Love the NEST.....

                                                                                   

It's that time of year when you see pictures of eggs and bunnies, although bunnies do not lay eggs, but we often don't picture the Hen or the mama birds much, just think about it for a minute........

My papa used to have a hen farm and every morning in the summer as a little girl of 5 and 6 I would help him collect eggs and feed them. I used to love throwing the seeds out for them and watch them run over and peck and pick as many as they could before Mr. Rooster came to rule the yard. Fun memories for sure.

I love birds and pictures of nests. In recent years my husband and I have seen some beautiful moments at the lake house with the Eagles and watching their nests. We love to go out on the boat and look for any new faces and nests around the lake every spring. It's amazing how they watch over the nest as the other is out on the hunt for food, after a while the female screams for her companion and he comes, Wow! Imagine that ladies.....lol..... We have some amazing pictures as we have watched them build, protect, teach their young, hunt, and mate over the years and I thought I would share a few of our private collection.........      

I really love Nests.........especially French Country Nests......

there isn't anything more calming to the soul than to have that special place that gives you peace, love, joy, solitude, and even more inspiration than you thought was possible......

                                                                              
in your everyday duties and quests as you nurture, grow, and protect it......it's the place you want to grow old, the place family always comes back to and never wants to leave.......

                                             

 It's Your NEST....... A Place Called Home!

Petite Shabby Chic Candle Holders add Big Romance and Character......

These Petite Candelabra's have found a new purpose as Shabby French Cottage Decor......they were once silver and looked so plain to me, sitting in a bucket on a table at a Flea Market in Alameda, one look and I knew exactly what to..... I took them in and right away I painted them my favorite "Cottage White", I added some Antique French Crystals I had been hanging onto because I knew I would find something to hang them from someday, and Voila!  Magnifique!!!

I found the small tapers to fit them at a little country candle shop in the Sierra's, you can find them you just have to look. I love these Candleabras sitting on a Bath Tray or you could even use them as Table number Holders at a Small French Country Party or Shower with some flowers around them, they have so many uses and they are one of my Favorites, they may be small but they sure make a Big Statement.

It's funny how some of us don't even see things as they sit, we are already thinking of what they can be as repurposed items we love. I have been this way ever since I can remember and it's the thrill of the hunt that is so exciting to me........

New Goodies in the design studio.....

Here are some new things, just thought I would share. For now they have to be bought on my Etsy site but I'm in the process of getting the website up and running so that I can provide a store this way! Can't Wait.....These things take time, and I didn't realize how much of it :)

 

 

Social Media Site Buttons

Happy Friday to All!!!

I recently nearly spent 2 hours trying to figure out why my downloaded buttons and html codes were not working correctly and taking you to the page they were supposed to be. I kept trying to copy and paste codes under html when I found the buttons I liked but it wasn't working. I was under the impression you had to do it this way but with blogger having all this new template design and changing so much my template was not letting the codes interact with the buttons and links. I finally realized that if I went to picture under the gadgets instead of html and just simply copied a button icon that I had saved on my desktop or wherever all I had to do is paste the link and add the picture from my PC. How easy right? I figured it to be much more than this. I just wanted to share that I found some cute buttons for linkedin,fb,twitter, & more at a site called coolbutton.net and even though they do have the codes for html you can still hit enter to enlarge in new screen & save as to computer which is what I did. I copied all of my buttons from them.They have styles for everybody, hundreds of them. Above are a couple I found there.....

Hope this is helpful and you find a cute button for your social net's. Don't forget to let friends know of my giveaway, anybody that has a cricut machine that you may know. I'm going to try to have a giveaway every month so come back and check in often.

Spread the Romance!

Have a Wonderful Weekend,

Gina

Giveaway Information

Yesterday I posted some information about a giveaway I'm having and said I would post pic's of the Tie The Knot Cartridge I will be giving away on the 1st day of March. All you have to do is leave a comment in yesterday's post to enter. Thank You So Much & Good Luck :)

Giveaways!!!

I love reading all the wonderful Romantic Blogs people have and wonder where they find the time to make all the details look so beautiful, I actually opened a blog a long while back but then never did anything with it really. So I have made a commitment to stay dedicated to this and use it to get the word out on what designs I'm working on and get my business name out to more than just the San Fran Bay Area or Northern Cali! I really didn't think having a newborn, a husband, family, business, & etc. (because I know I'm leaving something out..lol) would keep me from working on my designs and marketing my business like it has and keeping a Blog maintained. So I have recently completed this whole body & spirit recharge, with finishing my classes (yeah) I had some time to take a "healthy cooking" & yoga type of week long retreat and it did wonders! I feel like I can conquer anything!
So with that, I had noticed some of the great Giveaways that these Romantic Bloggers were having and thought what a nice idea, it's fun, you can meet some wonderful and beautiful Bloggers/Friends, and giving gifts is something I love! I would like to have at least one every month. This month is almost over but oh well,  I'm going to be giving away a Brand New "Tie The Knot" Cricut Cartridge that you can use in all the Cricut machines. The going rate for this new one is between $28-50 on ebay. This one does invitations, cards, monograms, even favors, it's so FAB! I'm not a scrapbooker but I do like to make cards, invitations, shadow box misc. & stuff like that and this one is my favorite so far. I'll put a pic of the cartridge details & shapes up tomorrow, I promise :) Please let all the Romantic Blogs & Sites you know to come visit the newbie on the Blog within the next two weeks...(by the last day of Feb) & leave a comment under this post to enter.
Thank You So Very Much, Chow for now,
Gina