Link Party No. 41!

I love the scrap book section at the craft store. Even though I am not a big scrap booker (I used to do it a lot, but my scrap book stopped at where Christopher was 9 month old and he is now 10 years old...).
They are always coming out with such cute products, especially embellishments, and I use them for other things besides scrap booking all the time.

I bought those bright colored roses several weeks ago, and have some ideas of what to do with them. For now, I am enjoying just looking at them.

I know my posts have been a little "blah" lately (sorry girls, I seriously could not squeeze out any time for creating lately, and being sick all of January didn't help the situation) but I have exciting news to tell you in my next post. I couldn't take good pictures today, but it is coming!

Meanwhile, show me what you have been working on, my creative friends!

Here are the rules:

1. Please post something YOU made. It doesn't matter if it is crochet, quilt, clothing, anything would be fine. I want to see it! If you use someone's idea or patterns please give them the rightful credit.

2. Link to your specific post, that way it is easier for everybody to find and read it.

3. Please grab the "Tea Rose Home" grab button, and link back from your post. If you can mention the party in your post or place the button on your side bar, that would be great! I want more people to have a chance to come and show off their creation.


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Thank you for your participation, and making this link party sucssesful and fun!

The Green Winter

Winter came early this year. But it seems that Old Man Winter used up his snowflakes all at once because it's looking a lot like spring around here. In fact, things are so green that we've been graced with our first show of flowers.  

I caught sight of them from our bedroom window and still in my nightgown, decided to go outside and give them a proper welcome. 

Here's a small bouquet that I brought inside. For such little flowers, they have an amazingly strong fragrance. It's a fragrance very similar to that of gardenias.    

Here they are smiling after being in the warm house for a few hours. My friend Catherine told us that they are called  Snowdrops and bloom in early spring.  

Welcome sweet little Snowdrops. 

OMG.....60 TODAY !!!!!

Well..... what can I say.....I have reached the ripe old age of 60 !!!! I actually don't believe it and must check my birth certificate.....perhaps my mum and dad got the date wrong 'cos, I'm sure, at the most, I'm only 30..... but then, that can't be right because I have children of that age !!!! Oh well......60 it is and I shall embrace it with as much alcohol as I can !!!! I have taken a quick photo this morning, as the one on my profile was taken at our son's wedding and that was a couple of years ago now. Can't be pulling the wool over your eyes now, can I ?  This one is nicely out of focus which, when you get to my age , is a neccessity !!!!

I was going to say 'here's to the next 60 years' but that's not possible so, here's to many, many more years of fun and laughter and good times, not just for me but for all of us.

CHEER'S !!!!!!