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Today was devoted to what I received in my mail today! How many of you thought from the title to my blog was about these "Hen and Chicks? Okay.. so some of you did (I got farm friends that would be the ones to think this)! Now, which of you thought that I meant the tatting pattern known as this "Hen and Chicks" like below? Yep, thought so... those knotty friends of mine, yanno.. the tatters? Yep those are the ones! Did any of you think of this kind? The succulents? Yep, that would be the ones that I am talking about! I ordered this sweetie from  Full Bloom Nursery  on Etsy. I have had this shell like for forever and it moved with me from various homes and states. This shell was a gift from my Grandpa. He used to live in Florida and would walk the beach nearly everyday. I held onto the shell all these years, waiting for it's perfect purpose. The Echeveria 'Topsy Turvy' succulent arrived in a box with it...

Good Morning Everyone! Nature is waking up!  Don't miss the beauty! Grab a cup of tea or a mug of chocolate coffee and enjoy! ..and welcome to my world!  The best that these ever looked since it was planted in 2004 ...forgot it's name but it starts with A. Lily of the Valley Hostas  Coral Pink Azalea  Blood-good Japanese Maple Wee Lil Johnny Jump ups (Violas) Friendship Plant (not sure of it's real name), a friend from Washington gave me a few starts before we moved to Georgia and they love it here! Japanese Silver Painted Ferns with White Azalea towering it The White Azalea Purple Wisteria  Under my Wisteria Arbor/Pergola  My Mother's Day Lilacs, and they say it doesn't bloom well in Georgia. I think someone forgot to tell these beauties. Wild Violets literally blanket my yard ...and the Lone Iris. God Bless Y'all! Thank You Lord for sharing the beauty of you with...

Click this for more information on International Tatting Day This is the start of what I am working on for today.  My first experience of adding on beads while in progress of tatting. I need to come up with a better tool for adding the beads. Any suggestion? What are you tatting for today? Share!!!

Lampshades you say? Well...let me share a story!  This past Thursday, Three genteel Southern Ladies from South Carolina and two of Georgian's sweet Southern Belles met up in a Southern town called Commerce which is located in Georgia.  The proper ladies planned this get together for tea, friendship and to do some old fashioned lace making called tatting, using shuttles and threads. These ladies with their talented hands and fingers turn those simple threads into beautiful fine laces. As these tatting shuttles flew, the ladies shared some of their current of events. So much to catch up on since October 2010, when these ladies last met. A news of a new birth of a great niece was shared, a red headed one in fact! The ooohs and ahhhs were expressed with glee. The meals at various local eateries were enjoyed, delicate fish, tantalizing stew, sizzling steak and many more delights had  filled their table. Another occasion of a meal included exotic orient, tantalizing to t...

Last year a few of us Tatters got together for a Girls fun time out! Below is the link to the post that I blogged about that event... to (re)read. . ..Tatters Just Wanna Have Fun, October 2010 Well, we are stirring up some more fun this coming week-end and we decided to start the week end sooner! Tomorrow!!!! There were for of us the last time... Sandra, Catherine, Sharren, and myself. We have a new trouble maker joining us this time and she is Marie (I think that is her name). After reading my past blog of the event... I made a mental note to pack up that wine bottle opener so that the mishap will not repeat!! Also, I'll be further away from home this time. We are invading Commerce, GA this time around! I'll pack the camera and tatting stuff... I'll be back to post about this fun time! Adios... Look OUT Commerce...we will be on our way!

I finally added some of my "stock" to my etsy shop! Everything and everything is made by me! I am trying to get back to making things. It is good therapy for me. I like sewing, crafting, tatting... ahhh the list could really go on and on. I am blessed for having being surrounded with generations of creative and artistic talents! Anyways.. I needed to have an outlet for all the creations! Or I'd have no room to roam in my home! There is a widget to the right of this blog that show various of items that are for sale at my etsy "Yesterday's Scraps, Tomorrow's Treasures" shop... for your conveniences !

From time to time I would receive samples in the mail. In this case, it came from Kashi and I tried their snack bar. I am always intrigued with unusual shapes of packaging and always keep them, in hope of doing something different with them for later use! With some decoupage and fabrics.... and a bit of imagination... TA DAAAAAAA... a pretty treasure for holding things in.... like my tatting kit!