Happy New Year 2016

So, Christmas is over and we all scramble to take down the Christmas decorations.  I usually feel sad to see the decorations go, but I am back in New England and our first snow arrived today.  This always makes me scramble to take down the outside decorations before they are frozen in place until March.

Just in case you have chilly weather where you are, here's a nice warm fire.  I don't have a fireplace in my bedroom. So I often bring my laptop in my bedroom and put this on, while I read.

There will be lots of fun things coming up for us in 2016.  My third grandchild is due early May, so I'll be planning a baby shower.  We don't know whether it's a girl or a boy, Sarah and Mike want to be surprised.

Speaking of March, I am thinking that March works best for a baby shower, since Sarah is due in early May.  Yet, it can be very snowy in March.  Here's hoping that we have another stretch of mild weather like we enjoyed this December. I took the photo of the icicles last February.

And so the winter begins, with lots of snow.  There will be snowmen to build and...

pretty scenes to memorize.

The year 2016 will be filled with lots of blessings.

Wishing you a safe and happy New Year's Eve and New Year's Day!

P.S. I went to see STAR WARS with Sarah and Mike.  Loved it so much.  They took me to a newly renovated theater nearby that has assigned seating, and the most comfortable reclining leather seats ever.  I remember seeing the original in Manhattan in 1977 at the Loews Astor Theatre.  One of the largest screens to see the amazing first Star Wars.  I lived in New York then, and my friend Rachel and I became Star Wars buddies and saw all their movies together.

Here's a photo of my friend Joyce's Christmas gift to them.  Baby Star Wars toys.  How cute is that?

Baby Shower Inspiration

This has been my view most of the week.  Wish I could say I feel better, but this virus still has it's grip.

I am so grateful to my mom who always handed me a coloring book and a box of crayons when I was sick as a child.

So, I have been getting plenty of rest, drinking lots of tea, and creating things for the baby shower next month.  I created an inspiration board...there always has to be an inspiration board.  I created the Diaper Cake last week.

I'll share more when all the decorations are done.

I designed fabric out of my baby shower invitation.  I found an easy and inexpensive way to create a lovely shower invitation, which I will share when I am feeling better.

Don't worry my daughter doesn't read my blog, she's a Facebook kinda gal.  These are going to be the top design on the favor boxes, which my friend Karen is helping me create. 

My new fabric is due to arrive this week, along with my Sea Horse fabric.  The theme is baby Sea Creatures.   I am going to create rosettes for my chandelier shades using my fabric and Vintage flower petals. I am also thinking table runner.

I designed this banner this morning using my Sea Horse design and some lovely graphics from Sonya of Sonya Heart Designs on Etsy.  I scanned my design to size to the sea green card stock.  I just printed them out and now I will cut the overlay design and paste it to the sea green card stock this afternoon.

As my gift for you stopping by today,and for my Pink Saturday friends over at Bev's How Sweet The Sound, I created some stationery for you to download.  I chose t his week's theme to be Little Ballerina. To download your stationery click  Page One. to download and  Page Two, to download page two.  You don't have to wait for the downloading circle to stop, just click on the download button.

ishing you a beautiful weekend, with lots of blue sky,  stacks of coloring books and a new box of crayons for you to color your day with

your favorite colors.