Sweet Liberty Swap Goodies!!!

Yeah!! I was so excited when I received this box today in the mail!! I participated in the Sweet Liberty Swap hosted by Amy from Bumble Bee Lane . Amy is hosting another swap now, this one is called the Bee Happy swap. Go on over to check it out. ~ you can find Amy here~ http://bumblebeelanecottage.blogspot.com/

I was so blessed to be paired with Becky from Ginger Crème Hollow. If you haven’t met Becky, go on over and say hi!! She has been creating and selling her creations for over 20 years.You can find her here~ http://becky-gingercremehollow.blogspot.com/

Becky sent me the cutest creations…all items were wrapped so nice in the prettiest  tissue.

 

Look at all of those goodies!!

Now I have to confess…. I haven’t put away all of my Easter goodies yet, so I need to do that to make room for (more) things. For now I have found them a temporary home. The sheep, did I tell you I love sheep?? Well anyway he has made a home in this cabinet for now. He has a star on him and a little bell around his collar. And of course, he is red white and blue and weighted in the bottom. I don’t think he is going anywhere. SO CUTE!!

The adorable pillow has been moved, for now, to the guest room rocking chair. It just seemed to fit right in.

The rusty star found a home on my Apple Picking ladder along with an American quilt and another twig star.

 

This adorable birdhouse that Becky put together and painted, along with the help of her hubby, found it’s way to the top shelf next to a favorite crock filled with greens.

I absolutely love this!!

 

Oh my!! And when I opened the box, this was on the top!! A crow with a strawberry in his mouth, perched on a pedestal!! (Anybody that knows me, knows that I love crow’s anytime of the year.)Becky made this and it is so awesome. He looks so happy up on top of this cabinet with the other crow’s.

Also in the top of the box was this simple but so sweet hand made star. Becky does the nicest work. I love the color of the material don’t you???!! For now it is resting on the knob of this cabinet in the living room.

 

And that’s not it….she also included two wonderfully smelling tarts as well, in spice and cinnamon. MMMMMM heavenly!!

Thank you again Becky for the wonderful goodies and for the friendship! I truly feel blessed!

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I just love American don’t you??!!! Well if you do, come back to my next post because I will have a few more Americana pics and I also will be having a giveaway. I had a birthday last month (a big one), and I want to give you a gift!! It is also the one year anniversary of my very first blog post. 

Thank you for stopping by! I love hearing from all of you, even if I don’t get a chance to respond. I am blest to have so many friends here in blog land. Blessings for a wonderful weekend.

~Sara

Sneak peak of a few new items before I list them

 

We were out and about the other day and we happened upon another bundle of pewter. All kinds of items sold as a lot. There are several things that I wanted, but  lots of plates, large and small. I don’t have room for them all so I am going to be selling some. Before I list them I wanted to give you all a chance if you think that you need them. There are four large plates and four small plates. I will either sell them all together or separately.

Large plates are 10” and small plates are 6 1/2”

Large plates are $10 each and small are $5 each; I will sell all eight for $50. Plus travel expenses. Please e-mail me if interested. saracocarus@gmail.com

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This Uncle Sam top hat with Eagle is listed on my etsy. It is approx 12” high by 12” around. This is my own design and it is all hand painted, Kindly asking $25 plus travel(click on pic to take you to my etsy)

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I also  wanted to show you this little sheep this is  little Miss Butterbean.

She was created by Carol, from Buttermilk Creek Farm.~ You can find her blog by clicking on the pic below. ~She was adorable all by herself, but I needed to jazz her up a little.(always changing something, I can’t leave well enough alone).So I added a few little things and made her into a pull toy.

 

Thanks for stopping by!!

~Sara

Far across the distance…….

The Titanic, the world's largest and most luxurious ocean liner, was traveling from England to New York when it struck an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912. It sank less than three hours later, with the loss of all but 700 of the 2,208 passengers and crew.

A century on, events around the globe are marking a tragedy that retains its grip on the world's imagination.

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Remembering none of us are invincible.  Tell the ones you love how you really feel and give extra hugs.

Blessings ~Sara

My Birthday gift; and a few new listings

I had mentioned earlier that I would share my birthday gift from my hubby at another time. Well here is some of it.

 It was a large box full of pewter. I had mentioned that I would like to start collecting pewter a while back and we had looked at some at a local antique shop. So this is what he surprised me with on my birthday.

 

Now I don’t know much about it at all, so I would welcome any and all information that anyone has. How to tell the age, how to clean….  All I know is that  it would look nice in a new cabinet or hutch that will be made to hold it. Next on the to do list. Always changing things up. You know!!

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A few new listings on etsy~     just click on the pic to bring you to etsy

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Proverbs 31: 10-14

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

Blessings ~Sara

Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day……

Before all of the Easter is packed away, I wanted to share a few more pics

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Hoping everyone had a great weekend. We had a good time here. We went to an Easter sonrise service, Easter breakfast and then church service. Had all of the family over for some yummy dinner and an Easter egg hunt. It turned out to be such a beautiful day her that we decide at the last minute to have dinner outside. So the guys got busy and made a make do table for the patio and we were able to enjoy the nice weather.

The grandchildren were all dressed so cute! They all had a good time.

Timothy and his girlfriend Krysten were dressed so nice. (He is usually in gym shorts and a t-shirt. lol)

 

These are our four children. Lizabeth, Timothy, Amber and Micah.

Lots of yummy food……

 

Today I am a little tired out, the day went so fast. I am so glad I had my camera ready or I would have missed everything.

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Just a few more pics of spring decor…….

 

 

 

Spring Song

by Robert Louis Stevenson

THE air was full of sun and birds,
The fresh air sparkled clearly.
Remembrance wakened in my heart
And I knew I loved her dearly.

The fallows and the leafless trees
And all my spirit tingled.
My earliest thought of love, and Spring's
First puff of perfume mingled.

In my still heart the thoughts awoke,
Came lone by lone together -
Say, birds and Sun and Spring, is Love
A mere affair of weather?

 

 

“Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in spring-time.” ~Martin Luther

Springtime Blessings

~Sara