Merry Christmas at the TFT Party!

Merry Christmas Bloggy friends! I hope you all enjoy a wonderfully blessed Christmas with your loved ones around you.  Thank you for joining me, here, this past year, I'm so grateful for you all. Your talent continues to amaze me.  Here are a few highlights from what you shared with us last week. 

~May your prayers be answered, your worries be few,

 and may you always feel God next to you.~

Angelina from Petit Haus' Farmhouse Christmas Home is absolutely adorable, with the sweetest little mudroom I've ever seen.

A Few of My Favorite (Christmas) Thursday Favorite Things ~

Oh, what a wonderful time of year! I just LOVE all your beautiful offerings. There is simply no way for me to adequately highlight all the beauty and yumminess shared from you all, here, last week. Thank you for all the gorgeous and festive inspiration. It's getting so close! We are officially in the twelve days of Christmas!
I hope you are all taking time to enjoy all that this wonderful Season has to offer. Here are just a few of my favorites from your wonderful shares...

Andrea from Living On Cloud Nine's Christmas Bedroom is just simply a dream.... Oh, that we could all have a beautiful festive bedroom like this! It's like living in Santa's Village. I Love it! 

Happy December! It's Here and Beautiful at This Week's TFT

Happy December, friends! I'm so very glad you are here. I'm running my tail off these days, how about you! So much to do, so much to bake, so much music and movies to listen to and see! I am loving this The Most Wonderful The of the Year! I hope you are taking time to enjoy every single moment. 

Beautiful Christmas DIY Inspiration on This Week's TFT party!

Welcome! I'm so glad to have you all back for our Thursday Favorite Things party. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Well, friends, the time has come...We are officially in The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, in my humble opinion. :) I'm so excited for everything Christmas! Can you believe in just a couple of days we will already be in December?! I've started my baking and am just beginning to start decorating. I'm so excited to see many of you share my love of all things DIY for Christmas as well. There is some awesome inspiration here.

 So, before I get onto the features let me share my sweet little  Christmas Wreath from a couple years ago, even though I do still make my wreaths every year from the trimming I get from the Christmas tree lot or farm! Here is my post so you, too, can

Make Your Own Wreath From Your Christmas Tree Clippings!

Carrie from Curly Crafty Mom created these adorable Mason Jar Christmas Tree Ornaments. I just love them. Now, if I just could win a Silhouette! 

Happy Thanksgiving at This Week's Thursday Favorite Things ~

Welcome, dear friends. This is the last party before we all Gather with our friends and family to Give Thanks and celebrate Thanksgiving Day. I'm so very glad you are here. I am, truly, awesomely inspired by all of you. So from Shoestring Elegance, may I wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving. I am so grateful to be here, celebrating with you all.

Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Be to our God forever and ever.
Amen.
– Revelation 7:12

A Potpourri of Fall Delights and Thursdays Favorite Things Party~

Hello and welcome to Thursdays Favorite Things!  I'm still saying Happy November because it still doesn't feel like it here! 81 degrees here today! Too warm for Fall. However, I am hoping and praying it will eventually arrive.  I am blessed to be joining a beautiful group of bloggers as a co-hostess for this fantastic weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers too! You ladies are knocking it out of the park with all your beautiful tips, tricks, and treats!

November's Ruby Magazine is Here~

Welcome friends.  Are you embracing the month of November yet? I love Novembers. A wonderful feeling of gratitude and even more thankfulness in our hearts, this month more than most. After all, it is the Season of giving thanks.   I have great news to share.  This months issue of Ruby is out and available for us all to read this month, as we approach Thanksgiving.  What a wonderful blessing and an awesome ministry this little magazine has been.  Yes, some of my recipes and DIY's are amongst its pages as well, which just pleases more than my words can express.

Happy November!

