Valentine's Decorating in family/dining room

Happy Tuesday Sweet Friends,

So what cha been up??  

Making any Valentine's Day plans?
Sure hope so..........

Have to say we love Valentine's Day or really any 
excuse to celebrate, for that matter!!  lol

We usually get Italian take out, or I make Italian food,

 have a nice dinner by candlelight with some sparkling

cider, give each other Valentines and watch one of our

 favorite movies.......   "You've Got Mail". 

This has become our tradition because typically race

week or something at Daytona 500 is going on and

everything anywhere near there is mobbed, so we

 aren't into mob scenes, so we prefer staying home......

 Since it is on Saturday, we might just watch 2 movies,

 one on Friday and one on Saturday as I have seen a

 trailer for a movie called "christian mingle"

and it is a comedy and looks like it is gonna be

a riot,  so might try and see if we can find it to

rent on Amazon.....................

Hope you are looking forward to some Valentine's

 plans as well.............. even if it isn't with your 

sweetheart, a friend  or other family member

 would do nicely too...............cause after all,

we love them too!!  lol

Thought I would share some more of my Valentines

decorating with you since it is gonna be here soon.

Here's our coffee table.  Now have to say I always use

shades of red in Winter, so that makes it easy to 

decorate for Valentines day,  so used my red roses,

  and a lil heart shaped dish,  it did have candy in it

, but we emptied it just before I took the pictures. lol 

 Since I used some pink along with the red on the

 mantle decided to use my lovely Jesus and children

 figurine that was a gift from a friend/neighbor many

 years ago, and always love to use some royal blue

this time of year as well.

Here's a better look at the figurine.

Thought he was perfect for Valentines Day!

Cause as the song goes

"Jesus Loves the little children"

and of course, the big children too!!

Just added an older version of a life beautiful magazine
to pick up the red and rose theme.

Love how the collages look, but not all that
crazy about making them...... But pleased about it
afterwards........lol

The lil girl statue is in the dining room, and the vignette
is a small table beside the sofa, and the pillows are the
same on the sofa and big chair.  I put a Happy Valentines
banner on both red pillows.  Just stuck in on with double
stick tape.

This is my serving cart between the family and dining
room.  See there is a heart in there,  it is Alabaster
given to me by another friend along with the cardinal
birdhouse .

Added the key which I already had, and the pocket watch
 I found in some of my late mother-in-laws jewelry.
 Liked the touch of blue from the porcelain ball. 

Same pic but with a filmgrain affect,  thought it gave it
a old look.......................

From the other direction.

The whole vignette.  Found this storage
box some years back and liked it be-
cause it had 2 different shades of red,
which works well for my colors this
time of year.

The picture in the frame is an actual photograph
 of our mantle a few years back, that I put a
 posterized affect on and printed, then put in
 this frame. This was the best pic I could get
 cause of all the reflections,  if I get a chance I
 might try taking it with out the lights on and 
see how it comes out................can you see
why I liked the blue porcelain ball there....
actually I had it there first, and then the pic
just wound up making it look planned.

The large pic is of the breakfast bar,  and the candle
is from the dining room. the rest are located in the
family room ................and the candy was just a 
throw in from another Valentine's years back cause
I thought I only need 4 pics, so couldn't find a 5th
that looked right, so the candy fit the bill.....lol
well, sort of................lol


Well, hope you have a good
 rest of the week,

Sharing with:

Cindy over at Dwellings

Marty over at A Stroll Thru Life

Patti and Paula over at
Ivey and Elephants

Karin over at The Style Sisters


Thanks for stoppin' in......

See you in a few day for 
Thankful Thursday
 and
 will show you the rest of
 my Valentines decorating.

Thankful Thursday February 5, 2015, and could be Valentine's Table

From the rising of the sun

 to the place where it sets,
 the name of the LORD
 is to be praised.

Psalm 113:3

Greetings Sweet Friends
and Welcome to 
Thankful Thursday,

Hope you have had a good
week so far...

Decided to show you some pics from a tablescape
 I did for my daughter some years back, that could
 definitely be a perfect Valentines Table as well.
If you would like to see the whole post, 
 Just click here


Hope you enjoy the pics......and my thankful
 list of course.

