I went to work on it. I am deeply fond of the color red and no, it is not because of my hair color(hubby thinks so). I just think it is color that calls to me and always makes me cheery! I fell in love with this pattern for a throw and knew I had to make it. I am up to 10 squares and I need 35. 
One of the things that made me smile today is after I finished a few squares, I put them side by side of the ones I made months ago and realized how far my crocheting has come. There was quite a difference in the shape around the edges and I could see that my stitches were nice and clean. I kind of got some butterflies in my tummy when I saw it. 
Chicken Kiev and Twice Baked Potates (hubby's favorite) for dinner and then we had some chocolate heart cake. We went to a few stores early in the day too and made a stop at my MIL's house. Hubby was looking for something in the garage and came 
across this sweet find!! A little basket with some whimsies in it. It contained three that I didn't have from the early collections!! :)
help, I was able to get a few good pictures of my Overlooked layout for Subject 2. Few things about this layout:
figure it out?
is a sneak peek at my layout. As soon as it dries all of the way, I will able to take a few pictures. It was soo much fun doing this one!! 
This piece of a Red Rose Tea box gave me inspiration for my journaling! Can't wait for you to see it!! I am excited to say that being on this stash diet and finding Overlooked has made me use some products that have been in my scrap area for quite a long time! 
to our favorite local spot for the best chinese and then we picked up my favorite strawberry shortcake from the local grocery. Yumm(no picture, we cut it too fast....bad scrapper)!!!!!!! I hope you all got to celebrate today in a happy way!!
This is the Noah's Ark series....hubby got me the ark to go with it for Christmas...
This is the Pet Shop Series that is out right now and the Circus series...I still need a Rabbit to complete the pet shop series...hubby also got me the pet shop as a christmas gift...
Some of them on display...
For those of you not familiar with whimsies, I will explain. In every box of Red Rose Tea bags, there is a small ceramic collectable enclosed. They are released in series....right now the "Pet Shop" collection is out.
While I have always been an avid tea drinker, I haven't always collected these. When I moved in with hubby, my MIL introduced me to Red Rose Tea Bags. It had a great taste to it and I was instanly hooked. A little while after that I found out about the Whimsies. I fell in love with them as well and started saving them and every time we got a box of tea it was a treat because I would get a new figurine.
Most of my collection was given to me. My MIL told me once after I started collecting them that there was a ziplock bag of them somewhere in the garage. After searching the garage and cleaning it out, we didn't find them. We were bummed but a few weeks later she discovered them in the attic in a box. I was sooo excited. It was like Christmas! I have added a few to the collection from our trips to yard sales and to antique shops. I'm still missing a few from the earlier series but I know in time I will get them.
What do you collect???
Hugs and Happy Collecting,
Heather
cookies I made from this tutorial. They were really easy to make and they are going to make a cute gift for hubby for valentines. I printed a few messages off of the computer and stuffed it inside with some sweets.
before. It is this great blog that has inspired me to think and create. I hope you will all check it out. I posted my preview of Subject One here and this is the layout that I have created.
this hat! Can you believe it? I purchased the pattern on Etsy a few weeks ago. It was easy to make and I am in the process of making a second one a bit smaller. It 
really isn't supposed to cover 
your hair like the one I created does. I am happy with it though. It's been keeping me super warm.
I am in love with Fancy pants and their True papers and RubOns. I stocked up on them a while ago. I did hand stitching on the photo and made a little heart out of felt. 
that I completed....this was a fun layout!! Hubby and i are always wanting to try new things. We tried a Chinese place on a whim and we both fell in love. Hubby never really liked Chinese but he certainly does now. They know us by name there now. The background paper is the actual place mat from our first visit there and so are the fortunes! Like I said, I had fun with this one and even broke out a PP pattern that I had for the take out box! 
a few of the journals that I altered a few months ago that were just waiting for a purpose. One for me (birds) and one for DH (red and black)! We are going to use them to record the things that we are eating and when we exercise. I realized that I have gained almost 20+ lbs in the past 3 months and it is starting to effect my life on a grander scale. I don't want to have all of the health problems that are plaguing my family due to obesity. Neither does DH. We have made a promise to ourselves to be a healthier us! 
rearranged a few things that were bugging me. I hung a few things that I have had forever and haven't gotten to until now. Three inspiration boards all clean and ready to be filled in the new year 
(also inspired from Ali Edwards)...My inspire sign that I picked up at a cute little store this past summer...A cute valentines heart from Michaels that I 
picked up recently. It is on the inside of the door now but it will eventually hang outside...and lastly, some pictures that I took and matted in college in a basic photography class. I have 10-12 of these and 
I am going to hang the rest of them up this week. Don't they look very artsy when they are on the wall? I felt a great wave of accomplishment getting all of these thing in their own little spot in our home.
