Cardelier Winners

You are all winners in my book and I wish I had one of these cute chandeliers for each of your cars.

I put all your names into a hat.  Yep I know that is totally old fashion but I feel the fairest way.

The winners are 

Anita from Castles and Crowns

Deserae  Peeking thru the Sunflowers

Pinehurst Farm

Congrats girls.  Just shoot me an email with your addresses and these will be in the mail to you very soon.

Have a great weekend.

I am off this next week on my birthday trip to Michigan.  It looks like Spring has Sprung and we will have pretty decent weather for our trip.

xoxo

Kris

Happy Birthday

Today is a special day.  I am turning 60!!! I loved my 50's and look forward to entering the 60's.  Life has been a beautiful adventure and my journey here for the last 60 years has been amazing.

I am blessed with a beautiful family and beautiful friends.  That is the most precious gift.

I have to brag on my hubby just a little bit.  You all know him as Mr. JCC and that he has tools and know how to use them!  I envision decor crazy and he makes it happen.  

A little something you do not know about this wonderful man.  Besides making my decor happen he also writes poetry.

For all the years I have known this man he has written me poems for all occasions and I treasure everyone.  I have a book full after knowing him for over 38 years.

He gifted me a beautiful card and birthday poem that I would like to share with you.

So today  I enter into a new journey.  I am blessed to have a beautiful family and beautiful friends.  As I told a wonderful friend that is also turning 60 in a few days.  Let's put on our invisible crowns and enjoy the journey.

Have a great day.  Let's eat Cake!!!!!

xoxo

Kris

Dreaming Preview

Hello Friends.

Ohhhh I cannot say it enough.  We are so over winter here in the midwest.  Old Man Winter needs to leave!!! More snow due for us on Wednesday.  Ugh!!!  Enough is Enough!!!!

I thought I would show you the little bit of progress we have made on the backyard.  As I showed before the backyard was a mud pit since they put in the garage and driveway.

Yep here it is.  We had to put wood planks down to walk out there because of all the mud.  What little bit of grass we had needed to be torn out.  Not good.

After dodging Old Man Winter we finally had a few nice days last week to lay down some new sod. 

That orange cable is the new cable that needed to be put back in since the landscaper guys cut the old one roto tilling up the ground.  Ugh!!!

I was without any TV, internet etc. for 48 hours until they could get a new cable in.  Now they have to come to bury it when the weather is a little nicer.

Where this river rock is there is going to be the new deck.  Terry and I are going to build that ourselves. 

I want to use the newer composite planks that do not need any staining or painting each year.  We have pretty rough winters and with all my flowers and watering our decks always take a beating.  I heard the new composite decks are wonderful and maintenance free. 

So as soon as there is no snow in the  forecast we will begin the work on the deck.

Dreaming of having a deck area for my lounge chair and flowers like I had at the old house. 

I cannot wait to get my flowers going and have the backyard filled with lost of pretty flowers.  Right now I am just dreaming of a pretty summer backyard.

In the meantime while we wait for Spring to arrive and winter to finally leave.  Terry is taking me away for a week for my birthday.  

We are headed to one of our favorite area's in Michigan.  The South Haven, Saugatuck area on Lake Michigan. It is one of the nicest areas to visit.  Lots of shops, great restaurants in quaint little towns.

One of my favorite shops is The Found Cottage.  Liz Marie from LizMarie blog is part owner.  You can visit Liz at her beautiful blog here.  Liz and her hubby have rehabbed an old farmhouse.  It is gorgeous.  If you would like some beautiful inspiration please visit her blog.

So many fun treasures to be found in her wonderful shop.  I cannot wait to visit.

This is the little cottage we will be staying in.  It is the sweetest little place.  It is called the Quaint Cottage and it truly is.

I am hoping we can use the bikes and hit some of the pretty trails.  Not sure with the crazy weather here.  Hoping by next week the temps will climb and no more SNOW!!!!

This is the front living area in this sweet little place.

It has a cute little kitchen for our coffee in the morning.

A pretty bedroom area.

A sweet little private hot tub off the deck area.  It is nice to be in the hot tub at the end of a long day of hiking and walking the little towns. 

To sit out under the stars in the hot tub.  I love it! When it is cold outside to sit in a hot tub at night is heavenly. 
So that will be a benefit of the chilly temps going on.

Here is a sneak peek at the new wallpaper I put in my office.  I just did one wall and it looks pretty neat.  I am kind of getting into wallpaper for focal points in some of my cottage rooms.

 I will be off for awhile from blogging.  I am turning 60 this coming weekend.  Yikes when did this happen?!!!!  Have a party planned with my daughters and girlfriends on Saturday.  Terry is treating all of us to nice spa pedicures and a lunch after.  Should be fun.

Then we leave next week for Michigan.  I cannot wait to get away.  Just hoping and praying the weather will be decent for us.

I will be back in a few weeks and will hopefully have some new decor crazy reveals on the guest room/ office area and living room area.

Have a lovely week.
xoxo
Kris

Cardeliers

Ha! had you at Cardeliers!!! Wondering what those might be?  Well I am going to share what they are with all of you.  

I was out with a friend the other day and we saw a couple of ladies pull up in their car next to us as we were waiting for this cute shop to open.  She had the most adorable little chandelier hanging from your rear view mirror.  

I said to my friend I need to find out where she got that!  

Since I am a  chandelier queen and have one in almost every room of my house I thought I need one for my car too!

The lady told me her son bought it for her off Amazon.  Since I have an Amazon Prime account I took a look.

I love that they are called Cardeliers!  To cute!

Aren't they cute to hang in your car.   I ordered a few extra's to share and gift with some of you.   If you would like a chance to win one of these just leave me a comment of why you would need this cute chandy for your car too.  I will pick a few of you to share these with.

In the meantime I thought I would show you some other car bling I found.  I am not compensated in any way for any of these.  Just thought they were cute and wanted to share.

If you would like this you can find it on Amazon here.

How about some eyelashes for your car.  Come on girls how cute are these!  Hey we name our cars so I think we should bling them up a little bit.  If you would like a set of these you can go here.

How about the good ole reindeer costume for your car.  My daughter had these on her car at Christmas time.  Soooo cute.  You can get these here.

How about these cute refillable air fresheners that fit in your car vents.  So cute.  You can find these here.

How about this cute tissue holder for the back of the head rest.  You can find different designs of these here.

How about some pretty personalized car mats.  These girls on Etsy have lots of different styles to choose from.  You can see their Etsy site here.

How about these fun personalized car coasters.  There are several peeps on Etsy that make different car coasters.  This was just one example and you can find these here.

One of my favorite things to have in my car is my Pikle pack.  These come in several designs and you can pack them with first aid to beauty aids to mom aids.  I have given these as gifts in the past and love that you can put them in your car or purse or even carry them as a cross body purse.  They even have versions for men.  If you want to prepare for a time that you find yourself in a pickle and would like to see the different pikle's you can go here.

These are just a few of the fun and pretty things to bling up your car.  Hey a lot of us live in our cars with running errands, taking kids to different activities to just enjoying a fun drive.  We might as well personalize and bling up our vehicles!

Have a great start to the new week.  I am still working on some changes in my office area and living room.  Hope to have those to show soon.

Also don't forget if you would like a chance at winning one of these Cardeliers leave me a comment on why your sweet ride needs a chandelier.   If you are a no reply please make sure you leave your email address so I can get a hold of you if you win.  Good Luck.

xoxo

Kris