Winter's Bliss

It's cold and frozy and beautiful here today in Southeast Idaho. Come along let's see.......

Everything is dressed in spectacular white..............

I've seen many a harvest and many a winter....

Shh...the farm fields are fast asleep under their cozy blankets of snow, dreaming of springtime and new seedlings to come......

Did the old wagon wheel help the pioneers across the plains or maybe it was part of the old farm wagon hauling in the harvest and the hay....

With this......

You get this......

What shall we do today....

Duck a La Snow.....

A frosted donkey's mane....

Hark! I hear something! Oh a beautiful winters day!

OWOH Giveaway!

It's here! The big OWOH Giveaway! This is my 3rd year to participate in the fabulous Blogland event! And I have a start of my giveaways ready and will be posting more as we go along, so let's get started!

The OWOH Giveaway starts today and ends on February 15th. All you have to do is leave me a comment and if you'd like (once I get all 3 giveaway items posted--during this week) you may let me know if you have a preference.

Giveaway #1

My first offering is this simple yet lovely, shabby, pink and white wool applique of hand with heart, which I thought was rather appropriate for this giveaway. It is all handstitched by me in wool with my favorite feather stitch and french knots.


Giveaway #2

Insert photo (when it's finished) of Primitive Cupboard Tuck with Primitive Cross Stitched Peacock


Giveaway #3

Insert photo (when it's finished) of a cute little Dotee Doll


So for a few days you'll have to use your imagination, but I'll hurry as quick as I can!

Please leave me a lovely comment and I will draw names on February 16th for the winners and international friends are welcome too! You do not need to have a blog to enter, but you do need to leave me an email please, so that I contact you if you don't have a blog. And bloggers--double check to make sure that your settings are NOT set to no-reply blogger, or else I may not be able to contact you.

Make sure to go to the official OWOH Giveaway hosted by Lisa of A Whimsical Bohemian to see all the other hundreds of giveaways. You'll find the listing in her right hand side bar.


Ready, Set, FUNNNNN!

My Valentine Tree

Good Friday everyone! I thought I'd join the Show & Tell Friday hosted by Cindy at My Romantic Home and share my Valentine's tree with you today. I've collected these wonderful Valentine's ornaments over the past 8 or so years and they are all handmade with online friends that I've swapped with over the years. So let's see what's on the tree.......

The tree topper with the vintage lady made by Emily Franz of Hootinannies....

.......the darling heart doll with button arms and legs, love potion bottle, letter of love......

....big ol glittered kissy lips.......

.....love letter, button heart, friend heart and more love potion--too cute!......

....the three little girl cupids. I always say the one in the middle is me--red hair and squishy. LOL! ......

....civil war era photo and my heart belongs to a soldier and the vintage little girl.......

....and of course a prim cupid flying through the air waiting to see who his next love target is.....

NOTE--This little cupid is a design by Sweetpea Primitives and she just happens to be offering him on her blog as free pattern download, so hurry before he expires........Click HERE

....and I love this big ol heart face made from wool and her lips and eyebrows are made from potholder loops--remember the kind we used to weave on the little loom as kids.....

....heart and hand--I love heart and hands!....the darling little Valentine girl is made by Angela of The Country Cellar, and the little Love Pills--filled with cinnamon red hots--so cute!.....

....not a partridge in pear tree, but a love bird in a pine tree. LOL! Also made by Emily Franz.....

....darling valentine girl.........

......love this big heart trimmed in cheese cloth and seashells with a wonderful vintage photo....

.....love the beading on this one........

.....a delicious wooly heart with lots of buttons! Made by my friend Gayle of The Middle Sister....

....a gathering of various hearts and sentiments......

......Love and another cute primitive cupid........

......little angel peeking out of the branches. She's made from red dominoes with delicate feather wings.......

....wooly heart and prim angel......

......and lastly is this shy heart with face peeking out from inside the tree.......

