Etsy Special ~ 1/2 off U.S. Shipping on Xmas Stockings

Hi Everyone, just a quick post tonight to let you know about a special I'm running in my Etsy Shoppe ~ Purchase any of my Christmas stockings and pay only 1/2 the U.S. shipping! Each additional stocking purchased is just $1 more. I'll be running this special until a week before Christmas. Below is a little collage of a few that are available.

Our Christmas Tree (trees)

Hi Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend, and didn't stuff yourselves TOO much with Turkey and all those yummy trimmings :) We had Thanksgiving over at my sister's house this year, and the food was DELISH!!

Friday night I got our tree out of storage, and put it up and decorated it...this year I have place it in the center of where the French Patio door is. I usually have it either to the left or right, but didn't feel like rearranging the wicker furniture, so decided on this placement. Definitely less of a hassle!

Below are some pictures for you to see that I took earlier, of our Dining Room tree, and also some of my pink tree which I display in our living room. Feel free to click on any of the pics to get a larger view if you like :)









This tree skirt I won on Ebay about 3 years or so ago from the talented Rebecca, of A Gathering Place, and I just LOVE it!!!






These next few pictures are of the decorations that I have in our Living Room... Below is the Pink Tabletop tree...








Thanks for stopping by....I'm off to get that pile of laundry finished that's been WAITING for me, lol :) And my boys are letting me know that they are getting hungry for some lunch...my oldest, Brian, is home from Collage for the weekend, so I have to make sure he gets plenty of home cookin' before he heads back up later this afternoon :)

Until next time!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ~3 day Sale in my Etsy Shoppe!!

Just a really quick little post: I want to wish all my Bloggie friends today a wonderful & Happy Thanksgiving!!

I also wanted to let you ladies know that I am having a 3 day sale in my Etsy shoppe ~ receive 10% off any item you purchase when you use this coupon code: SHABBYCATSSPECIAL. Be sure to type this in when you check out to recieve the discount! This special runs today thru Saturday.

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

Yes ladies, we have a winner of my pretty girl in Pink Christmas Stocking! As you know the winner was to be chosen from one of the comments left on the giveaway post...there were a total of 86 comments left...I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of you who left a comment, it truly means so very much!!

Okay, I picked out this sweet pretty pink roses painted metal basket...printed up all the comments and then cut them up individually...



....and placed them all inside of it......



.....and here is the one that was picked out......


The winner of my Pink Girl Christmas Stocking is......AMY of BUNNY ROSE COTTAGE!!! Congratulations Amy!!!! Please email me your full shipping information (my email link is on my profile page) and I'll get your pretty stocking sent on it's way to you!! Woo Hoo!!!



Thank you again to all who entered my Giveaway.....you can be sure I'll be doing another sometime in the near future :)

Giveaway Ends Tomorrow & Fabulous Vintage Ornaments!

Happy Friday everyone! Just a quick little reminder that my Christmas Stocking Giveaway ends tomorrow...If you haven't had a chance to enter it yet, there is still time! The lucky winner will be chosen from one of the comments left on the Giveaway post, which you can go to HERE to do so. So leave those comments ladies, you never know, it might just be the winning one!

Also, my shipping special that I have currently going on in my Etsy shoppe will end tomorrow as well, so if you want to save $$ on shipping, I do still have a few pretty stockings left in my shoppe :) Just click the link over on my sidebar.



I stopped at a local Resale Shoppe, called Love, Inc., and they had a ton of christmas items out for sale, and I was lucky to spot a bag with these sweet beauties inside, for just $1 !! Yup, I couldn't grab them up fast enough! I think my favorite is the one shaped like a pinecone..



And, thought I would show you ladies my Christmas tree from last year...this is our big tree, and I always put it up in the Dining room. This year I'm trying to decide if I want to put it in the same spot, or perhaps move it over to the other corner of the French Patio door ?



Well, that's all for today....I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! I'll be announcing the winner of my Giveaway on either Sunday or Monday, so be sure to check back :)

Rosey Chocolate Cups for Tea Tuesday

Hi Everyone, I made it, though just for a brief time, for Tea Tuesday this week!! I'm still busy working in my sewing room creating pretty items for this Christmas Holiday decorating. Right now I'm working on a sweet little accent pillow, done in pretty pink fabrics, of course, LOL :) I should have it finished later today and listed over in my Ebay shoppe.

There are less than 5 days left to enter my Christmas Stocking Giveaway....if you haven't had a chance to enter, then please do hop on over HERE to leave your comment on that post....the winner will be chosen from one of those comments. And the 20th is the last day to take advantage of the Special that I have going on in my Etsy shoppe...ONLY $2.50 for U.S. Priority mail shipping on ANY stocking purchased. After that day the price goes back up to $5.00.

Okay, now on to my Tea Post. I have to confess.....I am not a Tea drinker...I only drink tea if I happen to have a sore throat, as that particular beverage seems to soothe it. My FAVORITE and ONLY hot beverage that I love to drink is Hot Chocolate. Please don't hate me :) Kinda strange...I love to collect teacups, but don't like to drink tea...what can I say :) So, for this week's post I thought I would share with you a couple of really lovely chocolate cups that have, of course, beautiful pink roses decorating them.

First, you will see the little vignette I set up this morning as the sun was coming up...



These cups are different, but very similar in style as they both have lovely pink roses, done in differnt styles, decorating them.,,



one of them even has some pretty roses along the inside rim...



Both have these markings on the bottom of the cups...



