Nest of Posies

Friday, February 10, 2012

Have a lovely weekend

Don't these look heavenly?

Especially for this weekend.

But truth be told it will be Leggo my Eggo waffles, served up over here. Just about every room in our house has been turned upside down. During this week at one point in time, we had zero working bath tubs & for about 8 hours didn't have running water. Oh the joys of remodeling an almost 90 year old house.

Good news, though ~ if everything goes well tomorrow (which, ahem - you know it wont ;) we'll have 2 brand spakin' new bath tubs to bathe in. Just thinking of soaking in a new, clean, bath tub makes me hear the "Halleluhah Chorus" in my ears. I can't wait.

Have a lovely weekend.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Homemade Valentine's Day Card Ideas

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Truth: I'll be spending the next few days trying to talk my 6 y.o.into allowing me to make his Valentines just one.more.year. You can see from this post last year, that I kinda like making a whole day out of it. ;)

He wants those Star Wars Valentines, you know the ones in a booooox. (It's all I can do to keep from saying booooox - it's such a painful word, for this paper loving mama.) He says he wants light sabers on his Valentines. Gah. He's killing me. My husband just rolls his eyes at me.

All I ask, is that I make his Valentine cards until the twins go to school. Then he can have those booooox kind of cards & I'll make the twins their Valentines. Well, until they're ready for light sabers & barbies, that is. Gah!

Anywhoo...

I couldn't help but put some of my favorite homemade cards in a post. Just so I could at least have them here on the blog. You know...just in case I don't get my way this weekend.

Fingers crossed, I do.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Share the Love Giveaway Hop

Hello lovelies!

I'm so excited to be participating in my first Giveaway Hop - ever!

It's a collection of bloggers giving away all sorts of prizes for the Share the Love Giveaway Hop hosted by She Promotes. The giveaway hop is starting today & will end on Feb 14th. Each blog has their own giveaway - so make sure you click through the list at the bottom of this post. There's also a GRAND PRIZE of a Kindle Fire being given away sponsored by Tweetalicious. So each blog you stop & enter at - will be another entry for the grand prize! So don't miss out! Woot Woot!

My giveaway is from my handmade shop, Nest of Posies.

The scarf comes in gray or black.

The posie cluster comes in 3 color options.

And the winner gets to pick which color combo she would like to have.

The posie clusters are made with a brooch style hook pin attached to the back, so they can be worn with your scarf or on a sweater, top, purse or even a belt! To see more of my handmade collections feel free to visit my handmade shop - Nest of Posies.

So....who wants to win a scarf & posie cluster???

To enter the giveaway, click through the steps on this rafflecopter box below. Trust me, it's really easy, there are additional entry options if you so desire to enter.

Downton Abbey ~ my new obsession

Lane-Kent

Elegance of Fashion

Friday Flowers

Carnival PBS

Jane Austen's World

The Lamps of Downton Abbey

Friday Flowers

Jane Austen's World

Got my Reservations

Band of Bransons

Enchanted Serenity of Period Films

formerly pandorea

I stayed up till 3am this morning watching season 1. Obviously, I live under a rock. Because I didn't know about this amazing series until last week. I really don't watch much tv, I'll blame my ignorance on that.

I'm trying to find words that describe this series, that will do it justice.........

magical, enchanting, superior, captivating, tv at it's best.

The costumes, the setting, the acting, the props are a classic cut above.

They'll wrap you up in every side story along the way. You'll be swooned in by the most dramatic & most humorous acting. You'll find yourself cheering for the staff, hoping this or that relationship works all while taking in a deep breath when you view the stunning photography all captured in this series.

I assure you, it's that good.

Everyone seems to be talking about it now, that's how I found out about it. Believe it or not it was on twitter, then I started seeing it on blogs. Score one more point for social media.

I downloaded season 1 on iTunes, but I hear Netflix has it available as well.

PBS, has season 2 available to watch for free.

So guess what I'll be doing this week???

Please excuse me in advance when I mourn after I've watched season 2.

I hear season 3 is scheduled for September.

Let's just say, my toes & fingers are crossed that they'll release season 3 even sooner.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Hands

Pardon me while I go down memory lane just for a little bit, would you?

The theme for yesterday was Hands for #febphotoaday. Even though the photo a day experience is suppose to be about taking new pictures, my mind couldn't help but go back to when I nursed all 3 of them & I was able to hold their little itty bitty hands while we shared that precious time together. There's nothing like that incredible experience when a mom feeds her babies. It will always be one of my top accomplishments on my mom resume: Was able with God's grace to nurse exclusively my oldest for 16 month & the twins exclusively for 22 months. Phew! I get exhausted just thinking about it. It was the hardest but yet the most rewarding job I have ever done.

During all of that, I got to hold their little hands 6, 7, 8,9,10 times a day sometimes for the first several months of their little lives. Or with the twins, witness the two of them holding hands. It still is to this day, one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen & have ever been a part of.

It's the only time in life when you can sit still & know that nothing else matters. Or have the best excuse to have not showered in days. Days, I tell you.

Now it's all changed. Those little hands are so busy. Playing, getting into trouble, figuring something out, beating up on each other, drawing & learning to write. When I'm lucky enough to have one of them reach out to hold my hand, it usually has boogers on it or is so dirty it's all I can do to race to the bathroom to wash our hands. The journey we all takes as mothers is just an incredible mix of emotions. I guess it's always going to be filled with the beautiful, the good, the memories, the stickiness & the most precious time of our lives.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

#photoaday Link up Party!

The time is here! Link up your #janphotoaday month in review!