Train trip to Utah

Hi all,
If you want to take it slow and easy on your next trip, then take the train. I just recently traveled this way on my trip to visit relatives in Utah and even though it was alot of sitting (12 hours) there's just nothing like traveling by the rail. I happily snagged a window seat going both ways and was able to take wonderful photos through the train window. There's not much to see going through Nevada but the ride through the Sierras is amazing and Salt Lake was pretty cool too. I love how on the train everyone is so low key, and there's no checking of your id or what's in your luggage and you can bring all the food and drink you need on board. And if you don't bring your own food there's a cafe and also a reserved seating diner. There's also a observation car that is total windows and has tables so you can play cards or games.
The train host and hostesses are constantly walking down the isles, so it feels pretty safe and there's tons of leg room and huge seats to sit in!
So if you ever need a bit of stress free travel and you also have the time, I highly recommend the rail.
Here are some of my photos, maybe they'll inspire you to take a trip sometime.
talk to you soon,
deborah

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 :)