I hope you enjoyed my collection of Valentine ornies and don't forget to take a peek at the other Show & Tells too.

Swap A Handmade Valentine Card With Me

This swap is now closed and I look forward to seeing what everyone creates.
Thank you!



Valentine's Day is one of my very favorite holidays! It's also the day after my birthday! So I thought I'd like to do a special Handmade Valentine's Day Card one on one swap with my blogger friends.

Here's what we'll do------- Get out your pretty papers, scissors, glue, glitters etc and you and I will make each other a Handmade Valentine Card to swap.

Sound fun!

Please make sure to mail your card to me no later than February 5th.

I will share them all here at a Virtual Valentine's Day Party on February 12th for all to see.

If you'd like to swap a handmade Valentine's card with me then please email me at hazelruthe@yahoo.com with your Name, Mailing Addy and a link to your blog (if you have one-but a blog is not necessary)--(that way I can post a link back to your blog along with a the picture of your beautiful card on Valentine's Day).

I will send you my mailing address in my reply email back to you, so you know that I received your info. I will also have my cards mailed to you by or before February 5.
I will swap with my international bloggers too, but you must have a blog.
Get ready, get set, create!

A Valentine Collage To Share With You

I keep meaning to post, but I just can't seem to quite make it in for some reason, so I thought I'd share a couple of Valentine pretties with you, that you can right click and save to your computer and then print out to use.

I'm still working on my OWOH giveaway AND I've just made it to 200 plus followers WHOOO HOOO! Thank you all my dear bloggy friends! I do appreciate you and I am also working on a special little giveaway coming soon that will be drawn just from the followers. More on that as it materializes. So for now.......



Click on Photos to Enlarge

....I absolutely LOVE this collage sheet! I had it printed off onto white cardstock at my local Staples store today and it printed out beautifully! I have a little project to use it in that I'll be sharing with you all later and I hope you can use it too.

And what is Valentine's without a perfectly wonderful Victorian Cupid! He should print out nicely for you too. Enjoy!

PS--Watch for a little one on one swap with me too in the next couple of days. I'll give you a hint--it has to do with Valentines!

OWOH Giveaway and PIF

So what in the world is all this OWOH and PIF stuff, why it's the One World One Heart Giveaway and my Pay It Forward!

First is the One World One Heart Giveaway hosted by Lisa of A Whimsical Bohemian. If you're new to OWOH let me tell you it's one of the largest--maybe the largest--giveaways in Blogland. Last year there were well over 1000 participants! A great way to tour Blogland, find new blogs and hopefully make a new friend or two along the way not to mention participating in the giveaways as either a giver, a receiver or both!

If you would like to participate and enter your own giveaway hurry, because all the fun starts January 25th. I'm busily planning mine out.

Now for the PIF--Pay It Forward. When you do a PIF you have 365 days--which I had planned to do it in a much shorter time, but no the person with all good intentions, but that gets sidetracked too easily that I am has waited til near the final hour--but then again I do work best under pressure!, so I am also busily working on those too--but hey I need something to stitch on in the evening while I watch the husband watch tv. I'll keep you posted on my PIF progress too. And if you'd like to do a PIF, but haven't found one to participate in then why not start one of your own. It's a good thing!

Gotta run--I have a lot of stitching and creating waiting to be done........

January-New Beginnings

January, the month of new beginnings and cherished memories, beckons. Come, let winter weave her wondrous spell; cold, crisp, woolen-muffler days, long dark evenings of savory suppers, lively conversations, or solitary joys. Outside the temperature drops as the snow falls softly. All of nature is at peace. We should be, too. Draw hearthside. This is the month to dream, to look forward to the year ahead and the journey within.
--Sarah Ban Breathnach

Place your footprint for all to see. You may find it is filled with wondrous little treasures you hadn't realized were there. Go forth and seek the treasures of the bright new beginning this new year has to offer.