Monday, December 20, 2010

Thank You


 Hello!
I hope you all had a great weekend!
We finally got our tree decorated over the weekend!
I usually have my tree up the weekend after Thanksgiving....
We are a little behind on our Christmas decorating this year....
Hopefully I will have a few more holiday pictures for you soon.....
On another note....
I wanted to say thank you to Fifi O'Neill for featuring my blog in the January issue of Romantic Country!  It is out on newsstands now!


A peek inside the magazine~



A lot of my blog friends have features in there as well!

Thank you Fifi for all of your continued support you give to all of us women!

I also wanted to say thank you to Jo-Anne Colletti
for featuring my blog in her new magazine, The Feminine Home Magazine.

I love the picture of this beautiful farm....



This magazine can only be purchased by clicking on this link provided!


I am going to try and get some more Christmas decorating pictures up.....


and get the rest of my N.Y.C. pictures loaded this week.....
We are making sugar cookies today!
I still have a lot of Christmas shopping to do too....
Hope you are all enjoying your Monday!
Take Care,
Maria

Thursday, December 16, 2010

The Store Window belonged to......


Hello Everyone!
I am sorry that this will be such a quick post.....
I wanted to tell you the name of the store window I took the picture of....
It was..
ANTHROPOLOGIE
Congratulations Melinda!
 Tales From My Empty Nest!
Melinda is the sweetest person too!


Anthropolgie's windows were amazing!
I am always so inspired by everything Anthropologie does...
My daughter Bethany loves this store.
She told me it was her favorite store we went in this weekend while we were in NYC....
She was taking note of all of their decorations....
She is going to try and make those adorable pinecones....
I also got her to model one of their scarves for me : )


I have lots of pictures to share with you of their store.  I will hopefully get the rest of my NYC pictures loaded this weekend!
Hope you all enjoy your weekend!

Take Care,
Maria

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

An All Girls Weekend in New York City


Hello Everyone!
I hope you are all having a great week!
I first need to apologize for being so absent lately.....
I found out December second that I was going to New York City.....
 I will hopefully be able to give you the details of why I went there very soon...
I haven't ever visited New York before... until last weekend.
We (two of my sisters and my two daughters) flew into New York City
December 9th and flew home December 12th.
I can't tell you how much fun we had.  I am so grateful that I got to spend that time with two of my sisters and my two daughters.....
It was a trip we will never forget.
We definitely didn't know what we were doing....
My sister said we will have to write a journal on what not to do for tourists.
That should give you an indication of how the trip kind of went....
I will spare you the details and just share some pictures with you.


This is Central Park in New York...
It was beautiful..... We really wanted to take a carriage ride, but we unfortunately couldn't all fit in one carriage.


The Plaza Hotel was beautiful.....
I just love the architecture in New York....


Here we are headed for Fifth Avenue....
It was slightly busy.....


On one side of the street you have the Plaza Hotel....


And directly across from the Plaza Hotel is the Apple Store.
The Apple store was so cool....
It stays open 24 hours a day.... and 365 days of the year.


The Christmas decorations were so neat.....
It was a real treat to be there during the Christmas Season.
I will be sharing pictures of the Christmas decorations in my next post....


Can you guess what store's window I took this picture of???
This store had the best Christmas Window Displays in New York, in my opinion that is....
The first one to guess the right store will get a little surprise from me in the mail.....
All you have to do is leave a comment stating what store's window you think this is a picture of.....
I'll let you know who the winner is in my next post...

I also wanted to introduce you to one of my sponsors who is from New York...
Elena Rosenberg who is the owner of the shop, Tickled Pink Knits....



Tickled Pink Knits  is fine handmade knit clothing and accessories designed and created by Elena Rosenberg in her New York-based studio. In her work, Elena uses luxurious materials, including natural fibers such as merino wool, alpaca, organic cotton, silk, and cashmere. Elena’s designs are elegant and modern, ranging from casual urban accessories to chic special occasion garments. Every piece is hand‐crafted one stitch at a time with special emphasis on form, texture, color, and construction. Elena invites you to discover the visual and tactile beauty of hand‐knit clothing and accessories and to explore the wide selection of ready‐made items as well as many custom‐made design possibilities.  Knitting patterns for select designs are available in her patterns shop - Atelier TPK Etsy


Elena's designs are really beautiful... I hope you get a chance to visit Elena's shop.

I will be back with some more pictures from our trip very soon.....
I have been gone so much this month... We just finally got our tree up...
I had so many Christmas ideas I wanted to share with all of you.....Hopefully I will still be able to share a few Christmas decorating ideas before Christmas is here... : )
Everything was put on hold because of the unexpected N.Y.C. trip....
I am really sorry for being so absent over the past couple of weeks.
Hope you all have a great Wednesday!
Take Care,
Maria 


Friday, December 3, 2010

And the winner is.....


Hello Everyone!
I am actually in Oklahoma City at a horse show right now...

So this is going to be a quick post...
I just wanted to let you know who the winner is of the Wintersteen Farms/ DW Giveaway....
And the winner is....
Congratulations Sandi! 
Sandi said she would love to hang the wreath over a new mirror she just found for her mantle!!

two DW grain sack Christmas stockings,
and a DW grain sack table runner.


A Special SALE Announcement for Wintersteen Farms
Wintersteen Farms  is  having a special sale on their beautiful Christmas wreaths!
You can now purchase a fresh hand-crafted wreath for $27.95!!! This offer ends Sunday the 5th at midnight.
They are a beautiful wreath and I can't believe they are offering these for such a low price.
They make the perfect Christmas gift!



Thank you Wintersteen Farms!
I am actually going to be visiting Jeff and Kelly after Christmas... I can't wait to take pictures of their beautiful home and Christmas Tree Farm and share my pictures with all of you......


Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway!
This was such a fun giveaway... I loved reading all of your comments...
Thank you!

Have a great weekend!
Take Care,
Maria