Thankful Thursday, Hopeful Friday, and Pink Saturday Happy Thanksgiving Greetings

Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving

We are traveling to Vermont for Thanksgiving at my mother’s home. We might be having snow on the way, and there might be snow during our visit. Now it is really beginning to feel like the season.

Happy Thanksgiving



Now while I am away there is Thankful Thursday at Rhondi’s Rose Colored Glasses, a wonderful expression of Thanks for Thankgsving.




My creationI am thankful for the opportunity to get together with mother this Thanksgiving. She is 82 years old and I cherish time with her, and I know my daughters do too. I still miss my Grandma, especially this time of year. I can still taste my Grandma’s gravy on her mashed potatoes. She taught me how to make an awesome apple pie, which I am bringing to my mom’s. My sister, Susan is meeting me there, and I am thankful to be able to spend time with her too.

Oh, and there is Hopeful Friday. A lovely day filled with posts written about Hope.







My creation Cielo at The House in The Roses hosts, and I found this scripture of Hope that I would like to share. Cielo is such an inspiration and her blog is such a beautiful place to visit.

"Shout to the Lord, all the earth, serve the Lord with joy; come before Him with singing. Know that the Lord is God. He made us, and we belong to Him; we are His people, the sheep He tends. Come into His city wiith songs of thanksgiving and into His courtyards with songs of praise. Thank Him and praise His name. The Lord is good. His love is forever, and His loyalty goes on and on."
Psalm 100, A psalm of thanks


My creationOf course there is Pink Saturday, hosted by Bev from How Sweet The Sound, and I have a PINK gift for you. I am so thankful for all the wonderful friends that I have met on this delightful event.

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My creationI was inspired by a beautiful book called Sew Pretty Christmas Homestyle. They have a pattern for a nesting doll. Since I cannot sew yet, I used this lovely inspiration to create paper designs. Then I created these little Babushka Nesting dolls especially for you. There are three sheets filled with the designs. I thought they would make such nice tags or perhaps you might include them on a greeting card or in your crafts. I cut some out and hole punched them together with a ribbon to make a tag for a gift.

If anyone would like me to send these to you, just leave a comment with your e-mail address and I’ll e-mail you the designs. If you know how to click on the image and save it to your computer, please do, they are my gift. I'll be checking my blog when I return on Sunday, so I can e-mail these files to those comment requests.


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Here are what the three sheets look like, if you click on each one you can enlarge it to have a closer look:





I wish you a wonderful Thankful Thursday and a beautiful Hopeful Friday and a very very Happy Pink Saturday.

Most of all, I wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Josh Groban sings the song Thankful for this post.


Happy Thanksgiving
Kathleen Grace said...

Happy Thanksgiving Karen! May you have a wonderful trip and a glad time with your family:>) You are so generous with your beautiful art. Thank you for the babushka doll tags:>)

CIELO said...

Good morning Karen. What a happy and beautiful post... A great start for my morning... I love your lovely collages and all the colorful and inspiring pictures you’ve chosen.... I'm so happy for you to be able to spend the holidays with your mom, and rest of family... enjoy your time together my friend, enjoy life and appreciate every moment of it, for life is precious, and those moments of happiness and togetherness are priceless.

I love the way you decorated our "Hopeful Friday" logo... it looks beautiful.... and I thank you for sharing hope, and gladness, and giving joy to our hearts... I wish you a blessed and happy Thanksgivings...

Hugs

cielo

CIELO said...

Oh, and THANK YOU for the lovely pink gift... those dolls are precious...

cielo

Teri said...

Your posts are positive inspirations! I can se that the holidays are really special to you.

Happy Thanksgiving Karen.

Cape Cod Rambling Rose said...

Have a beautiful time in Vermont this Thanksgiving Season, Karen! Here's hoping you have some snow (and some dreamy photos for us upon your return)! =)

Kathy said...

Happy Thanksgiving Karen! I'm looking out at the pouring rain and hope you have made it safely to Vermont. I enjoyed your post very much and look forward to hearing from you soon! ~Kathy

Vee said...

A wonderful Thanksgiving to you! It will be if you're spending it in Vermont.

Thanks you for the tags; they're just lovely.

Jenny said...

Hey, where in Vermont? I was born in Essex Junction but my uncle now lives on Grand Isle!! LOVE Vermont!

Mary Isabella and Kiley too! said...

Karen,
I wish you and your family a happy and blessed Thanksgiving. I would love to have the tags. As with all your creations they are so beautiful....m

Tara said...

Hi KAren

Hope you enjoy that Vermont holiday--so lucky to have your Mom with you! I'd love the dolls...I'll use them on my little ones birthday presents!

My email:

lidevry3@optonline.net

Thank you!
Tara

Unknown said...