Happy November, friends! I'm so excited to (maybe) start seeing some Fall weather around here. Oh, how I long for the chill in the air and the need to pull on a favorite sweater, warm robes, and slippers... California, ahem, Halloween day, yesterday, 78 degrees here.  I'm SO hopeful, though! It has to come sooner or later, right?! I'll keep waiting, I hope you are enjoying your Fall season, wherever you may be joining me from.  If you haven't had the chance yet, please do check out my wonderful Savory Roasted Pumpkin Soup recipe I shared with you all last week and please check out this week's Features! No special theme this week, I just Loved going through your links! On with this week's Thursdays Favorite Things!

Jody at Southern Seazons' Pumpkins on the Porch was just beautiful. Jody definitely has a wonderful gift for this decor.

Thursdays Favorite Things ~ Goodbye October

Ooops! Friends the time slipped away from me this week...Please link up with us for this week's Thursdays Favorite Things, now, and come back next week for even more of my Features!! 

My apologies. I will be pinning your wonderful creations all week long.
Meanwhile enjoy a little daydream stroll down this beautiful Autumn path..

Savory Roasted Pumpkin Soup

It is that wonderful time of year in which pumpkins are everywhere.  I am in love with Autumn/Fall! (this is no secret to my regular readers)  Although, I do not participate in all things Halloween, I do so enjoy the Harvest time.  So many wonderful and different varieties of vegetables are available (as long as you are not intimidated by them).  

After I became "differently-abled" I volunteered at our local food pantry and soup kitchen for about 6 or 7 years, everytime the loads would come in from the stores and local farms, with a variety of beautiful squash, most everyone looked at me and said, "Theresa, we have more 'gourds' for you." They thought them only good for rustic, harvest-themed table decoration and never did add them to our food give away.  Very seriously, the public's loss was my gain.  At one point. I even offered to print up recipes to go with the ingredient, but I was overruled as it being "too difficult" of a fruit/vegetable for most people to work with. So, now, finally, I have the voice, and platform, here to tell the Public, that the opposite is true! They are very easy to work with! 

My Faves From Last Week's Thursday Favorite Things Party

Welcome! Thanks so much for joining us for this week's TFT party!
 Here are some Features from this past week's party that I am sure you will love as much as I did!
The Honeycomb Home's Fall Home Decor Tour was a true feast for the eyes, full of great inspiration for Fall decorating.

It's a DIY Fall at Thursdays Favorite Things

Hi friends, thanks for joining the party!

I'm forever amazed by the diverse amount of talent you all bring to share at this party.  So without further ado, here are this week's Features!

I'm abundantly grateful for Katherine @ Katherine's Corner for allowing me to co-host with such a talented group of co-hostesses. Please be sure and pop around and pay them all a visit.

Okay, here we go!   Ann from Dabbling and Decorating's Autumn in Vermont is simply stunning. This is just one image from all her amazing Autumn touches in Vermont.

Look What's Cooking this October at Thursdays Favorite Things

Welcome friends and happy Thursday Favorite Things. You all shared so much talent shared last week, I barely knew where to begin! But let's face it, you ladies can cook! I can't think of a better way to celebrate the beginning of fall than to get our ovens and stoves going and sharing some wonderful, yummy, comfort food recipes!

Thanks for sharing yours. So without further ado, here's what's cooking, here, at Thursdays Favorite Things!

Rosemary & Thyme's super yummy APPLE PIE BAKED IN APPLES

It's All About the Pumpkins!

Welcome friends! Next time we meet up again it will be October and boy you guys sure rolled out the most beautiful decor for the month. I'm just in love with all the differences in style, fabric, and designs. Such talent! Enjoy the beauty and creativity.

This and That ~ Thursday Favorite Things (Happy Autumn/Fall)

Hi friends, welcome to this week's Thursday Favorite Things party. Are you all getting excited for this weekend's Autumnal Equinox? I, personally, can not wait! Fall is my favorite Season and I'm so excited to, hopefully, get to put a sweater on soo. So far, we are still in the 80's, here in Northern California, but I am hoping for cool mornings and rainy nights soon. Well, looks like I may have to wait a little while longer.  Usually, I like to pick a theme from your shares for my Features each week. But all provide such a wide array of talent, that this week I simply chose to feature those that caught my eye first. So here they are, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Gluesticks Blog's Make Your Own Painted Pumpkins

The Tastes of Autumn and I've Got the Recipes!

