A Big Thank You!

I have a few things that I want to share with everyone. Last week I received a box from my very good friend, Marie Segal from: Art from my Heart

Gosh, it felt like Christmas all over for me! Marie, I want to to know that I did the happy dance which in itself had to have been a real site lol and you made my entire day...week...well I'm still thrilled! Thank you Sweetie I loveeeeee everything!
In the picture below are some beading books, beads and some earring findings.



Now, cabs, cabs and more Cabs



Cabs...Wowwwwwwwww!




Then today another very nice surprise! Tadahhhhhhhhhh Oh my goodness Marie, thank you so much again! I just love everything! In fact everybody that has come over since last week has seen all the gorgeous Cabochons that you sent me! My grand-daughters especially love the heart cabs, now I can't wait until they see the Butterfly!



Now for Christmas Marie sent me all of these gorgeous ornaments that I still have to get busy making. They're collector items from The Cracker Box. My heart is still filled with the joy of when I opened this box my dear friend...thank you! I'm sorry that I didn't post this earlier, but I had been so sick with my kidneys and in and out of the hospital with so many surgeries.





At this time I also want to thank my very good friend, Silke Powers from: Metamorphosis
Silke was so kind to send me this gorgeous and handmade scarf that she made for me! Silke, I'm so sorry that I hadn't posted this before. I had wanted to but, yep...hospital here I went again. So today I looked through my computer because I knew I had taken pictures the day I had received it from you, guess what??? I found them! I have to tell you that I was so excited...I just loveeeeee your scarf you made for me. Thank you so much again Silke, you're so sweet! Also thank you for all your love and your cards that you've sent me, they mean so much to me!






I also want to thank another very sweet and wonderful friend, Lynda Dunham-Watkins from: Swoopin' Along! Besides being a good friend to me, while I was so sick and in the hospital Lynda had made this:



To go along with this Lynda was so gracious to add my name and then open the door to prayer for all our friends here in Blogland, at home and our families to! How wonderful and kind is that! All we need to do is: Leave the name to be added to our list in the comment section. Then Lynda will add them each evening.
Thank you so much for this Lynda! Marie had called me at the hospital and had told me about it and I have to say that I was so very touched...Thank you Lynda!
I also want to thank everyone for all their prayers, love, cards, beautiful gifts and friendships...I love all of you's!
I hope that you have a wonderful rest of your day!
Hugs...
Bobbi

I've been tagged by Marie at Art from my Heart...

My good friend, Marie Segal from Art from my Heart has tagged me. hmm I wonder if there's tag back's??? Okie dokie then, referring to the rules I have to go into my computer and go to the very first of my picture folders and open it and then find the 10th picture and post it and tell about it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's a nice picture, one never knows though. Ok, here I go in my computer...scrolling, scrolling, scrolling...ta-dahhhh...the 10th picture is:

Beaded Easter Eggs!




Now I have to tell you about the story behind this picture, well... The actual story is behind the beaded eggs. I've never attempted anything like this before so I thought, how hard could this really be...Ha! I beaded my lil fingers off and was getting no where. I had wanted to make all of my sons and grand-kids some beaded eggs for Easter, and use some of my Bead Stash that I have at the same time. Well...the only one who's going to have beaded eggs for Easter is yours truly. Some that my sweet mother had made for me a few years ago, then these. Oh my goodness I've never before had that amount of troubles trying to make something in my life. So...the only Easter eggs my sons and grand children will be getting is ones that the Bunny himself brings. lol

I have to link the person who tagged me: Marie Segal at http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/

Now...according to the Rules I have to tag 5 other people. On your mark, get set...
1. Silke at: Metamorphosis

2. Lynda at: Swoopin'Along

3. Tobi at: Tobi Britton's LivingGreen

4.Sarah at: Bead The Change

5. Twyla and Lindsey at: Two Crazy Crafters


Now onto the Rules...

1. I have to open the first file in my picture folder

2. Scroll to the 10th photo

3. Post the photo and tell the story behind it

4. Link to the person that tagged you

5. Tag five more people and let them know


Tag...you're it!


Have a great day everyone! So...until the next time, Bead Happy!
Hugs and happy beading...
Bobbi

I got an Award...

I've received another Award today and I'm so honored, very happy and so surprised! My wonderful new friend, Silver passed this awesome Award on to me. I want to thank you so much Silver for giving me this wonderful Award! If you would please stop in at Silver's great blog Reflections
It was so wonderful to come back from two surgeries this week only to find the most touching and sweet posts on my blog and this award awaiting me. Thank you all so much! Thank you so much again Silver, I'm very honored! It's:

The Stroke of the Brush Award, which recognizes and celebrates the willingness to take risks, speak honestly, act with integrity, and in the process create and share colors and/or words that stroke our curiosity and brush aside our differences.


I also want to pass this award to some of my fellow bloggers and friends that have inspired me with their work, their hearts, their love and their friendship. I only wish that I would be able to pass this along to many more, some that already have this Award and others that do not accept Awards and are Award free on their blogs. So many of you now since I have been blogging have inspired me, touched my heart and I've learned many things for everyone. But just to let you know that I thank each and everyone of you for your precious thoughts, pictures and inner selves that you all share on your blogs! I love you all for that! Thank you!

Marie Segal, a wonderful and very dear, friend that I love and really wouldn't know what to do without, she is so sweet and very special to me! At: Art from my Heart


Lynda Dunham-Watkins, a new friend that I hold dear to me, at: Swoopin' Along

Cindy, someone that's very sweet, at: Applestone Cottage


Shelly, a great a wonderful lady, at: Blue Ridge Lady


Arija, a new friend, at: Garden Delights

Sandi, a wonderful lady, at: Small Town Living At It's Best

Nancy, a wonderful designer, at: The Rabbit Muse

Kelly, a very sweet person, at: Rose Vine Cottage Two

I wanted to thank everyone so much for all your kind words, prayers, healing thoughts and love that yous have sent to me and done for me! Yous have touched my heart in ways that I could never begin to describe but I want you all to know that I hold each and everyone of yous very close to my heart and all of yous in my prayers...I love yous and thank you, it means so much to me!
Hugs...Bobbi

Tomatoes, aren't they grand!

Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes is what I love to see in my garden! That's because I love them! I love them right off the vine, and I especially love them green and fried! Yummmm! I can't wait for some fried green tomatoes!
With all the great pictures from everyone that I've seen on your blogs, of your gardens, I had to share my garden with yous to! I have a smaller garden but it'll give me all the freshest and best tomatoes and green peppers that I need this year! I also have some lettuce and zucchini.
I have 8 tomato plants, 4 green pepper plants then some lettuce and only 1 zucchini plant this year. I had been in the hospital due to my bad kidneys again and just wasn't feeling up to planting everything that I normally would. But that's quite alright because it's plenty for me! Even some for my sons and their families too!
Everything is doing great and my tomatoes are full of baby green tomatoes, here I go again mentioning green tomatoes it's just because they're so yummy... fried green tomatoes...my favorite!
If you need a great recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes, stop in at Lynda's blog, at:
Swoopin' Along
Hopefully my zucchinis will have some nice ones for me to make my famous zucchini bread with this year! I'll share that recipe with all of yous when it gets time to pick them, somewhat closer to fall. So, to all my fellow gardening friends...I hope that all your gardens are plentiful and yield all the many wonderful things you planted in abundance! Happy Gardening...