Fall Thanksgiving Mantle

Sharing my Thankfulness.  I've decorated the mantle with things
I am thankful for.

A group shot. Thankful for my kids and grandkids.

This darling photo from last Halloween was what  started this 

collection.

This is the original Fall mantle.  

Looks nice.  

But I love the family photo's added.

No frame for this one.  Just precious even without a frame.

A blue photo album my daughter made.  And a little bird nest.

I received as a gift from a blogger friend.  Sadly she isn't blogging anymore.

My grandson.  He was 4.  The horse was my son's horse growing up.  

On the right one of my favorite photo's.  These two cousin met for the first time last fall.  

My son and his family live in Missouri.  We don't get to see them often enough.

My DIL is great at sending photos.

This is our son and grandson.

 Lots to be Thankful for. 

 Hoping you have a Fabulous Thanksgiving.

Linking with my favorite parties including The Fabulous Fall Thanksgiving Party over at my other blog.  Click here to link your Fall and Thanksgiving posts.

Silver Pennies, Mosaic Monday, Blue Monday, Amaze Me Monday, Create With Joy, The Art of Homemaking, Let's Add Sprinkles Monday Social,

Share You Cup, Make Your Saturday Sweet, Share It One More Time,

The Bloggers Pit Stop, Creatively Unleashed

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Sharing a little fun.  Add a caption . . . 

                      

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Linking with Wordless Wednesday, Warm Heart Wednesday, Mosaic Monday

                         Have A Good Day

The Boy That Warms The Heart

          
Holding the tickets he's looking at the camera wondering why I want to take a picture with the tickets.   

It was a special day for us.  We got free tickets to the Fort Worth Zoo.  

It was special in a lot of ways.  Last year he was in a wheel chair.

This is what he did this year . . . 

He jumped . . . 

He grimaced . . . 

He looked at foot prints in the concrete . . . 

He climbed every structure he could find.  And tight rope walked every wall he saw . . . 

If there was a wall or a rock.  He climbed it.  And missed the animals watching him . . . 

He laughed at  . . . 

This.  Which landed here . . . 

It really wasn't funny.   Glad it wasn't our phone!  

Sometimes he does smile for the camera!

He followed his 'Pa' who doesn't know slow . . . 

Wrestled an alligator

Of course we had to get a shot  holding his $1.00 for this . . . 

He's an excellent shot.  It runs in the family.



At the end of a long morning he caught a ride!

It's tiring spending the day looking at animals, running, jumping and climbing.  

It makes you really, really hungry . . . 

Hungry enough to eat every bite of your hamburger! 

                      He's the boy that warms my heart!
     Do you have a youngin' that warms your heart?

Linking with Warm Heart Wednesday, Outdoor Wednesday, 
Blue Monday, Mosaic Monday and Sweet Saturday

Frugal Pink Spring Mantle

Spring is in the air and it's time to restage the mantle. 
This year I've chosen Pink . . . 
                                              
I began with a simple willow wreath that I bought at Dollar Tree.
Then I took a piece of foam board and covered it with pink fabric.
Because my ceiling is really tall I felt like I needed something to give my display some height.  
The simple wreath is covered with some beaded metal garland that came from Pottery Barn back in the day.

Next I added candles.  They started out white.  I simply covered them with pink paper then added the faux pearls to jazz them up. 
I realized I needed to pull more green in so I added ribbon to 2 of them. 
The little bunny is from 1997.  I love him.  I've collected bunny's for years.  This little guy was digging in the dirt.   Notice his dirty foot.

I love the new green moss covered bunny.  My darling daughter and grandson gave him to me the other day.  He was the inspiration to add the green. 
Which turned out really good because I had planned to use this 
pitcher to fill with tulips . . . 

My original plan was to paint the pitcher white.  But I don't have much budget and I still need to add flowers. 

My mantle isn't totally complete.  I need to add the rest of the bunny's.  And I need to get some tulips. 

 I'll also change the wreath a little.  I just taped it to the board.  It stayed up long enough for these photos.  While I was downloading I heard a crash!   And I knew what it was.  

Oh I almost forgot one more pic I wanted to share . . . 

I wanted you to see the paper lanterns.  I bought them at Dollar Tree too.  At the time I only had a few bucks.  I wish I had bought more I went back this year at Valentines and they didn't have any.  I haven't been in the last week or so.  I hope they get some more! I love them.  

So that's part one.  And here are a few mosaics I made while I was playing with PicMonkey.  BTW they are running a sale I think I'll upgrade!


And another layout . . . 
           

I do want to do something different with the lamp.  At Valentines 
I simply covered it with some lace.  I was kind of thinking about making yo's yo's and covering it.  

What do you think?  Any ideas?

So that's part 1 of my Thrifty Pink Mantle.  And now I'm putting my slippers back on and grabbing some lunch! 
                                                 

                          Have a good weekend
Come by and join me for . . . 

Link posts about your hometown or favorite town!

Linking this pink post with Pink Saturday, Mosaic Monday, Make It Pretty Monday, Create With Me Monday, The Art of Homemaking, Titus Tuesday , Creative Muster Wednesday Party, Wonderful Wednesday, Wake Up Wednesday  Share Your Cup on Thursday

Sunlit Sunday-Editing With PicMonkey

Sharing a few pics I've edited with PicMonkey. Have you tried 
Picmonkey?
                            
I added the Bokeh option to make it look like sunlit.    Its a cool 
photo editing program.  And the best part is it's free!
                                                   
I thought this was really cool.  I used the poloroid option on this shot.  

                                                      
These are a few years old but they are perfect I think for Sunlit Sunday especially after edited with PicMonkey. 

If you haven't tried PicMonkey. Check it out.  It's very used friendly.  And you can upgrade for even more options.  

Now about these pics . . . I'm super blessed to be able to be a part of our daughter and grandsons life. 
It wasn't always that way.  I smiled when I ran across these and noticed how small he looks compared to now.  

These were taken on our daughters birthday at a local lake. 
We had taken her out to lunch at the marina and then played around the beach a little.  

I'd love to be able to take them again this year and get more shots
with him grown up a little!  

Thanks for visiting.  May your week be filled with Blessings!
                                    
Linking with Sunlit Sunday , Mosaic Monday and Blue Monday  and since these this sweet
Family is so Happy and these are some of my Favorite photos I'm linking with Teresa at Eden Hills for
Friday's Hunt.  Don't they just Warm Your Heart? And Outdoor Wednesday

'Winging It' In Blue

Well I am calling this 'Winging It' week.  Because it seems all my plans have gone asunder. 
Starting with this . . . 
                   
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. . . old news. 
Then I decided that I wanted to join an old friend and post plans for my week.  
And well.  As of 5:00 on Monday evening that still has happened. 
So.   I'm calling this 'Winging It' Week.  Just for Sally a few in Blue.
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I may be 'Winging It' this week but we can be confident God isn't.
He has it all under control.  Just look at his beauty . . . 

                                                    
The above photo's were found at the following sources:
Cornell Universtiy-NeoTropical Birds, WikiPedia, Vriginia Blue Birds(dot)Org,Rainforce Alliance,
Houston Museum Of Natural Science,Golden Gate State Park Butterfly Habitat

Linking with:
Blue Monday, Mosaic Monday, Camera Critters, Eileen's Camera Critters