Hi Friends, Isn't your mouth just watering for the tastes, smells, flavors of Fall?! Mine sure is and I've got your recipes!! I'm so excited for fall to arrive, I was even more excited to see all these awesome recipes that just scream, "It's Fall Y'all!" Thank you so much for joining me and the wonderful co-hostesses of the Thursday Favorite Things party! Just look what you've been making! 

September's Ruby is Out and Full of Inspiration

Hi friends, The September 2018 issue of RUBY  magazine is out and full featuring inspirational articles and poetry, short stories and book reviews, recipes and crafts, and seven days of devotionals.
I'm busy getting ready for our Thursday Favorite Things party coming up on Thursday morning, but I love to take time to read my like minded friends wonderful offerings. I hope you will find it a Blessing to you, as well.

Be sure to check out Judith's Seven Days of Devotionals! I am so in love  with the ministry that this little magazine provides for Christian women!

More Fall Inspirations at This Week's Thursday Favorite Things

Happy September, friends. Welcome to Thursday Favorite Things  

Join the fun!  I'm getting so excited!

Check out these few Fall inspiration Features from last week's party! 

Vintage Mama's Cottage's Creativity in the Midst of Everyday Life

Wonderful Fall Inspirations at This Week's Thursday Favorite Things Party

Welcome Friends! It's no big surprise to anyone that's been following me, even for a little while, that I am definitely a Fall/Winter fan. That has Not changed. I love it all!! with that in mind, I chose some wonderful features that are speaking to me as we close this month of August and prepare for the new Fall/Autumn Season! so please enjoy and share the love with these talented Bloggers! 

First up! arent these Caramel Apple Dip Gift Pack from Brandy at The Gluesticks blog a great idea? I love the presentations and will be making some of these in the very near future.

Everyday Livings Autumn Therapy spoke to my heart. :) 

Great Ways to Start Welcoming Fall Into Your Home!

It appears I'm not the only one who's anxiously awaiting the coming Fall season! I'm so thrilled about all these wonderful inspirations. Here are just a few of the wonderful ways last week's partyers showed us how to begin welcoming fall into their homes and kitchens!

Thursday Favorite Things

Thursday Favorite Things

Happy August! DIY Summer Beauty and Yummy Bites

Hi Friends! Welcome to the first TFT party of August!
Here are my Features for the week!
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! 
If you’re new to this party, this is a weekly link party where you can link up your blog posts.  It is a great way to get traffic to your blogs! 

Bloggers and blog readers can both enjoy the party – pop on over to one another’s blogs and say hello!  I also pin my features (and others, too!) to our Thursday Favorite Things Pinterest Board,  and to my own Thursdays' Favorite Things board, so be sure to follow along! So, let's see what you've been creating or cooking! 

Thursdays Favorite Things

Welcome to Thursdays Favorite Things party. I'm so excited to be joining Katherine from Katherines Corner and all the Ladies each week. 
Today, we are welcoming Linda from Crafts a la Mode to the Thursday Favorite Things party, as one of our new co hostesses! I am so excited to be sharing with Linda once again, please help us make her feel welcomed! 
I hope that you will jump on the bandwagon and join us too!  Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy a few Features from last week! 
Vintage Books

Tastes of Summer @ This Week's Thursdays Favorite Things!

Hi Friends, Thanks for joining us for this week's TFT party. Hi Sweet Friends!  Thanks so much for joining me today. I never take your views for granted and want to tell you how much I appreciate you being here. If you are anything like me, you are getting plenty of those warm Summer days. What better way to enjoy them than by cooking the flavors that come with them! Through last week's Featured post I was able to piece together all the perfect ways to do just that.  I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! 
If you’re new to this party, this is a weekly link party where you can link up your blog posts.  It is a great way to get traffic to your blogs! Bloggers and blog readers can both enjoy the party – stop on at other’s blogs and say hello!  I also pin my features (and others, too!) to our Thursday Favorite Things Pinterest Board,  and to my own Thursdays Favorite Things board, so be sure to follow along! So, let's see what was cooking or chilling! 

