Holiday greetings!

Morning everyone!

I hope you all had a great Christmas! 

With  my oldest kids and grand kids living so far away and unable to travel right now we had a quiet Christmas here at home with our youngest daughter.

It was a little sad not seeing the rest of the family but I did get to talk to them so I enjoyed that!

Bring on to the New Year!

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Speaking of the New Year...

I was doing a little blog hopping and came across this incredible giveaway!

You are not going to want to miss this one!

Melissa over at Creating from the Heart is a very generous girl!

I am not going to list everything she is giving away but I will say there is a gift card involved and a set of markers that you won't want to miss!

!Check it out!

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Have a great week everyone!

Christmas tag

Hi everyone!

Hope all your holiday preparations are all winding down. 

I am done with my baking and have been cleaning.

Since I was able to find my work space this morning I decided to sit down and make this tag tonight.

 The Santa image is from Bella Creations 

Bella Muse Challenge this month.

The tag is from the box my tape runner came in. 

I ripped the printed side off giving it a little texture.

Added some Peeled Paint Distress stain, then I used a music note stamp on it but it wasn't doing anything for me so I covered it with Pearl Acrylic Paint Dabber and sprayed it with a bronze pearl mist I made up. 

I love the background I ended up with.

I used Platinum Stickles around the framed Santa, the tag and on the little roses.

Here is a close up.....

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

TO ALL!

Warm Wishes

I have been out to the Post Office already this morning and I hope to be back there later today with what I hope is the last things I need to mail for the holidays. 

I am a little later than I wanted to be but better late than never right?

Actually the fact that I made it out today at all is a good thing since my back is giving me a lot of pain today. 

Hasn't been this bad in a while.

After watching the weather station this morning I was determined to get these things going today because tomorrow we are expecting snow all day and into Wednesday. Don't know how much but I don't want to have  go out with packages in hand, walking to the post office, or anywhere else for that matter, in any snow.

Upon coming home I decided that, in this cold wintery weather, I deserved a warm cozy drink so I am sitting here with a hot cup of 

Harney & Sons 

Paris blend tea!

Oh so yummy!!!

And because it is so cold out I am drinking from my mug that I bought from 

Ron Jon's down on Cocoa Beach in Florida.

What could be better on a cold blustery day than sipping a tasty blend with visions of 

beautiful sunshiny weather, 

warm ocean breezes, 

the sound of the sea 

and

 to reflect back to the memories I have of time spent with my brother who lives down there. 

Along with my tea I am nibbling on a few of the holiday cookies I made the other day.

I am linking up with 

Rose Chintz Cottage & 

Martha's Favorites.

Warm Wonderful Holiday Wishes to everyone!!!