Making Halloween Elegant - Show and Tell Friday

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  I finally got some Halloween decor up on Monday after work!  Better late than never!  I used things I've collected over the last few years and set it up all on the dresser I have under my staircase.






My dad made the wooden black cats for me years ago and my mom gave me the old Victorian boots that look like witch boots to me!  She also gave me the

Irish Hiking Scarf - Show and Tell Friday

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  About this time every year I get the knitting bug! I pulled out the scarf I've been working on for the last three years to knit and realized that the moths had found the wool.  I didn't even notice that they had eaten holes in it until I worked on it for a couple hours!  It was so bad I just threw it away and started all over with a non-wool yarn.  It was

Autumn Table - Show and Tell Friday!

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  This week I'm resharing an Autumn table I did back in 2010.  Here it is mid October and I still have shells and summering things on my table! 




I'm going to try to find some time this weekend to decorate for Autumn but I will also be working on my Halloween costume and I know every time I sew something it takes so much longer than what I expect it to!

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Coco Chanel - Show and Tell Friday!

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  I want to introduce you to my daughter's new dog! Her name is Coco Chanel but we call her Coco for short. 






Her mama is a Maltese and her daddy is a Shih Tzu which makes her a Malshi.  She looks like a little stuffed animal!  It took Beau a couple days to warm up to her but now they are best buddies!  


Also, if you didn't see my last post the other

I have a favor to ask of you...

Some of you may already know that I work for HP.  We are having a contest at work for HP employees that would like to participate and I've decided to go for it since I have a chance to win a new laptop (that I desperately need). All I will need you to do is click on the link at the bottom of this post and that will take you to an HP website.  The employee (hopefully me!) with the most unique

Show and Tell Friday

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  This week I'm sharing a beautiful birthday present from my daughter!








She went to one of my favorite stores, Vintage and Vogue in downtown Campbell, California for my birthday present. She was so excited to give me this gift she couldn't even wait until my birthday and wanted me to open it two days early!   She knew I would love these beautiful