the shop....

Pictures of the shop.....

I need to take pictures of the shop

and share them with you more often.

I am always forgetting to take my camera.

Wings for candles or what ever suits your fancy....

Our chalk board tinsel tree....

"&" pillows

I love these!

zinc pennants....

screen door hung on its side to display

 more jewelry above the jewelry case....

Bed of pillows....

Vietri pottery....

huge classroom map...

behind our check out....

Come for a little visit if you are ever in the area.

Or come shop with us on the website VERY, VERY soon!

Will you keep yours?

For some of you,

you may think it is odd

that I am just now bringing up resolutions.

However, for me,

resolutions start after my birthday

not on the 1st.

It is just more realistic for me than the first.

Not to mention I don't have to deal with

the crowd at the gym by the middle of January.

So my question is, 

Do you actually keep your resolutions?

If you slip up once do you quit?

Or do you get back on the wagon?

I am claiming 2012, my 35th year as MY year.

I am bound and determined to make some changes this year.

I have a resolution list a mile long.

Do I think I will knock every single one out of the field?

No, but I believe in the old saying, 

shoot for the moon and you'll land on a star.

So that is what I am shooting for. 

So, here's to keeping yours

and to changes at the next exit!

It's my birthday!

It's my birthday!

Ok, actually yesterday was my birthday,

but I was too busy partying it up for my big 3-5 to blog.

My girls and hubby brought me

breakfast in bed with homemade cards

before church.

PRECIOUS!

After Church we headed over to my mom's home

for my birthday party.

I have 5 sisters and to this day

my mom still has a birthday party

for each and everyone of us

every year.

I mean she even had pink balloons

on the mailbox.

I have the BEST family in the WORLD!

.

I consider my friends and family the best gift I could ask for.

Thanks to everyone who made me feel

 soooooo SPECIAL on my 35th birthday.

Mogie's 5th birthday party....

Mogie's 5th birthday party.

A vintage puppy dog theme....

This post has LOADS of pictures.

I just could not narrow down which ones to post.

We had a milk and cookies bar.

All of the different flavors of cookies were served on different plates,

and each plate was guarded by a different puppy figurine.

 The plates and napkins were set up

in a vintage child's hat box with pups on it.

The milk was served in

"milk bottles"

with "Got Mogie Milk" labels

 We made customized necklaces

and bracelets.

 and drew on vintage coloring pages

that I printed out on heavy paper stock.

 played some mean rounds of

bean bag toss.

And pin-the-tail on the puppy.

Not sure how I missed taking pictures of that.

 The favors were a box of

Cracker Jacks

with a label that read,

"I am so dog-gone glad you came to my party.  Love Mogie"

 Vintage puppies were scattered every where.

 Almost every gift was of a dog of some sort. 

Everyone knew how much she loves dogs.

It's an official party when

someone hits the floor.

Thanks to everyone that came and helped make it such a special day for Mogie.

It is hard to believe that she is 5!

My mom and dad....

As I was putting away Christmas for the year,

I came across my mom and dad's Christmas card.

So, I thought I would share them with you.

They are the absolute greatest people in the whole wide world.

I am so blessed to call them mine.

Just look at their Christmas card this year!

Last year, their Christmas card was a picture of them on

an elephant from when they were in Africa.

They may be hams for the camera.

{wonder where I got it?}

They are so adventurous and still in love.

I just adore them, and

I just had to share them with you.  Hope your 2012 is off to a good start!

Welcome 2012....

Welcome 2012!

"...forgetting those things which are behind,

and reaching forth unto those things which are before..."

Philippians 3:13

Happy New Year!