The middle one actually had a sequined bridle and saddle blanket. No wonder people passed him by. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQX86A9Wu60WCoKoZbKtjNyUAkfBe7VvheF6wjh-CXrBC1uGbLskCrxlRspOOqK6_FTV2HG-nVcvoiF2v_1IKMBmcTG496V4DE8yqdaTt_-h1IzSEz6rnc7HEP7fZR-ajV6xRnGHZ-jYxl/s640/blogger-image--1043811021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQX86A9Wu60WCoKoZbKtjNyUAkfBe7VvheF6wjh-CXrBC1uGbLskCrxlRspOOqK6_FTV2HG-nVcvoiF2v_1IKMBmcTG496V4DE8yqdaTt_-h1IzSEz6rnc7HEP7fZR-ajV6xRnGHZ-jYxl/s640/blogger-image--1043811021.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-CvlGAoQHTg40-eX0JHBsJPEZRGwByBrzgSCgBjI4QIDjSlGWECp7blOLntVdb9lfU35lY46-YVqFnejKPvsyB885AohgTZ96zxTiXe0AXr6A1TelqKLIqpFxLfzfadfISEZtQKLolYh/s640/blogger-image-1429156161.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-CvlGAoQHTg40-eX0JHBsJPEZRGwByBrzgSCgBjI4QIDjSlGWECp7blOLntVdb9lfU35lY46-YVqFnejKPvsyB885AohgTZ96zxTiXe0AXr6A1TelqKLIqpFxLfzfadfISEZtQKLolYh/s640/blogger-image-1429156161.jpg" /></a></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-74305934852515602502013-01-24T14:16:00.001-07:002013-01-24T14:16:06.023-07:00What does your closet say about you?I was just doing a little closet cleanup. I'm trying to simplify around here. I noticed that I like to keep things neutral in my wardrobe and my interior design. I add little pops of color with scarves and jewelry and use seasonal decorations to add color to my home. I didn't realize how much I did that until I actually looked at my clothes today. I don't buy clothes very often because I get a lot of different looks by mixing separates and accessories. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6tNDfUEFUYF7T4H8IdBXY3O1Cf-9HmKLbRhhMmhGuULAnsT5kengxTx_hVBY11ginv7Z8MEk_CynvLT-9PWBRkflaUH7uMStH9F_i8w5H5pmL3yeTVMluBuFwjeo_2wItQ6NZ_MiTsIK/s640/blogger-image-457525195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6tNDfUEFUYF7T4H8IdBXY3O1Cf-9HmKLbRhhMmhGuULAnsT5kengxTx_hVBY11ginv7Z8MEk_CynvLT-9PWBRkflaUH7uMStH9F_i8w5H5pmL3yeTVMluBuFwjeo_2wItQ6NZ_MiTsIK/s640/blogger-image-457525195.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWD2mvqNnQHVe-96JkVKsGEH4iE3IOEE9Ah6fTqo2ZeKX5PDf8DYZJxozkqnPc9jl3ae2z8SAw9yjMhixkfH95RImN8xg-uzXH97KgAt6sWgHnESK8KO-WDDZbp5NIuIz9Vco1CsFI1ZL/s640/blogger-image--800993071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWD2mvqNnQHVe-96JkVKsGEH4iE3IOEE9Ah6fTqo2ZeKX5PDf8DYZJxozkqnPc9jl3ae2z8SAw9yjMhixkfH95RImN8xg-uzXH97KgAt6sWgHnESK8KO-WDDZbp5NIuIz9Vco1CsFI1ZL/s640/blogger-image--800993071.jpg" /></a></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-38749542874100701562013-01-19T11:05:00.001-07:002013-01-22T14:49:45.886-07:00A little more ChristmasA look at some vintage ornaments and the linen wreath Brenna made for me. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNQo7-kkMaV15TWEX1At7u1caZS1lT9xxBp91nboZ0vCsJbmjj45ronwxajJ27SlXb7cViGSPOFUrJTFObSpRIOOmnFSQPMeF1_YtniDiM3SsV0ALe403BEjXtnaU0lwmPYA89PRPX_eP/s640/blogger-image-1978577033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNQo7-kkMaV15TWEX1At7u1caZS1lT9xxBp91nboZ0vCsJbmjj45ronwxajJ27SlXb7cViGSPOFUrJTFObSpRIOOmnFSQPMeF1_YtniDiM3SsV0ALe403BEjXtnaU0lwmPYA89PRPX_eP/s640/blogger-image-1978577033.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFaewsxLfnIc_alLRIbt79UXp2lNEyzxyWmOz8xh6Qe_WjTvElOkyiZ8yMJN3GkUzUls_ICFpUh5oIiVHc2bXa56NekYmkGALxa0Co80ShxwHN3OWyGmhwwCs14aVQNyhj-DODBv_7fwA/s640/blogger-image--292015909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFaewsxLfnIc_alLRIbt79UXp2lNEyzxyWmOz8xh6Qe_WjTvElOkyiZ8yMJN3GkUzUls_ICFpUh5oIiVHc2bXa56NekYmkGALxa0Co80ShxwHN3OWyGmhwwCs14aVQNyhj-DODBv_7fwA/s640/blogger-image--292015909.jpg" /></a></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-86170819352784145352013-01-17T00:34:00.001-07:002013-01-17T00:50:23.148-07:00Christmas 2012I am way behind but wanted to have a record of 2012 Christmas. This is the first post from my iPad so there is a learning curve. This was so easy to do, that I might star opting more. This is great! Ok, I spoke too soon. I can't get it to scroll down past the first two photos. I made linen stockings that I designed and added vintage pins to. I made napkin rings with more of my collected pins. We cut our own Christmas tree this year, which was lots of fun. We put our tree in a new location this year so we could sit and admire it while watching tv. We had a quiet Christmas. We spent the night with the Fords and watched the kids open presents and see their delight as they saw what Santa delivered. <br />
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We left on the 26th to visit Stringhams and Garners in Texas. We had lots of fun seeing and playing with all the grandchildren. The holidays went too fast!<br />
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This year's mantel. (The good photographs are curtesy of my wonderful photographer husband. Thanks Hun.)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I had lots more up and a bunch more that I didn't put out this year. Sad to see it go but we will enjoy the breathing space until we pull out the Christmas decorations. With all the snow, it feels like they should be out and up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We had a lot of snow Friday night. We heard tree branches breaking all night long and the power was out for most of the night. The temperatures are in the 20's. We spent all morning yesterday shoveling snow, cutting up tree limbs and branches and hauling it to the compost station. The back yard is still a war zone. We lost three big tree limbs out of the Mulberry tree. It might be the end of our Mulberry. We need a chain saw and tall ladder before we deal with it. Once again we were reminded of the saying, "Don't mess with mother nature."