So Thankful.....

I have SO much to be Thankful for ~~ Wishing everyone a Beautiful & Happy Thanksgiving Day!!~

Where Women Create......Jeweled Christmas Trees ~~

"Pink Holiday"
"Silver Snowflake"

I don't have the book "Where Women Create" but I do have one of the magazines & I love it ~
Here is where I've been "creating" ~~ Remember my "mess of jewels" ~ it was last year's handmade Christmas project? Well after making the Jeweled Christmas Trees for my family I didn't want to stop making them. So I have been very busy "here" - "creating" ~~

I set up "shop" with this cute little work table and all my new mess of jewels that I searched hi & lo for at garage sales, & went to work making more, one for us, & more to sell on ebay.

I really enjoy this sparkly project & they're such fun to make, but I'm about to set them aside because now I have to get started on my "this year's" handmade projects for Christmas & I'm running behind. It's already too close to the holidays & I need to get busy. So it's time to put away the jewels & start something new.

Now about that cute little work table ~ TZ & I both spotted it at a garage sale back in the spring, secretly we both wanted it, we both thought it was gonna be at least $30 so we didn't even ask.....as we walked away the guy yells "you can have it for 5 bucks". So......TZ was quick to pull out the $5 first & bought it ~~ I knew it would be the perfect worktable for my mess of jewels so he was very sweet to let me be the first to use it & it has turned out to be my perfect little place to create ~ I love this little table & it's kept me organized & making Jeweled Christmas Trees ~ thanks TZ ~
You can have it back now as I'm moving on to other projects :-)

The Fall Garden....Blooms on....

Little Angel with Zinnias & Red Salvia......


The weather in North Texas is perfectly beautiful this week - so very "Fall". Color still blooms on & is so pretty ~ just seems more vivid & vibrant in the bright fall sunshine. Our garden is lovelier than ever & we're enjoying it more than ever because within a month's time it could all be gone ~~Come on a little yard tour with me!

Soft Blue Mist......

Esperanza ~ or Yellow Bells as my mom calls them :-) ......

Zinnias - or Old Maids as my dad calls them :-) ......


Our front porch mini-pond is so serene......

Maximillion Daisy......

Pyracantha - lovely fall color in a berry......

My lovely Katy Road Rose ~ has never had a fall bloom like it's into now......


Sea of Blue Mist......

Heavenly Blues - Fountain Grass - Copper Canyon Daisy......

The Fairy Rose mixed in Blue Mist & Butterflies......

Butterflies love the Blue Mist......


Heavnly Blue Morning Glories & Fountain Grass......

Copper Canyon Daisy - has just started blooming......

Bright Fall mums......

Pretty Red Turk's Cap......

Angel Trumpet......

Mexican Sage......

Bright Orange Zinnias......

Katy Road Rose......

Pink Oxalis in dappled Autumn Sunlight......


Looking back on summer ~~ the pond ~ TZ beekeeping his bees in the background....

I love yard tours ~ Think I'll take a little rest & then walk it again ~ it won't be here much longer...


I just started a new garden "room" yesterday & should have it finished tomorrow ~ here is a "sneak peak" of where my little "secret garden" will be - in & among those trees.........I will show you soon :-)


Enjoy your day ~~ xoxoxo