Munchkin Time's Super Easy Chocolate Ice Cream Cake

Enjoying the Beauty ~ This Week's Thursdays Favorite Things Party

Welcome to Thursdays Favorite Things party. I'm so excited to be joining Katherine from Katherines Corner and all the Ladies each week. I hope that you will jump on the bandwagon and join us too!  Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy my Features from last week! 

 Judith over at Botanic Bleu is Under the Peony Spell and I have to admit after seeing and reading her post and images, I believe I am too!

It's a DIY Summer ~ This Week's Thursday Favorite Things

Hello, Sweet friends. Hello and Welcome. Happy July! To my American friends, I hope you all enjoyed a happy and safe 4th of July. Please accept my apologies for not having Features last week. I pin all week and try very hard to show you all how much your patronage means to me, but sometimes family and their medical emergencies just take priority over all else. I hope you understand and will keep joining me here for the TFT party! 

Onto this week's Features! 

Emily at Le Cultivateur shared her Favorite Things, including this beautiful new Ironstone pieces.

Thursdays Favorite Things

Hi Friends, Thanks for joining us for this week's TFT party. Sorry, no features this week, I had a family emergency. I will do my best to make it up to you all next week and by pinning more and more to the party board. I'm so glad you all are here.

The Beauty of June and This Week's TFT Party!

Hi Sweet Friends!  Thanks so much for joining me today.  If you’re new to this party, this is a weekly link party where you can link up your blog posts.  It is a great way to get traffic to your blogs! Bloggers and blog readers can both enjoy the party – stop on at other’s blogs and say hello!  I also pin my features (and others, too!) to our Thursday Favorite Things Pinterest Board,  and to my own Thursdays Favorite Things board, so be sure to follow along!

On with the Features! 

Jamie @ Sew Much Better With Age shared her  Summer Tour with Flowers

Time for a Garden Party...Don't You Think?! See How To Do it Style at this Week's TFT party!

Hi Sweet Friends!  Thanks so much for joining me today. I never take your views for granted and want to tell you how much I appreciate you being here. f you are anything like me, you are getting plenty of those warm Summer days. What better way to enjoy them than having a beautiful garden party! Through last week's Featured post I was able to peace together all the perfect ways to do just that.  I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! 
If you’re new to this party, this is a weekly link party where you can link up your blog posts.  It is a great way to get traffic to your blogs! Bloggers and blog readers can both enjoy the party – stop on at other’s blogs and say hello!  I also pin my features (and others, too!) to our Thursday Favorite Things Pinterest Board,  and to my own Thursdays Favorite Things board, so be sure to follow along!

Yummy Summer Recipes from this week's TFT Party!

If you’re new to this party, this is a weekly link party where you can link up your blog posts.  It is a great way to get traffic to your blogs! Bloggers and blog readers can both enjoy the party – stop on at other’s blogs and say hello!  I also pin my features (and others, too!) to our Thursday Favorite Things Pinterest Board,  and to my own Thursdays Favorite Things board, so be sure to follow along!

Rosemary from An Italian in My Kitchen shared this yummy summer goodness she calls her  Tablespoon Italian Lemon Cake

Summer's Coming (Embracing the Change of Seasons), A Very Special Birthday TFT Party

Hello Sweet friends and welcome back. Well, Memorial Day has come and gone and it seems we are all focused on the Summer months ahead of us.  I hope you had a chance to enjoy the weekend. As for me and my family,  we were abundantly blessed to celebrate my Dad's 86th Birthday this past weekend, birthdays are not something we take for granted anymore. As well as my eldest Sister.s big 60th! Yes, my mother was kind enough, back in the day, to have their first born child on my Father's birthday! It was a great day.

