Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you awoke to a sunny day! We did here! We missed the 1-4" of snow that was supposed to visit us last night and instead the sun is shining!I do hear we may be getting it again though on Friday night into Saturday....we'll see.

Before I go any further, I would like to say a big thank you to Felicia! She has introduced me to quite a few new friends, and I can't thank her enough! Howdy to all of you! I heart you Felicia! And I love all my new friends! Thank you for becoming followers. I hope I don't disappoint!

My husband surprised Caitlin and I with flowers, candy and stuffed animals! He sure is my Prince Charming in so many ways! I love that he is so thoughtful even though he knows I never expect anything. He loves us every day of the year not just Valentine's Day! He brought me beautiful white roses that have an outline of red around the edges. He brought Caitlin a red rose with baby's breath, a stuffed puppy and knowing her love for monkeys, he found a box of candy that had a little monkey on the lid!

How silly that today, Valentine's Day, I would be busy crafting for.....Easter! I know, I know it's only February but I like to get stuff ready so that when I decorate, I have it ready to display! Easter is coming up :)   Soooo I made these cute little clay pots with some chickies and eggs and decorated them with scraps and some adhesive trim I had gotten from Michaels. I was digging through my Easter cartons and decided to use some of my glass and wood eggs as well. Just some odds and ends!

 

So far I have made three and then I had enough stuff to decorate this little white basket I had in the closet.

 I hope the Easter Bunny likes them. I had so much making them and plan to make more :)  You would be surprised what you can do with scraps! Just like cooking! The best recipes come from odds and ends!

After my crafting, I did some dusting around...my shelf in the hallway seems to gather lots of it! This is my Americana goody shelf. I love the red ,white and blue! I made the SPEAK KINDNESS picture about a year ago with vintage buttons. I love prim things!

Then I was dusting my Charles Wysocki plates. I don't have the set; I just have a couple. I actually had three but one toppled and broke a long time ago, and I was so sad. They are NOT the most easy to display and I am not the most graceful! I was not blessed with a "gentle touch" :)   Every time I clean those dang plates, I fear I'll break another . There had to be a better way!  I took a plate rack that held mini plates and pulled off some prongs, then bent some others, etc  I MADE IT FIT! Voila! A holder for my Wysocki Plates that won't topple, and I can't knock over! I hung it on my back splash wall by the coffee pot! It'll look fine there until my husband gets 'round to putting the tile up for my back splash! It's funny how us Ladies can create what we need and it works just fine!

Have a wonderful, happy day!