My 100th follower and a sneak peak!

I am so excited about my 100th follower! Petra, thaank you
so much for being my 100th follower! If you will email me
your address @ DianesCottage@aol.com, I will send you
a THANK YOU box. I will get it in the mail by Monday
the 27th. To all my followers, I will do a drawing some
time in the next two weeks and send a thank you box
to the winner. If you haven't followed me yet, you still
have time. I will include all new followers up until the
day I hold the drawing. I am feeling the blog LOVE!

OK... A sneak peak of my fall project:

First I had to pick up all Ava's crafts

Yup, it's on the floor as well.

My before picture. For someone who loves color

                                       it's pretty dull. See the dirty mirror?

I took everything down. A nice clean slate.

See those frames? I bought one for 50 cents at

 estate sale, and the other at goodwill for 25 cents.

While I was outside painting my frames, I seen

some branches and thought of an idea.

See those blocks I took off the mantle?

 Here they are with the sticks.

Then I went digging in my stuff.

Another bargain at an estate sale!

It's a pumpkin made out of blocks. I'm going to

                                   make four for F-A-L-L. Do you see the picture
                                 in the back ground? Yup, that's my 25 cent frame.

Here's my 50 cent frame. I don't know if I will keep

                                              this one, I may change it to a leaf.

                        I'm going to have to pick all this stuff up tonight
                       as my little Ava will be here at 7 AM! I won't be
                       working on my fall project tomorrow. If I left it
                          out, everything would be taped together!





                                 I hope to have everything done by next weekend!

                                              Thank you to all my followers!

                                                                 XOXO

Fall Decorating...

I was checking out Pottery Barn for fall Decor idea's. Here are some of their pictures:

I like their idea's, but I need more color and drama. I have

 some idea's in my head and will post my before and after

 pictures as soon as I can complete my projects.

I just had to do it!

How could I NOT post these pictures. I just love

my little Ava so much. She brings such joy to my

heart. You never know what she's going to say next.

The other day we were cooking in the kitchen and Papa

kept turning the TV up real loud, teasing her. I kept

sayng "Paul, enough" She then looks at me and says

"Mimi, your not my Mimi, You're my Mom" she then

picks up an old cell phone she was playing with earlier

and proceeds to make a call. She then says in the

cell phone "Mimi, come pick up your husband" I

laughed so hard. She says the funniest things!

Prayers Needed

My Father in law had a stroke Friday August 27th and we could

use your prayers. We are hoping for a full recovery. You can follow

his progress at http://www.peteadame.com/ Thank you so much.

I've been busy...

                                     

Very busy with Ava the artist

She doesn't wear glasses she puts mine on

My very own Mimi Me

Playing at the Park with Papa

My very own little Angel

Smiling for Papa

Making a Princess card in her Princess dress

Getting everything together

Look Mimi, it's perfect!

Busy...busy...

It's done

She had to put the glasses on to write her note

Playing dress up

with Mimi's lipstick

Mimi's little model

I just love this picture of her on the swing.

                                      After the park, crafts, and make up
                                                we made Papa dinner.

Crafting with Ava

                                              
                                                                     

I had my Granddaughter on Friday. We decided to

make her a paper bag Princess book.

                                                   
                                   I was busy punching holes in the bags
                                and looked up, and she had taped her mouth shut!
                                                  She is a HOOT!
                               

                                                        

                                     Here she is holding her book to show

                                       everyone how pretty her book is.

                               LOL, She hid her face as she had already
                                   told me "Mimi, no more pictures,
                                          it's barbie time now."


                              I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

New blog on the block

There is a new blog on the block! I am so excited as it is my sister Shelly, she is a
fabulous photographer and baker. You will love her pictures and cupcakes. Just a
quick warning,  YOU will need *sugar* fix after taking a peek around her blog. Make
sure you scroll down to see her sunflowers in front of her barn. Have a happy forth
 of July! Just in case you missed the link to her blog: http://shellyblogblogblog.blogspot.com/

Thanks! : )

My Little Princess