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We lost about half the fruitless plum in the front yard but I'm not so sad about that one. There is a lot more light in the living room now that the sun can shine in. Of course, I can see how dirty my windows are now too. Good thing I bought a window washing from Groupon. He is supposed to come and clean them on December 18. What are the chances that will really happen with this freezing weather and snow? I sure wouldn't want to be doing it. He had such a big response, that he had to schedule two months out. Burrr!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We attended the BYU vs Idaho football game. The benches were covered with snow a foot high and it was 25 degrees but BYU won by a long shot so it was good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Please leave me a comment and let me know that you dropped by. I would love to reconnect.</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-83686175060039821042012-11-05T10:20:00.000-07:002012-11-05T10:20:39.787-07:00Halloween Mantel 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know that you haven't heard from me in awhile. I didn't get up my Halloween decorations until a couple of weeks before Halloween but I thought you might like to see them. My husband took a few photos for me so I could take down the decorations. My theme for this year...The Curiosity Shoppe. You know...things you might buy at the store if you were a witch. I like how it turned out. What do you think?<br />
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These are just a few of the decorations. I'm into instagram these days...so fast and easy. I keep up with all my kids that way and it is a quick way for me to post and keep them informed as well.<br />
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I've given notice at work and will work until the end of November. I'm trying to be responsible and not go crazy finishing out our last big event... the last Breaking Dawn Premiere. I'm hoping to get projects done and help Candice with posts on her blog. Life is full of changes...including being called as the new Relief Society President (a women's organization in The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints). So, here's to life and the challenges placed in our path.<br />
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What have you been up to lately? I'd love to hear.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-87884861927385436712012-05-18T22:39:00.000-06:002012-05-18T22:40:40.287-06:00Peru 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My husband and I had the chance to go to Peru with 30 BYU engineering students. (April 23 - May 7) The students take two semesters to study world problems and find engineering solutions. Our first projects took place in Matinga, a little village not too far from Cuzco. This is one of our service projects. The school asked us to prepare their green house. Above is the before and below the after. We removed lots of weeds, rocks, trash, glass, and brought in top soil. The students will help plant and take care of the garden and the school will use the produce for school lunch.<br />
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The cooking is done inside without ventilation so lung and heart problems develop as a result of smoke inhalation. The students designed more efficient stoves that had better combustion to decrease the smoke. This is an oven they are building for the school. The challenge is to use affordable materials and to teach the villagers how to make and use these inventions.<br />
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The oven team after completion. With this oven, they will be able to bake bread for the whole school. To primitive? The school was given a beautiful three burner propane stove with to propane tanks and large pots. It is sitting unused in the library because they can't afford to buy propane and they don't know how to use it. They were excited to learn how to use the oven and even asked for the recipes we used to make the bread.<br />
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The students jumped right in to make the adobe for several projects.<br />
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See, you really can bake bread in a barrel. It was delicious too. We also made brownies and cookies. (When I say "we," I do mean the students. It's the "royal" we.)<br />
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Working along with the villagers to make this stove and oven inside a families' kitchen. Now he will teach others how to make their own. He worked with our students for two days to build this.<br />
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The stove team with their completed stove. I got to help shuttle tools back and forth.<br />
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I also got to go to all the classrooms and tell a story about, "The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything." Brandon and Sarah helped me. Brandon was great to dramatically retell my story in Spanish. We gave all the boys little matchbox/hotwheel cars and the girls made pipe cleaner bracelets, and received pencils. We had so much fun playing soccer with them, braiding hair, painting fingernails, teaching them how to do "Cat's cradle" with string, making balloon animals, and just playing in between working on projects.<br />
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This is one end of one families kitchen. Those are guinea pigs. They raise them and eat them. Yes, we even ate guinea pig. I can't say that any of us liked it very much...just in case you wanted to know...too many little bones.<br />
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We had to shop for supplies in Cuzco. We found all kinds of interesting things while looking. Snakes in a bottle anyone? We watched as one vendor make a poultice for a women using liquid from this bottle and other creepy things to help with arthritis. I wonder if it really works. It sure must stink if nothing else.<br />