I've chosen my pretty pink and white rose Tea pot to go with them....



a delicate and dainty Vintage soft pink hanky with sweet crochet trim...



a pretty paper rose created by my friend Rhonda...click HERE to see her wonderful website...



and lastly, a lovely vintage crystal candleholder with shimmery prisms, and all these were placed on the wonderful Vintage mirror with scrolly metal frame that I found at Goodwill a couple weeks back. The frame was originally gold, but I spray painted it with my favorite Dover White by Krylon Fusion, and now she looks fabulous.



Thanks so much for stopping by my Tea (Chocolate) Post this week. I will try my best to visit your Tea posts thru-out the week :)

Here are the Tea Parties and their wonderful Hostesses that I am participating in:

MARTHA and TERRI at TEA CUP TUESDAY

WANDA LEE and PAM at TEA POT AND TEA THINGS TUESDAYS

LADY KATHERINE at LADY KATHERINE'S TEA PARLOR

SANDI at TEA TIME TUESDAY

New Pillow Ornaments ~ Pretty Bracelet I won

Hi Everyone :) Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend ~ Today I wanted to show you a couple of these sweet Pillow Ornaments that I worked on yesterday, and just got them listed over in my Etsy Shoppe this morning. Hope you will take a moment and check them out..they are just so adorable!!




And next, I wanted to show you the GORGEOUS bracelet that I won from Jody's Giveaway over at HOME and HEART, that came in the mail yesterday....It is even more beautiful in person!! And the box that it came in is just sooooo sweet! Thank YOU so much Jody!!! I LOVE my new pretty bracelet!!



Here is the pretty pink metal basket that I showed you in my last post...I won some pretty Vintage pink Mercury glass ornies over on Ebay that came in the mail yesterday, and wanted you to see how it looks with them displayed in it....the vintage white ornies I bought at Goodwill last year, and think they look nice with the pink ones :) I am SOOOOOOOO itching to start decorating for Christmas....but not 'till AFTER Thanksgiving :( I'll be counting down the days, LOL :)



Until next time ladies!!! Have a great weekend!! I'm keepin' my fingers crossed that I will be back to do a post for Tea Tuesday...I missed it last week :(

A Sweet Find & Yes, MORE Stockings & Giveaway still going on!

Hello everyone! I haven't been around much here in blogland lately as I've been busy working on pretty new stockings for my Etsy shoppe. I did want to show you this wonderful find I got at a local Consignment shoppe in my near-by town.

Don't forget to enter my Giveaway for a pretty Christmas Stocking...click HERE to enter your comment (or comments) to officially be entered. Giveaway ends November 20th.

LOVE this pretty scrolly metal basket! It was originally a bronze sorta color, but I painted it my favorite Fairytale pink by Krylon Fusion, then I added 4 vintage crystals to it to give it a little bling...



The inside of the basket... I'm planning to place a pretty white vintage linen doily inside of it, then some vintage ornaments to display for the holiday season..



Here's one of the vintage crystals that dangle along the outside...



And here are 3 of the pretty stockings that I've been creating while away from Bloggie land... This one is my most FAVORITE!!



This one has a lovely Reproduction Barkcloth featured on it..



And this one is for those who like decorating in the more traditional colors for Christmas...



You'll find links to all 3 of these stockings over on my right side-bar, as well as some other pretty stockings that are currently available...and my Special on shipping is still going on in my Etsy shoppe for any stocking you purchase, so hope you get a chance to stop on over and check it out :)

Have a wonderful rest of the week, and I'll try to stop back in soon :)

Pretty New Stockings in my Etsy Shoppe ~ Giveaway continues

If you happened to stop by my post yesterday, I had mentioned that I would be busy working in my sewing room, well, here is what I created yesterday...these 3 beautiful stockings, which are now listed in my Etsy shoppe. Remember, from now until November 30th, pay only $2.50 for U.S. Priority Mail shipping on the purchase of any of my stockings ~ each additional stocking is just $1 more.

And don't forget to enter my Giveaway, with a chance to win one of my pretty Stockings ~ the winner will be chosen from one of the comments left on that post ONLY. Click HERE to enter.

Okay, time to go back to my sewing room to create more pretty stockings :)

Roses, Bears & Teacups for Tea Tuesday ~ Stocking Giveaway

Hi my fellow Teacup Lovin' friends!! Missed everyone last week, but am here today, though briefly, as I will be busy working in my little sewing room creating new stockings for my Etsy shoppe ~ if you haven't had a chance to stop by, I hope you will because I am having a special going on until November 20th, with shipping costing only $2.50 U.S. Priority Mail for any of my stockings ~ And if you didn't stop by here yesterday, I announced my giveaway that is going on now 'till November 20th, Just click HERE to take you to that post for all the details ~ hope you come and enter :)

Here is this weeks cute little Vignette ~ sorry about the pictures not being very bright, but these were taken this morning while it was still dark out, and so I turned on all the lamps that were in my living room ~ I kinda like it as it gives the pictures a sort of cozy feel ...



A pretty pink teapot, white metal tray, one of Rhonda's sweet paper rose bouquets, and an Ansley teacup...



Love the shape of this cup; very feminine, as it is shaped in the Corset style...



Gorgeous pink rose on the inside...



Marking on both the cup & saucer...



I've invited my favorite bear, from the Annette Funicello Bear line for tea....



and a white metal basket overflowing with gorgeous faux pink roses..you know how I LOVE pink roses :)



And here is the stocking you will have a chance to win in my Giveaway...again, just click HERE to take you to that post..



Here is the list of the following Tea Parties that I am participating in this week ~ hope you can come and visit them to see all the wonderful Tea things everyone has to show.

MARTHA and TERRI at TEACUP TUESDAY

WANDA LEE and PAM at TEA POT AND TEA THINGS TUESDAYS

LADY KATHERINE at LADY KATHERINES TEA PARLOR

SANDI at TEA TIME TUESDAY