Happy Thanksgiving Karen :D

Anonymous said...

Hi Karen, I e-mailed you that info. on Monday--did I go to your spam? I will try again! Thanks for letting me know. It is thestonerabbit@yahoo.com.

Penny from Enjoying The Simple Things said...

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Karen! Enjoy your time with your family and the snow.

Anonymous said...

Karen, a lovely post today. Happy Thanksgiving and may the blessings of the day be yours.

Hugs...Jeanne

MARIA said...

WoooW! What a great job!
THANK YOU for being here!

Peace to you my friend and Happy Thanksgiving!

Sharon's Cottage Quilts said...

Happy Thanksgiving Karen! I wish you a warm and wonderful family time! As I was reading your post, I could almost taste the apple pie!! My wonderful husband does the baking around here, and makes an excellent apple pie too! Thank you so much for the babushka tags, how very kind of you!
Blessings!Sharon

CIELO said...

Hi sweetie... I've added your link to our "Hopeful Friday".... withing you a lovely time....

cielo

Rhondi said...

Hi Karen
I hope you have a wonderful time with your family on Thanksgiving. I am thankful that you have become my friend.
Hugs, Rhondi

rochambeau said...

Happy Thanksgiving Karen!
Have fun in Vermont!
xox
Constance

Gabriela said...

Happy Thanksgiving!

~ Gabriela ~

Anonymous said...

Karen,
Love all your post....Thankful Thursday,Hopeful Friday,and Pink Saturday....Have a Happy Hopeful Friday and Happy Thanksgiving....and a very Happy Pink Saturday. I went over to see Dana (Her Dancing Santa) she is hilarous...lol...I add her and you to my blog list...Smiles and Hugs

Eleanor said...

I just had to pop in today and wish you a happy Thanksgiving. I hope you had a wonderful time with your mom and your family. Your blog is always a treat - something to be thankful for!

Kathleen said...

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your time with your family...that's what the season is all about. Thank you for your lovely post.

Nora said...

Oh... Happy Thanksgiving.
Have a beautiful time with your family... love your posts.... always !!!

The Quintessential Magpie said...

Happy Thanksgiving, Karen! Hope you have a special time with your mother. This was a special post and a treat to read.

XO,

Sheila

Anonymous said...

Beautiful post! Happy Thanksgiving and Hopeful Friday! It's wonderful that you are able to spend time with your mother. I hope you have a great time and see some snow too.

FancyHorse said...

I enjoyed reading your combination post. What lovely sentiments. I'm glad you could spend Thanksgiving with your family in Vermont. I found you through The House in the Roses.

SmilingSally said...

I guess I need to say Happy Everything! Happy Pink Day.

Sondra Behne' said...

Hello Karen
Hope you indeed had a great holiday. Family time is so important, grab all you can while you can.

Your post was lovely...see ya again soon
Sondra

Glennis said...

What beautiful flowered nesting dolls!

I have you had a lovely visit with your family and a great Thanksgiving.

Happy pink Saturday.

Betty said...

I hope you're having a wonderful holiday weekend with your family! Those babushkas dolls are wonderful! Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

What a great posting. Happy Pink Saturday and have a geat week_end.

said...

The tags are whimsical and beautiful at the same time. I love them. Happy Thanksgiving to you also. How special to still have your mother with you. Happy Pink Saturday as well!

winnsangels said...

I hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving Karen. This post is wonderful. Thank you for all the sharing. I especially love the very last picture.
Angels be with you beautiful Karen as you "travel" through this holiday season in preparation for the Christ child.

Beverly said...

Happy Pink Saturday, Karen. I hope you had a wonderful time with your mother and sister.

I love Babushkas, and these are exquisite. Thank you for sharing with us.

KatCollects said...

Thank you so much for the beautiful tags. I love nesting dolls. I hope you and your Mom had a special memory filled Thanksgiving.
Kathy

Natasha Burns said...

Hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving Karen!

at the cottage said...

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! This post is lovely!

at the cottage said...

You have been tagged :0)

at the cottage said...

You have been tagged :)
Deb

Nancy said...

Fabulous post Karen! You covered everything beautifully - you are so darn creative. Thanks for the little printouts - I love it when you do that! Have a wonderful week and be safe! :)Nancy

Margie’s daughter Leiny said...

Karen, so wonderfully thought provoking and thankful. Beautiful post. I hope you enjoyed the time with family. hugs Margie.

Rhondi said...

Dear Karen
I amnot going to be posting thankful Thursday for Dec. I am only home 7 days all month!
Hope you had a great time away.
Hugs, Rhondi

Anonymous said...

Thank you Karen for the pink Christmas tags. You are always so thoughtful. Glad you had such a wonderful Thanksgiving. ~ Lynn

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