~ PINE CONES ORNAMENTS~

Happy Monday every body...Well you know that old saying about when God gives you lemons you made Lemon aid....Well living on my mountain top with 11 acres I have lots of Pine trees...so God give me lots of Pine Cones....

And of course nothing says Christmas more than Pine cones....

Not only do I stack them in baskets by the fireplace and put them on my mantle....I just love to spray paint them, leave some natural and make Christmas ornaments out of them.....I just shop my house to see what I can use on them....You will need your Glue gun and what ever you like to put on them...Now I'm going to do some Sliver ones with Black glitter for my Grand daughter Candace's tree this year...

One of my Victorian ones....I also like to sit the little birds on Cinnamon sticks, Gives off a wonderful smell...

I love Cardinals they just also say Christmas to me...I also love to sit the little birds on moss to look like little nests....

This is one I painted white with Cardinal bird....I love to buy flower picks from the Dollar Tree store and use just little pieces from them....All the ribbon also I get from the Dollar Tree....

This one I had some old garland and just cut off some pieces and struck them in ....

Another Victorian one with white dove...and pearls....I also will buy old jewelry from yard sales to use for these....I hope I have inspire you to rethink the Pine cone....These make very cute little Christmas gifts to friends or Co-workers...And with are times being so hard right now they cost very little to make....Now if your not lucky enough like me to have pine trees you can buy a bag of cones even At Wal-Mart...

Now Please go by and see our Hostess Susan at "Between Naps on the Porch" I'm sure there awaits you some great met Monday today unlike my nonsense ha ha!!!

May all of you have a great and Blessed day on your side of the Mountain...

~IT"S A WONDERFUL LIFE~

Happy Friday the 13th I know so many of you are worried about the H1N1 Swine flu and I got this in an email on how to make a home made mask...ha ha!! just too funny for me not to past it on.....Of course its recommend that you use clean undies.... Now I just also had to share with you what my Sun Room ceiling looked liked this morning...I guess you could say its getting cold up on my mountain top...Does it not look like lace !!

Now I love the 13th and will tell you why...It was on November the 13th 15 years ago today that I found out I was finally Cancer free YAHOO!! That was also the day my whole life became WONDERFUL I learned to put a new perspective on my life and never take it or the small things ever for granted again...I stopped being so worried about if my home was always Company ready and started noticing instead all the things around me that should make me Happy...

I learned how to just sit and visit with my friends and family instead of jumping up every few minutes...I learned to really enjoy my Daughters and Listen to them instead of wiping down the counters as they were trying to talk to me...I learned to not worry about what my hair looked like just that I had hair to worry about...I learned to enjoy listening to the birds sing instead of complaining they woke me up...I learned to give THANKS every day to God instead of only calling on him when I had problems...I Learned to be kinder to people...I learned if you can't say anything nice to keep your mouth shut !! I learned to really enjoy my Grand kids visiting more that worrying about the mud and dirt they brought into my house...I learned that I love having family gatherings and the mess they make and the time they take that's its more important to just be able to have the time with them.....Messes can be cleaned up...My Family is PRICELESS...And I'm so glad I have a second chance to be with them....

I learned that at Christmas time the best Christmas gifts are seeing my family with their arms Wrapped around each other with love...I learned that it really is the small every day things that make me Happy To Be....I learned to look at my Sun room windows and see all the beauty that God gave me another day to enjoy....Life is Wonderful....And Thank you God for all these lessons you have taught me !! I won't disappoint you....

May all of you have a GREAT weekend....And take time out to notice the small things that REALLY make you happy...Life is a BEAUTIFUL place to be.

Hugs and smiles