Do you have a ticket to Ride?

Wow have you heard there is a great Giveaway here, yes it is MY COTTAGE WISHES Giveaway.  Also, I am joining some great blogs for a HOP, HOP!!

 Join Angie At Knick Of Time and you will enter 4 Blogs @ once

I am linking my Vintage Junk Creations for SPRING

                      So, I got this old chair "Free", my family laughed at me then and still laughing at me now
                                                                                 The chair was so very dirty and filled with some bugs, yes, live ones, but I got these babies out!!!
I created these cute nest holders for EASTER,  SPRINGS FOR SPRING

 

                                  So next I painted the boards I found for $3 with my left over Anne Sloan paint
                                                                                 And this is the beautiful piece I am creating as my Spring Creation

So Have a wonderful weekend and Happy St. Patty's Day to you and yours 

                                                         May the Sun Shine upon your face

                                 May the flowers share their sweet smiling faces in the morning dew

And the sweet promise of Spring greet you!

Yes, I have a TICKET  and I hope you will hop over to get some great prizes, Much Love, Di

SPRING GIVEAWAY

  I am excited about the possibilities of Spring and summer in Asheville

                                             A Promise of Spring Giveway and some awesome parties

Things I love about SPRING:

Baseball

 My Dad in the middle!

MY GRANDSONS

I am creating and using digital scrapbooking software from MY MEMORIES to Document my great family pictures.

Since moving I have my pictures everywhere and I wanted them in one location, my computer. So I decided to take the leap and SPRING into action and get Digital!!

                                                            
Beautiful Baskets, Flowers and Nests...scrapbook software has helped me to organize my thoughts about life, moments of fun and memories of a lifetime

                                                      
             First, Let me announce my Spring Giveaway: MY MEMORIES SUITE  :  There are many chances to win
ONE:  Visit  www.MyMemories.com. and choose your favorite digital paper pack or layout, then leave a comment telling me which ones you chose for one entry.
TWO:  For another entry please follow me either by blogger or Linky link.
THREE  Leave a comment and let me know how you would use MyMemories.
           I will Announce a lucky winner of April 1st, no ist's not a fools joke!!!!
You may just want to visit and start your scrapbook like I did...use this code to start your sign up today
and get a$10 savings STMMMS89695.
 
With that said,  I am joining Pish Posh





for her Spring Fling : 7 FANTABULOUS blogs will be hosting: SPRING! Anything Springish. Springesque. Spring like. Whatever. Hair tutorials, DIY ideas, inspiration, thoughts, whatever! If it's SPRINGY it's so totally welcome! Link up with any of the 7 blogs and you are instantly linked up with the other 6! You don't have to follow the blogs to enter, however I'm sure they'd love to have you if you did!  There will be some pretty fantastic giveaways going on as well. For instance, Pish Posh will be giving away a Style Basket!  The Style Basket Includes:Big Sexy Hairspray (ya'll know I'm obsessed)Big Sexy Dry ShampooMatrix Leave in ConditionerOPI nail colorMassage Candle Start planning away my dears! Whip up a Spring Time post, grab the Spring Fling Button that is on the side ( or in this post!) and get ready to link up on April 2nd! WHOOHOOOO!!! EDIT: I bet you'd like to know who the other blogs are huh? Well here ya go! Pineapple Lily

Behind the Scenes

Digging Deeper

Classy in KC

Brittney's Orrdinary Life

Feeding My Temple

                                                                           PISH POSH will be hosting a fantastic give away AS WELL AND JOIN THESE OTHER GREAT PARTIES

SPRING FORWARD AND ENJOY YOU'ALL!!!  DI

  






















 

Office Elements

I had a busy Weekend!  I am still working on the elements of my new office.  I found a table that I can use as a stand for my plants.  It was at an estate sale that I have found lovely items at.  It was the owners painting table, she had laminated the top.  I could have left it alone but I wanted to use my Anne Sloan paint.  So I visited my friends at The Pink House shop here in Asheville to check on how to paint laminate.

                                              I sanded the top lightly so the paint would adhere

                                            The first coat went on great, I combined my blue with white to lighten it up, it is looking great

 Funny store about this white paint (linen) from Ace Hardware.  I went for my free 1Qt. paint, all went well.  I put it in the car next to the opener and stirer.  Next stop home, kids out of the car and oh, paint on my floor board carpet.  The opener had punctured the can when I pushed back my seat.  So much for free paint!!  But it cleaned up quickly with soap and water!  Still a good deal through March, I will go back weekly for new colors...already have an INK color!

My next project for the office was to bring in some of my art work projects from Jeanne Oliver's e-course.  I added my words LEAP, FLY, SOAR...that's what I feel like I have done in this job.

                                 I found this chair for $25, it will look wonderful with my wood desk

                                  And this lovely art piece with glass cups at a consignment shop...instead of candles I am putting small plants in them

                                I found this at Goodwill for $6, this picture frame is from Mexico is about 1960's.

Of course, I found the rest of my stuff for the office!  A beautiful glass and marble lamp, candy dish (what office is not complete without candy), a mouse memo holder and business card holder.

I know I will be finishing the office by this week and will be sharing the big reveal at that later date!!
                                                              Today I am sharing with:

A to Z Home Stories

Irish Eyes Are Smilin'

                                                                                        Dublin

                            The Coast of Ireland, an old ruin, I wonder if  found a 4 leaf clover?

                                The most beautiful place we stayed  close to the Cliffs of Moher

                           "Our Local Pub"  Many Irish Coffees here, I think I became a local!!

                                                                           So beautiful, so serene

                                   This is where our daughter planned on getting married

The beached we walked every day.

 My hubby's grandparents immigrated from Ireland. My youngest daughter was married in Ireland on the Cliffs O Moher.  She was barefoot and it was a wee bit chilly but she had that vision in her head.  I had stepped out on a venture of dreaming and planned everything for her, I still can't believe I made we made this happen.  The steps that lead to this were truly God driven.  We did it on a budget and had an experience that I don't think could have been any better.  We were able to make our little girls dreams come true and fulfill our life long dreams to go to Ireland to trace the steps of my husbands Grandparents.

Our Wedding Planner with my grandson, she had a beautiful accent.  She made the plans fit our budget and needs

                                                                   All of us after the wedding at the local Pub, Erin poured the drafts, a local man sang (in a baritone trained voice) a beautiful but sad song to the groom and we all had a great laugh when the petite wedding planner said "He could have sang a happier friggen song!"  Oh, you have to love the Irish.
So, may the road that leads to your tomorrows be filled with joy and happiness.  Di
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