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Maybe you would like to make soup out of these. We aren't sure what kind of animal that is but I hope I didn't have that for dinner somewhere on my journey.<br />
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The school was given some computers by the government but they hadn't been able to figure out how to use them. Our students figured it out and then taught the teachers so they could teach their students.<br />
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The first day in Cuzco, they were celebrating the anniversary of their artisans market so we got to see lots of dancing and wonderful costumes.<br />
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We even got to go to church in Cuzco.<br />
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And, we were able to tour and hike around Machu Picchu. It was so incredible. Unfortunately we only had one day to sight see before getting back to work.<br />
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Our next stop was Puno. We worked for 4 days on the Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca. Dora and Nelson were wonderful to host us all. We loved the time we spent there. Below, the students are teaching the people to build water filtration systems. All their water comes straight from the lake...the same place all their waste goes...not a good combination. There are many health problems as a result. (The students built a filtration system last year for Nelson and Dora. Before the filtration system they had to have their children treated for parasites every few months. Now they don't have that problem. Others islanders reported the same results. This time, they taught people how to make their own systems so they could build and maintain the systems on their own and we could reach so many more people.)<br />
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The students also built a washing machine. The women were excited to test it out. All the washing in done by hand. In the wintertime, that is an especially miserable experience since they can't help but get wet while doing it. (The elevation is 13,500 feet above sea level. It took some adjusting to be able to breath in that high altitude and the sun was intense during the day. So easy to get sunburned. Quite a few of us left our sunscreen behind for the children to use.)<br />
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This is Emerson. At age 6 he is a hand full but you couldn't help but love him.<br />
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Emerson even gave me a ride around his island. (See the boat in the background? His dad makes those for a living.<br />
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I was usually surrounded by children. We made things out of pipe cleaners, braided hair, painted fingernails, played duck, duck, goose. (pato, pato, gonzo), London bridges,Ring Around the Rosies, and anything else I could think of. In this picture, I'm fixing "boo boo's" with triple antibiotic and "cars" and "mickey mouse" band aids. It seemed like everyone needed a band aid after that.<br />
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We also built water pumps. The islands have to be watered by hand in order to keep from drying out and splitting. That gray pipe you see sticking up to the left in our group picture is the pump. They were so excited to have one. Other islanders made them for their islands too. </div>
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They islands are made out of reeds. (Twice a year the reeds detach from the bottom of the lake and they use that as the base. They have to move all the buildings and put more reeds underneath every two weeks. They spend 4 days cutting the reeds. No running water, no hot water, no bathrooms, not even a kitchen sink. They had one solar panel that provided electricity for a couple light bulbs at night. No heating, no air conditioning, no refridgeration.<br />
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We spent the night one night and it was freezing. The ground was frozen in the morning. I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful night sky than I did that night though. So many stars and it was so quiet.</div>
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We had fried trout, rice, and potatoes that night for dinner with a mint tea to drink. We had bread and eggs for breakfast in the morning. It was such a fun experience.</div>
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I loved being with my husband and sharing this adventure with him. I also loved all the students. They worked hard and played hard. We had a devotional every morning and night and I loved hearing what each of them had to say when it was their turn to give one. Many of them were return missionaries who were able to practice their Spanish skills. I don't know how we would have done it without them. The students were gracious and loving and embraced the people we visited. I hope we made a difference in the lives of those we tried to help. I know that they made a difference in ours. I would love to do it all again.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-77137834276788733292012-02-22T20:55:00.000-07:002012-02-22T20:55:00.368-07:00Valentine Exchange Number Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Stephanie had her Valentine Exchange Party Saturday the 11th. There were 21 people to exchange with. Each person was asked to bring 12 Valentine's to exchange. Steph does it speed dating style. Creed, my grandson, took over my speed dates. He exchanged all my Valentine's for me and then wanted to keep everything. He had a lot of fun doing it. I forgot my camera so took everything home so I could take pictures and then let Creed have almost everything. OK...I kept the chocolates. They were delicious. And, I couldn't give up those cute measuring cups and teaspoons either.<br />
