Red and white

Over the years my tastes have changed as far as colors. I have went through the pastels, the country blue and mauve, the hunter greens, burgundy and navy. But through it all, red is the one color that is always my favorite. Most of my winter clothes are some variation of red. I several pair of red flip flops and I incorporate red or brick red into some of my room decor. I bought a new red and white shirt this weekend and that triggered a search on Pinterest for red items that caught my eye. Hope enjoy my favorite finds on Pinterest.

Summer Fun Giveaway

Thirty-One's summer catalog has been released. It is full of goodies like the new Explorista Crossbody.

This is a neat product that is becoming very popular.

One of my new favorites is the Cool Case Thermal which actually is shaped more like a lunch box and has styles for boys or girls. 

I love the new teacher and nurse icons. This will be a perfect gift for your children's teacher at year end. 

I am loving the new Essential Storage Tote. I want one of these as my new bag for my current craft project on my plastic canvas.

Three of the thermals are on sales this month. Spend $31 and get any of these thermals for just 1/2 off. 

The flip flop pattern is back for summer on a variety of products. 

After many requests, they have brought back the Black Parisian Pop. I always loved this pattern.

And how cute is this icon coin purse. 

Or this flip flop nail file. 

In honor of the new catalog, we are going to take up an order that will be turned in on May 10th. This is a perfect opportunity to purchase a special personalized gift for a teacher, nurse, or graduate that is on your list. One lucky participant will win $25 in FREE Thirty-One product simply by placing an order in any amount. Names will go into a drawing and will be announced on May 11th. To place an order simply visit http://www.mythirtyone.com/shop/catalog.aspx?eventId=E4507150&from=DIRECTLINK. Make sure you do not check the "Ship to Hostess" box when you enter your address. That way, your order will come straight to you.

I have the best friends....

I have some awesome friends and they spoil me. I came home from work one day this week and my friend GeorgeAnna had stopped by. Look what was hanging on my door when I came home....

Isn't it to die for. She knows me well. I love whimsical birdies. I love flowers. I love pink. And I am crazy over FLIP FLOPS! I was beyond thrilled. One day last week, my friend Theresa met me on my way home from work and she had me a gift she had picked up. She said when she saw it she knew I had to have it. Especially since we had just had dinner together and discussed the fact that I had 19 pairs of flip flops. 

I am very blessed to have such wonderful friends. 

Happy Anniversary, Chris and Jamie

My son and his wife Jamie are celebrating their anniversary today. It seems like just yesterday that they exchanged their vows.

They are wonderful parents and have blessed us with three beautiful grandchildren. Happy anniversary, Chris and Jamie. May God bless you with many, many more. I love you both. 

Some Pinterest craft ideas

I'm checking Pinterest for some new ideas for easy kids crafts. Love decorating bottles. This might be something to do for Mother's Day.



These flowers are really cute made from pool noodles. I would think you could "slice" them to the desired thickness and use a cookie cutter to make the flower.



Some more cute flowers with cup cake liners. These would be easy.



Toilet paper rolls covered with scrap book paper. Not sure what the cap on the bottom is made from.



My kindergarten Sunday school class loves working with beads and pipe cleaners. This might be a good idea for them.



I saw on Oriental Trading that they have glow in the dark beads. Both my Sunday school classes would enjoy making glow in the dark bracelets. I have found that pipe cleaners are the very best thing to use in bead crafts. The beads don't slide off like they do on the rubbery string that comes in jewelry kits and the kids have more control over them. The ends are easier to knot than tied that plastic string.



Well, that gives me a few ideas for the older kids for the next few weeks.

My day with hubby....

Hubby had a rare day off Sunday. We decided to go to Cosby to check out Carver's.

It is a local apple orchard and we normally buy are apples for apple butter from them. We didn't get to make any apple butter last year and we ran out. I have been dying for some so we thought we would go out and see if they had what we were looking for. 

While we were there, I had to take a look at the basket room. I need to go back and pick me up some. The prices are very reasonable and I love baskets. 

When we made it to the produce division I was thrilled to find Rome Beauty apples. They make the best apple butter in my opinion and they are hard to find at the store at a reasonable price if they even have them.

Since we were so close, we had to swing up to Gatlinburg so I could go to Ole Smoky Candy Kitchen in The Village.

I always like to stop in there and get my favorite candy.

It is milk chocolate orange cremes. They are a little price so I rarely treat myself to any. I just got 1/2 pound and I'm trying to make them last. 

After that we came home and relaxed on the front porch and later that evening hubby fixed breakfast for supper. He was off again on Monday so we grilled out burgers for Monday supper. All in all, we have had an amazing two days.

Weekend wrap up

Saturday was the 10 mile yard sale. We hit as many as we could before we just got to worn out to do another sale. But I did get some bargains that I loved. Everything I got ranged from 25¢ to $2.00 so I got some great finds. Not a bad day. The first thing I found was this little tea for one. My home office is in pink, blue and yellow. I have a blue one of these and now the pink. I just need to find a yellow.

I am getting ready to redo the grandkid's room in a beach theme. I found my first item to put in it. Well, actually Alexis found it for me and from then on she was on a mission for beach decor. 

This little blue candy dish really caught my eye. I just love the shade of blue.

And I found a new piece for my milk glass collection. I don't know what I am going to use it for yet, but it was just to pretty to pass up.

This was just a cute little dish in pink so I had to have it. Again, I am not sure where it will end up but it was a good deal and I liked it so I got it.

I loved this drinking glass. It is the perfect size for milk when I have milk and cookies. 

I got these two little Melmac saucers. Not sure why, but I couldn't resist.

And now that I have a little flag pole, I need to accumulate flags so I got one for this winter. 

We packed a picnic lunch and stopped at a local park to eat after the yard sales. The girls were loving the big trees in the park so we had to get some photos. This is my favorite one. 

Shelby has this thing about not looking straight at the camera.

They wanted one between the two big trees and wanted to stretch to see how far they could get from reaching the trees. They look really dwarfed by the big trees. 

And one last pic before we headed on our way. 

Saturday night was a time for brownies. They planned the whole bake session on the way home from Walmart.

They decided it would be neat to see if my donut maker or my waffle maker could make good brownies. Being a grandmother, of course I said okay. Donuts were a big hit. Waffles? not so much. 

After experimenting, they made the rest of the brownies in one of my Pyrex pans. They were delicious. 

They wanted to make their own pizza for supper. I use flatbread which is like tortillas only oval. 

Shelby just had plain cheese, but Alexis had to make a smiley face with her pepperoni. 

I fixed mine as sausage with LOTS of sausage. 

On Sunday, after church, I took the girls home. Hubby had a rare Sunday off. We drove over into the mountains. I'll share are day with you on Tuesday's blog. 

Hope everybody has a great Monday.