***Life Just Happens!***The CHRISTMAS Preparations are on!***

Hello to all my sweet Followers and Friends.

Oh I am really so remiss...I did plan to come in and

wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving last week...but once again

my LIFE got in the way.

The Sunday before Thanksgiving I broke off

a huge piece of a tooth...and by Tuesday it was throbbing!!!

Well...I marched over to my dentist because I knew I

needed drugs to get me through till my appointment I had

on Black Friday.  That appointment was originally for a crown prep and

ended up being a Temporary fix for a root canal.
Which I am now seeing an Endodentist for...ugh!

Needless to say my mouth has been bothering

me ever since and I have had to trudge along.

Why at the times when I need to be well, do I seem to

get infections? This is a struggle I have lived with for

so long, that at times it catches up with me and just gets me down.

In this midst of this life happens...
painting, glittering like crazy to finish up my
Christmas goodies...

hosting Thanksgivingfor 10 of us...

a French Door Installation...

Painting the Windows at Sweet Chateau...

Mom and Dad arriving today and

trying to decorating my home for the

Christmas Season.

SEE...I told ya...life happens...lol

Before I start...
 I wanted to share with you a few cute pix of my

sweet companions...Tiger and Chloe!

They certainly bring me JOY in the midst

of struggles.

Tiger looks like a King on his perch!

This is how Chloe looked sitting beside me,

purring her heart out...just before I got up to

go into our office and write this post!

Could'nt resist...its too precious!

Yesterday was a WET day here in the Metro D...

I finally got over to my friends shop in Belleville. 

 She is close to opening and

weve been trying to coordinate painting her

window a number of times.

SO I finally started yesterday, painting on her Shoppe windows.

Here's a sneak peak of what I've done so far.

This is a bay window...she has two of these in front and

I will be painting them both the same on the inside.

Then, weather permitting I will be painting

the outside as well.

I really had a hard time getting a good picture...

As you can see I have my painted my roses,

fluffy hydrageas and white wisteria.

This was quite a challenge as I could not

move my canvas around like I would with an

item I paint that is smaller.

But Victoria is Happy with it

so...

I am happy!

I also thought you might like a peek at my Mantle all

done up for the Holidays!

I am close to being all done...well

all except our Blue Dining Room.

We have a family event on Saturday so I

decided to hold off in there until the following week.

I'm happy with how it turned out...but have

some tweeking I'd like to do...like

some larger ribbon and bows on the greens and

maybe something on my candles.

Stay tuned..more to come after my

parents return home next week!

Until then...thanks for stopping!

I love your comments!

Be Blessed!

Lorena

PINK/RED Vintage Ornament Wreath ***etsy Shop Sale***

Hi My Sweet Friends!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I have a couple of things I wanted to share with you!

On Thursday, I was finally motivated to get this

beautiful Vintage Ornie Wreath started.

This has been brewing in my head for over a year!

I just needed a reason to get this finished.

I had fun using a mix of vintage and a few newer

ornaments using pinks, reads and some silver

thrown in.  I also added a fun vintage Christmas

corsage that had darling bells hanging down.  That

inpsired me to add some cute bells all over this...

do you see them?

I will be either listing this in my etsy shop

or

hopefully in at *Sweet Chateau*

when it opens in the next few week.

I also wanted to make you all aware, as the

Christmas Season and shopping for those unique

one of a kind gifts draws closer and closer...

I am having a SHOP sell.

In my shop,  Rosechicfriends I am offering

YOU my sweet friends a 20% discount on

your entire order!!!

Just use my coupon code

RCFcmas2011

to receive your discount.

PS...I always offer combines shipping.

Here is a sample of the hand made and handpainted

items that I have listed...just waiting for a good home!

Again, thanks for stopping by...I hope you

will stop over and see what I have to share.

Be Blessed!

Lorena



***THANK YOU***...Painting PINK Roses

Dearest Bloggy Friends!

I AM SOOOO BLESSED!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the many

encouraging and sweet responses to my last post.

You have no idea how uplifted I was!

I KNOW I can count out you sweet bloggy friends to

come to my aid in a time of emotional need!

THANK YOU!

So...as many of you know I paint..Pink Roses!

Well most of the time they are pink...lol

Over the past few years with *life* sorta getting the

best of me, painting was put more on a backburner.  Oh

I still painted but not like I had done in years before.

