Oh The Scene of Green, Green, Green….And Red Of Course!

Hello! Welcome to My Bella Rose!  Today I am linking with Flaunt It Friday, Make it for Monday, and Marty & Tabletop Tuesday.  Y’all make sure and visit these wonderful blogs! You’ll be glad you did!

I’ve been away but I’m hoping to rekindle friendships through out bloggy world.   

Oh my goodness!  I’ve been longing for spring so much.  Texas has been very cold.  It was so cold that we had lost power for close to a day last week.  To top it off, we had frozen pipes because of no power.   When the pipes finally thawed out, we had busted pipes!  Our pipes run in the attic so you can just imagine the mess.  Still working on the mess.  We ended up having to replace all of the pipes.  Next step is to work on the walls and ceiling that got wet.  Those will have to be replaced.  What a mess!  I’m so ready for warm weather.   I did manage to put this little vignette together.  I’ve been on a green color kick here lately.  I’m telling ya, I am missing spring. Really!  I still love my red though! 

I bought the flowers and vase at Hobby Lobby.  The plate  with the flowers and hummingbird is from Home Goods.  The swan is from Home Goods as well.   

I love the combination of red and green. 

Look at that wonderful color of green.  I love it! 

Don’t you just love the glow from the lamp?  I bought the lamp at H.L. at 50 percent off!  Score!!

Love the glow! :)

I hope you enjoyed all of my photos.  :)

Thank you so much for visiting My Bella Rose!

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Sandra

Monkey Bread Anyone?

I am linking with Design by Gollum and Foodie Friday. Please visit this wonderful blog to see what everyone else is sharing with us. 

Hello! Remember me?  I hope everyone is doing great.  I don’t know about y’all but I’m so ready for spring!  

Yay!! I still remember how to post!  I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything on my blog.  Life gets in the way, kwim?  It seems that the more you are away from blogging the harder it is to get back.   Anyone else gone thru this?  Anyway, I’m sure most of you have heard of Monkey Bread but I hadn’t till recently. LOL  It is very easy to make and the kids devoured it. :D

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 cans (16.3 oz each) Pillsbury® Grands!® Homestyle refrigerated buttermilk biscuits

1/2 cup chopped walnuts, if desired

1/2 cup raisins, if desired

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted

DIRECTIONS

• Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 12-cup fluted tube pan with shortening or cooking spray. In large -storage plastic food bag, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.
• Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Shake in bag to coat. Arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces.
• In small bowl, mix brown sugar and butter; pour over biscuit pieces.
• Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.

 

I lost a few friends and it makes me a little sad:(  To those that stuck around even if I hadn’t posted, Thank you!!   God Bless everyone of you!!! 

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Sandra

 

Easy Peasy Gifts

Hi y’all! I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!  We’re waiting for our son Jr to get here from Houston!  He had finals up until yesterday (Friday) and he is finished for this semester. Woohoo!    Some of you newer friends (followers) may not know this, but he is a second year medical student and we are so proud of him.  Actually, we just got home from fightin’ the crowds at the stores!     I have just a few more gifts to wrap up for our boys and we will be finished!   There is a special gift that we have not been able to find for our three youngest boys!  It looks like we will be up with the roosters tomorrow morning and hope to find it then!  This certain store opens at 6:00 in the morning! Gasp!  

I wanted to share with you some little gifts for some special teachers my boys have.  I love to send the boys off with a gift for their teachers as a token of our appreciation.  This year I decided to buy a mug and a one pound bag of Starbucks coffee. 

The card says it “perfect” :)

And there you have it.  Some easy peasy gifts but I’m sure they will enjoy it.  They are coffee drinkers. ;)

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Sandra

 

Santa’s Boots??

Hi everyone! I want to thank all of my followers from the bottom of my heart.  I know I have not been posting as frequent but I know that you understand as well.   Thanks for hanging on, sweet and dear friends.    Please accept my apology if I haven’t responded to anyone that has left comments.  I think common courtesy is to at least go back and leave a sweet note to anyone that has taken the time to leave a comment, kwim?    Thank you from the bottom of my heart.  So there is my little tidbit of a thank you. 

As I was sitting in my favorite wingback chair and just enjoying my Christmas tree, I look down and what do I see?  I see boots? Could they be Santa’s boots?

Look again. :D  My hard working hubby decided to take his boots off and place them right there where you see them. :)  He was too exhausted to take them off in our bedroom.  Ok with me. I love you honey and I appreciate everything you do for us.   

A friend suggested I wrapped them up for Christmas! :) That’s a good idea except what will he wear until then? *wink* 

I’m linking with Vanessa & Inspiration Friday Party

Thanks for coming by!

Sandra

Christmas Tree Party!

Hi everyone! Today I am linking with Thrifty Decor Chick’s tree party , Sherry & Share the Decor, and Hooked on Houses Holiday Party.  I do apologize for being late but so glad that I am able to join.   Here is the Christmas tree that I have in the living room. 

Let’s start at the top. :)  This year, I used mesh garland in red.  I also used a gold mesh garland.  I added picks that I found at Hobby Lobby.  Love Hobby Lobby:)

I found this ribbon last week at H.L. and unfortunately found only one roll!  I was able to use it on the front of the tree only.

And there you have it! :) Thank you for letting me join these fun parties! Off to see everyone else’s posts. :)

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Sandra

It’s Santa Claus Time!