This is just a few of us. We are quite a large crowd now, when we all get together.  So, on the thought of celebrating and the new Summer Season arriving, I chose some Features that I felt reflected this time of year. I hope you enjoy them. Thanks for joining me once more. 

Everything's Coming Up Roses and Royalty ~ This Week's TFT

Hello, Sweet Friends. Welcome! If you are anything like me, you were at least watching the news of Prince Harry's wedding last week, if not the whole ceremony!  Who doesn't LOVE a real-life fairytale?!

Not only was I struck by the Royal Wedding last week, but also by the abundant need to spring flowers in and embrace the Season's changing times. I was so pleased to see I was not alone. These beautiful features particularly struck my fancy last week, I hope you enjoy them too. Thank you so much for joining us! Onto the Features! 

Pamper Yourself Thursday! (This Week's TFT Party)

Happy Thursday Favorite Things day! It always amazes me how many wonderful DIY's, Recipes, Upcycles and other wonderful post are linked up to this wonderful party each week. So much talent and the content runs the gambit! Each one of my co-hostesses features their favorites each week, so be sure to click around to see if you were Featured at one of my co-hostesses blogs. This week I saw beautiful offerings, but decided to go with the ones that would provide us with some Inspiration to Pamper Ourselves! We deserve it! I hope you enjoy as much as I did!

Thursdays Favorite Things Potpourri! TFT Party Time

Welcome, friends. Thanks so much for joining us for this week's TFT party! Sorry, I was a little too busy to get my usual collage put together, but not too busy to shine a light on some of your wonderful links! Here are some Features from this past week's party that I am sure you will love as much as I did!

Starting with Sweet Sensations 6 Insanely Delicious Chocolate Cakes

DIY Mother's Day Ideas ~ TFT Party

Happy May, dear friends. I hope it's beautiful wherever you are joining me from. With the arrival this month I am always drawn to those that would bring beauty of joy to Mother's day. So, with that said I chose this week's features for their inspiration for a stunning Mother's day celebration. Thanks for joining. I look forward to seeing what you have all been up to!

Expressions of Spring Are Everywhere ~ TFT Party

Welcome, Sweet Friends. Thanks so much for joining me. One thing for sure is Spring is everywhere!  I love it! From Fashion to Decor, to Style and Food it's taking over as friends plant new gardens, prepare their yards, spruce up the house, clean and dress! What a wonderful celebration of the Season! I do pray that you are all enjoying and partaking of all the beauty around. Here are just a few Features that caught my eye! Let me know what you like!  Now, let's join this week's TFT Party,  the best party in blog land!

Dreamy Spaces and Delicious Dishes

Hello Sweet friends.  There is no shortage of creativity and beauty that's for sure. Thank you so much for joining us.  So much beauty and yummy recipes I barely knew where to start.  Okay, off to check out all your beautiful links. Thanks so much for joining me. Now, onto this week's Features.

Let's DIY Our Homes and This Week's TFT Party

What great ideas and inspiration we were gifted from last week's Party! 

So many ways for us all to spruce up our spaces. I just Love them all! Please take some time to visit all the awesome talent shared here and check out my TFT party's Pinterest Board! Enjoy! I pray you are all having a safe and peaceful week.

A Little Bit of Wonderful ~ This Week's TFT

Hello and welcome, sweet friends. I'm so glad you are here. Do you know how some things just take your breath away and are all-encompassing?! I love those things and sometimes I really prefer just a little bit of wonderful. Every week you link up your incredible creations and I find more and more that there is truly something wonderful about each thing you share. So this week I'm celebrating those little bits of wonderful that caught my eye.

April's Ruby Is Out and You Are Going to Love It!

Hi Sweet friends. Thank you for popping over. This month's Ruby Magazine is out.  I am certain you will Love it as much as I do.