Then last week a sweet bloggy friend wrote me the sweetest

note.  She had won a giveaway last year, and was sharing with me how

her granddaughter loved a Snowcone Ornie I had sent. 

But what she also wrote and said to me that stuck was,

"You need to paint more of your Pretty Roses".

Brenda of Brushed by an Angel, if you see this,

those words have echoed in my brain ever since!

Thank you for that!

So guess what?

I have been back to painting more roses.

Even yesterday when I had another headache I

was able to go to that place in my mind and Paint Roses.

A sweet peaceful calm came over me and

it made me realized that the Lord sent that

message to me.

Here are some roses that I just painted...even in my fog!

So I will hopefully be painting more PINK Roses!

Be Blessed!

Lorena

Weekly Check-in...what have I been up to?

Hi sweet friends!

Wow...today is NOT a good day health

wise for me.  I awoke mid night to a migrane that

just leaves its awful after affects.  Just know,

if you suffer from headaches and migranes...

I truly know how you feel!

I must admit also, that I have been struggling

to keep in an *up* mood.  Not sure if its the

cooler weather changes, my headache or looming to do's that

the Holiday season seem to bring.  Do any of you

out there feel this way?

I am also struggling as to whether to

continue blogging.  I so enjoy my sweet

followers, but lately many come by to visit my

blog...but few leave me a comment.

I am not sure why that gets me down...

but it does...I really would like to know if I am

just wasting my time or is what I share

relevant...just thinking out loud here.

Okay enough keeping it real today.

A week or so ago I shared that I may be adding

my *creations* to a local store...in Belleville call

Sweet Chateau.  I was also asked by the owner to

Paint on her store front windows...yes lil ole

me felt so honored to do this.  I will be doing this

on Wednesday.  In talking with my friend...I had

taken a mirrored vintage window she had and

she asked me today to paint it similar to

how we has discussed painting on her windows.

So I thought you all might enjoy seeing what I

whipped up today...yep even with a headache!

I haven't heard back from her yet about what she

thinks...I sure hope she likes it!

Be Blessed,

Lorena

***Christmas Is Coming?***

Hey sweet friends!

Yep...Christmas will be here sooner than we would

all like it to be!  And I have been up to

my eyeballs in glitter and paint!

I decided to join up with Kristen over at

KRISTEN'S CREATIONS

for

Share your Creations!

Just click the above link to see what else is

being created for this Holiday Season.

This time of the year I am either spending much of my time

in my beloved studio...or out on the hunt for just one more

thing to *shabby* up.

I am always so giddy after I finish and want to share my

accomplishments...I certainly hope you don't mind.

Above are all of the Christmas goodies I finished up today.

Still trying to decide if I should put these in my etsy shop or my

ebay auctions...hmmm.

These are trees made from Cardboard Mill Spools.

So many ways to use these Cone shaped Spools...

I finished up the silver tinsel one today.

  I wrapped it in a wired tinsel,

topped it off with a silver star and then added my Clay Roses.

I put it with my other trees I have listed on etsy right now.

These two churches are ceramic that were painted in pinks

and whites, glitter and mica!  So much Bling!!!

Lastly, my darling Santa's...one is resin the

other a ceramic.  They both turned out too cute...

I think hehehe!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Be Blessed,

Lorena

***Busy Busy Busy***

Hi everyone!

I am a busy girl right now.

I have had very little time to

think or come in and blog...so PLEASE forgive me.

  This time of the

year I am stocking my shelves for the

Holiday Season.  I always have so much

fun painting ornies and creating

new designs for your

Shabby Chic Christmas!

I am being very brave to show you

exactly what I mean...

something blew up in my Studio! lol

I am not even showing it all to you!!!

I cannot seem to finish just one project

at a time...I work on 20-30!

Seriously...I really am A.D.D.

when it comes to creating!

ALSO....

I am so excited to share that...

in the near future my

Handpainted and Hand Crafted

goodies will be added to a local NEW store

*Sweet Chateau*

 before the Holidays...

stay tuned for when things

finally fall into place!

Needless to say I am excited!!!

I am also hoping to list items in

ebay and stock more in my etsy shop.

LINKS are avaiable on my left sidebar.

I hope you will stop by and check out

what I am have been up to!

Thanks for stopping...

hope you are all having a lovely day!

Be Blessed!

Lorena