Before Meets After~7-14-10

I bought this window/flowerbox in May at a flea market for $5.00. I love the color the frame was painted. What I didn't love was the window scene.

The Before














The After



















A little better I think. :)



















Clorissa

Before Meets After~7-14-10

Yard sale find last summer for .50. Not Pretty! But soon to be.

 Before














Meets After



















I painted it a pretty green. Next, I covered a thin piece of cardboard with a piece of pretty material. ( I love my hot glue gun!) I plan on making a few more material covered inserts to change out the tray for different looks or seasons.

Clorissa

I'm Having My First Giveaway!~7-14-10

I am having my first giveaway and I didn't even realize it until I was visiting tales from an oc cottage She is having a very sweet giveaway and I guess I got so excited, I unknowingly clicked on the linky spot. The form looked different from other forms, but I filled it in and hoped to win!! I went to visit her blog today and couldn't find my entry. So I looked around for it and found it under her "if you are having a giveaway" link up section. Boy, do I feel dumb. For some reason I am number 10 and 11! I have never linked up on any blogs yet so far....well until now! LOL!

So I am going to go ahead and have a giveaway!

First up is this sweet little scented pillow I whipped up!














Baby Shoe Pin Cushion














Little Sailboat














All Together Now...














Just leave me a comment. I will choose a winner on Friday July 23 at 1:00pm

Hmmmmm...& A Pansy~7-14-10

I am not sure why all of my pictures from December are gone...will need to try to fix that.

I fixed December 26th. 25 more days to go!


This is a picture I took of one of my Pansies.  Beautiful.

Clorissa

Happy 2nd Blogaversary, Little Blog!~7-13-10

Tuesday July 13, 2010
Today is my little blogs 2nd Anniversary. Not much to celebrate. I have not kept up with it. Poor thing is neglected. I really wanted to start blogging to document my life. The ups and downs. My craft projects. Words of wisdom for my girls.
 
I really need to keep up with this. So here it goes....a few moments in my life today!

I was trying to get a few things done this afternoon but the girls were not going to let that happen. So I made them each a tent over their beds. I just used a flat sheet and a few safety pins and "waa-lah!" I then added some white lights over the tents. Pulled the shades and turned off the light. They played for a couple hours. Such a simple idea and they were so excited and couldn't wait for daddy to get home from work to show him.

The Lord Giveth and The Lord Taketh Away.

On Easter Sunday, April 4th we began to lose our baby. What devastation. We went in on April 8th and had a ultrasound. Sadly there was no heartbeat. I felt as though I had been kicked in the stomach. My mind shut down. Numbness followed. Our Dr. was very sweet. He shared that he and his wife had experienced two losses. He stressed that our losing the baby had nothing to do with anything I did. Losses just happen. We chose to have a D&C on Friday the 9th. The hours and minutes before the surgery were agonizing. I am so thankful that the staff and my Dr. were so caring. It was over in about an hour. I feel as though I have a hole in my heart that is dark and lonely. I miss my baby. Baby Bunny is what we called him or her.
I know that God has a plan and a reason for every moment of our lives, I will cling tight to that fact. He will restore me.

This is the tree that we planted in memory of our Sweet Baby. It is a Crabapple. In April, the month of our loss it will have beautiful white flowers all over it. I also bought the Serenity Plaque to place at the base of the tree.

A New Years Wish Come True~3-29-10

One of my New Years wishes came true! Steve and I had been trying to get pregnant since September of 09'.
On Feb. 24th I took a pregnancy test. I thought I saw a line. Decided that it was my eyes playing tricks on me. I threw it in the garbage. Later on we were in the bathroom brushing the girls' teeth and I glanced in the garbage at the test and there was a line!!!!
On Saturday I picked up another test. I took it and gave it to Steve to read. He looked at it and said, "No, negative. Sorry." I took it from him and looked at it and didn't see a line either....bummer. I walked over to the front door and looked at it again. Well, there was a line. A faint line. I was so excited. I showed it to Steve, but he wasn't convinced!I had Steve go to DG to get a ClearBlue Easy test. I wanted to take it immediately but decided to wait. Steve took the girls with him to go get D in Springfield. I waited for about 4 hours. I was so nervous. I wanted it to be positive....and it was!!!!Steve called on his way home and wanted to know what the results were...I fibbed and told him it was negative. He was disappointed.
They arrived home around midnight. I was so excited to tell them the good news. I had typed up and printed out a letter for each of the girls and one for Steve.

This is D reading her letter.
She was so excited and gave me a big hug!
The girls, they were so tired!


And finally Steve, I handed the letter and the test to him and he was so shocked. So happy. The pictures were blurry because he was coming at me to hug me. Therefore the blur.












This was the letter and test.
















What an awesome day! Thank you God for giving us this beautiful gift!