Celebrating My New Look With A Giveaway!

And I want to celebrate my blog makeover with a fantastic giveaway!
Please be patient, still have some tweaks that need to be done yet..

Back in October I fell in love with a blog, Simcoe Street and she happened to be having a giveaway...

Sadly, I didn't win...but I never forgot the wonderful Etsy store...

Galeris Anaia

As I've been blogging and maybe overdoing it...my daughter and son-in-law were expecting their first baby and they had a girl 2 weeks ago...

(trying very hard not to post a picture or two right now!)

And I wanted to get some of these prints for them...
but needed to wait to find out the sex of the baby..
Isn't this print, Fashion Birds, so cute and colorful?

This print entitled, Standing Together is

perfect for all those owl lovers...

Wouldn't this print be perfect for a little boy?
Love this hedgehog...and the polka dots!

Maybe you'd like someething with the alphabet and numbers...this is seriously cute!

And while I've been working on the scrapbook album..I've beome obsessed with giraffes,

who can resist this one?

So now it's on to the giveaway...

Galerie Anais is graciously offering

three different packages....
which mean three winners...

First Package: Three Prints of Your Choice

Second Package: Two Prints of Your Choice

Third Package: One Print of Your Choice

There are several ways to enter this giveaway:
You can do all or one or two...the maximum is 6 chances...

1) Be a follower of Cherished Treasures. one entry.

2) Be a Cherished Treasures Facebook friend. one entry.
3) Visit Galerie Anais then leave a comment here with the print(s) you’d choose. one entry.
4) Like Galerie Anais on Facebook. one entry
5) Follow me on Pinterest. one entry.
6) Share this giveaway and let me know how you did this. one entry.

The contest will end at 12PMC on Friday, Dec 9th
and the winner will be announced, Saturday, Dec 10th.

Good luck to everyone!
And thank you to Anais for sponsoring this fantastic giveaway!

Tuesday Treasure - Aiken House & Gardens

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Please bear with me as my blog makeover continues to be perfected...what do you think so far?

The Christmas season is now in full swing...I've got so many projects in my head!

I get worn out just thinking how I'm going to get them all done..

My Tuesday Treasure this week, happens to be a blog I found on Pinterest..

and I wanted to share it with you...

I must thank Carolyn for kindly allowing me

to share these pictures with you....

Carolyn hails from Canada and her blog entitled, Aiken House and Gardens,

and she beautifully showcases her cottage home...

I saw this screen-in porch on Pinterest and clicked on over to

check out more of her space...

Her backyards are so green and lush and beautiful...

her garden has been featured in several publications worldwide.....

The blooming flowers are magnificent and color is everywhere...

and the table tucked in the corner makes the perfect place to
sit and relaxand enjoy!

Peonies are one of my most favorite flowers, love the variations of pink

as well as the mosiac birdhouse..

This could be a post card, so pretty!

But let's get back to reality....cold, snow...Christmas...

Inside, Carolyn took one of those little electric stoves and painted it ivory...

(I think I need one of these for my place...never thought of painting it...so pretty!!)

There are several fireplaces in her home and all are decorated for the season...

Carolyn mentions that she's a visitor to thrift stores
as well as Dollar Store... love the Santa's placed around the room..

The tree is so beautiful, the garland, the flocked tree, the ornaments...the angel..

I was inspired by what was under the tree...

the lace tree skirt...and putting old vintage toys underneath...

Goodwill stores have a surplus of ice skates this time of year...

or at least mine does....

Carolyn uses gray paint to make them look aged...

love this!

Do you have a old teddy bear and doll that's tucked away?

How about pulling it out and using it this season?

And if you happen to live near Prince Edward Island in Canada...

You'll be able to view her entire home as part of a Christmas home tour...

all money raised will be donated to Muscular Dystrophy...

There's so much more to see of her beautiful home, I'll hope you'll stop over and tell her I sent you...

Have a great Tuesday!

Back to Crocheting and My Unbelievable Goodwill Find!

Last March, I showed off a granny square afghan that I crocheted..

I learned how to crochet in high school...

(too many years ago to count!)

and I saw so many pretty crocheted blogs that I was inspired to

pull of my crochet hook - I still had the crochet hook from high school too...

I had to watch a couple of You Tube videos to remember the different stiches and

then I started crocheting and used several colors of yarn...

I crocheted and crocheted...while DH and I watched 24 from Netflix...

kind of time consuming changing colors..

and I kept on crocheting...now that I think of it, my wrist got pretty sore...

but I kept going...

And I got it done!

I showed you some other crochet projects...

(projects not made by me)

This is just the cutest little girl..and don't ya just love the hat..and the flower..

and I love this bag and started to make one....but then it got

nice out and well I like to crochet in the winter..so it's unfinished..

