It's a "Where bloggers create" party!

Hi to all fellow bloggers and wonderful readers!

Today is the "where bloggers create" party and I am so excited to be a part of this amazing group of artists that also blog.
My space at this moment in time is creating at my family room table and all my supplies are stored in my closet.
I also have an old vintage trailer on our property where I store various objects that will one day be restored into treasures. (at least that's what I try to convince my family of, lol)
And if you are a regular reader of my blog you will remember a couple of posts back that my hubby is in the process of building me my very own studio, separate from the house.
But for now it's at my table :)
Hopefully this blogging event today will bring to all of you the knowledge that creating is possible anywhere!

Whether it's at a dining room table, in a closet, in a studio, a living room corner, a spare bedroom etc. if you have the desire to create you can make it happen.

Enjoy my creating space photos and happy blogging to you all,

The above pics are inside of my trailer, I bet some of you would love to dig around and find the good stuff!
I also have my rubber stamp collection in here.

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This is where I sit and create for now, the chair to the right is exactly where I sit to create magic :)

The closet!

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There is some organization, at least to my eye :) and the last photo is my future studio space. This will be my view, out to my garden and many gorgeous sunsets.
Hope you enjoyed the photo shoot.

Hi all,

Just wanted to show you my birthday card vignette on display in my front room. Don't you love cards? I sure do. And the lovely flowers from my son add to the beauty of it all. Hmmmm, I wonder what this coming birthday year will bring? I predict lots of joy, creativity and family, here's to many more bdays :)

Art Studio has begun!

Hi all,
My studio space has begun!
We had to sacrifice a tree for the breaking of ground, but the wood from the cut will be the start of our wood supply for this winter, so it did not give it's life in vain :)
Having my very own designated space for all my art endeavors has been a dream of mine for very many years and to see it coming to fruition is exciting and joyous.
As you can see the hard labor has begun and my contractor (aka: husband) knows how to clear a space with gusto! He has always been one of my biggest fans of my artistic dreams and I am over the moon with his love for me that he would fulfill this dream for me. I'll try to remind him of this as he labors on the many days to come of nailing and cutting, lol.

Stay tuned for updates on the progress, and there may even be a open house giveaway when it's all finished!!!

talk to you soon,

Sunshine, flowers and the sea

Hi all,
Recently I got the chance to spend an afternoon in the lovely sea side town of Half Moon Bay and I couldn't resist taking a few photos of all the blooming flowers around the neighborhood.  There's just something so soothing about the mix of sunshine, flowers and the sea air that fills ones soul and I thought I'd share a bit of that joy with you too on this late spring weekend.

I love this purple house hidden within the white roses.

Here is where I sat at the end of the day, overlooking the ocean, with the wind in my hair and the sound of the crashing waves filling my soul with amazing joy of how God cares for each  and every one of us and loves us with a never ending love.
Blessings to you,
deborah

Meet my sweet online friend, Mrs. Kwitty!

Hi all,
Don't you all just love the blogger world? Well, I know I do because I have met some of the most wonderful people online and one of them is my friend Karen, creator of the darling etsy shop called misseskwittys.
She was actually one of my 100 blog follower winners and lo and behold I was her winner on her blog post celebrating her 4 year etsyversary! And let me tell you, I was sooo excited to win because her creations are super cute and I couldn't wait to see them in person. And when my pkg. arrived in the mail it was so fun!
The items were packaged in a hot pink colored box (which I think she created too!) and wrapped in a darling pink and red heart tissue paper.
Talk about an amazing seamstress, Karens handiwork is perfection, and now my business cards are totally protected as they sit in my purse waiting for me to whip them out at any given moment, lol. Of course the "for someone special" tag with all the gorgeous ribbon and trim made me ohhh and ahhh and the little birdie and gift tags are just so cute. Thank you Karen for such a lovely gift as well as your lovely friendship!

talk to you all soon, deborah

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And the winners are.......

Hi all! Thank you so much for all of  your lovely comments and participating in my blog giveaway!
I put all of your names in one of my vintage strawberry baskets and picked out 4 of you for the individual pkgs and one of you for the grand prize collage.

So without further ado, the winners are:

Bailiwickstudio (Ephemera pkg.)
Joyanna (Vintage Linen pkg.)
Littlethings1 (Vintage items pkg.)
Mrs.Kwitty (Tea fun pkg.)


     
And the Grand prize winner of the French inspired Collage is Artsnark!!!
Enjoy your goodies, I hope they bring you inspiration and fun.


To everyone, I want to say thank you for following my blog and I hope my words bring you joy and also sometimes cause you to pause and ponder.
Talk to you soon,
deborah

Whooohooo, you have put me over the top!!!

