What?  You haven’t entered yet?You can’t win if you don’t enter! Liz @ The Porcelain Roseis gifting {1} Knick of Time followerwith their choice of 3 setsof her handcrafted gift tagsand they are GORGEOUS! Better hustle over HERE fast!The drawing will be held tonight andthe winner will be announced tomorrow! Blessings, Due to unethical websites stealing content, I can no longer provide a full RSS feed. I work too hard to produce original and inspiring content to have it stolen {Read More}

Wouldn’t it be niceif life were as cut and driedas this antique tube tester? I mean, something is either or it is Right? No gray areas.No arguments. Wouldn’t it be nice if youcould just tell your kids,“I’m sorry, that’s BAD?”and they’d just respond,“Okay, mother – yes, it is BAD.”and that would be the end of it? Yeah, wishful thinking! Actually, a little gray areais good sometimes.I think it causes us to reallythink about our desires, motives, thoughts,and God’s will for us,before {Read More}

I have a new package on its way to me,all the way from Latvia(which I couldn’t find on a map if I tried). In that package will bethese… and these… and these… and this… The thing is, I wasn’t trying to findclock and watch faces.  I was justlooking at a treasury that my antique sheet musicwas featured in and saw some cool watch faces.I made the mistake of going tovisit the shop to see what else they had.I should have known {Read More}

It’s been awhile since I’ve shown some of the “pickins”I’ve brought home lately,mainly because I’ve forcedmyself to stay home fromthe auctions the last few weeks. Our family has been insanely busy lately,and I’m up to my ears in house remodeling,packing & shipping goods that have sold,and the general disaster my house is. But this week I was in town20 minutes before auction time,and just couldn’t resist the urgeand had to go. Here’s some of what I brought back.Some items I’m keeping {Read More}

If you look up  “LOVELY” in the dictionary, I’m fairly certain you’ll find The Porcelain Rose as the definition. Liz @ The Porcelain Rose wrote the book on lovely, with her handmade gift tags and one blessed  Knick of Time follower is going to win their choice of  a Gift Tag Bundle of 3 setsof her hand-crafted designs. I warn you – the choice won’t be easy! Here’s just a glimpse of her designs     Not only does Liz run {Read More}

I like to mix things up todetermine winners for my giveaways,so my random number generatorfor the Bella Rose Chocolatesgiveaway is my oldest son.(he wasn’t thrilled to have his picture takenbecause he’d just gotten off work andneeded a shower, but he indulged me) I told him the number of entriesand asked him to write a number down for me. He selected #10(his old high school basketball jersey number) Linda @ A La CarteJan 24, 2012 08:53 AM I added Bella Rose Chocolates to my {Read More}

Welcome back to Here’s some highlights from last week’s party. By now, you all should knowme well enough to know thatif there is an old clock or watch involved…you’ve got my attention,so this gorgeous bracelet created byTammy @ Show Me Craftinghad my undivided attention! Plus, my mom just send me 3 watchesthat were hers when she was youngerso I’m itching to do something beautifulwith them and this gives me lots of inspiration.Tammy offers a tutorial too!Lesley @ The Homeless Finchtortured me {Read More}

Welcome back toAntique Graphics Wednesday!Yes, I know today is not Wednesday, but on Wednesday I had a memorial post about my friend, Leisha Kelly and I really didn’t want to detract from that. So, today I’m featuring more images & advertisements from my stash of 1800’s Peterson’s Magazines. If you like any of them and would like to use them for crafts or scrapbooking, just right click to save and print. This first one is actually some gift tags created by Megan @ {Read More}