So, let's get started...........

I am thankful

#1

that we finally got to watch a movie I had seen
 the trailer for and had heard a lot about and 
it was great.  It was the

"100 ft. Journey".
 Lovely movie, highly recommend it.

#2

that the weather was so nice on Saturday that
 we were able to clean our porch and patio
 furniture, as it has been bugging me for awhile,
 and now it looks so nice!  Yippee

Hoping for a day to sit out there soon..........lol

#3

that we could just be outside in the fresh air
 and sunshine for awhile, it felt so good.

#4

for my hubby and all his computer expertise, 
cause there is so much stuff I could never do with it.

#5

Rolo pretzel candies, we just love those lil buggers.....
and they are just so easy to make If you want
 the recipe,   just click here.

#6

That we had the opportunity to counsel
 and hopefully encourage a very sweet
 couple on Monday Evening.

with paint daubs affect


#7
I finally found my kitchen phone. Discovered it
 missing on Tuesday morning and I looked every
 where and couldn't find it, then called myself on the 
cell phone but it never rang. So I just shot up a quick
 Lord, where is my phone?
 and not long afterwards I felt I should go check in
 the garage by the washing machine, and lo and
 behold it was laying right on top of the dryer. 
 I do not remember putting it there............lol

But was sure happy to find it!!

#8
for movies called Dolphin Tale #1 and #2. 
 We saw #1 about a  month ago and #2 on Wed.
night.  What great heart warming movies that
are taken from a true story.
Highly recommend them.

#9
for the blessing of being a Grammy.
I never really thought much about being a 
Grandmother
 or dreamed about it as some ladies do, nor did 
I urge or badger my children to hurry up and have
 children, cause mostly I wanted them to wait until
 they really wanted children, so that they would be 
as thrilled to have their children as we were to
 have them......because I really love being a Mother,
 give or take a few of those teen years, lol
 but I have to say that being a
 Grammy is just the greatest.......
and I truly love and cherish this sweet blessing

#10
for Chicken Gnocchi soup from Olive Garden,
 we got some take out on Tuesday and it was
 super, along with a nice salad and bread that
I made.................
Think I am gonna have to see if I can find a
 recipe for it now. It actually taste pretty similar
to my chicken and dumplings. Maybe I should
just make much smaller dumplings.  lol

with a paint daubs affect

#11
that the sun finally came out today after it being
 gloomy since Monday and I was able to steal
 about 15 mins. out there, and it was delicious,
 like calgon take me away moments, with
the squirrels chirping and the birds
 tweeting, and the sun
shining on my face.

#12
that my son was able to give me some 
help with shipping info for my business. 
 He had his own ebay business for years
so was a great resource for help.
He is a very smart cookie like
his Dad.

Well, there she is another week

 at cozy place...........


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Hope you have a lovely Friday and weekend
 with
 your family/friends or furry friends.



See ya next week.

Super Easy, Rolo Pretzel Candies Recipe

Hiddy Ho Sweet Friends,

How are you this dreary day?? 
 Course, maybe it isn't a dreary day
 where you live.......lol
but it sure is here in Central Florida,
  looks like a Winter day, for sure
but it is 70+ degrees. Go Figure!

Watching lil darling today, and she
 should be waking up from her
 nappy soon.  We have had a fun
morning.  

Have been making these candies
you see in the header pic lately, as 
I usually make them at Christmas 
time, cause everyone loves them,
 and just never did for some reason,
(oh I remember, cause I got sick)
so already had the things I needed, 
so have made several cookie sheets
 of them, and thought I really need to
 share this recipe with you guys gals
cause these would be great for 
Valentines Day. Since we all love
chocolate.
We made them as favors a few
 years ago for Dee's friends baby
 shower and put them in cute lil 
boxes. Anytime I take them any
where people always want to
 know who made them and how.
Also a great recipe to make
with your children. I have already
tried it with Brooklyn, but all she
did was scarf down the pretzels,
so maybe next year!!  lol


Rolo Pretzel Candies

Ingredients

Rolo Candies, either wrapped 
or the new unwrapped minis

(I have been using the unwrapped mini's
 lately and it even makes it quicker to make
 them, but have to say for full flavor the larger
 ones are better,  if you are trying to watch
 your weight the minis are better.  lol)