The April issue of RUBY magazine features spring crafts and recipes, short stories and poetry, Kids' Korner and book reviews, inspirational articles and other resources for your home and family.

You will also find some of my favorite ways to celebrate Spring, including a DIY Spring Wreath, Vintage Floral Cone and my Strawberry Rhubarb Galette recipe and How to. 

 Be sure to check out Nina Newton's There Is a Sunshine In My Soul Today and Kathryn Ross' Vintage Book Treasure Hunt:  Training Up Children By Seeking Old Paths. If you want to order a copy delivered to your home follow this link--->>>

Ruby Magazine: April Issue

Otherwise, enjoy browsing through it below. 

Spring Abounds at the Thursday Favorite Things party!

Spring is most definitely in the air and throughout all of your beautiful shares with us last week. Please keep the Inspiration coming. Here are just a few of my favorites.

It's a DIY Easter (Everything You Could Want and More) & the TFT Party

Hey sweet friends, welcome back. Can you believe Easter is just 10 short days away?! Time is just flying this year. The day before yesterday, we welcomed in the beautiful new Spring season, albeit quite a soggy one here in Northern California. I will not complain. I love the rain and we are always too short on supply to not welcome it with open arms. Well, you have just about enough time to make some of these adorable creations for your Easter Tables! Whether you were looking for Easter decor or some wonderful recipes to try, last week's party had it all, and then some! Enjoy all the creative ladies that linked up with these fun options!

Easter Inspirations and This Week's TFT

Hey sweet friends, happy Thursdays Favorite Things party day! I'm just going to let these beautiful features speak for themselves this week. Tons of wonderful ideas and recipes shared last week. Love all the Easter, Spring, even Saint Patrick's day projects and ideas you all brought. I've been pinning away and busy with my family, but I am so grateful to be part of this beautiful group of blogging women. Enjoy the party!

It's All About The Food!! This Week's TFT Party

Hey Sweet friends, let's face it, it really is all about the food, right?!  If you don't have something yummy to eat you really can't enjoy life quite as much!  I'm so grateful for all the wonderful recipes that everyone is so willing to share with us!  Thank you for popping over and joining us this week for the Thursdays Favorite Thing party!
Here are a few  of my favorite EATS from last week's party! I hope you enjoy them as much as I drool over my computer, ahem...as much as I do. :)
Mia Bella Passion shared her super yummy Herb Brie With Honey Breads & Macchitino...

The Blooms are 'March'ing In Right on Que at This Week's TFT

Happy March, Sweet Friends! I'm so glad you're here. Isn't nature just wonderful?! I love Fall and Winter, but even I have to admit the signs of Spring popping up here and there towards the end of January or, now, the beginning of March seems almost magical. It's usually about this time of year that I take a walk in my Mum's garden to see what's popping out of the ground. She has the most beautiful daffodils and hyacinth showing the promise of Spring. I even had my first single rose bloom. Ahhhh. Okay, back to earth. It's Thursday Favorite Things time and you did not disappoint with all of your ushering in of the Blooms for Spring either.
Thanks goodness, come take a peek.

Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice Muffins-Springtime in a Muffin!

It seems that as we draw closer to the end of February the pull towards all things Spring is inevitable.  We've bundled up and enjoyed our Autumn breezes,  we've celebrated with our family and loved ones for the holidays, looked, longingly, at our fireplaces, and snuggled with a good book or old movie, now we look to the promise of Spring.

Spring begins in just a few weeks.  Yep, March 20th, by my calendar, here, in the United States. Unfortunately, I do realize that many of you on the East Coast and in other parts of the world are still looking at lots of cold days to come this year.  Whilst others are in the 90's. Goodness!

No matter, I have the perfect, refreshing, welcoming Spring, cheer up your Winter, or refresh your Summer recipe right here!   I have seen versions of this recipe in Allrecipes, Bon Appetit and other periodicals. The funny thing is, everyone had their own tips, twist and tricks to it, so it never reads exactly the same. I, actually, really love that.

I am no exception.  I made changes to it, as well.