May Your Christmas Be Warm And Bright!
Until Next Time,
PEACE, LOVE and JOY!
Cheers,
~Shel~
It's Christmas Eve!
When I was a little girl, my brother and sister-in-law would host
a brother-sister get together at their house every Christmas Eve.
It was my favorite night of the year!
There would be people laughing, fun snacks to eat,
cool presents under the tree, games to play and music playing!
It's one of my most cherished childhood memories.
I love looking back at all the old photos!
I hope you have many lovely Christmas memories that you cherish.
Here's wishing you more happy and warm memories this year, too!
Merry Christmas!
Until Next Time,
Peace, Love and Memories of Christmas Eve!
Cheers,
~Shel~
Artists Helping Artists
Artists Helping Artists Silent Auction
Once again, several artists in the blog community have decided to come together to help a fellow artist in need.
A silent auction has been set up and the below participants have generously donated their amazing art work in order to help a fellow artist who, as the result of a very tragic accident, has suffered the loss of her mother and is recovering in the hospital herself.
The auction will run from Thursday, Dec. 22nd
through Wednesday, Dec. 28th at midnight
so there's plenty of time to browse through
the links below and bid on all the beautiful pieces
that you just cannot do without!
After all, this IS the "Season of Giving"!
Auction Participants:
Until Next Time,
Peace, Love and Giving Graciously!
Cheers,
~Shel~
BTW - Bead Table Wednesday!
Okay - so I'm not real good at silence,or inactivity, so here's what's on my bead table today.
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| Odds and Ends - Making Last Minute Gifts for the Holidays Today!! |
Which, I might say, is actually pretty full right now as I'm trying to get gifts finished and ready for Christmas!!
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| Lampwork Glass Beads - Firebabies on Etsy Vintaj Artisan Copper and Bead Caps |
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| Someone Special's Getting This for Christmas! |
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| And I finished these - they're for me to wear on Christmas! (Lucky ME!) |
Hope you're all having a wonderful week and that you're creating something wonderful, whether it be jewelry, cookies for the holidays or lovely memories with your family!!
Until Next Time,
Peace, Love and Creating Fun Things!!
Cheers,
~Shel~
Time to Pause,....
Sometimes ya just gotta sit back and say
"That's it! Time to take a break!"
Time to get things done around the home and for the family (and myself!) that need to be done and everything else can just be on "pause".
Here's what I'm dreaming of and what I'm looking forward to as I enter into my Winter Holiday!
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| Looking forward to spending time at the Cabin and hanging with family and sledding and making snow angels! |
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| Looking forward to sipping hot cocoa and schnapps w/my hubby in the treehouse! |
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| Looking forward to smothering these two wild kiddos with hugs and kisses!! |
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| Looking forward to spending time with my hubby and son and all my family for the holidays! |
What are some of the things you're dreaming of this Winter Holiday Season? Any plans?
Sharing times with family and friends?
Being Creative and Enjoying Every Moment??
Well, whatever it is, I hope it's amazing and wonderful and that 2012 is one of the best yet!!
(This doesn't mean I won't be back to say a few things between now and the end of the year,... it's just time to take a break and enjoy what's right in front of me for a spell!)
Until Next Time,
Peace, Love and Living in the Moment!
Cheers,
~Shel~
I Heart Macro - It's Sunday!!
My point and click views this week:
(as always, click on the photos to enlarge them)
Around the house I put up the Christmas decorations and arranged the gorgeous wood Santa carvings by my brother and smelled some of our lovely roses.
Camped in the Desert
(which is always an adventure with my two boys!)
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| The only picture my son would let me take of him (that he knew about!) |
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| Campfire by the Arizona Sunset |
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| Beautiful Scenery! |
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| There's gold on the other side of them-there hills! The Vulture Mine gold to be exact! |
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| He should have brused more frequently don't you think? |
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| Yes, but it's a dry heat! |
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| Moonrise over the mountains |
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| Cholla |
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| These will hurt! |
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| These will hurt more! |
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| These are just cool looking! |
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| More stick-i-stuff |
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| And, a beautiful, young saguaro! |
How was your week - see anything beautiful or interesting you'd like to share?
Hop on over to Studio Waterstone for I Heart Macro today - you'll be thrilled with all the gorgeous photos!!
Until Next Time,
Peace, Love and Beauty in the Strangest Places!
Cheers,
~Shel~
25% Off This Weekend!!
Are You Still Shopping For Wonderful Gifts For All Those You Adore?
Enjoy 25% Off This Weekend Over at the
Use Coupon Code Winter25 Upon Check Out!
Have a Great Weekend Everyone!
Until Next Time,
Peace, Love and Fantastic Savings!
Cheers,
~Shel~
And The Winner Is,...
Patty Wins - Yeah!!
(I've already emailed her to give her the fun news!)
So, there you have it folks! I hope you enjoyed visiting all the great, unique and fun shops during the Holiday Shop Hop this past weekend!
Keep in mind that from now until January 15th, 2012, the button at the top of my blog that says "Holiday Shop Hop 2011" will have all the shops that participated in the Holiday Shop Hop along with a few more that have been added to the list so you can enjoy browsing their shops, websites and/or blogs during the entire Winter Break.
Many of the shops are running promotions, sales and have all sorts of fun things going on this whole month - so please stop back by and check out their shops and see what's new!
Until Next Time,
Peace, Love and Holiday Cheer!
Cheers,
~Shel~
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