Synders Pretzel Twists
(I use the gluten free Synders pretzels now)


Pecan Halves
(I buy a large bag of Pecan Halves at Sams
club, cause we eat them all the time)

How to make them:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Use a nonstick cookie sheet

or normal cookie sheet  (with
parchment paper), then add

the amount of pretzel twists,
you desire (I do about 35 at
 a time, cause you don't want
 them right on top of each 
other or they will stick 
together)

Now plop a rolo candy on top 
of each pretzel, (that would be
 35 rolos, for me)

 Then put them in a 350 degree
 oven for about 3 mins, then test
one to see if they are ready......
they should still be normal but
looking like they are starting to
sweat or maybe melt just a tad.
(I test them by taking a pecan or
walnut half and putting atop
the rolo and squish it down, if
it squishes easily they are ready
 for you to top the rest of  them 
with nuts. Just be very quick 

about it............cause they cool
 quickly,  so have your bowl of 
nuts right by where you plan

to put the cookie sheet when
it comes out the often, and
comence squishing!!  lol)

Get your pecans or whatever
type of nut you choose to use
in place,  take the pretzels
out of the oven and 
commence squishing.

Once you are done squishing

You are done..... just let them
cool a lil bit, then..........

Enjoy!!

These were all I had left as
they don't stay around for
long.........

P.S. The last time I made these I 
tried putting some Twix minis atop 
the pretzels and they were great too.
You can probably do just about any
of the mini's but some do have
hydrogenated oils, so we stay clear
of that............

Hope you like them, we sure do!

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Patti and Paula @ Ivey and Elephants 

Karin @ The Style Sisters 

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 Recipes




Thanks for coming by..........

See ya tomorrow for 
Thankful Thursday!

P.S. Don't know why the printing

was all wierd in some areas....

the preview was fine...

Free Valentines Printable

Picture compliments of http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/


Morning Sweet Friends,
Happy Tuesday....

So did you have a good weekend 
and Monday??  Hope it was....
real good.


Ours was real good....Had some
 Outback take out, watched a good
 movie I had been wanting to see 
for awhile, had a nice breakfast,
 and long chat with hubby, cleaned
 our porch, which sorely needed it,
 worked on my card business some,
 went to Sunday School and church
Then got our fav frozen yogurt.....
had a nice nap, Watched the Super
 Bowl and the team we were rooting
 for won,we only picked them cause
 they are East Coasters as well,
 missed Dee and Jerry cause the last
 few years before they moved we
 got together with them for Super 
Bowl Sunday.  It was quiet but
fun, had some fun eats.....while
we watched. We are not what 
you would call football fanatics,
hubby likes to watch it once in
awhile and I pretty much like
it for the food and fun........lol
 Monday I worked some on my
 card business again,  trying to 
make it a daily thing, finished
some tweaks in the redecorating,
had a long chat with a friend I
haven't spoken with for a while
and then with Dee, and then got
 to spend time counseling and
encouraging a sweet couple.
So has been a good last 4 days.

Really can't believe it is Feb.
3rd already.............I do love
this time of year tho.

Well, I made this poster you will
see below for myself when I was
 redoing the house, so thought I 
would try and share it with you. 
This is my first attempt at this...
and hubby did it for me,  so it
should work....if you want to
copy it and for some reason
it doesn't work, leave me a
 comment so I will know and
then check back late tonight, 
cause hubby can probably fix
 it if need be, when he 
gets home.  lol

Click Here for Poster

You can print it on shiny photo paper,
card stock, or water color paper.  I
did mine on the shiny photo paper.

I simply double stick taped it to
our wall and then put an empty
frame around it.  Guess I should
have taken a picture of it,  but
oh well.............lol

Hope you like it and enjoy it.

Sharing with:

Cindy over at Dwellings 

Marty over @ A Stroll Thru Life

Paula and Patti over @
Ivey and Elephants


Karin over @ The Style Sisters


Life with Lorelai for Home Matters





Have a Great Day!

Come back tomorrow as I will
 have a super easy candy recipe
 that is great for Valentines Day!