Welcome Family and Friends

Welcome to Grandma's! My children love to visit their Grandparents home! We are lucky to have two of them live close to us through the winter months. It's always a treat to run down the road to visit Grandpa and Grandma. I love it as much as my kids do, especially when there are so many fun creations to see! My children are blessed with talented Grandmothers!

Grandparents are special people! My children are always welcomed with loving arms and a warm smile to greet them, along with a few sunny delights and marsh mellows!

It's always fun to see the treasures that decorate each room. Grandma makes everything beautiful!

This home is truly blessed with loving Grandparents!

A Gift Of JOY!

I received this darling gift in the mail yesterday from my crafty niece Jill!

This cute handcrafted purse is embellished with everything I love! Open the purse, you will find 10 adorable handmade cards inside! What a great gift! I love it! Thank you Jill!

You sent a lot of "JOY" my way!

I am grateful you are in our family!

Jill shares many talents, she plays the piano, organ, violin and can rock out on the drums! Rock on to Jill-- Your gift is certainly from the heart! Thank you!

A Dolly sized Pillow and Blanket!

I love the alphabet fabric by Moda!
This little doll quilt is lined with soft pink fleece and tied with embroidery floss! It measures 16 1/2 inches by 22 inches! It is made with three coordinating pink and brown fabrics! My daughter loves the little pillow!

You can make these little pillows in ten minutes or less! There are two seams and a blanket stitch for closure of the pillow. The pillow cases are the fun part!

These little pillows and blankets are so fun to make and loved by little girls and dolls!
I almost want to make one for myself to tote around, forget the dolls!

Enjoy!

My "Buddy" Bag Of JOY!

Welcome to My "Buddy" Bag of Joy, created with smiles in mind! My little sunshine loves to tote around her Puppies, Teddy Bears, Dolls and a lot of other friends! We created this "Buddy" Bag to make it simple to tote all these little friends and great for on the go and for trips in the car!

Of course, make believe play requires a apron to create and cook! You can see more in my Etsy shop!

Enjoy! Fill your day with A Bag Of JOY!

Take Along Pack for "Bundle Of Joy"

Take Along Pack for "Bundle Of JOY" Diaper Bag! I always liked to carry these items along in my Diaper Bag or for short overnight trips. This little pocket roll keeps baby essentials organized and easy for on the go! It is made the same way as the popular crayon rolls!

I included all of these items and a few slim pockets for thermometer and neosporin! You can easily add other items such as, bandaids, baby nail clippers, toothbrush and toothpaste etc.

I have included this item in my "Bundle Of JOY" Diaper Bag contents for free!

See my ETSY shop (hallornothing.etsy.com) for details! In your etsy order, please inform me that you saw the "Take Along Pack" on my Home Inspiraton Blog!

Enjoy!

Creations for one happy baby doll!

Meet my little sunshine and her baby doll! Ever since I started my etsy shop, my little sunshine pretends she is a paying customer and wants items for her baby doll! So we've been creating a few items for one special little doll named Erica! We have made skirts that slip on and off and dolly hairbows! These little skirts are so easy to make, so we made two, one for the mommy of this little doll! I'm now into skirts! My little sunshine has a purple one and wears it everyday! You can make these in 20 minutes or less! It is two fabrics that are lined with a elastic waist! No hemming and one happy customer!

Stay tuned for "Dolly Bags of JOY" soon to come, our favorite!

A Bundle Of JOY!

Welcome to my newest Bundle Of JOY!

Designed and created with a lot of smiles in mind! A Bundle Of JOY is my newest diaper bag with all the baby contents you need to welcome your new baby! Just add diapers and bottles! For details check out my ETSY shop!

A fully lined Diaper bag with seven lined interior pockets!

One Baby quilt/receiving blanket lined with my favorite pink minke!

Two burp cloths lined with pink chenille and embellilshed with pink rick rack and two coordinating fabrics!

One embellished onesie for one stylish baby!

One Diaper/wet wipe Carry along

Two pockets, one for ointment and one for wet wipes and diaper!

SIX Baby items in all!

Enjoy!

Family Ties-Mother/Daughter Aprons

Welcome to Mother/Daughter aprons! A fun Mothers day gift! I think I may have to start collecting aprons! My son's school teacher collects aprons! I didn't know that when I made her a apron, but I think it would be something fun to collect!


My latest creations! Ok, so now I'm hooked on aprons! They are so fun to make! You can see more on my etsy shop!

Enjoy!

Annie Moore Creations

Welcome to Annie Moore Creations (anniemoorecreations.etsy.com)! This lady creates unique and fun handmade items! I'm so excited to see her creations on Etsy! She has many talents! Her handmade quilts are beautiful!

She loves to create and sew for her family and grandchildren.

I think this is a great bag for church or on the go! Cheers to a creative lady! This creative lady is my sister!

Enjoy!

Aprons for little girls!

With a lot of in put from my little sunshine, we have created aprons! You will find these on my etsy shop! Aprons are lined with coordinating fabric, so you have two aprons in one! We love pockets, so there are four-five lined pockets for crayons, coloring books, cooking utensils, etc. The size fits many-ages 3 to 12. This apron can grow with your child! Aprons are embellished with ribbon, buttons and a lot of smiles!

