White Wednesday~Kitchen Whites

I'm linking up with Kathleen's White Wednesday today....
These are the tops of our cabinets in the kitchen~

A chippy old column....
I had two like this, but sold one~
wish I had it back, this one seems so lonely

A cluttered window ...
look at the redbud beginning to blossom....

More old white stuff

or junk for the most part

and lastly,

a few pieces of old stray ironstone~

Wishing you all a wonderful, blessed week~ Ann

Merry Christmas~

When we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has
given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forest and mountains
and oceans and all that lives and moves upon them. He has given us all green things and
everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all that we quarrel about and all that we have misused and to save us from our own foolishness,from all our sins, He came down to earth
and gave us himself. ~Sigrid Unset

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, God Bless~ Ann

Calling All Tattered Hearts~Christmas GiveAway

I was going through all my stuff this morning looking for something and I realized
to have way Too much....
lots of old Christmas~lots of everything!
I will be listing some of that in the next few weeks on my new etsy account,
BUT, until then...I put together this little "arrangement" ~ I started with an old tarnished
spooner ~ really beat up and old~ I added some paper crumbles from a 1919 newspaper~
~a reindeer~a bottle-brush tree~ a mercury glass pick~

A little of this,

and a little of that!

If you would like to be entered in this tattered Christmas gifting,become a follower if you are not, leave a comment~ I will draw a name December 4th~My Birthday! Have a Wonderful week~ God Bless you all~ Ann

My etsy name is ~tinrabbitart~ actually, Lance set it up for me a couple years ago, I just never completed it until now...

Dreams Do Come True!

I still cannot believe this!
I'm in the upcoming issue of this magazine~ Somerset Life
Totally blown away with this honor!

Lisa, got an advanced copy and sent me these pictures!!! Thank You Lisa!

And.... I'm in the BEST of company...she also has an article in this issue~ Congratulations Lisa!!! I love that my "debut" is in a magazine with you~ Can't wait till November!

Now back to creating little treasure boxes~More details on the upcoming sale soon~

Reflections~

Thank you all so much for your sweet prayers~for holding me up and holding my hand~ I know things will turn out fine... I've been busy this week making things for the shop and the mall & me~ I made this cone last night~something about cones I love....cones and pockets!

This one I hung on the end of our bed inside an old frame...it's filled with all kinds of cute stuff, a couple little gifts from friends...I think it turned out pretty cute~

It's so hot here..it was 95 yesterday...my plants have to be watered twice a day.... Does anyone know what this red plant is? Everyone ask! It's taking over my flower beds! Every year it moves into another one.. I don't mind ~

The Black-eyed Susan volunteered here...I have always loved these happy plants..."he loves me plants"~

The larkspur is taking over too....I so need to get all these flower beds under control...they are just so overgrown & going wild~ maybe this fall!

Now for some great news~

My friend, Heather ..http://prettypetals.typepad.com/prettypetals/ has written a story for Crescendoh http://blog.crescendoh.com/crescendoh/ ! For those of you that don't know what this is..it's a place where artist share their stories and inspiration. Sweet Heather has written a story for this week! She included a link for my tutorial on making paper roses...thank you Heather! I am so proud of you!!! Go over and have a look! I love this site!

Have a Wonderful Week Sweet Friends~ God Bless, Ann

Magic at The Tin Rabbit

Today, I did something I never expected to do here...I made a snowman, a snow angel and listened to kids laughing as they rode a "boogie board" used as a sled. This is Texas, we don't do thoses things here,well until today...magic happened,everyone smiled and for a few short hours
nothing mattered but the beautiful white snow....

Overwhelmed and Full of Graditude

Thank you all so much for stopping by to welcome me!!! You have made me feel so special! I look forward to "meeting" each of you here in this sweet blogland...

I have so many things I want to share and show you! Since Valentines Day is approaching I think the first thing will be some lovely handmade candy boxes.

Hopefully I will have instructions soon on how to make these!

P.S: I'm unable to access my email at the time...hopefully, I'll have this cleared up soon! Thanks! XO