What's going on around here....

I have been working on organizing my book shelf in my home office. I use that room for my Thirty-One business as well as for my craft room. After work yesterday, I finished up the last of it. I still have all my collectible and mementos that mean a lot to me and I incorporated some baskets and trays to hold all my Thirty-One items that I need to keep close at hand.

The other shelf contains some of my most important memories. I found some cute containers at Family Dollar so I now have some craft supplies at my finger tips without having to dig in the closet.

Then I decided to do some crafting. I saw a cute Jingle Bell project on Pinterest. 

I printed out the words on scrapbook paper, but a friend said you can buy peel off letters at Walmart. Trying that on my next one.

Then I layers some jingle bells inside the shadowbox frame. 

Next, I glued ribbon around the frame and tied it in a bow on top.

And here is the finished product.

My next project was scrapbook paper, a magnet, rafia, string, printed subway art and a clothespin.

These make great refrigerator magnets. The middle one is actually ribbon but the orange ones are scrapbook paper.

I am so glad I have gotten started on my crafting.

A thank you to our Veteran's

Thank you to the men and women who have served our country and helped make it what it is today. A land of freedom. A place that we can feel safe. A place where we can worship in the religion of our choice. A place we call home. 

I have two very special people in our family who proudly served their country. My daddy, Luther (Luke) Garretson, who served our country in World War II on an aircraft carrier for the U. S. Navy. 

And my nephew, Jacob Garretson, who is currently serving his country as a U. S. Marine. 

I am proud of both of these men. I wish Daddy were still alive to see the fine young man Jake has become. One of my favorite photos of Jake and his Papaw Luke. Daddy was trimming something and he was teasing Jake that he could trim his toe nails. And Jake, in his complete trust in his Papaw, lifted up his little foot. Daddy had to follow through and pretend to cut them.

Just one of those moments from my life that I will always cherish.

Clothespin crafts...

If you are looking for something to craft for Christmas that is fun and easy, here are some great ideas I found on Pinterest. Some of these are just too easy to pass up.

I love the candy canes.

I love these primitive angels. Believe I will try some of these. 

Cute and easy elf ornaments.

This is probably my favorite one. Debbie at Jeremiah 29-10 I thought about you on this one. Your love of nativity sets as well as your talent with crafts and staining made me think this is the perfect craft for you. If you try one, please share how it turns out. I am not a stainer/painter but I don't think I could mess this one up. I may try it.

Cute little holders for mini cards with sayings.

I love candy canes and think this would be so simple. Tape off the lines and paint or use a red Sharpie. Pull off the tape and you are done.

Cute, cute, cute. Bet you could use Sharpies on this as well. I do not have a good steady hand when I paint faces and dots. 

Just cut scrapbook paper and glue it on. This make great chip clips. Do both sides and you have some colorful clips. 

I loved this pink set. I see clozepinnies on a lot of websites and Pinterest pages. As best I can tell, this picture originated from Sandi Lou's Musings. My apologies if they originated elsewhere.

These are cute for refrigerator magnets. I would put a Christmas ribbon tied in a bow in the corner and right Merry Christmas on the chalk board and put it on my fridge.

These are not clothespins, but they were too cute to pass up. Adorable turkeys to set on the table at Thanksgiving. They look easy.

Tomorrow is Veteran's Day and I am off work. I will be doing some crafting so hopefully I'll have some things to show you on Wednesday. Have a great Monday.

Sunday Songs

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Some "Pinterest"ing ideas....

 I love these poinsettias made from burlap, but I would use red. 

I am in love with this manicure. 

What a cute window treatment for Christmas...

This is a really cute, whimsical tree.

Love this B for Believe. And it fits right in with my nickname of B. I've never spelled it Bee. The nieces and nephews started in 1976 with just a B. 

Hope you had a great day today.

Vintage Christmas Collecting

I love Vintage Christmas items. I am decorating my home office in vintage for Christmas. I found this set of lanterns on E-bay for just a few bucks. I love them, but sadly I ordered them for my daughter. She loves the vintage lantern style ornaments. I just couldn't pass them up for her. 

I was talking to my friend, Stevie, about this little Santa and sleigh and one morning I came into work to find this on my desk. I was so shocked and very, very thrilled. I love it. Mom had one when we were little.

She is such a dear friend and we are always doing little things for each other. But she topped the list of good friends when she found me my little reindeer I had been looking to find for the past 2 years. They were setting with the sleigh.

I just have a few more things that I am looking for to add to my vintage Christmas. One is this manager. Mom had one just like it that I loved to move under the tree in front of the packages.

And my main thing I am still searching for is a cardboard fireplace. 

I am thinking about trying to make a Christmas tree skirt out of vintage material unless I can find one out there somewhere in thrift world.

Random Wednesday

I was cleaning up my photo file and found some random items I wanted to share with you. I actually changed my Halloween decor to Thanksgiving on November 1st. It seems like our Thanksgiving celebration is so short that I wanted to get these out to enjoy as long as I can. I love my Harvest Angel and my new little blessing pumpkin.

I love my pumpkin, acorn and leaf.

Switched out the Halloween and converted my wine rack into Thanksgiving. Love the turkey dish towel my mommy made.

My favorite thing is my little Pilgrims. This is probably my favorite yard sale find ever and they were around a dollar or two. 

Meet Trevor the Turkey. He is the Thanksgiving version of Elf on the Shelf. I call him the Turkey on the Table. He hasn't gotten into any mischief yet, but give him time. Alexis loved seeing the antics of Edgar the Elf last year. I may arm her and Shelby with Trevor and camera's Thanksgiving day and let them "write" my blog.

It is that time of year again when the orange Thin Mints are back. Seriously, if you haven't tried these you need to. They are divine.

Dunkin Donut has introduce the Cronut...a croissant donut. Just one thing to say about that...OH! MY! GOSH! Run out and grab you one today. I was in heaven with each flaky bite.

Did some Pyrex trading recently. I got me the opal pie plate. The 9" round one. I am loving it. 

I also traded and got this beautiful snowflake divided dish. This will hold chips and dip at Christmas time. Yummy.

Well, those are my updates for today. Catch you tomorrow for more fun.