Getting ready for a party...

Before I talk about the party...

...remember all these little tiny Christmas gifts...? tiny, little, cutie boxes ...?

MR. SWEET made 10 genuine turquoise and silver pendents for all

the females in our family.

He put them all on leather necklaces and we all LOVE them.

They look good with anything we are wearing.

He is so sweet...

and so talented.

There's nothing he can't do with his hands.

♥♥♥

NOW, we can talk about the

NEW YEAR'S/BIRTHDAY PARTY

we have every year.

My birthday is New Year's Eve...

♥

We are having the party on SATURDAY, the 1st

this year, as we have another party on

NEW YEAR'S EVE to attend at our wonderful church...

THE CHURCH AT THE BARN

sooo, I am

CLEANING...

ARRANGING...

and re-arranging.

I've not had this shelf in my living room in a long time

and decided it needed to come back for awhile.

I LIKE IT.

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This is just an inexpensive shelf  but I saw one in a photo with the

rusted iron works on it...

and MR. SWEET put these on MY shelf

and made me fall in love with it all over again...

and I am thinking I just MIGHT have a pretty flower

by the 1st.

I hope

I hope

I hope......

You might recall that I found

a THIRD large, brass candlestick

while thrifting one day..

I painted it in the same SATIN FRENCHY BLACK

and the three look really good in the living room.

I have

"get three candles  ALIKE"

on my shopping list for tomorrow. :)

I took all my plants outside, shook the heck out of them to get rid of dead leaves,

gave them a good drink

and brought them back inside.

They look all fresh and pretty, sitting in my southern windows.

Oh, yes....

I vacuumed and dusted and put things, first here...then there...

I took out books (well, not ALL of them)

and dusted them and the shelves and did

a little re-arranging.

oops...

I changed up my

Ooh LaLa   shelf

and added the sunflowers.

Now, I know that sunflowers don't bloom in the winter time..

but these are FAUX and, I wanted a little color here

for the gaiety of the proposed

FUN PARTY...

so......

why not ?

I added my "I JUST LOVE IT"  sign

and the little thrifted ANGEL that had her hair done with a mixer..:))

Tonight, I got out my VINTAGE locker room basket with all my cookbooks and

I am pouring over them...

I want something really, REALLY great to

serve my wonderful friends. 

If any of you have some favorite snacks that you like to serve at parties,

would you kindly let me know?

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Linking with

VINTAGE THINGY THURSDAY

VINTAGE INSPIRATION FRIDAY

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My thanks to all the hosts.