Enjoy!

Mothers day - Show her you care

The Mother’s day has been branded as a national holiday. The national flag is hoisted as we pay tribute to the most special women in the world, our Mothers!At DHF, we have a host of Mother’s Day gifts and the perfect Mother’s day ideas. Ok so it is unlikely that your Mom is a hard core fan, although there is little harm in inviting her into your sporting life, and to see what it is that makes u

Vintage Christmas Ads Pt. 18 - Borg, 1955

In addition to collecting Christmas music, I have collected nearly 1000 vintage Christmas ads over the years. Many of these include celebrities, radio, television, cigarettes, liquor, modern appliances, and the like.

Occasionally on Friday from here until I run out, I will feature an ad from my collection.

I invite you to add a fun comment, witticism, clever remark, or observation in the comments section provided. Any comments deemed worthy of repeating will be included into this entry where all the world will see it.

It's been quite a while since I've posted something here. After my Chicago trip, I began to look at the calendar year ahead and plan out what needs to be done in the upcoming weeks and months.

All that took a back seat to my back seat. It's been nearly 10 years since I became a stay-at-home dad. Whenever I was done tending to my kids or in between laundry cycles or whenever I got a free day home from my theater volunteer work, I would sit at the computer.

At times, I would work on my Christmas music collection. Sometimes I would work on this very blog. A lot of times I would surf the Internet as a means of escape from my daily duties. Once a day is fine. When you're doing it six or seven times a day for nearly a decade, your body does some strange things.

In short, I'm fat and I need to get healthy. I'm finally devoting my free time to working out. I've found a fitness club that I like and I'm doing my best to get there at least three times a week. If this means no updates here at the blog now, next week, month, or for the rest of the year, so be it.

In that spirit, I recently purchased this ad that I originally found online at Flickr. When I saw this ad there, I knew I had to get it - it perfectly sums up my current battle of the bulge:

(Click on image to enlarge)

When I showed this ad to my wife, she rolled her eyes - it was the first time I got her to do that with anything Christmas related in a long time.

What do you think?

Ernie says: Resistance is futile! Ha-ha. Get it? Borg...

Lauren says: Although if my significant other gave me that ad (or a scale) as a Christmas gift I think he would get more than an eye roll!

John Marshall says: That is pretty crazy to think some advertiser felt that a good gift would b a weight scale. I am guessing they didn't sell to many of those scales that year.

RachelFranco says: Merry Christmas! You weigh a whopping 400 pounds! Eat less turkey and dance more!


Any other opinions?


Capt

Vintage Christmas Ads Pt. 18 - Borg, 1955

In addition to collecting Christmas music, I have collected nearly 1000 vintage Christmas ads over the years. Many of these include celebrities, radio, television, cigarettes, liquor, modern appliances, and the like.

Occasionally on Friday from here until I run out, I will feature an ad from my collection.

I invite you to add a fun comment, witticism, clever remark, or observation in the comments section provided. Any comments deemed worthy of repeating will be included into this entry where all the world will see it.

It's been quite a while since I've posted something here. After my Chicago trip, I began to look at the calendar year ahead and plan out what needs to be done in the upcoming weeks and months.

All that took a back seat to my back seat. It's been nearly 10 years since I became a stay-at-home dad. Whenever I was done tending to my kids or in between laundry cycles or whenever I got a free day home from my theater volunteer work, I would sit at the computer.

At times, I would work on my Christmas music collection. Sometimes I would work on this very blog. A lot of times I would surf the Internet as a means of escape from my daily duties. Once a day is fine. When you're doing it six or seven times a day for nearly a decade, your body does some strange things.

In short, I'm fat and I need to get healthy. I'm finally devoting my free time to working out. I've found a fitness club that I like and I'm doing my best to get there at least three times a week. If this means no updates here at the blog now, next week, month, or for the rest of the year, so be it.

In that spirit, I recently purchased this ad that I originally found online at Flickr. When I saw this ad there, I knew I had to get it - it perfectly sums up my current battle of the bulge:

(Click on image to enlarge)

When I showed this ad to my wife, she rolled her eyes - it was the first time I got her to do that with anything Christmas related in a long time.

What do you think?

Ernie says: Resistance is futile! Ha-ha. Get it? Borg...

Lauren says: Although if my significant other gave me that ad (or a scale) as a Christmas gift I think he would get more than an eye roll!

John Marshall says: That is pretty crazy to think some advertiser felt that a good gift would b a weight scale. I am guessing they didn't sell to many of those scales that year.

RachelFranco says: Merry Christmas! You weigh a whopping 400 pounds! Eat less turkey and dance more!


Any other opinions?


Capt

A Bag Of Joy!

Cheers and Congratulations to Rhonda from Down Memory Lane! She is the winner of "A Bag of Joy!"

Thanks to everyone who entered! I appreciate all of you and special thanks for the advertising on your blog!

Have a "joyful" day!