That was a little pillow project....

What are you doing this weekend?

xoxo~Kathy
Linking this morning to "Brag Monday" @ Graphics Fairy...

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Have fun!!!

YOU CAN HAVE YOUR COFFEE ...and flowers too !

While cleaning up my craft room I came across some coffee filters I had purchased way back...
I decided this was the moment....
gonna make a few coffee filter flowers... Once I got into it I decided I liked the flowers where I crinkled up the filters first ...like in a tight wad, then straightend them out and stacked about 6 on top of each other.
Once stacked ...grab in the center...twist and wrap a wire around the twisted part.
Peal and fluff the layers back ...one by one.
Same idea as the pom,poms we used to make for floats in High school...
Yeah!... now you've got the idea.

The natural colored ones would be charming too...

You could tear the edges for a more shabby look....

spray sparkly glitter on them...

dip the edges in a tea bath for an antique effect...

Stick one in your hair and go for a walk....give the neighbors something to talk about!!!

Kinda fun...

kinda easy...

kinda shabby...

I'm so easily entertained!!!!!!!

Have a winner weekend my sweets,

xoxo~Kathy

SHABBY BENCH...by a Not Too Shabby Carpenter...

I made the comment last week while having my breakfast coffee...

I would really like a Shabby Bench for our bedroom sometime...

by noon He had it made...

by dinner I had applied two coats of white paint and Shabbied it up with some sand paper...

We make a great team...
Turned out exactly the way I envisioned it...


Perfect....actually.

Nice to have a man that reads your mind...

and knows every detail....

It is about the details...isn't it?

Half the fun of a new bench is dressing her up!...

I've been buying books just for their pastel jackets lately at the thrifts....do you do that?

A good read....pearls and an old key.........likeable things.

Yes...I did make the house quilt....

Years ago on a business trip with my man.

He took care of business while I sewed in our hotel room...

You can get a lot done with no interruptions!!!!

There you have the $15.00 shabby bench...

of course it helps to have a talented husband too!

Makin my world a little Shabbier....one day at a time.

xoxo~Kathy.

A TIME OF TRANSITION...

What ever the age of a wheelbarrow....
it will always hold something for you.
Walking around the yard ...soaking up all the changes in growth.

Nature is such a teacher....always changing...forever evolving.

Lilacs ready to burst open...

First year for the white lilacs to bloom!!!!

Thank You for stopping by this weekend with prayers and encouragment.

David is doing wonderfully. One foot of his ascending colon was successfully removed and 48 hrs. later we were on our way home.

We arrived home Sunday evening and he actualy cut the grass today...amazing.

We are in a holding pattern for a couple weeks....

testing...Drs. conferences...more testing and decision making.

We need more information before locking into treatment and sugeries...

I will be happy to offer specifics as soon as we know them.

For the next couple days we need to regroup and Dave needs to continue healing.
We are both looking forward to just doing "NORMAL" things for a couple weeks....and waiting on the Lord for direction.

Hope your all enjoying this beautiful weather and onset of summer....

Lets get out there and have some fun!!!!!!

xoxo~Kathy.

SURPRISES ARE NOT ALL THEIR CRACKED UP TO BE...

Good Evening everyone...

Today was a long one ...for everyone, especially Dave.

The colon surgery went off without a hitch...

The liver surgery was cancelled.

Once the Liver surgeon started looking around ,

additional cancer cells were detected above the liver on the Diaphram wall hugging the liver.

Dr. Chung biopsied them right there in the O.R. to be sure.

Following through with the origionally planned surgery would not have been enough to take care of this new finding.

So .....

for now Dave is resting well, I will stay here next to him through this first post-op evening...

Tomorrow we will talk with Dr.Chung about the options we have before us from this point .

Tonight I will take refuge in the arms of God.

Tomorrow when everything always looks brighter...

We will put our Armour back on and stand firmly against this foe.

Our love to you all...

xoxo~Kathy

HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT MY LOVE?...

Just like herbs add spice to our lives....
so do the friends and family we hold so dear...
Tomorrow is the day we have been ...
hoping for,
Praying for,
and somewhat anxious about since January 7th.
For those who have no idea what I'm talking about...a small recap here.
January 7th My Husband David was diagnosed with stage 4 Colon and liver cancer from a colonoscopy....( have you had yours yet?).
He has just finished 3 months of Chemo treatments with the hope being the Chemo would do it's job and shrink the tumors enough to have surgery and then another round of chemo.
If the chemo didn't work there would be no surgery...nothing they could do...
A rather bleak statement.
We prayed...YOU prayed....
GOD worked a wonder.
The tumors are now "unrecognizable"...an amazing statement.
If left like this they will grow back.
Tomorrow two different surgeons will exercise their God given gifts and remove these tumors along with 1 foot of Dave's ascending colon.
and if this isn't amazing enough...they are doing it laproscopically...I know, we couldn't believe it either!
We're looking at about 3-3 1/2 hours total for the 2 surgeries...without complications.
Dave will be another three days waiting for the peristalsis to start in his colon, the wavelike action that helps move food through your system, ( nicely put...don't you think!)
We are both impressed with these two Drs. and feel the hand of God in this whole process.
We again petition your prayers as to NO INFECTION after surgery...especially in the colon.
This could lead to a colostomy bag for no less then three months while healing takes place.
We don't want this to happen...DAVE doesn't want this to happen!
We are anticipating great success and a rapid healing due to Daves general good health ...(did I mention he ran a 1/2 Marathon last weekend!) I KNOW!!!!!
Took him a little longer due to the effects of the chemo...BUT, he did it...and his Drs. encouraged him to .
So there you have it...
Surgery is at 1:00pm tomorrow...
I will try and post as I get the chance...
YOU will never know how YOU have encouraged our hearts and increased our faith...by your faithfulness to prayer on our behalf...we will be eternally grateful.
xoxo~My Love and I.

BREAKFAST ALA SILVER !!!!!!

Remember that little "Potting Shed" and "Garden of Eden "I featured last week?

Well this little "spur of the moment " breakfast was laid out by the same gal!

What your not seeing are the breakfast choices other then this lush fruit platter! Cute little crockery pear bowls...







She has got the Goods.....for sure!

And SILVER!!!!...Just the tip of the iceberg....

Even these birds are impressed!

I think they see their reflection!!!!..........we'll know when they start flying into the silver!

We were all in a hurry getting ready to leave for the Beth Moore conference...

I was kind of shooting on the run!!

Just kick back and enjoy.....wish I had Linda here to tell you all about her lovlies....

Guess you'll just have to SCROLL and ENJOY....

Knowing her as I do.....I'm sure many pieces are heirlooms...

Don't you love a friend who brings out the pretties.....for breakfast!

Thank You Linda....

a pleasure to shoot your loot!

Now hook-up with Susan @ BNOTP.....Just click on the title of this post and fly over there and stay up til the wee hours soaking in the scapes!!!!

xoxo~Kathy

Lilacs in the Blue Hour....

Last Evening....I played a little with the BLUE HOUR...
that time of evening when the atmosphere appears to be blue...
It is a magical time.
In our area it started around 9:20 pm....
I took 5 photos...at approx. 5-7 minute intervals....
amazing to see the rich BLUE color in the sky...
Hope you enjoy these...

Pretty cool...

and Pretty BLUE Huh?

Oh!...those summer Ni.....hights !!!!!

xoxo~Kathy