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Little rose post earrings put in a miniature flower pot.<br />
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Pancakes with cinnamon frosting. What great presentation.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I shared these with Eli...delicious.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were 3 of these in that little bag. There was a gooey filling in the middle.</td></tr>
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Steph made lots of sugar cookies that everyone could decorate and take home. She had strawberries and grapes, and other treats. Plus, she had lots of cute decorations. Lots of Valentine love was had by all.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-38911023649442830922012-02-21T20:21:00.000-07:002012-02-21T20:21:00.352-07:00New Dining Chairs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm so excited. After almost 35 years of marriage, I finally have my first dining room chairs. My husband and I both love them and they are comfortable too. (My husband also recently replaced the old 80's brass fan with these two chandeliers. Not my favorite but they were inexpensive and blend with the lights in the addition and kitchen area.)<br />
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They blend with the table, french doors, and linen draperies. Where did I finally find chairs I could afford? You will probably never guess.<br />
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Costco. they were in the latest Costco magazine.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-43903358446391292362012-02-20T20:02:00.000-07:002012-02-20T20:02:00.409-07:00My Husband<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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He will be embarrassed that I'm posting this. I love how he is always learning something new. He decided he wanted to learn to play the ukelele and is teaching himself. He's bought DVD's, and watches utube clips. He practices on a regular basis. One of these days, he will be a pro.<br />
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His latest adventure...learning to weld. It is wonderful to always be learning something new. What is your latest adventure?Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-60121846401949392882012-02-19T20:01:00.002-07:002012-02-19T20:24:14.040-07:00Valentine's Mantle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I didn't post my finished Valentine's mantle. It's a little over the top but Valentine's Day is a little bit cheesy anyway...you know cupid's, hearts, bows and arrows.<br />
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I had my traditional Valentine exchange party February 7. Here are a few of the potluck goodies everyone brought. I made Stephanie's slider sandwiches. They are so good.<br />
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I snapped pictures of everyone as they ate...you know candid shots...don't shot me guys. <br />
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We had so much fun visiting as we ate. I found many interesting things about everyone that we are not supposed to be revealed to others. Needless to say, it was good for a lot of laughs.<br />
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Here is my little Brenna and what she made for all of us.<br />
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Cari made lip gloss and lotion for everyone. Isn't she adorable?<br />
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Corene made velvet cake in a jar. It was yummy. <br />
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She also added a tablet and pen so after the cake is gone, you can add your favorite sayings from your kids.<br />
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Dana made these cute heart frames with hearts cute from Pride and Prejudice.<br />
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I even had a heart that has Pemberley and Mr. Darcy on it.<br />
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Emily made these "bird on a wire" pillows. <br />
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A couple of close up pictures.<br />
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And, look at the cute material on the back.<br />
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Heidi made these balls out of crepe paper. She said it takes a large roll of crepe paper to make one.<br />
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Brenna is going to make a little Valentine tree by adding a dowel and putting it in a pot. I am going to add ribbon and use it as a kissing ball.<br />
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Jill gave us decorated notebooks and encouraged us to write love notes to a spouse or one of our children and present it to them next year. She also added fresh scented body wash.<br />
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I used vintage sheet music (1926) and added a heart in an Ikea frame.<br />
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Leslee had Eli cut some metal at the machine shop and made recipe holders and magnets for each of us.<br />
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Her presentation is always amazing so I thought I'd take pictures so you could see for yourself.<br />
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It came complete with a Salsa recipe that she brought for us to sample. Yum.<br />
