M E Monday

Welcome again to Mary Engelbreit Monday. Please join us and post the link to your blog with the related Mary Engelbreit pictures to share with everyone. It can be a ME licensed product or something that was "inspired" by Mary Engelbreit's artwork. It "should" be a photo that you took of something that you own. We're flexible here....let's have fun above all else.

In my office/studio I have this old Mary Engelbreit magnet display board that I use on the back of a closet door.  If I recall correctly it was given to me by one of my customers who had a retail store at the time. I've always enjoyed it for hanging varies mementos from it as you can see. The chair of bowlies is one that I needlepointed on plastic canvas to make it into a magnet.

Now it's your turn....Once you've posted your pictures come back and add your link to the link tool below. Please share the link back to my blog so that everyone can take part in sharing their post and pictures.

M.E. Monday

Welcome again to Mary Engelbreit Monday. Please join us and post the link to your blog with the related Mary Engelbreit pictures to share with everyone. It can be a ME licensed product or something that was "inspired" by Mary Engelbreit's artwork. It "should" be a photo that you took of something that you own. We're flexible here....let's have fun above all else.

Well let me just say we almost had a crisis here in Cherry World today! My trusty Canon PowerShot A1000IS has been giving me some trouble here lately. For the last couple of weeks I had to press the display button on and off to be able to see a photo in the screen. Well....today when I went to take the picture for ME Monday even that little trick wouldn't work. Ugh! No digital camera! Say it ain't so! A frantic look for the manual offered no help. A quick jump online for support gave me no clues. I do have an email sent off to yonder land hoping that the big digital camera goddess in the sky will say "just push this button you silly girl" and all will be well again in Cherry World. But for now it ain't working.  The ole A1000 has been a trusty girl since I won her in a contest from the Ellen DeGeneres show one Christmas. I've had her since she arrived here January of 2009. 

When the A1000 arrived she replaced the A560 PowerShot that had been working just fine. Obviously, being the A1000 she had more zoom and optical so the ole A560 went into the closet. Lucky for me I am a pack rat. When the camera wouldn't work this afternoon I went in search of the old camera. I found the really old A75 thinking that was the answer but it's been here even before the A560. It had a compact flash card and the display was whacky. I thought "This can't be right"??? Then I remembered recently moving the old camera bag to the closet, a quick dash back in there and I had my reliable old A560 again.  I put the batteries in her and she fired right up! She will have to do until I can figure out if it's worth fixing the "newest" version. I'm sure by now they are up to Canon A6000 models!

This week I'm sharing some things that are ME Inspired. I made these little beaded purses years ago out of some little silky drawstrings bags that a friend gave me. She had them from back in the day when she was a sales rep for Leggs hoisery. I guess at one time they had a giveaway with the little bags if I recall correctly. Anywho, she gave me a handful of the bags that I have made into various little decorated bags.

The top picture is my attempt at Flowers with little beaded cherries on the black/white fringe. The second bag is obviously my attempt at cherries. Lots of work but I think they turned out kinda cute.

Now it's your turn....Once you've posted your pictures come back and add your link to the link tool below. Please share the link back to my blog so that everyone can take part in sharing their post and picture.

Rednesday with a Queen

Today I am joining with Sue from "It's A Very Cherry World" and all the ladies who are sharing their RED on Rednesday. Please stop over at Sue's blog and participate with us.

This past weekend I was fortunate enough to be treated like a Queen.  My wonderful friends, Kathy and Larry, invited me up for a "sleepover" at their house. They recently moved to a new house about 20 miles north of Tampa. It's not a long drive but we had decided that we would have a nice dinner together and share a bottle of some of the wonderful wine that they often bring back from their trips to France.  If you'll recall...Kathy and Larry recently gave me the new stove that I shared here on my blog. Kathy's only request was that I bake them some White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies. I totally agreed to that request. Additionally, I brought along some chocolate dipped fresh strawberries and some Garlic Knots that I had baked. It was a wonderful weekend with some dear friends who made me feel like a true Queen and gave me this pillow to let me know.

ME Monday....

Welcome again to Mary Engelbreit Monday. Please join us and post the link to your blog with the related Mary Engelbreit pictures to share with everyone. It can be a ME licensed product or something that was "inspired" by Mary Engelbreit's artwork. It "should" be a photo that you took of something that you own. We're flexible here....let's have fun above all else.

I thought I would share a little Spring and Easter with everyone this week. I honestly don't recall when I got this Spring Mary Englebreit tin but I do think it's charming.

Here's a few Chinese Take Out paper containers for Easter that I recently found at Michaels. I think they'll be really cute filled with green paper "grass" and treats.

I've had this cute little Easter tin for years and I still think it's one of my favorites.

Last, but not least, I have this darling little Easter bunny pail to share with everyone.  It's on my desk in my office right now filled with pastel wrapped Hershey kisses.

Now it's your turn....Once you've posted your pictures come back and add your link to the link tool below. Please share the link back to my blog so that everyone can take part in sharing their post and picture.

M.E. Monday

Welcome again to Mary Engelbreit Monday. Please join us and post the link to your blog with the related Mary Engelbreit pictures to share with everyone. It can be a ME licensed product or something that was "inspired" by Mary Engelbreit's artwork. It "should" be a photo that you took of something that you own. We're flexible here....let's have fun above all else.

I took down my Mary Engelbreit "Love" flag this morning that I had put up in February. This will be my spring flag since I've never bought an Easter ME flag.  Do you see the little "Home is where the heart is" sign? I painted that a million years ago. We're expecting a high temperature today of 85 degrees. So much for Spring!

Do you remember a few months ago when I bought this lampshade to cover with fabric? I needed a shade for the Mary Englebreit lampbase that I got for a song at Dishtophia. Well, I finally got around to covering the shade this weekend and here's a picture of the whole lamp put together. 

Now it's your turn....Once you've posted your pictures come back and add your link to the link tool below. Please share the link back to my blog so that everyone can take part in sharing their post and picture.