Valentine's Day & Mardi Gras Goodness...

Hey Everybody!  Are you ready for Valentine's Day!! I can't wait!!!  Of course, Valentine's Day is the day of the reception and opening of the "CLICK!" Project that I'm a part of!  It's going to be amazing and, the first time I get to showcase my photography.  If any of you live close, please try to come!  There will be lots of wine and yummy dishes from "Wild Indigo Catering".  And I have to give a big shout out to my wonderful friend Connie for hosting it all and getting it all going.  Thank you, Connie and the "The Conn-Artist Studios & Art Gallery"!  You're the best!!!

  This is a collection of little boxes that I painted years ago.  I'm thinking about painting some more and maybe selling them on Etsy.  They were so much fun!  And now, especially since it looks like we may have a wee bit of a "Winter" ~ I can see little flurries flittering around out there right now.  Nothing's sticking yet, though....hmmmm, we'll see.

Just for you for "Valentine's Day".  I'll be giving a pair of these awesome little cuties away on Valentine's Day!  All you have to do is comment on this post and your name will be entered in the drawing ~ Lita will be picking, so good luck!!

So yesterday I'm sitting here making jewelry and the doorbell rings...it was FedEx, delivering this awesome King Cake from one of our friends in Louisiana.  It's been years since I've had one and it's sooooooo good!!!  Yum!  I haven't found the baby yet, but I'm sure it's in there somewhere!  If you've never had a King Cake, you should treat yourself to one...and, the ones from Gambino's Bakery are the best!  Be sure to get the traditional cream cheese filling, too!  You will love it, I promise!!  Laissez les bon temps rouler [let the good times roll]!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!  Life is good ~ Never forget it!!

love & peace always ~ Kathy

LINES WRITTEN BY A BEAR OF VERY LITTLE BRAIN

On Monday, when the sun is hot

I wonder to myself a lot;

"Now is it true, or is it not,

"That what is which and which is what?"

On Tuesday, when it hails and snows,

The feeling on me grows and grows

That hardly anybody knows

If those are these or these are those.

On Wednesday, when the sky is blue,

And I have nothing else to do,

I sometimes wonder if it's true

That who is what and what is who.

On Thursday, when it starts to freeze

And hoar-frost twinkles on the trees,

How very readily one sees

That these are whose -- but whose are these?

On Friday ------- Winnie-the-Pooh

Happy Groundhog Day!!

Hey everybody!!!  Hope you are having a wonderful Groundhog Day!  I can't believe we are going to have six more weeks of "winter",when it seems as though we haven't even had one week of winter yet this year!  I wanted to pop in and share a Valentine Coupon Code for my Etsy Shop...just enter coupon code BEMINE2012 at checkout and you'll get 20% off of your total purchase!  Now that's a great Valentine's Day gift from me to you!!  You'll need to hurry and use it though, it will expire at midnight Sunday, February 5th. 

And, if you read this post and leave me a comment...even if it's just to say "hello", your name will be in the drawing for a chance to win these beautiful little "Valentine" earrings.  Ozzy will be picking a winner Monday morning ~ Good Luck!!

Before I go, I just had to share this awesome find...literally thousands of frog eggs!  They should be hatching in about 3 or 4 more weeks!  I can't wait to see all of the little tadpoles swimming around inside the eggs...not to worry, I will be documenting it along the way ~ I think I actually squealed when I saw them.  If you are interested in reading about the life of a frog, you can do so here - very interesting.

I also want to mention my brand new website.  It's called "My Handmade Life" and the link is: http://www.myhandmadelife.com ~ I had everything all spread out...my jewelry one place, my blog another and my photography website yet another.  So, this new website is my "landing page" with links to everything else.  Let me know how you like it. 

So, it's time for American Idol...I haven't heard a single person I really "loved" yet...have you?  I just don't seem to be that into it this year...maybe I'll get more interested after I hear someone I like, or maybe I'm just getting old...especially when I sit here and listen to "Yoga Radio" all day long on Pandora ~ it's something about those pan flutes!

Happy Groundhog Day!!  Love & peace always ~ Kathy

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." ~ Thomas Jefferson

Hey Ya'll!!!

Thanks for all the comments on my last post, everybody!!  I woke Lita up from her "nap" so she could pick the winner of the earring giveaway...I threw all the names on the floor...she just looked at them at first, but finally picked one up and it was [insert drumroll here] ~ DANA!!!  Yay!!  Congratulations, Dana!  You won those awesome earrings from my last post!!  Send me an e-mail with your mailing address and I'll have them on their way to you in two shakes of a lamb's tail!  I know you will enjoy them!!

The weather was awesome today!!  60 degrees and not a cloud in the sky!  So, Wayne and I took advantage of it and went on a hike!  We came across these beautiful horses, grazing in a field.  They were so friendly and sweet!  This one kept nudging my head and rubbing his nose on my face ~ I fell in love!

And then we came across this awesome tree "hugging a rock"...and it made me wonder...what was there first?  The tree, or the rock?  What do you think?

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!  And I'll leave you with some words of wisdom...

 don't forget to brush your teeth!

love & peace always ~ Kathy

I wonder what you see…
when you look at me.
If you’re my friend, I’ll know it…
because your eyes will surely show it. ~ Written today by me