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My birthday was the next day for everyone surprised me with a gift card to Hobby Lobby, a home made cake, a delectable cupcake, and these book full of Eli and Brenna's wedding pictures. I love it.<br />
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We had so much fun and went home with lots of decorations and memories. You should have one of your own.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-80005605520495081622012-01-15T20:35:00.000-07:002012-02-19T20:25:34.339-07:00Valentine Decor 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't have any place to put these off season so just added some red things to make the apothecary jars work for Valentine's Day.<br />
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A mini garland that Candice made for me using some of Stephanie's graphics and a little love sign from JoAnn's.<br />
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The left half of the bookcase.<br />
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The right half. I pretty much use dishes and things that I already have. It's fun to try and reuse the things I already have.<br />
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a love garland I made up. The letters are glittered with German glass glitter. I'll try and do a tutorial since I am making 12 more for Stephanie's Valentine exchange. Shhh, don't tell anyone who is coming.<br />
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Good Valentine decorations are hard to find so I taped a heart to the top of my dome and added little red jewels and glittered birds.<br />
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Some beaded garland and hearts make the chandelier festive too.<br />
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Hobby Lobby had these glittered foam wreaths this year. I added them to my doors from France along with the "key to my heart" tied with black silk ribbon. It just kicks things up a notch.<br />
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It's starting to look like a Valentine's celebration around here.<br />
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I bought inexpensive frames from Ikea and added real vintage sheet music and a foil heart. Easy, fast, and festive.<br />
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A simple centerpiece.<br />
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The mantel in process. I'm still tweaking it.<br />
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I'm doing lots of pinning on <a href="http://pinterest.com/borupkim/valentines-day/%20">Pinterest </a>trying to decide what to make for my Valentine Exchange. Anyone have any good ideas?Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-46714891643236910732012-01-15T20:04:00.003-07:002012-01-15T20:04:52.134-07:00Linen Wreath<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Brenna (my daughter-in-law) gave me this linen wreath for Christmas. She made it herself. I love home made gifts...and linen anything. Thanks Brenna!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-39757482056495433202012-01-08T23:49:00.001-07:002012-01-08T23:51:08.461-07:00Valentine's Party 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm not sure what happened to my last year's Valentine's Party post but I thought I would show you some of the gifts that we exchanged. Last year we had a pot luck dessert appetizer table and then took turns showing what we each brought and then exchanged them. Some of these gifts were from Steph's party and some were from mine. Above was for a movie night of popcorn and hot chocolate.<br />
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Hand made bath salts.<br />
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A rice bag for the microwave.<br />
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I thought I'd show you this banner that Brenna made using canvas and freezer paper templates to paint the hearts and letters. She let me borrow it to add to my decor.<br />
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Brenna made a bubble gum necklace with a felt rosette to exchange.<br />
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This one was from Steph's party.<br />
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Mary Ann made butter mint shaped hearts to eat. They were delicious<br />
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Red hot lips with a wild card.<br />
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A vase full of valentine candy and topped with red hot lips.<br />
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Dana made a hot date in a fabric box...dice to roll, a razor to use before the date, CD's with modern and old fashion love songs, breath mints, and hersey's kisses. So clever and a lot of work.<br />
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Look at these darling owls. We all got a package containing two owls.<br />
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Eva made a letterpress poster for everyone.<br />
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My mantel. Kind of boring now that I look at it. Too bad I just packed away some red garlands in my Christmas stuff. It needs some work.<br />
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Heidi made these cute garlands for everyone.<br />
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This is her presentation.<br />
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Here is my garland that I made and gave everyone. Sorry I don't have a pattern to give. I bought one and used it for a pattern. <br />
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Leslee designed and made these heart blocks.<br />
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Lisa made blank accordion books for everyone. Each one was different.<br />
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Lisa from Steph's party, silk screened a bag for everyone.<br />