Hi all,
Today is a huge event for me and you are all the reason why!
Because of you I have hit my goal of having 100 blog followers and I am sooo excited. Of course when I started this blog adventure I never dreamed that I would have 10 followers let alone 100! To think that anyone would take the time out of their busy day or night to read my blogging words just boggles my mind and humbles me all at the same time. And to celebrate I thought a blog giveaway would be the perfect way to say thank you!
All you have to do is leave a comment telling me which giveaway pkg you would like to receive the most and I will put your name onto the list for that pkg.
There are four catagories:
Vintage pkg.
Tea pkg.
Ephemera pkg.
Linen pkg.
And for the grand prize  which is a one of a kind french inspired collage, all of your names will be included.
Hope that makes sense, lol.
So there will be 4 separate winners and then one winner who will also win the collage. So actually you have two chances to win!
Heres are the photos of the pkgs. with a little explanation of their contents. The grand prize collage is still in creation at the moment so it will not be shown until I announce the winners.
I will announce the winners on May 1st!

Linen fun. Two hand embroidered pillowcases, a hand embroidered peacock hankerchief, vintage yellow tassel trim and a pkg. of vintage blue ric rac.

 Ephemera (old paper lol)!   Vintage sheet music, vintage french book pages, wallpaper, fruit label, paper bag and advertisement from my last Paris trip, vintage women's digest booklet, vintage playing card.

 Tea time!   A box of my fav french tea, teacup note pad, frilly candy cup basket, I love tea button, one of my teapot magnets.

Vintage finds!   Very old ornate frame, tin candy molds, vintage poker chips, retro buttons, cool old bottle, weathered old strawberry basket.

Good luck everyone and thank you again for making my blogging goal come true :)
deborah
PS. Anyone can sign up for the giveaway, you don't have to be a follower, I'm an equal opportunity blogger :)

100th blog follower giveaway fun!

Hi all,
Just wanted to give you a sneak  peek at some of the giveaways that will be happening here on my blog as soon as I reach my 100th blog follower!
I decided to have 4 categories and then a grand prize also.
Soooo, keep watching for the upcoming fun,
deborah

What did I do now?

Hi all, I don't know what I did to my blog this time, but I noticed that my last post didn't post it's entirety  on the front page.  It says "read more...." and my readers must click on it to see the rest of the post, so no pic is out on the front either. I don't know if it's something I did and can't remember how I did it, lol, or if blogspot is changing things up on me, so I am writing this to see if this happens again. And since it's such a rainy stormy day here in Calif today I'm displaying a photo of my garden pond from last year. I can't wait to fill it up with fresh colorful flowers again.
talk to you soon,
deborah

Huge giveaway coming!

Hi all,
I'm getting really close to my 100th blog follower and I am soooo excited about it.
When I do hit the magical number I will announce my big giveaway. Here's a sneak peek of what it will entail!
Talk to you soon, deborah

The neighborhood.

 

Hi all,

a couple of weeks ago, my hubby and I took a walk around our local town and this victorian house with it's worn iron gate just caught my eye.

Oh the history this gate could tell.....

debbie

French cows!

Hi all,
I'm just in a french state of mind today and wanted to post a few pics of my past Paris memories. I don't know about you but I never get tired at looking at french country sides or architecture or even the Eiffel tower. For me, there's such romance and artistry in all aspects of the french way of life, whether it's from their vibrant painted doors and window shutters or just the every day goings on of parisian life, it all is just so tres magnifique!
I don't know why but I fell in love with these white french cows (I bet you didn't know that there are french cows, lol) on one of our day trips to the french countryside one afternoon. If anyone to this day asks me what one of my fav memories of our trip was, I will without a doubt say it was the up and close encounter of these darling cows. They all had bells around their necks and when we walked up to the fence they all strolled over and gave us the sweetest stares!! The pic of me smelling the roses was in the garden of the amazing sculptor Rodin. And last but not least is the sunset of the Eiffel tower from the banks of the Seine river.
What more can I say?

Talk to you soon,
deborah

And the winner is.....

Hi all,
Yes, it is finally the time to post my press kit giveaway winner! I filled the teapot up with all of your lovely names and the name that rose to the top is.....
Barbara from Southern Lady's Vintage!!!
Barbara is one of the sweetest ladies you could ever meet and if you haven't ever visited her etsy shop, you really should hop on over there and check out all her wonderful vintage goodies and beautiful gift tags that she creates.
Congrats Barbara, I will be sending out your little package soon and I hope it brings you a teacup full of joy and sweetness just like you bring to all of us :)

Thank you to all of you who took the time to leave a comment and for all of your lovely words you gave to me. They were all truly a gift!
Please don't be too disappointed that I didn't draw your name, because I will be having more giveaways and you never know whose name will rise to the top of the pot next time.
In fact, when I hit my 100th blogger reader (I'm only 20 away) I will have a super duper giveaway with many winners, so stay tuned and keep on blogging!!
Talk to you soon,
deborah