But today, when we made our Goodwill trip...DH spotted this for me and

I have to show you my unbelievable find....

(lots of pictures....think of it as eye candy!)

This huge quilt bag full of yarn.....$20!

Which $20 sounds like a lot unless you buy yarn..

and you can spend $20 very easily and not get much yarn..

When I unzipped it, the yarn was overflowing so I pulled it out on the kitchen table to see

what was inside....

So many skeins of yarn are the super soft kind that make really cuddly afghans.....

Not sure what kind of yarn this is but it's softer than soft...

which means..super expensive...

Several skeins of yellow yarn...

I used alot of varigated yarn for the granny square afghan

so I'm loving all of this yarn...

but what you've seen so far is only half of what was in the bag..

I can't hardly believe that this yarn is all mine...

let's look closer at what else was in the bag...

Not sure if I'm liking the green and gold flecked yarn...

but there's 5 skeins of it...all new!

and lots more varigated yarn...and it's incredibly soft.....

Some of it was smaller and wrapped in balls....

This is like being in a candy shop..all this yarn.....

So here it is all together...

I think I could open a yarn store... 

So at night now, while we're watching TV, I'll be busy..

I've already started to make another afghan, this time it's not a granny square...

but this yarn will help me keep on crocheting....

probably never get it all used...

but for $20, it's not a bad investment...

oh and I forgot to mention, I got another big bag of yarn last year...

I got it in the summer and it was too hot to take it out to see

what was inside...as soon as I get my Christmas decorating done,

I'll show you what's in that bag too...

Question - Any idea how to organize all this yarn so I can

see what I have?

I have the best Goodwill store, we never know what we'll find there...

This week is starting out fantastic!

I'm linking to these parties

I'd sure love to have you come on over to my new Facebook page...

New look is coming soon...and also a fantastic giveaway!!

Sunday Blog Love - Linky Party

Yeah, it's the weekend! Last weekend but I was at my daughters house helping out with the new baby...is this not the cutest baby???

So if you were wondering why no party last weekend...I was enjoying some time with the new family..

I hope you all had lots of turkey on Thanksgiving Day and are enjoying the short work week...

Did you get up and go shopping on Black Friday at midnight?

Crystal and I usually are shopping at 5 am but not this year...she's a little busy with the baby so I did some shopping with my son, Michael.

We were shopping for things to decorate his newly finished home...curtains, curtain rods and furniture... next weekend, we'll hang the curtains and I'll have pictures to share..

super fun and thrilled that he asked me to help him!!

Okay...have I blabbered enough?

Onto Sunday Blog Love..

thank you to all who linked up...

so much fun to see so many projects and be inspired...

Here's some of my favorites..

If you've never made meatballs, here's a super easy and yummy recipe!

Kimberly uses Shutterfly for decorating her home...

OMG - Mary got a load of ammo crates from Craigslist and is now decorating hre home...

Have you checked out Simcoe Street yet?

Beautifully designed and decorated dining room with touches of aqua blue..

Here's a yummy recipe for breakfast casserole!

And the most viewed post was...

Tobi and the Pixies and her wonderful, sparkly Christmas trees!

Feel free to grab my featured button to add to your blog..

Now it's onto this weeks party...

I hope you'll join me this week and show what you've been busy with..

All kinds of posts are welcome--whether it's about your family, a craft project, thrifty find, a favorite recipe or maybe it's decorating your home or a giveaway....

The only requirement is..you must link back to my party...

(besides it's blogger ettiquette to link back...)

Not required but if you become a follower - then you know if you've been featured....

and will also be added to my Sunday Blog Love on Pinterest.

What We're Thankful For

This year, the Thanksgiving season is extra special...

we've got a new grandbaby....

Macie Rae born November 15th

all pink and pretty and perfect in every way!
I am so in love with this little baby.....

And I love this picture that DH took of me holding Macie just hours after she was born...

I am so thankful that Macie is healthy and

also thankful that Mom and Dad survived...

 

Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!

Tuesday Treasure - 25 Ways to Wear a Scarf in 4.5 Minutes

If you've read much of my blog...you know that I love, love, love You Tube.... 

I cam across this great video showing 25
different ways to wear a scarf...
Scarves are a must for the cold weather that is rapidly approaching here...

and then there's my Pinterest stylist board
showing a variety of scarves used as accessories...

one of them is this easy to follow pictures showing how to tie scarf...

and if you'd like some ideas on what to look for when
buying a scarf,  click here..

Next time you see a woman wearing a scarf and you're admiring it...
know that you can create the very same look...

I'm linking to these parties...