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Liz made everyone an apron. They were all different. So much work.<br />
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Here's one of my garlands in my "love" branches.<br />
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Brenna made this cute pillow for me for Valentine's Day. What a sweet daughter-in-law I have.<br />
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I bought 20 of these lunch trays at a school surplus sale. They were 25 cents each. I should have bought more for all my daughters. What was I thinking? We ate off of these at my party.<br />
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Minature garland that Candice made me on baker's twine. Steph designed the tags. I have such talented girls who are so nice to remember their mother.<br />
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Paper dolls drawn by one of Steph's friends.<br />
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Shule designed these cute labels with her husband. Everything on the label was related to Valentine's Day.<br />
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Stephanie, a friend, made chocolate turtles and this cute little linen pillow with an embroidered heart and pearl.<br />
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(I threw this in so you could see the present my Steph gave me for my birthday. She designs letterpress cards for Sycamore Street Press. I love them so much, I have a hard time giving them away.) <br />
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A close up of the heart pillow and yummy turtles.<br />
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The Valentine branches.<br />
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Brenna made me this wreath for my birthday 2011.<br />
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So this post is a year late and missing all the pictures of the people and the food. I guess I need to go back and find those too. If you don't have your own Valentine's Exchange, you might want to start. We have so much fun.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-91781264050222588702012-01-08T22:45:00.001-07:002012-02-19T20:26:22.565-07:00Christmas 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Christmas morning on the stairs about 7 am.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mark and Sebastian...such a good baby.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Campbell and Logan...you've got to love the hair!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creed our little jazz musician who wanted Santa to bring him an accordion.</td></tr>
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Santa delivered one to his house. Don't know what he is thinking in this picture. He's looking kind of serious but cute.<br />
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Cole with his favorite present...a cougar pillow pet.<br />
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(Another before picture.)<br />
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Cole and Grant were here Christmas morning to see what Santa brought for them.<br />
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We are missing Sebastian and Ollie but don't these guys look cute in their Christmas pj's?<br />
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The Stringhams and Eli and Brenna were here Christmas morning and then we all went to church at 9 am. We saved the present opening for after church when every one could be there. We had our whole family for Christmas and I didn't get one picture of everyone. We sure had a lot of fun though. We had our traditional ginger bread house making, went to temple square to see the lights, had a girl day where we went out to lunch and antiquing, and the boys had a boy night where they went to the movies, played games, ate, and ate, and ate, went to the grill one night at Sundance with all the adults. It was crazy with 8 kids but very fun.<br />
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My husband was the official photographer...I can't wait to see what his pictures look like.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-1284360780724895222012-01-08T21:51:00.001-07:002012-01-08T21:51:27.235-07:00Dinner Tonight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was dinner tonight. My husband is the best cook. I never know what we will have but it is always amazing. He was recently diagnosed with diabetes so is cooking very healthy meals. Turkey meat balls with lots of vegetables in them, asparagus with sesame seeds and a healthy salad. So good. I'm so lucky!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446991394582979258.post-8964546663962000062011-12-23T13:58:00.001-07:002012-02-19T20:27:31.817-07:00Christmas Decor 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is a short version of my Christmas decorations this year. Half the antique cabinet with part of my nativity collection.<br />
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The tree and mantel in our family room addition.<br />
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A close up of the mantel.<br />
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The mantel.<br />
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Felt stockings<br />
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One of the book cases.<br />
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The dining table set up for dinner for my husband's students.<br />
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Merry Christmas everyone. We hope your Christmas is full of friends and family. I know that mine is and we love it.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468053658058485154noreply@blogger.com2