Hi everyone!  Welcome to My Bella Rose!  I am linking with Marty & Tabletop Tuesday, &, Sherry & Share the Decor,  Vanessa & Inspiration Friday Party.  Please give them a visit! You’ll be glad you did!

I have a small contribution to the parties but I hope y’all like it!  Meet Mr & Mrs Santa Claus!

Here is a close-up of the flower arrangement.  I decided to keep using the same arrangement I have here but added some Christmas picks to it.  

 

And who do we have here? Why, it’s Mr.  Santa Claus but in different attire!  That silly Santa Claus! He gets bored of the same ole red and white clothing!

Here is a close-up of my bells I have hanging in my entrance hallway.  I’ve had these for years and years.  

Oh my goodness! What is that?! Gasp! An unfinished wall!  Yep, we decided to open up our entrance, my itty bitty dining room and my kitchen.   Dh knocked down a wall, had to place a beam, which is what you see, and open it all up.  I can’t wait to show you all once we are finished. 

So there you have it! I hope you enjoyed my little contribution! Have a wonderful day y’all!

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Sandra

My Christmas Mantle Setup.

Hello everyone! First of all, I’d like to thank those of you that responded to my previous post.  I thank you from the bottom of my heart.  Like my mother in law says, we are taking it day by day.  We all agree that God has the last word on when our lives end.  The dr gave a prognosis but we know that the prognosis that counts is God’s.  So we are just going to be there for mama (mother in law) and love a lot to both of them.  Pops (father in law) may not know who we are, but I’m sure he can feel that we love him.  So with that said…..I want to share my mantle.  Oh my goodness! I worked on this on a weekend nonstop! 

This year I added the color chartreuse to my red and gold theme.  Chartreuse seems to be very popular! I love it!

A close-up. Loooove it!!! The green color gives it that pop!

You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I’m telling you why. Santa Claus is coming to town. :)  I'd like to add that I found this Santa picture at Kirklands on Black Friday of this year!  Isn't he grand and beautiful?

I am linking with

Susan & Met Monday.
Sherry & Share the Decor
Sue and  Rednesday! http://suelovescherries.blogspot.com/
Flaunt it Friday at Chic on a Shoestring Decorating

Please visit these wonderful blogs for some really neat posts full of ideas! 

Thank you all for dropping by My Bella Rose. :)

TA TA FOR NOW!

Sandra

I Need…..

to ask for prayers. 

Hi everyone.  I hope you all are doing wonderful.  I don’t usually share personal things about my loved ones but…….I have been away from blogging for a while now and the reason is because we received some news about my father-in-law.  You see, he has Alzheimer’s and things are not looking good at all.   We are devastated. :(  He is like a father to me and I’m trying to shake this depression.  I will not go into details because I’m sure my little ones come and read my blog every so often.   Please keep him in your prayers. Please keep my mother in law and all of us in your prayers.    I hadn’t even decorated for Christmas until this past weekend.  My sweet mother in law told me that I should decorate.   I also told her that she should put her Christmas tree up at least (with our help) because their grandkids also look forward to seeing her tree up.   Hopefully she will change her mind.  If not, it’s ok.  Here is a picture I’d like to share with y’all.  It is of him and some of his grandkids and a couple of grandkids at heart.  

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers and your love.  I’ll be back another day to share my Christmas tree and other little things I did.   My heartfelt thanks.

Sandra

 

Buh Bye Brass!!

Hi everyone! I hope y’all are having a good week!  Thanksgiving Day is coming up! Are you headin’ out to the stores to get everything you need for the holiday?  I am! I have just a few more things to buy and that’s it.  The turkey is bought and stored away for now.  Pecan and pumpkin pies are ordered.  We used to make them ourselves but the last few years we have chosen to just buy them. So much easier! 

Anyway, I wanted to show  you what we worked on this weekend.  I had this idea a while back to spray paint  these two fixtures in one of my favorite colors…..Oil Rubbed Bronze.  Hubby finally had a chance to take these off so that I could get to town with my spray paint.  Woohoo!!!!  Let’s start out with the chandelier in my mini dining room.  It used to be brass! Brass is so out of date, isn’t it?  :)

Here is a before picture: 

Here it is in all of its brassy self.  ha ha!  This is how I decorated it last year for Christmas . 

And after:

My sweet hubby hanging it back up after I spray painted it.   So thankful he is such a patient man!  He is always ready to help my crafty self!   Ha ha!!

It looks so much better!  Love ORB paint!

Luuuuvvvv it!!!

This little light also got a makeover.   I don’t have a before picture but you can imagine it in brass.  blaahhh……. Look at it now. :)

Here it is close up.  Woohooness! 

So there you have it!  Spray paint is so easy to use.  

I am linking this post with

Cindy and Make it for Monday,

Susan and Met Monday,

Talented Tuesday at My Frugal Family,

Power of Paint at Domestically Speaking, and

Flaunt it Friday at Chic on a Shoestring Decorating

  Please visit these wonderful blogs for some really neat posts full of ideas! 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog.  I really appreciate all of your comments. 

TA TA FOR NOW!

Sandra

 

Ask, And Ye Shall Receive.

God wants you to know that it's okay to ask for help.  At times we get overwhelmed with the details and complexities of our lives.  Sometimes we need some help to get untangled, to gain a new perspective.  Ask for help.  Help may come in human

or divine form.  It may be seen or unseen.  Ask, and ye shall receive.

Have a wonderful day!

Sandra