A Cold January Day with Pink Roses and Tea...

It has been a really really cold January...

so when I saw this Perfectly Pink Roses

at the grocery store...

I knew they would need to come home with me

and warm my soul...

then I made tea to warm my tummy....

since it is January,

and I have a resolution to be more healthy...

I made these very healthy cookies,

they have been a favorite for a long time...

only three basic ingredients,

they are vegan 

and 

have a good dose of protein...

they may fall short in the pretty department...

but they are simple, delicious

and a pretty dish will spruce them right up...

I will be back tomorrow 

to share the full recipe with you...

 

I will be sipping tea with the following ladies tonight...

Friends Sharing Tea

and

Tea Cuppa Tuesday

 

until then,

I Hope you are all Staying Warm and Cozy...

A Shabby Chandelier...

 

I don't believe

I have ever shared photos of my little studio with you...

 

when I realized this,

I was in the process of moving furniture...

 

that it why this photo

is cropped high...

 

the mess below

no one wants to see...

 

I believe for now much of this room will stay the same

except for the furniture...

 

my office and craft room were together,

 

when I am finished this will be

a Guest room with a pull out trundle bed

in front of the window...

 

and I will add a big craft table

along the right wall...

 

but really I digress

as I often do

when I think about designing a room...

 



 

 

I mostly wanted to share my Shabby Chandelier...

 



it was the catch all in my little office / studio...

 

a bridal veil,

bits of hand dyed ribbon,

drying roses,

a paper mache heart...

 



 

 



 

its whimsical in an organic way...

 

nothing was contrived

it just happened

little by little...

 



 

 

A tender photo of my little pack,

the sisters love to groom each other...

 

did you see Cosmo in the background?

 

I nearly missed him myself,

he blended so well into the white blankets...

 

Today I am joining...

 

Home Sweet Home

and

Feathered Nest Friday

 

 

 

Keep it Shabby my Friends... 

Ring in the New....

 

Ring out the old, ring in the new,

Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;

Ring out the false,

ring in the true.

 

Lord Alfred Tennyson

 

 

 

The New Year...

 

to begin anew,

a clean white slate...

 

and

what a beautiful clean white slate

 I awoke to!

 

 

 

the simple beauty,

of twigs and snow...

 

 

 

 

 

pathways lost...

 

 

 

seriously...

snow is magic...

there is just no other word for it...

 

 

 

 

 

this time

 I was able to coax Iris out into the snow,

she felt going everywhere very quickly

was the way to go...

 

Cosmo on the other hand believed the best things

 were hidden under the snow...

 

 

 

 

Today

on this frozen first day of the New Year...

 

a promise.

tucked under the Camellia branches...

a Spring teaser...

 

Welcome to the New Year My Friends!