and the winner is...

Drum roll please....
 
Remember my giveaway?  Yeah, I know, that was a while a go... It sorta took me a while...sorry I'm late...do we detect a theme here of lateness, but the winner is...........Nancy of Nickel Nook.
Congratulations!!  Nancy will be receiving a box of goodies...I thought that a box of someone else's stash is always fun....let's see what you can do with it, girl!


Blessings,

It's a Pleasure to Meet YOU!

I am so excited to be a part of Vicki's "Grow Your Own Blog" party!  Woohoo!  I thought that I would tell you a little bit about myself:
I love to shop AND I ADORE pink!



I collect a few things...
such as books (this is a great one)...
 
 Foxes (no, not the real thing ;0)



Dolls ( I love to make and collect them)
 (this is by a dear friend of mine, Char).  She has been featured in PRIMS (you go girl)
Dress forms (a girl can never have too many)



 I love to laugh


I kind of like coffee...a lot!



 I love perfume (and, I still believe in miracles)
 
I adore roses (and quotes)
 

My word is "hope" and I place my hope in Him
 
This verse is the name of my blog.  I believe in hope and encouraging others.  I have a heart for women who have endured challenges in their lives and have worked to overcome them.  I am inspired and humbled by many as they share their stories. 
Thank you so much for stopping by!

I will have a drawing for a giveaway.  It is a surprise.
It is such a surprise, that I am not even sure what it is yet....but, I am pretty sure that you will like it.

Blessings,

I'll be back

Don't you just love Arnold?!
Just a note to tell you that I will be back...need to do a few things. Thank you for stopping by and ALWAYS making my day.  I won't be gone long..ttfn

Luv ya. Mean it!
Blessings,

dare to make a difference

                                    i found it here
Perhaps this is a good New Year's resolution...

Blessings,

A New Years Blessing for You

As we say goodbye to 2012 and look toward the new year with hope, my prayer is that you will be blessed with His richest blessings!
Here are a few quotes I found to bring in the New Year.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~Bill Vaughan  (Frankly, I'm not a New Year's kind of girl, so I'm usually in bed by that time).

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce (I love this one...maybe I'll do more in my art journal for this one)

I Am the New Year
I am the new year. I am an unspoiled page in your book of time.
I am your next chance at the art of living. I am your opportunity to practice what you have learned about life during the last twelve months.
All that you sought and didn’t find is hidden in me, waiting for you to search it but with more determination.
All the good that you tried for and didn’t achieve is mine to grant when you have fewer conflicting desires.
All that you dreamed but didn’t dare to do, all that you hoped but did not will, all the faith that you claimed but did not have—these slumber lightly, waiting to be awakened by the touch of a strong purpose. I am your opportunity to renew your allegiance to Him who said, "Behold, I make all things new."

           i found it here
Blessings,

Isaiah 66:9

 
                                                   i found it here

Blessings,

Home for the holidays

 

Here is one of my creations.  She was a gift at one of those white elephant gift swaps - you know - the ones where you can steal someone else's gift?  It is fun unless you are the one that gets it stolen AND you really WANTED it.  I have been to three of those this month...sigh...=0)
Today we are posting about being home for the holidays and I cannot wait!  I love being home!  One of the things I would tell my boys when they were young is that home is a nice place to be.  One day we had gone to run some errands and we were just rounding the corner to our home and my oldest son 9 about five years old then) said, "There's home... a nice place to be."  It made my heart swell.
I hope you have a very blessed Christmas and that you can "be" with your loved ones even if it is in your heart.
Linking today with Beverly at How Sweet the Sound.

Blessings,