A Gift and a Giveaway

                                  

Valentines Day is only 2 days away.

Are you ready???

Me neither but that’s ok it will be wonderful because I will be spending it

with my friends at Evi’s houses.

You may remember me talking about it

Here.

I missed it last year because of jury duty and Laura wasn’t able to be there either.

Laura has been in Florida but is coming home earlier then planned so….

YAY she’ll be there too.

With the holiday of Love just around the corner

I wanted to share with you one of my dearest friends

 Julie of Being Ruby.

We met quite early in our blogging life. I immediately liked her and

we have grown closer throughout the years….gosh how long has it been?

Feels like I’ve known her all my life.

That’s a good feeling.

To think, we have never met face to face or talked on the phone but there isn’t a

day that I don’t think of her.

We may write everyday, sometimes not for weeks or months but she knows how much she means to me.

That’s when you know you have a good friend….you can catch up right where you left off  like

no time has passed.

Last month I received from Julie this sweetest little box.

It must have been made for someone dear.

It looks handmade.

A picture of a little girl holding an umbrella, though maybe more to

shade oneself from the sun then protect from the rain.

It comes from a brocante in France.

Inside a small delicate piece of lace and sewing needle.

I started playing around with some of my own sewing goods.

A small spool of thread, buttons, and sequined applique that

I bought at the flea market not too long ago.

On the other side of the cover a lovely print of a

 dove and  French saying.

I still speak some French but

my French reading shhhhheee….

how you say...?

not so good.

so Google came in to help.

WHITE DOVE, UNDER YOUR WING BRING TO THOSE

WHO HAVE MORE

FAITH, HOPE,

CHARITY AND SUBLIME VIRTUES.

isn’t that wonderful?

I wonder if it’s a common saying in France?

maybe we in the US should borrow it.

Thank you Julie I will treasure it forever!!!!

So in the same spirit of giving and to thank all of you that

come here and leave comments of encouragement and love,

I would like to have another giveaway.

The last one was so much fun.

                                                                            


                                                                

Yes the next issue of Jeanne d’Arc Living.

All you need to do is

1. leave a comment for one chance.

2. blog about it for another chance

3. become a follower on linky since google friends connect will be ending sooner and let me know for another chance.
(anyone who has already commented and have followed the old way will still be counted)

Just because I’m lazy  let me know how many times to enter you and

you only need to comment once.

Winner will be picked on Sunday  2:00 pm February 19th.

Bonne Chance!!!!

and Happy Valentines Day!

Carole

The many looks of Silver

One thing I've learned about myself besides loving the color silver is that I love to alter pictures!!! much like my friend Julie from Being Ruby. We both enjoy seeing objects in a different way. She.... unlike me writes beautifully and just as her words envelope you like a warm comfy blanket she'll shift gears and make you laugh like a stand up comic. Stop by and see her post this week for Silver Sunday. It's Sunday earlier in Aussie land then here the U.S. of A.  See what you learn blogging!!!

Ok, enough of the mushy stuff!!!!

do yourself a world of good and go see her and of course our lovely hostess of Silver Sunday Beth who will direct you to all the other participants of SS.

I just recently started using Picasa since I've been a little leary to download the other program I used to use.

It doesn't have the same features by a long shot but it'll do for now til I figure out what to get.

These were a few things I had around the shop.

I'm embarrassed to say I haven't put all the Christmas things away. I'm working on it and I've done a lot of packing up but it's still pretty festive around here.

                                                                                                 ( blue tint)

( warm effect)

George finally got these knobs mounted on this wooden board. This color was what the shop was painted until we changed it to gray. I had seen this color on an old cape near here and would drive by it all the time. I would drive by slowly while holding the small paint chip out the window. Crazy right??? but I couldn't bring myself to stop and get out. For those of you who know me by now .....you're nodding your heads!!!

( sepia)

( I think B&W but maybe tinted tan)

( tinted green and glow effect)

( over highlighted and then shadowed)

Can you tell I really like this meshed flower???:)) I showed it 5 times!!! sorry

( out of focus effect)

Well thank you for letting me indulge my fun for photo editing!!!

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed doing it.

I also had fun last week getting to visit most of the other SS bloggers. I loved seeing all your gorgeous collections of silver....whether vintage, new, shiny, tarnished, painted, zinc, pewter or gray.....it's all good!!!!

Thanks for coming by and now go visit all the talented ladies of Silver Sunday

at Beth's of The Gypsy Fish Journal