Year Review and Bloggaversary!

OK- I wasn't going to but just had to get in on the review fun!

JANUARY

Painted bathroom and bought new mirrors -

 giving this space a whole new feel at a budget cost.

FEBRUARY

I took a French baking class with my friend Crystal

 and we learned how to make macarons.

MARCH

Treated my sister to afternoon tea at the historic Kelton House.

APRIL

I sponsored my beautiful niece / god-daughter

 for her Confirmation at church.

MAY

I lost my bestus furry friend, Romeo.

JUNE

My sister-in-law's baby shower at the historic O'Neill house.

JULY

Hosted a tea time brunch with my other niece
 in our covered patio garden room.

Enjoyed mild weather our there as much as possible

 wearing my stupid broken-foot-boot most of the summer.

AUGUST

Bridal shower & wedding of our younger daugher.

And I just now realized I never shared a post

with any other pics of this beautiful wedding.
How on earth I never got around to it escapes me?!

Well, I may need to remedy that - better late than never, eh?

SEPTEMBER

Dear tea society sister/friends Dawn and Marina hosted an amazing

 Ruby Pear Afternoon Tea

in honor of our friend Karen's birthday.

OCTOBER

I participated in my first tea cup exchange.

NOVEMBER

Hosted a "Thankful for Friends" luncheon.

And Becky from Timewashed blog gifted me

 these 2 beautiful velvet pumpkins.

DECEMBER

Changed my blog header into something seasonal for the first time ever.

Also hosted a Christmas tea for my young lady niece
 in case you missed it a couple posts ago here.

****Today is Jan. 1st****

 and it is also my 4th bloggaversary!

Here is my first-ever post. 
It was so lame it is cringe-worthy, but was truly sincere.

As always, thank you for your visit!

Happy Happy Happy New Year to you!

GO OSU BUCKEYES!
FIESTA BOWL

♥

~Michele

Fav Blog Pics of the Year 2014

What a wonderful year this has been!

And I have so enjoyed blogging.

January 1st is my 3rd year Bloggaversary!

Thought I'd join in the fun and share
 a "favorite few" photos

 from each month, hopefully 

to make our eyes happy with one last peek.

Thank you, loyal readers
 for all your visits and sweet comments.

I wish you all a truly blessed and happy New Year! 

Hugs!

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Please ring in the New Year safely,

 and may the coming year be filled

 with God's blessings of good health and joy.

As always, thank you for your visit!

♥

~Michele

Linking:

Home and Garden Thursday   *   Feathered Nest Friday

2013 Year in Review

It's the end of a busy and wonderful year -

Here are a few highlights throughout the year.

JANUARY

We rang in the New Year with a nice dinner 

using cute PB clock plates.

FEBRUARY 

A ladies Pink Valentine's dessert tea was enjoyed & shared.

MARCH

I shared a special beautiful shamrock teacup

 a dear and sweet blogger friend sent me.

APRIL

Showers brought in beautiful springtime flowers

and a blessed Easter Sunday.

May

I hosted a Ladies Afternoon Tea

 featuring beautiful pink peonies and
my antique Bavarian bridal rose swag tea set.

JUNE

Life was born anew around our home, such as this
sweet newborn birdie hubs found in one of our trees.

In June I hosted a birthday tea party
 for my lovely tea friend Dawn -
and started the tradition of The Traveling Birthday Teacup
(I received from our friend Mary back in the fall of 2012.)

You can read about her birthday party tea for me then here.)

JULY

We celebrated Independence Day with a

fun simple outdoor Red, White and Blue dinner on our deck.

One can watch our local fireworks right from the deck!

AUGUST

I shared my FIRST EVER home tour (just partial)

with its little simple summertime touches.

I showed the living room and the music/dining room,
 and then also revealed our new chestnut hardwood flooring.

I had good intentions of showing the rest of our house

but I never really did get around to it.

(I intend on doing so sometime in 2014, though!)

SEPTEMBER


I shared some neutral fall decor and tablescapes
 in this transitional month.

OCTOBER

Things finally started getting cooler outside 

therefore some warm Autumn colours were finally added in our decor;

such as these hand made paper flowers that

 my eldest daughter made for me.

I also unveiled my new-to-me antique
 chippy farmhouse kitchen hutch.

And I also shared an Autumn teatime
using my fav autumn tea china.

November


Rich deep warm colours everywhere!

DECEMBER

I had some giveaways this year:



(For my First Bloggaversary in January):

Then took some time off blogging due to surgery and
an entire month's bed rest.

The very BEST part of my 2nd year blogging
 was meeting or getting to know wonderful friends like you.

 Your every visit, every comment is like a virtual hug to me.

 Your time given to me is an appreciated gift,
one I respect, and one that means so very much to me.

 Thank you for giving a part of yourself to me.

Good happy news:
I will be announcing another giveaway soon
for my 2nd bloggaversary on Jan 1st,
 so be sure to stop back!

HAVE A VERY SAFE NYE-
and a healthy joyful new year.

♥

~Michele